Christianity And Community In The West
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Author | : John Bossy |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780192891624 |
A study not of the institution of the Church but of Christianity itself, this book explores the Christian people, their beliefs, and their way of life, providing a new understanding of Western Christianity at the time of the Reformation. Bossy begins with a systematic exposition of traditional or pre-Reformation Christianity, exploring the forces that tended to undermine it, the characteristics of the Protestant and Catholic regimes that superseded it, and the fall-out that resulted from its disintegration.
Author | : Simon Ditchfield |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2017-03-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351951734 |
How did Christians in early modern Western Europe express their sense of community? This book explores the various ways in which religious identities were defined, developed and defended - within both Protestant and Roman Catholic contexts, in England and on the Continent - over a period vital for the history of Christianity. As such it will be of interest not only to historians of religion but also to students of social and cultural history in general.
Author | : Nick Spencer |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2018-02-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1611648564 |
What has Christianity ever done for us? A lot more than you might think, as Nick Spencer reveals in this fresh exploration of our cultural origins. Looking at the big ideas that characterize the West, such as human dignity, the rule of law, human rights, science, and even, paradoxically, atheism and secularism,he traces the varied ways in which many of our present values grew up and flourished in distinctively Christian soil. Always alert to the tensions and mess of history, and careful not to overstate or misstate the Christian role in shaping our present values, Spencer shows us how a better awareness of what we owe to Christianity can help us as we face new cultural challenges.
Author | : Peter Brown |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 741 |
Release | : 2012-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1118338847 |
This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power. Clear and vivid history of Christianity's rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe Written by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated of the field of study known as 'late antiquity' Includes a fully updated bibliography and index
Author | : Arun W. Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Christianity |
ISBN | : 9781602584327 |
Cover -- Blurbs, Half Title Page, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Map, Series Foreward -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Religious Context in North India: Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity -- Chapter 2. The Religious Context in North India: American Evangelicalism -- Chapter 3. The Missionaries: Religious and Social Innovators -- Chapter 4. Indian Workers and Leaders: Negotiating Boundaries -- Chapter 5. Theology in a New Context -- Chapter 6. Community in a New Context -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects and Names
Author | : Alvin J. Schmidt |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2009-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0310862507 |
Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic,secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people todayhave little sense of how their lives have benefited fromChristianity’s influence, often viewing the church withhostility or resentment.How Christianity Changed the World is a topicallyarranged Christian history for Christians and non-Christians. Grounded in solid research and written in apopular style, this book is both a helpful apologetic toolin talking with unbelievers and a source of evidence forwhy Christianity deserves credit for many of thehumane, social, scientific, and cultural advances in theWestern world in the last two thousand years.Photographs, timelines, and charts enhance eachchapter.This edition features questions for reflection anddiscussion for each chapter.
Author | : Patrick Sookhdeo |
Publisher | : Isaac Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Christian civilization |
ISBN | : 9780997703344 |
The Death of Western Christianity surveys the current state of Christianity in the West, looking in particular at how Western culture has influenced and weakened the Church. It looks also at how Christianity is increasingly under attack in Western society, and becoming despised and marginalised. It points out how faithful Christians are being targeted by legal and other means and advises how they should prepare themselves for greater persecution to come. This is a prophetic book, which is timely.
Author | : Lamin Sanneh |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2003-10-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802821645 |
An analysis of the growth of global Christianity.
Author | : Paul Silas Peterson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1351390422 |
While Church attendance in the West is often cited as being in decline, it is argued that this applies primarily to the older established forms of Christianity. Other expressions of the faith are, in fact, stable or even growing. This volume provides multidisciplinary interpretations of and responses to one of the most complicated and controversial issues regarding the global transformation of Christianity today: the decline of "established Christianity" in the Western world. It also addresses the future of Christianity in the West after the decline. Drawing upon historical research, sociology, religious studies, philosophy and theology, an international panel of contributors provide new theoretical frameworks for understanding this decline and offer creative suggestions for responding to it. "Established Christianity" is conceptualized as historically, culturally, socially and politically embedded religion (with or without official established status). This is a dynamic volume that gives fresh perspective on one of the great social changes taking place in the West today. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of religious sociology, history and anthropology, as well as theologians.
Author | : Paul Borthwick |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2012-10-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830866051 |
Missions specialist Paul Borthwick brings an urgent report on how the Western church can best continue in global mission. Providing current analysis of the state of the world and Majority World opinion, Borthwick offers concrete advice for Western churches who want to avoid the pitfalls of colonialism.