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Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Groundwork of Christian History written by Diarmaid MacCulloch and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diarmaid McCulloch
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0334046068
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Christian History written by Diarmaid McCulloch and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, the "Groundwork of Christian History" has been a primer for theological college students, undergraduates, lay readers and all interested in the history and development of Christian history. Now published in a new and attractive edition with an updated bibliography, the author still manages to argue his case convincingly that history need not be boring. He takes his readers from the earliest days of the fledgling Christian Church to the end of the twentieth century and enables readers to put characters, movements and places in their wider context and make connections between them. Diarmaid McCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford.
Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101638060
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Silence written by Diarmaid MacCulloch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity We live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid MacCulloch shows, there are many forms of religious silence, from contemplation and prayer to repression and evasion. In his latest work, MacCulloch considers Jesus’s strategic use of silence in his confrontation with Pontius Pilate and traces the impact of the first mystics in Syria on monastic tradition. He discusses the complicated fate of silence in Protestant and evangelical tradition and confronts the more sinister institutional forms of silence. A groundbreaking book by one of our greatest historians, Silence challenges our fundamental views of spirituality and illuminates the deepest mysteries of faith.
Author : Samuel Hugh Moffett
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331636
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book A History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. II written by Samuel Hugh Moffett and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Christianity in the West has often been told, but the history of Christianity in the East is not as well known. The seed was the same: the good news of Jesus Christ for the whole world, which Christians call "the gospel." But it was sown by different sowers; it was planted in different soil; it grew with a different flavor; and it was gathered by different reapers. It is too often forgotten that the faith moved east across Asia as early as it moved west into Europe. Western church history tends to follow Paul to Philippi and to Rome and on across Europe to the conversion of Constantine and the barbarians. With some outstanding exceptions, only intermittently has the West looked beyond Constantinople as its center. It was a Christianity that has for centuries remained unashamedly Asian. A History of Christianity in Asia makes available immense amounts of research on religious pluralism of Asia and how Christianity spread long before the modern missionary movement went forth in the shelter of Western military might. Invaluable for historians of Asia and scholars of mission, it is stimulating for all readers interested in Christian history. --
Author : Andrew F. Walls
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331822
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History written by Andrew F. Walls and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walls shows how the demographic transformation of the church has brought us to a new "Ephesian moment." The church is challenged as never before to become one global body with its many cultural and ethnic members contributing their gifts. Former patterns of domination need to be superseded. His seer's eyes probe beneath the surface to bring the readerinsights into Pentecostalism, African traditional religion, and the ironic ways in which the Western missionary movement often accomplished things--both for good and for ill--that its agents never dreamed of
Author : Susan J. White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780716205104
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Groundwork of Christian Worship written by Susan J. White and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to provide a structure for thinking seriously about worship as a part of Christian faith and experience, and of addressing the questions 'What is Christian worship?' and 'Why do Christians worship as they do?' It looks at forms of prayers and structures of time, at the place of music and the arts, at biblical norms and contemporary issues of authority, ecumenism and inter-faith relations. Its deeper object, however, is actually to learn something about the church, and to ask the question 'What can we know about the Christian church by looking at the ways in which it gathers, and has gathered in other times and other places, for prayer?' Book jacket.
Author : Kelly S. Flanagan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830895876
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Christianity and Developmental Psychopathology written by Kelly S. Flanagan and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its origin in the early 1980s, developmental psychopathology has become one of the most significant frameworks for child clinical psychology. This volume of essays explores this framework from an integrative Christian viewpoint, combining theory, empirical research and theology to explore a holistic understanding of children's development.
Author : Christian Braun
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Sport
ISBN 13 : 9781841262123
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (621 download)
Download or read book Grappling written by Christian Braun and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume offers readers a conciseoverview of some of the most effective grapplingtechniques from numerous martial arts, including judo, ju-jitsu, wrestling, and more. Grappling provides athorough, step-by-step analysis of all aspects of thevarious techniques - the transition between kicking andgrappling distances, how ......
Author : Susan J. White
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664229245
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Foundations of Christian Worship written by Susan J. White and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing structure for thinking seriously about worship as a part of Christian faith and experience, Foundations of Christian Worship addresses the question, what is Christian worship and why do Christians worship as they do? Beginning with an overview of the theological, biblical, historical, and anthropological foundations of Christian worship, Susan J. White then turns to discussing its components--prayer, creeds, music, time, ritual, and art. Later, she delves into the nourishment of the Christian life and the major worship events throughout the human life cycle. Finally, she discusses contemporary challenges to Christian worship and concludes with case studies for further exploration. With helpful appendixes and a glossary of liturgical terms, Susan White's Foundations of Christian Worship is an excellent primer for seminary students and ministers early in their careers.
