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Author : Hielke T. Wolters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Theology of Prophetic Participation written by Hielke T. Wolters and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jesudas M. Athyal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317025482
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Life, Legacy and Theology of M. M. Thomas written by Jesudas M. Athyal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M.M. Thomas was one of the chief architects of the modern ecumenical movement. An outstanding theologian, his original and rather unconventional explorations into ecumenical social ethics remain highly relevant even today. Long before liberation theology burst on the scene, Thomas raised his prophetic voice for the liberation of humanity from the dehumanizing structures. Focusing on the theological and social contributions of M.M. Thomas and his legacy for our times, and published with the support of the Council for World Mission to coincide with the centenary of Thomas' birth, this collection brings together an international panel of distinguished scholars, theologians and church leaders.
Author : Viju Wilson
Publisher : Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
ISBN 13 : 9788184652147
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Ecclesiology of Prophetic Participation written by Viju Wilson and published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church is an important tool in God's revolutionary strategy, and the political witness of the Church is to participate in the struggles and life-realities of people, particularly those who are outside the faith community. It discerns Christ in the struggles of those who are deprived of justice, freedom, equality and dignity. It is an instrument of social transformation; it aims to build a better society-a society that upholds the values of Kingdom of God. The exclusive understanding of political witness must be transformed into creative societal engagement with a sense of responsibility. The Church should not be understood as merely a communal entity. Its vision must include liberation of humanity as a whole. As it has to bear the spirit of Jesus' mission fully, its witness should embrace human beings and their life-real i ties.
Author : Soong-Chan Rah
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830897615
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Prophetic Lament written by Soong-Chan Rah and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Soong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future.
Author : Donald E. Gowan
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664256890
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (568 download)
Download or read book Theology of the Prophetic Books written by Donald E. Gowan and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Gowan offers a unified reading of the prophetic books, showing that each has a distinctive contribution to make to a central theme. These books--Isaiah through Malachi--respond to three key moments in Israel's history: the end of the Northern Kingdom in 722 BCE, the end of the Southern Kingdom in 587 BCE, and the beginning of the restoration from the Babylonian exile in 538 BCE. Gowan traces the theme of death and resurrection throughout these accounts, finding a symbolic message of particular significance to Christian interpreters of the Bible.
Author : Walter Brueggemann
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451419767
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book The Practice of Prophetic Imagination written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Brueggemann declares that the necessary character of truly prophetic preaching today is "a contestation between narratives." If the dominant narrative of our time promotes national self-sufficiency (through militarism) and personal self-sufficiency (through consumerism), it must be opposed by a different narrative. Prophetic preaching takes its stand in a world claimed by a God who is gracious, uncompromisingand real. Brueggemann writes here for leaders in faith communities who bear the responsibility of preaching. He describes the discipline of a prophetic imagination, in an unflinchingly realistic, unwaveringly candid manner.
Author : Michael Kinnamon
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506430198
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Unity as Prophetic Witness written by Michael Kinnamon and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical Theology Visser 't Hooft is, perhaps, the most distinguished figure in the modern ecumenical movement, emerging in the postwar decades as a pivotal figure. Under his leadership, the World Council of Churches was officially constituted in 1948 by 147 Protestant and Orthodox Catholic denominations, and the organization grew to include nearly 300 denominations in the following decades. Visser 't Hooft played a major role in the inclusion of churches from communist countries in the World Council, and he also sought to enlarge the role played by African, Asian, and Orthodox churches in the organization. He served as editor of the Ecumenical Review from 1948 to 1966. He was also the author of numerous books on the ecumenical movement and the nature and functions of the church.
Author : Richard S. Gilbert
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN 13 : 9781558964112
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (641 download)
Download or read book The Prophetic Imperative written by Richard S. Gilbert and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2000 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Ellis Benson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802866395
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Prophetic Evangelicals written by Bruce Ellis Benson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inaugural Prophetic Christianity volume, fifteen contributors share their visions for a biblically centered, culturally engaged, and historically infused evangelicalism. Interacting with a wide variety of influential thinkers, they articulate several approaches to creating a socially responsible, gospel-centric, and ecumenical evangelical identity. Contributors: Raymond C. Aldred Vincent Bacote Bruce Ellis Benson Malinda Elizabeth Berry Chris Boesel John R. Franke David Gushee Peter Goodwin Heltzel Pamela Lightsey Cherith Fee Nordling Ruth Padilla-DeBorst Gabriel Salguero Helene Slessarev-Jamir Christian T. Collins Winn Telford Work
Author : Ralph Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734283129
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Priest as Prophet written by Ralph Martin and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The priest's sharing in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly ministry of Jesus is well known, but more attention needs to be paid to the full meaning of Jesus's prophetic ministry in order to respond effectively to the challenges the Church is facing today, both in its engagement with the culture and in the challenges of internal purification.
Author : Ellen F. Davis
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 0664235387
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Biblical Prophecy written by Ellen F. Davis and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fresh and expansive work, Ellen Davis offers a comprehensive interpretation of the prophetic role and word in the Christian scriptures. Davis carefully outlines five essential features of the prophetic role and then systematically examines seven representations of prophets and prophecies. Thoroughly theological, Davis's volume provides both instruction and insight for understanding prophecy in Christian tradition and discipleship. This volume concludes with a rich discussion of practical matters, including the relationship between Christian discipleship and prophetic interpretation and the role of biblical prophecy in interfaith contexts.
