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Understanding Folk Religion: 25th Anniversary Edition

Author : Paul G. Hiebert
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Folk Religion: 25th Anniversary Edition written by Paul G. Hiebert and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has served the missiological community for twenty-five years as a resource for understanding human spirituality in any context. Thousands of students have incorporated the principles of this book into ministry around the globe. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition seeks to enable those who now bring their passion for mission to contemporary contexts affected by globalization, climate change, and political perspectives unimagined when this book originally appeared. Every community, wherever it is on earth, has its share of beliefs and values that manifest themselves in practices that reflect spiritual engagement. Those engaged in mission need to appreciate how underlying beliefs and values are reflected in handling spiritual power, worship and blessing, and interaction with others. Gospel communicators must account for these elements as they seek to make God’s intentions known to people who are searching for God. The models presented early in the book are essential for establishing what people consider spiritually critical. Applying these models in any religious environment will enable message-bearers to engage with beliefs and practices that promote a gospel presentation that makes sense. To that end, we commend this book for effective missional engagement.

Understanding Folk Religion

Author : Paul G. Hiebert
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1585584525
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Folk Religion written by Paul G. Hiebert and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a model for examining the beliefs folk religions around the world and suggests biblical principles missionaries can use to deal with them.

Living Folk Religions

Author : Sravana Borkataky-Varma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000878627
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Living Folk Religions written by Sravana Borkataky-Varma and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Folk Religions presents cutting-edge contributions from a range of disciplines to examine religious folkways across cultures. This collection embraces the non-elite and non-sanctioned, the oral, fluid, accessible, evolving religions of people (volk) on the ground. Split into five sections, this book covers: What Is Folk Religion? Spirit Beings and Deities Performance and Ritual Praxis Possession and Exorcism Health, Healing, and Lifestyle Topics include demons and ambivalent gods, tree and nature spirits, revolutionary renunciates, oral lore, possession and exorcism, divination, midwestern American spiritualism, festivals, queer sexuality among ritual specialists, the dead returned, vernacular religions, diaspora adaptations, esoteric influences underlying public cultures, unidentified flying objects (UFOs), music and sound experiences, death rituals, and body and wellness cultures. Living Folk Religions is a must-read for those studying Comparative Religions, World Religions, and Religious Studies, and it will also interest specialists and general readers, particularly enthusiastic readers of Anthropology, Folklore and Folk Studies, Global Studies, and Sociology.

Ministry at the Margins

Author : Cheryl J. Sanders
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725226081
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Ministry at the Margins written by Cheryl J. Sanders and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries women, youth, and the poor have been seen as objects of Christian ministry, but rarely as those who do ministry themselves. This is so much the case that in some quarters today ministry and mission are bad words, reeking of older and paternalistic models of Christian "service." In this challenging book, Cheryl Sanders demonstrates how mission can be updated. Far from being regressive or irrelevant in a multicultural, nonpatriarchal world, Christian mission can come alive when it is not just ministry to but ministry by marginalized groups seeking justice. Ministry at the Margins is an important Christian ethicist's rousing call to "find grace to articulate a theology of inclusion and to establish inclusive practices and multicultural perspectives that harmonize with the gospel we preach and honor the Christ we proclaim." Essential reading for pastors, church leaders, students, urban missionaries, and campus ministers.

John Eliot's Puritan Ministry to New England "Indians"

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Author : Do Hoon Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666709816
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book John Eliot's Puritan Ministry to New England "Indians" written by Do Hoon Kim and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Eliot (1604–90) has been called “the apostle to the Indians.” This book looks at Eliot not from the perspective of modern Protestant “mission” studies (the approach mainly adopted by previous research) but in the historical and theological context of seventeenth-century puritanism. Drawing on recent research on migration to New England, the book argues that Eliot, like many other migrants, went to New England primarily in search of a safe haven to practice pure reformed Christianity, not to convert Indians. Eliot’s Indian ministry started from a fundamental concern for the conversion of the unconverted, which he derived from his experience of the puritan movement in England. Consequently, for Eliot, the notion of New England Indian “mission” was essentially conversion-oriented, Word-centered, and pastorally focused, and (in common with the broader aims of New England churches) pursued a pure reformed Christianity. Eliot hoped to achieve this through the establishment of Praying Towns organized on a biblical model—where preaching, pastoral care, and the practice of piety could lead to conversion—leading to the formation of Indian churches composed of “sincere converts.”

