An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century Volume 1; In Which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power Are Considered in Their Connexion with the State of Learning and Philo
by Johann Lorenz Mosheim
New Wineskins (Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity, v. 30)
by Joyce V. Thurman
Teologia de la Oraciin Y Sus Principios Biblicos
by Editorial Universitaria Libertad
A Reconciled Community of Suffering Disciples (Bible and Theology in Africa, #17)
by Frank-Ole Thoresen
Church members among the ethnic Somali population in the Horn of Africa constitute a culturally marginalized and persecuted minority. Despite more than a hundred years of Protestant missionary efforts, the growth of the church has remained slow and protracted. The very concept of "Somali Christian" accordingly continues to constitute a contradiction of terms in the mindset of most Somalis. Moreover, the few Christian congregations that have been established have most often remained unstable and...
Christians frequently come into conflict with themselves and others over such matters as music, popular culture, and worship style. Yet they usually lack any theology of art or taste adequate to deal with aesthetic disputes. In this provocative book, Frank Burch Brown offers a constructive, "ecumenical" approach to artistic taste and aesthetic judgment-a non-elitist but discriminating theological aesthetics that has "teeth but no fangs." While grounded in history and theory, this book takes up...
Teen Discussion You and Your Church
Evangelicals in Mexico (Dieux, Hommes et Religions / Gods, Humans and Religions, #14)
by Dinorah Mendez
Avery Dulles, well-known for several previous works in ecclesiology, including Models of the Church, here surveys a theme that demands new treatment in the present global and ecumenical context. He deals with questions that are vital for the identity of churches that designate themselves Catholic, and for the relationship between these churches and Protestant forms of Christianity. The prospects of Catholicism are realistically appraised. The Catholicity of the Church reproduces, in slightly re...
This book sets out a Christological framework for developing and delivering pastoral supervision. Pastoral supervision is a key consideration for any denomination, congregation, or faith-based organisation, so this is a vital resource for well-being for clergy, chaplains, and a wide array of pastoral workers. Three central Christological themes, the revealing, re-membering, and restoring Jesus, provide the theological framework for good supervision practice. The book draws insights from three...
Out of This World: An Assessment of Christian Community Within St
by Darren M McClellan
Leibhaftigkeit (Theologische Bibliothek Topelmann, #97)
by Christian Bendrath