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Author |
: Antony Loewenstein |
Publisher |
: Macmillan Publishers Aus. |
Total Pages |
: 359 |
Release |
: 2013-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781743289136 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1743289138 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis For God's Sake by : Antony Loewenstein
Four Australian thinkers come together to ask and answer the big questions, such as: What is the nature of the universe? Doesn't religion cause most of the conflict in the world? and Where do we find hope? We are introduced to the detail of different belief systems - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - and to the argument that atheism, like organised religion, has its own compelling logic. And we gain insight into the life events that led each author to their current position. Jane Caro flirted briefly with spiritual belief, inspired by 19th century literary heroines such as Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontë sisters. Antony Lowenstein is proudly culturally, yet unconventionally, Jewish. Simon Smart is firmly and resolutely a Christian, but one who has had some of his most profound spiritual moments while surfing. Rachel Woodlock grew up in the alternative embrace of Baha'i belief but became entranced by its older parent religion, Islam. Provocative, informative and passionately argued, For God's Sake encourages us to accept religious differences but to also challenge more vigorously the beliefs that create discord.
Author |
: Jonathan H. Ebel |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 269 |
Release |
: 2014-02-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691162188 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691162182 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Faith in the Fight by : Jonathan H. Ebel
Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion--primarily Christianity--encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Believing in a "Christianity of the sword," these Americans responded to the war by reasserting their religious faith and proclaiming America God-chosen and righteous in its mission. And while the war sometimes challenged these beliefs, it did not fundamentally alter them. Revising the conventional view that the war was universally disillusioning, Faith in the Fight argues that the war in fact strengthened the religious beliefs of the Americans who fought, and that it helped spark a religiously charged revival of many prewar orthodoxies during a postwar period marked by race riots, labor wars, communist witch hunts, and gender struggles. For many Americans, Ebel argues, the postwar period was actually one of "reillusionment." Demonstrating the deep connections between Christianity and Americans' experience of the First World War, Faith in the Fight encourages us to examine the religious dimensions of America's wars, past and present, and to work toward a deeper understanding of religion and violence in American history.
Author |
: Vox Day |
Publisher |
: BenBella Books, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2008-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781935251347 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1935251341 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Irrational Atheist by : Vox Day
On one side of the argument is a collection of godless academics with doctorates from the finest universities in England, France, and the United States. On the other is Irrational Atheist author Vox Day, armed with nothing more than historical and statistical facts. Presenting a compelling argument (but not for the side one might expect), Day strips away the pseudo-scientific pretentions of New Atheism with his intelligent application of logic, history, military science, political economy, and well-documented research. The arguments of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Michel Onfray are all methodically exposed and discredited as Day provides extensive evidence proving, among other things, that: More than 93 percent of all the wars in human history had no relation to religion The Spanish Inquisition had no jurisdiction over professing Jews, Muslims, or atheists, and executed fewer people on an annual basis than the state of Texas Atheists are 3.84 times more likely to be imprisoned than Christians "Red" state crime is primarily in "blue" counties Sexually abused girls are 55 times more likely to commit suicide than girls raised Catholic In the twentieth century, atheistic regimes killed three times more people in peacetime than those killed in all the wars and individual crimes combined. The Irrational Atheist provides the rational thinker with empirical proof that atheism's claims against religion are unfounded in logic, fact, and science.
Author |
: Lloyd Steffen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 147 |
Release |
: 2021-05-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108848824 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108848826 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christianity and Violence by : Lloyd Steffen
How Christian people have framed the meaning of violence within their faith tradition has been a complex process subject to all manner of historical, cultural, political, ethnic and theological contingencies. As a tradition encompassing widely divergent beliefs and perspectives, Christianity has, over two millennia, adapted to changing cultural and historical circumstances. To grasp the complexity of this tradition and its involvement with violence requires attention to specific elements explored in this Element: the scriptural and institutional sources for violence; the faith commitments and practices that join communities and sanction both resistance to and authorization for violence; and select historical developments that altered the power wielded by Christianity in society, culture and politics. Relevant issues in social psychology and the moral action guides addressing violence affirmed in Christian communities provide a deeper explanation for the motivations that have led to the diverse interpretations of violence avowed in the Christian tradition.
