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Affirmations of a Dissenter

Author : C. Joseph Sprague
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780687728251
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Affirmations of a Dissenter written by C. Joseph Sprague and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many churchgoers, C. Joseph Sprague finds himself in a quandary: he loves the church but often finds himself at odds with its principles and/or practices. What makes his situation unique is that in addition to his role as worshiper, he is a bishop who is charged with the responsibility of leadership. In Affirmations of a Dissenter, Sprague gives readers a composite of affirmation and dissent, of faith and protest. He writes about his trust in and commitment to God's hospitable, unconditional love for all humankind as well as about his discomfort with discernible public trends in religious institutions, particularly United Methodism. The brief chapters of this book cover a variety of topics: biblical literalism; the power of biblical witness; biblical authority as related to homosexuality, divorce, violence, and women; the nature and person of Jesus; hope in the church; leadership; and racism. "When Joe Sprague ponders the Scripture looking at them through the ministry of our Lord, he grabs your attention. Your mind will race; your heart will beat faster as he walks with Jesus into areas of poverty, injustice, war, and human sexuality. You may not always agree, but you will be brought up short by his openness, his integrity, and his sacrificial commitments. He'll make you a braver, more radical Christian."--Richard B. Wilke Bishop in Residence Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas "A candid and clarion call for United Methodism to embrace its theological, biblical, and ethical roots without being ensnared by fearful right-wing 'neoliteralists' or cynical left-wing 'progressives.' Bishop Sprague challenges the church to a future vision of hope, emphasizing the Gospel's mandate of inclusiveness, justice, and nonviolence. A refreshing and stimulating presentation of basically orthodox Christian beliefs, this book is 'must reading' for every Christian yearning for a renewed and relevant church in the 21st century." --Donald E. Messer Warren Professor of Practical Theology and President Emeritus The Iliff School of Theology "United Methodist Bishop Joseph Sprague's book Affirmations of a Dissenter is the bravest statement I've ever read by a UMC bishop on the topics he's writing about. It says some things that urgently need saying in the church." Barbara Wendland in Connections April 2003

Dissent and Democracy

Author : Richard Masheder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dissent and Democracy written by Richard Masheder and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spirit among the dissenters

Author : William H. Brackney
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498237479
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit among the dissenters written by William H. Brackney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the development of a “dissenting” perspective on the emerging doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Post-Reformation Protestant thought. By “dissenting,” the author means “beyond the mainstream of thought, sometimes affirming but expanding orthodox positions, but at other times pursuing new directions and images of the Spirit.” A new look is offered at the Puritan-Separatist era in English dissenting traditions, as well as organized dissenters in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of particular interest are the applications of current philosophic and scientific writers. There are sections on major German thinkers of the nineteenth century and major influential theologians of the last century who laid new foundations in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Readers will be interested in the inclusion of new religious movements in two eras, and creative contemporary ideas of the Spirit. How an ongoing “dissenting” perspective contrasts with mainstream thinking is woven through four centuries of literature on the Spirit. The author contends that we have learned much from the “dissenting” perspective, and he offers seven constructive affirmations of the Spirit of God drawn from his survey and analyses of the previous four centuries. The bibliography is comprehensive of major works on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, plus unusual sources of dissenting thought.

We Shall Not Be Moved

Author : Jane Ellen Nickell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625644841
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book We Shall Not Be Moved written by Jane Ellen Nickell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Protestant denominations are fracturing over whether to ordain gays and lesbians, this work looks at The United Methodist Church's conversations about the issue, in light of Methodism's historic contests over the leadership of African Americans and women, to see what can be learned from these earlier periods of change. Using the uniform context of the Methodist General Conference, where denominational policy is set, the book analyzes transcripts of floor debates in key years of these struggles, letting those who argued for and against the changes speak for themselves. Those arguments are read through the lens of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, whose theory offers a sophisticated model that goes deeper than simple "resistance to change" in articulating a dialectic between social structures and agents that predisposes both to reproduce existing power relationships. This interdisciplinary, historical study seeks to move beyond conscious motivations for the exclusion of these three groups and uncover deeply embedded, misrecognized social dynamics. In exploring these groups' stories, this book examines who holds power in Methodist churches, how changes in authority structures occur, and why it is such a long and painful process.

