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Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212727ISBN 13: 9781498212724
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although Emily Dickinson is sometimes seen as a religious skeptic, she never gave up on God, struggling with issues of faith and doubt throughout her life. Many of her poems depict such struggles, sometimes with humor and sometimes with despair. Reading and reflecting on these poems can be a powerful way to listen to and experience God through the arts.Mending a Tattered Faith presents, first, an accessible introduction to the mysteries of Dickinson's life and poetry, considering her relationships to her family and the church, the significant poetic strategies she employed, and the dramatic family struggle over publishing her poetry that began soon after her death. It then offers twenty-nine carefully selected poems by Dickinson, each with an accompanying meditation. By helping readers unpack Dickinson's intense but brief poems, supplying absorbing historical background and information, and relating some personal stories and reflections, this book encourages readers to embark upon their own meditative journey with Dickinson, whose engaging struggles with faith and doubt can help illuminate our own spiritual questions, sorrows, and joys. 120 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212670ISBN 13: 9781498212670
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Can someone please explain this 'New Perspective on Paul' Where did it come from and will it help or hinder Christian interpreters to grasp the apostle's writings more clearly In The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction, Kent Yinger provides concise, readable, and authoritative answers to these and other questions currently exercising students of Paul. 132 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 149821312XISBN 13: 9781498213127
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Lighten up!Most of us take ourselves too seriously. Christian leaders, in particular, are tempted by the position they hold, or the power they wield, to lose touch with their humanity, become arrogant, and alienate their followers.But what about our tendency to shoot ourselves in the foot, time and time again Can we laugh at ourselves David McKenna, a Christian college president, brings a lifetime of learning to this question. By confessing his own foibles and laughing at the ludicrous, he finds that God is laughing with him--not to ridicule, but to give the special grace that saves us from ourselves.The lessons are humbling when the laugh is on us, but they can lead to the discovery that a sense of humor is a partner with the witness of a joyful spirit. McKenna shows us by example how to lighten up and find God as we laugh at ourselves. 140 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212611ISBN 13: 9781498212618
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Technologies are deeply embedded in the modern West. What would our lives be like without asphalt, glass, gasoline, electricity, window screens, or indoor plumbing We naturally praise technology when it is useful and bemoan it when it is not. But there is much more to technology than the usefulness of this or that artifact. Unfortunately, we tend not to consider the inherently social and moral character of technology. As a result, we are prone to overlook the effects of technology on our spiritual lives. This book investigates the role technology plays in helping and hampering our Christian practice and witness. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498210481ISBN 13: 9781498210485
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted author James Robinson with tracking down the place where the Nag Hammadi Codices had been discovered. Priests whom the author interviewed in the region told Robinson that the codices had once been in the possession of a priest in the town of Dishna, a bit further upstream than Nag Hammadi itself. Robinson found that this priest had not had the Nag Hammadi Codices but rather the Bodmer Papyri. For Dishna is where the monastery headquarters of the first monastic order was located. The Bodmer Papyri discovery consisted of all that was left of the library of the Pachomian monastic order: Coptic letters of Pachomius and very early Greek copies of Luke and John, perhaps donated when Athanasius was in hiding at the monastery. These treasures were preserved in a jar hidden in the mountain where monks were buried. This book traces the story of the Bodmer Papyri from beginning to end. 226 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 149821309XISBN 13: 9781498213097
