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| Author | : Michael J. Kruger |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2018-03-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830887512 |
Christianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Michael Kruger's introductory survey examines how Christianity took root in the second century, how it battled to stay true to the vision of the apostles, and how it developed in ways that would shape both the church and Western culture over the next two thousand years.
| Author | : Claude Barthe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006-06 |
| Genre | : Catholic traditionalist movement |
| ISBN | : 9781929291830 |
Attempts to bridge the divide in the Catholic Church between traditionalists and the mainstream Church.
| Author | : D. Neal MacPherson |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 2008-02-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1556352840 |
Facing the uncertainty of their present life and ministry, the American and Canadian churches of mainline Protestantism are, for the most part, responding in one of two ways. Some are simply choosing to ignore the process of their disestablishment. They continue to carry on with their church life as though nothing were happening, as though they were still occupying a place at the center of society. Others, knowing that they are being moved to the periphery of social and political life, are seeking to regain their past power and influence by adopting one or another program of church growth, many of which are being promoted by the newly emerging megachurches of the Christian right. Based upon the history and experience of a particular congregation, Church of the Crossroads in Honolulu, Hawaii, this book suggests a third option for the churches of mainline Protestantism: to embrace their ongoing disestablishment and to see it not as a burden or as something to be either ignored or reversed, but as an opportunity to envision a new way of being in the world.
| Author | : Michael J. Bakalis |
| Publisher | : WestBow Press |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2024-09-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : |
Recent research reveals a mass exodus from Eastern Orthodoxy in America. But why have so many people left the Church?
| Author | : Virginia F. Gingrich |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 1976 |
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| Author | : Gerhard Sauter |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2007-04-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0802840345 |
In an atmosphere of growing skepticism and discouragement, what hope has theology for the future, and what sources might deliver that hope? In this astute analysis of Protestant theology today, Gerhard Sauter sets himself to help theology answer critical questions and accomplish crucial tasks in order to move forward with hope. Protestant Theology at the Crossroads examines contextual theology, in which particular cultural heritages, race and gender, economic conditions, and the structure of social life inform the teachings of the faith rather than vice versa. How, for example, do we approach the crisis in American self-understanding caused by terrorism? Do changes in European politics alter our theological perceptions? Sauter argues that dogmatics -- properly understood as the process of theological reasoning that supports the life of the church -- can and should be used as the tool to save theology. Dogmatics, he says, can break through pious isolationism and converge with genuine public theology, leading to the church's understanding of its own essence.
| Author | : Lindland, Eric |
| Publisher | : Mzuni Press |
| Total Pages | : 632 |
| Release | : 2020-02-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9996060411 |
Combining history, ethnography, and culture theory, this book explores how residents in northwestern Malawi have responded over time to the early missionary assertion that local religious and healing practices were incompatible with Christianity and western medicine. It details how local agents, in the past and today, have constructed new cultural forms that weave facets of ancestral spiritualism and divination with Christianity and biomedicine. Alongside a rich historical review of the late-19th century encounter between Tumbuka-speakers and the Scottish Presbyterians of the Livingstonia Mission, the book explores the contemporary therapeutic dance complex known as Vimbuza and considers two case studies, each the story of a man confronting illness and struggling to understand the roots and meaning of his affliction. In the process, the book considers the enduring missiological and anthropological topics of conversion and syncretism, and questions the assertion by some scholars that Western missionaries in Africa have been successful agents of religious hegemony.
| Author | : Patrick Rafroidi |
| Publisher | : Presses Univ. Septentrion |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9782859391119 |
If Ireland keeps eternal values, it is also a country that, yesterday economically under-developed, is now preparing, slowly but surely, its entry into the twenty-first century. This unprecedented mutation in its already turbulent history, affects Irish politics, industry, trade...
| Author | : Ronald E. Vallet |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2006-08-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1597528757 |
The most vital question confronting the church in North America at the turn of the century is whether it can, in the face of the myriad distractions of modern society, remember who it is, what it is called to do, and, especially, whose it is. In this volume Ronald Vallet explores the biblical basis for stewardship, with major emphasis on God's promises and commands, to help congregations become the households of God that he intends them to be. Vallet also discusses several church-related issues that affect the life and practices of congregations today. He deals with fantasies and fears about money in the congregation, shows the central role that authentic worship plays in focusing congregations on God, examines the proper roles of pastors and laity, and considers the prevailing concepts and practices of modern culture that can entangle today's churches. Vallet's work provides an insightful map for churches as they confront the confusing crossroads of life in our world.
| Author | : Melinda A. Quivik |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2023-04-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1666735205 |
This book calls Protestant churches, and the ELCA in particular, to a church-wide conversation about racism. It is a response to the 2019 book Dear Church by Lenny Duncan, a former Lutheran pastor who is Black and who, among other reparations, calls for changing the church’s worship in order to address segregated Sundays. Changes in worship affect theological foundations. Informed consideration is essential. Because entering into life-changing conversations requires vulnerability and commitment, this book includes several narratives: my life as a White woman and pastor, the history of the Black church as defined by Black theologians, the development of the liturgical renewal movement, and my experiences as a professor navigating worship conflicts as my seminary struggled with financial constraints and a changing student body. The seminary conflicts offered me a window into how better to address racism inspired by the example of post-WWII German truth-telling and how some US Southern states have come to grips with the history of the Jim Crow South (described in Susan Neiman’s Learning from the Germans). This book outlines a way forward for churches in responding to racism by encouraging healthy engagement with contentious relationships as a necessity for healing.