Unplugged€”15th Anniversary Edition

Author : Paul McComas
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1564748138
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book Unplugged€”15th Anniversary Edition written by Paul McComas and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-10-03 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. And recently, Amy Winehouse. Each died at 27 as a result of drug abuse, despair, or both. Back when Kurt Cobain took his own life at that age, his mother lamented, €œI told him not to join that stupid club.€ Unplugged imagines a talented and tormented woman whose membership in the club is denied€”barely. Up-and-coming rocker Dayna Clay struggles to make it through the final night of a wildly successful concert tour. Tormented by an ever-deepening depression, the 27-year-old hands her guitar to a fan and beats a hasty retreat. She flies home to Chicago and attempts suicide €¦ but nature seemingly steps in to spare her. Still unsure whether her life is worth living, she forfeits her career and disappears, setting out incognito for parts unknown. Dayna winds up, quite by accident, in the South Dakota Badlands, whose inhabitants€”human and otherwise€”challenge and change her in striking ways. She develops a profound affinity for the jagged, dramatic, semi-stable Badlands formations, which she takes strength from climbing. She forms a bond with the bighorn sheep she finds living on this seemingly unlivable land. And she befriends Drake, a €œwise-acre€ but wise rancher and retired stuntman who himself has struggled with depression, and his mischievous daughter, Kayla€”with whom Dayna begins to fall in love. All the while, Dayna€TMs mysterious disappearance and continuing absence only serve to boost public interest in her€”and to fuel her now-skyrocketing record sales. Laboring to choose between her musical ambitions and the new life she has made, Dayna finds herself stranded, alone, in a far-flung corner of the wilderness she has come to know and love. Saved from suicide earlier by nature, she now may perish by the very same hand €¦. This expanded 15th-anniversary edition of the critically acclaimed novel contains sheet music for the dozen "Dayna Clay" songs that the author composed€”six of them in collaboration with creative partner Maya Kuper, who plays "Dayna" in their adapted live show "Unplugged: A Survivor's Story in Scenes & Songs."

Lend Me Your Ears

Author : William Safire
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393059311
Total Pages : 1168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Lend Me Your Ears written by William Safire and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of more than two hundred classic and modern speeches includes Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, George Patton exhorting his D-Day troops, King Edward VIII abdicating his throne, and the never-delivered speech John F. Kennedy was scheduled to give in Dallas.

The Church as established in its relations with dissent

Author : James Clark (M.A., Ph.D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Church as established in its relations with dissent written by James Clark (M.A., Ph.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Queer Clergy

Author : R. W. Holmen
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
ISBN 13 : 0829820019
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Queer Clergy written by R. W. Holmen and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attorney, historian, and novelist R. W. Holmen brings a unique voice to the conversation of gay clergy in the pulpits. "Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism" provides a detailed history of the ways in which the following denominations have dealt with the issue of ordaining gay clergy: United Church of Christ; Episcopal Church; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; United Methodist Church; and Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) It provides an important historical reference for continuing dialogue.

The Church Quarterly Review

Author : Arthur Cayley Headlam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church Quarterly Review written by Arthur Cayley Headlam and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decision and Dissent

Author : David Brianza
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781475957525
Total Pages : 1006 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Decision and Dissent written by David Brianza and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Alyssa Dashiellattractive, gifted young attorney, relishing the wellearned reward of a few moments to herself behind the wheel of a founding partners Bugatti Veyron, the worlds fastest car. Powerless to resist taking the once-in-a-lifetime experience to its extreme, she gains the attention of Police Officer Connor Daemanan encounter that proves life-changing for both in ways neither could imagine. A fast-flowing chain of events rapidly unfolds; enthralling, hold-yourbreath occurrences that lead inexorably to what will be called the trial of the centurya powerful courtroom drama, as provocative as it is divisive, that pits two of the worlds finest lawyers against each other in a contest that puts everything on the line, with the potential to abolish centuries of hard-earned rights for millions. It is a trial, controversial, incendiary, and tainted with madness, that sets the stage to blow the lid off the nave belief that there are some things that just cant happen in America. Suspenseful, alarming, and destined for controversy, Decision and Dissent is to be counted among those rare novels that require courage on the part of the reader; virtually every page will affect the reader like no story he or she has ever read before. Explosive action, humour, and provocative points of view expressed by characters who leap to life will hold the reader spellbound to the very last page.