The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition

Author : M. Scott Peck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743238257
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition written by M. Scott Peck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychiatrist suggests ways in which confronting and resolving problems, a painful process most people try to avoid, can lead to greater self-understanding and spiritual growth.

The Natural Mystery of Folk Religion

Author : Chris Sugden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851742240
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Natural Mystery of Folk Religion written by Chris Sugden and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Three Conversions of the Christian Life

Author : Kevin E. Martin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666733792
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis The Three Conversions of the Christian Life by : Kevin E. Martin

Download or read book The Three Conversions of the Christian Life written by Kevin E. Martin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity is a religion of conversion, but what is conversion? This book explores the fullness of the Christian life and the threefold turnings that it demands of Jesus’ followers. Starting with St. Paul while looking in detail at his Damascus Road experience and examining the remarkable lives of exemplary Christians, the authors unfold dynamics of conversion and call all followers to grow deeper in their discipleship.

From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism

Author : Darren Dochuk
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393079272
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (792 download)

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Book Synopsis From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism by : Darren Dochuk

Download or read book From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism written by Darren Dochuk and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in southern California that explains an epochal realignment of American politics. From Bible Belt to Sun Belt tells the dramatic and largely unknown story of “plain-folk” religious migrants: hardworking men and women from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas who fled the Depression and came to California for military jobs during World War II. Investigating this fiercely pious community at a grassroots level, Darren Dochuk uses the stories of religious leaders, including Billy Graham, as well as many colorful, lesser-known figures to explain how evangelicals organized a powerful political machine. This machine made its mark with Barry Goldwater, inspired Richard Nixon’s “Southern Solution,” and achieved its greatest triumph with the victories of Ronald Reagan. Based on entirely new research, the manuscript has already won the prestigious Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians. The judges wrote, “Dochuk offers a rich and multidimensional perspective on the origins of one of the most far-ranging developments of the second half of the twentieth century: the rise of the New Right and modern conservatism.”

A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines

Author : Yohan Hong
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666706817
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines written by Yohan Hong and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book calls attention to the sense of powerlessness of everyday people in the Philippines, and to the missional agency of US-based Filipino Protestants. Through a variety of sociological-theological-missiological perspectives, this book guides you to a journey of discovering what kind of power is in play, how the fallen powers can be named and made visible, and then ultimately the ways through which power should be restored. In this process, the voices, perceptions, stories, and insights of US-based Filipino Protestants are referred to. Filipino American Protestants are no longer "forgotten Asians" in the US. Instead, they actively perceive, negotiate, and exercise power in everyday life, and strive to wield their missional agency in response to God's calling for the transformation of their homeland Philippines, which has been seldom investigated in the academia of Diaspora Missiology and Intercultural Studies.

The Nature of Doctrine, 25th Anniversary Edition

Author : George A. Lindbeck
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611646200
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Doctrine, 25th Anniversary Edition written by George A. Lindbeck and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nature of Doctrine, originally published in 1984, is one of the most influential works of academic theology in the past fifty years. A true classic, this book sets forth the central tenets of a post-liberal approach to theology, emphasizing a cultural-linguistic approach to religion and a rule theory of doctrine. In addition to his account of the nature of religion, George Lindbeck also addresses the relationship between Christianity and other religions, the resolution of historic doctrinal conflict among Christian communities, and the nature and task of theology itself. This is a work that all theologians and advanced students should know. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes an English translation of the foreword to the German edition and a complete bibliography of Lindbeck's work.

