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Earthing the Gospel

Author : Gerald A. Arbuckle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 159244119X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Earthing the Gospel written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2002-12-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians are much the richer for this accomplishment of a long-cherished dream by an experienced missioner-social anthropologist. Gerald Arbuckle has provided a book for the contemporary pastoral care team that mediates basic insights on ministry via the social sciences. He also challenges church workers to rethink and reassess their work in light of the profound cultural changes taking place around them. 'Earthing the Gospel' introduces pastoral workers in the First World to methods of social analysis pioneered by missionaries worldwide. It includes case histories, personal stories, and the results of fieldwork of hundreds of people in both the First and Third Worlds. Applying the insights of social anthropology to the parishes on the home frontÓ Arbuckle offers the tools required to address issues of mission and inculturation in the First World. Above all, 'Earthing the Gospel' is practical. It presumes no special knowledge of anthropology as it zeroes in on topical issues - racism, fundamentalism, the modern family, youth and senior citizen subcultures - affecting parishes and communities today. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and action. For pastoral teams and workers on every level, the insights gained from mission around the world can, applying the methods described here, be just as fruitful in our own back yards.

Earthing the Gospel

Author : Gerald A. Arbuckle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780949080523
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Earthing the Gospel written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Earthing the Gospel

Author : Gerald A. Arbuckle
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780225665840
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Earthing the Gospel written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 4

Author : John P. Keenan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666708593
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 4 written by John P. Keenan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a Tiantai theology, conventional truth is conventionally arisen, which means that such truth is never set once and for all, but is to be cherished and rethought in new circumstances, whether interreligious or scientific—but always in critical consonance with its ancient embodiments. Contexts shift frameworks, but life in Christ is translatable across cultures. Christian faith and theology discourage the assumption that the point of it can be clearly pinned down. God’s appearance to Elijah out of the whirlwind is an eternal reminder of the paltriness of all human perspectives. Symbolic worlds of faith and wisdom are not themselves finished products. Because it has a past and a future, the cosmos itself is unfinished. Christian creeds ought not be defended as last-word ideological positions and bastions against relativity, but instead recognized in their cultural contexts and affirmed as grammars of communal and personal assent.

What Is the Gospel That Jesus Christ Taught While on This Earth?

Author : Charles Phillips
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728373824
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book What Is the Gospel That Jesus Christ Taught While on This Earth? written by Charles Phillips and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this Book is to help others to understand the Gospel given by Jesus Christ when He was on this earth. Matthew 4:23—Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, preaching the “Gospel.” My friend, whoever you are and no matter how far you have gone away from God, this book I hope will help you find your way back to the Love and Truth of the Gospel of Love. The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross settled everyone’s account for our sin’s, but we must accept Christ’s atoning sacrifice for our sins. You cannot purchase His gift, only except His gift of Love. My friend, do you know what Jesus taught and preached? This book is to help you read for yourself from the Holy Scripture’s the Gospel from the Creator of this world. Matt 5:17-18—“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” “For assuredly, I say to you, ’till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

Bible Interpretation and the African Culture

Author : David J. Ndegwah
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532611412
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Bible Interpretation and the African Culture written by David J. Ndegwah and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book can be summarized in one sentence: that culture plays a determinant role in the way people perceive, interpret, and, therefore, respond to reality around them—ideas, events, people, and literature, including sacred literature. Thus, when people encounter new reality they perceive and conceptualize it in accordance with their worldview, which is shaped by their culture that is modeled to suit various geographical locations. In order to understand why people around the world behave and act as they do—they choose certain words in what they say and do certain things rather than others—it is important to understand and appreciate this fact. Failure to do so would make it very difficult to engage in any dealings with them, secular or religious, like doing business or evangelization. This is what happened to the Pökot people whose worldview is predominantly communitarian, and yet they were introduced to hermeneutics that are predominantly individualistic, which is at loggerheads with their communal aspirations. The manifestation of this reality is the interpretation of the Good Shepherd parable in the Gospel of John, which the Pökot have understood and contextualized in line with their worldview, against the intentions, goals, and disposition of their evangelizers.

Crossing Cultures with the Gospel

Author : Darrell L. Whiteman
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 149342954X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Crossing Cultures with the Gospel written by Darrell L. Whiteman and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southwestern Journal of Theology 2023 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Evangelism/Missions/Global Church) Drawing on forty years of teaching and mission experience, leading missiological anthropologist Darrell Whiteman brings a wealth of insight to bear on cross-cultural ministry. After explaining the nature and function of culture and the importance of understanding culture for ministry, Whiteman addresses the most common challenges of ministering across cultures. He then provides practical solutions based on lived experience, helping readers develop healthy patterns so they can communicate the gospel effectively. Issues addressed include negotiating differences in worldview, the problem of nonverbal communication, understanding cultural forms and their meanings, and the challenge of overcoming culture shock. Professors, students, and anyone ministering cross-culturally will benefit from this informed yet accessible guide. Foreword by Miriam Adeney.

