The Divine Institution

Author : Sophie Bjork-James
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978821866

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The Divine Institution by Sophie Bjork-James Pdf

The Divine Institution provides an account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corollary to Religious Right politics. This tradition inherently enforces racial inequality in that it draws moral, religious, and political attention away from problems of racial and economic structural oppression, explaining all social problems as a failure of the individual to achieve the strong gender and sexual identities that ground the nuclear family. The consequences of this theology are both personal suffering for individuals who cannot measure up to prescribed gender and sexual roles, and political support for conservative government policies. Exposure to experiences that undermine the idea that an emphasis on the family is the solution to all social problems is causing a younger generation of white evangelicals to shift away from this narrow theological emphasis and toward a more social justice-oriented theology. The material and political effects of this shift remain to be seen.

Author : Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691168678

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Divine Institutions by Dan-el Padilla Peralta Pdf

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stanford University, 2014, titled Divine institutions: religious practice, economic development, and social transformation in mid-Republican Rome.

Author : Peter Rollins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451609059

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The Divine Magician by Peter Rollins Pdf

In this mind-bending exploration of traditional Christianity, firebrand Peter Rollins turns the tables on conventional wisdom, offering a fresh perspective focused on a life filled with love. Peter Rollins knows one magic trick—now, make sure you watch closely. It has three parts: the Pledge, the Turn, and the Prestige. In Divine Magician, each part comes into play as he explores a radical view of interacting with the world in love. Rollins argues that the Christian event, reenacted in the Eucharist, is indeed a type of magic trick, one that is echoed in the great vanishing acts performed by magicians throughout the ages. In this trick, a divine object is presented to us (the Pledge), disappears (the Turn), and then returns (the Prestige). But just as the returned object in a classic vanishing act is not really the same object—but another that looks the same—so this book argues that the return of God is not simply the return of what was initially presented, but rather a radical way of interacting with the world. In an effort to unearth the power of Christianity, Rollins uses this framework to explain the mystery of faith that has been lost on the church. In the same vein as Rob Bell’s bestseller Love Wins, this book pushes the boundaries of theology, presenting a stirring vision at the forefront of re-imagined modern Christianity. As a dynamic speaker as he is in writing, Rollins examines traditional religious notions from a revolutionary and refreshingly original perspective. At the heart of his message is a life lived through profound love. Just perhaps, says Rollins, the radical message found in Christianity might be one that the church can show allegiance to.

Author : R. B. Thieme, Jr.
Publisher : R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781557641564

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The Angelic Conflict by R. B. Thieme, Jr. Pdf

The Angelic Conflict rages around us. This is not a world war. This is a war beyond the world—an invisible warfare between the forces of Satan and the forces of God. Ultimately God will win. Long before the advent of human history, Satan arrogantly rebelled against his Creator. He wanted to make himself “like the Most High” and recruited one-third of the angels to follow him. God justly condemned Satan and his fallen angels to spend eternity in the lake of fire. Satan appealed the sentence, claiming unfairness—questioning how a loving God could cast His creatures into hell. Planet Earth is now the battleground where Satan seeks to outmaneuver God, prove the judgment unfair, and foil the execution of his sentence. Satan will not suffer defeat without an intense struggle. God created man to resolve this angelic conflict. Human volition is the focal point of the firestorm. Will man choose God’s grace plan of salvation or follow the arrogant system of Satan? Through the freewill decisions of mankind, God proves to Satan His perfect justice and love again and again. As believers, it is imperative we understand this spiritual warfare that surrounds us. Satan uses every ruse at his command to derail and discredit those who are in Christ. For our defense, God has provided an overwhelming advantage in a powerful suit of spiritual armor. With it we can withstand the “flaming missiles of the evil one” and become heroes in the invisible war. God is glorified as we lock shields and stand firm on His power and Word.

Author : Lactantius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:932170508

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The Divine Institutes by Lactantius Pdf

Author : John Fry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1813
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021512835

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The Divine Institution of the Christian Ministry. A Sermon [on Acts Xx. 28], Etc by John Fry Pdf

Author : Mark C. Murphy
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501732010

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An Essay on Divine Authority by Mark C. Murphy Pdf

In the first book wholly concerned with divine authority, Mark C. Murphy explores the extent of God's rule over created rational beings. The author challenges the view—widely supported by theists and nontheists alike—that if God exists, then humans must be bound by an obligation of obedience to this being. He demonstrates that this view, the "authority thesis," cannot be sustained by any of the arguments routinely advanced on its behalf, including those drawn from perfect being theology, metaethical theory, normative principles, and even Scripture and tradition. After exposing the inadequacies of the various arguments for the authority thesis, he develops his own solution to the problem of whether, and to what extent, God is authoritative. For Murphy, divine authority is a contingent matter: while created rational beings have decisive reason to subject themselves to the divine rule, they are under divine authority only insofar as they have chosen to allow God's decisions to take the place of their own in their practical reasoning. The author formulates and defends his arguments for this view, and notes its implications for understanding the distinctiveness of Christian ethics.

