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Author : Anthony T. Padovano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002156449
Author : Stephen Prothero
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781466806054
A Deep Dive into America's Complex Relationship with Jesus There's no denying America's rich religious background–belief is woven into daily life. But as Stephen Prothero argues in American Jesus, many of the most interesting appraisals of Jesus have emerged outside the churches: in music, film, and popular culture; and among Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and people of no religion at all. Delve into this compelling chronicle as it explores how Jesus, the carpenter from Nazareth, has been refashioned into distinctly American identities over the centuries. From his enlistment as a beacon of hope for abolitionists to his appropriation as a figurehead for Klansmen, the image of Jesus has been as mercurial as it is influential. In this diverse and conflicted scene, American Jesus stands as a testament to the peculiar fusion of the temporal and divine in contemporary America. Equal parts enlightening and entertaining, American Jesus goes beyond being simply a work of history. It’s an intricate mirror, reflecting the American spirit while questioning the nation's socio-cultural fabric.
Author : David Edwin Harrell
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780817350741
The definitive social history of the Disciples of Christ in the 19th century. The Disciples of Christ, led by reformers such as Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone, was one of a number of early-19th-century primitivist religious movements seeking to "restore the ancient order of things." The Disciples movement was little more than a loose collection of independent congregations until the middle of the 19th century, but by 1900 three clear groupings of churches had appeared. Today, more than 5 million Americans—members of the modern-day Disciples of Christ (Christian Church), Independent Christian Churches, and Churches of Christ, among others—trace their religious heritage to this "Restoration Movement."
Author : David Edwin Harrell (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0817392874
The Disciples of Christ, led by reformers such as Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone, was one of a number of early 19th century primitivist religious groups 'seeking to restore the ancient order of things'. This text looks at the history of the movement.
Author : Julian Hartt
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725214217
Bad conscience is rampant in the church, asserts Julian Hartt. There is the feeling that the church has mislead the contemporary world by its own commitment to archaic symbols and outworn attitudes. It has continued to endorse and defend a system of values that has eroded almost past recognition. Dr. Hartt shows how this acute anxiety over bad conscience prompts the radical reorientation of Christian thinking identified as theology of culture. The heralds of the New Morality have not been reluctant to point this out, and to demand from the church a fairly severe penance: a readiness to give up the ghost if it cannot secularize its Gospel without reservation or residue. But, the author says, the church cannot do this faithfully if it simply looks piously to the past, hopeful to heaven, and with good old American optimism to the future. In this timely and fresh theology of culture for the American situation, the author shows that a deep concern for contemporary culture is an elementary and indispensable part of authentic Christian theological reflection. The revelation of God in Jesus Christ, he contends, gives us both a foundation and a critical posture for the assessment of the world in which we live. Dr. Hartt points out that the initial foothold for Christian theological work is a certain criticism of contemporary life. This will demonstrate what the Christian believes God is and what God demands of him and of all men, whether or not they are Christian or are even religious in any ordinary sense. He then goes on to delineate sketches of what he feels are the chief claims of the Christian faith, and what are key realms of culture.
Author : Richard Flory,Donald Miller
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813544267
Despite the masses still lining up to enter mega-churches with warehouse-like architecture, casually dressed clergy, and pop Christian music, the “Post-Boomer” generation—those ranging in age from twenty to forty—is having second thoughts. In this perceptive look at the evolving face of Christianity in contemporary culture, sociologists Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller argue that we are on the verge of another potential revolution in how Christians worship and associate with one another. Just as the formative experiences of Baby Boomers were colored by such things as the war in Vietnam, the 1960s, and a dramatic increase in their opportunities for individual expression, so Post-Boomers have grown up in less structured households with working (often divorced) parents. These childhood experiences leave them craving authentic spiritual experience, rather than entertainment, and also cause them to question institutions. Flory and Miller develop a typology that captures four current approaches to the Christian faith and argue that this generation represents a new religious orientation of “expressive communalism,” in which they seek spiritual experience and fulfillment in community and through various expressive forms of spirituality, both private and public.
Author : George M. Marsden
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467451390
While Americans still profess to be one of the most religious people in the industrialized world, many aspects of American culture have long been secular and materialistic. That is just one of the many paradoxes, contradictions, and surprises in the relationship between Christianity and American culture. In this book George Marsden, a leading historian of American Christianity and award-winning author, tells the story of that relationship in a concise and thought-provoking way. Surveying the history of religion and American culture from the days of the earliest European settlers right up through the elections of 2016, Marsden offers the kind of historically and religiously informed scholarship that has made him one of the nation’s most respected and decorated historians. Students in the classroom and history readers of all ages will benefit from engaging with the story Marsden tells.
Author : Paula Fredriksen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300164107
"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
Author : Kelly Monroe Kullberg
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830837205
Engaging narrative and provocative content come together in this mind-stretching and heart-challenging journey. Come with Kelly Monroe Kullberg on an intellectual road trip as The Veritas Forum explores the deepest questions of the university world and the culture at large. Discover that Veritas transcends philosophy or religion and instead brings us to true life.
