Faithful In The Meantime

Author : Barry L. Callen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725238541

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Barry Callen is a "church theologian" in the finest sense. In this book he once again brings the commitments nurtured by Pietist, Anabaptist, and Wesleyan theological streams into conversation with the issues and debates in contemporary church life and with the most formative voices in contemporary theology. The result is a convincing reminder that Christian teachings about "ultimate things" (eschatology) are much more concerned with providing hope and direction for living faithfully in our present settings than they are with providing timetables for the future. His exposition of the role of the church and sacrament in nurturing such hope is particularly helpful. Randy L. Maddox, Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, Duke University Divinity School In a day when fanciful end-times speculations abound, the church does well to give heed to voices that call us back to the fundamentals of biblical eschatology. Barry Callen is such a voice. As he so forcefully declares, rather than focusing on dates and times, God calls us to be "faithful in the meantime." Stanley J. Grenz, Professor Emeritus of Theology, Ethics, Baptist Heritage, Carey Theological College and Regent College The doctrine of last things is important because faith would be empty if it could not hope for the coming of the kingdom of God. What we have in eschatology are not so much secrets about the future as images of God's final purposes which are meant to impact our every action and judgment. Here we have, thanks to Barry Callen, a responsible, informed, interesting, and up-to-date account of our blessed hope. Clark H. Pinnock, Professor Emeritus of Theology, McMaster Divinity College

Author : Alexander Knysh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317347125

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Islam in Historical Perspective by Alexander Knysh Pdf

Islam in Historical Perspective integrates history of Islamic societies with discussion of how Muslim scriptures, laws, moral values and myths have shaped lives and thought of individual Muslims and various Muslim communities from the rise of Islam until today. It provides carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables readers to form a comprehensive balanced vision of Islam's evolution. Author Alexander Knysh shows Muslims have made sense of their life experiences by constantly interpreting and re-interpreting Islam's foundational ideas in accordance with ever-changing social and political conditions. In addition to the combined historical and chronological approach, the author offers in-depth discussions of intellectual dialogues and struggles within Islamic tradition. He shows Islam to be a social and political force, while addressing Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and structures of everyday life and provides a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are designed to illustrate principal points.

Author : Charles J. Chaput,IGNATIUS PR,Various
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781586178390

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The Second Vatican Council by Charles J. Chaput,IGNATIUS PR,Various Pdf

Introductory Essay by Pope Benedict XVI This collection includes the four constitutions of the Second Vatican Council, the most popular and key documents for understanding the Council itself, its decrees, and its declarations. Few events in the history of the modern Catholic Church have been as far-reaching as the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). And few have been as controversial. No one denies great changes have come about since the close of the Council. Have the changes been all good, all bad, or a mixture of both? To what extent were the changes, for good or ill, the result of the Council itself? Some have criticized the Council for not going far enough, though they maintain that the "spirit of Vatican II" supports their rejection of many firmly established Catholic beliefs and practices. Others claim the Council went too far and abandoned certain fundamental Catholic tenets in the name of "updating" the Church. The popes of the Council-John XXII and Paul VI-and their successors who also participated in the Council -John Paul I, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI-have insisted that the Council itself was the work of the Holy Spirit. They have aggressively criticized misinterpretations and distortions of it. They insist that the Council be understood in fundamental continuity with the Church's Tradition, even while deepening the Church's self-understanding and calling for authentic reforms and renewal of Catholic life. Readers can learn for themselves what the Second Vatican Council taught using this highly accessible collection of its basic texts. This book uses the Catholic Truth Society translation and features: The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, introduced by Cardinal Francis Arinze.The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, introduced by Cardinal Paul Poupard.The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum, introduced by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap.The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes, introduced by Cardinal Angelo Scola. Four major aspects of the Church's life-the Sacred Liturgy, the mystery of the Church herself, the Word of God, and the Church in the world as it is today-are explored. No twenty-first-century Catholic should be without these four foundational texts in this superb translation. The collection also includes a general introduction by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, as well as an address given by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2005, explaining how best to understand the Second Vatican Council in the history of the Church.

Author : Kristianna Polder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317099369

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Matrimony in the True Church by Kristianna Polder Pdf

Like many other denominations, seventeenth-century Quakers were keen to ensure that members married within their own religious community. In order to properly understand the ramification of such a policy, this book explores the early Quaker marriage approbation process and discipline as demonstrated through the works and marriage of the movement’s leaders, George Fox and Margaret Fell. The book begins with an introduction that briefly summarises the historical context of the early Quaker movement, the ministry of Fox and Fell, and importance they laid upon the marriage approbation discipline. The remainder of the book is divided into three broad chapters. Chapter one examines the practical aspects of the early Quaker marriage approbation discipline, including a summary of seventeenth-century courtship and marriage practice, and an analysis of early Quaker Meeting Minutes. Chapter two then looks at the theological foundations of the marriage approbation process, and the Quaker emphasis on ’Good Order’ and their desire to return to the primitive Christianity of the apostolic church. Chapter three examines the marriage between Fox and Fell, which they presented as a testimony of the union of Christ and his Church. Their married life is analysed through their correspondence to discover whether or not the marriage did indeed exemplify the spiritual gravity originally bestowed upon it by Fox, Fell and some in the Quaker community. Through this close investigation of Quaker marriage approbation, the book offers fascinating insights into early modern English society, attitudes to gender and the early Quakers’ self-perception of themselves as the one and only True Church.