Dissent and Democracy; their mutual relations and common object: an historical review

Author : Richard MASHEDER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Dissent and Democracy; their mutual relations and common object: an historical review written by Richard MASHEDER and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why Dissent Matters

Author : William Kaplan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773550844
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Why Dissent Matters written by William Kaplan and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Kelsey was a quiet Canadian doctor and scientist who stood up to a huge pharmaceutical company wanting to market a new drug - thalidomide - and prevented an American tragedy. The nature writer Rachel Carson identified an emerging environmental disaster and pulled the fire alarm. Public protests, individual dissenters, judges, and juries can change the world - and they do. A wide-ranging and provocative work on controversial subjects, Why Dissent Matters tells a story of dissent and dissenters - people who have been attacked, bullied, ostracized, jailed, and, sometimes when it is all over, celebrated. William Kaplan shows that dissent is noisy, messy, inconvenient, and almost always time-consuming, but that suppressing it is usually a mistake - it’s bad for the dissenter but worse for the rest of us. Drawing attention to the voices behind international protests such as Occupy Wall Street and Boycott, Divest, and Sanction, he contends that we don’t have to do what dissenters want, but we should listen to what they say. Our problems are not going away. There will always be abuses of power to confront, wrongs to right, and new opportunities for dissenting voices to say, "Stop, listen to me." Why Dissent Matters may well lead to a different and more just future.

The Great Dissent

Author : Robert Pattison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019536192X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Great Dissent written by Robert Pattison and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alas," Newman said of liberalism, "it is an error overspreading, as a snare, the whole earth." The Great Dissent examines how from his implacable opposition to liberalism Newman developed a sweeping critique of modern values only rivaled in breadth and scorn by that of Nietzsche. The Great Dissent offers a revaluation of Newman's whole thought and establishes his place in the history of ideas as the leading English dissident from the liberalism of contemporary civilization and the foremost modern spokesman for the reality of dogmatic truth.

Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler

Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393342808
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler written by Thomas Frank and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the pages of The Baffler, the most vital and perceptive new magazine of the nineties, sharp, satirical broadsides against the Culture Trust. In the "old" Gilded Age, the barons of business accumulated vast wealth and influence from their railroads, steel mills, and banks. But today it is culture that stands at the heart of the American enterprise, mass entertainment the economic dynamo that brings the public into the consuming fold and consolidates the power of business over the American mind. For a decade The Baffler has been the invigorating voice of dissent against these developments, in the grand tradition of the muckrakers and The American Mercury. This collection gathers the best of its writing to explore such peculiar developments as the birth of the rebel hero as consumer in the pages of Wired and Details; the ever-accelerating race to market youth culture; the rise of new business gurus like Tom Peters and the fad for Hobbesian corporate "reengineering"; and the encroachment of advertising and commercial enterprise into every last nook and cranny of American life. With its liberating attitude and cant-free intelligence, this book is a powerful polemic against the designs of the culture business on us all.

Dissenters and Mavericks

Author : Margery Sabin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195348702
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Dissenters and Mavericks written by Margery Sabin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dissenters and Mavericks reinvigorates the interdisciplinary study of literature, history, and politics through an approach to reading that allows the voices heard in writing a chance to talk back, to exert pressure on the presuppositions and preferences of a wide range of readers. Offering fresh and provocative interpretations of both well-known and unfamiliar texts--from colonial writers such as Horace Walpole and Edmund Burke to twentieth-century Indian writers such as Nirad Chaudhuri, V.S. Naipaul, and Pankaj Mishra--the book proposes a controversial challenge to prevailing academic methodology in the field of postcolonial studies.

Dynamics of Dissent

Author : John Clammer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000044009
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dynamics of Dissent written by John Clammer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses dissent and its manifestations in movements of social and political transformation across communities and cultures. It shows how these movements create ruptures in the structures of power, and social hierarchy; expressed through songs, slogans, poetry and performances. The chapters in the book explore these sites of transgression and the imprint they leave on culture, politics, beliefs and the collective society – via music and poetry as in the Bhakti movement or through feministic theories born in post-World War Europe. It also explores how these dynamic movements generate alternate spaces within which the self, identity and collective purpose take new forms and find new meanings as they travel. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of the humanities, literature, history, sociology, politics and culture studies.

Dissent or Conform?

Author : Alan Wilkinson
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718896971
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Dissent or Conform? written by Alan Wilkinson and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dissent or Conform examines how churches reacted to, and were affected by, the two world wars. Its underlying theme, however, is how the Church can be a creatively dissenting community, focusing on how easily the church can turn into a conforming community that only encourages the occurrence of uncreative dissenters, the ones who criticize the power without offering solutions and leading to a real change. Wilkinson opposes this trait of the church, especially given the impact that it has on society as a messenger of the gospel. To this end, the author depicts religious groups during three periods of time: English Nonconformity among the free churches before WWI, pacifists and pacifiers between the two wars and Christianity during WWII, focusing on how church history interacts with the developments in history and society. This book is of particular interest to social and church historians of the 20th century, and to all interested in the history and ethics of war and pacifism. It will also appeal to thoseattracted by the interaction between church and society."