Описание: This book is about the dangers of religious intolerance, conflict and violence oriented strategies in our contemporary society. It exposes the evangelical strategies of Christian Churches and Denominations in the Nigerian society. The process of the enthronement of ‘prosperity theology’ has led to manipulation of individuals and events through demonization, deliverance, organized healings and miracles. This type of Christianity destroys religious values and exposes the society to the danger of materialism. Christian Churches should be advocates of empowerment, freedom and dignity instead of victimization of its members. This study argues that authentic Christian witnessing can only be achieved through holistic and proper integration of its teachings into socio-cultural values of its local setting. It insists that religion should enhance good core values and not destroy it. It critically analyses the elemental causes of conflict and violence in Igboland and concludes by making recommendations towards a peaceful society.
Автор: Boyd Damian L. Название: In Search of Beautiful ISBN: 1545672598 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781545672594 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3033.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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God is the ultimate creator. His hand can be seen everywhere. Many people, especially today in our non-stop world, search for God frantically and anywhere, yet do not realize that He is all around us. We lose Him in the busyness, in the crowds, in the media, in the distractions, and even in the faces of others created in His image. Everything we see in our natural world that delights and inspires comes from the same source: God. He in the nature that surrounds us. He is in the people who walk by us every day. He is everywhere--we need only look.
Through his book, author Damian L. Boyd helps to open our eyes to see God in everything and how we worship Him by recognizing that beauty. He is beauty incarnate, and so all things that come from Him are beautiful. When we get small moments of recognition of His presence around us, we are drawn back to the pursuit that first caught our eye. The more we see the Lord, the more we want Him
This is a worship book without using the obvious tool, music, for worship. We have come to depend on music heavily in our twenty-first century world. Instead, we can worship the Lord by noticing and appreciating the beauty He has instilled in the world. Do not let society's conditioning diminish your knowledge of the Lord and His wonderous creations. Do not let society's standard of beauty ruin your ability to see the amazing originality that comes from the flaws of another. Remember, we are all created in the Lord's perfect image.
Learn to see the beauty in brokenness. Discover how to recognize the good in evil. Dive in and gain the perspective to see God in everything. He is around us and with us always.
Описание: Using insights from the brain science of emotions, Love Beyond Belief: Finding the Access Point to Spiritual Awareness narrates two millennia of lost-and-found stories about love beyond belief as the access point to the heart and soul of spiritual life. Many of today’s ‘spiritual but not religious’ people – one in four US adults – have found the access point to spiritual experience that Western Christianity lost: unconditional love. Love Beyond Belief tracks the history of this lost emotion.Thandeka (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University) has written Love Beyond Belief with two goals in mind: to resolve the emotional-deficit problem in so many “corpse cold” (Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words) mainline congregations today; and to offer a primer for “spiritual but not religious” people to build up and network their spiritual communities.
Описание: Paul Tillich (1886–1965) is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. By bringing his thought together with the theology and practices of an important contemporary Christian movement, Pentecostalism, this volume provokes active, productive, critical, and creative dialogue with a broad range of theological topics. These essays stimulate robust conversation, engage on common ground regarding the work of the Holy Spirit, and offer significant insights into the universal concerns of Christian theology and Paul Tillich and his legacy.
Описание: Paul Tillich (1886–1965) is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. By bringing his thought together with the theology and practices of an important contemporary Christian movement, Pentecostalism, this volume provokes active, productive, critical, and creative dialogue with a broad range of theological topics. These essays stimulate robust conversation, engage on common ground regarding the work of the Holy Spirit, and offer significant insights into the universal concerns of Christian theology and Paul Tillich and his legacy.