Towards African Missiology

Author : Francis Anekwe Oborji
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664137181
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Towards African Missiology written by Francis Anekwe Oborji and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reflects on a credible and a new language of Christian mission in Africa. The author’s thoughts and approaches not only provide a missiological insight which contribute to the repertoire of expanding fresh ideas in the missiological studies but also serves the purpose of highlighting the active participation of Africans in the missionary mandate of Jesus Christ. In other words, the scope of missiology needs a contextualized interpretation. Thus, he proposes a proactive language for missiology in Africa thereby underlining Africans as normal and full members of the human family. In the light of the Vatican II mission theology, the new language should be based on the fact that Africans will grow and do better in admiration and not in sympathy. Interestingly, the arguments in this volume opens the space for the on-going discussions in the mission of the church in the era of secularization and post-modernity. Consequently, a new language for missiology in Africa will come from the retrieval and modernization of our African cultural matrix pursued from the point of view of the daily struggles of the Africans themselves for survival which also addresses Africans in the spirit of cooperation.

Mission and Catechesis

Author : Phan, Peter C.
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608334740
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Mission and Catechesis written by Phan, Peter C. and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 2

Author : John P. Keenan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 166670850X
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 2 written by John P. Keenan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-09 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is volume 2 of a wide-ranging interfaith reading of the Letter to the Ephesians—a New Testament text whose words have inspired and enhanced Christian spiritual life and liturgy over the centuries. Unfortunately, at the same time, Ephesians has provided apparent scriptural support to those who would defend slavery, patriarchy, misogyny, and the physical power of Christ over the cosmos. How on earth are today’s Christians to receive and understand such a text as this? Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians: The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi’s Threefold Truth draws upon a broad array of scientific, theological, and philosophical thinkers who enable us both to marvel at today’s ever-expanding knowledge of our vast cosmos and to appreciate the importance of the Ephesian letter in the canon of our Christian scriptures, even while we acknowledge the archaic geocentric cosmology that underlies its claims about the cosmic Christ and reject its accommodation to the patriarchal, misogynistic, and slaveholding norms of its first-century culture. Throughout this reading of Ephesians, we look to Chinese Buddhist master Zhiyi and his “threefold truth” to enhance our understanding of trinity and the nascent trinitarian themes within this letter. As a whole, this work constitutes a new appreciation for Ephesians as well as a twenty-first century apologetic for doctrinal humility and for theologizing within a global theological commons.

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians—The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi’s Threefold Truth, Volume 1

Author : John P. Keenan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666708496
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians—The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi’s Threefold Truth, Volume 1 written by John P. Keenan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the introductory volume of a multivolume, verse-by-verse, interfaith rereading of the New Testament letter to the Ephesians. It looks to the Tiantai Buddhist master Zhiyi and his "threefold truth" to enhance our appreciation of nascent trinitarian themes in Ephesians. And it draws upon a broad array of scientific, theological, and philosophical thinkers in aid of rejecting the epistle's ancient, geocentric cosmology and its accommodations to the misogynistic, patriarchal, and slaveholding norms of its first-century surroundings. As a whole, the work constitutes a twenty-first century apologetic for doctrinal humility and for theologizing within a global theological commons.

Green Shoots out of Dry Ground

Author : John P. Bowen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621895564
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Green Shoots out of Dry Ground by : John P. Bowen

Download or read book Green Shoots out of Dry Ground written by John P. Bowen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over Canada, from coast to coast, there is new life in the Christian church. In spite of declining numbers, every Christian tradition has stories to tell of new ministries, fledgling Christian communities, and fresh expressions of church springing up, sometimes in unlikely places. Here, seventeen authors with experience in areas such as church revitalization, innovative ministry, evangelism, and church planting, reflect on what they are seeing and how the lessons they have learned can guide us into ways of health and vitality. They tell us about immigrant churches and indigenous ministries, about youth research and environmental concerns, about churches in the city and churches in the country, about leadership and spirituality. Scattered throughout the book are ten exciting stories of new ministries and new churches, from different traditions and different parts of the country, all seeking to engage their communities with the Gospel. Does the church in Canada have a future? The answer these authors give is a resounding yes--green shoots can grow out of dry ground--if we are prepared to rise to the challenge and follow where the Spirit of God leads. This book is timely, comprehensive, challenging, and deeply encouraging.