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Is it possible to make a case that the Gospel of Mark was not composed by a single man from scattered accounts but in a process of people's telling Jesus' story over several decades And what can we say about the tellers who were shaping this story for changing audiences After an introduction showing the groundwork already laid in oral tradition research, the case begins by tracing the Mark we know back to several quite different early manuscripts which continue the flexibility of their oral ancestors. The focus then turns to three aspects of Mark, its language, which is characterized as speech with special phrases and rhythms, its episodes characterized by traditional forms, and its overall story pattern that is common in oral reports of the time.Finally several soundings are taken in Mark to test the thesis of performance composition, two scenarios are projected of possible early tellers of this tradition, and a conclusion summarizes major findings in the case. Mark's writer turns out to be the one who transcribes the tradition, probably adhering closely to it in order to legitimate the new medium of writing.''This is a remarkable book. Just what we have been waiting for to help us understand Mark not only as an exciting story but also as an enlivening performance of the good news. Wire pulls together the challenging breakthroughs of recent research on various fronts that are forcing us to rethink some of the most basic assumptions of the modern study of Scripture. She ingeniously organizes her discussion around the objections often raised by those embedded in 'print-culture' who can't imagine that the Gospel of Mark could have been composed in oral performance. She patiently and clearly leads skeptical modern students and scholars step by step into the ancient world of oral communications where stories developed in the telling and retelling.''Richard HorsleyProfessor of New TestamentUniversity of Massachusetts in Boston''In this exquisitely argued book, Anne Wire pulls together recent research on the oral and aural dimensions of written texts to present a compelling case for the composition of the Gospel of Mark in performance. Rarely does one have the pleasure of reading a book that presents its argument with such precision, clarity, and elegance. The paradigm shift that many have been calling for is here beautifully launched and can no longer be ignored.''Holly L. HearonProfessor of New TestamentChristian Theological Seminary''Wire's book is a must read for all interested in the Gospel of Mark. It convincingly makes the case that Mark is orally composed tradition told by several storytellers over time--not the product of a single author. The book systematically reviews and refutes the various arguments that Mark was a written composition and not oral traditional literature, demonstrating that in fact oral composition over time is a better explanation for the Gospel's origin. She also shows what a difference this makes for interpreting Mark. This book should have a major impact on Markan studies for students and scholars alike.''Joanna DeweyHarvey H. Guthrie Jr. Professor Emerita of Biblical StudiesEpiscopal Divinity SchoolAntoinette Clark Wire is Professor of New Testament Emerita at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Her writings include The Corinthian Women Prophets: A Reconstruction through Paul's Rhetoric and Holy Lives, Holy Deaths: A Close Hearing of Early Jewish Storytellers. 240 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498213499ISBN 13: 9781498213493
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In The Truth Is the Way, Christopher Ben Simpson presents Kierkegaard's work as a theologia viatorum, a theology to guide one on life's way. Thistruth that is the way is at once existential, metaphysical, and theological - the highest truth is a living in accord with reality that is revealed to us and enabled in us by Jesus Christ. This picture ofKierkegaard's thought, drawing on the whole of his published corpus, presents his perspectives (by way of prolegomena) on the nature oftruth, of communication and of faith and (more substantially) his guiding vision of the world, God, humanity, and Christ, culminating in Kierkegaard's understanding of the manner of life lived in light of this vision - of a journey walked in the virtues of patience, faith, hope, and love toward a life of joy in the midst of suffering, of communion withoneself, with God, with others. 228 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 149821231XISBN 13: 9781498212311
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Is faith a necessary virtue in the contemporary world May it be, or must it be, detached from religious commitment What do genealogies of the secular tell us about faith Does religion need secular faith Secular Faith brings together leading and emerging scholars to reflect on the apparent paradox of ''secular faith.'' Ranging over anthropology, religious studies, political science, history, and literature, from Muslims in China to Pentecostals in South Africa to a prison chapel in Texas, this collection of essays is as engaging and accessible as it is penetrating and rigorous.Communism was once labeled ''the god that failed.'' Like Christianity, Communism involves faith in a superhuman endeavor, conversion, myth, discipline, and salvation--and, from the perspective of secular liberalism, both are unjustified and false. In recent years, scholars have begun to investigate whether secularism is itself based on faith in a god that failed, or is failing. Nevertheless, many still embrace such a faith, finding in the spirit of democracy an ethos of eternal renewal. Secular Faith enters and broadens this conversation, interrogating secular faith in a global context, tapping new theoretical resources, and grappling provocatively with the tragedies and opportunities of today's profane pantheon of beliefs. 272 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212301ISBN 13: 9781498212304
