Communal Christianity

Author : David Mayes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004475359

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Communal Christianity by David Mayes Pdf

David Mayes proposes a new religious paradigm in early modern rural Germany. “Communal Christianity,” the religious practice prevalent among peasants in mid-sixteenth-century rural Upper Hesse is juxtaposed with the more formally organized “Confessional” sects (e.g. Lutheran, Calvinist). The author describes Communal Christianity’s characteristics and persistence in the face of attempts at confessionalization during the period of 1576-1648 and links its success in part to the decree of the 1555 Religious Peace of Augsburg that only one confessionalized Christian sect be officially recognized in a territory. Confessional sects became marginalized, and more locally well-established peasant communes retained power. The 1648 Peace of Westphalia encouraged reconciliation of confessionalized Christian sects, paradoxically spurring the decline of Communal Christianity in certain locales.

Author : Robbie B. H. Goh
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438469430

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Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora by Robbie B. H. Goh Pdf

Captures how Indian Protestant Christians negotiate their religious and cultural identities within the Indian diaspora. This is the first comprehensive study of Protestant Christian religious identities in the Indian diaspora. Using qualitative interview methods, Robbie B. H. Goh captures the experiences of Indian Protestants in ten different countries and regions, describing how Indian communal Christian identities are negotiated and transformed in a variety of diasporic contexts ranging from Canada to Qatar. Goh argues that Christianity in India, developed within discrete and varied “ecologies,” translates in the diaspora into a model of small communal churches that struggle with issues of community maintenance, evangelical growth, and Pentecostal influences. He looks at the significance of Christianity’s “abject” position in India, the interplay and tension between evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, Pentecostalism’s insistence on religious endogamy (particularly among women), intrareligious differences along generational lines, the actions of Hindutva hard-line elements, and other factors, in the construction and transformation of diasporic religious identities and affective attachments to India.

Author : Yair Furstenberg
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004321694

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Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World by Yair Furstenberg Pdf

The studies in this volume examine the unique communal patterns among Jews and Christians within Roman civic culture and their diverse responses to shared challenges under Imperial rule.

Author : David Christopher Mayes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89081079857

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Communal Christianity by David Christopher Mayes Pdf

Author : Grace Olmstead
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593084038

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Uprooted by Grace Olmstead Pdf

"A superior exploration of the consequences of the hollowing out of our agricultural heartlands."—Kirkus Reviews In the tradition of Wendell Berry, a young writer wrestles with what we owe the places we’ve left behind. In the tiny farm town of Emmett, Idaho, there are two kinds of people: those who leave and those who stay. Those who leave go in search of greener pastures, better jobs, and college. Those who stay are left to contend with thinning communities, punishing government farm policy, and environmental decay. Grace Olmstead, now a journalist in Washington, DC, is one who left, and in Uprooted, she examines the heartbreaking consequences of uprooting—for Emmett, and for the greater heartland America. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Uprooted wrestles with the questions of what we owe the places we come from and what we are willing to sacrifice for profit and progress. As part of her own quest to decide whether or not to return to her roots, Olmstead revisits the stories of those who, like her great-grandparents and grandparents, made Emmett a strong community and her childhood idyllic. She looks at the stark realities of farming life today, identifying the government policies and big agriculture practices that make it almost impossible for such towns to survive. And she explores the ranks of Emmett’s newcomers and what growth means for the area’s farming tradition. Avoiding both sentimental devotion to the past and blind faith in progress, Olmstead uncovers ways modern life attacks all of our roots, both metaphorical and literal. She brings readers face to face with the damage and brain drain left in the wake of our pursuit of self-improvement, economic opportunity, and so-called growth. Ultimately, she comes to an uneasy conclusion for herself: one can cultivate habits and practices that promote rootedness wherever one may be, but: some things, once lost, cannot be recovered.

Author : Mary Eberstadt
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781949013023

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The Last Homily: Conversations with Fr. Arne Panula by Mary Eberstadt Pdf

The Last Homily captures with poignant authenticity the dying thoughts of a brilliant priest who dedicated his life to bringing others to God: Fr. Arne Panula, of Washington DC’s fabled Catholic Information Center. Recorded with Fr. Arne’s permission during his months in hospice care, his exchanges with noted author Mary Eberstadt expound on the Church and history, art and music, books and ideas, as well as on more immediate questions about how the faithful should live, how they should work, and how they can best help to build the Kingdom on earth. Via this gift to posterity, Fr. Arne’s spiritual guidance is no longer limited to those who knew him, but extends to generations of the present and future.

Author : Brian J. Wright
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506438498

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Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus by Brian J. Wright Pdf

Much of the contemporary discussion of the Jesus tradition has focused on aspects of oral performance, storytelling, and social memory, on the premise that the practice of communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE. Brian J. Wright overturns the premise that communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE by examining evidence for its practice in the first century.

Author : Clive Erricker
Publisher : James Clarke & Co.
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : 0718826345

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Teaching Christianity by Clive Erricker Pdf

Revised and updated, this edition of "Teaching Christianity" is a tool for today's teacher. The place of Christianity is at the heart of the debate in religious education. This text covers the issues raised for teachers, whatever their own standpoints and beliefs.