Author : Barry L. Callen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498244300

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Faithful in the Meantime by Barry L. Callen Pdf

Barry Callen is a ""church theologian"" in the finest sense. In this book he once again brings the commitments nurtured by Pietist, Anabaptist, and Wesleyan theological streams into conversation with the issues and debates in contemporary church life and with the most formative voices in contemporary theology. The result is a convincing reminder that Christian teachings about ""ultimate things"" (eschatology) are much more concerned with providing hope and direction for living faithfully in our present settings than they are with providing timetables for the future. His exposition of the role of the church and sacrament in nurturing such hope is particularly helpful. Randy L. Maddox, Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, Duke University Divinity School In a day when fanciful end-times speculations abound, the church does well to give heed to voices that call us back to the fundamentals of biblical eschatology. Barry Callen is such a voice. As he so forcefully declares, rather than focusing on dates and times, God calls us to be ""faithful in the meantime."" Stanley J. Grenz, Professor Emeritus of Theology, Ethics, Baptist Heritage, Carey Theological College and Regent College The doctrine of last things is important because faith would be empty if it could not hope for the coming of the kingdom of God. What we have in eschatology are not so much secrets about the future as images of God's final purposes which are meant to impact our every action and judgment. Here we have, thanks to Barry Callen, a responsible, informed, interesting, and up-to-date account of our blessed hope. Clark H. Pinnock, Professor Emeritus of Theology, McMaster Divinity College Barry L. Callen is University Professor and Vice President of Academic Affairs Emeritus, Anderson University, Editor of Aldersgate Press, author of Radical Christianity (1999), Approaching Theology (2015), Heart of the Matter (2016), and Bible Stories for Strong Stomachs (2017).

Author : Loren L. Johns
Publisher : Kitchener, Ont. : Pandora Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029051575

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Apocalypticism and Millennialism by Loren L. Johns Pdf

This book gathers together twenty-two separate essays, presented originally at the thirteenth Believers Church conference, Bluffton, Ohio, in August of 1999. The essays analyze the phenomena of apocalypticism and millennialism in the Christian tradition from a wide variety of disciplines and approaches: biblical, historical, theological, and contemporary.

Author : Barbara Martin,Nadezhda Beliakova
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000930436

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Religious Life in the Late Soviet Union by Barbara Martin,Nadezhda Beliakova Pdf

This book presents the first large overview of late Soviet religiosity across several confessions and Soviet republics, from the 1960s to the 1980s. Based on a broad range of new sources on the daily life of religious communities, including material from regional archives and oral history, it shows that religion not only survived Soviet anti-religious repression, but also adapted to new conditions. Going beyond traditional views about a mere "returned of the repressed", the book shows how new forms of religiosity and religious socialisation emerged, as new generations born into atheist families turned to religion in search of new meaning, long before perestroika facilitated this process. In addition, the book examines anew religious activism and transnational networks between Soviet believers and Western organisations during the Cold War, explores the religious dimension of Soviet female activism, and shifts the focus away from the non-religious human rights movement and from religious institutions to ordinary believers.

Author : Robin A. Parry,Heath Thomas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610974530

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness? by Robin A. Parry,Heath Thomas Pdf

Lamentations is a book that has never had a place of honor at the table of Christian spirituality. This is an unfortunate state of affairs because its challenging poetry has much to offer. This volume explores the how the biblical book of Lamentations may be engaged afresh so that it can function as Holy Scripture for the ekklesia. Four main chapters consider issues in hermeneutics, exegesis, the use of Lamentations in worship, and pastoral reflections. These chapters have been supplemented by seventeen reception history studies written by an international team of Jewish and Christian scholars. These studies introduce a wide range of interpretations and uses of the book of Lamentations from throughout the history of Judaism and Christianity. They include examinations of the use of Lamentations in Isaiah 40-55, the Targum, Rashi, and contemporary Jewish thought, the Patristic period, Calvin, Jewish and Christian worship, music, Rembrandt, and psychological and feminist interpretation. Appendices include new English translations of LXX Lamentations and Targum Lamentations.

Author : Joseph D. Small
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467450638

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Flawed Church, Faithful God by Joseph D. Small Pdf

How can we reconcile the ideal church described by theology with the broken church that we see in the world? In this book Joseph Small argues that the church’s true identity is known somewhere in the tension between the two. Small revisits familiar ecclesiological concepts—people of God, the body of Christ, the communion of the Holy Spirit—but rather than focusing on theological abstractions or worldly cynicism, he carefully evaluates the church in its scriptural, historical, theological, and social contexts. Both sociologically honest and theologically discerning, Flawed Church, Faithful God offers a constructive Reformed yet ecumenical ecclesiology for the real world.

Author : John William Holloway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Murder
ISBN : NYPL:33433044752867

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An Authentic and Faithful History of the Atrocious Murder of Celia Holloway by John William Holloway Pdf

This book examines the life and trial of John Holloway who was found guilty of murdering his wife, Celia Holloway, with the help of his mistress Anne Kenneth in 1831.

Author : Patrick Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022401137

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The Life and Prophecies of that Faithful Minister of God's Word Mr Donald Cargill ... by Patrick Walker Pdf

Author : Patrick WALKER (the Covenanter.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1800
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0025251682

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The Life and Prophesies of that Faithful Minister ... Mr. Donald Cargill ... To which is Added, a Part of the Life and Untimely Death of Argyle, who Gave His Casting Vote Against Mr. Cargill. [Another Edition of “Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of Mr. D. Cargill.”] by Patrick WALKER (the Covenanter.) Pdf

Author : John Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Church history
ISBN : NYPL:33433069124125

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An Apologetical Relation of the Particular Sufferings of the Faithful Ministers and Professors of the Church of Scotland, Since August 1660 by John Brown Pdf

Author : William Tayler
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385426801

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Thirty-eight Years in India. From Juganath to the Himalaya Mountains by William Tayler Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Church and state
ISBN : YALE:39002008580293

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Church-of-Englandism and Its Catechism Examined by Jeremy Bentham Pdf