The Kingdom of God and Primitive Christianity
Author: Albert Schweitzer
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13:
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The American Quest for the Primitive Church
Author: Richard Thomas Hughes
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780252060298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dream of restoring primitive Christianity lies close to the core of the identity of some American denominations---Churches of Christ, Latter-day Saints, some Mennonites, and a variety of Holiness and Pentecostal denominations. But how can a return to ancient Christianity be sustained in a world increasingly driven by modernization? What meaning might such a vision have in the modern world? Twelve distinguished scholars explore these and related questions in this provocative book.
Pure Kingdom
Author: Bruce Chilton
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780802841872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBruce Chilton focuses on Jesus' teaching of the kingdom in this volume, part of the Studying the Historical Jesus series, a series devoted to exploring key questions concerning the historical Jesus within recent scholarly discussion.
"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God
Author: J. I. Packer
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1958-12-01
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1467421243
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis modern classic by the author of Knowing God provides a comprehensive statement of the doctrine of Scripture from an evangelical perspective. J. I. Packer explores the meaning of the word "fundamentalism" and offers a clear and well-reasoned argument for the authority of the Bible and its proper role in the Christian life.
The Kingdom of God
Author: John Fuellenbach
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2006-04-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1597525170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fruit of many decades of study and teaching, 'The Kingdom of God' provides an impressive, systematic treatment of the doctrine of the Kingdom of God. It is a comprehensive review of this crucial symbol, as well as a careful analysis of its meaning, and a creative interpretation of the Kingdom motif for the church and Christians in our age. 'The Kingdom of God begins by analyzing the background of this idea in Hebrew scripture and tradition, and in the preaching of Jesus. Fuellenbach explores how this elusive phrase presents a specific, comprehensive view of reality, and a goal for transforming the world. In Fuellenbach's reading, the Kingdom forms the core of Christian faith and the reference point of all theology, spirituality, and apostolic activity. Fuellenbach pays special attention to the relationships among Kingdom, Church, and World, arguing that with the Kingdom, Jesus proclaimed a vision that embraces God, humankind, and the whole of creation in the single most comprehensive vision of reality imaginable. 'The Kingdom of God' is balanced and nuanced in its scholarship, but also vigorous and courageous in taking positions sure to provoke debate. For example, Fuellenbach argues that the word Kingdom is to be preferred over the word Reign, despite critiques that find the word problematic in its patriarchal connotations. Designed for and tested in classrooms worldwide, The Kingdom of God will be particularly useful in both scripture and theology courses. It holds much food for thought for religious educators, pastoral workers, clergy, and others who wish for a clear, systematic understanding of Jesus' vision of the Kingdom now and to come.
Paul and Jesus
Author: James D. Tabor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-11-13
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1439134987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this “compulsively readable exploration of the tangled world of Christian origins” (Publishers Weekly), religious historian James Tabor illuminates the earliest years of Jesus’ teachings before Paul shaped them into the religion we know today. This fascinating examination of the earliest years of Christianity reveals how the man we call St. Paul shaped Christianity as we know it today. Historians know almost nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus, when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message. During this time Paul joined the movement and began to preach to the gentiles. Using the oldest Christian documents that we have—the letters of Paul—as well as other early Christian sources, historian and scholar James Tabor reconstructs the origins of Christianity. Tabor shows how Paul separated himself from Peter and James to introduce his own version of Christianity, which would continue to develop independently of the message that Jesus, James, and Peter preached. Paul and Jesus illuminates the fascinating period of history when Christianity was born out of Judaism.
Christian America and the Kingdom of God
Author: Richard Thomas Hughes
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780252032851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSUPERANNO With conviction and careful consideration, Hughes reviews the myth of Christian America from its earliest history in the founding of the republic to the present day. With extensive analysis of both Christian Scripture and American history, Hughes investigates the reasons why so many Americans think of the United States as a Christian nation. Timely and thought-provoking, Christian America and the Kingdom of God illuminates the devastating irony of a "Christian America" that so often behaves in non-Christian ways.
The Mystery of the Kingdom of God
Author: Albert Schweitzer
Publisher:
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13:
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The Secret of the Kingdom of God
Author: Hugh Humphrey
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Published: 2018-11-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781978702646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book emphasizes the literary creativity of the Evangelist Mark by detailing his use and imitation of literary materials well-known to him and to his first-century audience. All this was in service of what constitutes the "secret of the Kingdom of God," that is, authentic Christian discipleship.
A New History of Early Christianity
Author: Charles Freeman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 030012581X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Tracing the astonishing transformation that the early Christian church underwent - from sporadic niches of Christian communities surviving in the wake of a horrific crucifixion to sanctioned alliance with the state - Charles Freeman shows how freedom of thought was curtailed by the development of the concept of faith. The imposition of 'correct belief' and an institutional framework that enforced orthodoxy were both consolidating and stifling. Uncovering the church's relationships with Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy and Greco-Roman society, Freeman offers dramatic new accounts of Paul, the resurrection, and the church fathers and emperors."--BOOK JACKET.