Author : Sebastian Kim
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048508
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Theology in the Public Sphere written by Sebastian Kim and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substantial and definitive introduction to public theology by one of the leading experts in the field.A key text for third year undergraduate modules and MA courses in Social Ethics, Political Theology and Public Theology.
Author : Annemie Dillen
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643900414
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Prophetic Witness in World Christianities written by Annemie Dillen and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prophets have a reputation of changing, for the better, the relationship between people and God. Christianity has a long history of prophets who have directed the faithful towards more justice and righteousness. What can Christians learn from prophets for daily life, for contemporary theology, and for pastoral care? This book looks at prophetic action from a biblical, pastoral, and ethical perspective. The contributions - from both pastoral theologians and pastors from around the globe - make this study a unique exercise in maintaining the prophetic perspective in theological reflection and pastoral practice. (Series: International Practical Theology - Vol. 13)
Author : Niels Christian Hvidt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190295457
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Christian Prophecy written by Niels Christian Hvidt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Hebrew Bible, God guides and saves his people through the words of his prophets. When the prophets are silenced, the people easily lose their way. What happened after the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ? Did God fall silent? The dominant position in Christian theology is that prophecy did indeed cease at some point in the past -if not with the Old Testament prophets, then with John the Baptist, with Jesus, with the last apostle, or with the closure of the canon of the New Testament. Nevertheless, throughout the history of Christianity there have always been acclaimed saints and mystics -most of them women-who displayed prophetic traits. In recent years, the charismatic revival in both Protestant and Catholic circles has once again raised the question of the place and function of prophecy in Christianity. Scholarly theological attitudes toward Christian prophecy range from modest recognition to contempt. Mainstream systematic theology, both Protestant and Catholic, has mostly marginalized or ignored the gift of prophecy. In this book, however, Niels Christian Hvidt argues that prophecy has persisted in Christianity as an inherent and continuous feature in the life of the church. Prophecy never died, he argues, but rather proved its dynamism by mutating to meet new historical conditions. He presents a comprehensive history of prophecy from ancient Israel to the present and closely examines the development of the theological discourse that surrounds it. Throughout, though, there is always an awareness of the critical discernment required when evaluating the charism of prophecy. The debate about prophecy, Hvidt shows, leads to some profound insights about the very nature of Christianity and the church. For example, some have argued that Christianity is a perfect state and that all that is required for salvation is acceptance of its doctrines. Others have emphasized how God continues to intervene and guide his people onto the right path as the full implementation of God's salvation in Christ is still far away. This is the position that Hvidt forcefully and persuasively defends and develops in this ambitious and important work.
Author : Richard Bauckham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107393086
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Theology of the Book of Revelation written by Richard Bauckham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Revelation is a work of profound theology. But its literary form makes it impenetrable to many modern readers and open to all kinds of misinterpretations. Richard Bauckham explains how the book's imagery conveyed meaning in its original context and how the book's theology is inseparable from its literary structure and composition. Revelation is seen to offer not an esoteric and encoded forecast of historical events but rather a theocentric vision of the coming of God's universal kingdom, contextualised in the late first-century world dominated by Roman power and ideology. It calls on Christians to confront the political idolatries of the time and to participate in God's purpose of gathering all the nations into his kingdom. Once Revelation is properly grounded in its original context it is seen to transcend that context and speak to the contemporary church. This study concludes by highlighting Revelation's continuing relevance for today.
Author : Jamie Gates
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621895882
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination written by Jamie Gates and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination searches through biblical scholarship, theology, economics, sociology, politics, ecology, and history to discern the strands of God's justice and reconciliation at work in the contemporary world. Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination challenges Christians to engage the most troubling social problems of our time by first drinking deeply from the well of the historic prophetic traditions. Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination witnesses to a God that raises up prophets to speak at critical moments in every time, and to what it might look like for the Church to nurture the soil from which such prophetic voices spring. Rarely do such a wide variety of authors from such different backgrounds and vocations get together to name what the prophetic work of God looks like in our midst. The radical justice and reconciliation of God can be found in every corner of life, if we know where to look for it; Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination provides some guidance in this direction. Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination celebrates and seeks to build upon the legacy of eminent biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann's seminal work The Prophetic Imagination, first published in 1978, by assessing the core insights and themes he develops through a number of different lenses. These include contemporary biblical scholarship, theology, economics, sociology, politics, ecology, and church history. Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination also discusses the extent to which the Christian prophetic tradition continues to speak meaningfully within the contemporary world and thereby seeks to be a source for inspiring future generations of Christian prophets to do likewise.
Author : Tercio Junker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620329565
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Prophetic Liturgy written by Tercio Junker and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of Prophetic Liturgy is to inquire into the prophetic dimension of the liturgy. Some questions addressed in the book are: How can a liturgy be prophetic? How can liturgy form and transform individuals and communities? In which sense does the liturgy facilitate a living participation in socio-political-economic life? How does the sacramental practice challenge the church to mediate God's gifts of grace, love, justice, and mercy to the world? Possible answers for these questions begin to emerge as we develop an understanding of religious praxis as an active and dynamic prophetic action, in which the community of faith claims its identity, promotes an engaged faithful Christian life, and affirms the sacramental life of the church as a source of formation and inspiration for prophetic praxis, mediating God's gift for the life of the world. There is risk in presenting an option for prophetic praxis, in that it may go beyond the comfort zone of a community and engender spiritual and political alienation. The most challenging ethical hope of this book is to provide the worshiping community with prophetic awareness of socio-economic injustice, while at the same time preserving the community's historical-cultural identity, its religious values, and its sacramental spirituality.
