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A Subversive Gospel

Author	: Michael Mears Bruner
Publisher	: InterVarsity Press
Release Date	: 2017-10-24
ISBN 10	: 9780830890361
Pages	: 260 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (93 users)

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Download or read book A Subversive Gospel written by Michael Mears Bruner and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. Exploring the theological aesthetic of American author Flannery O'Connor, Michael Bruner argues that her fiction reveals what discipleship to Jesus Christ entails by subverting the traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness.

The Subversive Gospel

Author	: Tom Hanks
Publisher	: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date	: 2009-01-19
ISBN 10	: 9781606084007
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (84 users)

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Download or read book The Subversive Gospel written by Tom Hanks and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do the New Testament writers actually teach about (1) the poor, (2) women, and (3) sexual minorities? Why do traditional commentaries and introductions so often ignore or treat superficially such burning questions churches grapple with today? Must we seek out specialized monographs to get adequate information and satisfactory answers in each area? At last, in a single volume Tom Hanks brings together the fruit of decades of study, examining each New Testament book in each of these three crucial areas, which often overlap in human experience (Latin American male liberation theologians often forget that the option for the poor may involve solidarity with a lesbian of color who wants to be ordained!). Building on his pioneering study on oppression and poverty in Biblical theology (Orbis 1984; Wipf 2000) and his Anchor Bible Dictionary article on Poverty in the New Testament (which the New York Times review commended for its balance), Hanks analyzes the teaching of each New Testament book regarding the main cause of poverty (oppression) and the variety of liberating Christian responses. Feminist and womanist studies are mined to highlight the presence/absence and role/leadership of women in each New Testament book. The remarkable absence of modern notions of family and family values in the New Testament books is emphasized, along with the prominence of sexual minorities as authors and subjects of the New Testament books. L. William Countryman comments regarding the poor, women and sexual minorities: Tom Hanks has brought these issues to the exegesis of the New Testament in a sustained and orderly fashion. He demonstrates beyond question that most of the New Testament authors were not interested in maintaining the household structures of the ancient Mediterranean and that, indeed, most of the individuals presented in the New Testament documents would not have seemed to be models of 'family values' either in their time or todayÉ.The works of Hanks and [Theodore W.] Jennings, with their detailed and careful argumentation, show that excellent work is being done in this vein. However surprising their conclusions may be to casual readers (or offensive to readers protecting what they conceive as orthodoxy), they are, in fact, deeply grounded in attentive scholarly work (Dirt, Greed & Sex, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007, p. 251-252).

A Peaceable Psychology

Author	: Alvin Dueck
Publisher	: Brazos Press
Release Date	: 2009-11
ISBN 10	: 9781587431050
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (31 users)

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Download or read book A Peaceable Psychology written by Alvin Dueck and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past century psychology has been practiced in the manner of medical science, working from the assumption that therapy can transcend particular traditions. Seeking to move the conversation forward, Alvin Dueck and Kevin Reimer argue for a theologically, culturally, and politically sensitive psychotherapy whereby the Christian psychologist treats the patient according to the particulars of the patient's political situation and ethnic and religious tradition, while acknowledging the role of his or her own Christian story in therapeutic dialogue. A Peaceable Psychology encourages mental health practitioners to mine their own traditions for gifts of healing and to allow clients to bring their native ethnic or religious voice into therapy. The authors point to the life of Jesus as the foundation on which to build a therapeutic ethic, appropriating the story of his life to bring healing.This integrative work considers philosophy, ethics, theology, and cognitive science in making an argument on behalf of and for the psychological community. It will benefit psychology professors and students, Christian psychologists and psychotherapists, mental health workers, pastors, and theologians.

Constructing Mission History

Author	: Stanley H. Skreslet
Publisher	: Fortress Press
Release Date	: 2023-01-17
ISBN 10	: 9781506481906
Pages	: 631 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (819 users)

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Download or read book Constructing Mission History written by Stanley H. Skreslet and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three master narratives currently dominate the analysis of modern mission history.?One puts foreign missionaries at the heart of the story.?A second emphasizes the colonial aspect of modern missions.?Here, missionaries are not heroes but villains, who are implicated in hegemonic schemes of imperial domination.?Thirdly, mission history is subordinated to one of its outcomes, the advent of World Christianity.?In this master narrative, the concept of contextualization looms large, bolstered by Sanneh's notion of translatability and emphasis on the agency of non-Westerners, who participate in and subtly shape the complex social processes of evangelization.?While all three of these master narratives are insightful, none of them adequately balances concern for missionary initiative and indigenous agency.?? Borrowing from speech-act theory, Skreslet offers a new analytical approach to the modern roots of World Christianity that differentiates between what a speaker might intend to communicate and the effects of what has been said or actions taken both in the moment and over time.?Corresponding to the concepts of illocution and perlocution as these technical terms are used in speech-act theory, the book is structured in two main sections.?Initially, the focus is on expressed missionary motives. Part two engages a representative set of modern-era mission performances involving many more actors than just the foreign evangelizers whose stated or implied intentions are emphasized in part one.

