From Radical Jesus People To Virtual Religion

Author : Claire Borowik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009037372

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From Radical Jesus People to Virtual Religion by Claire Borowik Pdf

The Family International (formerly the Children of God) emerged from the radical fringe of the Jesus People Movement in the late 1960s to establish a new religious movement with communities in ninety countries. Characterized from its early days by controversy due to its unconventional version of Christianity, countercultural practices, and high level of tension with society, the Family International created a communal society that endured for four decades. The movement's reinvention in 2010 as an online community offers insights into the dynamic nature of new religious movements, as they strategically adapt to evolving social contexts and emergent issues, and the negotiations of belief and identity this may entail. The Family International's transformation from a radical communal movement to a deradicalized virtual community highlights the novel challenges alternative religions may face in entering the mainstream and attaining legitimacy within the increasingly globalized context of online information dissemination in virtual spaces.

Author : Megan K. Westra
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781513806761

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Born Again and Again by Megan K. Westra Pdf

Got salvation? What if salvation is not one more thing to acquire but an invitation to radical transformation? Christians often turn life—and faith—into one big quest for the good life. We expect to “get” a good job, loving spouse, a life of comfort, personal satisfaction—oh, and salvation with a cherry on top. Our acquisitive impulses aren’t limited to lattes and designer jeans; Christians in power throughout history have focused on getting people saved, possessing the land, and gaining dominance in government. But what if Christianity isn’t about striving for something more, but about renouncing the power and privilege that prevent us from receiving God’s abundant life? What if we are called not to treat salvation as one more thing to pursue but as an invitation to conform to Christ? Born Again and Again is the story of how a religion birthed on the margins of the Roman Empire became functionally the official religion of today’s largest military superpower. Pastor and blogger Megan K. Westra takes on the self-serving form of Christianity that has birthed the doctrine of discovery, planet-killing lifestyles, and civil religion. She leads readers into an encounter with the Jesus who gave up everything to come to us and invites us to give up everything to come to him. Conforming to Christ radically reorients our lives, priorities, and faith away from the pursuit of our own interests and toward a pattern of discipleship, setting us free from fear-based consumption and creating new possibilities for connection and belonging within the community of God’s people.

Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009278720

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Fieldwork in New Religious Movements by George D. Chryssides Pdf

New religious movements are often described as bizarre and sinister. Direct acquaintance, however, often gives a different impression from media portrayals and even from some academic writing. After decades of undertaking fieldwork, the author George Chryssides discusses his experiences, as well as studies by other scholars, and the issues that fieldwork involves. How do one's personal beliefs and lifestyle impinge on field research? How involved should a participant-observer become? How should we assess what we are told by insiders and ex-members? What ethical problems does field research create? How should we engage in online fieldwork, arising from the increasing use of the Internet, accelerated by the Covid pandemic? These are among the issues which this Element explores, and which will be of interest both to field researchers and to those who read about the fieldwork of others.

Author : Adam Thomas
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426712203

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Digital Disciple by Adam Thomas Pdf

This time in our society is unlike any other. People communicate daily without ever having to speak face to face, news breaks around the world in a matter of seconds, and favorite TV shows can be viewed at our convenience. We are, simultaneously, a people of connection and isolation. As Christians, how do we view our faith and personal ministry in this culture? Adam Thomas invites you to explore this question using his unique, personal, and often humorous insight. Thomas notes, "[The Internet] has added a new dimension to our lives; we are physical, emotional, spiritual, and now virtual people. But I believe that God continues to move through every facet of our existence, and that makes us new kinds of followers. We are digital disciples." "I gain renewed hope for the future by looking at a new generation of emerging Christian leaders like Adam Thomas." Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity "Digital Disciple is a new kind of pastor's sermon to a new kind of flock. Go ahead and tweet your friends: GOT 2 READ THIS." Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author, speaker and new monastic "Bright, innovative, perceptive, eloquent, and imaginative -- Adam Thomas is all that and more, as you will see in the pages of his dynamic book." James W. Moore, author of How God Takes Our Little & Makes it Much DVD with Adam Thomas introducing each chapter separate item 843504012489

Author : Damon Garcia
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506480381

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The God Who Riots by Damon Garcia Pdf

