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Engaging with the Hopes of Parishes

Author : Brendan Reed
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643909942
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Engaging with the Hopes of Parishes written by Brendan Reed and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2018 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catholic institutions today are faced with the challenge of redefining themselves within a context of growing pluralisation and detraditionalisation. Following the empirical work on Catholic School identity, Identity in Dialogue, this book attends to the institution of the parish. Engaging with the Hopes of Parishes offers a theoretical framework for parish life in a new context. It introduces a new diagnostic tool, the Searching for Parish Engagement Scale, and it proposes four models for parish life today: the convinced parish, the engaged parish, the devoted parish and the consumerist parish. Brendan Reed is a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia. He is adjunct lecturer at Catholic Theological College, University of Divinity.

Life This Side of Heaven

Author : Richard Wenden
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666784451
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Life This Side of Heaven written by Richard Wenden and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Where else would you rather be?” For many people today, particularly in affluent, lifestyle-driven beachside suburbs, that is their mantra—and being at church and following Jesus is perhaps the furthest thing from their minds. As Christians grapple with how to bring the good news to an increasingly hedonistic and apathetic post-Christian culture, this book shows where we find ourselves culturally, discusses why that is, and suggests some ways forward including how we might reorder people’s disordered loves; fostering a faithful presence in our spheres of influence; and seeking ways to connect meaningfully. All this is a way of assisting churches in their particular cultural contexts to move from an attractional mode of thinking about ministry and church life to a mindset that enables them to carry out effective gospel ministry to their community and underlying subcultures. The author hopes it will be a help for churches that have historically struggled to be missionally focused, serving as an encouragement in reconsidering their approach to ministry planning, so they might have a significant, gospel-based, long-term impact on individual church members and the community life of the church to bring blessing to their suburbs, gospel growth to churches, and glory to God.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 29

Author : Andrew Village
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900438264X
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 29 written by Andrew Village and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general papers in Volume 29 of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion cover a range of topics including psychological type, prayer, nature and well-being, psychobiography, coping with addiction, and the role of place in spirituality. The first special section on congregational studies draws on a range of large datasets from the National Church Life Surveys in Australia. Papers examine the factors that predict individual sense of belonging in Catholic parishes as well as congregational-level aspects of vitality, collective confidence, and innovativeness. The second special section examines the Ideological Surround Model and how it can help to better understand expressions of faith related to psychological constructs such as mindfulness, fundamentalism, and the ‘Dark Triad’ of Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. Contributors are: Tania ap Siôn, Amanda (Mandy) Aspland, Dharma Arunachalam, Joel Gruneau Brulin, Zhuo Job Chen, Victor Counted, Giuseppe Crea, Robert Dixon, Martin Dowson, Deepti B. Duggi, Leslie J. Francis, Nima Ghorbani, Pehr Granqvist, Gill Hall, Douglas Hall, Nicole Hancock, Magnhild Høie, Ralph W. Hood Jr., Shanmukh Vasant Kamble, Thomas Lindgren, Ronald J. Morris, Miriam Pepper, Ruth Powell, Brooke M. Ruf, Sam Sterland, Fazlollaha Tavakoli, John-Kåre Vederhus, David C. Wang, P. J. Watson, and John K. Williams.

Churches in the mirror

Author : Kobus Schoeman
Publisher : UJ Press
ISBN 13 : 1928424716
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Churches in the mirror written by Kobus Schoeman and published by UJ Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecclesiology is the study of the church and has two focal points; the one is the historical and doctrinal perspective on the church, and the other is the church as situated in a local context in the sense of the local practices of actual congregations. The ecclesiology or, more correctly, the ecclesiologies of this volume mainly focuses on the second aspect, i.e., understanding the local congregation or parish as a community of believers. A congregation may firstly be described by posing a theological question: What is the local missional church or congregation all about? This question may be answered from different perspectives, but it remains essential to answer it from a theological perspective. The first five chapters in this book focus mainly on a theological understanding of the congregation. This is done from different disciplines within the study field of theology. Congregations are, secondly, social realities and should be described and analysed through an analytical or empirical lens, or, to answer the question attached to the first empirical-descriptive task of practical theology, “What is going on?”. The remaining chapters use a quantitative and qualitative lens and give an empirical analysis of the congregation. The intention is to critically reflect on the church and congregations’ ecclesiology from a theological and analytical perspective with an emphasis on the South African context. It wants to map markers for the development of contemporary ecclesiologies, and the different chapters are meant as mirrors to look in and reflect on the theological and contextual relevance of denominations and congregations in South Africa.