'For Their Rock is not as Our Rock'

Author	: Daniel Strange
Publisher	: Inter-Varsity Press
Release Date	: 2015-05-08
ISBN 10	: 9781783593743
Pages	: 381 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (937 users)

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Download or read book 'For Their Rock is not as Our Rock' written by Daniel Strange and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reality of our post-Christendom, post-colonial, post-Holocaust, post-9/11, multi-ethnic and multicultural context has meant that, more than ever, Christians are acutely aware of the questions posed not simply by the existence of other religions, but also by their apparent flourishing. If secularization is still alive and well, then, seemingly, so too is society's sacralization. Hence, the theology of religions is arguably the issue for mission in the twenty-first century. However, there has been little evangelical theology that offers a detailed, comprehensive and biblically faithful analysis that deals with not only the question of salvation but also questions of truth, the nature and history of human religiosity, and a host of practical issues pertaining to apologetics and contextualization. In this ambitious interdisciplinary study, which synthesizes close exegesis, biblical theology, systematics and insights from the social sciences, Daniel Strange examines the origins, development and idolatry of the 'religious Other', and explores how the gospel of Jesus Christ is its 'subversive fulfilment'. He concludes with a missiological postscript and some pastoral perspectives on the purpose of other religions in God's providence.

God's People and the Seduction of Empire

Author	: Graham Turner
Publisher	: Sacristy Press
Release Date	: 2016-07-01
ISBN 10	: 9781910519004
Pages	: 217 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (19 users)

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Download or read book God's People and the Seduction of Empire written by Graham Turner and published by Sacristy Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Graham Turner confronts many of our assumptions about the Old and New Testament and shows that they are centred around two themes: personal spirituality and social justice.

President Nixon's Executive Order 11605 Relating to the Subversive Activities Control Board

Author	: United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1971
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105045466781
Pages	: 408 pages
Rating	: 4.O/5 (36 users)

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Download or read book President Nixon's Executive Order 11605 Relating to the Subversive Activities Control Board written by United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hide and Seek

Author	: Benson P. Fraser
Publisher	: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date	: 2020-07-21
ISBN 10	: 9781532670602
Pages	: 308 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (76 users)

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Download or read book Hide and Seek written by Benson P. Fraser and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As bearers of the divine image, all of us are storytellers and artists. However, few people today believe in truth that is not empirically knowable or verifiable, the sort of truth often trafficked through direct forms of communication. Drawing on the works of Soren Kierkegaard, Benson P. Fraser challenges this penchant for direct forms of knowledge by introducing the indirect approach, which he argues conveys more than mere knowledge, but the capability to live out what one takes to be true. Dr. Fraser suggests that stories aimed at the heart are powerful instruments for personal and social change because they are not focused directly on the individual listener; rather, they give the individual room or distance to reconsider old meanings or ways of understanding. Indirect communication fosters human transformation by awaking an individual to attend to images or words that carry deep symbolic force and that modify or replace one's present ways of knowing, and ultimately make one capable of embodying what he or she believes. Through an examination of the indirect approach in Kierkegaard, Jesus, C. S. Lewis, and Flannery O'Connor, Fraser makes a strong case for the recovery of indirect strategies for communicating truth in our time.

The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus

Author	: Peter J. Gomes
Publisher	: Harper Collins
Release Date	: 2009-10-13
ISBN 10	: 9780061753572
Pages	: 272 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (535 users)

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Download or read book The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus written by Peter J. Gomes and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus came preaching, but the church wound up preaching Jesus. Why does the church insist upon making Jesus the object of its attention rather than heeding his message? Esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian church astray. "What did Jesus preach?" asks Gomes. To recover the transformative power of the gospel—"the good news"—Gomes says we must go beyond the Bible and rediscover how to live out Jesus' original revolutionary message of hope: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer once warned against cheap grace, and I warn now against cheap hope. Hope is not merely the optimistic view that somehow everything will turn out all right in the end if everyone just does as we do. Hope is the more rugged, the more muscular view that even if things don't turn out all right and aren't all right, we endure through and beyond the times that disappoint or threaten to destroy us." This gospel is offensive and always overturns the status quo, Gomes tells us. It's not good news for those who wish not to be disturbed, and today our churches resound with shrill speeches of fear and exclusivity or tepid retellings of a health-and-wealth gospel. With his unique blend of eloquence and insight, Gomes invites us to hear anew the radical nature of Jesus' message of hope and change. Using examples from ancient times as well as from modern pop culture, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus shows us why the good news is every bit as relevant today as when it was first preached.

