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| Author | : David T. Olson |
| Publisher | : Zondervan |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0310277132 |
Analytical research from a database of more than 200,000 North American churches reveals the population is growing faster than church attendance. This guide shows the problems as well as the potential for American churches.
| Author | : Samuel S. Hill |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Protestant churches |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Bruce Ledewitz |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2011-06-01 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0253001366 |
Since 1947, the Supreme Court has promised government neutrality toward religion, but in a nation whose motto is "In God We Trust" and which pledges allegiance to "One Nation under God," the public square is anything but neutral -- a paradox not lost on a rapidly secularizing America and a point of contention among those who identify all expressions of religion by government as threats to a free society. Yeshiva student turned secularist, Bruce Ledewitz seeks common ground for believers and nonbelievers regarding the law of church and state. He argues that allowing government to promote higher law values through the use of religious imagery would resolve the current impasse in the interpretation of the Establishment Clause. It would offer secularism an escape from its current tendency toward relativism in its dismissal of all that religion represents and encourage a deepening of the expression of meaning in the public square without compromising secular conceptions of government.
| Author | : Peter Steinfels |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 454 |
| Release | : 2004-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780743261449 |
In this national bestseller, the most influential layman in the United States reports that the Roman Catholic Church in America must either profoundly reform or lapse into permanent irrelevance.
| Author | : Robert Michael Franklin |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781451417395 |
Franklin's book urges direct engagement by African American and other churches with America's mounting social problems and details programs for children, elders, and economic action.
| Author | : Molly Worthen |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 375 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0190630515 |
In Apostles of Reason, Molly Worthen offers a sweeping history of modern American evangelicalism, arguing that the faith has been shaped not by shared beliefs but by battles over the relationship between faith and reason.
| Author | : Walter Rauschenbusch |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 1907 |
| Genre | : Christian ethics |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : David T. Olson |
| Publisher | : Zondervan |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2009-05-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0310314011 |
Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually unchanged from fifteen years ago while our population has grown by fifty-two million people.What does this mean for you, your church, and the future of Christianity in North America? The American Church in Crisis offers unprecedented access to data that helps you understand the state of the church today. “We live in a world that is post-Christian, postmodern, and multiethnic, whether we realize it or not,” says the author. This book not only gives a realistic picture that confirms hunches and explodes myths, but it provides insight into how the church must change to reach a new and changed world with the hope of the gospel.Readers will find a richly textured mosaic with optimistic and challenging stories. Charts, diagrams, and worksheets provide church leaders and motivated church members with a stimulating read that will provoke much discussion. Questions for discussion accompany the chapters.
| Author | : Mark A. Noll |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2006-12-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0807877204 |
Viewing the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, Mark A. Noll examines writings about slavery and race from Americans both white and black, northern and southern, and includes commentary from Protestants and Catholics in Europe and Canada. Though the Christians on all sides agreed that the Bible was authoritative, their interpretations of slavery in Scripture led to a full-blown theological crisis.
| Author | : John S. Dickerson |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2013-01-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441241051 |
In 2006, few Americans were expecting the economy to collapse. Today the American church is in a similar position, on the precipice of a great spiritual recession. While we focus on a few large churches and dynamic leaders that are successful, the church's overall membership is shrinking. Young Christians are fleeing. Our donations are drying up. Political fervor is dividing us. Even as these crises eat at the church internally, our once friendly host culture is quickly turning hostile and antagonistic. How can we avoid a devastating collapse? In The Great Evangelical Recession, award-winning journalist and pastor John Dickerson identifies six factors that are radically eroding the American church and offers biblical solutions to prepare evangelicals for spiritual success, even in the face of alarming trends. This book is a heartfelt plea and call to the American church combining quality research, genuine hope, and practical application with the purpose of igniting the church toward a better future.