Rewriting God

Author : Elaine Lindsay
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042015920
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Rewriting God written by Elaine Lindsay and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are rarely if ever mentioned in commentaries upon Australian Christianity and spirituality. Only exceptional women are recognized as authorities on religious matters. Why is this so? Does it matter? Don't people from the same religious tradition share similar experiences of the divine, regardless of their gender?Rewriting Godasks whether women have been writing about the divine and whether their insights are different from those contained in malestream accounts of Australian Christianity and spirituality. An analysis of the writings of popular theologians and religious commentators over the last twenty years suggests that the most popular form of spirituality among Australian theologians is Desert Spirituality. An analysis of women's autobiographical writings, however, suggests that the desert is irrelevant to many women's spiritual experiences. This book, through a close investigation of the fictions of Thea Astley, Elizabeth Jolley and Barbara Hanrahan, attempts to posit alternative forms of women's spirituality and to signal ways in which this spirituality is already being expressed.From the evidence gathered here, it becomes obvious that traditional expressions of Australian Christianity and spirituality are gender-specific and that they have functioned to deny women's religious experiences and to silence their claims to equality in the sight and service of the divine. It becomes obvious, too, that women have been developing their own forms of religious expression and that these may be expected to supplant gradually withering images of Desert Spirituality. Whether this new imagery will strengthen Australian Christianity or whether it merely marks a decline in the authority of Christianity remains a moot point.

Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004425799
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments from the Margins, Rocha, Hutchinson and Openshaw argue that Australia has made and still makes important contributions to how Pentecostal and charismatic Christianities have developed worldwide. This edited volume fills a critical gap in two important scholarly literatures. The first is the Australian literature on religion, in which the absence of the charismatic and Pentecostal element tends to reinforce now widely debunked notions of Australia as lacking the religious tendencies of old Europe. The second is the emerging transnational literature on Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. This book enriches our understanding not only of how these movements spread worldwide but also how they are indigenised and grow new shoots in very diverse contexts.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 31

Author : Ralph W. Hood
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004443967
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 31 written by Ralph W. Hood and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work showcases two approaches to the socio-scientific study of religion: the analysis of data collected about congregational life in the Australian National Church Life Surveys (from 1991 to present), and the application of feminist approaches within the sociology of religion.

Baptists in Australia - E-Book

Author : Philip Hughes
Publisher : Christian Research Associati
ISBN 13 : 187522372X
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book Baptists in Australia - E-Book written by Philip Hughes and published by Christian Research Associati. This book was released on 1913 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The 2011 Census showed that, at a time when many of the denominations were experiencing decline in numbers, the Baptists have continued to grow in numbers. Furthermore, the 2011 National Church Life Survey shows that Baptist churches are generally growing and showing signs of vitality. It will be interesting to see whether there will be continued growth in a culture which enjoys its informality, but at the same time has a strong sense of community developed through high levels of involvement.”

Asking Big Questions

Author : Grenville J. R. Kent
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625644906
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Asking Big Questions written by Grenville J. R. Kent and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do educated urban people think about God, and why? What factors--logical, emotional, experiential, or intuitive--incline them towards belief or towards unbelief? How do they balance these factors? Why do many seem to be "swing voters," comfortable sitting on the fence, unmotivated to move far either way? What common ground do they share with Christianity? What are their objections to Christian belief and practice, and their misunderstandings? Why do many people describe intuitive and emotional attraction to believing in God, but resist it intellectually? What apologetic approaches would make most sense, specifically to educated urban Australians? What media products do they enjoy and trust? And how should these insights influence apologetics? Grenville Kent asks these questions in one Australian demographic to help target Big Questions, a documentary film series for Christian apologetics. Anyone interested in apologetics, evangelical media, and the application of marketing research to evangelism will be interested in this study.

Planting and Growing Urban Churches

Author : Harvie M. Conn
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441205985
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Planting and Growing Urban Churches written by Harvie M. Conn and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the church is to thrive in the twenty-first century, it will have to take on a new form as it ministers to the 120 million unchurched people in the United States. Planting and Growing Urban Churches is still virtually the only available text on church planting in North America and beyond. In this third edition, readers will find material on the importance of healthy, biblical change in our churches, updated appendices, insight on our postmodern ministry context, and strategies for reaching new population demographics such as Generation X and Y. Pastors, ministry leaders, and church planters will find the information and advice found in this book invaluable as they carry out their ministries.

