Adventism Confronts Modernity

Author : Robert J. Mayer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498295277

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Many restorationist-oriented associations like the Advent Christian Church often embrace two conflicting principles. First, they understand the Bible's inspiration and authority in a way that minimizes the importance and value of church tradition. Second, they give high value to individual autonomy both in biblical interpretation and in church governance. Adventism Confronts Modernity describes what can happen when these principles conflict and make it difficult to resolve theological conflict. This work begins by exploring the nineteenth-century historical and theological roots of early Adventism with special attention to William Miller and the theological impact of the Great Disappointment, the failed prediction of the early Adventists that Jesus Christ would return visibly in 1843 or 1844. Subsequent chapters explore the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversies of the early twentieth century and focus on the impact of those events on the two colleges that trained Advent Christian clergy--Aurora College (now Aurora University) and New England School of Theology (later Berkshire Christian College). After discussing theological reform efforts within the Protestant mainline and fundamentalist coalitions, this book describes the conflicting views regarding the Bible's inspiration that emerged in the early twentieth century and their impact on the Advent Christian Church during the 1950s and 1960s. It concludes that further reflection is needed on both the doctrine of Holy Scripture and how restorationist movements balance Christian theology with individual and congregational autonomy.

Author : Robert J. Mayer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498295260

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Adventism Confronts Modernity by Robert J. Mayer Pdf

Many restorationist-oriented associations like the Advent Christian Church often embrace two conflicting principles. First, they understand the Bible's inspiration and authority in a way that minimizes the importance and value of church tradition. Second, they give high value to individual autonomy both in biblical interpretation and in church governance. Adventism Confronts Modernity describes what can happen when these principles conflict and make it difficult to resolve theological conflict. This work begins by exploring the nineteenth-century historical and theological roots of early Adventism with special attention to William Miller and the theological impact of the Great Disappointment, the failed prediction of the early Adventists that Jesus Christ would return visibly in 1843 or 1844. Subsequent chapters explore the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversies of the early twentieth century and focus on the impact of those events on the two colleges that trained Advent Christian clergy--Aurora College (now Aurora University) and New England School of Theology (later Berkshire Christian College). After discussing theological reform efforts within the Protestant mainline and fundamentalist coalitions, this book describes the conflicting views regarding the Bible's inspiration that emerged in the early twentieth century and their impact on the Advent Christian Church during the 1950s and 1960s. It concludes that further reflection is needed on both the doctrine of Holy Scripture and how restorationist movements balance Christian theology with individual and congregational autonomy.

Author : Andrew J. Rice
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781973654827

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Standing on the Promises by Andrew J. Rice Pdf

Only eternity will tell of the lives who were changed and blessed by the faithful service of Steve Brown and Wes Ross. As lifelong friends, colleagues in ministry, and co-founders of the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies (BICS), Steve Brown and Wes Ross have pointed many students to the truth of God’s Word and urged them to take hold of His precious promises. On the occasion of their retirement from leadership at the institute, friends, colleagues, mentors, and students have teamed up to honor their legacy. The essays in this volume are built upon the same theological foundation so instrumental to the success of BICS, a foundation that has, as its cornerstone, the blood-bought promises of our faithful God. Friends, family, colleagues, and students will be heartened by this tribute to two men who have sacrificed greatly for the kingdom of God. More importantly, all who read this book will be encouraged to continue standing on the promises of God.

Author : Gordon Kainer
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781794736450

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Adventism Re-examined: 75 Years of Changes, Challenges and Choices by Gordon Kainer Pdf

My book's objective is to describe the beliefs, practices, and ventures of the Adventist church that have had or still have a significant impact on my life. Looking back, I now have a better understanding why ancient Israel was repeatedly told to remember what God had done for them. For this reason, there will be much reminiscing, retelling of personal experiences, and evaluating church teachings and decisions, all in the endeavor to make sense of what has happened. That can only take place if we bathe our words and expressions in grace, love and understanding. The book endeavors to answer the underlying question: what do we mean when we use the term "church"? What are the primary reasons for its existence? When you ask Adventists such a question, we hope they answer with a reply that is inspiring and practical. In presenting my view of Adventism over the past seventy-five years, it's had a positive effect on my knowing and understanding Jesus-and I hope the same goes for you!

