Word-Spirit Communal Revelationalism

Word-Spirit Communal Revelationalism

Author: Jason S. Barnhart

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-10-28

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1666733423

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This work first examines the theological streams of influence that constitute Brethren theology—Anabaptism and Radical Pietism—with particular focus given to key thinkers and leaders. It then explores the nuances of what came to be American Fundamentalism and Protestant Liberalism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which provide important context to the thought of J. Allen Miller (1866–1935), a central Ashland Brethren theologian of that period. Miller’s theology demonstrates sympathy with both poles of the theological spectrum but remains distinct as a thoughtful mediation between these two extremes. Miller’s theological approach, termed “Word-Spirit Communal Revelationalism,” consists in his particular theological epistemology and biblical hermeneutics. When Miller’s theological witness moves into conversation with American evangelicalism, it proves helpful for the Ashland Brethren as they engage with the contemporary American evangelical landscape. His witness assists Brethren and other American evangelicals in offering a corrective to several pathologies or distortions identified within American evangelicalism. His theological method assists the larger American evangelical movement with tools for mediation over against polarization.


Brethren

Brethren

Author: Robyn Young

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2011-07-21

Total Pages: 733

ISBN-13: 144471497X

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The epic first novel in the million-selling Brethren trilogy. In the tradition of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Manda Scott, Brethren brilliantly evokes that extraordinary clash of civilizations known in the West as the Crusades. From the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war. Will longs to become a Knight Templar, but first he must serve as an apprentice to the foul-tempered scholar Everard, a man of dangerous secrets. Meanwhile, a new star is rising in the east. Amir Baybars has fought his way from slavery to become a fearsome commander, driven by an unquenchable desire to free the Holy Land from the European invaders. A stunning, epic novel of war, savagery and heroism.


If God Were a Human Rights Activist

If God Were a Human Rights Activist

Author: Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2015-04-29

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0804795037

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We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better society, and specifically those that have done so under the banner of human rights. It discusses the challenges to human rights arising from religious movements and political theologies that claim the presence of religion in the public sphere. Increasingly globalized, such movements and the theologies sustaining them promote discourses of human dignity that rival, and often contradict, the one underlying secular human rights. Conventional or hegemonic human rights thinking lacks the necessary theoretical and analytical tools to position itself in relation to such movements and theologies; even worse, it does not understand the importance of doing so. It applies the same abstract recipe across the board, hoping that thereby the nature of alternative discourses and ideologies will be reduced to local specificities with no impact on the universal canon of human rights. As this strategy proves increasingly lacking, this book aims to demonstrate that only a counter-hegemonic conception of human rights can adequately face such challenges.


A Theology of Word and Spirit

A Theology of Word and Spirit

Author: Donald G. Bloesch

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2005-08-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780830827510

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Pointing the way toward a confessional theology for the twenty-first century, Donald G. Bloesch begins his seven-volume work, Christian Foundations, with this introduction to authority and method in theology.


Passover, Pentecost & Parousia

Passover, Pentecost & Parousia

Author: Steven Jack Land

Publisher: Brill

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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Dr. R. Hollis Gause has been Professor of Theological and New Testament Studies at Lee University and the Church of God Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee, for many years, and his huge contribution to Pentecostal scholarship is held in high regard internationally. His influential life and ministry, as well as his teaching and scholarship, are here celebrated in his 85th year by many of his colleagues and former students. Contributors are: Contributions: K.E. Alexander, L.R. Martin, R.D. Moore, J.M. Beaty, J.A. Adewuya, J.C. Thomas, K.J. Archer, S.-E. Han, T.L. Johns, D.G. Roebuck, J.P. Bowers, C. Bridges Johns, C.R. Cason, M.O. McMahan, D.W. Slocumb, R.E. Waldrup.


The Violence of the Biblical God

The Violence of the Biblical God

Author: L. Daniel Hawk

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1467452602

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How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands God’s people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned at another? The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk presents a new framework, solidly rooted in the authority of Scripture, for understanding the paradox of God’s participation in violence. Hawk shows how the historical narrative of the Bible offers multiple canonical pictures for faithful Christian engagement with the violent systems of the world.


The Pietist Option

The Pietist Option

Author: Christopher Gehrz

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0830889116

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The time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in America. Historian Christopher Gehrz and pastor Mark Pattie argue that the spirit of Pietism, with its emphasis on our walk with Jesus and its vibrant hope for a better future, holds great promise for the church today. Modeled after Philipp Spener's Pia Desideria, this concise and winsome volume introduces Pietism to a new generation.


A Brethren Witness for the 21st Century

A Brethren Witness for the 21st Century

Author: Jason Barnhart

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781732268104

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Are you a new member of The Brethren Church? Are you teaching a class about The Brethren Church? Would you simply like to understand more about our denomination?Redesigned, with discussions at the end of each chapter, our new Brethren Witness book encapsulates the history and the story of The Brethren Church in an easy-to-read and contemporary fashion.Great for groups and for personal study, this book is written on the occasion of what might be called an awakening in the tribe of God's people called The Brethren Church.Fresh vision and shifting culture have given themselves to fresh strategies which are producing kingdom fruit in ways and in places that we cannot anticipate nor contain. Our recourse, then, is to follow along in obedience where Jesus leads and prepare ourselves to be of use in his mission.


Brethren Witness Primer

Brethren Witness Primer

Author: Cory Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781732268111

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The Brethren Witness Primer is available for order! A tool specially designed for students, and based on the newly revised book, The Brethren Witness for the 21st Century. This Brethren resource is designed to reveal our unique, Brethren values for the next generation, in a way that's relevant to them. The format of the Primer is designed for either individual study, or group study. It's perfect for youth groups and families alike to use with their teens to discover who we are as Brethren and to more fully engage in the Brethren story.


The Struggle of Prayer

The Struggle of Prayer

Author: Donald G. Bloesch

Publisher: Helmers & Howard Pub

Published: 1987-10-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780939443048

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Bloesch asserts that true prayer is not humanity rising to God in order to become one with him (the mystical ideal), but God reaching out to humanity and calling for a response of obedience.