Christ the Educator (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 23)

Christ the Educator (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 23)

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  • Author: Clement of Alexandria
  • Publisher: CUA Press
  • ISBN: 0813211239
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 334

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Readings in Late Antiquity

Readings in Late Antiquity

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  • Author: Michael Maas
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136617035
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 530

Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new "Germanic" kingdoms. In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam reshaped the political map and brought the late antique era to a close. This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, children, barbarian chieftains, and saints . The Roman Empire is kept at the centre of the discussion, with chapters devoted to its government, cities, army, law, medicine, domestic life, philosophy, Christianity, polytheism, and Jews. Further chapters deal with the peoples who surrounded the Roman state: Persians, Huns, northern "Germanic" barbarians, and the followers of Islam. This revised and updated second edition provides an expanded view of Late Antiquity with a new chapter on domestic life, as well extra material throughout, including passages that appear for the first time in English translation. Readings in Late Antiquity is the only sourcebook that covers such a wide range of topics over the full breadth of the late antique period.


Welcoming But Not Affirming

Welcoming But Not Affirming

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  • Author: Stanley James Grenz
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
  • ISBN: 9780664257767
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

A respected evangelical speaks out on the church's most controversial issue, proposing that it is possible for Christian communities to welcome homosexuals without affirming same-sex unions.


Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins

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  • Author: Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134717679
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 199

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter, gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans. In this comprehensive study, Professor Gilhus examines the relationship between corporeal human laughter and spiritual divine laughter from c`ussical antiquity, to the Christian West and the modern era. She combines the study of the history of religion with social-scientific approaches, to provide an original and pertinent exploration of a universal human phenomenon, and its significance for the development of religions.


Eucharist, Road to Evangelization : Catechesis for Adults : Group Journey, Personal Journey

Eucharist, Road to Evangelization : Catechesis for Adults : Group Journey, Personal Journey

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  • Author: Maurice Brouard
  • Publisher: Médiaspaul
  • ISBN: 9782890395985
  • Category : Christian education of adults
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 380


The Priesthood of All Believers and the Missio Dei

The Priesthood of All Believers and the Missio Dei

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  • Author: Henry Joseph Voss
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1498283306
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 230

The priesthood of all believers is a pillar undergirding Protestant ecclesiology. Yet the doctrine has often been used to serve diverse agendas. This book examines the doctrine's canonical, catholic, and contextual dimensions. It first identifies the priesthood of all believers as a canonical doctrine based upon the royal priesthood of Christ and closely related to the believer's eschatological temple-service and offering of spiritual sacrifices (chapters 1-3). It secondly describes its catholic development by examining three paradigmatic shifts, shifts especially associated with Christendom (chapters 4-6) and a suppression of the doctrine's missional component. Finally, the book argues that a Christian doctrine of the priesthood of all believers should be developed with a Christocentric-Trinitarian understanding of the missio Dei. This suggests there are especially appropriate ways for the royal priesthood to relate to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. A canonically and catholically informed priesthood of all believers leads contextually to particular ecclesial practices. These seven practices are 1) Baptism as public ordination to the royal priesthood; 2) Prayer; 3) Lectio Divina; 4) Ministry; 5) Church Discipline; 6) Proclamation; and 7) the Lord's Supper as the renewal of the royal priesthood.


Triadic Mysticism

Triadic Mysticism

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  • Author: Paul E. Murphy
  • Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
  • ISBN: 9788120800106
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 250

This book is the first consistent theological treatment of the subject of hindu thought known to itself as Trika or Triadiam and popularly as Kashmir Saivism. Few Indic theologies equal it in architectonic power and mystical profundity. Its highest category and goal is consciousness or light whose foremost characteristic is Freedom. This goal can be attained through four ways (upayas). The theology of these ways pertains to Gnostic or knowledge oriented Triadism whose prime theologian is Ahhinavagupta the emperor of Indic speculation.


The Epistemological Basis for Belief according to John’s Gospel

The Epistemological Basis for Belief according to John’s Gospel

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  • Author: David A. Redelings
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1630879649
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 311

This book, a revision of the author's dissertation, describes the grounds on which knowledge about God is possible according to the Gospel of John. In response to modern questions and doubts about the possibility of religious knowledge, John's answers are identified and illuminated using standard historical method. A major part of this investigation is spent showing that, for readers of all persuasions, it is clear that certain parts of John's Gospel were never intended as either fiction or metaphor. From these parts, the basis on which John thinks that people can have religious knowledge is inferred and described.


Hymnology

Hymnology

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  • Author: David W. Music
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press
  • ISBN: 9780810831483
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 260

Presents 72 primary documents illustrating the philosophy and practice of congregational singing during various historical periods of the Christian Church, including the early Church and Middle Ages, the Reformation, and English and American hymnody. Among them are letters, diaries, prefaces to hymnals and tunebooks, controversial books and pamphlets, theological treatises, and the deliberations of Vatican II and other church councils. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm

A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm

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  • Author: Mike Humphreys
  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 9004462007
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 648

Twelve scholars contextualize and critically examine the key debates about the controversy over icons and their veneration that would fundamentally shape Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity.