The Consolations Of Theology

Author : Brian S. Rosner
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802860408

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The Consolations of Theology by Brian S. Rosner Pdf

Inspired by Alain de Botton's bestselling Consolations of Philosophy, this volume shows how theology can be of practical value to every believer. The great theologians in the history of the church have always found that theology affords genuine comfort in the face of life's difficulties. InThe Consolations of Theology Brian Rosner and other practical theologians present a compelling blend of biography and theology that profoundly addresses the perennial human problems of anger, obsession, despair, anxiety, disappointment, and pain. Contributors: Gwenfair Walters Adams Robert Banks Peter Bolt Andrew Cameron Richard Gibson Brian Rosner Mark Thompson

Author : Johann Gerhard
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606086643

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Handbook of Consolations by Johann Gerhard Pdf

Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) was one of the leading dogmatic theologians of his time and was the authoritative voice of seventeenth-century Lutheran Orthodoxy. Yet, he also published numerous devotional works and meditations that were meant to be used in the daily lives of ordinary believers. The Handbook of Consolations sought to provide comfort and encouragement not only to those approaching death, but also to those who provided care for the sick and dying. Gerhard himself was no stranger to sickness and death, having lost his infant son and young wife, and faced numerous life-threatening illnesses throughout his life. In this pastoral work, which is the first complete English translation based on Gerhard's original Latin to be published since the seventeenth century, Gerhard brings together his extensive understanding of Scripture, theology, and church history in a practical and easy-to-understand manual that is as relevant and meaningful in the twenty-first century as it was in Gerhard's day.

Author : Mark Stephen Burrows
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610970075

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Jean Gerson and De Consolatione Theologiae (1418) by Mark Stephen Burrows Pdf

Author : Henry Chadwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Arts, Medieval
ISBN : 0191682896

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Boethius by Henry Chadwick Pdf

This biographical study of the Roman senator begins by tracing his political career under the Gothic king Theoderic the Great. Subsequent chapters describe his educational programme in the liberal arts, his translations into Latin of the works of Aristotle and Plato, and his own compositions.

Author : David Carnegie Andrew Agnew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Salvation
ISBN : OCLC:7818376

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The Theology of Consolation, Or, An Account of Many Old Writings and Writers on that Subject by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew Pdf

Author : Saint Ignatius (of Loyola)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Meditations
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR60145633

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Manresa by Saint Ignatius (of Loyola) Pdf

Author : Brian S. Rosner
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310499831

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Known by God by Brian S. Rosner Pdf

Who are you? What defines you? What makes you, you? In the past an individual's identity was more predictable than it is today. Life's big questions were basically settled before you were born: where you'd live, what you'd do, the type of person you'd marry, your basic beliefs, and so on. Today personal identity is a do-it-yourself project. Constructing a stable and satisfying sense of self is hard amidst relationship breakdowns, the pace of modern life, the rise of social media, multiple careers, social mobility, and so on. Ours is a day of identity angst. Known by God is built on the observation that humans are inherently social beings; we know who we are in relation to others and by being known by them. If one of the universal desires of the self is to be known by others, being known by God as his children meets our deepest and lifelong need for recognition and gives us a secure identity. Rosner argues that rather than knowing ourselves, being known by God is the key to personal identity. He explores three biblical angles on the question of personal identity: being made in the image of God, being known by God and being in Christ. The notion of sonship is at the center - God gives us our identity as a parent who knows his child. Being known by him as his child gives our fleeting lives significance, provokes in us needed humility, supplies cheering comfort when things go wrong, and offers clear moral direction for living.

Author : Johann Gerhard
Publisher : Wipf & Stock Publishers
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498253687

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Handbook of Consolations by Johann Gerhard Pdf

Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) was one of the leading dogmatic theologians of his time and was the authoritative voice of seventeenth-century Lutheran Orthodoxy. Yet, he also published numerous devotional works and meditations that were meant to be used in the daily lives of ordinary believers. The Handbook of Consolations sought to provide comfort and encouragement not only to those approaching death, but also to those who provided care for the sick and dying. Gerhard himself was no stranger to sickness and death, having lost his infant son and young wife, and faced numerous life-threatening illnesses throughout his life. In this pastoral work, which is the first complete English translation based on Gerhard's original Latin to be published since the seventeenth century, Gerhard brings together his extensive understanding of Scripture, theology, and church history in a practical and easy-to-understand manual that is as relevant and meaningful in the twenty-first century as it was in Gerhard's day.

Author : Jean Gerson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:30000067244586

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The Consolation of Theology by Jean Gerson Pdf

Author : David Carnegie A. Agnew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Consolation
ISBN : OCLC:16555978

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The theology of consolation, or, An account of many old writings and writers on that subject by David Carnegie A. Agnew Pdf

Author : Boethius,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1964-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius,Aeterna Press Pdf

To pleasant songs my work was erstwhile given, and bright were all my labours then; but now in tears to sad refrains am I compelled to turn. Thus my maimed Muses guide my pen, and gloomy songs make no feigned tears bedew my face. Then could no fear so overcome to leave me companionless upon my way. They were the pride of my earlier bright-lived days: in my later gloomy days they are the comfort of my fate; for hastened by unhappiness has age come upon me without warning, and grief hath set within me the old age of her gloom. White hairs are scattered untimely on my head, and the skin hangs loosely from my worn-out limbs. Aeterna Press

Author : Henry Chadwick
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198265492

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Boethius by Henry Chadwick Pdf

The Consolations of Philosophy by Boethius, whose English translators include King Alfred, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Queen Elizabeth I, ranks among the most remarkable books to be written by a prisoner awaiting the execution of a tyrannical death sentence. Its interpretation is bound up with his other writings on mathematics and music, on Aristotelian and propositional logic, and on central themes of Christian dogma. Chadwick begins by tracing the career of Boethius, a Roman rising tohigh office under the Gothic King Theoderic the Great, and suggests that his death may be seen as a cruel by-product of Byzantine ambitions to restore Roman imperial rule after its elimination in the West in AD 476. Subsequent chapters examine in detail his educational programme in the liberal arts designed to avert a threatened collapse of culture and his ambition to translate into Latin everything he could find on Plato and Aristotle. Boethius has been called `last of the Romans, first of the scholastics'. This book is the first major study in English of a writer who was of critical importance in the history of thought.

Author : Sotiris Mitralexis,Dionysios Skliris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351593472

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Slavoj Žižek and Christianity by Sotiris Mitralexis,Dionysios Skliris Pdf

Slavoj Žižek’s critical engagement with Christian theology goes much further than his seminal The Fragile Absolute (2000), or his The Puppet and the Dwarf (2003), or even his discussion with noted theologian John Milbank in The Monstrosity of Christ (2009). His reading of Christianity, utilising his signature elements of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian philosophy with modern philosophical currents, can be seen as a genuinely original contribution to the philosophy of religion. This book focuses on these aspects of Žižek’s thought with either philosophy and cultural theory, or Christian theology, serving as starting points of enquiry. Written by a panel of international contributors, each chapter teases out various strands of Žižek’s thought concerning Christianity and religion and brings them into a wider conversation about the nature of faith. These essays show that far from being an outright rejection of Christian thought and intellectual heritage, Žižek’s work could be seen as a perverse affirmation thereof. Thus, what he has to say should be of direct interest to Christian theology itself. Touching on thinkers such as Badiou, Lacan, Chesterton and Schelling, this collection is a dynamic reading and re-reading of Žižek’s relationship to Christianity. As such, scholars of theology, the philosophy of religion and Žižek more generally will all find this book to be of great interest.

Author : Justin Mihoc,Leonard Aldea
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567433824

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A Celebration of Living Theology by Justin Mihoc,Leonard Aldea Pdf

This volume brings together an international range of world-class scholars to engage with Andrew Louth's work and its influence on modern Theology. Andrew Louth is well known and influential in the English-speaking circles but also in the non-English Orthodox world, especially across Eastern Europe. The interaction between these theological groups remains sparse and intermittent. By drawing together scholars from the three main branches of Christianity and from around the world, this volume helps to increase our knowledge and exposure between these different spheres. This volume comprises of articles on Patristics, Byzantine Fathers, Latin Fathers, Modern Christianity, Theology as Life and the reception of Louth's work outside the English-speaking world. The papers are written by the leading scholars, such as Lewis Ayres, John Milbank, Kallistos Ware and Thomas Graumann.

Author : Andrew Cameron,Brian Rosner
Publisher : Christian Focus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1845504674

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The Trials of Theology by Andrew Cameron,Brian Rosner Pdf

Studying theology can be a time of strengthening and renewing, but it is also filled with pitfalls and trials. Through this reader you will learn how to brave the depths of Augustine, Martin Luther, C. H. Spurgeon, B. B. Warfield and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.