For thousands of years, religious messages have been used to either uphold the status quo or upend it. And while we are all very familiar with the kind of conservative Christianity that suppresses liberation and justifies oppression, progressive Christians are just as guilty of upholding unjust systems when we prioritize harmony and unity over justice. True justice requires us to choose sides. True justice requires action. When we look at Scripture, we see that the God of the Bible was never neutral. Again and again God chooses the side of the oppressed. Jesus said the Spirit of the Lord anointed him "to let the oppressed go free," and those of us who claim to follow Jesus today must commit to this radical mission of liberation. In The God Who Riots, popular YouTuber and public theologian Damon Garcia uses his frank, tell-it-like-it-is style to connect us with the Jesus who flipped tables in the temple and led an empire-destabilizing movement for liberation. The spirit of this God is embodied in today's protests, riots, and strikes. As we join this struggle for liberation, we are joining the God who riots alongside us, within us, and through us.

Author : Angela R. Burt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009079150

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Hare Krishna in the Twenty-First Century by Angela R. Burt Pdf

Author : Rachel Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136512131

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Godwired by Rachel Wagner Pdf

Godwired offers an engaging exploration of religious practice in the digital age. It considers how virtual experiences, like stories, games and rituals, are forms of world-building or "cosmos construction" that serve as a means of making sense of our own world. Such creative and interactive activity is, arguably, patently religious. This book examines: the nature of sacred space in virtual contexts technology as a vehicle for sacred texts who we are when we go online what rituals have in common with games and how they work online what happens to community when people worship online how religious "worlds" and virtual "worlds" nurture similar desires. Rachel Wagner suggests that whilst our engagement with virtual reality can be viewed as a form of religious activity, today’s virtual religion marks a radical departure from traditional religious practice – it is ephemeral, transient, rapid, disposable, hyper-individualized, hybrid, and in an ongoing state of flux.

Author : David E. Van Zandt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0691636737

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Living in the Children of God by David E. Van Zandt Pdf

At the height of the religious ferment of the 1970s, David Van Zandt studied firsthand the most vilified of the new radical religious movements--the Children of God, or the Family of Love. First feigning membership and later gaining the permission of the Family, the author lived full-time in COG colonies in England and the Netherlands. From that experience, he has produced an informed, insightful, and humane report on how COG members function in what seems at first to be a completely bizarre setting. The COG, an offshoot of the Jesus People movement of the late 1960s, was one of the first radical religious groups to be accused of "brainwashing." Led by the charismatic David Berg, known as Moses David, the group demands total commitment from its full-time members and proselytizes continuously. Until recently the COG used sex as a proselytizing tool, and it continues to encourage full sexual sharing among group members. Instead of examining the COG's ideology in the abstract, Van Zandt analyzes how its ideas are understood and used by ordinary members in their daily lives. For them the Family is its practical, day-to-day, and all-consuming activities, such as "litnessing" (the street sale of COG literature). This is a vivid eyewitness account that will fascinate anyone interested in life in modern radical communal religions, such as the Unification Church and the Hare Krishnas, as well as in other radical, Christian-based, total-commitment groups. Van Zandt's frank reflections on his near-conversion experience and on the ethics of his covert observation enrich our knowledge of doing research with such groups. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Benjamin L. Corey
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780768489064

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Undiluted by Benjamin L. Corey Pdf

Are you ready to begin experiencing an undiluted Jesus? Benjamin Corey confronts our vision of Jesus head-on, asking the hard question: Is what we see and hear in the modern church all there is to the message of Jesus… or is there a more radical side to Jesus than we have been led to believe? Get ready to encounter a Jesus that is determined to turn over the tables of a stale, ineffective and boring gospel that seeks to escape from the world instead of transforming it. This radical Jesus and His message... Invites us to reorient our lives not on Christian religion, but on the person of Jesus Calls us to live out faith in the context of authentic community with others, instead of isolation Includes the excluded and invites the outcast to have a seat at the table Responds to enemies with a radical, unexplainable love Undiluted will invite you to step out of your comfort zone and into a process of rediscovering the radical, counter cultural, and life-changing message of Jesus. As you do, you’ll discover a more vibrant faith as you embrace an undiluted Jesus and His radical message!

