Nationhood Providence And Witness

Author : Carys Moseley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610979429

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Nationhood, Providence, and Witness by Carys Moseley Pdf

This book argues that problems with recognizing the State of Israel lie at the heart of approaches to nationhood and unease over nationalism in modern Protestant theology, as well as modern social theory. Three interrelated themes are explored. The first is the connection between a theologian's attitude to recognizing Israel and their approach to the providential place of nations in the divine economy. Following from this, the argument is made that theologians' handling of both modern and ancient Israel is mirrored profoundly in the question of recognition and ethical treatment of the nations to which they belong, along with neighboring nations. The third theme is how social theory, represented by certain key figures, has handled the same issues. Four major theologians are discussed: Reinhold Niebuhr, Rowan Williams, John Milbank, and Karl Barth. Alongside them are placed social theorists and scholars of religion and nationalism, including Mark Juergensmeyer, Philip Jenkins, Anthony Smith, and Adrian Hastings. In the process, debates over the relationship between theology and social theory are reconfigured in concrete terms around the challenge of recognition of the State of Israel as well as stateless nations.

Author : Carys Moseley
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780227901755

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Nationhood, Providence, and Witness by Carys Moseley Pdf

In this eloquently argued work Carys Moseley provides an original angle of criticism on the issue of nationhood and Christianity, asserting that Christianity must relate to nationhood as the nation structure is part of God's plan for humanity. The book addresses three major themes in the field of theology and nationhood. The first is that anti-nationalism and anti-Zionism are often two sides of the same coin, and involve taking leave of a providential reading of the Bible as well as a willingness to understand history in broadly providential terms. The second is that such an approach tends to involve a reluctance to recognise subordinated Gentile nations, especially those that have lost independence. Moseley studies the work of four theologians - Reinhold Niebuhr, Rowan Williams, John Milbank and Karl Barth - to examine the difference between nationhood and statehood. She provides a perspective on Wales as a stateless nation, as an example of a Gentile parallel to Israel. Thirdly, Moseley links social theorists to the theologians to explore their affinities. Niebuhr is paired with Mark Juergensmeyer, and Rowan Williams is juxtaposed to the debate between Adrian Hastings and Anthon Smith. Nationhood, Recognition and Providence will interest anyone concerned with nationhood and Israel in protestant theology, and offers unique insights into stateless nations from the Welsh-born author's perspective.

Author : Carys Moseley
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191646263

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Nations and Nationalism in the Theology of Karl Barth by Carys Moseley Pdf

Karl Barth was well-known for his criticism of German nationalism as a corrupting influence on the German protestant churches in the Nazi era. Defining and recognising nationhood as distinct from the state is an important though underappreciated task in Barth's theology. It flows out of his deep concern for the capacity for nationalist dogma - that every nation must have its own state - to promote warfare. The problem motivated him to make his famous break with German liberal protestant theology. In this book, Carys Moseley traces how Barth reconceived nationhood in the light of a lifelong interest in the exegesis and preaching of the Pentecost narrative in Acts 2. She shows how his responsibilities as a pastor of the Swiss Reformed Church required preaching on this text as part of the church calendar, and thus how his defence of the inclusion of the filioque clause in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed stemmed from his ministry, homiletics and implicit missiology. The concern to deny that nations exist primordially in creation was a crucial reason for Barth's dissent from his contemporaries over the orders of creation, and that his polemic against 'natural theology' was largely driven by rejection of the German liberal idea that the rise and fall of nations is part of a cycle of nature which simply reflect divine action. Against this conceit, Barth advanced his famous doctrine of the election of Israel as part of the election of the community of the people of God. This is the way into understanding the division of the world into nations, and the divine recognition of all nations as communities wherein people are meant to seek God.

Author : Jason M. Olson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498581394

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America's Road to Jerusalem by Jason M. Olson Pdf

America’s Road to Jerusalem: The Impact of the Six-Day War on Protestant Politics examines the role of the Six-Day War in American Protestant politics and culture. The author argues that the conflict shifted the balance of power between Evangelicals and Modernists, eventually culminating in the Trump Administration’s 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. What the 1925 Scopes Trial was for science and religion, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War was for history and religion

Author : Gerald R. McDermott
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830894383

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The New Christian Zionism by Gerald R. McDermott Pdf

Can a theological case be made from Scripture that Israel still has a claim to the Promised Land? Christian Zionism is often seen as the offspring of premillennial dispensationalism. But the historical roots of Christian Zionism came long before the rise of the Plymouth Brethren and John Nelson Darby. In fact, the authors of The New Christian Zionism contend that the biblical and theological connections between covenant and land are nearly as close in the New Testament as in the Old. Written with academic rigor by experts in the field, this book proposes that Zionism can be defended historically, theologically, politically and morally. While this does not sanctify every policy and practice of the current Israeli government, the authors include recommendations for how twenty-first-century Christian theology should rethink its understanding of both ancient and contemporary Israel, the Bible and Christian theology more broadly. This provocative volume proposes a place for Christian Zionism in an integrated biblical vision.

Author : Pro Ecclesia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781538114025

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Pro Ecclesia Vol 27-N4 by Pro Ecclesia Pdf

Pro Ecclesia is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

Author : Rhys S. Bezzant
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532635960

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The Global Edwards by Rhys S. Bezzant Pdf

In a globalized world, networks are key, whether they are networks of people, ideas, or interests. In this volume of essays on the texts and teachings of Jonathan Edwards, contributors from each continent ask questions about how the world of Edwards explains or illuminates the world of today, whether in the area of systematics, missions, historiography, politics, church-planting, or biblical studies. Such diverse discourses enrich the networks of scholarship that the contributors represent, and provide a global snapshot of contemporary research in Edwards studies. These papers were presented in August 2015 at the Jonathan Edwards Congress held at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, where personal engagement with the topics at hand made the worldwide network of Edwards aficionados and scholars not merely a virtual aspiration but an experience in time and space. This book will not only inform its readers but surprise them as well, as they track the power of eighteenth century theological ideas in the late modern world.