Author : Isaac Chauncy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1697
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN : BL:A0020960712

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The Divine Institution of Congregational Churches, Ministry and Ordinances by Isaac Chauncy Pdf

Author : John Williams (minister of the gospel.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1701
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019460161

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The Divine Institution, Order and Government of a Visible Church of Christ, According to the Direction Left by Him in the New Testament, Etc. [Edited by J. Noble.] by John Williams (minister of the gospel.) Pdf

Author : Sophie Bjork-James
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978821842

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The Divine Institution by Sophie Bjork-James Pdf

The Divine Institution provides an account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corollary to Religious Right politics. This tradition inherently enforces racial inequality in that it draws moral, religious, and political attention away from problems of racial and economic structural oppression, explaining all social problems as a failure of the individual to achieve the strong gender and sexual identities that ground the nuclear family. The consequences of this theology are both personal suffering for individuals who cannot measure up to prescribed gender and sexual roles, and political support for conservative government policies. Exposure to experiences that undermine the idea that an emphasis on the family is the solution to all social problems is causing a younger generation of white evangelicals to shift away from this narrow theological emphasis and toward a more social justice-oriented theology. The material and political effects of this shift remain to be seen.

Author : Gene Edwards
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414328003

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The Divine Romance by Gene Edwards Pdf

A breathtakingly beautiful saga spanning from eternity to eternity, presented from the view of angels. Experience creation, the crucifixion, and the resurrection from this unique viewpoint, and gain a better understanding of the majestic love of God. Gene Edwards’s classic tale is the greatest love story ever told.

Author : Sada Mire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429769245

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Divine Fertility by Sada Mire Pdf

This book uniquely explores the impact of indigenous ideology and thought on everyday life in Northeast Africa. Furthermore, in highlighting the diversity in pre-Christian, pre-Islamic regional beliefs and practices that extend beyond the simplistic political arguments of the current dominant narratives, the study shows that for millennia complex indigenous institutions have bound people together beyond the labels of Christianity and Islam; they have sustained peace through cultural exchange and tolerance (if not always complete acceptance). Through recent archaeological and ethnographic research, the concepts, landscapes, materials and rituals believed to be associated with the indigenous and shared culture of the Sky-God belief are examined. The author makes sense, for the first time, of the relationship between the notion of sacred fertility and a number of regional archaeological features and on-going ancient practices including FGM, spirit possessions, and other physically invasive practices and the ritual hunt. The book explores one of the most important pilgrimage centres in Somaliland and Somalia, the sacred landscape of Saint Aw-Barkhadle, founded ca. 12th century AD. It is believed to be the burial place of the rulers of the first Muslim Ifat and Awdal dynasties in this region, and potentially the lost first capital of Awdal kingdom before Harar. This ritual centre is seen as a ‘microcosm’ of the ancient Horn of Africa with its exceptional multi-religious heritage, through which the author lays out a locally appropriate archaeological interpretational framework, the "Ritual Set," also applied here to the Ethiopian sites of Tiya, Sheikh Hussein Bale, Aksum and Lalibela, setting these places against a wider historical background of indigenous Sky-God belief. This archaeological study of sacred landscapes, stelae traditions, ancient Christian and medieval Muslim centres of Northeast Africa is the first to put forward a theoretical and analytical framework for the interpretation of the shared regional heritage and the indigenous archaeology of the region. It will be invaluable to archaeologists, anthropologists, historians and policymakers interested in Africa and beyond.

Author : William Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1709
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:N11681981

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The Divine Institution of the Gospel Ministry by William Roberts Pdf

Author : Alexander LAUDER (the Elder.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1711
Category : Episcopacy
ISBN : BL:A0019440813

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The Divine Institution of Bishops, Having Churches Consisting of Many Congregations, Examined by Scripture by Alexander LAUDER (the Elder.) Pdf

Author : Senator Cassiodorus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060133389

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Cassiodorus by Senator Cassiodorus Pdf

"As a minister of the ostrogothic regime in the time of Theoderic, Cassiodorus had as brilliant a political career as any Roman of the late empire. Around 538 CE, on the eve of the Byzantine reconquest of Italy, he published a collection of his state letters under the title of Variae (TTH 12), and disappeared from the public record. Half a century later, dying at his country estate in Calabria, he left behind the exemplars for another world of texts: that of the Christian universe of Scripture, now encompassing the Seven Liberal Arts. The grand plan of this new dispensation is contained in the two books of his Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning, a work which would be excerpted and copied in monasteries throughout the Latin Middle Ages. The Institutions appears here in the first new English translation in more than fifty years, with explanatory notes and a historical and interpretative introduction that takes full account of recent scholarship. The treatise On the Soul, which was originally published as the thirteenth book of the Variae, is included as an appendix. For a long while mistakenly revered as a saviour of classical civilization, in recent times more often dismissed as an anachronism, Cassiodorus emerges from this edition of the Institutions as an exceptional but nonetheless representative exponent of the learned Christian culture of later Latin Antiquity. The work will be of interest to historians of the late Roman empire and the early Christian church, medievalists, and students of the classical tradition."-- Publisher description.