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Book Synopsis Does God Need the Church? by : Gerhard Lohfink
Download or read book Does God Need the Church? written by Gerhard Lohfink and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are not all religions equally close to and equally far from God? Why, then, the Church? Gerhard Lohfink poses these questions with scholarly reliability and on the basis of his own experience of community in Does God Need the Church? In 1982 Father Lohfink wrote Wie hat Jesus Gemeinde gewollt? (translated into English as Jesus and Community) to show, on the basis of the New Testament, that faith is founded in a community that distinguishes itself in clear contours from the rest of society. In that book he also described a sequence of events that moved directly from commonality to a community that was readily accessible to every group of people and was made legitimate by Jesus himself. Only later did Father Lohfink learn, within a new horizon of experience, that such a description is not the way to community. The story of the gathering of the people of God, from Abraham until today, never took place according to such a model. Today Father Lohfink states that he would not write Wie hat Jesus Gemeinde gewollt? the same way. The situation of belief and believers has undergone a shift: the question of the Church has become much more urgent. Church life is declining and the religions are returning, often in new guises. In light of these shifts and the change in his own view of community, Father Lohfink inquires in Does God Need the Church? of Israel's theology, Jesus' praxis, the experiences of the early Christian communities, and of what is appearing in the Church today. These inquiries lead to an amazing history involving God and the world - a history that God presses forward with the aid of a single people and that always turns out differently from what they think and plan.
Book Synopsis A Just Peace Church by : Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Download or read book A Just Peace Church written by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classical just war criteria were helpful in a world of soldiers in uniforms with negotiated holidays. But just war no longer proves helpful in a world where small bands of terrorists with modest bundles of cash can do unspeakable terror to unarmed civilians. In this new world, war itself has become dysfunctional. What are the theological, political, and programmatic bases needed to become a peacemaking church? A Just Peace Church seeks to locate a position between pacifism and just war.
Book Synopsis Urban Churches: Vital Signs by : Nile Harper
Download or read book Urban Churches: Vital Signs written by Nile Harper and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-03-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Nile Harper and six leading pastors, this volume tells the stories of twenty-eight urban churches that are successfully contributing to the transformation of inner-city communities in fifteen major cities across America -- Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, San Francisco, Savannah, and Washington, D.C.
Book Synopsis A Sankofa Moment by : Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
Download or read book A Sankofa Moment written by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and published by St. Paul Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sankofa Moment gives the 48-year history of the Trinity United Church of Christ with a major emphasis on the building of the largest United Church of Christ congregation within the denomination that developed several ministries and several entities under the pastorate of Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Book Synopsis Toward a Hopeful Future by : Phil Snider
Download or read book Toward a Hopeful Future written by Phil Snider and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snider and Bowen, co-pastors of Brentwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a formerly graying congregation, provide a much-needed emerging resource that will benefit both progressive mainliners who value inclusivity, diversity, and social justice as well as emergents seeking a point of entry into progressive mainline traditions. The book grew from the authors' successful progressive worship service: "The Awakening" which has attracted a surge of young adults and young families to Brentwood. It offers connections among 1) prophetic biblical traditions; 2) progressive mainliners; 3) Emergents; and 4) postmodern theory and gives progressive communities of faith worship reflections and resources that will help them connect with emerging generations.
Book Synopsis Growing Toward Unity: by : Elsabeth Slaughter Hilke
Download or read book Growing Toward Unity: written by Elsabeth Slaughter Hilke and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Growing Toward Unity" considers the theological and political pressures, both nationally and globally, that drove the ecumenical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, up to and including the formation of the United Church of Christ. Edited by Elsabeth Slaughter Hilke, with a Postscript by Thomas E. Dipko. Series editor Barbara Brown Zikmund.
Book Synopsis Becoming an Anti-Racist Church by : Joseph Barndt
Download or read book Becoming an Anti-Racist Church written by Joseph Barndt and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians addressing racism in American society must begin with a frank assessment of how race figures in the churches themselves, leading activist Joseph Barndt argues. This practical and important volume extends the insights of Barndt's earlier, more general work to address the race situation in the churches themselves and to equip people there to be agents for change in and beyond their church communities.
