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Author: Richard R. Losch
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780802805218
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned to introduce general readers to the great diversity of religion that exists today, this fascinating and very useful book provides short descriptions of the beliefs and practices of the world religions and the denominational branches, of Christianity. Now in paperback.
Author: Jon Hanna
Publisher: Bridge Logos Foundation
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780882700946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces you to actresses, athletes, politicians, singers, and other notable women who discovered how to thrive in a world where many only survive.
Author: Michael Taylor
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2009-12-02
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 145000623X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaith is one of the most critical aspects of the Christian life, because it is the means by which we receive all that God has secured for us; yet the nature of faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts of Christianity. Some conceptualize faith as some mental state that one must reach before they are able to “tap into” God’s “resources.” Others view faith as some sort of incorporeal substance that is “out there” for which we must reach. All of these concepts of faith are deficient, if not heretical, and yet all of them are found in the church. Others view faith as a mere fantasy or hope with no basis in reality, and thus religious claims are excluded from the arena of knowledge. “For a number of years my heart has been trilled over the doctrine of faith as it is received and taught among evangelical Christians everywhere. Great emphasis is laid upon faith in orthodox circles, and that is good, but still I am troubled. Specifically, my fear is that the modern conception of faith is not the biblical one; that when the teachers of our day use the word, they do no mean what Bible meant when they used it”. I also share the same concerns with A.W.Tozer, when he said; “the cause of my uneasiness are these”: 1. The lack of spiritual fruits in the lives of so many who claim to have faith. 2. The rarity of a radical change in the conduct and general outlook of persons professing their new faith in Christ as their personal Savior. 3. The failure of our teachers to define or even describe the thing to which the word faith is supposed to refer. 4. The heartbreaking failure of multitudes of seekers is they are even so earnest to make anything out of the doctrine or to receive any satisfying experience through it. 5. The real danger that a doctrine that is parroted so widely and received so uncritically by so many is false as understood by them. 6. I have seen faith put forward as an escape from reality, a refuge from the necessity of hard thinking, a hiding place for weak character, natural optimism, emotional thrills and nervous tics. Therefore, in the pages of this book, I will endeavor to outline for your benefit the dynamics of faith. What is faith? How does faith works? How to grow in faith? The power of faith; the Excellency of faith; the demand of faith; the perseverance of faith; the challenges of faith; the object of faith, the effect of faith; the response of faith; the discipline of faith; the necessity of faith and many more are discussed.
Author: Daylan Woodall
Publisher:
Published: 2021-04-25
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ISBN-13: 9780578880778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs we study the life of Jesus Christ there are many characters in his story that are often overlooked. As we strive to live faithful lives as believers, those who are important to Christ must become important to us.The people in society who are easily left out have always been important to Jesus. This book examines scenes in the lives of some of the individuals who were Faces in the Crowd around Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.The aim of this book to help us realize how considering the perspective and witness of people who are often overlooked can help us arrive at a deeper and richer understanding of the life and Ministry of Jesus Christ.
Author: Philip Jenkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-09
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0195300653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNamed one of the top religion books of 2002 by USA Today, Philip Jenkins's phenomenally successful The Next Christendom permanently changed the way people think about the future of Christianity. In that volume, Jenkins called the world's attention to the little noticed fact that Christianity's center of gravity was moving inexorably southward, to the point that Africa may soon be home to the world's largest Christian populations. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look at Christianity in the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future.The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a biblical faith. Indeed, in the global South, many Christians identify powerfully with the world portrayed in the New Testament--an agricultural world very much like their own, marked by famine and plague, poverty and exile, until very recently a society of peasants, farmers, and small craftsmen. In the global South, as in the biblical world, belief in spirits and witchcraft are commonplace, and in many places--such as Nigeria, Indonesia, and Sudan--Christians are persecuted just as early Christians were. Thus the Bible speaks to the global South with a vividness and authenticity simply unavailable to most believers in the industrialized North.More important, Jenkins shows that throughout the global South, believers are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, and coming away with new and sometimes startling interpretations. Some of their conclusions are distinctly fundamentalist, but Jenkins finds an intriguing paradox, for they are also finding ideas in the Bible that are socially liberating, especially with respect to women's rights. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, such Christians are social activists in the forefront of a wide range of liberation movements.It's hard to overstate how interesting, how eye-opening, how frequently surprising (and sometimes disturbing) Jenkins' findings are. Anyone interested in the implications of these trends for the major denominations, for Muslim-Christian conflict, and for global politics will find The New Faces of Christianity provocative and incisive--and indispensable.
Author: Leslie G. Desmangles
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2000-11-09
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 0807861014
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this phenomenon, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempts by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive.
Author: Fernando Moleres
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780847833047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of photographs, by one of Spain’s leading photographers, is a cross-cultural and interfaith exploration of what it means to devote yourself to the pursuit of faith. Throughout the world, and in almost every religion, there are people who withdraw from the world in order to explore their faith and spirituality. These photographs offer a series of portraits and scenes of monastic life in countries as diverse as Spain, Armenia, Eritrea, and Nepal. This life is based on spiritual values whose metaphysical element transcends time and space. Lives of Devotion demonstrates the amazing similarities that lie across the spectrum of faith—whether Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu or Buddhist. The monasteries featured include: Mount Athos, Greece; Koya San, Japan; La Oliva, Spain; Kumbh, India; Mont Saint Michel, France; Kopan, Nepal; Sera, Tibet; Saidnaya, Syria; Geghard, Armenia; Decani, Kosovo; and Pechory, Russia.
Author: Philip Jenkins
Publisher:
Published: 2015-10-13
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0465066925
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In The Many Faces of Christ religious historian Philip Jenkins refutes our most basic assumptions about the Lost Gospels and the history of Christianity. He reveals that hundreds of alternative gospels were never lost, but survived and in many cases remained influential texts, both outside and within the official Church. We are taught that these alternative scriptures--such as the Gospels of Thomas, Mary, or Judas--represented intoxicating, daring and often bizarre ideas that were wholly suppressed by the Church in the fourth and fifth centuries. In bringing order to the tumult, the Church canonized only four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The rest, according to this standard account, were lost, destroyed, or hidden. But more than a thousand years after Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made his Roman Empire do the same, the Christian world retained a much broader range of scriptures than would be imaginable today"--
Author: Frederick Buechner
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 2014-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781612615905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith timeless insight, this award-winning author retells the stories of the gospels and reminds readers that to see Jesus afresh is to be changed and challenged and to be put back on their feet.
Author: Danell Perry-Jenkins
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2011-07-29
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1449717233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaces of Religion is a dynamic book for all nationalities around the globe. This book shares vital information about the Historical and Biblical backgrounds concerning all the religions around the world. This book is an Evangelistic mission that has been written to offer salvation to all people. It speaks much on a social change for society, as children of God and a call for repentance through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It shares how religion can harm an individual, a community, and a cultural of people, without having a clear understanding of Biblical truth.