Author : Mark R. Amstutz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199987641
Gallons of ink have been spilled in examining the influence of Evangelicals on American politics. Yet the conversation--among pundits, politicians, and scholars--has focused overwhelmingly on hot-button domestic issues, such as abortion and gay marriage. In Evangelicals and American Foreign Policy, Mark Amstutz looks beyond our shores at Evangelicals' role in American foreign affairs. Writers have generally traced Evangelicals' political awakening to the 1970s or, at the earliest, to World War II. But Amstutz digs deeper, arguing that Evangelicals were active in foreign affairs since at least the nineteenth century, when Protestant missionaries spread throughout the world, gaining fluency in foreign languages and developing knowledge of distant lands. They were on the front lines of American global engagement--serving as agents of humanitarianism and cultural transformation. Indeed, long before anyone had heard of Woodrow Wilson, Evangelicals were America's first internationalists. In the postwar period, that expertise was put to more organized and sophisticated use, as Evangelicals sought to translate their belief that humans were created in God's image into a core principle of American foreign policy. Amstutz explores how this principle has been put into practice on issues ranging from global poverty to foreign policy towards Israel, paying close attention to Evangelicals' triumphs and failures on the global stage.
Author : Steven Charleston
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819231741
A unique look at Christian biblical interpretation and theology from the perspective of Native American tradition. This book focuses on four specific experiences of Jesus as portrayed in the synoptic gospels. It examines each story as a “vision quest,” a universal spiritual phenomenon, but one of particular importance within North American indigenous communities. Jesus’ experience in the wilderness is the first quest. It speaks to a foundational Native American value: the need to enter into the “we” rather than the “I.” The Transfiguration is the second quest, describing the Native theology of transcendent spirituality that impacts reality and shapes mission. Gethsemane is the third quest. It embodies the Native tradition of the holy men or women, who find their freedom through discipline and concerns for justice, compassion, and human dignity. Golgotha is the final quest. It represents the Native sacrament of sacrifice (e.g., the Sun Dance). The chapter on Golgotha is a discussion of kinship, balance, and harmony: all primary to Native tradition and integral to Christian thought.
Author : K. Farrell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230339149
Focusing on post-Vietnam America, using perspectives from psychology, anthropology, and physiology, this book demonstrates the need for criticism to unpack the confusions in language and cultural fantasy that drive the nation's fascination with the berserk style.
Author : Paul Pomerville
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451522193
Could it be that long after a person becomes a Christian something new can be discovered in the gospel? Some may say, "The gospel is simple, what more is there to discover?" However, the gospel of Jesus Christ is not simple; it comes from the wisdom of God. Another reason why we might discover something new, even to the extent of seeing the gospel again, as it were, for the first time is culture. The gospel does not drop directly into our hearts from heaven; it comes to us through human culture. Culture filters its message. A principle in all of Salvation History is that God reveals himself through culture. The chief example is the incarnation of the Son of God who came to humankind immersed in Jewish culture. In our attempt to understand the gospel we cannot escape the "culture factor." The title Rediscovering the Gospel: Its Eclipse in American Culture implies a cultural filter--American culture. Both American and Jewish cultures have filtered our knowledge of the gospel, and the losses are significant. In layman's terms, non-theological language, this book reveals how these two cultures obscure the pristine message of the gospel in the New Testament. Using the only document written by a Gentile, Gospel of Luke-Acts of the Apostles, we examine the Jewish culture-gospel controversy in the early Church, showing how crucial the "culture factor" was, and is, for understanding the gospel. The results are startling. The book provides even the seasoned Christian reader with the opportunity to "rediscover the gospel" and to experience its power afresh.
Author : Wallis C. Baxter III
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781793641212
In You Must Be Born Again: Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet, the author argues that Phillis Wheatley is the mother of liberation theology. The author uses Wheatley’s poetry and life experiences to create a portrait of Wheatley beyond that of a poet. Wheatley is described as both poet and visionary who wrestles with God during the creative process. The lyrical expressions of Wheatley’s poetry unlock the spiritual impressions on her heart. The author sets up the racial dynamics of Wheatley’s time and her engagement with those politics. As a preacher, Wheatley combats the immoral undercurrent that erodes the community’s social, economic, and spiritual foundation as well as its political systems. The author positions Wheatley as one uniquely qualified to address the hypocrisy within her world and, by implication, present-day society by calling for immersion into a radical understanding of love and justice, resulting in a renewed hope for equality and a pathway toward equity.
Author : Elizabeth A. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441142665
'Since the middle of the twentieth century,' writes Elizabeth Johnson, 'there has been a renaissance of new insights into God in the Christian tradition. On different continents, under pressure from historical events and social conditions, people of faith have glimpsed the living God in fresh ways. It is not that a wholly different God is discovered from the One believed in by previous generations. Christian faith does not believe in a new God but, finding itself in new situations, seeks the presence of God there. Aspects long-forgotten are brought into new relationships with current events, and the depths of divine compassion are appreciated in ways not previously imagined.' This book sets out the fruit of these discoveries. The first chapter describes Johnson's point of departure and the rules of engagement, with each succeeding chapter distilling a discrete idea of God. Featured are transcendental, political, liberation, feminist, black, Hispanic, interreligious, and ecological theologies, ending with the particular Christian idea of the one God as Trinity.
