Theology of The Womb
Theology of The Womb

Author: Christy Angelle Bauman

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 153266219X

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If it is true that God is a male, then His Divinity or Deity is expressed in His masculinity. Yet I am a woman, and there are parts of my body; such as my breasts, my vagina, and my womb that are telling a story about God that I have never learned or understood. This is an exploration of the significance of a womb that must shed and bleed before it can create. How will we engage our body which cyclically bleeds most of our life and can build and birth a human soul? How will we honor the living womb, that lives and sometimes dies within us? This is a book about the theology found in the cycle of the womb, which births both life and death. Every day each one of us is invited to create, and every day we make a decision knowing that from our creation can come death or life. Women's voices have been silenced for a long time as society and the church has quieted their bodies. Will we courageously choose to listen to the sound of your voice, the song of your womb, and speak for the world to hear?

The Prayers of Jesus
The Prayers of Jesus

Author: Mark Jones

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2019-02-14

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1433562847

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"If your soul is dry and your prayers are dead, here is living water to revive and refresh you." — David Murray Jesus's ministry on earth as a human was marked by a devotion to prayer. Through his prayer life, we see what it means to truly depend on God. Examining all of Jesus's prayers recorded in the New Testament, this book reflects on the content and structure of the Son of God's words to his Father— helping us imitate his example as we commune with our heavenly Father as adopted sons and daughters in Christ.

The Womb of Advent
The Womb of Advent

Author: Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0898695678

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This talented and imaginative writer offers a unique perspective on the season of Advent. Along with Scripture readings and prayers, Bozzuti-Jones offers four weeks of meditations that focus on the growth of Jesus in the womb of Mary as he approaches the day of his birth, learns his mothers voice, and represents the importance of waiting and preparation in a Christian life.

Jesus in Our Wombs
Jesus in Our Wombs

Author: Rebecca J. Lester

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780520938205

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In Jesus in Our Wombs, Rebecca J. Lester takes us behind the walls of a Roman Catholic convent in central Mexico to explore the lives, training, and experiences of a group of postulants--young women in the first stage of religious training as nuns. Lester, who conducted eighteen months of fieldwork in the convent, provides a rich ethnography of these young women's journeys as they wrestle with doubts, fears, ambitions, and setbacks in their struggle to follow what they believe to be the will of God. Gracefully written, finely textured, and theoretically rigorous, this book considers how these aspiring nuns learn to experience God by cultivating an altered experience of their own female bodies, a transformation they view as a political stance against modernity. Lester explains that the Postulants work toward what they see as an "authentic" femininity--one that has been eclipsed by the values of modern society. The outcome of this process has political as well as personal consequences. The Sisters learn to understand their very intimate experiences of "the Call"--and their choices in answering it--as politically relevant declarations of self. Readers become intimately acquainted with the personalities, family backgrounds, friendships, and aspirations of the Postulants as Lester relates the practices and experiences of their daily lives. Combining compassionate, engaged ethnography with an incisive and provocative theoretical analysis of embodied selves, Jesus in Our Wombs delivers a profound analysis of what Lester calls the convent's "technology of embodiment" on multiple levels--from the phenomenological to the political.

Radical
Radical

Author: David Platt

Publisher: Multnomah

Published: 2010-05-04

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1601422210

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New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

Rejected from the Womb, Accepted by God
Rejected from the Womb, Accepted by God

Author: Liquiche L Young

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-12

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781790769100

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Sometimes a child's first experience with heartache is caused by the two people that created them. Unfortunately, not all children are blessed with parents who are excited about their entrance into the world. Some children are made to feel as though they are burdens or results of a bad decision that a parent has made, causing the parents to disconnect from the child emotionally.Rejected from the Womb, Accepted by God was written to empower people who battle with rejection, insecurity, fear, lack of confidence, and powerlessness caused by the lack of affection received from their birth parents. This book is for you if: - You were raised by other family members because your birth parents didn't have the capacity to care or provide for you- You grew up not knowing one or both of your biological parents and it affected you self-esteem- You've questioned God about your childhood because you felt unloved- You haven't figured out how to heal from the pain of your childhoodAfter reading this book, you'll be able to heal your wounds, forgive your parents, and strengthen your relationship with God. You'll no longer wonder why you were rejected by your parents, but will focus on the beauty of being accepted by God.

Theology from the Womb of Asia
Theology from the Womb of Asia

Author: C.S. Song

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2005-07-07

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 159752302X

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With 'Theology from the Womb of Asia', Song continues to demonstrate that he is one of the most creative and important theologians of our time. He forces us to expand the horizons of our theological vision, not only by drawing on the resources of Asian thought and experience, but also by insisting that we do theology with passion. Here he offers images, fables, poems, parables, and visions, woven together with his own compelling prose. The biblical stories with which we thought we were familiar become new and more compelling stories when we revisit them with this able and wise guide. And our whole approach to life and living is transformed by the freshness he breathes into all that he surveys with us. --Robert McAfee Brown, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics, Pacific School of Religion In 'Theology from the Womb of Asia', C. S. Song shows how the story of God's compassion in Jesus and the many heartrending stories and poems of the Asian people are reaching out towards each other. Doing theology in this perspective is not a matter of application of doctrine, but of recognition of a relation between the suffering God and suffering humanity, which transcends many artificial and alienating distinctions. The book is an appeal to Asian theologians, but at the same time a necessary challenge to a Western academic theology and missionary thinking. --Bert Hoedemaker, Professor of Missions and Christian Ethics, University of Groningen, the Netherlands A splendid example of doing theology with Asian resources. A breath of fresh air to liven up traditional theology, using original reflections and observations with the backing of close knowledge of traditional theology. A book no theological college can do without. --Yeow Choo Lak, The South East Asia Graduate School of Theology, Singapore C. S. Song is Professor of Theology and Asian Cultures at Pacific School of Religion. His recent publications include 'The Believing Heart'.