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Author : Kent R. Hunter
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780687006472
The churches that will succeed in reaching out to the unchurched in this society are those who have learned how to encounter such people on their own territory. Kent Hunter names such forms of ministry the Jesus Enterprise.
Author : Dauril Alden
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804722714
Based on more than two decades of research conducted on five continents, this monumental work focuses on the activities of members of the Society of Jesus from its foundation to the eve of its expulsion from the Portuguese world. A second volume will examine the Orders expulsion, the fate of its members, and the disposition of its assets in Portugal and her empire from 1750 to 1808. The present volume begins with the Societys introduction to Portugal and traces its expansion throughout what the Society defined as the Portuguese Assistancy, a vast complex of administrative units that included the kingdom of Portugal and her empire plus portions of the Indian subcontinent, Japan, China, the Indonesian archipelago, and Ethiopia. Though it fully describes the evangelical and educational activities of the Jesuits, the book emphasizes their political relations with Portuguese and indigenous leaders, the founding of their major training facilities, the development of their economic infrastructure, their activities as governmental administrators for the Portuguese in India and China, and their role in Portugals unsuccessful attempts to preserve her eastern empire and to revive Brazil after the Dutch occupation (1630-1654). Throughout, the author makes insightful comparisons between the Jesuits and their peers in various parts of the Portuguese Assistancy and between the Jesuits and their monastic predecessors in various parts of Europe, notably France and England.
Author : Graham H. Twelftree
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498218283
The nature miracle stories of Jesus—walking on the water or feeding thousands with a small amount of food, for example—are so spectacular that many find them a problem, whether historical, philosophical, or even theological. This is the first book to tackle this problem head on. Do the stories reflect events in the life of the historical Jesus, or are they myths or legends? Or, perhaps they grew out of parables or from more ordinary events into the incredible stories we now have. Or, again, perhaps this the wrong approach! A group of high-ranking biblical historians, philosophers, and theologians with very diverse views set out to provide possible answers. Contributors include: • James Crossley • Eric Eve • Craig S. Keener • Michael Levine • Timothy J. McGrew • Scot McKnight • Graham H. Twelftree • Ruben Zimmermann
Author : Jason N. Bolt
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725247444
Thoroughly God-centric and Bible-saturated, this book is a plea for the church and her missionaries to return to the biblical mandate and prescription for missionary activity. In God's infinite wisdom, he has determined to ransom men from among every tribe, tongue, people, and nation through the proclamation of the gospel. This is the greatest enterprise ever undertaken in human history, and it will culminate in success. God will see to it. The church has a principal role to play in the enterprise, but that role is not one of global philanthropy. The modern view of missionary activity has robbed missionaries of the authority to preach the gospel and has left the nations wanting of the joy of salvation . . . but there is yet time. The modern church may still find great success in the spread of the gospel to the remotest part of the earth. All that is necessary is that we would seek the revealed will of God in the Scriptures and put into practice that which it requires.
Author : Chris Keith,Anthony Le Donne
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567377234
This volume discusses the new approaches regarding the criteria of authenticity and their relevance in the quest for the historical Jesus studies.
Author : Baron Stow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Missions
ISBN : UCAL:$B295768
Author : Markus Bockmuehl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521796784
This Companion offers an integrated introduction to the study of Jesus.
Author : Colin Brown,Craig A. Evans
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310125495
A comprehensive, two-volume reassessment of the quests for the historical Jesus that details their origins and underlying presuppositions as well as their ongoing influence on today's biblical and theological scholarship. Jesus' life and teaching is important to every question we ask about what we believe and why we believe it. And yet there has never been common agreement about his identity, intentions, or teachings—even among first-century historians and scholars. Throughout history, different religious and philosophical traditions have attempted to claim Jesus and paint him in the cultural narratives of their heritage, creating a labyrinth of conflicting ideas. From the evolution of orthodoxy and quests before Albert Schweitzer's famous "Old Quest," to today's ongoing questions about criteria, methods, and sources, A History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus not only chronicles the developments but lays the groundwork for the way forward. The late Colin Brown brings his scholarly prowess in both theology and biblical studies to bear on the subject, assessing not only the historical and exegetical nuts and bolts of the debate about Jesus of Nazareth but also its philosophical, sociological, and theological underpinnings. Instead of seeking a bedrock of "facts," Brown stresses the role of hermeneutics in formulating questions and seeking answers. Colin Brown was almost finished with the manuscript at the time of his passing in 2019. Brought to its final form by Craig A. Evans, this book promises to become the definitive history and assessment of the quests for the historical Jesus. Volume One covers the period from the beginnings of Christianity to the end of World War II. Volume Two (sold separately) covers the period from the post-War era through contemporary debates.
Author : David Dickinson
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616950859
Three men are found with their throats cut, and all are connected in some way to an ancient City of London livery company, the Silkworkers. Lord Powerscourt has no shortage of suspects or suspicions. The first victim had shadowy links with the Secret Service. The second had wiped fifteen years out of his own past. The third, a man who collected women at church during Christmas Carol services, had been threatened by angry husbands and disinherited sons. All the victims had been opposed to the reorganization of the Silkworkers' finances and, interestingly, Sir Peregrine Fishborne, the head of the Silkworkers, was present just before each victim's death. Lord knows that the key to solving the mystery lies in the strange markings found on the bodies, which no coroners can identify. From the Hardcover edition.