Author : Gregg Allison
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 031041041X
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Historical Theology written by Gregg Allison and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Theology presents the key pillars of the contemporary church and the development of those doctrines as they evolved from the history of Christian thought. Most historical theology texts follow Christian beliefs in a strict chronological manner with the classic theological loci scattered throughout various time periods, movements, and controversies—making for good history but confusing theology. This companion to the classic bestseller Systematic Theology is unique among historical theologies. Gregg Allison sets out the history of Christian doctrine according to a topical-chronological arrangement—one theological element at a time instead of committing to a discussion of theological thought according to its historical appearance alone. This method allows you to: Contemplate one tenet of Christianity at a time, along with its formulation in the early church—through the Middle Ages, Reformation, and post-Reformation era, and into the modern period. Become familiar with the primary source material of Christian history's most important contributors, such as Cyprian, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Barth, and others. Understand the development of evangelical doctrine with a focus on the centrality of the gospel. Discern a sense of urgent need for greater doctrinal understanding in the whole church. Historical Theology is an easy-to-read textbook for any Christian who wants to know how the church has come to believe what it believes today. Gregg Allison's clear and concise structure make this resource an ideal introduction to Christian doctrine.
Author : John Fletcher Hurst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Short History of the Early Church written by John Fletcher Hurst and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Gresham Machen
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Paul's Religion written by John Gresham Machen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Origin of Paul's Religion is intended to deal, from one particular point of view, with the problem of the origin of Christianity. It is an important historical problem not only because of the large place which Christianity has occupied in the medieval and modern world, but also because of certain unique features which even the most unsympathetic and superficial examination must detect in the beginnings of the Christian movement. The problem of the origin of Christianity is also an important practical problem. Rightly or wrongly, Christian experience has ordinarily been connected with one particular view of the origin of the Christian movement; where that view has been abandoned, the experience has ceased.
Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465093523
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Dominion written by Tom Holland and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus-was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. As Tom Holland demonstrates, our morals and ethics are not universal but are instead the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed. From Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo, Dominion tells the story of how Christianity transformed the modern world.
Author : Tobias Brandner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532662149
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Pilgrims and Popes written by Tobias Brandner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pilgrims and Popes introduces the foundational fifteen hundred years of the history of Christianity, from Jesus to the eve of the Reformation. The crucial decisions of the first centuries have indelibly shaped the subsequent journey of the Christian faith movement. The book tells how the Christian faith story unfolded in dialectic movements: hegemony and emancipation; institutionalization and protest; petrification and renewal; missionary involvement in the world and separation from the world. The book bridges the gap between the present and the seemingly remote world of the first fifteen hundred years of Christianity in the West by engaging with present-day readers’ cultures and contexts. The rich material is presented in an easily readable way, combined with charts and with questions for discussion and deepening reflection. This study book will be a welcome learning tool in classrooms and in churches, particularly in the context of the Global South.
Author : Ian S. Markham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047067329X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Ministry written by Ian S. Markham and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Ministry is a comprehensive and ecumenical introduction to the craft of ministry for ministers, pastors, and priests that make up the mainline denominations in the United States. Ecumenically-focused, It offers a grounded account of ministry, covering areas such as vocation, congregational leadership, and cultivation of skills for an effective ministry. Covers the key components of the M.Div. curriculum, offering a map and guide to the central skills and issues in training Explores the areas of vocation, skills for ministry, and issues around congregational leadership Each topic ends with an annotated bibliography providing an indispensable gateway to further study Helps students understand both the distinctive approach of their denomination and the relationship of that approach to other mainline denominations Advocates and defends a generous understanding of the Christian tradition in its openness and commitment to broad conversation
Author : Paul Pettit
Publisher : Kregel Academic
ISBN 13 : 0825495482
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Foundations of Spiritual Formation written by Paul Pettit and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook for introductory spiritual formation courses presents the fundamentals and practices of the discipline. This collection includes presentations by several well-known evangelical scholars including Gordon Johnston, Darrell Bock, Richard Averbeck, Klaus Issler, and others.
Author : Rodney Stark
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599474883
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)
Download or read book A Star in the East written by Rodney Stark and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the state of Christianity in China? Some scholars say that China is invulnerable to religion. In contrast, others say that past efforts of missionaries have failed, writing off those converted as nothing more than “rice Christians” or cynical souls who had frequented the missions for the benefits they provided. Some wonder if the Cultural Revolution extinguished any chances of Christianity in China. Rodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang offer a different perspective, arguing that Christianity is alive, well, and on the rise. Stark approaches the topic from an extensive research background in Christianity and Chinese history, and Wang provides an inside look at Christianity and its place in her home country of China. Both authors cover the history of religion in China, disproving older theories concerning the number of Christians and the kinds of Christians that have emerged in the past 155 years. Stark and Wang claim that when just considering the visible Christians—those not part of underground churches—thousands of Chinese are still converted to Christianity daily, and forty new churches are opening each week. A Star in the East draws on two major national surveys to sketch a close-up of religion in China. A reliable estimate is that by 2007 there were approximately 60 million Christians in China. If the current growth rate were to hold until 2030, there would be more Christians in China—about 295 million—than in any other nation. This trend has significant implications, not just for China but for the greater world order. It is probable that Chinese Christianity will splinter into denominations, likely leading to the same political, social, and economic ramifications seen in the West today. Whether you’re new to studying Christianity in China or whether this has been your area of interest for years, A Star in the East provides a reliable, thought-provoking, and engaging account of the resilience of the Christian faith in China and the implications it has for the future.
