The Secular Squeeze

Download The Secular Squeeze full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Secular Squeeze ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Secular Squeeze

Author : John F. Alexander
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597521043
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Secular Squeeze by : John F. Alexander

Download or read book The Secular Squeeze written by John F. Alexander and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real problem with secularism? It's boring. Christians have for decades lamented the secularism of the modern world. Often secularization is seen as a fierce, malevolent force out to devour everything in its path. But John Alexander suggests the real danger of secularism is that it is empty and shallow: it has squeezed the world flat. Modern secular culture has produced people who see themselves as little more than highly evolved machines. They live ina world with no heroes, only celebrities, and with no causes more grand than acquiring a nice house. The only adequate response to secularism's emptiness, Alexander argues, is a remnant church that actually lives by the truth of Jesus' story, a gospel that offers people something truly worth living and dying for. 'The Secular Squeeze' couples trenchant cultural analysis with stirring, constructive insight into how Christians can disavow the false myths of secularism and take up a cross with nails.

Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World

Author : Timothy R. Phillips
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830874729
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (747 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World by : Timothy R. Phillips

Download or read book Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World written by Timothy R. Phillips and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evangelicals are beginning to provide analyses of our postmodern society, but little has been done to suggest an effective apologetic strategy for reaching a culture that is pluralistic, consumer-oriented, and infatuated with managerial and therapeutic approaches to life. This, then, is the first book to address that vital task. In these pages some of evangelicalism's most stimulating thinkers consider three possible apologetic responses to postmodernity. William Lane Craig argues that traditional evidentialist apologetics remains viable and preferable. Roger Lundin, Nicola Creegan and James Sire find the postmodern critique of Christianity and Western culture more challenging, but reject central features of it. Philip Kenneson, Brian Walsh and J. Richard Middleton, on the other hand, argue that key aspects of postmodernity can be appropriated to defend orthodox Christianity. An essential feature are trenchent chapters by Ronald Clifton Potter, Dennis Hollinger and Douglas Webster considering issues facing the local church in light of postmodernity. The volumes editors and John Stackhouse also add important introductory essays that orient the reader to postmodernity and various apologetic strategies. All this makes for a book indispensable for theologians, a wide range of students and reflective pastors.

Business Cycles and Depressions

Author : David Glasner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136545204
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Business Cycles and Depressions by : David Glasner

Download or read book Business Cycles and Depressions written by David Glasner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts define, review, and evaluate economic fluctuations Economic and business uncertainty dominate today's economic analyses. This new Encyclopedia illuminates the subject by offering 323 original articles on every major aspect of business cycles, fluctuations, financial crises, recessions, and depressions. The work of more than 200 experts, including many of the leading researchers in the field, the articles cover a broad range of subjects, including capsule biographies of leading economists born before 1920. Individual entries explore banking panics, the cobweb cycle, consumer durables, the depression of 1937-1938, Otto Eckstein, Friedrich Engels, experimental price bubbles, forced savings, lass-Steagall Act, Friedrich hagen, qualitative indicators, use of macro-econometric models, monetary neutrality, Phillips Curve, Paul Samuelson, Say's law, supply-side recessions, James Tokin, trend and random wages, Thorstein Veblen, worker-job turnover, and more.

Minority Reports

Author : Mark Klitsie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498235972
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Minority Reports by : Mark Klitsie