Author : Bethany Moreton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674256460
In the decades after World War II, evangelical Christianity nourished America’s devotion to free markets, free trade, and free enterprise. The history of Wal-Mart uncovers a complex network that united Sun Belt entrepreneurs, evangelical employees, Christian business students, overseas missionaries, and free-market activists. Through the stories of people linked by the world’s largest corporation, Bethany Moreton shows how a Christian service ethos powered capitalism at home and abroad. While industrial America was built by and for the urban North, rural Southerners comprised much of the labor, management, and consumers in the postwar service sector that raised the Sun Belt to national influence. These newcomers to the economic stage put down the plough to take up the bar-code scanner without ever passing through the assembly line. Industrial culture had been urban, modernist, sometimes radical, often Catholic and Jewish, and self-consciously international. Post-industrial culture, in contrast, spoke of Jesus with a drawl and of unions with a sneer, sang about Momma and the flag, and preached salvation in this world and the next. This extraordinary biography of Wal-Mart’s world shows how a Christian pro-business movement grew from the bottom up as well as the top down, bolstering an economic vision that sanctifies corporate globalization. The author has assigned her royalties and subsidiary earnings to Interfaith Worker Justice (www.iwj.org) and its local affiliate in Athens, GA, the Economic Justice Coalition (www.econjustice.org).
Author : James M. Scott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666746600
This introduction to a biblical theology of the New Testament seeks to revitalize our engagement with the Scriptures for the twenty-first century by showing not only how the assemblage of ancient writings consisting of both Old and New Testaments is intrinsically relevant, but also how we can remain faithful to Jesus Christ, the organizing principle of those writings, in the process. The book is an invitation to all people of goodwill--believers and unbelievers, liberals and conservatives--to put aside their differences in order to cooperate in the revolution that Jesus inaugurated, the creation of a new and better world in the here and now as an anticipation of the eschatological finale. In an age in which many people are overwhelmed by life and looking for ways to cope, this book offers fresh perspectives and penetrating insights that are grounded in solid biblical scholarship with the aid of contemporary philosophical concepts.
Author : Greg Rhodea
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646020485
For more than a century, scholars have debated whether Paul the apostle was a faithful follower of Jesus or a corruptor of Jesus’s message and the true founder of Christianity. Signs of Continuity intervenes in this debate by exploring a largely overlooked element of similarity between the two men: the place of miracles in their ministries. In his close analysis of the miracles performed by Jesus and Paul, Greg Rhodea points to signs of continuity between these two historical figures of Christianity. He argues that both Jesus and Paul understood their miracles as accompanying and actualizing a message of gracious inclusion of the marginalized, resisted proving their ability to work miracles to those who asked for a sign despite the importance of miracle-working to their personal authentication, and interpreted miracles as proof of the presence of the eschatological kingdom. Based on these similarities, Rhodea concludes that Paul the apostle knew of Jesus’s miracles and that he imitated Jesus in his own ministry of miracle-working. In highlighting this previously unexplored area of continuity, Rhodea makes a significant contribution to the debate over the relationship between Jesus and Paul. Biblical scholars and students interested in this debate will find Signs of Continuity enlightening and informative.
Author : Irene H. Erickson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595000821
The Jesus Journey is an historical novel that captures the drama and excitement of the journey that Jesus took and the many encounters that he had with people. The people that have long been the subject of a few scattered verses are brought to life and are full of fear, motive and emotional fervor. The reader takes this journey through the eyes of Jesus.
Author : Jennifer Clark
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1624194834
Thought-provoking information that will ROCK your political thinking! Read it before you vote again! Where did socialism come from? Who invented free enterprise? What is the history, what is the fruit? "While [Dr. Jennifer Clark] shares thought-provoking information that will rock political thinking, her down-to-earth explanations and examples... make logical sense. [Dr. Clark's] in-depth research provides fresh insight into the political arena.... This is clearly an important read!" - Editorial Review "Was Jesus a Capitalist? is a powerful, myth-busting book that confronts one of the central spiritual and political issues of our time. Dr. Jennifer Clark masterfully examines Biblical and historical evidence on the economic system that fosters liberty and shatters bondage and dependence. You need this book. Your friends need this book. Your country needs this book. The time has come for a new birth of freedom! " - Jim Buchan Dr. Jennifer Clark has a Th.D. in theology and Ed.S., M.S., and B.S. degrees in psychology. She speaks on various historical topics and teaches a course in American history, In God We Trust: The Making of America, which has also been used as part of the American history curriculum in a private school. Dr. Jen is co-author of Touching God (recently released as a special edition Practicing God's Presence 24/7) and Deep Relief NOW. She is also author of several children's books, The Great God Quest series. Jennifer and her husband, Dennis, pastor Kingdom Life Church in Fort Mill, South Carolina. For more information visit online at www.forgive123.com.
Author : Jordan J. Ryan
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506438443
Reviewing what we now know about actual synagogues in the land of Israel and their public role in Jewish life and culture, Jordan J. Ryan shows that Gospel narratives placed in synagogues accurately reflect the ancient synagogue setting. He argues for the historical plausibility of the setting of these narratives and suggests that synagogue research must be a starting point for their interpretation. He further argues that Jesus‘s efforts at the restoration of Israel were intentionally aimed at the synagogue as an institution of public and political life.