Author : Francis Khek Gee Lim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136204999

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Christianity in Contemporary China by Francis Khek Gee Lim Pdf

Christianity is one of the fastest growing religions in China. Despite its long history in China and its significant indigenization or intertwinement with Chinese society and culture, Christianity continues to generate suspicion among political elites and intense debates among broader communities within China. This unique book applies socio-cultural methods in the study of contemporary Christianity. Through a wide range of empirical analyses of the complex and highly diverse experience of Christianity in contemporary China, it examines the fraught processes by which various forms and practices of Christianity interact with the Chinese social, political and cultural spheres. Contributions by top scholars in the field are structured in the following sections: Enchantment, Nation and History, Civil Society, and Negotiating Boundaries. This book offers a major contribution to the field and provides a timely, wide-ranging assessment of Christianity in Contemporary China.

Author : John C.B. Webster
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199097579

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A Social History of Christianity by John C.B. Webster Pdf

The Christian community in India emerged from an Indian rather than a foreign or an imperial context. Its internal dynamics were shaped far more by Indian social realities than by missionary designs. This book presents a comprehensive social history of Christianity in north-west India, comprising Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh, and the Pakistani Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. The book discusses significant events in the history of the north-west up to 1947, after which it focuses only on India. These events left a lasting impact on Christianity and shaped its future course, culminating in the transfer of churches’ power from foreign missionaries to Indians and proliferation of churches, and the ongoing struggles of the Christian community. The author pays special attention to the Christian community’s caste composition—how caste status and social mobility affected intra- and inter-community relations—religious diversity, uneven demographic distribution, and development, as well as Christianity as a religious movement in the region.

Author : Roderick Edwards
Publisher : Roderick Edwards
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798870903569

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Historical Christianity by Roderick Edwards Pdf

Historical Christianity -- The Ancient Communal Faith is not merely another theology book but is the book you've been waiting for to cut through all the platitudes and self-serving egotism you have experienced when trying to understand the history of the Christian Faith. You may have spent your entire life trying to find "the truth", or you are just beginning to look into this religion thing. Either way, Roderick Edwards' over 50 years of dedication to critical research of topics as controversial as How to Overthrow a Government to books on race relations allows you to finally get to the bottom of what it means to be a Christian. This isn't a lecture or a sermon book but is a no nonsense deconstruction of the moving parts. Roderick's data analyst background is applied to every chapter. You'll come out the other side knowing more and being more confident than when you started.

Author : Rodney L. Reed,David K. Ngaruiya
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839739293

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Salvation in African Christianity by Rodney L. Reed,David K. Ngaruiya Pdf

“What must I do to be saved?” That question, raised in the book of Acts by the Philippian jailer, is a question for the ages. Yet what, even, does it mean to be saved? Is salvation for this life or the next? Is it purely spiritual or does it have physical and material implications? Can salvation be lost? Do we determine who will be saved or does God? What role does Christ play in salvation? Such are the seemingly unending questions soteriology strives to answer. In this eighth volume from the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, African theologians articulate their understanding of salvation – and its widespread implications for life and practice – in conversation with Scripture and the rich diversity of an African cultural context. Salvation is examined from historical, philosophical, and theological lenses, and scholars address topics as wide-ranging as conversion, ethnicity, fertility, poverty, prosperity, the Trinity, exclusivism, African Pentecostalism, rural community, eschatology, wholeness, and atonement. It is a powerful exploration of the holistic nature of salvation as articulated in Scripture and understood by the African church.

Author : Peter Matheson
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800634152

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Reformation Christianity by Peter Matheson Pdf

Perhaps no period in Christian history experienced such social tumult and upheaval as the Reformation, as it quickly became apparent that social and political issues, finding deep resonance with the common people, were deeply entwined with religious ones raised by the Reformers.Led by eminent Reformation historian Peter Matheson, this volume of A People's History of Christianity explores such topics as child-bearing, a good death, rural and village piety, and more. Includes 50 illustrations, maps, and an 8-page color gallery.Visit the companion Web site at www.peopleshistoryofchristianity.com

Author : John Stenhouse,Brett Knowles,Antony Wood
Publisher : ATF Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1920691235

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The Future of Christianity by John Stenhouse,Brett Knowles,Antony Wood Pdf

This book, written by a group of New Zealand scholars, theologians, historians and lawyers, examines the question of New Zealand's Western culture and Christianity. The contributors explore recent debates over secularisation, exploring its merits and explanatory power, while also showing its limitations.

Author : Amanullah De Sondy,Michelle A. Gonzalez,William S. Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474257275

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Amanullah De Sondy,Michelle A. Gonzalez,William S. Green Pdf

Judaism, Christianity and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism shows how a shared monotheistic legacy frames and helps explain the commonalities and disagreements among Judaism, Christianity and Islam and their significant denominations in the world today. Taking a thematic approach and covering both historical and contemporary dimensions, the authors discuss how contemporary geographic and cultural contexts shape the expression of monotheism in the three religions. It covers differences between religious expressions in Israeli Judaism, Latin American Christianity and British Islam. Topics discussed include scripture, creation, covenant and identity, ritual, ethics, peoplehood and community, redemption, salvation, life after death, gender, sexuality and marriage. This introductory text, which contains over 30 images, a map, a timeline, chapter afterthoughts and critical questions, is written by three authors with extensive teaching experience, each a specialist in one of the three monotheistic traditions.