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Author: Lloyd George Geering
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780944344835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA carefully guided tour of four hundred years of modern religious history. Lloyd Geering has crafted illuminating cameo sketches of the impact of dozens of thinkers and movements on the evolution of the Christian faith following the Renaissance and Reformation.
Author: Michael J. Kruger
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2018-03-06
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0830887512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Michael Kruger's introductory survey examines how Christianity took root in the second century, how it battled to stay true to the vision of the apostles, and how it developed in ways that would shape both the church and Western culture over the next two thousand years.
Author: Michael W. Goheen
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008-11-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781441201997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow can Christians live faithfully at the crossroads of the story of Scripture and postmodern culture? In Living at the Crossroads, authors Michael Goheen and Craig Bartholomew explore this question as they provide a general introduction to Christian worldview. Ideal for both students and lay readers, Living at the Crossroads lays out a brief summary of the biblical story and the most fundamental beliefs of Scripture. The book tells the story of Western culture from the classical period to postmodernity. The authors then provide an analysis of how Christians live in the tension that exists at the intersection of the biblical and cultural stories, exploring the important implications in key areas of life, such as education, scholarship, economics, politics, and church.
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Publisher:
Published: 1998-03
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781579720902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChuck Swindoll invites the reader to examine some of the crossroads in Jesus' own life and ministry with a view to equipping us to handle those life-changing decisions that come at the crossroads of every life.
Author: Albert Y. Hsu
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 1997-10-27
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780830813537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlbert Y. Hsu provides a balanced, biblical understanding of Christian singleness that debunks the myth of the "gift of singleness" and honors singleness as a status equal to marriage. Includes an interview with John Stott.
Author: Lloyd Geering
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1877242241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book Geering responds to some of the pressing concerns of contemporary religion, with a clarity that belies the depth of knowledge he draws on. Readers will welcome these deeply considered worlds from an international scholar.
Author: Martin Prozesky
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2019-03-12
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1532665385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHonest to Goodness proposes a new Christian presence that is free of dogmatism, exclusivism, and biblicism. It charts a way back to the spiritual and ethical revolution begun by Jesus of Nazareth, one that can make a vital difference to needless evils such as bigotry, environmental destruction, poverty, and violence. The book reveals the author's experience of living under, against, and after apartheid, insisting that a faith that does not confront this world's evils is no faith at all, but a dangerous betrayal of all that is good, beautiful, and true. Honest to Goodness unflinchingly identifies the grave moral shortcomings that are embedded in traditional Christian beliefs and practices, and proposes ways of transforming them into harmony with the divine goodness that the author discerns everywhere. Embracing a world of religious diversity, science, and creative philosophy, the book describes a new way of experiencing and expressing the divine. It defends faith by moving beyond both theism and atheism.
Author: Lieven Boeve
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-08-25
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0567672212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLieven Boeve examines the place of theology in the university, the church and society. He emphasizes that theology certainly belongs to all of these three domains as it belongs to the nature of theology to involve itself in all three spheres, especially at the crossroads where they overlap. Boeve discusses the recent document Theology Today from the International Theological Commission which circumscribes theology's place and task in the Catholic Church. Boeve discusses how the difficult relation between theology and philosophy is typical for a Church which has difficulty with the dialogue in today's world; as well as examines the relation between theology and religious studies. Going further, Boeve offers a reflection on Catholic identity today, focusing more specifically on education. He presents four models for considering the identity of Catholic schools in the light of the changed society and argues that dialogue in a context of plurality and difference can lead to new, fruitful ways to shape even the Catholic identity. Boeve concludes his discussion with a short assessment of Pope Benedict's papacy and emphasizes the need for the Catholic Church to convert itself before it can call the world to do the same.
Author: Andrew Friend
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2011-06-07
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1456758047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom earliest times humanity has sought to understand its place and role in the world, has sought for meaning. Wherever human beings are to be found myth, and extra-historical record of who we are, has always played a vital role in this regard, Traditional religion, by comparison, has only emerged in the last 2,500 years. This book summarizes the history of mans religious endeavors, and shows how much of religion, over time, has anything but aided its followers in their journey through life. Because traditional religion is failing to meet our spiritual needs, people are moving from heteronomy to autonomy as they assume responsibility for their own journeys. A continuing survey, begun at the turn of the century, reveals that 36 percent of the participants believe that the American dream is achieved through spiritual fulfillment. A never ending stream of articles, in a variety of journals, bear witness to the this trend, as well as to the many new means now exercised in order to nourish ones spirituality. The relevance of myth has been renewed while that of religion is in decline in the West. Martin Luthers pronouncement, Every man is a priest, is becoming a fact.
Author: Joe R. Jones
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2002-06-03
Total Pages: 818
ISBN-13: 146166537X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Grammar of Christian Faith is a two-volume set that aims to confront the widespread disarray in the language and practices of Christian faith today. As a 'grammar,' it explains how Christian faith provides special ways of speaking and acting that make sense of human life by giving it meaning, practicality, and hope. It advances the thesis that learning how to speak Christian language in worship and life is crucial to learning how to be a Christian. Rather than supposing that Christian language and theology need continual updating in order to be relevant to the world, Jones urges the church to recover anew how Christian concepts and understanding are intended to form Christian life in all its rich depths. Construing theology as confessional theology in the context of the church, Jones understands the church as that liberative and redemptive community called into being by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to witness in word and deed the triune God for the benefit of the world. The full range of doctrinal themes that are deemed essential to the witness of the church are explored, including clear explanations of why they are essential and how they are to be understood. In pursuit of a truthful and beneficial witness of the church, the work centers on a trinitarian understanding of God, in which God freely and lovingly interacts with the world as Creator, Reconciler, and Redeemer. The work throughout affirms the belief that the gracious triune God is the Ultimate Companion who will redeem all creation.