Author : James L. Heft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195351217

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A Catholic Modernity? by James L. Heft Pdf

This book offers a series of reflections on the state of Christianity, and especially Catholicism, in the world today. The centerpiece of the volume is a lecture by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor, from which the title of the book is taken. The lecture, delivered at Dayton University in January of 1996, offered Taylor the opportunity to speak about the religious dimensions of his intellectual commitment--dimensions left implicity in his philosophical writing. In fact, this is the only place where Taylor, a Roman Catholic, spells out his theological views and his sense of the cultural placement of Catholicism, its history and trajectory. He uses the occasion to argue against the common claim that obstacles to religious belief in modern culture are epistemic--that they have to do with the triumph of the scientific worldview. The real obstacles, says Taylor, are moral and spiritual, having to do with the historic failures of religious institutions. Four well-known commentators on religion and society, two Protestant, two Catholic, were invited to respond to Taylor's lecture: William M. Shea, George Marsden, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Rosemary Luling-Haughton. Their chapters offer a variety of astute reflections on the tensions between religion and modernity, and in particular on the role that Catholicism can and should play in contemporary society. The volume concludes with Taylor's perceptive and thoughtful response to his interlocutors. A Catholic Modernity provides one of the most thoughtful conversations to date about the place of the Catholic Church in the modern world, and more generally, about the role of religion in democratic liberal societies.

Author : Roger L. Dudley,Edwin I. Hernandez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015029167031

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Citizens of Two Worlds by Roger L. Dudley,Edwin I. Hernandez Pdf

Author : Fernando Luis Canale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Justification (Christian theology)
ISBN : 1490564748

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Secular Adventism? by Fernando Luis Canale Pdf

Any casual observer of the history and culture of Seventh-day Adventism knows that Adventist lifestyle is undergoing a profound transformation. The differences between the church and the world appear to blur. Why are Adventists renouncing their characteristic lifestyle and adopting that of popular culture? In this book, Fernando Canale addresses this perturbing question inviting us to analyze the causes behind the theological and practical separation that exist between salvation and the believer's everyday lifestyle. He also clearly explains the biblical foundations that lead to the conclusion that lifestyle forms part of the experience of salvation. Finally, he suggests methods that might assist pastors, leaders and lay Adventists to become involved in a ministry where salvation and Christian lifestyle are the result of an indivisible experience. --back cover.

Author : Michael W Campbell,Christie Chui-Shan,David F. Holland,John a Bartlett Chair in New England Church History David Holland,Associate Professor of Church History Denis Kaiser,Denis Kaiser,Nicholas Patrick Miller,Professor of Church History Nicholas Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197502297

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The Oxford Handbook of Seventh-Day Adventism by Michael W Campbell,Christie Chui-Shan,David F. Holland,John a Bartlett Chair in New England Church History David Holland,Associate Professor of Church History Denis Kaiser,Denis Kaiser,Nicholas Patrick Miller,Professor of Church History Nicholas Miller Pdf

This Oxford Handbook contains 39 original essays on Seventh-day Adventism. Each chapter addresses the history, theology, and various other social and cultural aspects of Adventism from its inception up to the present as a major religious group spanning the globe.

Author : Rachel Z. Feldman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978828193

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Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age by Rachel Z. Feldman Pdf

Judaism in the twenty-first century has seen the rise of the messianic Third Temple movement, as religious activists based in Israel have worked to realize biblical prophecies, including the restoration of a Jewish theocracy and the construction of the third and final Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Through groundbreaking ethnographic research, Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age details how Third Temple visions have gained considerable momentum and political support in Israel and abroad . The role of technology in this movement’s globalization has been critical. Feldman skillfully highlights the ways in which the internet and social media have contributed to the movement's growth beyond the streets of Jerusalem into communities of former Christians around the world who now identify as the Children of Noah (Bnei Noah). She charts a path for future research while documenting the intimate effects of political theologies in motion and the birth of a new transnational Judaic faith.