Author |
: J. Daryl Charles |
Publisher |
: Crossway |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2010-05-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781433524196 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1433524198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis War, Peace, and Christianity by : J. Daryl Charles
With issues of war and peace at the forefront of current events, an informed Christian response is needed. This timely volume answers 104 questions from a just-war perspective, offering thoughtful yet succinct answers. Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, the volume looks at how the just-war perspective relates to the philosopher, historian, statesman, theologian, combatant, and individual—with particular emphases on its historical development and application to contemporary geopolitical challenges. Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy give much attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as they provide moral guidance. A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relating to war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format a helpful starting point for discussion.
Author |
: Karen Armstrong |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 458 |
Release |
: 2014-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385353106 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385353103 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fields of Blood by : Karen Armstrong
A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The History of God • “Elegant and powerful.... Both erudite and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail.” —The Washington Post In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare. In these pages, one of our greatest writers on religion, Karen Armstrong, amasses a sweeping history of humankind to explore the perceived connection between war and the world’s great creeds—and to issue a passionate defense of the peaceful nature of faith. With unprecedented scope, Armstrong looks at the whole history of each tradition—not only Christianity and Islam, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Judaism. Religions, in their earliest days, endowed every aspect of life with meaning, and warfare became bound up with observances of the sacred. Modernity has ushered in an epoch of spectacular violence, although, as Armstrong shows, little of it can be ascribed directly to religion. Nevertheless, she shows us how and in what measure religions came to absorb modern belligerence—and what hope there might be for peace among believers of different faiths in our time.
Author |
: Robert G. Clouse |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015019871402 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis War by : Robert G. Clouse
Robert G. Clouse presents four different viewpoints on the Christian's involvement in war: Herman A. Hoyt on biblical nonresistance, Myron S. Augsburger on Christian pacifism, Arthur F. Holmes on just war and Harold O. J. Brown on preventive war.
Author |
: Eric Stoltz |
Publisher |
: Paulist Press |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0809146215 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780809146215 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ascend by : Eric Stoltz
This book is a contemporary, scripture-rich, and visual exploration of the Catholic faith for young adults. There are chapter profiles on Christian role models from both ancient and modern times, and discussions of contemporary events from a Christian perspective. (Adapted from back cover).
Author |
: Joseph Lynch |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 502 |
Release |
: 2013-12-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317870524 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317870522 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Medieval Church by : Joseph Lynch
The Church was the central institution of the European Middle Ages, and the foundation of medieval life. Professor Lynch's admirable survey (concentrating on the western church, and emphasising ideas and trends over personalities) meets a long-felt need for a single-volume comprehensive history, designed for students and non-specialists.
Author |
: Philip Jenkins |
Publisher |
: Lion Books |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 2014-06-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780745956749 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0745956742 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great and Holy War by : Philip Jenkins
The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War, and the lasting impact it had on Christianity and world religions more extensively in the century that followed. The war was fought by the world's leading Christian nations, who presented the conflict as a holy war. A steady stream of patriotic and militaristic rhetoric was served to an unprecedented audience, using language that spoke of holy war and crusade, of apocalypse and Armageddon. But this rhetoric was not mere state propaganda. Philip Jenkins reveals how the widespread belief in angels, apparitions, and the supernatural, was a driving force throughout the war and shaped all three of the Abrahamic religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - paving the way for modern views of religion and violence. The disappointed hopes and moral compromises that followed the war also shaped the political climate of the rest of the century, giving rise to such phenomena as Nazism, totalitarianism, and communism. Connecting remarkable incidents and characters - from Karl Barth to Carl Jung, the Christmas Truce to the Armenian Genocide - Jenkins creates a powerful and persuasive narrative that brings together global politics, history, and spiritual crisis. We cannot understand our present religious, political, and cultural climate without understanding the dramatic changes initiated by the First World War. The war created the world's religious map as we know it today.