The Noise of Solemn Assemblies
The Noise of Solemn Assemblies

Author: Peter L. Berger

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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Organized religion offers a symbolic integration of the varied elements of American society; it infuses political institutions with religious symbolism; and by way of personal adjustment it provides social adjustment and psychological integration. But these useful services to the establishment leave out the essence of a twentieth-century response to the God who stands over against our society in judgment. personal commitment, theological construction, and the relating of the Christian faith to the real problems of our world are the tasks which the author considers in practical detail. This sociologist's study, written for the National Student Christian Federation, provides study groups with a basis for a really fresh look at the Christian mission in America. --

The Encyclodedia of Christianity, Vol. 5
The Encyclodedia of Christianity, Vol. 5

Author: Erwin Fahlbusch

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2008-02-14

Total Pages: 897

ISBN-13: 080282417X

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Written by leading scholars from around the world, the articles in this volume range from sin, Sufism and terrorism to theology in the 19th and 20th centuries, Vatican I and II and the virgin birth.

Confessing the Faith
Confessing the Faith

Author: Douglas John Hall

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 9781451407150

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This bold work culminates Hall's three- volume contextual theology, the first to take the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience.Hall is deeply critical of North American culture but also of sidelined Christian churches that struggle to gain dominance within it. "We must stop thinking of the reduction of Christendom as a tragedy!" he says. The disestablishment that the churches reluctantly enjoy can enable them to develop genuine community, uncompromised theology, and honest engagement with the larger culture. To a failed culture and a struggling church Hall shows the radical implications of a theology of the cross for the shape and practice of church, preaching, ministry, ethics, and eschatology.Hall's frank and prophetic volume is the trilogy's most practical, and the most sustained probe to date of Christian life in a post-Christian context.

The Noise of Solemn Assemblies Christian Commitment and the Religious Establishment in America - Scholar's Choice Edition
The Noise of Solemn Assemblies Christian Commitment and the Religious Establishment in America - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author: Peter L. Gerger

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781296030339

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The Fabric of Theology
The Fabric of Theology

Author: Richard Lints

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780802806741

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This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. After showing that today's evangelicals have not fared well in the crucible of modern pluralism, Lints argues that in order to regain spiritual wholeness, evangelicals must relearn how to think and live theologically. This book highlights several cultural and theological impediments to doing theology from an evangelical perspective, interacts with postmodernism as a theological method, and provides a provocative new outline for the construction of a truly "transformative" evangelical theology in the modern age.

The Negro's Church
The Negro's Church

Author: Benjamin E. Mays

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1498234291

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Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984) was President and Professor Emeritus of Morehouse College.

The Pleasures of God
The Pleasures of God

Author: John Piper

Publisher: Multnomah

Published: 2012-01-17

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1601422911

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The author of Desiring God reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Includes a study guide for individual and small-group use. Isn’t it true—we really don’t know someone until we understand what makes that person happy? And so it is with God! What does bring delight to the happiest Being in the universe? John Piper writes, that it’s only when we know what makes God glad that we’ll know the greatness of His glory. Therefore, we must comprehend “the pleasures of God.” Unlike so much of what is written today, this is not a book about us. It is about the One we were made for—God Himself. In this theological masterpiece—chosen by World Magazine as one of the 20th Century’s top 100 books, John Piper reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Then we will be able to drink deeply—and satisfyingly—from the only well that offers living water. What followers of Jesus need now, more than anything else, is to know and love—behold and embrace—the great, glorious, sovereign, happy God of the Bible. “This is a unique and precious book that everybody should read more than once.” —J.I. PACKER, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia

Moments in Time
Moments in Time

Author: HyeRan Kim-Cragg

Publisher: The United Church of Canada

Published: 2024-11-13

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1551342790

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This book is about preaching in The United Church of Canada. Gathering together two or three sermons from each decade in the first century of the United Church’s life, authors HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Don Schweitzer share the perspectives of diverse United Church preachers facing events from the formation of the United Church to the challenge of online ministry during a pandemic. Each sermon is accompanied by historical context, an analysis of homiletical techniques, and the influence of each sermon and preacher. From the opening chapters of Moments in Time, readers will be transported across the last century to survey the landscape and legacy of this beloved institution that has played such an influential role in Canadian religious history and society.

Peter Berger and the Study of Religion
Peter Berger and the Study of Religion

Author: Paul Heelas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1134608691

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Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include: * Berger on religion and theology * Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity * Secularization and de-secularization A postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work.