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Union with Christ
Author | : J. Todd Billings |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2011-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0801039347 |
An accomplished theologian recovers the biblical theme of union with Christ, showing how it affects current theological and ministry issues.
One Nation Under God
Author | : Kevin M. Kruse |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2015-04-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465040640 |
The provocative and authoritative history of the origins of Christian America in the New Deal era We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the belief that America is fundamentally and formally Christian originated in the 1930s. To fight the "slavery" of FDR's New Deal, businessmen enlisted religious activists in a campaign for "freedom under God" that culminated in the election of their ally Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. The new president revolutionized the role of religion in American politics. He inaugurated new traditions like the National Prayer Breakfast, as Congress added the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and made "In God We Trust" the country's first official motto. Church membership soon soared to an all-time high of 69 percent. Americans across the religious and political spectrum agreed that their country was "one nation under God." Provocative and authoritative, One Nation Under God reveals how an unholy alliance of money, religion, and politics created a false origin story that continues to define and divide American politics to this day.
True Paradox
Author | : David Skeel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2015-10-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781459699557 |
The complexity of the contemporary world is sometimes seen as an embarrassment for Christianity. But law professor David Skeel makes a fresh case for how Christianity offers plausible explanations for the central puzzles of our existence and provides a comprehensive framework for understanding human life as we actually live it.
Christian Religion in the Soviet Union
Author | : Christel Lane |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1978-06-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1438410018 |
Christel Lane has written the first sociological study of religion in a communist and militantly atheist society. Christian Religion in the Soviet Union is the result of a detailed examination of Soviet sociological sources and the legally and illegally published reports of religious bodies or individuals, backed up by the observations of the author and of other Western visitors to the USSR. Dr. Lane attempts to assess the impact of the intellectual and material culture of Soviet society on Christian religion. She analyses the religious life in the contemporary Christian churches and sects, describing the scope of their membership and its social composition, the religious commitment of believers and their social and political orientations. Christian Religion in the Soviet Union will be central reading for students of religion in modern industrial society who are working within the disciplines of sociology, comparative religion or theology. It will also appeal to those studying Soviet society from a more general sociological perspective and to a wide readership interested in the contest between Christian religion and Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Gospel Witness
Author | : David M. Gustafson |
Publisher | : Eerdmans |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Church |
ISBN | : 9780802876805 |
Verbally sharing the gospel is only part of evangelism, asserts author David Gustafson. We must also live out the good news, both as individuals and as communities. In this book Gustafson expertly lays out the foundations of and approaches to evangelism that are crucial for the church today. In light of our increasingly post-Christian Western contexts, Gustafson offers a mission-oriented ecclesiology that moves from missional theory to practices of missional engagement. Introduc-ing "God's human drama" as a way to explain the gospel within God's redemptive story, he outlines specific ways for pastors and church leaders to shape a "gospeling" culture within their congregations. Gustafson's biblical, theological, historical, cultural, and practical approach will make this book an ideal text for evangelical pastors, professors, students, and Christian leaders.
Carpe Diem Redeemed
Author | : Os Guinness |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2019-09-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830849882 |
How do we make the most of the time we have? In our harried modern world, Os Guinness calls us to consequential living, restructuring our notion of history as linear and purposeful, not as cyclical or meaningless. We can seek to serve God's intentions for our generation and discern our call for this moment in history.
The End of the Christian Life
Author | : J. Todd Billings |
Publisher | : Brazos Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1493427547 |
We're all going to die. Yet in our medically advanced, technological age, many of us see death as a distant reality--something that happens only at the end of a long life or to other people. In The End of the Christian Life, Todd Billings urges Christians to resist that view. Instead, he calls us to embrace our mortality in our daily life and faith. This is the journey of genuine discipleship, Billings says: following the crucified and resurrected Lord in a world of distraction and false hopes. Drawing on his experience as a professor and father living with incurable cancer, Billings offers a personal yet deeply theological account of the gospel's expansive hope for small, mortal creatures. Artfully weaving rich theology with powerful narrative, Billings writes for church leaders and laypeople alike. Whether we are young or old, reeling from loss or clinging to our own prosperity, this book challenges us to walk a strange but wondrous path: in the midst of joy and lament, to receive mortal limits as a gift, an opportunity to give ourselves over to the Lord of life.
Good Without God
Author | : Greg Epstein |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2010-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 006167012X |
An inspiring and provocative exploration of an alternative to traditional religion Questions about the role of God and religion in today's world have never been more relevant or felt more powerfully. Many of us are searching for a place where we can find not only facts and scientific reason but also hope and moral courage. For some, answers are found in the divine. For others, including the New Atheists, religion is an "enemy." But in Good Without God, Greg Epstein presents another, more balanced and inclusive response: Humanism. He highlights humanity's potential for goodness and the ways in which Humanists lead lives of purpose and compassion. Humanism can offer the sense of community we want and often need in good times and bad—and it teaches us that we can lead good and moral lives without the supernatural, without higher powers . . . without God.
Declaration and Address
Author | : Thomas Campbell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Christian union |
ISBN | : |