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Publisher : New York Circus Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kairos Central America written by and published by New York Circus Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dirkie Smit
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1920109633
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Essays in Public Theology written by Dirkie Smit and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the role of the church in society? What role did the church play in South Africa ? during apartheid, in the struggle against apartheid and during the period of transformation? The essays collected and published in this volume deal with questions such as these. They are all occasional pieces. They were written over two decades and reflect the times in which they originated ? always intended for specific audiences, always addressing issues of the particular moment.
Author : Amy Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107078245
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Free Trade and Faithful Globalization written by Amy Reynolds and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an analysis of Christian communities in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica, this book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life. Amy Reynolds examines how these Christian organizations speak about trade and the economy as moral and value-laden spaces, deserving ethical reflection and requiring political action. She reveals the ways in which religious communities have asked people to engage in new approaches to thinking about the market and how they have worked to create alternative networks and policies governing economic and social life.
Author : Wes Rehberg
Publisher : Wes Rehberg
ISBN 13 : 147015983X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Political Grace written by Wes Rehberg and published by Wes Rehberg. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy and theology have increasingly turned to the problem of the rising numbers of people who live in severe conditions of oppression, people who are surplus to global economic and political orders which the oppressed define as "neoliberal" and "neocolonial." This work, Political Grace: The Gift of Resistance, is part of that turning, through conversations with those who were and still are living under oppressive conditions, especially in Central America and Mexico, and through conversations with phenomenology, feminist theology, feminist jurisprudence, ethics, and liberation theology. There is an assertion that grace, and the organization of the "lifeworld" which phenomenologists discuss, act in concert to seek to empower the flourishing of humans to understand and resist the abasing conditions they confront. What frequently occurs when people living under oppressive conditions try to change their circumstances is a backlash by those who control their political, social and economic conditions. In response, the spirit of grace, as part of the human effort to flourish, aids in the resistance against the denial of this flourishing. -- Wes Rehberg
Author : Neil Elliott
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451415117
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Liberating Paul written by Neil Elliott and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the apostle Paul has been invoked to justify oppression ? whether on behalf of slavery, to enforce unquestioned obedience to the state, to silence women, or to legitimate anti-Semitism. To interpret Paul is thus to set foot on a terrible battleground between spiritual forces. But as Neil Elliott argues, the struggle to liberate human beings from the power of Death requires "Liberating Paul" from his enthrallment to that power. In this book, Elliott shows that what many people experience as the scandal of Paul is the unfortunate consequence of the way Paul has usually been read, or rather misread, in the churches.In the first half of the book, Elliott examines the many texts historically interpreted to support oppression or maintain the status quo. He shows how often Paul's authentic message has been interpreted in the light of later pseudo-Pauline writings.In Part Two, Elliott applies a "political key" to the interpretation of Paul. Though subsequent centuries have turned the cross into a symbol of Christian piety, Elliott forcefully reminds us that in Paul's time this was the Roman mode of executing rebellious slaves, a fact that has profound political implications.
Author : Robert McAfee Brown
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620329026
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Gustavo Gutierrez written by Robert McAfee Brown and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a definitive introduction to liberation theology through the life and work of its most significant proponent, Gustavo Gutierrez. Robert McAfee Brown draws extensively on Gutierrez's own writings (some never published in English) and on personal conversations with him. Brown clearly and compellingly presents the basics of liberation theology and the differences between North American and Latin American theologies. The form of Gustavo Gutierrez is that of a drama. Brown's initial "program notes" introduce and situate the "author," the "actors," the "critics." He sets the stage with a history of church and state in Latin America and introduces its definitive figures, themes, and milestones. A collective biography of Gutierrez's spiritual predecessors is followed by a biography of Gutierrez himself, which takes critical account of his works. Then we are ready, dramatically and theologically, to move to the first act: that of commitment to the poor. The second act, in two scenes, explores first liberation theology's method of critical reflection on praxis and also its content: nothing less than the Word of God. Brown delves next into the controversies and criticisms Gutierrez faces, especially the challenges from authorities in Rome. Finally, in act three, readers discover that in this particular drama, they too are "on stage" and must take part by reflecting on what this drama really means for them.
Author : Sharon E. Heaney
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606080164
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Contextual Theology for Latin America written by Sharon E. Heaney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of Latin America, the theology of liberation is both dominant and world renowned. However, this context and the pursuit of theological relevance belong also to other voices. Orlando E. Costas, Samuel Escobar, J. Andrew Kirk, Emilio A. Nunez and C. Rene Padilla are thinkers who have sought to bring an evangelical understanding of liberation to the people of Latin America. Despite their influence on national and international theology and despite their transformative contribution to the praxis of churches ministering in contexts of poverty, their thought has not been systematized to dates. This work deals with this lacuna presenting the vitality of Latin American evangelical theology which seeks to be biblical, relevant and missiologically effective, thus offering a liberation which is holistic and grounded in the kingdom of God.
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Publisher : Bread for the World Institute
ISBN 13 : 9780962805837
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Hunger 1992 written by and published by Bread for the World Institute. This book was released on 1991 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bread for the World Institute on Hunger & Development. The report, co-sponsored by other anti-hunger groups, illustrates through ten case studies of specific projects & programs "ideas that work" to alleviate U. S. & world hunger, or that have shown enough promise to justify further pursuit. Each essay examines the pitfalls involved & whether success can be duplicated elsewhere. Topics include the "green revolution," sustainable & participatory development, U. S. domestic food programs, international food aid, reforming economies without hurting poor people, demilitarization, & citizen advocacy. The report updates information presented in the previous volume, "Hunger 1990," on hunger in North & South America, Africa, Asia, & the Middle East, & features statistical tables, bibliography, glossary, & topical index. A new section examines the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe. Contributors include John Mellor, Patricia Kutzner, Don Reeves, Remy Jurenas, Gayle Smith, Barbara Murock, Patience Elabor-Idemudia, the editors, & other Bread for the World Institute Staff. Intended for concerned citizens, secondary school & college instructors & students, opinion-shapers, & policy-makers.
