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The Destiny of Israel and the Church
Understanding the Middle East Through Biblical Prophecy
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Israel is at the center of a powerful clash of forces, but God has established firm covenants with both Israel and the church. The only reliable source of light upon the situation in the Middle East is provided by God’s prophetic Word. If we do not seek the light that comes from this source, we...
The Clash of Ideas in World Politics
Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical...
The Two Churches
Catholicism and Capitalism in the World System
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The single most important change now well under way within Catholicism is its transition from a First World to a Third World entity. How this enormous shift will affect the Catholic church's role in the world economy is the subject of Michael L. Budde's book, the first world systems study of the mutual...
Economics as Religion
From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Robert Nelson’s Reaching for Heaven on Earth, Economics as Religion, and The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America read almost like a trilogy, exploring and charting the boundaries of theology and economics from the Western foundations of ancient...
Homeland Mythology
Biblical Narratives in American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2007
Since 9/11, America has presented itself to the world as a Christianist culture, no less antimodern and nostalgic for an idealized past than its Islamist foes. The master-narrative both sides share might sound like this: Once upon a time, the values of the righteous community coincided with those...
The Teller Review of Books: Vol. I Christianity, Culture & the State
The Teller Review of Books
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
The Teller Review of Books™ (Editor-in-Chief: Nadine L. Jackson) provides succinct overviews and critical reviews of the seminal books shaping contemporary culture in the areas of law, faith, society and public policy. Milestones in political, cultural and religious thought, whether contemporary...
Woke Church
An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
“Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” –Frederick Douglass, 1845
The prophets of old were not easy to listen to because they did not flatter. They did not cajole. They spoke hard words that often chafed and...
Why Catholicism Matters
How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
In recent years the Catholic Church has gone through turbulent times with the uncovering of horrible abuse--abuse that persisted and which could have been prevented by many within the Church’s own ranks. As a result many positive aspects of what the Catholic Church teaches and practices are now...
The Politics of Discipleship (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Becoming Postmaterial Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Internationally acclaimed theologian Graham Ward is well known for his thoughtful engagement with postmodernism. This volume, the fourth in The Church and Postmodern Culture series, offers an engaging look at the political nature of the postmodern world.
In the first section, "The World,"...
by C. Silvester Horne
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
A Century of Christian Service : Kensington Congregational Church, 1793-1893
Of the Kensington of 1793 I need not say much; for most of those who read this little book will be quite familiar with the astonishing change that has come over this locality since then. We like...
The Irony of Modern Catholic History
How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectuals
Throughout much of the nineteenth century, both secular and Catholic leaders assumed that the Church and the modern world were locked in a battle to the death. The triumph...
Approaching the End
Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
In this book Stanley Hauerwas explores the significance of eschatological reflection for helping the church negotiate the contemporary world.
In Part One, "Theological Matters," Hauerwas directly addresses his understanding of the eschatological character of the Christian faith. In...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Recent research reveals a precipitous decrease in Catholic adherents across Latin America. Since 1970, numerous Latin Americans have professed a shift to Protestantism. Scholars have analyzed...
by JEAN TSHIBANGU
Language: French
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: July 20, 2018
The explosion of spiritual activism and exponential rise of occultism that dominate the end times as a source of power, cause believers to plunge in the gentle descent into the hell. The image that some have of the church because of what they have lived near or far away causes priceless damage in...