Philemon in Perspective
Philemon in Perspective

Author: D. Francois Tolmie

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2010-06-29

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 3110221748

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This book is dedicated entirely to the interpretation of Paul’s Letter to Philemon. The letter is approached from a wide variety of perspectives, thus yielding several new insights into its interpretation. In a first essay the tendencies in the research on the letter since 1980 are outlined. This is followed by essays devoted to the epistolary analysis and to a rhetorical-psychological interpretation of the letter; as well as an essay devoted to the rhetorical function of stylistic form in the letter. After this there are two essays devoted to situating the letter in its ancient context: one views the letter against the background of ancient legal and documentary sources and another one against the background of slavery in early Christianity. The next two essays focus on theological aspects, namely on the letter as ethical counterpart of Paul’s doctrine of justification and on the role that love plays in the letter. Three essays focus on ideological issues: the contextual interpretation of the letter in the US, a post-colonial reading of the letter and the letter’s legacy of hierarchy and obedience. The volume concludes with four essays on the way in which the letter was interpreted by the some of the Church Fathers: Origen, Jerome, Chrystostom, Augustine and Theodore of Mopsuestia.

Wine in the Lord's Supper
Wine in the Lord's Supper

Author: Jeff Yelton

Publisher: Jeff Yelton

Published: 2023-06-05

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13:

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Wine or grape juice? Christians have disagreed about what to use in the communion cup for almost 200 years. Does it even matter? The only way to answer such questions is to consult the Bible, because only the Bible is the word of God.

The Progressives' Bible
The Progressives' Bible

Author: Claudia Setzer

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2024-05-21

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1506497098

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While conservative groups have often appealed to the Bible to support their positions, so too have many progressive voices rooted in the Bible, seeing their struggles in its narratives and characters, and drawing on its verses to prove the truth of their arguments. Abolitionism countered pro-slavery arguments with copious biblical material. Women's rights advocates strongly disagreed with one another about whether the Bible was good news for their cause, but some argued that it was. Temperance, a broadly inclusive reform movement in the nineteenth century, employed arguments that reflected a critical, non-literalist stance to the text. Civil rights speakers identified with biblical figures and struggles, infusing their rhetoric with familiar verses. The Progressives' Bible foregrounds women, especially women of color, like Maria Stewart, Septima Clark, and Fannie Lou Hamer, while also considering the works of crucial figures like Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. A final chapter describes contemporary social justice movements that draw strength from biblical and religious traditions, from Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant perspectives.

American Methodist Worship
American Methodist Worship

Author: Karen B. Westerfield Tucker

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2011-04-27

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0199774153

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This book offers a comprehensive examination of Methodist practice, tracing its evolution from the earliest days up to the present. Using liturgical texts as well as written accounts in popular and private sources, Karen Westerfield Tucker investigates the various rites and seasons of worship in Methodism and examines them in relation to American society.

Children of Wrath
Children of Wrath

Author: Leo Hirrel

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-10-17

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0813158877

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In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth century, Leo Hirrel demonstrates the importance of religious ideas by exploring the relationship between religion and reform efforts during a crucial period in American history. The result is a work that moves the history of antebellum reform to a higher level of sophistication. Hirrel focuses upon New School Congregationalists and Presbyterians who served at the forefront of reform efforts and provided critical leadership to anti-Catholic, temperance, antislavery, and missionary movements. Their religion was an attempt to reconcile traditional Calvinist language with the prevalent intellectual trends of the time. New School theologians preserved Calvinist language about depravity, but they incorporated an assertion of nominal human ability to overcome sin and a belief in the fixed, immutable nature of truth. Describing both the origins of New School Calvinism and the specific reform activities that grew out of these beliefs, Hirrel provides a fresh perspective on the historical background of religious controversies.

A Bibliography on Grapes, Wines, Other Alcoholic Beverages, and Temperance
A Bibliography on Grapes, Wines, Other Alcoholic Beverages, and Temperance

Author: M. A. Amerine

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0520316843

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.