Why and how Does the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Address Social Concerns?.
Author: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 5
ISBN-13: 9786000074586
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Author: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 5
ISBN-13: 9786000074586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Department for Studies in the Division for Church in Society
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 23
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Inskeep, Kenneth W.
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 38
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lenny Duncan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2019-07-02
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1506452574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the churchÂs renewal through racial equality and justice. It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus.
Author: Robert Benne
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2010-09-23
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 0802863647
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"There is nothing greater than indignation to stimulate a writer to write." says Robert Benne, "and my outrage has been stirred mightily by reading so many wrongheaded 'takes' on how religion and politics ought to be related." --
Author: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Commission for Church in Society. Department for Studies
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John R. Stumme
Publisher: Fortress Press
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Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781451417487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux. In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public life for Christians when the "Protestant establishment" has given way to pervasive religious pluralism and a growing secularism. Working specifically out of Lutheran traditions, the authors probe the deeper legal, moral, and religious questions at issue in the current debate. They not only rethink classical sources about law and gospel and two-kingdoms theory but also resurrect neglected resources for Christian civil resistance. They then look to contemporary developments and show how functional interaction of church and state is compatible with their strong institutional separation. Finally, three chapters probe the most hotly contested First Amendment questions: religious liberty, education, and land use.
Author: J. Nicole Morgan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2018-08-01
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1506448283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou are already enough, and you are not too much. J. Nicole Morgan grew up fat and loving Jesus. But she was forever burdened by what she saw as her biggest spiritual flaw: her weight. In Fat and Faithful, she shares her journey from body shame to fat acceptance and shows us how to care for the image of God found in every body--including our own. When the world tells us that our bodies are too much, J. Nicole Morgan reminds us that all people--no matter their size, shape, or ability--are beloved of God. Bodies of all sizes, shapes, colors, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and abilities are expressions of the body of Christ. When our first prayer isn't about changing our bodies, we create space to care for our neighbors and to celebrate the unique ways we are equipped to serve our communities in the bodies we have. Fat and Faithful shows us that the world is wider than the size of our waistline.
Author: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Commission for Church in Society. Department for Studies
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 22
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Ohio District. Committee on Lutheran Social Action
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 48
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