And There Was No Poor Among Them

Author : Leslie J. Hoppe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114151140

Get Book

There Shall be No Poor Among You by Leslie J. Hoppe Pdf

There Shall Be No Poor Among You is a careful and comprehensive but not overly technical study of the biblical portrait of the poor and poverty. Hoppe introduces the study with the socioeconomic structures of ancient Israel and Roman Palestine, then proceeds systematically to examine the biblical evidence, including that of the Old Testament, New Testament, Apocrypha, and rabbinic literature. The Bible describes the poor and poverty in a variety of ways. Sometimes poverty is a curse; other times it is a blessing. Sometimes the text is concerned about material poverty exclusively; other times poverty becomes a metaphor for another reality. Hoppe describes the various ways the Bible deals with the poor, but his fundamental conclusion is that the Bible never idealizes the reality of material poverty and the oppression of the poor by the rich. Even when the Bible speaks of "poverty of the spirit" as a positive religious metaphor, God requires humans to seek social justice. Hoppe suggests that just as poverty is not idealized in the Bible, so the poor should be a priority of every community of faith. Ancient Israel, early Judaism, Jesus, and the first Christians did not forget the poor, and if believers today wish to be faithful to their biblical heritage, neither can they. This book provides a practical background for scholars and is a primer for a significant theological motif. It will be useful in the classroom (in college and seminary courses in biblical ethics and social justice), as well as in serious Bible study. Study questions will help readers and students further probe history, theology, and application.

Author : Ryan D. Ward
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

Get Book

And There Was No Poor Among Them by Ryan D. Ward Pdf

While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has expanded many fundamental Christian doctrines, salvation is still understood as pertaining exclusively to the next life. How should we understand salvation and what does the timing of the Restoration reveal about God’s vision of salvation for a suffering world? To answer these questions, author Ryan Ward traces the theological evolution of salvation from the liberation of Israel from oppression to the Western Christian development of salvation as an individualistic, transactional atonement. This evolution corresponded with the shift of Christianity from a covenant community to an official state religion aligned with imperial power structures. Ward also explores the economic and social movements in the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, which solidified the power of propertied elites at the expense of the poor, plundered entire continents, and killed millions. Synthesizing these theological and historical threads, And There Was No Poor Among Them: Liberation, Salvation, and the Meaning of the Restoration asserts that the Restoration is God's explicit rejection of social and economic systems and ideologies that have led to the globalization of misery. Instead, Ward shows how the Restoration and the gospel of Christ is an invitation to a participatory salvation realized in Zion communities where “there are no poor among us.”

Author : York William Bradshaw,Michael Wallace
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452221083

Get Book

Global Inequalities by York William Bradshaw,Michael Wallace Pdf

Presents a global view of stratification in an interesting but theoretically sound way, using an effective combination of academic works, lively stories, and news reports. Helps to educate the social science major or general student about social and cultural differences across the world, and teaches about growing global interdependence and how this is connected to contemporary social problems.

Author : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publisher : David Van Leeuwen
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592976652

Get Book

Book of Mormon Student Manual by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pdf

Author : Theoharis, Liz
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802875020

Get Book

Always with Us? by Theoharis, Liz Pdf

"Jesus's words 'the poor you will always have with you' (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible. In this book Liz Theoharis critically examines both the biblical text and the lived reality of the poor to show how this passage is taken out of context and distorted. Poverty is not inevitable, Theoharis argues. It is a systemic sin, and all Christians have a responsibility to partner with the poor to end poverty once and for all"--Jacket

Author : John F. MacArthur
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1575675951

Get Book

The Only Way To Happiness by John F. MacArthur Pdf

Jesus' first recorded sermon in the Bible is a blueprint for being happy here on earth. And though His definition contains no prescriptions for acquiring cars, homes, or savings, it does require transformation and obedience. MacArthur examines Jesus' timeless definition of happiness, and explains that our reward for following Jesus' plan is citizenship in the kingdom of God- and an abiding joy that can never be taken away. Study guide and review included for individual or group study.

Author : Augustin Calmet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1812
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2KKU

Get Book

Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible by Augustin Calmet Pdf

Author : Dean L. May
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521585759

Get Book

Three Frontiers by Dean L. May Pdf

This book studies how, in the Far West, Americans moved from communal values to individualistic and exploitative ones.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590698271

Get Book

the latter-day saints millennial star by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald E. Pitzer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807898970

Get Book

America's Communal Utopias by Donald E. Pitzer Pdf

From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development--before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published. The contributors are Jonathan G. Andelson, Karl J. R. Arndt, Pearl W. Bartelt, Priscilla J. Brewer, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Lawrence Foster, Carl J. Guarneri, Robert V. Hine, Gertrude E. Huntington, James E. Landing, Dean L. May, Lawrence J. McCrank, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Pitzer, Robert P. Sutton, Jon Wagner, and Robert S. Weisbrot.

Author : Joseph Smith (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCBK:C051413685

Get Book

Book of Doctrine and Covenants by Joseph Smith (Jr.) Pdf

Author : J.B. Haws
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199897643

Get Book

The Mormon Image in the American Mind by J.B. Haws Pdf

What do Americans think about Mormons - and why do they think what they do? This is a story where the Osmonds, the Olympics, the Tabernacle Choir, Evangelical Christians, the Equal Rights Amendment, Sports Illustrated, and even Miss America all figure into the equation. The book is punctuated by the presidential campaigns of George and Mitt Romney, four decades apart. A survey of the past half-century reveals a growing tension inherent in the public's views of Mormons and the public's views of the religion that inspires that body.

Author : Norman L. Geisler,William C. Roach
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441235916

Get Book

Defending Inerrancy by Norman L. Geisler,William C. Roach Pdf

According to the authors, the doctrine of inerrancy has been standard, accepted teaching for more than 1,000 years. In 1978, the famous "Chicago Statement" on inerrancy was adopted by the Evangelical Theological Society, and for decades it has been the accepted conservative evangelical doctrine of the Scriptures. However, in recent years, some prominent evangelical authors have challenged this statement in their writings. Now eminent apologist and bestselling author Norman L. Geisler, who was one of the original drafters of the "Chicago Statement," and his coauthor, William C. Roach, present a defense of the traditional understanding of inerrancy for a new generation of Christians who are being assaulted with challenges to the nature of God, truth, and language. Pastors, students, and armchair theologians will appreciate this clear, reasoned response to the current crisis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

Get Book

Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : John G. Turner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674970304

Get Book

The Mormon Jesus by John G. Turner Pdf

For two centuries, Jesus has connected the Latter-day Saints to broader currents of Christianity, even while particular Mormon beliefs have been points of differentiation. From the author of the definitive life of Brigham Young comes a biography of the Mormon Jesus that enriches our understanding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.