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Author | : Michael G. Lawler |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2014-09-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814682952 |
Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, marked fundamental shifts in ethical methodology, in how we do ethics in the Catholic tradition, and in how we think about ethical and ecclesial issues in the Catholic Church in the modern world. On the document’s fiftieth anniversary, this book explores the historical origins of Gaudium et Spes, its impact on the Church’s ecclesial self-understanding, and its implications for doing Catholic theological ethics for the specific ethical issues of marriage, social justice, politics, and peacebuilding.The book engages in the ongoing communal discernment of the aggiornamento sought by the council’s convener, Pope John XXIII, seeking to bring the Church up to date in the twenty-first century.
Author | : Stanley E. Porter |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2012-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1610979214 |
The church is one of the most intriguing and significant institutions on earth. Because its essence and character are so widely misunderstood, this is a timely book. The church is not a mere human institution, though it is made up of human beings in community. Its roles and responsibilities are momentous, but all the elements of its organization came about as the church developed and attempted to fulfill its divine mandate, not as forms given at its founding. These papers from a Bingham Colloquium at McMaster Divinity College treat the church "then" in studies of the church in the various parts of the New Testament canon, followed by a historical study of the church under attack in places where it did not survive. The latter part of the book contains essays by several church practitioners from "now" who discuss their insights about and experiences with postmodern society, home churches, megachurches, and the missional church. Such a combination of biblical theology, history, and practice makes this a valuable book for scholars and practitioners, in fact, for all thinking members of the church founded by Jesus Christ.
Author | : Stanley E. Porter |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2012-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1725247062 |
The church is one of the most intriguing and significant institutions on earth. Because its essence and character are so widely misunderstood, this is a timely book. The church is not a mere human institution, though it is made up of human beings in community. Its roles and responsibilities are momentous, but all the elements of its organization came about as the church developed and attempted to fulfill its divine mandate, not as forms given at its founding. These papers from a Bingham Colloquium at McMaster Divinity College treat the church "then" in studies of the church in the various parts of the New Testament canon, followed by a historical study of the church under attack in places where it did not survive. The latter part of the book contains essays by several church practitioners from "now" who discuss their insights about and experiences with postmodern society, home churches, megachurches, and the missional church. Such a combination of biblical theology, history, and practice makes this a valuable book for scholars and practitioners, in fact, for all thinking members of the church founded by Jesus Christ.
Author | : J. Warner Wallace |
Publisher | : David C Cook |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1434705463 |
Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.
Author | : Walter Gibson |
Publisher | : Author House |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 146707134X |
Pictures are powerful tools. They help us see what was, and they also show us what is. The good thing about a picture is what you see is what you get. Pictures don't lie. If you don't like what the picture reveals, you have a choice; change what you see or allow things to remain the same. Change is a good thing, but what happens when something changes so much that what once was cannot be seen in what has become? No More Business As Usual takes the picture of the church in Acts 2 and encourages the church of this generation to practice the principles that made the early church great. This book is for the Christian who wants to make a difference in their home, local church, community, and the world. The issues of personal integrity, understanding the times, and devotion are just a few principles the author addresses as change agents that will propel this generation of the church into its destiny.
Author | : Anthony B. Robinson |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2006-02-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802860651 |
Biblical scholar Robert Wall and pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces to bring the Acts of the Apostles forward to our time as a resource for congregational renewal and transformation.Featuring both careful exegetical study and exciting contemporary exposition, the fifteen chapters of Called to Be Church each first interpret the text of Acts as Scripture and then engage Acts for today's church. The book dives into many of the most vexing issues faced by the church then and now -- such issues as conflict resolution, pluralism and multiculturalism, sexuality, money, church and state, the role of the Holy Spirit, and more.Enhanced by study questions at the end of each chapter, Called to Be Church will lend itself especially well to small-group study within congregations. Pastors, lay readers, students, and ordinary believers alike will find the book helpful and inspiring.
Author | : Avery Dulles |
Publisher | : Image |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2002-05-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0385505450 |
There is today a dramatic reexamination of structure, authority, dogma -- indeed, every aspect of the life of the Church is held up to scrutiny. Welcoming this as a sign of vitality, Avery Dulles has carefully studied the writings of contemporary Protestant and Catholic ecclesiologists and sifted out six major approaches, or "models," through which the Church's character can be understood: as Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald, Servant, and, in a recent addition to the book, as Community of Disciples. A balanced theology, he concludes, must incorporate the major affirmations of each. "The method of models or types," observes Cardinal Dulles, "can have great value in helping people to get beyond the limitations of their own particular outlook and to enter into fruitful conversation with others... Such conversation is obviously essential if ecumenism is to get beyond its present impasses." This new edition includes a new Appendix and Preface by the author.
Author | : Gloria Shahin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Church history |
ISBN | : 9781599821481 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311) and index.
Author | : Marcellino D'Ambrosio |
Publisher | : Franciscan Media |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2014-07-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1616367784 |
If the word trinity isn’t in Scripture, why is it such an important part of our faith? And if the Bible can be interpreted in many ways, how do we know what to make of it? And who decided what should be in the Bible anyway? The Church Fathers provide the answers. These brilliant, embattled, and sometimes eccentric men defined the biblical canon, hammered out the Creed, and gave us our understanding of sacraments and salvation. It is they who preserved for us the rich legacy of the early Church. D’Ambrosio dusts off the dry theology and brings you the exciting stories and great heroes such as Ambrose, Augustine, Basil, Athanasius, Chrysostom, and Jerome. This page-turner will inspire and challenge you with the lives and insights of these seminal teachers from when the Church was young.
Author | : John Foster |
Publisher | : Pomona Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1406788619 |
This is not the first time that the Christian Church has been up against a hostile world. The issues which the Younger Churches face today were present in a marked degree to the Church of the first centuries. Relating his study of the early Church to his missionary experience, the author gives us a new presentation of Church History which has its centre in what he describes as 'the greatest event in modern history' - the emergence of the Universal Church. Contents include - THE RUIN OF THE WORLD AND THE UPBUILDING OF THE CHURCH - The fall of a city - The City of God Remaineth - The Churches and the Church - THE HEROIC AGE IS COME AGAIN - The Early Church and the Younger churches - Emperor Worship-Then and now - The Universal Church and its Local Manifestation - EDUCATION FOR WORLD-CHURCHMANSHIP - The World-Church and Religious Education - The Church-World - Denying and World-Affirming - Churchmanship in the Universal Church