Church and People
Title | Church and People PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Taylor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Church and the world |
ISBN | 9781565182745 |
Sacramental Theology
Title | Sacramental Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Vorgrimler |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780814619940 |
Both resistance to and renewed interest in the sacraments mark current theological thought. This work acknowledges human limitations of the sacraments but stresses that God's relationship to human beings cannot be other than sacramental." Sacramental structures and events constitute salvation history, and thus permeate all theology. What makes this sacramental view comprehensible is faith; faith is an indispensable precondition for a sacramental theology. Therefore, the author first demonstrates the preconditions of faith on which sacramental theology rests, and what place it holds within the whole of theology. Following this, he briefly presents the concept of sacraments and the history of that concept, the teachings of Church tradition on sacraments in general, and the basic features of a sacramental theology. Next, he explains from a theological perspective the traditional sacraments of the Catholic Church, including related topics such as indulgences and sacramentals.
Spirit and Healing in Africa
Title | Spirit and Healing in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah van den Bosch-Heij |
Publisher | UJ Press |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1920382186 |
There is a great need for healing in Africa. This need is in itself no different elsewhere in the world, but it is greatly determined by the involvement of religious communities and traditions. Faith communities and religious institutions play a major role in assisting African believers to find health, healing and completeness in everyday life.
On the Cessation of the Charismata
Title | On the Cessation of the Charismata PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Mark Ruthven |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2011-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780981952628 |
Sino-Christian Theology
Title | Sino-Christian Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Pan-Chiu Lai |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9783631604359 |
«Sino-Christian theology» usually refers to an intellectual movement emerged in Mainland China since the late 1980s. The present volume aims to provide a self-explaining sketch of the historical development of this theological as well as cultural movement. In addition to the analyses on the theoretical issues involved and the articulations of the prospect, concrete examples are also offered to illustrate the characteristics of the movement.
Missional Church
Title | Missional Church PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Barrett |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1998-02-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802843500 |
What would a theology of the Church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologists—Lois Barrett, Inagrace T. Dietterich, Darrell L. Guder, George R. Hunsberger, Alan J. Roxburgh, and Craig Van Gelder. The result of a three-year research project undertaken by The Gospel and Our Culture Network, this book issues a firm challenge for the church to recover its missional call right here in North America, while also offering the tools to help it do so. The authors examine North America s secular culture and the church s loss of dominance in today s society. They then present a biblically based theology that takes seriously the church s missional vocation and draw out the consequences of this theology for the structure and institutions of the church.
Church Planting Movements
Title | Church Planting Movements PDF eBook |
Author | V. David Garrison |
Publisher | WIGTake Resources |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | 9780974756202 |
David Garrison, PhD University of Chicago, defines Church Planting Movements as rapidly multiplying indigenous churches planting churches that sweep across a people group or population segment. Garrison's Church Planting Movements: How God Is Redeeming a Lost World signaled a breakthrough in missionary church planting. After the publication of Garrison's book in 2004 it became impossible to talk about missions without referencing Church Planting Movements. Church Planting Movements examines more than two-dozen movements of multiplying churches on five continents. After presenting these case studies, Garrison identifies ten universal elements present in each movement. He then broadens the circle of examination to identify a further ten common characteristics, factors identified in most, but not all, of the movements. He concludes his examination with a list of "Seven Deadly Sins," i.e. harmful practices that stifle or impede Church Planting Movements. Important for evangelical readers, the author returns to his findings to see how they stand up to the light of Scripture. What he discovers is that Church Planting Movements are much more consistent with the New Testament lay-led house-church movements that swept rapidly through the Mediterranean world in the face of hostile opposition than today's more sedentary professional institutionalized Christianity. Learn more about Church Planting Movements from the book's website: www.ChurchPlantingMovements.com.