Download or read book Minority Reports written by Mark Klitsie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stuff that comes after modernism isn't all bad. Postmodernism, not needing everything to be buttoned up, can leave things dangling; it can pay attention to the obscure, marginal, and particular. The postmodern dynamic invites one to revisit biblical texts that do not fit into tidy, cherished theological constructs: I call these texts the "minority reports." Popular theology infers that God is just pretending when he changes his mind or gets frustrated, saddened, and affected by humans--this understanding is guided by concepts of God's omni-attributes. But these wise and well-intentioned concepts fail to portray a God who will not be domesticated. Certain biblical narratives trace YHWH's hiddenness, suffering, changeability, and "hostility"--this awkward "shadow side" of YHWH is sometimes selectively overlooked. The fear of God is gone. Instead we have the ever-tolerant, universal God who is in danger of evaporating into "spirit," "light," and "love." As a theologian I use Hebrew block logic: competing truths in the Bible are kept intact; synthesis isn't necessarily sought. God chooses us and we choose God; God is self-sufficient, all-powerful, and all-knowing, needing no creature. Yet he chooses to limit his "omni-ness" in the human arena and makes himself vulnerable to humans. He hyphenates his name with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob--and the church--at a risk.

Apologetics in Africa

Author : Kevin Muriithi Ndereba
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839739673
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Apologetics in Africa by : Kevin Muriithi Ndereba

Download or read book Apologetics in Africa written by Kevin Muriithi Ndereba and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into four major sections, this textbook provides an in-depth exploration of the biblical, philosophical, cultural, and practical concerns facing African Christians as they proclaim and defend the gospel in Africa. Written by a diverse group of pastors and scholars, it provides a much needed interdisciplinary and contextualized approach to apologetics. It also seeks to bridge the gap between academic research and ministry practice, touching on such topics as hermeneutics, biblical criticism, church history, the nature of evil, religious inclusivism, Muslim-Christian engagement, eldership rites, domestic violence, cults, and the digital age. Biblically robust, contextually relevant, ministry-oriented, and accessible, this is a remarkable resource for enriching the life and ministry of Christians in Africa and beyond.

The Secular Revolution

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520235614
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Secular Revolution by : Christian Smith

Download or read book The Secular Revolution written by Christian Smith and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-06-04 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents a radical rethinking of the secularization of American public life.

One Faith No Longer

Author : George Yancey
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479808717
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis One Faith No Longer by : George Yancey

Download or read book One Faith No Longer written by George Yancey and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irreconcilable differences drive the division between progressive and conservative Christians—is there a divorce coming? Much attention has been paid to political polarization in America, but far less to the growing schism between progressive and conservative Christians. In this groundbreaking new book, George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk offer the provocative contention that progressive and conservative Christianities have diverged so much in their core values that they ought to be thought of as two separate religions. The authors draw on both quantitative data and interviews to uncover how progressive and conservative Christians determine with whom they align themselves religiously, and how they distinguish themselves from each other. They find that progressive Christians emphasize political agreement relating to social justice issues as they determine who is part of their in-group, and focus less on theological agreement. Among conservative Christians, on the other hand, the major concern is whether one agrees with them on core theological points. Progressive and conservative Christians thus use entirely different factors in determining their social identity and moral values. In a time when religion and politics have never seemed so intertwined, One Faith No Longer offers a timely and compelling reframing of an age-old conflict.

The Economics of Global Turbulence

Author : Robert Brenner
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859847305
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Economics of Global Turbulence by : Robert Brenner

Download or read book The Economics of Global Turbulence written by Robert Brenner and published by Verso. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A commanding survey of the world economy from 1950 to the present, from the author of the acclaimed The Boom and the Bubble.

Kingdom Come

Author : Allen M. Wakabayashi
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830875948
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Kingdom Come by : Allen M. Wakabayashi

Download or read book Kingdom Come written by Allen M. Wakabayashi and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is up to something! And his plans are far greater than you might imagine. Christianity is not merely about isolated individuals going to heaven. It's about God transforming the entire world and making things right. Sicknesses will be healed, sins will be forgiven, injustice will be eradicated, and all creation will be redeemed. But this is not merely a distant future. It's happening now through what Jesus came to establish--the kingdom of God. Allen Wakabayashi reawakens you to the world-changing reality of the kingdom of God. With clear, biblical insight, he unpacks what Jesus proclaimed about the good news of the kingdom and spells out the implications for you today. Focusing on the kingdom of God will revolutionize how you live out your faith, how you think about your world and how you explain the good news about Jesus. Ultimately, understanding yourself as a citizen of the kingdom will empower you to be one of God's change agents in the world. God is at work to restore everything to be the way he intended it to be, and you can be a part of what he is doing! Get a glimpse of the kingdom coming, and experience his will being done--on earth as it is in heaven.

