Faith and Order in the U.S.A.

Faith and Order in the U.S.A.
Title Faith and Order in the U.S.A. PDF eBook
Author William A. Norgren
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 104
Release 2011-07-06
Genre Religion
ISBN 0802865992

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Since its founding in 1957, the National Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order has worked to draw churches out of isolation into discussion on points of agreement and disagreement in faith, order, and worship. In Faith and Order in the USA, William Norgren, a long-time executive director of the Faith and Order Commission, takes a look at its background, history, and major initiatives. He shows how the Commission originally limited in its scope to mainline Protestant, Episcopal, and Orthodox church bodies fostered fruitful dialogue not only between its founding churches but also, over time, with Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Adventist, holiness, and peace churches, contributing to greater friendship, harmony, and partnership among many Christian churches in America.

Faith and Order

Faith and Order
Title Faith and Order PDF eBook
Author Herbert Newell Bate
Publisher
Pages 576
Release 1927
Genre Christian union
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The Book of Church Order

The Book of Church Order
Title The Book of Church Order PDF eBook
Author Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly
Publisher
Pages 132
Release 1965
Genre
ISBN 9780804239042

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Faith in Action

Faith in Action
Title Faith in Action PDF eBook
Author Richard L. Wood
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 366
Release 2002-09-15
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0226905969

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Over the past fifteen years, associations throughout the U.S. have organized citizens around issues of equality and social justice, often through local churches. But in contrast to President Bush's vision of faith-based activism, in which groups deliver social services to the needy, these associations do something greater. Drawing on institutions of faith, they reshape public policies that neglect the disadvantaged. To find out how this faith-based form of community organizing succeeds, Richard L. Wood spent several years working with two local groups in Oakland, California—the faith-based Pacific Institute for Community Organization and the race-based Center for Third World Organizing. Comparing their activist techniques and achievements, Wood argues that the alternative cultures and strategies of these two groups give them radically different access to community ties and social capital. Creative and insightful, Faith in Action shows how community activism and religious organizations can help build a more just and democratic future for all Americans.

Faith and Race in American Political Life

Faith and Race in American Political Life
Title Faith and Race in American Political Life PDF eBook
Author Robin Dale Jacobson
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Pages 376
Release 2012
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0813931959

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Drawing on scholarship from an array of disciplines, this volume provides a deep and timely look at the intertwining of race and religion in American politics. The contributors apply the methods of intersectionality, but where this approach has typically considered race, class, and gender, the essays collected here focus on religion, too, to offer a theoretically robust conceptualization of how these elements intersect--and how they are actively impacting the political process. Contributors Antony W. Alumkal, Iliff School of Theology * Carlos Figueroa, University of Texas at Brownsville * Robert D. Francis, Lutheran Services in America * Susan M. Gordon, independent scholar * Edwin I. Hernández, DeVos Family Foundations * Robin Dale Jacobson, University of Puget Sound * Robert P. Jones, Public Religion Research Institute * Jonathan I. Leib, Old Dominion University * Jessica Hamar Martínez, University of Arizona * Eric Michael Mazur, Virginia Wesleyan College * Sangay Mishra, University of Southern California * Catherine Paden, Simmons College * Milagros Peña, University of Florida * Tobin Miller Shearer, University of Montana * Nancy D. Wadsworth, University of Denver * Gerald R. Webster, University of Wyoming

The Gift of Rest

The Gift of Rest
Title The Gift of Rest PDF eBook
Author Joseph I. Lieberman
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 232
Release 2012-08-07
Genre Religion
ISBN 1451627319

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Discusses the importance of observing the Jewish Sabbath as both a practical and spiritual exercise, and provides guidelines for properly incoporating the Sabbath into everyday life.

Faith and the Founders of the American Republic

Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
Title Faith and the Founders of the American Republic PDF eBook
Author Daniel L. Dreisbach
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 379
Release 2014-05
Genre History
ISBN 019984335X

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Thirteen essays written by leading scholars explore the impact of a rich variety of religious traditions on the political thought of America's founders.