Asceticism and the New Testament

Author	: Leif E. Vaage
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2002-09-11
ISBN 10	: 9781135962234
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (622 users)

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Download or read book Asceticism and the New Testament written by Leif E. Vaage and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Wise Church

Author	: Scot McKnight
Publisher	: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date	: 2021-03-31
ISBN 10	: 9781725294080
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (94 users)

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Download or read book Wise Church written by Scot McKnight and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wise Church is about rethinking church cultures so they become more of a wisdom culture. The topics vary as widely as church life itself: letter writing as pastoral care, the work life of congregants, evangelism, music, church economics, spiritual formation as the pursuit of wisdom, racial justice, marriage, learning how to teach like Jesus, gospeling like the apostles, and the wise use of social media. These studies are by pastors and scholars pondering wisdom, but more than that, they are pondering the life we all live in a wise way. We and our churches need wisdom, not simply because we live in an ever-changing world, but because the God we worship is himself wise. Wise church cultures reflect the wisdom of God back into the world, a world looking for wisdom." With contributions from: Jeff Bannman Jeremy Berg Brandon Evans Pete Goodman David Johnston Ernest F. Ledbetter III Julie Murdock Joshua Little John M. Phelps Ivan Ramirez Bill D. Shiell

Mark at the Threshold

Author	: Geoff R. Webb
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2008-07-31
ISBN 10	: 9789047433613
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (336 users)

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Download or read book Mark at the Threshold written by Geoff R. Webb and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the popular literature of the ancient world, this book offers a fresh look at issues surrounding Markan characterisation, and also calls for scholars to think more openly and flexibly about Markan genre.

Canonical Theism

Author	: William Abraham
Publisher	: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date	: 2008-02-18
ISBN 10	: 9780802862389
Pages	: 356 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (623 users)

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Download or read book Canonical Theism written by William Abraham and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canonical Theism is a post-Protestant vision for the renewal of both theology and church. The editors call for the retrieval and redeployment of the full range of materials, persons, and practices that make up the canonical heritage of the church, including scripture, doctrine, sacred image, saints, sacraments, and more. The central thesis of the work is that the good and life-giving Holy Spirit has equipped the church with not only a canon of scripture but also with a rich canonical heritage of materials, persons, and practices. However, much of the latter has been ignored or cast aside. This unplumbed resource of canonical heritage waits for the church to rediscover its wealth. With a bold set of thirty theses, the authors chart and defend that mine of opportunity. They then invite the entire church to explore the benefits of their discoveries. This ambitious book offers insights to be integrated into the church body, renewing the faith that nourished converts, created saints, and upheld martyrs across the years.

The Life and Times of Henry Cooke

Author	: Josias Leslie Porter
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1871
ISBN 10	: UIUC:30112084963005
Pages	: 504 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (12 users)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Henry Cooke written by Josias Leslie Porter and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

News of Great Joy

Author	: Hugh Hillyard-Parker
Publisher	: Canterbury Press
Release Date	: 2021-09-30
ISBN 10	: 9781786224088
Pages	: 320 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (24 users)

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Download or read book News of Great Joy written by Hugh Hillyard-Parker and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, the Christmas double issue of the Church Times offers a feast of seasonal reading. News of Great Joy draws together the best Christmas writing by outstanding authors and poets over twenty years to create an ideal Christmas gift and a wealth of material for all who preach or lead worship at Christmas. Its many highlights include: • the eminent biblical scholar John Barton on how to understand the Old Testament prophecies of the nativity; • Barbara Brown Taylor on the prologue of John’s Gospel which is always read on Christmas Day; • Margaret Barker on the legends that have become part of the Christmas story; • an unpublished short story by Evelyn Underhill; • a piece on the origins of the Nine Lessons and Carols; • poetry and reflections on the season’s lectionary readings, and more besides.

Religion and American Literature Since 1950

Author	: Mark Eaton
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2020-04-16
ISBN 10	: 9781350123779
Pages	: 272 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (237 users)

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Download or read book Religion and American Literature Since 1950 written by Mark Eaton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Flannery O'Connor and James Baldwin to the post-9/11 writings of Don DeLillo, imaginative writers have often been the most insightful chroniclers of the USA's changing religious life since the end of World War II. Exploring a wide range of writers from Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and secular faiths, this book is an in-depth study of contemporary fiction's engagement with religious belief, identity and practice. Through readings of major writers of our time like Saul Bellow, E. L. Doctorow, Philip Roth, Marilynne Robinson and John Updike, Mark Eaton discovers a more nuanced picture of the varieties of American religious experience: that they are more commonplace than cultural ideas of progressive secularisation or faith-based polarization might suggest.

Placemaking and the Arts

Author	: Jennifer Allen Craft
Publisher	: InterVarsity Press
Release Date	: 2018-10-30
ISBN 10	: 9780830888443
Pages	: 280 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (884 users)

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Download or read book Placemaking and the Arts written by Jennifer Allen Craft and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does place play in the Christian life? In this STA volume, Jennifer Allen Craft gives a practical theology of the arts, contending that the arts place us in time, space, and community in ways that encourage us to be fully and imaginatively present in a variety of contexts: the natural world, our homes, our worshiping communities, and society.