Book Synopsis Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation by : Eboni Marshall Turman
Download or read book Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation written by Eboni Marshall Turman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches? This book engages the Chalcedonian Definition as the starting point for exploring the body as a moral dilemma.
Book Synopsis Becoming a Multicultural Church by : Laurene Beth Bowers
Download or read book Becoming a Multicultural Church written by Laurene Beth Bowers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In [ital] Becoming a Multicultural Church[ital], Bowers reflects upon and shows how churches can benefit from the experience of First Congregational Church of Randolph, Massachusetts [em dash] the church she pastors [em dash] once a historically "traditional" one social grouping church, but now a "multicultural" church and one of the numerically largest churches in Randolph. She offers practical strategies and explores the processes involved, in a conversational style that will make it an easy read for pastors.
Book Synopsis God Turned Toward Us by : William H Willimon
Download or read book God Turned Toward Us written by William H Willimon and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on the words the church uses to communicate the faith.
Book Synopsis Race, Religion, and Politics by : Stephanie Y. Mitchem
Download or read book Race, Religion, and Politics written by Stephanie Y. Mitchem and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines race, religion, and politics in the United States, illuminating their intersections and what they reveal about power and privilege. Drawing on both historic and recent examples, Stephanie Mitchem introduces readers to the ways race has been constructed in the United States, discusses how race and religion influence each other, and assesses how they shape political influence. Mitchem concludes with a chapter looking toward possibilities for increased rights and justice for all.
Download or read book I Am Third written by Gale Sayers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gale Sayers' book I Am Third, with Al Silverman, is a stirring, painfully honest account of his struggle to become the greatest running back in history and that agonizing moment between immortality and becoming a cripple." —The New York Times Book Review
Book Synopsis Living Toward a Vision by : Walter Brueggemann
Download or read book Living Toward a Vision written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a basic Bible study book for Doing the Word. If we are to do God's word as well as talk about it, we need a vision to guide our doing and acting. Church folk already have a number of visions to be found in the Bible, but we need them interpreted, explained and applied to our daily lives to guide our attempts to work for justice, mercy and peace. - from Editor's Preface to the First Edition.
Book Synopsis Why Small Groups? by : C. J. Mahaney
Download or read book Why Small Groups? written by C. J. Mahaney and published by Sovereign Grace Ministries. This book was released on 1996 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to get on the fast track to Christian maturity? Small groups provide the ideal context for working out our salvation together. Whether you attend a small group or lead one, this book will raise your vision and inspire you to excel in the areas of service to which God has called you. And if you don't attend a small group? All the more reason you may want to read Why Small Groups? and let it change your life. The authors are all pastors from various Sovereign Grace Ministries churches.
Book Synopsis United and Uniting: by : Fredrick R. Trost
Download or read book United and Uniting: written by Fredrick R. Trost and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "United and Uniting" studies the commitments, covenants, and challenges of the United Church of Christ in the twentieth century, with reflections from significant theologians and historians of United Church of Christ thought. Edited by Frederick R. Trost and Barbara Brown Zikmund. Series editor Barbara Brown Zikmund.
Book Synopsis Integrative Psychotherapy by : Mark R. McMinn
Download or read book Integrative Psychotherapy written by Mark R. McMinn and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark McMinn and Clark Campbell present an integrative model of psychotherapy that is grounded in Christian biblical teaching and in a critical and constructive engagement with contemporary psychology. This foundational work integrates behavioral, cognitive, and interpersonal models of therapy within a Christian theological framework.
Download or read book Evangelical Catechism: written by and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Evangelical Catechism" is a valuable resource for pastors, new church members, and confirmation classes, and is widely used by United Church of Christ congregations. Originally authorized by the Evangelical Synod of North America (which brought the catechism into the twentieth century) it focuses on the following essentials: the Ten Commandments; the Attributes of God; the Apostles' Creed; prayer; the sacrament of Holy Baptism; and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. This revised edition has been refreshed with a more modern approach for United Church of Christ congregations in the twenty-first century.
