The Narrative of the Good Death
The Narrative of the Good Death

Author: Mary Riso

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-09

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1317023382

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The Christian idea of a good death had its roots in the Middle Ages with ars moriendi, featuring reliance on Jesus as Savior, preparedness for the life to come and for any spiritual battle that might ensue when on the threshold of death, and death not taking place in isolation. Evangelicalism introduced new features to the good death, with its focus on conversion, sanctification and an intimate relationship with Jesus. Scholarship focused on mid-nineteenth-century evangelical Nonconformist beliefs about death and the afterlife is sparse. This book fills the gap, contributing an understanding not only of death but of the history of Methodist and evangelical Nonconformist piety, theology, social background and literary expression in mid-nineteenth-century England. A good death was as central to Methodism as conversion and holiness. Analyzing over 1,200 obituaries, Riso reveals that while the last words of the dying pointed to a timeless experience of hope in the life to come, the obituaries reflect changing attitudes towards death and the afterlife among nineteenth-century evangelical Nonconformist observers who looked increasingly to earthly existence for the fulfillment of hopes. Exploring tensions in Nonconformist allegiance to both worldly and spiritual matters, this book offers an invaluable contribution to death studies, Methodism, and Evangelical theology.

The Baptist Story
The Baptist Story

Author: Anthony L. Chute

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2015-08-15

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1433673754

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The Baptist Story is a narrative history of a diverse group of people spanning over four centuries, living among distinct cultures on separate continents, while finding their common identity in Christ and expressing their faith as Baptists.

History of the Waco Baptist Association of Texas
History of the Waco Baptist Association of Texas

Author: James Lafayette Walker

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781230381688

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... HISTORY OF THE WACO BAPTIST ASSOCIATION From Its Organization In 1860 To The Year 1897. CHAPTER II. FIRST HALF OF FIRST DECADE--HISTORY FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION TO CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR. 1860-1864. The territorj of Waco Association was originally part of the field of Trinity River Association, and later of both Trinity River and Richland. Prior to the formation of the Waco Association the rich country of Falls and McLennan counties, was but sparsely settled. It was the Texas frontier. Except in the Brazos bottom the lands were thought to be worthless, save for grazing purposes. Wild beasts, long horn cattle and skulking Indians disputed every acre of the territory with the advancing tide of population. Here and there little settlements formed, villages came into existence and the wild desert rapidly changed into fruitful fields of corn and broad, snowy "patches" of cotton. With the first people came Baptists, who organized themselves into churches at Waco, Marlin, Bosqueville, Bold Springs, Union Springs, White Rock, Blue Ridge, Cow Bayou (now Mooreville), Caddo and Perry (now Moody). Waco, Marlin, Bosque (now Bosqueville), Perry, Blue Ridge and Caddo previously held membership in Trinity River Association. Perry church withdrew from Trinity River in 1859 and united with Leon River; afterwards went into the organization of McGregor Association; did not unite with Waco Association till 1890. While Rock, Bold Springs and Union Springs were connected with Richland Association. At the meeting of Richland (third session), with Bold Springs church, October 15, 1860, the following was adopted: "Whereas, It is contemplated by some of the churches of this Association to enter into a new Association to be formed at Waco, on Friday before the...

Texas Baptists
Texas Baptists

Author: Leon McBeth

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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Author's preface / Harry Leon McBeth -- Foreword / William M. Pinson, Jr. -- Editorial introduction / Jerry F. Dawson -- List of abbreviations -- Changing flags over Texas -- Baptist beginnings in Texas, 1820-1840 -- Emerging Baptist structures, 1840-1848 -- Progress amidst problems, 1848-1868 -- Divided we stand, 1868-1886 -- Search for unity, 1886-1900 -- Into a new century, 1900-1914 -- Good times and bad, 1914-1929 -- Depression and deliverance, 1929-1945 -- Ready to go forward, 1945-1953 -- New directions, 1953-1960 -- Onward and (sometimes) upward, 1960-1973 -- Focus on Texas, 1974-1982 -- Continuity amidst change, 1982-1998 -- Change amidst continuity, 1982-1998 -- Endnotes -- Bibliographic essay -- A statistical epilogue: -- Historical tables of Texas General bodies -- Texas Baptist statistical summary by associations -- Trends in the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1960 to 1997.

Heavy Justice
Heavy Justice

Author: Randy Roberts

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781557286000

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Originally published: Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994.

Identity
Identity

Author: Francis Fukuyama

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0374717486

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The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole. Demand for recognition of one’s identity is a master concept that unifies much of what is going on in world politics today. The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious “identity liberalism” of college campuses, and the emergence of white nationalism. Populist nationalism, said to be rooted in economic motivation, actually springs from the demand for recognition and therefore cannot simply be satisfied by economic means. The demand for identity cannot be transcended; we must begin to shape identity in a way that supports rather than undermines democracy. Identity is an urgent and necessary book—a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continuing conflict.