Doing Things With Words In The First Christian Century
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| Author | : Francis Gerald Downing |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2000-10-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781841271514 |
Although its religious heritage was that of a variegated Judaism, the tiny early Christian movement was nevertheless much more complexly and richly linked with the Graeco-Roman world in which it came to birth than is usually allowed for. In particular, 'ordinary' people were capable of a sophisticated use of words that can be detected also in the New Testament writings. But the use of words in Graeco-Roman times was often very different from what we suppose, and this collection of studies attempts to identify some of the anachronisms that still pervade even the best of modern scholarship.
| Author | : Rebekah Eklund |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2021-04-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780802876508 |
| Author | : David Zahl |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2019-04-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1506449441 |
At the heart of our current moment lies a universal yearning, writes David Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." To fill the void left by religion, we look to all sorts of everyday activities--from eating and parenting to dating and voting--for the identity, purpose, and meaning once provided on Sunday morning. In our striving, we are chasing a sense of enoughness. But it remains ever out of reach, and the effort and anxiety are burning us out. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism" and its cousins, highlighting both their ingenuity and mercilessness, all while challenging the conventional narrative of religious decline. Zahl unmasks the competing pieties around which so much of our lives revolve, and he does so in a way that's at points playful, personal, and incisive. Ultimately he brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its countercultural wonder.
| Author | : Bart D. Ehrman |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2009-10-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0061744409 |
One Bible, Many Answers In God's Problem, the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus challenges the contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows us to suffer.
| Author | : F. Gerald Downing |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2013-08-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9004255818 |
Articulate first century Mediterranean society, Jewish and Christian included, expressly favoured harmonious order in society, in individuals, in communication, and in thought. Its common basis was the patriarchal family, the rule of law, rational self-control, and rational thought. Yet there was also resistance to oppressive and unjust order in all spheres; and while law could be held educative, yet there were substantial first century critiques of law, not just Paul’s, and awareness that judicial procedures could be chaotic and biassed. Strands of such dissidence appear in Jesus and in Paul, with significant relevance for any understanding of the early Christian movement(s) and contemporary Judaism(s) in Graeco-Roman context, but also with important implications for any practical reflections and application.
| Author | : Francis Gerald Downing |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2000-08-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1841271241 |
The first Christian century must be approached with careful attention to its cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. It should not simply be assumed that this past 'is a different place, they do things differently there'. Downing treats the ways in which early Christians tried to 'make things make sense' within their cultures, noting both the similarities and differences between their ways and contemporary ones and stressing the variety of contexts and influences on first-century communication. Downing brings his renowned expertise to bear in illuminating the cultural features of early Christian society with a range of fascinating and telling examples.
| Author | : Elesha J. Coffman |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2013-05-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199938598 |
Since the 1972 publication of Dean M. Kelley's Why Conservative Churches Are Growing, discussion of the Protestant mainline has focused on the tradition's decline. Elesha J. Coffman's The Christian Century and the Rise of Mainline Protestantism tells a different story, using the lens of the influential periodical The Christian Century to examine the rise of the mainline to a position of cultural prominence in the first half of the twentieth century.
| Author | : Scott W. Sunquist |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2015-09-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441266631 |
In 1900 many assumed the twentieth century would be a Christian century because Western "Christian empires" ruled most of the world. What happened instead is that Christianity in the West declined dramatically, the empires collapsed, and Christianity's center moved to Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. How did this happen so quickly? Respected scholar and teacher Scott Sunquist surveys the most recent century of Christian history, highlighting epochal changes in global Christianity. He also suggests lessons we can learn from this remarkable global Christian reversal. Ideal for an introduction to Christianity or a church history course, this book includes a foreword by Mark Noll.
| Author | : Eugene H. Peterson |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2011-09-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0802867030 |
Arguing that the way Jesus leads and the way we follow are symbiotic, Peterson begins with a study of how the ways of those who came before Christ revealed and prepared the way of the Lord that became complete in Jesus. He then challenges the ways of the contemporary American church, showing in stark relief how what we have chosen to focus on--consumerism, celebrity, charisma, and so forth--obliterates what is unique in the Jesus way.
| Author | : Diana Butler Bass |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2021-03-30 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0062659561 |
The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus, keeping his teachings relevant and alive in our daily lives. How can you still be a Christian? This is the most common question Diana Butler Bass is asked today. It is a question that many believers ponder as they wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership. But while many Christians have left their churches, they cannot leave their faith behind. In Freeing Jesus, Bass challenges the idea that Jesus can only be understood in static, one-dimensional ways and asks us to instead consider a life where Jesus grows with us and helps us through life’s challenges in several capacities: as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. Freeing Jesus is an invitation to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his many manifestations, to experience Jesus beyond the narrow confines we have built around him. It renews our hope in faith and worship at a time when we need it most.
