Hispanic Old Testament scholar Daniel Carroll brings biblical theology to bear creatively on the current immigration conversation with an eye to correcting assumptions on both sides of the issue.
Many churches are switching to the multisite or multiservice models to manage crowded sanctuaries due to growing attendance. This solution seems sensible in the short term, but too often churches adopt this model without taking into consideration what the Bible says about it. Illuminating the importance of physical togetherness as a way to protect the gospel, this book argues that maintaining a single assembly best embodies the unity the church possesses in Jesus Christ. Jonathan Leeman considers a series of biblical, theological, and pastoral arguments that ask us to stop and examine intuitions or assumptions about what a church is. He reorients our minds to a biblical definition of church, offering examples of churches that have thrived with a single service at a single site and compelling alternatives for those looking to solve the complications that come with a growing church.
Designed for both ordained and lay ministers at the diocesan and parish levels, this document challenges us to prepare to receive newcomers with a genuine spirit of welcome.
World Relief staffers Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths about immigration, show the limits of the current immigration system, and offer concrete ways for you to welcome and minister to your immigrant neighbors.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... BIBLIOGRAPHY GENERAL ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION Abbott, Grace. The Immigrant and the Community. Century, 1917. Antin, Mary. The Promised Land. Houghton Mifflin, 1912. They Who Knock At Our Gates. Houghton Mifflin, 1914. Bogardus, Emory S. Americanization. Univ. of So. Calif. Pr., 1919. Bridges, H. J. On Becoming an American. Marshall Jones Co., Boston, 1919. Brooks, C. A. Christian Americanization. Missionary Education Movement, 1919. Commons, John R. Races and Immigrants in America. Macmillan, 1907. Davis, Philip. Immigration and Americanization. Ginn & Co., 1920. Fairchild, H. P. Immigration. Macmillan, 1914. Grose, H. B. Aliens or Americans. Missionary Education Movement, 1906. Haskin, F. J. The Immigrant: Asset or Liability. Revell, 1913 Hourwich, I. A- Immigration and Labor. Putnam, 1912. Jenks, J. W., and Lauck, W. J. The Immigration Problem. Funk and Wagnalls, 1913. Mayo-Smith, Richmond. Emigration and Immigration. Scribner's, 1912. McClure, Archibald. Leadership of the New America. Doran, 1917. Ravage, M. E. An American in the Making. Harper, 1917. Roberts, Peter. The New Immigration. Macmillan, 1912. Shriver, W. P. Immigrant Forces. Missionary Education Movement, 1913. Steiner, E. A. From Alien to Citizen. Revell, 1914. On the Trail of the Immigrant. Revell, 1906. The Immigrant Tide. Revell, 1909. Tupper, G. W. Foreign-Born Neighbors. Taylor Pr., Boston, 1914. U. S. Immigration Commission, Abstract of Reports. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1911. Warne, F. J. The Immigrant Invasion. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1913 The Tide of Immigration. Appleton, 1916. EUROPEAN BACKGROUNDS Bailey, W. F. The Slavs of the War Zone. Dutton, 1916. Balch, Emily G. Our Slavic Fellow Citizens. Charities Publication Committee, New York, 1910. Blackwell, ..
Catholicism has grown from a suppressed and persecuted outsiders' religion in the American colonies to become the nation's single largest denomination. James Fisher surveys more than four centuries of Catholics' involvement in American history, starting his narrative with one of the first Spanish expeditions to Florida, in 1528. He follows the transformation of Catholicism into one of America's most culturally and ethnically diverse religions, including the English Catholics' early settlement in Maryland, the Spanish missions to the Native Americans, the Irish and German poor who came in search of work and farmland, the proliferation of Polish and Italian communities, and the growing influx of Catholics from Latin America. The book discusses Catholic involvement in politics and conflict, from New York's Tammany Hall to the Vietnam War and abortion. Fisher highlights the critical role of women in American Catholicism--from St. Elizabeth Seton and Dorothy Day to Mother Cabrini, the first American citizen to be canonized a saint--and describes the influence of prominent American Catholics such as Cardinal John J. O'Connor, 1930s radio personality Father Charles Coughlin, President John F. Kennedy, pacifists Daniel and Philip Berrigan, activist Cesar Chavez, and author Flannery O'Connor. For this new edition, Fisher has brought the story up to date, including the latest struggles within the American church leadership.