Kingdom Come (EasyRead Edition)

Author : Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458726932
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Kingdom Come (EasyRead Edition) by : Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi

Download or read book Kingdom Come (EasyRead Edition) written by Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2003 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Christian Professor in the Secular University

Author : Duane Victor Keilstrup
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1609577914
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (95 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Christian Professor in the Secular University by : Duane Victor Keilstrup

Download or read book The Christian Professor in the Secular University written by Duane Victor Keilstrup and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiography by Duane Victor Keilstrup, he shares his memories of being a university professor and his religious journey as a Christian.

A Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics

Author : Christopher Hood
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198779615
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics by : Christopher Hood

Download or read book A Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics written by Christopher Hood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book carefully identifies and compares episodes of 'fiscal squeeze' in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015.

Being Church

Author : John F. Alexander
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 160899869X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Being Church by : John F. Alexander

Download or read book Being Church written by John F. Alexander and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What modern church doesn't call itself a community? Yet for how many is it real? How many churches form disciples intimately connected enough to call themselves Christ's body? How many form disciples who know the relational arts that create a robust unity? How many form disciples practiced in the ways of sacrificial love? Pastor John Alexander, a thirty-year veteran of living in Christian communities, yearns for all the wonder and promise of the New Testament vision of church to come true. After struggling with Scripture in live-together church communities, he shares the Scriptural practices and wisdom that make for an authentic, sustainable, and joyful life together. For any person or church wanting to move beyond the clichŽ of community to the radical vision of the New Testament, this book is an invaluable guide

Kingdom Come (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)

Author :
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458726967
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Kingdom Come (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) by :

Download or read book Kingdom Come (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kingdom Come (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Author :
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458726975
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Kingdom Come (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) by :

Download or read book Kingdom Come (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Singleness and the Church

Author : Jana Marguerite Bennett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190462647
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Singleness and the Church by : Jana Marguerite Bennett

Download or read book Singleness and the Church written by Jana Marguerite Bennett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that almost half of all Americans are single, singleness remains an often overlooked oddity in American culture and in Christian communities. Christians ought to be the people who most support singleness, given what scripture and tradition suggest, but this does not seem to be the case. In this exciting new book, Jana Marguerite Bennett examines a variety of usually forgotten models of singleness: the never-married, the casually uncommitted, the committed but unmarried, the same-sex attracted, the widowed, the divorced, and the single parent. Each chapter in Singleness and the Church takes one of these models and considers the cultural commentary, Christian debate, and a holy guide-figures like Paul, Augustine, Aelred of Rievaulx, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Dorothy Day -in order to offer a new perspective on singleness, the church, and what it means to be a single Christian disciple. In Singleness and the Church, Bennett provides a fresh new theology of single life, a starting point for restoring singleness, in all its amazing varieties, to its rightful place in Christian tradition.

Theology and Social Theory

Author : John Milbank
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470693312
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Theology and Social Theory by : John Milbank

Download or read book Theology and Social Theory written by John Milbank and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised edition of John Milbank’s masterpiece, which sketches the outline of a specifically theological social theory. The Times Higher Education Supplement wrote of the first edition that it was “a tour de force of systematic theology. It would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and brilliance”. Featured in The Church Times “100 Best Christian Books" Brings this classic work up-to-date by reviewing the development of modern social thought. Features a substantial new introduction by Milbank, clarifying the theoretical basis for his work. Challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology are ‘scientific’. Outlines a specifically theological social theory, and in doing so, engages with a wide range of thinkers from Plato to Deleuze. Written by one of the world’s most influential contemporary theologians and the author of numerous books.