Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?

Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?

Author: Eric Kaufmann

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2010-12-09

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1847651941

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Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularists. And what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share of the population: in fact, the more religious people are, the more children they have. The cumulative effect of immigration from religious countries, and religious fertility will be to reverse the secularisation process in the West. Not only will the religious eventually triumph over the non-religious, but it is those who are the most extreme in their beliefs who have the largest families. Within Judaism, the Ultra-Orthodox may achieve majority status over their liberal counterparts by mid-century. Islamist Muslims have won the culture war in much of the Muslim world, and their success provides a glimpse of what awaits the Christian West and Israel. Based on a wealth of demographic research, considering questions of multiculturalism and terrorism, Kaufmann examines the implications of the decline in liberal secularism as religious conservatism rises - and what this means for the future of western modernity.


Theology of Work Bible Commentary

Theology of Work Bible Commentary

Author: Hendrickson Publishers

Publisher: Theology of Work Bible Comment

Published: 2016-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781619708600

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Wherever you work, in whatever capacity, the Scriptures have something to say about it. Theology of work Bible commentary is an in-depth Bible study tool put together by a group of biblical scholars, pastors, and workplace Christians to help you discover what the New Testament says about work. --Provided by publisher.


LifeVesting

LifeVesting

Author: Andy Wood

Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 163195606X

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“This book will show you the indescribable JOY of living in the freedom and abundance made possible through God’s grace to every believer.” —Shannon Ethridge, MA, author of the million-copy, bestselling Every Woman’s Battle series LifeVesting empowers readers to create an abundant, impactful future by the choices they make today. Through thoughtful encouragement, biblical teaching, and carefully placed questions, Andy Wood takes readers on a journey to understand, not his book, but their lives. That includes their dreams for the future, their relationships, their challenges, and their growth opportunities, together with their influence, future, legacy, and eternity. For everyone who yearns to know their life counts and who wants to make a difference in this world that will last beyond their lifetime, LifeVesting offers hope and a roadmap to take them there. It starts with becoming intentional about what a person wants out of life, then shifting focus from the immediate to the ages. LifeVesting shows how anyone can live—really live—an abundant life, rich in value, love, and great, great joy. “Andy Wood has given you a pathway to taking ownership of your future and finding the fulfillment of your most cherished dreams.” —Kim Avery, cohost of the Professional Christian Coaching Today podcast “I love how the author shares exactly how to create a life that gives more than it takes and energizes more than it exhausts. The framework of LifeVesting is so practical and actionable. This is a book every Kingdom driven entrepreneur and business person should read and apply.” —John Ramstead, author of On Purpose with Purpose


The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary

The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary

Author: Craig A. Evans

Publisher: David C Cook

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9780781438681

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A book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter, detailed look at the historical, geographical, cultural, and economic background of the New Testament. A window is opened to the setting of the New Testament, enabling a better understanding of Jesus' words and life.


New Creation Eschatology and the Land

New Creation Eschatology and the Land

Author: Steven L. James

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2017-09-27

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1532619138

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What will the final state of the redeemed look like? Throughout the history of the church, conceptions of the final state have tended to minimize the promise of the new heavens and new earth. In contrast to the historical dominance of spiritual, heavenly, non-temporal conceptions of the final state, the last two decades have witnessed a rise in conceptions that include the redemption of material, earthly, and temporal reality. These “new creation” conceptions have included proposals regarding the fulfillment of Old Testament land promises. In New Creation Eschatology and the Land, Steven L. James argues that in recent new creation conceptions of the final state there is a logical inconsistency between the use of Old Testament texts to inform a renewed earth and the exclusion of the territory of Israel from that renewed earth. By examining a select group of new creationists, James shows that the exclusion of the territorial restoration of Israel in a new creation conception fails to appreciate the role of the particular territory in Old Testament prophetic texts and results in an inconsistent new creationism.


The Masters̓ Way

The Masters̓ Way

Author: Charles Reynolds Brown

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13:

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The Master'S Way, A Study in the Synoptic Gospels by Charles Reynolds Brown, first published in 1917, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.


The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Author: N. K. Jemisin

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0316075973

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After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate -- and gods and mortals -- are bound inseparably together.


Matthew

Matthew

Author: Craig A. Evans

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-02-06

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 0521812143

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the New Testament Gospel of Matthew and its historical, social and religious contexts.


The Planet You Inherit

The Planet You Inherit

Author: Larry L. Rasmussen

Publisher: Broadleaf Books

Published: 2022-11-29

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1506473547

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For the first time ever, love letters consciously written by elders of one geologic epoch to the young of another. Our children's and grandchildren's generation will face a different world, one affected by climate instability, mass uncertainty, and breathtaking extinction. In fact, the next generation will face the reality that human activity is changing the planet from one geological epoch to another. From this vantage point--two generations across two geological epochs facing a fundamentally changing planet--Larry Rasmussen writes to his grandchildren. As a grandfather invested in a green earth and climate justice as well as a scholar of faith-based earth ethics, Rasmussen bridges this gap between generations to write to the future about climate change, global citizenship, democracy, and legacy. In topics ranging from "A Viable Way of Life" and "Democracy" to "Where We've Come From" and "Who We Are Now," Rasmussen explores the large questions of justice, meaning, and faith, encouraging us to speak to and look to the future generation and their future world.