Vernacular Religion in Everyday Life

Author : Marion Bowman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131754353X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Vernacular Religion in Everyday Life written by Marion Bowman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernacular religion is religion as people experience, understand, and practice it. It shapes everyday culture and disrupts the traditional boundaries between 'official' and 'folk' religion. The book analyses vernacular religion in a range of Christian denominations as well as in indigenous and New Age religion from the nineteenth century to today. How these differing expressions of belief are shaped by their individual, communal and national contexts is also explored. What is revealed is the consistency of genres, the persistence of certain key issues, and how globalization in all its cultural and technological forms is shaping contemporary faith practice. The book will be valuable to students of ethnology, folklore, religious studies, and anthropology.

Discovering American Folklife

Author : Don Yoder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601264565
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Discovering American Folklife written by Don Yoder and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Influence of the Church on the Local Community

Author : Abraham G. Ndung'u
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725273500
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Influence of the Church on the Local Community written by Abraham G. Ndung'u and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is called to be the agency through which God is not only known but through which his kingdom is also advanced. This book, therefore, is an attempt to examine the church's influence on communities through social justice practices as part of advancing the gospel of the kingdom of God. The book brings out results of a study about a congregation's significant impact on a local community through varied social justice programs. The book also provides relevant recommendations on how such initiatives can be improved for a more effective kingdom-driven ministry to local communities. It is hoped that the example of J. Jireh Ministry Church provides a case worthy of emulation by other churches, congregations, and similar faith-based community organizations for ministering to social justice needs at the local level.

The Concept of Self in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity and Its Implication for Interfaith Relations

Author : Kiseong Shin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 153260095X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Self in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity and Its Implication for Interfaith Relations written by Kiseong Shin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comparative study of the self and no-self in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. In spite of doctrinal differences within these three belief systems, they agree that human beings are in a predicament from which they need to be liberated. Indian religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism, share the belief that human nature is inherently perfectible, while the epistemological and psychological limitation of the human being is integral to Christian belief. Regarding the immortality of the human being, Hinduism and Christianity traditionally and generally agree that human beings, as atman or soul, possess intrinsic immortality. On the contrary, Buddhism teaches the doctrine of no-self (anatta). Further, in their quest to analyze the human predicament and attempt a way out of it, they employ different concepts, such as sin and salvation in Christianity, attachment (tanka) and enlightenment (nirvana) in Buddhism, and ignorance (avidya) and liberation (moksa) in Hinduism. This volume seeks to show that that behind these concepts are deep concerns related to human existence and its relationship with the whole creation. These common concerns can be a basis for a greater understanding and dialogue between Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists.

The Bethlehem Story

Author : Andy McCullough
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725269279
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Bethlehem Story written by Andy McCullough and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but why Bethlehem? Why should God purpose to become man somewhere so marginal, so insignificant? This book follows the unfolding story of Bethlehem through the Bible, from the death of Rachel to the birth of Jesus, uniquely combining four perspectives: a) the Bible as one developing story, b) the Bible as a Middle Eastern book, c) insights from contemporary Palestinians from Bethlehem, and d) what this means for mission. Suffering Rachel, refugee Rahab, vulnerable Ruth, overlooked David all have a connection with Bethlehem. If Bethlehem shelters refugees, then so must we. If Bethlehem welcomes strangers, so must we. If Bethlehem weeps at injustice, and takes a stand against empire, so must we. What we see in Bethlehem’s story, we apply to our own stories. We enter into Bethlehem’s story with as much cultural and geographical colour and flavour as we can muster in order to feel the crises, taste the dust, hear the lambs bleating on the hillside. And there we find the Christ-child, son of David, the Good Shepherd, Lion of Judah, Bread of Life, Lamb of God, fulfilling all the recurring themes, taking his inevitable place as rightful king.

Three Eyes for the Journey

Author : Dianne M. Stewart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195154150
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Three Eyes for the Journey written by Dianne M. Stewart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of African-derived religious traditions have generally focused on their retention of African elements. This emphasis, says Dianne Stewart, slights the ways in which communities in the African diaspora have created and formed new religious meaning. In this fieldwork-based study Stewart shows that African people have been agents of their own religious, ritual, and theological formation. She examines the African-derived and African-centered traditions in historical and contemporary Jamaica: Myal, Obeah, Native Baptist, Revival/Zion, Kumina, and Rastafari, and draws on them to forge a new womanist liberation theology for the Caribbean.