Testing Pluralism

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004254757
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Testing Pluralism written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the Religion and the Social Order series examines the phenomenon of the globalization of religions that has particularly characterized the last fifty years. Historically, religions were relatively tightly connected with territoriality. The advent of relatively inexpensive and relatively accessible air transport has made it possible for groups of significant size to move from their original homelands and resettle in new sites. In contrast to predictions associated with secularization theories that dominated the middle of the twentieth century, today we find that the world’s religions continue to provide meaning and value in the lives of their adherents. This volume examines at a global level a variety of such groups and their adjustments. Contributors include Edward Bailey, Barbara Bertolani, Anthony Blasi, Emanuela Contiero, Robert Dixon, Anat Feldman, Christina Gutiérrez Zúñiga, Barbara Kilbourne, Barbara Loach, Neils Reeh, Stefano Sbalchiero, Renée de la Torre.

Parish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy

Author : Larry Van De Creek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136401474
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Parish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy written by Larry Van De Creek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the roles of these three unique professions and how collaboration can make each more effective!This is the first book to clarify the roles and interprofessional dynamics of these three professions and describe how they can best work together. Here you’ll find theological perspectives on each profession, practice models of collaborative programs, and new resources to aid your professional growth. In addition, this book gives you a thorough historical overview of parish nursing and an introduction to health care chaplaincy as well as insightful analyses of the relationships of clergy and congregation to health care institutions.Parish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy: Navigating the Maze of Professional Relationships is a vital addition to your reference shelf. This unique book, written by experts in all three fields, provides: the necessary background to be an effective parish nurse, including information on spiritual formation, clinical pastoral education, and more instruction on starting a parish health ministry effective ways that the disciplines can work together in congregational health ministries to provide the best possible spiritual care successful practice models that your ministry can emulate an examination of the health care institution’s role in forming the spiritual care team resources to use to increase your ministry’s effectivenessParish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy is a must for practitioners, educators, and students who will be entering these vital professions!

Assessment of Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Author : Christopher Alan Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351206370
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Assessment of Mental Health, Religion and Culture written by Christopher Alan Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessment of mental health, religion and culture: The development and examination of psychometric measures focuses on questionnaires that are of practical value for researchers interested in examining the relationship between the constructs of mental health, religion, and culture. Three particular areas of development and evaluation are represented within this volume: firstly, the psychometric properties of recently developed new questionnaires; secondly, the psychometric properties of established questionnaires that have been translated into other languages; and thirdly, the psychometric properties of questionnaires employed in various cultural contexts and religious samples. The research in this book is authored by a wide range of international scholars working on diverse samples and in a variety of different cultures. In doing so, the book facilitates future research in the area of mental health, religion, and culture. This book was originally published as two special issues of Mental Health, Religion & Culture.

Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion

Author : David Goodhew
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317124421
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion written by David Goodhew and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglican Communion is one of the largest Christian denominations in the world. Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion is the first study of its dramatic growth and decline in the years since 1980. An international team of leading researchers based across five continents provides a global overview of Anglicanism alongside twelve detailed case studies. The case studies stretch from Singapore to England, Nigeria to the USA and mostly focus on non-western Anglicanism. This book is a critical resource for students and scholars seeking an understanding of the past, present and future of the Anglican Church. More broadly, the study offers insight into debates surrounding secularisation in the contemporary world.

Pentecostal Churches in Transition

Author : Shane Clifton
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004175261
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Pentecostal Churches in Transition written by Shane Clifton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global growth of Pentecostal movements during the course of the twentieth century has been widely documented although, to date, there has been little written on their developing ecclesiology. After making the case for a concrete rather than idealised approach to ecclesiology, this book describes and analyses the transitions that have framed the ways in which Australian Pentecostals have understood church life and mission. From a loosely knit faith missions movement, to congregational free church structures, to the so-called apostolic models of mega-churches, Australian pentecostalism stands as a microcosmos of ecclesial developments that have occurred throughout the world. This book, therefore, provides a means of reflecting upon what has been gained and lost in the process of ecclesiological change.

The Future of Christianity

Author : John Stenhouse
Publisher : ATF Press
ISBN 13 : 9781920691233
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Christianity written by John Stenhouse and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a group of New Zealand scholars, theologians, historians and lawyers, examines the question of New Zealand's Western culture and Christianity. The contributors explore recent debates over secularisation, exploring its merits and explanatory power, while also showing its limitations.

Spirit Baptism

Author : David Perry
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004350624
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Spirit Baptism written by David Perry and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pentecostal experience of Spirit baptism remains an important topic of discussion more than a century after the inception of the Pentecostal movement. In Spirit Baptism: The Pentecostal Experience in Theological Focus David Perry moves beyond traditional debates by focusing on the meaning and function of the experience within the Pentecostal community. Grounded in the Pentecostal experience itself, he explores the meaning of the experience in terms of its cognitive, effective, constitutive and communicative function. He demonstrates the enduring value of the experience of Spirit baptism to the Pentecostal community and emphasises what is centrally important – a powerful and transformative encounter with the Holy Spirit.