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Author: Dr George Kaitholil
Publisher: St Pauls BYB
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9788171095490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is all about how to constantly nourish brotherly affection and the oneness of heart in community life. It will surely help the religious to renew and deepen fraternal communion in their communities.
Author: Christopher Grundy
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2019-11-15
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1532660367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe act of breaking and eating a body in Holy Communion forms us over time. What if that’s not such a good thing? Recovering Communion in a Violent World provides an unblinking examination of the ritualized reenactment of the violence done to Jesus in Holy Communion, using insights from the fields of ritual studies and trauma theory. Then, drawing upon recent research in Christian origins, the book raises possibilities for sacramental meal practices that don’t ignore the death of Jesus but respond to it differently. Rather than colluding with systems of violence, these alternative practices respond to violence in our world by continuing to collaborate with the persistence and resilience of God, as well as with the realm of God still coming near. The result is a groundbreaking exploration that is both unflinching in its critique and passionate in its argument for the place of renewed Christian meal practices. In an era when world religions have come under greater scrutiny as sources of violence, this book asks readers to look squarely at the reenactment of violence that has come to narrowly define Holy Communion for so long and to imagine that more radical, resistant sacramental meal practices are possible.
Author: Carlo Carretto
Publisher:
Published: 1974-03
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780883441602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip Francis Esler
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780800637194
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEsler's innovative proposal features a cutting-edge combination of theology, exegesis, and social analysis. He argues for new thinking about New Testament theology in light of the early social history of Christian communities. His detailed analysis of Paul's letters to the Romans and 1 Corinthians validates his thesis and clarifies its significance for scholarship. Using both the tradition of "the communion of the saints" and social-scientific methods, Esler brings the discipline of New Testament theology back to its theological core. He argues that interpreters also need to take into account both the history of interpretation and the multitude of voices within the contemporary church.
Author: Helena M. Wall
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHelena Wall shows what life was like in colonial America, a culture where individuals and family were subordinated to the demands of the community. Using local town, church, and especially court records from every colony, she examines the division of authority between family and community throughout colonial America. Although this close relationship and its consequences for private life bred many tensions and conflicts, the premises and conditions of that interdependent association persisted even into the nineteenth century. Wall sketches the subsequent changes and outlines the new arrangements of family and community life as the colonies moved toward the formation of a new nation.
Author: Dorothy C. Bass
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2019-03-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1506454747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwelve time-honored Christian practices that will help us, and the world, to flourish Practicing Our Faith offers help to Christians who are asking how our faith can help us discern what we might do and who we might become. How can we live faithfully and with integrity in a world where the pace of existence is so fast and life's patterns are changing all around us? Can we conduct our daily lives in ways that help us not just get by but flourish--as individuals, as communities, and as a society in concert with creation and in communion with God? These questions are on the hearts and minds of many seekers who are exploring spirituality today. They are also at the heart of Practicing Our Faith. Practices are those shared activities that address fundamental needs of humankind and creation and that, woven together, form a way of life. The twelve practices explored in this book are practices that human beings simply cannot do without, particularly at this time in history. This book will stimulate your imagination. It will encourage you to reflect. It initiates a conversation that will spread into many contexts, each of which presents unique opportunities for noticing, discussing, and living the practices of faith.
Author: Nouwen, Henri J. M.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2022-11-03
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 1608339556
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The classic story of how Adam, a severely handicapped young man, led Nouwen to a new understanding of his faith, with a new Afterword by Robert Ellsberg"--
Author: Irwyn L. Ince
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2020-08-04
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0830853413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity. Pastor and theologian Irwyn Ince boldly unpacks the reasons for our divisions while gently guiding us toward our true hope for wholeness and reconciliation. To heal our fractured humanity, we must cultivate spiritual practices that help us pursue beautiful community.
Author: Jennifer Garrison (Professor of English)
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780814274620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John D. Zizioulas
Publisher: Darton Longman and Todd
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780232525311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the context of a complete theology, which includes extended consideration of the major theological topics – the Trinity, Christology, eschatology, ministry and sacrament, but above all the eucharist – John Zizioulas propounds a fresh understanding, based on the early Fathers and the Orthodox tradition, of the concept of person, and so of the Church itself.
