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| Author | : Robert Edgar |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780743289498 |
Cites the flaws in right-wing Christianity's uncompromising positions on such issues as abortion, gay marriage, and stem-cell research, arguing that moral concerns pertaining to such issues as poverty, peace, and the environment can mobilize mainstream pe
| Author | : Jacqui Lewis |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2021-11-11 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1473594073 |
'A message of resilience and hope' Gabby Bernstein, bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back 'Radical, just and joyous' Valarie Kaur, author of See No Stranger A manifesto for all generations: Fierce Love s a big-hearted, healing antidote to our divided, hurting world. We are living in an age of cynicism and division, in a world of 'we' against 'them'. What we desperately need is radical change. In Fierce Love, highly respected faith leader Reverend Jacqui Lewis shares the path to engineering the change we seek with nine essential daily practices. From downsizing our emotional baggage to speaking truth to power and fuelling our activism with joy, she reveals the power of small courageous steps to revitalize our souls and transform the world at large. Combining edifying lessons, evocative storytelling and inspired spiritual guidance, Fierce Love will equip you with the tools to seek transformational change from within and spread that change among family, friends, communities and the wider world, like ripples on a pond.
| Author | : Bob Edgar |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2006-09-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780743293761 |
The radical religious right has put the wrong issues at the top of the moral agenda for America, says Bob Edgar, the general secretary of the National Council of Churches USA and a former six-term congressman. The moral issues that really matter to America's faithful majority -- to "Middle Church" -- says Edgar, are peace, poverty, and planet Earth. Middle Church is a stirring call to progressive people of faith to take back the moral high ground from the right-wing extremists and make America a better -- not a more divided -- country. The Bible seldom mentions homosexuality, doesn't mention abortion at all, but discusses poverty and peace more than two thousand times. But despite the Bible's emphasis on issues of social justice, the politics of faith have been captured in this country by a radical minority with its narrow and highly divisive agenda emphasizing personal piety above all else. This limited agenda is built around opposition to gay marriage, abortion, and stem-cell research, rather than the timeless and unifying themes of the Bible. In a stunning reversal of the historic role of religion in progressive change, faith has now been co-opted into a force for preemptive war, indifference to the poor, and reckless environmental degradation. In Middle Church, Bob Edgar reclaims faith for the American mainstream. He rebuts the distorted arguments of the far religious right and instead offers progressive solutions grounded in Scripture behind which most Americans can unite. He reminds us that Jesus preached mainly about the poor and that social justice and peace were at the heart of his ministry. Edgar agrees that all Americans have a right to bring the values of their faiths to bear on the policies of our government. But faith, as he shows, should lead to progressive solutions for the defining moral issues of our time: peace, poverty, and planet Earth. Middle Church identifies the common ground on which people of faith -- Christians, Jews, and Muslims -- can unite and shows how this faithful majority can put tolerance, social justice, and love at the top of the political agenda in this country once again.
| Author | : R. W. Southern |
| Publisher | : Penguin Books |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780140137552 |
The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the West the political and religious community were inextricably bound together, and because the Church was so intimately involved with the world, any history of it must take into account the development of medieval society. Professor Southern's book covers the period from the eighth to the sixteenth century. After sketching the main features of each medieval age, he deals in greater detail with the Papacy, the relations between Rome and her rival Constantinople, the bishops and archbishops, and the various religious orders, providing in all a superb history of the period.
| Author | : Francis Oakley |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780801493478 |
Francis Oakley addresses late-medieval church history in its own terms, pointing out not only discontinuities but also continuities with earlier medieval experience. "By doing so," he writes, "I hope to have avoided the distortions and refractions that occur when that history is seen too obsessively through the lens of the Reformation."
| Author | : Allan Doig |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2017-03-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1351921851 |
In this book Allan Doig explores the interrelationship of liturgy and architecture from the Early Church to the close of the Middle Ages, taking into account social, economic, technical, theological and artistic factors. These are crucial to a proper understanding of ecclesiastical architecture of all periods, and together their study illuminates the study of liturgy. Buildings and their archaeology are standing indices of human activity, and the whole matrix of meaning they present is highly revealing of the larger meaning of ritual performance within, and movement through, their space. The excavation of the mid-third-century church at Dura Europos in the Syrian desert, the grandeur of Constantine's Imperial basilicas, the influence of the great pilgrimage sites, and the marvels of soaring Gothic cathedrals, all come alive in a new way when the space is animated by the liturgy for which they were built. Reviewing the most recent research in the area, and moving the debate forward, this study will be useful to liturgists, clergy, theologians, art and architectural historians, and those interested in the conservation of ecclesiastical structures built for the liturgy.
| Author | : Adriaan Bredero |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780802849922 |
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Though buffeted on all sides by rapid and at times cataclysmic social, political, and economic change, the medieval church was able to make adjustments that kept it from becoming simply a fossil from the past rather than an enduring institution of salvation. The dynamic interaction between the medieval church and society gives form to this compelling and well-informed study by Adriaan Bredero. By considering medieval Christianity in full relation to its historical context, Bredero elucidates complex medieval realities -- many of which run counter to common modern notions about the Middle Ages. Bredero moves beyond the usual treatment of history by framing his overall discussion in terms of a fascinating and relevant question: To what extent is Christianity today still molded by medieval society? The book begins with an overview of religion and the church in medieval society, from the early Christianization of Western Europe through the fifteenth century. Bredero counters earlier romanticized assessments of the Middle Ages as a thoroughly Christian period by arriving at a definition of Christendom, not in its original sense as the empire of Charlemagne, but rather as "the countries, people, and matters which stood under the influence of Christ."
| Author | : F Donald Logan |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2012-10-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134786697 |
In this fascinating survey, F. Donald Logan introduces the reader to the Christian church, from the conversion of the Celtic and Germanic peoples through to the discovery of the New World.
| Author | : Gabriel Byng |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2017-12-14 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1107157099 |
The first systematic study of the financing and management of parish church construction in England in the Middle Ages.
| Author | : David J. Peter |
| Publisher | : Kregel Ministry |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2019-01-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780825445651 |
Nearly one in four congregations in the United States is a midsize church (150-400 worshippers per week), and the midsize church has its own distinctive culture, dynamics, and characteristics. Drawing on years of research and pastoral ministry, David J. Peter has written a comprehensive handbook for pastors and staff who direct these churches. Peter covers the most important issues leaders encounter, including: - The important role they play in advancing the kingdom of God - Common cultural characteristics - Typical problems and productive solutions - Advantages over both small and large churches, and how to capitalize on them - Practices for developing healthy programs - The responsibilities of the pastor - Guidance for hiring staff and recruiting volunteers Pastors of midsize congregations will find effective resources and encouragement for successful leadership.
