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Author |
: Margaret R. Miles |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 221 |
Release |
: 2006-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781597527507 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1597527505 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Practicing Christianity by : Margaret R. Miles
Men and women throughout history have learned to shape their lives around Christian ideas, attitudes, and values in many different ways. They have been helped by liturgies, sermons, visual imagery, religious drama, and hymns. But perhaps the most important sources were the classic devotional manuals, like The Imitation of Christ and The Pilgrim's Progress, many of which are still in use today. In this book, Margaret Miles subjects these devotional manuals to a detailed critique. Miles speaks as a scholar, as a Christian living in the modern world, and as a woman, and she ends by discussing the relevance of her findings to Christian life today.
Author |
: Beth Felker Jones |
Publisher |
: Baker Books |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2023-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493440085 |
ISBN-13 |
: 149344008X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Practicing Christian Doctrine by : Beth Felker Jones
This introductory theology text helps students articulate basic Christian doctrines, think theologically so they can act Christianly in a diverse world, and connect Christian thought to their everyday lives of faith. Written from a solidly evangelical yet ecumenically aware perspective, this book models a way of doing theology that is generous and charitable. It attends to history and contemporary debates and features voices from the global church. Sidebars made up of illustrative quotations, key Scripture passages, classic hymn texts, and devotional poetry punctuate the chapters. The first edition of this book has been well received (over 25,000 copies sold). Updated and revised throughout, this second edition also includes a new section on gender and race as well as new end-of-chapter material connecting each doctrine to a spiritual discipline.
Author |
: David L. Weaver-Zercher |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2005-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0567025519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780567025517 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vital Christianity by : David L. Weaver-Zercher
Challenge theses debilitating distinctions between spirituality and social justice by exploring the numerous threads that can and should connect these two components of holistic Christian living.
Author |
: Matt Stefon Assistant Editor, Religion |
Publisher |
: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2011-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781615304936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1615304932 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christianity by : Matt Stefon Assistant Editor, Religion
Describes the basic doctrines, history, and religious practices of Christianity, including Christian concepts of human nature, and profiles famous Christian figures throughout history.
Author |
: David Lyle Jeffrey |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2011-02-28 |
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.
Author |
: Lauren F. Winner |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2018-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300215823 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300215827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dangers of Christian Practice by : Lauren F. Winner
Challenging the central place that "practices" have recently held in Christian theology, Lauren Winner explores the damages these practices have inflicted over the centuries Sometimes, beloved and treasured Christian practices go horrifyingly wrong, extending violence rather than promoting its healing. In this bracing book, Lauren Winner provocatively challenges the assumption that the church possesses a set of immaculate practices that will definitionally train Christians in virtue and that can't be answerable to their histories. Is there, for instance, an account of prayer that has anything useful to say about a slave-owning woman's praying for her slaves' obedience? Is there a robustly theological account of the Eucharist that connects the Eucharist's goods to the sacrament's central role in medieval Christian murder of Jews? Arguing that practices are deformed in ways that are characteristic of and intrinsic to the practices themselves, Winner proposes that the register in which Christians might best think about the Eucharist, prayer, and baptism is that of "damaged gift." Christians go on with these practices because, though blighted by sin, they remain gifts from God.
Author |
: Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2006-08-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780801889325 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0801889324 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Practicing Protestants by : Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
This collection of essays explores the significance of practice in understanding American Protestant life. The authors are historians of American religion, practical theologians, and pastors and were the twelve principal researchers in a three-year collaborative project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment. Profiling practices that range from Puritan devotional writing to twentieth-century prayer, from missionary tactics to African American ritual performance, these essays provide a unique historical perspective on how Protestants have lived their faith within and outside of the church and how practice has formed their identities and beliefs. Each chapter focuses on a different practice within a particular social and cultural context. The essays explore transformations in American religious culture from Puritan to Evangelical and Enlightenment sensibilities in New England, issues of mission, nationalism, and American empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, devotional practices in the flux of modern intellectual predicaments, and the claims of late-twentieth-century liberal Protestant pluralism. Breaking new ground in ritual studies and cultural history, Practicing Protestants offers a distinctive history of American Protestant practice.
Author |
: Kelly Bean |
Publisher |
: Baker Books |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2014-06-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441246530 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441246533 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Be a Christian without Going to Church by : Kelly Bean
As many--young people especially--leave the traditional church in droves, they often still long for a genuine Christian community in which to practice their faith and share their spiritual journeys with others. They want to be faithful but struggle to find a place where they flourish. Whether they've already left the church behind or are merely considering it, readers will find here both heartfelt encouragement and practical steps for finding or creating a community of faith that honors God and offers rest, love, and communion with other believers. Author Kelly Bean broadens our definition of church to include many alternative forms of Christian community. With true stories of those who have given up on church and what they're doing now, this book is also helpful for pastors and churchgoers to help them understand why people leave the church--and what might be done to help them stay.
Author |
: Miroslav Volf |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2001-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0802849318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780802849311 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Practicing Theology by : Miroslav Volf
In a time when academic theology often neglects the lived practices of the Christian community, this volume seeks to bring balance to the situation by showing the dynamic link between the task of theology and the practices of the Christian life. The work of thirteen first-rate theologians from several cultural and Christian perspectives, these informed and informative essays explore the relationship between Christian theology and practice in the daily lives of believers, in the ministry of Christian communities, and as a needed focus within Christian education. Contributors: Dorothy C. Bass Nancy Bedford Gilbert Bond Sarah Coakley Craig Dykstra Reinhard Hütter L. Gregory Jones Serene Jones Amy Plantinga Pauw Christine Pohl Kathryn Tanner Miroslav Volf Tammy Williams
Author |
: Mark A. Maddix |
Publisher |
: Baker Academic |
Total Pages |
: 190 |
Release |
: 2017-07-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493411139 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1493411136 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Practicing Christian Education by : Mark A. Maddix
This accessible introduction to the broad scope of Christian education focuses on its practice in the local church. Two leading experts argue that Christian education encompasses all of the intentional practices of the local church, including worship, mission, sacraments, and teaching. They explore Christian education not only as a field of study but as a vital congregational ministry, showing how congregations can engage in discipleship and formation for spiritual growth. The book features exercises and other pedagogical devices and includes reflection questions and suggestions for further reading.