Author : Laurel Dykstra
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621891186
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Liberating Biblical Study written by Laurel Dykstra and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberating Biblical Study is a unique collaboration of pioneering biblical scholars, social-change activists, and movement-based artists. Well known and unknown, veterans and newcomers, these diverse practitioners of justice engage in a lively and critical conversation at the intersection of seminary, sanctuary, and street. The book is divided into eight sections; in each, a scholar, activist, and artist explore the justice issues related to a biblical text or idea, such as exodus, creation, jubilee, and sanctuary. Beyond the emerging themes (e.g., empire, resistance movements, identity, race, gender, and economics), the book raises essential questions at another level: What is the role of art in social-change movements? How can scholars be accountable beyond the academy, and activists encouraged to study? How are resistance movements nurtured and sustained? This volume is an accessible invitation to action that will appeal to all who love and strive for justice--whatever their discipline, and whatever their familiarity with the Bible, scholarship, art, and activist communities.
Author : Maria Harris
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664256616
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (566 download)
Download or read book Proclaim Jubilee! written by Maria Harris and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biblical Jubilee that was celebrated once every fifty years is referred to in Leviticus 25 as the "Sabbath of Sabbaths". Its requirements included that the land lie fallow, all debts be forgiven, captives be freed, and a celebration held. Maria Harris considers the implications of a living Jubilee for today and for the next century. She offers a compelling argument that a living Jubilee is a comprehensive spirituality that would have a positive political, economic, and moral impact on individuals, families, religious congregations, institutions, and nations.
Author : Letty M. Russell
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664250706
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Church in the Round written by Letty M. Russell and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideas of the Christian church are changing, and Letty Russell envisions its future as partnership and sharing for all members around a common table of hospitality. Russell draws on her pastorate in Harlem, her classes in theology, and many ecumenical conversations to help the newly emerging church face the challenges of liberation for all people.
Author : Sigurd Bergmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351932802
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book God in Context written by Sigurd Bergmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s theologians in Asia and Africa showed an interest in the way different cultural contexts influenced the interpretation of Christian belief. Manifestations of contextual theologies have since appeared in many parts of the world; animated international discussion about expressions, methods and theories for contextual theology have continued with the spread of contextual theology from the South to the North.. The object of these theologies is to shed new light on the concept of incarnation. How does the incarnated God act in a liberating way? Contextual theology explores awareness of the interrelatedness of God and culture. This book surveys important concepts, positions and problems of contextual theology, dealing with different criteria for the interpretation of 'context' and providing explanations of different theoretical models for contextual theology. Particular topics discussed include: the importance of place for the experience of God; a dynamic, correlative and communicative view of tradition; the approach to knowledge in contextualism and the greater right of the poor to aesthetic knowledge; human ecological formation of theology, and the contributions of pictorial art and architecture to contextual theology. Clearly explaining the importance of contextual theology for all theology, this book offers an invaluable text for students and others exploring theology in context.
Author : Kjetil Fretheim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498298699
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Interruption and Imagination written by Kjetil Fretheim and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we are faced with recurring crises--financial, migration, climate, etc.--there is a need to reconsider public theology as both a practice and a field of study. By discussing public statements made by Christians faced with different kinds of crisis, this book contributes to the development and understanding of public theology. The public statements addressed are three kairos documents: The Kairos Document from South Africa in the mid-1980s; The Road to Damascus document from authors in developing countries, issued in 1989; and the Palestinian Kairos Document from 2009. The discussion is structured around three problems of public theology: social analysis, politics and ethics, and language and voice. Fretheim suggests a constructionist understanding of public theology--a public theology that interrupts current debates and expands the imagination of the public sphere. As public theology is concerned with public life and social issues, Interruption and Imagination will be of interest to scholars and students of theology, political science, sociology, and religious studies, as well as practitioners, policymakers, and professionals in the public sector, civil society, churches, and Christian organizations.
Author : A. Sims
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137060050
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Religio-Political Narratives in the United States written by A. Sims and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors select sermons by Martin Luther King Jr. and Jeremiah Wright to as a framework to examine the meaning of God in America as part of the formational religio-political narrative of the country.
Author : Rachel Sophia Baard
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1793608903
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book The Political Theology of Paul Tillich written by Rachel Sophia Baard and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the political theology of Paul Tillich, one of the foremost thinkers of the 20th century. Tillich's discerning analysis of fascism, grounded in his socialist commitments, and continuing efforts to write theology in correlation with culture, make his voice a crucial one for contemporary political theology.
Author : Robert McAfee Brown
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664254247
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Liberation Theology written by Robert McAfee Brown and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brown explains and illuminates liberation theology for North American readers who may have no previous knowledge of this recent dynamic Christian movement. Growing out of the experience of oppressed people in Latin America, liberation theology lends a transforming power to both the study of the Bible and the Christian duty to work for justice for all God's people.
Author : Jürgen Moltmann
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451411935
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Experiences in Theology written by Jürgen Moltmann and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2000-12-18 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the final in his series of systematic "contributions" to theology, Moltmann looks ahead from the landmarks of his own theological journey. He searches out the intersections of his own life with contemporary events that have kindled and impelled his theological thinking. The perspective of hope is explained freshly, while other basic theological themes and concepts are developed and interrelated.
