Author: Hans Herbert Walther KRAMMPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Barmen Declaration and the Church Universal
Author: Hans Herbert Walther KRAMMPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Legacy of the Barmen Declaration
Author: Fred DallmayrPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793601348
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In 1934, during the Nazi regime in Germany, members of the Confessing Church issued the Declaration of Barmen, which reaffirmed their primary loyalty to the word of God. With their action, they established a legacy for future generations to follow in similar situations.This volume examines the historical, political, and theological context of the creation of the Barmen Declaration, as it constituted an act of theological and political resistance against tyranny, terror, and fascism. The work of the Barmen Declaration demonstrated clearly and powerfully the "this-worldly" ethical and political salience of religion and theology to empower witness, resistance, and solidarity. Containing contributions from an inclusive array of renowned scholars, the volume unfolds the lasting legacy and continued relevance of Barmen.
The Barmen Theses Then and Now
Author: Eberhard BuschPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 146743471X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
In 1934 Christian churches in Germany faced strong pressure to conform their belief and practice to the pillars of Nazi thinking -- respect for the authority of the Fuhrer and fervent devotion to the history and culture of the German race. Defying this ideological agenda, leaders in the German Evangelical Church responded by adopting the Barmen Declaration. This bold statement of dissent, grounded in the authority of Scripture, has since become a powerful model for the contemporary confession of the Christian faith against modern forms of skepticism and unbelief. In The Barmen Theses Then and Now Eberhard Busch demonstrates to a new generation how that key German confession during a specific time of crisis can guide Christians everywhere today. He interprets each of the six theses in its original context -- Nazi Germany -- and then applies it to crucial cultural and political challenges facing Christianity in our time.
The Significance of the Barmen Declaration for the Œcumenical Church
Author: John Oldcastle COBHAMThe Significance of the Barmen Declaration for the Oecumenical Church
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Category : Barmer Theologische Erklärung
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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The Contribution of Dr. D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local
Author: Christopher L. FurtadoPublisher: Madras : Christian Literature Society
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The Christian Tradition
Author: Jaroslav PelikanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022602878X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Jaroslav Pelikan begins this volume with the crisis of orthodoxy that confronted all Christian denominations by the beginning of the eighteenth century and continues through the twentieth century in its particular concerns with ecumenism. The modern period in the history of Christian doctrine, Pelikan demonstrates, may be defined as the time when doctrines that had been assumed more than debated for most of Christian history were themselves called into question: the idea of revelation, the uniqueness of Christ, the authority of Scripture, the expectation of life after death, even the very transcendence of God. "Knowledge of the immense intellectual effort invested in the construction of the edifice of Christian doctrine by the best minds of each successive generation is worth having. And there can hardly be a more lucid, readable and genial guide to it than this marvellous work."—Economist "This volume, like the series which it brings to a triumphant conclusion, may be unreservedly recommended as the best one-stop introduction currently available to its subject."—Alister E. McGrath, Times Higher Education Supplement "Professor Pelikan's series marks a significant departure, and in him we have at last a master teacher."—Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle, Commonweal "Pelikan's book marks not only the end of a dazzling scholarly effort but the end of an era as well. There is reason to suppose that nothing quite like it will be tried again."—Harvey Cox, Washington Post Book World
The Doctrine of Justification in the Anglican Reformers
Author: Augustus Herbert ReesPublisher:
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Category : Justification
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Church Doctrine, Volume 2
Author: Paul C. McGlassonPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1620326957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The present volume is the second in a five-volume study of church doctrine. The multivolume set will cover the major parts of church doctrine: Canon, God, Creation, Reconciliation, and Redemption. The first volume (now in print) begins with an introduction to the entire project on why doctrine matters, which stresses the ecumenical, global, and above all biblical horizons of church doctrine as a primary expression of Christian witness. The purpose of this second volume can be simply stated: to let God be God. In a world in which the God of the Christian witness is often confused with the tribal god of religion--a god who sets "us" against "them," who divides humanity into nations, peoples, regions, races--the gospel proclaims the living God of the Bible who fashions a new humanity on the earth. This God in the freedom of his love elects to be for humanity, and calls all humanity to live for him. Church doctrine is not a luxury, but a necessity for the living community of faith, by which its witness in word and deed is tested against the one true measure of Christ the risen Lord.
Author: John Dunlavy