Author : Jon Paulien
Publisher : Pacific PressPub Assn
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Adventists
ISBN : 0816311277

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Present Truth in the Real World by Jon Paulien Pdf

Author : Marcin Wodzinski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190631277

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Hasidism by Marcin Wodzinski Pdf

Hasidism is one of the most important religious and social movements to have developed in Eastern Europe, and the most significant phenomenon in the religious, social and cultural life of the Jewish population in Eastern Europe from the eighteenth century up to the present day. Innovative and multidisciplinary in its approach, Hasidism: Key Questions discusses the most cardinal features of any social or religious movement: definition, gender, leadership, demographic size, geography, economy, and decline. This is the first attempt to respond those central questions in one book. Recognizing the major limitations of the existing research on Hasidism, Marcin Wodzinski's Hasidism offers four important corrections. First, it offers anti-elitist corrective attempting to investigate Hasidism beyond its leaders into the masses of the rank-and-file followers. Second, it introduces new types of sources, rarely or never used in research on Hasidism, including archival documents, Jewish memorial books, petitionary notes, quantitative and visual materials. Third, it covers the whole classic period of Hasidism from its institutional maturation at the end of the eighteenth century to its major crisis and decline in wake of the First World War. Finally, instead of focusing on intellectual history, the book offers a multi-disciplinary approach with the modern methodologies of the corresponding disciplines: sociology and anthropology of religion, demography, historical geography and more. By combining some oldest, central questions with radically new sources, perspectives, and methodologies, Hasidism: Key Questions will provide a radically new look at many central issues in historiography of Hasidism, one of the most important religious movements of modern Eastern Europe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Seventh-Day Adventists
ISBN : WISC:89073241481

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Adventist Today by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nehemiah M. Nyaundi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015041303663

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Religion and Social Change by Nehemiah M. Nyaundi Pdf

Author : Fritz Guy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015047560191

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Thinking Theologically by Fritz Guy Pdf

"Religious commitment is a motivation, not a substitute, for careful thinking." So writes Fritz Guy in Thinking Theologically: Adventist Christianity and the Interpretation of Faith, a new release from Andrews University Press and a work long awaited by his colleagues and students. Guy offers his philosophy of how North American Seventh-day Adventists ought to go about the business of "doing theology." The work is addressed to theological students, pastors, and serious general readers who are interested in what theological thinking is, why it is important, who needs to be doing it, and how it should be done. - Preface -- What Theological Thinking Actually Is; Basic vocabulary; Basic characteristics; More vocabulary -- Why Everyone Should Think Theologically; An essential task; An inclusive task; A parable -- How Theological Thinking Should Begin; Audiences and motivations; Moral principles; Methodological principles -- Why Theological Thinking is Open-Ended; Limitations and change; Continuing discovery; Kinds of development -- How to Think with Intellectual Integrity; Criteria; Application; Theological fallacies -- Examining the ingredients -- How Scripture Should Function; Priority over subsequent theological tradition; Ellen White as an agent of scripture; Scripture as a whole; Theological Christocentricity; Existential perspective -- What Else Is Involved; Relation to scripture; Varieties of ingredients -- How Culture Makes a Difference; Secularity and secularism; Underlying intuitions; Theological implications -- Envisioning the work -- What Logical Presuppositions Need to Be Identified; Meaning and validity; Belief and trust; Evidence and demonstration -- What Forms Theological Thinking Can Take; Traditional systematic form; Bibliographical excursus:twentieth-century systematic theology; Other ways of organizing theology; Components and dangers -- Why Tripolar Thinking is Essential; Christian gospel; Cultural context; Adventist heritage; The challenge of tripolarity

Author : Albert Borgmann
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781587430589

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Power Failure by Albert Borgmann Pdf

A call to redeem and restrain technology through everyday Christian practices and sacraments such as communal celebrations, shared meals, and daily Scripture reading.