Author : Glenn Meldrum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1794119647

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The Radical Jesus by Glenn Meldrum Pdf

The Radical Jesus is a brief examination of Christ's life, teaching, death and resurrection. Everything about Jesus is absolutely radical; the One the Scriptures reveal as anything but tame. Without a clear understanding of who Jesus is, we can never hope to be the disciples we were meant to be in this fallen world. The twofold purpose of this book is to exalt the radical Jesus by presenting a fresh glimpse of who He is and to reveal the high calling that true believers are to live.

Author : Tom Beaudoin
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015040345434

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Virtual Faith by Tom Beaudoin Pdf

This provocative and highly controversial guide to understanding the genuine spiritual hunger of Generation X reveals what religious leaders--and all of us--can learn from this group.

Author : A. V Munoz
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490824062

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Radical Faith by A. V Munoz Pdf

The truths contained in Radical Faith transformed a violent criminal into a humble, peaceful, and meek man of God. No one is beyond reach of the transforming power of God. When the Word of God gets into a man who received it with the mind to obey, understand, and guard it, nothing can keep him from God's call on his life. He becomes invincible to all of life's pitfalls until his mission is complete. Today, we lack vision, desire, and diligence. Most do not even know their purpose. Through these truths, your purpose and vision can be restored. Your spiritual blindness can be healed and your perspective can be aligned with God's. You will understand you have all of heaven's resources at your disposal to fulfill God's calling on your life.

Author : Darrell Bock,Jonathan Armstrong
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802499080

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Virtual Reality Church by Darrell Bock,Jonathan Armstrong Pdf

Is Virtual Reality a Biblical Reality? The invention of the printing press catalyzed Martin Luther’s reformation; radios and televisions delivered Billy Graham’s gospel proclamations to millions of households. Technological advancements have undoubtedly advanced kingdom work for centuries—but is the same true for the burgeoning technologies of today? As virtual reality becomes increasingly prominent throughout society, churches must assess how to respond thoughtfully and biblically. In Virtual Reality Church, theologians Darrell Bock and Jonathan Armstrong present a systematic reflection on how to faithfully apply virtual reality for ministry purposes. They examine the risks—like compromising the meaning of tangible worship—and opportunities—like safely reaching persecuted churches—of integrating revolutionary technologies into the Christian life. Learn to think critically, theologically, and pastorally about new technologies so that you can faithfully advance the gospel into the future.

Author : John Vincent
Publisher : Red Church Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1935656902

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Radical Jesus by John Vincent Pdf

"Radical Jesus," by Dr. John Vincent, is a straightforward, dramatic, revelatory retelling of the story of Jesus in Mark's Gospel. Jesus appears exactly as he appeared to his own contemporaries, and to his first followers, as an exceptional, highly original, champion of the values of the poor, developing an alternative faith lifestyle at the bottom of society, and forming a community of followers whom he taught to act with his own freedom and commitment, which he called Kingdom of God. "Radical Jesus" argues that Jesus still today represents a significant and potentially world-changing style and method, whereby real change can be pioneered by groups of committed entrepreneurial disciples, following Jesus's Way. Our twenty-first century contexts of social, cultural, and political choices evoke Jesus as Alternative, Guru, Master, Blasphemer, Politician, and Journey Downward.

Author : Michael Slaughter
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780687033416

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Real Followers by Michael Slaughter Pdf

Many Christians, disillusioned with lives of spiritual mediocrity that have been dampened by today 's rampant materialism and cafeteria spirituality, are asking the same question: Where is the substance that can move our church beyond ho-hum Christianity Today 's public fascination with angels, New Age spirituality, and the paranormal is likewise spurring Christ 's followers to look for greater and deeper life transformation through their faith. Real Followers: Beyond Virtual Christianity shows how an ordinary church can be transformed into a radical community a fellowship of everyday people who began looking for meaning and searching for authenticity. Michael Slaughter describes a movement that is hooked in various generations, from buster to boomer to builder. This resource also includes discussion questions.* Key Features: - Readers examine culturally relevant concepts to ask the age-old question: Will you give up your right to yourself, take up the cross, and radically follows Jesus - Readers are presented with a workable example of how to grow their church, with examples from Ginghamsburg Church - Contains case studies of real people who have begun a migration in the wrong direction - Includes discussion questions Key Benefits: - Readers learn what it really means to find their destiny as Christ 's followers - Readers are inspired to take doable steps toward becoming authentic Christ followers