The Faith Of The Outsider
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| Author | : Frank A. Spina |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2005-03-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780802828644 |
This book offers a probing, insightful look at the "outsider" motif running through the Bible. The biblical story about God's covenant with "insiders" -- with Israel as the chosen people -- is scandalous in today's cultural climate of inclusivity. But, as Frank Anthony Spina shows, God's exclusive election actually has an inclusive purpose. Looking carefully at the biblical narrative, Spina highlights in bold relief seven remarkable stories that treat nonelect people positively and, even more, as strategically important participants in God's plan of salvation. The stories of Esau, Tamar, Rahab, Naaman, Jonah, Ruth, and the woman at the well come alive in new ways as Spina discusses and examines them from an outsider-insider point of view.
| Author | : John W. Loftus |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1616147377 |
John W. Loftus is the author of Why I Became an Atheist and the editor of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails and The End of Christianity. He also cowrote the book God or Godless (with Dr. Randal Rauser). In addition, he maintains a blog at http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com. Book jacket.
| Author | : Ann H. Gabhart |
| Publisher | : Revell |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2008-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1585589535 |
For as long as she can remember, Gabrielle Hope has had the gift of knowing--visions that warn of things to come. When she and her mother joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the community embraced her gift. But Gabrielle fears this gift, for the visions are often ones of sorrow and tragedy. When one of these visions comes to pass, a local doctor must be brought in to save the life of a young man, setting into motion a chain of events that will challenge Gabrielle's loyalty to the Shakers. As she falls deeper into a forbidden love for this man of the world, Gabrielle must make a choice. Can she experience true happiness in this simple and chaste community? Or will she abandon her brothers and sisters for a life of the unknown? Soulful and filled with romance, The Outsider lets readers live within a bygone time among a unique and peculiar people. This tender and thought-provoking story will leave readers wanting more from this writer.
| Author | : R. Laurence Moore |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1987-12-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 019536399X |
In light of the curious compulsion to stress Protestant dominance in America's past, this book takes an unorthodox look at religious history in America. Rather than focusing on the usual mainstream Protestant churches--Episcopal, Congregationalist, Methodist, Baptist, and Lutheran--Moore instead turns his attention to the equally important "outsiders" in the American religious experience and tests the realities of American religious pluralism against their history in America. Through separate but interrelated chapters on seven influential groups of "outsiders"--the Mormons, Catholics, Jews, Christian Scientists, Millennialists, 20th-century Protestant Fundamentalists, and the African-American churches--Moore shows that what was going on in mainstream churches may not have been the "normal" religious experience at all, and that many of these "outside" groups embodied values that were, in fact, quintessentially American.
| Author | : Ken Gire |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2012-06-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0764208837 |
"Popular author uses stories from the Bible and his own life to teach about God's love for those who feel like outsiders"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Lawrence Mitchell Wills |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780742562509 |
Using an array of biblical texts from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Not God's People explores how ancient Jews and Christians created their own identity in relation to others. The book analyzes how biblical texts define 'us' and 'them, ' how these texts differ in the way they define group identity, and how this process continues to be re-created by Jews and Christians today
| Author | : Matthew Paul Turner |
| Publisher | : Relevant Media Group |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780974694207 |
The Christian Culture Survival Guide is about the author's humorous experiences growing up in the Christian subculture and what he's learned along the way. From overcoming the temptation to wear W.W.J.D. bracelets to the disparaging experience of witnessing to a gay man at a bar, Matthew Paul Turner offers a fun read that's packed with profound insight and truth.
| Author | : David Kinnaman |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2007-10-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441200010 |
Based on groundbreaking Barna Group research, unChristian uncovers the negative perceptions young people have of Christianity and explores what can be done to reverse them.
| Author | : Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 121 |
| Release | : 2020-08-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1467459259 |
“God is love is the radical claim of Christianity,” writes Frederick Bauerschmidt at the beginning of this little meditation on the essentials of Christian faith. In a rich yet accessible style reminiscent of C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton, Bauerschmidt breathes life back into that claim, drawing from Scripture, great Christian and non-Christian writers of the past, and his own lived experience to show just how countercultural and subversive Christianity is actually meant to be. Eschewing the abstract and dogmatic in favor of the relational and inviting, he offers something for everyone, from lifelong churchgoers and students of religion to the growing population of “nones” among younger generations who are increasingly seeking spiritual fulfillment outside of institutional Christianity. With further reading suggestions (both scriptural and nonscriptural) at the end of each chapter, The Love That Is God is the perfect starting point of a spiritual journey into deeper relationship with God. Michael Ramsey Prize (2023)
| Author | : Patrick Whitworth |
| Publisher | : Sacristy Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2014-12-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1908381248 |
A useful study guide or resource for individuals and bible study groups who want to take a fresh look at familiar material. This book looks again at Luke’s writings from the point of view of reaching “outsiders”.