Автор: Miikka E. Anttila Название: Luther`s Theology of Music: Spiritual Beauty and Pleasure ISBN: 3110310198 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110310191 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 18586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The sweetness of music is something that has puzzled Christian theologians for centuries. In this study, Luther’s theology of music is approached from the point of view of pleasure. It examines the significance of joy, beauty and pleasure in relationship with music and Luther’s theology. The notion of music as the supreme gift of God requires also a discussion about the idea of ‘gift’. Music opens up new perspectives into Luther’s thinking. Luther has seldom been reckoned among aesthetic theologians. Nevertheless, Luther has a peculiar view on beauty, understanding faith as a kind of aesthetic contemplation.
Автор: Janette Gray, Kathleen O`Grady, Ann L. Gilroy Название: Bodies, Lives, Voices: Gender in Theology ISBN: 1474282032 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474282031 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 23126.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This work lies at the critical juncture of feminism and religious studies and participates in the vibrant tradition of the feminist anthology. It is part of a broad feminist discourse that continues to grow less monolithic and more varied in material, method and style each year. The papers are divided into three main sections: the representation of women in sacred texts and theologies, the fundamental need to recover the heritage of women and to return to women their history, and the coming together of canonical texts with contemporary feminist theory in order to address philosophical and theological problems.
Автор: Gavrilyuk Название: The Spiritual Senses ISBN: 110768594X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107685949 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Can we see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? This book examines the spiritual senses and how they relate to the physical senses, identifying their relationship with the mind, heart, emotions, will, desire and judgment. Contributors survey the response of Christian thinkers, from Origen to von Balthasar, to this issue.
Описание: Author of the first true summa of theology, William of Auxerre (d. 1231), early magister at the University of Paris, is considered a seminal figure in early thirteenth-century scholasticism. From the uncertain climate of the late twelfth century, William's Summa Aurea emerges with impressive originality and scope. Scholars have long recognized his contribution to the evolution of scholastic thought and his influence on later figures, such as Bonaventure and Aquinas. Yet, until now, William has been largely unstudied, his theological achievement and pervasive influence thus remaining shrouded.For William, the end of human life is an experiential apprehension of God. To capture the fullness of this encounter, he employs the ancient doctrine of the soul's spiritual senses. Not only will the blessed see divine beauty, they will also hear its symphony, smell its odor, taste its sweetness, and touch its suavity. A striking feature of William's theology, though, is that he integrates this spiritual aesthetic within a scholastic view of theology as a science, involving conceptual rigor and intellectual cognition. Knowledge of God proceeds from simple affirmation of creedal doctrine, through deeper understanding, and culminates in pleasurable spiritual sensation. The result is ""wisdom,"" connoting both understanding and savoring, and thus evoking this ""tasted knowledge,"" which unites scholastic speculation and spiritual experience.This book, the first English-language monograph on William of Auxerre, traces the motif of the spiritual senses through his Summa Aurea, using it as an illuminating and unifying lens through which to appreciate his theology. Given William's importance and his neglect, much commends this study to scholars of medieval theology, philosophy, and spirituality. Bridging a pivotal phase in medieval theology, William incorporates certain twelfth century monastic sensibilities, while at the same time grappling with the Aristotelian philosophy rapidly gaining currency. This study also highlights William's initiation of scholastic use of the doctrine of the spiritual senses and, finally, it sets the stage for a fuller appreciation of William's wide-ranging influence on later scholastic luminaries.
Автор: Spencer Stephen Название: Christ in All Things ISBN: 1848257287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848257283 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6621.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: William Temple was one of the towering figures in the Church of England in the twentieth century. As Archbishop of Canterbury he guided both a nation at war and a new post-war society. This comprehensive volume draws on Temple`s extensive publications, broadcasts, sermons and letters to provide an authoritative guide to his life, work and thought.
Автор: McInroy Mark Название: Balthasar on the `Spiritual Senses`: Perceiving Splendour ISBN: 0199689008 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199689002 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 19457.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this study, Mark McInroy argues that the `spiritual senses` play a crucial yet previously unappreciated role in the theological aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The doctrine of the spiritual senses typically claims that human beings can be made capable of perceiving non-corporeal, `spiritual` realities.
