The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Author: Frank Leslie Cross
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 1520
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The Definition of Christianity
Author: John C Lennox
Publisher: Myrtlefield House
Published: 2020-07-16
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781874584797
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho gets to determine what Christianity means? Is it possible to understand its original message after centuries of tradition and conflicting ideas?Gooding and Lennox throw fresh light on these questions by tracing the Book of Acts' historical account of the message that proved so effective in the time of Christ's apostles. Luke's record of its confrontations with competing philosophical and religious systems reveals Christianity's own original and lasting definition.
The Meaning of Christianity
Author: Frederick Augustus Morland Spencer
Publisher:
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 366
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Meaning and End of Religion
Author: Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781451420142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making "religion" into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of "religion" to capture the living, endlessly variable ways and traditions in which religious faith presents itself in the world.
Being a Christian
Author: Jason K. Allen
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2018-02-01
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 1462761941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat does it mean to be a Christian? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the best news in history, but we often live as though it has minimal impact on our lives. Being a Christian isn’t just about Sunday mornings, small groups, and studying the Bible. The good news is that Jesus redeems everything. In the Bible, we read story after story of people meeting God and walking away completely changed. The same is true for Christians today. Being a Christian, by Dr. Jason Allen, shows how Jesus redeems all of life. Useful for new and mature believers, small group and personal study, Being a Christian walks readers through the gospel’s impact on all facets of life, from your relationships to your resources, from your work to your rest, from your past to your future.
Speaking Christian
Author: Marcus J. Borg
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2011-04-12
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0062078682
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Speaking Christian, acclaimed Bible scholar Marcus Borg, author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, argues that the very language Christians use has become dangerously distilled, distorted, and disconnected from the beliefs which once underpinned it. Stating a case that will resonate with readers of N. T. Wright’s Simply Christian, Borg calls for a radical change to the language we use to invoke our beliefs—the only remedy that will allow the Church's words to once again ring with truth, power, and hope.
Meaning of Christian Brotherhood
Author: Joseph Ratzinger
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2013-04-04
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 1681493349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten over three decades ago, Cardinal Ratzinger's profound treatise on the true meaning of Christian brotherhood is perhaps even more timely and important now as a clear statement on the biblical grounds for cooperation among believing Christians. In treating Christian brotherhood from the perspective of salvation history, Ratzinger opens up the meaning of both the Old and New Testament in this most essential area. After establishing the distinctively Christian sense of brotherhood (vis-À-vis Judaism, Hellenism, Stoicism, the Enlightenment, and Marxism), he shows how fraternal charity can only be perfected through God's fatherhood, Christ's divine sonship, and our brotherhood in Christ.
Virtually Christian
Author: Anthony Bartlett
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2011-03-16
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 184694760X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing the seminal anthropology of Rene Girard and drawing out its radical implications Virtually Christian reconfigures the traditional framework of theology. Gone are the heavenly otherworld and its metaphysical God. In their place is revealed a God deeply implicated in the human story and laboring with us for a transformed earth. The identity and mission of Jesus become fully understandable against this background. The consequences for teaching and practice are enormous and especially relevant for emerging church Christians. This book provides a vital contemporary reading of both the gospel message and classical Christian thought.
Christianity Without Superstition
Author: John McQuiston II
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 0819227404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs belief in the Nicene and Apostles Creeds required to be a Christian? Does science support or diminish belief in the divine? How does one live Jesus' way in the world? A careful study of Jesus shows that his intended legacy for us was not a set of propositional beliefs, but a way for being in the world, a way that opens us to the extraordinary opportunity of the present, a way that can convert our hurried, anxious lives into something luminous. Our obsession with "what to believe" misses the primary message of the Bible, says McQuiston, who illustrates that the paramount message of Jesus, and even the Hebrew Scriptures, is not about what stories to believe, but how to live.
The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood
Author: Pope Benedict XVI
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 0898704464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten over three decades ago, Cardinal Ratzinger's profound treatise on the true meaning of Christian brotherhood is perhaps even more timely and important now as a clear statement on the biblical grounds for cooperation among believing Christians. In treating Christian brotherhood from the perspective of salvation history, Ratzinger opens up the meaning of both the Old and New Testament in this most essential area. After establishing the distinctively Christian sense of brotherhood (vis-a-vis Judaism, Hellenism, Stoicism, the Enlightenment, and Marxism), he shows how fraternal charity can only be perfected through God's fatherhood, Christ's divine sonship, and our brotherhood in Christ.
