Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Christian Theology

Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Christian Theology
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 9781474405874
ISBN-13 : 1474405878
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Synopsis Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Christian Theology by : Daniel Whistler

Bridges the gap between Plutarch Studies and Achaemenid Studies through analysis of key texts.

A History of the Christian Church

A History of the Christian Church
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 662
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015035573735
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Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Christian Church by : Williston Walker

Christian Reconstruction

Christian Reconstruction
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9781469622750
ISBN-13 : 1469622750
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Christian Reconstruction by : Michael J. McVicar

This is the first critical history of Christian Reconstruction and its founder and champion, theologian and activist Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001). Drawing on exclusive access to Rushdoony's personal papers and extensive correspondence, Michael J. McVicar demonstrates the considerable role Reconstructionism played in the development of the radical Christian Right and an American theocratic agenda. As a religious movement, Reconstructionism aims at nothing less than "reconstructing" individuals through a form of Christian governance that, if implemented in the lives of U.S. citizens, would fundamentally alter the shape of American society. McVicar examines Rushdoony's career and traces Reconstructionism as it grew from a grassroots, populist movement in the 1960s to its height of popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He reveals the movement's galvanizing role in the development of political conspiracy theories and survivalism, libertarianism and antistatism, and educational reform and homeschooling. The book demonstrates how these issues have retained and in many cases gained potency for conservative Christians to the present day, despite the decline of the movement itself beginning in the 1990s. McVicar contends that Christian Reconstruction has contributed significantly to how certain forms of religiosity have become central, and now familiar, aspects of an often controversial conservative revolution in America.

Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas

Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 407
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ISBN-10 : 9780814726846
ISBN-13 : 0814726844
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas by : Stephen M. Feldman

Nearly all discussions regarding the role of religion in American life build on two dominant assumptions: first, the separation of church and state is a constitutional principle that promotes democracy and equally protects the religious freedom of all Americans, especially religious outgroups; and second, this principle emerges as a uniquely American contribution to political theory. In Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas, Stephen M. Feldman challenges both these assumptions. He argues that the separation of church and state primarily manifests and reinforces Christian domination in American society. Furthermore, Feldman reveals that the separation of church and state did not first arise in America, either at the time of the constitutional framing or later. In challenging the dominant story of the separation of church and state, Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas follows the historical path of two institutions - the Christian church and the state - from the origins of Christianity forward to the present day. Feldman thus focuses on the workings of power in a specific context: he interprets the development of Christian social power vis-a-vis the state and religious minorities, particularly the prototypical religious outgroup, Jews.

Richard Simon Critical History of the Text of the New Testament

Richard Simon Critical History of the Text of the New Testament
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9789004244214
ISBN-13 : 9004244212
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Richard Simon Critical History of the Text of the New Testament by : Andrew W.R. Hunwick

In Critical History of the Text of the New Testament, 17th century Oratorian Richard Simon (1638-1712), ‘father’ of modern biblical criticism, surveys the genuineness, accuracy, authority, and reliability of all then known sources of the New Testament. He makes rigorous, objective, and expert use of a staggering quantity of material relating to the text—Greek and Latin manuscripts, early versions, quotations from the Old Testament in the New, from the Church Fathers and other commentators of all periods. Though in his day Simon was contradicted, opposed, persecuted, and silenced, it is precisely because, three centuries ago, he dared to be different, and because of his knowledge and his scrupulously “scientific” approach, that his work deserves to reach a wider audience.

Silence

Silence
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9781101638064
ISBN-13 : 1101638060
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Silence by : Diarmaid MacCulloch

A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity We live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid MacCulloch shows, there are many forms of religious silence, from contemplation and prayer to repression and evasion. In his latest work, MacCulloch considers Jesus’s strategic use of silence in his confrontation with Pontius Pilate and traces the impact of the first mystics in Syria on monastic tradition. He discusses the complicated fate of silence in Protestant and evangelical tradition and confronts the more sinister institutional forms of silence. A groundbreaking book by one of our greatest historians, Silence challenges our fundamental views of spirituality and illuminates the deepest mysteries of faith.

Chasing Paper

Chasing Paper
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 171
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ISBN-10 : 9781532677601
ISBN-13 : 153267760X
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Chasing Paper by : Stephanie L. Derrick

Chasing Paper is an important new collection of essays written by senior publishers from around the world who have spent their careers in Christian publishing. Here they discuss the dramatic changes witnessed by the Christian publishing industry over the last fifty years, how they and their companies responded to those changes, and what the future may hold for the Christian publishing industry, authors, and readers everywhere. Find herein a rare glimpse behind the scenes into how some of the gate keepers of Christian culture have navigated quickly shifting cultural and professional realities.

Christianity and Literature

Christianity and Literature
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780830868407
ISBN-13 : 0830868402
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Christianity and Literature by : David Lyle Jeffrey

"What has Jesus Christ to do with English literature?" ask David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet in this insightful survey. First and foremost, they reply, many of the world's best authors of literature in English were formed--for better or worse--by the Christian tradition. Then too, many of the most recognized aesthetic literary forms derive from biblical exemplars. And finally, many great works of literature demand of readers evaluative judgments of the good, the true and the beautiful that can only rightly be understood within a Christian worldview. In this book Jeffrey and Maillet offer a feast of theoretical and practical discernment. After an examination of literature and truth, theological aesthetics, and the literary character of the Bible, they turn to a brief survey of literature from medieval times to the present, highlighting distinctively Christian themes and judgments. In a concluding chapter they suggest a path for budding literary critics through the current state of literary studies. Here is a must-read for all who are interested in a Christian perspective on literary studies.