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781538141670

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The Bible in American Law and Politics by John R. Vile Pdf

While scholars increasingly recognize the importance of religion throughout American history, The Bible in American Law and Politics is the first reference book to focus on the key role that the Bible has played in American public life. In considering revolting from Great Britain, Americans contemplated whether this was consistent with scripture. Americans subsequently sought to apply Biblical passages to such issues as slavery, women’s rights, national alcoholic prohibition, issues of war and peace, and the like. American presidents continue to take their oath on the Bible. Some of America’s greatest speeches, for example, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural and William Jennings Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech, have been grounded on Biblical texts or analogies. Today, Americans continue to cite the Bible for positions as diverse as LGBTQ rights, abortion, immigration, welfare, health care, and other contemporary issues. By providing essays on key speeches, books, documents, legal decisions, and other writings throughout American history that have sought to buttress arguments through citations to Scriptures or to Biblical figures, John Vile provides an indispensable guide for scholars and students in religion, American history, law, and political science to understand how Americans throughout its history have interpreted and applied the Bible to legal and political issues.

Author : BÜLENT ȘENAY
Publisher : Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9786061612598

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CHRISTIAN ZIONISM. THEOPOLITICS AND BIBLICAL MYTH-MAKING by BÜLENT ȘENAY Pdf

This book is meant to serve as a reader material, an instrument designed to help students of Christian Zionism, regardless of their background, age and ultimate interest, find their way in existing literature.

Author : Robin Lovin,Joshua Mauldin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198813569

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The Oxford Handbook of Reinhold Niebuhr by Robin Lovin,Joshua Mauldin Pdf

This authoritative Handbook features 38 chapters placing Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) in his historical context to offer readers an appreciation of his insights and how he was received by his contemporaries.

Author : Ephraim Radner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498297097

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Church by Ephraim Radner Pdf

This is an introduction to thinking theologically about the Christian church—what is known as ecclesiology. The book covers background questions of conception, history, differences among separated Christian churches, and several modern approaches to the study of the church. It also introduces readers to a specific scriptural way of thinking about the church centered on mission, that takes into account problems associated with past approaches, and sensitive to contemporary concerns with the reality of Judaism and other national identities in a global context.

Author : S. Ilan Troen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031509148

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Israel/Palestine in World Religions by S. Ilan Troen Pdf

Author : Matthew Levering
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725291119

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Engaging the Doctrine of Israel by Matthew Levering Pdf

This book is the dogmatic sequel to Levering's Engaging the Doctrine of Marriage, in which he argued that God's purpose in creating the cosmos is the eschatological marriage of God and his people.. God sets this marriage into motion through his covenantal election of a particular people, the people of Israel. Central to this people's relationship with the Creator God are their Scriptures, exodus, Torah, Temple, land, and Davidic kingship. As a Christian Israelology, this book devotes a chapter to each of these topics, investigating their theological significance both in light of ongoing Judaism and in light of Christian Scripture (Old and New Testaments) and Christian theology. The book makes a significant contribution to charting a path forward for Jewish-Christian dialogue from the perspective of post-Vatican II Catholicism.

Author : Peter Harrison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351348959

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Narratives of Secularization by Peter Harrison Pdf

It is increasingly clear that histories of secularization are not simply dispassionate descriptions of the decline of religious belief and practice in the West. Rather, such narratives often seek to celebrate secularization, promote some version of it, lament it, or otherwise oppose it in favour of a programme of desecularization or resacralization. The aim of this book is to identify some of the major genres of the history of secularization and to explore their historical contexts, normative commitments, and tendential purposes. The contributors to the volume offer different perspectives on these questions, not least because a number of them are themselves participants in the cultural-political programs described above. The primary purpose of this book, however, is the identification of such programs rather than their promotion. Overall, the collection seeks to bring analytical clarity to ongoing debates about secularization and help explain the co-existence of apparently conflicting stories about the origins of Western modernity. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Intellectual History Review journal.

Author : Gavin D'Costa,Faydra Shapiro,H. B. Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813234854

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Contemporary Catholic Approaches to the People, State, and Land of Israel by Gavin D'Costa,Faydra Shapiro,H. B. Pierbattista Pizzaballa Pdf

After Vatican II, the Roman Catholic Church began a process of stripping away anti-Jewish sentiments within its theological culture. One question that has arisen and received very scant attention regards the theological significance of the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 – and the attendant nakba, the plight of the Palestinian people. Some American evangelical Christians have developed a theology around the state of Israel, associating themselves with Zionism. Some Christian groups have developed a theology around the suffering of the Palestinian people and demand resistance to Zionism. This unique collection of essays from leading Catholic theologians from the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, England, and the Middle East reflect on the theological status of the land of Israel. These essays represent an exhaustive range of views. None avoid the new Catholic theology regarding the Jewish people. Some contributors see this as leading towards a positive theological affirmation of the state of Israel, while distancing themselves from Christian Zionists. All contributors are committed to rights of the Palestinian people. Some affirm the need for strong diplomatic and political support for Israel along with equal support for Palestinians, arguing that this is as far as the Church can go. Others argue that the Church’s emerging theology represents the guilt conscience of Europe at the cost of the Palestinian people. None deny the right of Jews to live in the land. Two Jewish scholars respond to the essays creating an atmosphere of genuine interfaith dialogue which serves Catholics to think further through these issues.