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Virtues are values underlying human practices. We are at the dawn of a new era, an era of global ethics requiring some core virtues. These core virtues are hospitality, co-living, respect, tolerance, and communality. Book 1 treats the virtue of hospitality that is a right and a duty of all, and which is still to be discovered and practiced unconditionally. Book 2 deals with the virtues of co-living, respect, and tolerance, which are important virtues if the peoples of the earth are to live together in peace in our common home, the planet Earth. Finally, Book 3 deals with the virtue of communality; this is a very important virtue because a large part of humanity experiences hunger and thirst, which is something scandalous in this day and age, and which demonstrates a lack of humanity, because we possess the technical means and political framework to resolve this situation. If these core virtues become a reality, they will transform human practices into something beneficial both to human beings and to the planet Earth, our common home. 282 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498213189ISBN 13: 9781498213189
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At the center of Christianity is Jesus of Nazareth--whose maleness is used by many to justify the subordination of women and to emphasize that men, rather than women, better represent Jesus.This raises a number of questions that are the subject of this book. What is the significance of Jesus' maleness Does it reveal the character of God Is it foundational for the gospel Is Jesus' maleness associated with an ongoing created order of male priority Our answers will affect Christianity's task of love, justice, and reconciliation in a world that is characterized by the global marginalization, oppression, and abuse of women. 308 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212662ISBN 13: 9781498212663
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Who is the God in whom Christians believe Is he just a figment of the human mind as critics of religion claimed in the nineteenth century and as crusading atheists assert again today Since the beginnings of rational thought the brightest minds among humanity have attempted to assert that God does indeed exist. But even the so-called proofs for God's existence always started with the assumption that there is someone to prove. As soon as we move beyond that which is within space and time mere proofs or disproofs no longer suffice. Both believers and unbelievers live to a certain degree by faith. Yet religion is inextricably connected with human history.When we journey through the landscape of religion and witness its gradual unfolding we soon realize that not all religions are equal. Though they may be witnesses of the same God, the way they talk about God is so different that this not only leads to very different concepts of God but also to different approaches to life on this earth. At the end of this long journey we finally arrive at the Judeo-Christian tradition which witnesses to the God in whom Christians believe. This book seeks to show how this belief matured and what difference this belief still makes today. 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212972ISBN 13: 9781498212977
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis by Gonzalo Haya-Prats, written in the Catholic interpretive tradition under the supervision of Johannine scholar Ignace de la Potterie at the Gregorian University in Rome, reflects a faith tradition that historically remained open to the miraculous and resisted regulations on activities of the Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts. Accordingly, Haya-Prats interprets the workings of the Spirit from a perspective of narrative sensitivity. He is deliberately diligent to exercise due care so as not to obscure narrative flow and connectivity, despite any ecclesial or interpretive precedents that might be of influence to the contrary. His exegetical method is to let the original meaning be discerned and discovered according to the author's intention as closely as possible. With this sound interpretive approach Haya-Prats achieves a remarkable degree of freshness and insightful vision that all readers of Luke-Acts will welcome. Students and scholars alike should find this timely and thoughtful thesis to be a valuable and long-lasting contribution to New Testament studies.This English edition is made more accessible by including translations of all contemporary foreign languages, and editor Paul Elbert offers occasional explanatory notes that engage current scholarship relevant to Haya-Prats's presentation. 316 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498213006ISBN 13: 9781498213004
