Author: George F. ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The Vitality of the Christian Tradition
Author: George F. ThomasThe vitality of the christian tradition
Author: George F. ThomasThe Vitality of Old Testament Traditions
Author: Hans Walter WolffPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780804201124
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions" offers the best current handling of Pentateuchal traditions as they operated in the past and as they help the church now. Wolff sees Israel's faith tradition as a continuous kerygmatic response to a variety of cultural challenges. Brueggemann introduces this dynamic view of tradition. Both authors approach the Pentateuch as a treasury of new expressions of faith resulting from conflicts between traditional formulas and changing social conditions. Today's church can remain spiritually alive only if its traditions continue to be as resilient as they were in the Old Testament community. Wolff and Brueggemann affirm that modern crises of faith should be met with fresh articulations in the manner of ancient Israel-- innovative and pertinent if they are strengthened by the relevance of the past.
Religious Vitality in Christian Intentional Communities
Author: Mark KillianPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498546617
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Through ethnographic research, Killian examines vitality in Philadelphia and Berea, two Christian Intentional Communities whose participants live in close proximity with one another to achieve religious values. Pulling from Anthony Giddens’ theory of structuration, Killian argues that the vitality of both communities cannot be reduced to deterministic structural, individual, or organizational causes. Rather, vitality in these communities is affected by all of these causes in relationship to one another. In other words, it’s not that each explanation “matters” (e.g., social structures matter, organizational behaviors matter, individual religious choices matter), but that these explanations matter to each other (e.g., social structures matter to individual choices, individual choices matter to organizational behaviors, and social structures matter to organizational choices, etc.). To make this argument, Killian develops the idea of the vitality nexus—the interconnected relationship between the various explanations of religious vitality.
Tradition in Transition
Author: Edward G. FarrugiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern churches
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Mystics of the Christian Tradition
Author: Steven FanningPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134590989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
From divine visions to self-tortures, some strange mystical experiences have shaped the Christian tradition. Full of colourful detail, this book examines the mystical experiences that have determined the history of Christianity.
The Vitality of Worship
Author: Robert DavidsonPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802842466
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This commentary on the book of Psalms by Robert Davidson seeks to show how a knowledge of the place the psalms originally had in the worship of ancient Israel enables them to come alive in worship within believing communties today.i
Navigating the Future
Author: Andrew P. HoguePublisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1791015964
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Traditioned innovation is a habit of being and living that cultivates a certain kind of moral imagination shaped by storytelling and expressed in creative, transformational action. Moral imagination is about character, which depends on ongoing formation that takes place in friendships and communities that embody traditions and that are sustained by institutions. There is no quick-fix or set of techniques that will create a mindset of traditioned innovation. But we do believe that you can learn to cultivate it by Becoming immersed in an imaginative engagement with the story of God told through Scripture Learning from exemplary institutions, communities, and people practicing traditioned innovation. Discovering new skills for integrating character formation and dense networks of friendships, communities and institutions into your leadership and life. Navigating the Future will explore stories and tips for cultivating traditioned innovation that will stimulate your thinking and inspire your imagination for more faithful and fruitful living along with the cultivation of more vibrant, life-giving institutions.
Streams of Living Water
Author: Richard J. FosterPublisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0060628227
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The author of the bestselling celebration of discipline explores the great traditions of Christian spirituality and their role in spiritual renewal today. In this landmark work, Foster examines the "streams of living water" –– the six dimensions of faith and practice that define Christian tradition. He lifts up the enduring character of each tradition and shows how a variety of practices, from individual study and retreat to disciplines of service and community, are all essential elements of growth and maturity. Foster examines the unique contributions of each of these traditions and offers as examples the inspiring stories of faithful people whose lives defined each of these "streams."
The Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: John Anthony McGuckinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030025217X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
An insider’s account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question “What is the Church?” His answer is a clear, historically and theologically rooted portrait of what the Church is for Orthodox Christianity and how it differs from Western Christians’ expectations. McGuckin explores the lived faith of generations, including sketches of some of the most important theological themes and individual personalities of the ancient and modern Church. He interweaves a personal approach throughout, offering to readers the experience of what it is like to enter an Orthodox church and witness its liturgy. In this astute and insightful book, he grapples with the reasons why many Western historians and societies have overlooked Orthodox Christianity and provides an important introduction to the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Christian World.