Wegen der immer grosser werdenden Distanz junger Menschen zu den Kirchen, zeigt der Autor am Beispiel der Salesianer Don Boscos, dass eine grundlegende Uberdenkung des eigenen Standortes, des benutzten padagogischen Konzeptes, des eigenen Welt- und Menschenbildes, eine Chance auftut, im Wandel der Zeit viele jungen Menschen doch noch fur Kirche, Evangelium und Jesus Christus zu interessieren, ohne dem Zeitgeist das Wort zu reden, um dauerhaft in irgendeiner verlasslichen Form mit ihr verbunden z...
Mit dem Zerfall des Kommunismus in Polen stellt sich die Frage nach dem Platz und der Rolle der Kirche unter den geanderten sozialen und politischen Verhaltnissen. Die letzten funfzig Jahre haben in der Art der Seelsorge und in der gesamten polnischen Gesellschaft und Kirche positive und negative Folgen hinterlassen. Aufgrund der Dokumente der 2. gesamtpolnischen Plenarsynode analysiert der Autor die inneren und ausseren Bedingungen des Wirkens der Kirche in der kommunistischen Zeit und weist au...
Black Theology and Youths at Risk (Research in Religion and Family Black Perspectives, #5)
by David D. Mitchell
Leslie Houlden explores the distinctive theology which guided each evangelist in creating his gospel. He then looks at the way Christian doctrine relates to the vision of each of the gospel writers and shows that they are in fact based only on a small part of the gospels themselves. This approach brings life into the rather abstract study of doctrine, and has astonishing and original implications of relevance to all Christians.
The debate over women's roles in the Southern Baptist Convention's conservative ascendance is often seen as secondary to theological and biblical concerns. Elizabeth Flowers argues, however, that for both moderate and conservative Baptist women all of whom had much at stake disagreements that touched on their familial roles and ecclesial authority have always been primary. And, in the turbulent post war era, debate over their roles caused fierce internal controversy. While the legacy of race and...
A Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium (Studies in Systematic Theology)
by Reverend Kenan Osborne
Is your church facing a period of change? Are you overwhelmed with too much to do? Or are you searching for a new vision? If you are looking to take your church in a new direction, then How to Develop Your Local Church can help you decide which path to follow. Written by an experienced practitioner, it will help you to understand your congregation better: how it operates, what its members take for granted, what their priorities are and what the 'character' of the congregation is. The book then e...
Many New Testament Greek grammarians assert that the Greek attributive participle and the Greek relative clause are "equivalent." Michael E. Hayes disproves those assertions in An Analysis of the Attributive Participle and the Relative Clause in the Greek New Testament, thoroughly presenting the linguistic categories of restrictivity and nonrestrictivity and analyzing the restrictive/nonrestrictive nature of every attributive participle and relative clause. By employing the Accessibility Hierarc...
Not many cardinals get to be declared saints, and even rarer is one who is known for his controversial ideas and interpretation of doctrinal faith both within and outside the church. John Henry Newman (1801-1890), however, beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, was no ordinary churchman. Raised an Anglican and a leading member of the Oxford Movement in his younger days, he converted to Catholicism and, through prolific writing and polemics, established an intellectual and spiritual in...
How Does the Present Theological Debate on Sexual Relations in the Anglican Church Reflect Biblical Teaching?
by Canon Alson Percival
The question of restoring women to the ordained diaconate surfaced during the Second Vatican Council and continued to resound in academic and pastoral circles well after the diaconate was restored as a permanent order in the church in the West. This volume contains twelve essays-five translated from Italian, three translated from French, and four in their original English-that answer the questions about the history and possible future of women deacons. Essays by: Yves Congar, OP Philippe Del...
Im Protestantismus wird derzeit uber das Verhaltnis zur Kultur nachgedacht. Fur die Theologie liegt darin die Chance, den eigenen Standort neu zu beschreiben. Wichtige Fundamente fur die moderne kulturwissenschaftliche Hermeneutik wurden in der Theologie gelegt. Die Anknupfung an diese Tradition ermoglicht es, die eingespielte, aber unfruchtbare Alternative zwischen dogmatischen Letztbegrundungsanspruchen und kriterienloser Beliebigkeit zu uberwinden. Im Anschluss an eine Tagung der Evangelische...
A Critical Edition of Ruths Recompence by Richard Bernard
A Critical Edition of Ruths Recompence by Richard Bernard presents Richard Bernard’s commentary on the book of Ruth, originally published in 1628, to the modern reader. Arlene McAlister’s introduction sets the work in its contemporary context and most significantly elucidates the issue of women’s conduct that arises from the biblical story and challenges Bernard and the preceding early modern Ruth commentators. The introduction details how the commentators have great difficulty in expounding Rut...