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware ---Has modern science made philosophy obsolete Is the soul real Do we have a free will Why should we be moral Does God exist, and if so, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world What is the relation between faith and reason Ric Machuga takes a holistic approach to these questions. No philosophical idea, no matter how small, can live alone. Ideas always gain their force, power, and life from their surroundings--their ''ecosystem.''The ecosystem of ideas defended in this book comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and his medieval interpreter, Thomas Aquinas. The ongoing relevance of their philosophical thought to twenty-first century issues is opened up in fascinating ways.Life, the Universe, and Everything is the product of thirty years of teaching introductory courses in philosophy. Assuming no prior background, it only requires of readers an enquiring mind and a willingness to think carefully. An ideal guide to the big questions we face. 326 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498210724ISBN 13: 9781498210720
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -New Testament theology ought to be both descriptive and constructive-this is the argument of New Testament Theology: Extending the Table. According to Isaak, New Testament theology is descriptive in that it deals with the accounts that people narrate of their experience with Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the light of Easter. It is constructive in that it joins the diverse testimonies of the New Testament writers into a textured and thick space within which contemporary followers of Jesus continue to be shaped by the ancient yet living Spirit of God. Isaak's approach is historical, thematic, and theological in orientation. It explores the conversation taking place 'around the table,' where the writers of the NT share their guiding vision of God's saving work among them, and their passion for the Christian church engaged in God's mission. The differing perspectives of the New Testament authors are held together without reduction, forming a deep and rich space within which ongoing community reflection and praxis can take place. 404 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498211895ISBN 13: 9781498211895
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -''All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.''Lady Julian of NorwichUniversalism runs like a slender thread through the history of Christian theology. It has always been a minority report and has often been regarded as heresy, but it has proven to be a surprisingly resilient ''idea.'' Over the centuries Christian universalism, in one form or another, has been reinvented time and time again.In this book an international team of scholars explore the diverse universalisms of Christian thinkers from the Origen to Moltmann. In the introduction Gregory MacDonald argues that theologies of universal salvation occupy a space between heresy and dogma. Therefore disagreements about whether all will be saved should not be thought of as debates between ''the orthodox'' and ''heretics'' but rather as ''in-house'' debates between Christians.The studies that follow aim, in the first instance, to hear, understand, and explain the eschatological claims of a range of Christians from the third to the twenty-first centuries. They also offer some constructive, critical engagement with those claims.Origen (Tom Greggs)Gregory of Nyssa (Steve Harmon)Julian of Norwich (Robert Sweetman)The Cambridge Platonists (Louise Hickman)James Relly (Wayne K. Clymer)Elhanan Winchester (Robin Parry)Friedrich Schleiermacher (Murray Rae)Thomas Erskine (Don Horrocks)George MacDonald (Thomas Talbott)P. T. Forsyth (Jason Goroncy)Sergius Bulgakov (Paul Gavrilyuk)Karl Barth (Oliver Crisp)Jaques Ellul (Andrew Goddard)J. A. T. Robinson (Trevor Hart)Hans Urs von Balthasar (Edward T. Oakes, SJ)John Hick (Lindsay Hall)Jurgen Moltmann(Nik Ansell) 468 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Cascade Books Jan 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1498212522ISBN 13: 9781498212526
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Christian ethics is less a system of principles, rules, or even virtues, and more of a free and open-ended responsible witness to God's gracious action to be with and for others and the world.Postmodernity has left us with the risky uncertainty of knowing and doing the good. It also leaves us with the global risks of political violence and terrorism, economic globalization and financial crisis, and environmental destruction and global climate change. How should Christians respond to these problems This book creatively explores how Christian ethics is best understood a witness to God's action, thereby providing the ethical framework for addressing the various problematic social issues that put our world at risk.Haddorff develops the notion of witness through a detailed study of Karl Barth's theological ethics. Barth, he argues, provides a language enabling us to know what a Christian ethics of witness actually looks like in both theory and in practice. In correspondence to God's gracious action, Christians remain free to think and act in faith, hope, and love in respondence to their unique circumstances, even in a world at risk. In their witness, Christians remain confident that God has not abandoned the world but loves and cares for its future. 498 pp. Englisch.