From Chaos To Mission

Author : Gerald A. Arbuckle
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441192476
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book From Chaos To Mission written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1996-01-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formation is a rite of passage or initiation ritual. This book draws on the findings of social anthropological studies of initiation rituals and contemporary biblical studies of rites of passage. Since initiation rituals are of critical importance in the life journeys of individuals and groups, the book's central theme is relevant to educationalists and ritual leaders in the Church and secular society. Most religious congregations founded since the thirteenth century were formed for prophetic ministry to a world in change, yet for centuries before Vatican II, their candidates were rarely trained explicitly for this task. Through years of quasi-indoctrination and voluntary incarceration they were taught, in a monastic atmosphere of unchanging order, that the world was evil and to be avoided. Conformity to a theological, ecclesiastical and pastoral status quo was the most esteemed value in a candidate. This emphasis was contrary to the very nature of active religious life. Religious must be prophetic challengers of the status quo within the Church and society. Training for membership in active religious congregations, therefore, must now be radically reformed, but there are no road maps available to direct educationalists in developing programmes that would stimulate candidates to be radically creative in ministry. From Chaos to Mission creates a framework for radical thinking and practical action about the critical issue of formation of religious for mission today.

Earthing Christologies

Author : James H. Charlesworth
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Earthing Christologies written by James H. Charlesworth and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far can we go in recovering the historical life of the man Jesus, considering the limited nature of our resources within the biblical canon? Have we extracanonical sources of information to assist us? Since Jesus' ministry and message was God-directed through and through, must not the "Jesus researcher" who would do this subject justice be a theologian, open to the suprahistorical dimension, to the transcendent? What is the connection between the Jesus of history and the Christ of the church's faith and preaching? Four prominent scholars - Leander E. Keck, Hugh Anderson, Walter P. Weaver, and James H. Charlesworth - address these and other christological issues in this book.

A Universal Faith? Peoples, Cultures, Religions, and the Christ

Author : Catherine Cornille
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789068314298
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book A Universal Faith? Peoples, Cultures, Religions, and the Christ written by Catherine Cornille and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays is dedicated to Frank De Graeve, s.j., Professor Emeritus of Missiology and the Comparative Study of Religions at the K.U. Leuven. Throughout a long teaching career in the United States and Belgium, his two main concerns have been the inculturation of Christianity in the Various continents and particular contexts, and the theological reflection on religious pluralism. The contributions to this collection are therefore centered around these two topics. Valeer Neckebrouck and Catherine Cornille are Frank De Graeve's successors in the fields of Missiology and the Comparative Study of Religions, respectively. Valeer Neckebrouck is the author of "La Tierce Eglise devant le probleme de la culture" among numerous other works, and Catherine Cornille's "The Guru in Indian Catholicism" has already appeared in this series.

Laughing with God

Author : Gerald A. Arbuckle
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814683886
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Laughing with God written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sarah overhears God tell Abraham that she will give birth to a son, she laughs. She laughs to herself at the impossibility of her, in her old age, bearing a child (Gen 18:12). But God’s ways are not Sarah’s ways; God is far more wonderful than Sarah imagines. Of course, Sarah does give birth to a son and names him Isaac, whose name means to laugh: God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me (Gen 21:6). Surely, the ancient audience—aware of the many incongruities in this story—did laugh. But can we in modern times recover the divine humor, the paradox and promise, in this and other biblical accounts? Can we use that sacred laughter as a means to evangelize a world that longs for God every bit as much as the ancients did? In Laughing with God: Humor, Culture, and Transformation, Catholic priest and cultural anthropologist Gerald Arbuckle helps us do just that. With Arbuckle, readers will enter many rich biblical stories and come away laughing, not laughter as in response to a joke or comedy, but a profound laughter of the heart. Readers will laugh at Sarah as she laughs at God, and they will laugh together with Sarah and God. Readers will discover divine humor in the parables of Jesus and even in his suffering and death, the ultimate paradox for Christians. In addition to uncovering and recovering humor in Scripture, Arbuckle’s work is a treasure trove of modern examples of humor—from literature, movies, and television—that surprisingly can be a means of transforming cultures to better reflect the kingdom of God. In the end, readers will want to turn the phrase, He who laughs last, laughs best, into, They who laugh with God, evangelize best. Gerald A. Arbuckle, SM, PhD, is co-director of Refounding and Pastoral Development, a research ministry, in Sydney, Australia. He is internationally known for his expertise in helping church leaders minister effectively in a postmodern world. Arbuckle’s most recent books include: Confronting the Demon: A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying; Violence, Society, and the Church: A Cultural Approach; and Healthcare Ministry: Refounding the Mission in Tumultuous Times (2001 Catholic Press Association Award), all published by Liturgical Press.

Theological Reflection: Sources

Author : Elaine Graham
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048109
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Theological Reflection: Sources written by Elaine Graham and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the same topics as the "Methods" volume, this reader is aimed at postgraduates and academics interested in the expanding volume of work and research surrounding theological reflection. Brought together in this second volume are materials relating to the same topics and dealt with by the same divisions, descriptions and features. The identified models being The Living Human Document, Constructive Narrative Theology, Canonical Narrative Theology, Corporate Theological Reflection, The Correlative Method, Performative or Praxis Theological Reflection and Theology in the Vernacular, or local theologies. Volume one described and identified the various models whilst this new second volume fleshes out these descriptions by allowing the reader access to a variety of sources and examples of writings within these models.