Author: Philip J. Hughes Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691066 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 228
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The second volume of essays to mark the centenary of federation in Australia and examines the issue of religion in society and culture.
Author: John Stenhouse Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691233 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
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This book, written by a group of New Zealand scholars, theologians, historians and lawyers, examines the question of New Zealand's Western culture and Christianity. The contributors explore recent debates over secularisation, exploring its merits and explanatory power, while also showing its limitations.
Author: Winifred Wing Han Lamb Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691141 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 300
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The papers in this volume of essays arose out of a lively conversation involving theologians, religuious leaders, biblical scholars, historians, philosophers, ethicists, youth workers, poets and welfare activists in Canberra in 2000.
Author: John Stenhouse Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691332 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 368
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For much of the twentieth century, New Zealand historians, like most Western scholars, largely took it for granted that as modernity waxed religion would wane. Secularization--the fading into insignificance of religion--would distinguish the modern era from previous ages. Until the 1980s, only a handful of scholars around the world raised serious empirical and theoretical questions about a Grand Theory that had become central to the self-understanding of the social sciences and of the modern world. Heated debates since then, and the unmistakable resurgence of world religions, have raised fundamental questions about the empirical and theoretical adequacy of secularization theory, and especially about how far it applies outside Europe. This volume revisits New Zealand history when secularization is no longer taken for granted as the Only Big Story that illuminates the country's social and cultural history. Contributors explore how New Zealanders' diverse religious and spiritual traditions have shaped practical, everyday concerns in politics, racial and ethnic relations, science, the environment, family life, gender relations, and other domains.
Author: Simon Carey Holt Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691240 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
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The Bible and the Business of Life is an anthology of essays by a variety of authors celebrating the 65th birthday of Robert Banks Robert. Banks was an Baptist who worked and taught in the USA, in Pasadena and in Melbourne.
Author: David Neville Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691165 Category : Christian ethics Languages : en Pages : 260
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Australian Christians, like Christians in many socities, live in a pluralistic culture. This makes the issues of faith, freedom and their interelationship all the more critical. In a pluralist context, Christian faith and freedom must be expressed and embodied in a coherent rather than discordant way. The authors of these reflections on key ethical concerns represent the Anabaptist, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Uniting Church traditions, yet there is a hamrony within this plurality of theological and ecclesiological voices. Contributors include: John Howard Yoder, Charles Birch, Stanley Hauerwas, and Thorwald Lorenzen.
Author: Christiaan Mostert Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691202 Category : Hope Languages : en Pages : 284
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Our age is not one of great hope; war and terror continue unabated. Despair lies hidden just below the preoccupations of daily life, and is starkly visible at many points in today's world. Directly or indirectly, the contributors to this volume seek to challenge the culture of despair. These authors, theologians and leaders, write about hope: its ground, its shape in the Bible and its expression in Christian life and worship, mission and ministry. The book challenges the church as much as the culture. Do Christians know the ground of their hope? Is the church the bearer of hope? Does its worship sustain hope? The contributors include biblical scholars, historians, systematic and pastoral theologians.
Author: Michael Andrew Kelly Publisher: ATF Press ISBN: 9781920691295 Category : Bible Languages : en Pages : 244
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This volume draws on scholars froma variety of theological disciplines - scripture, history, systematic theology The essays are designed to encourage readers to become more critically reflective as they engage with biblical texts and contemporary concerns.
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