A Heretic's Guide to Eternity
Title | A Heretic's Guide to Eternity PDF eBook |
Author | Spencer Burke |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2007-06-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 078799782X |
Distinguishing between religion and spirituality, Burke offers what he calls a new way of looking at God, one centered on the idea of grace. He emphasizes a God who is looking to save the world, not a God who seems more intent on condemning certain practices . . . . For Burke, God is to be questioned, not simply obeyed. His challenging thesis will appeal to many people today who have given up on organized religion but still seek some connection to spirituality.
The Christian Skeptic
Title | The Christian Skeptic PDF eBook |
Author | Jody Seymour |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 144 |
Release | 2015-02-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1625649851 |
The Christian Skeptic was written for those who are not sure if they can still call themselves Christian because they are no longer able to "drink the Kool-Aid" of orthodoxy. It is also for seekers who find the person of Jesus intriguing or compelling but who struggle with all the doctrines that surround his story. Inspired by Leslie Weatherhead's now out-of-print book The Christian Agnostic, Jody Seymour takes a fresh look at some of the basic tenets of the Christian Faith. He offers new insight into concepts such as the nature of God, the person and work of Jesus, how to read the Bible, the role of the church, and the question of whether or not Jesus really said "my way or the highway." This book will give you an opportunity to explore the faith with the windows open to some fresh air, and you may discover that being caught between belief and doubt is a good place to be.
Evangelicals Engaging Emergent
Title | Evangelicals Engaging Emergent PDF eBook |
Author | William Henard |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2009-05-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0805464646 |
While plenty of books related to the conversations as well as controversies surrounding the emergent church have surfaced in recent years, no comprehensive evangelical assessment of the movement has been published until now. Evangelicals Engaging Emergent draws from a broad spectrum of conservative evangelicalism to serve as a clear, informative, fair, and respectful guide for those desiring to know what “emergent” means, why it originated, where the movement is going, what issues concern emergent believers, and where they sometimes go wrong theologically. Among the dozen contributors are Norman Geisler (“A Postmodern View of Scripture”), Darrell Bock (“Emergent/Emerging Christologies”), Ed Stetzer (“The Emergent/Emerging Church: A Missiological Perspective”), and Daniel Akin (“The Emerging Church and Ethical Choices: The Corinthian Matrix”).
The Logic of Intersubjectivity
Title | The Logic of Intersubjectivity PDF eBook |
Author | Darren M. Slade |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2020-08-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725268868 |
To survey harsh criticisms against Brian Douglas McLaren (1956‒), readers gain the inaccurate impression that he is a heretical relativist who denies objective truth and logic. While McLaren’s inflammatory and provocative writing style is partly to blame, this study also suspects that his critics base much of their analyses on only small portions of his overall corpus. The result becomes a caricature of McLaren’s actual philosophy of religion. What is argued in this book is that McLaren’s philosophy of religion suggests a faith-based intersubjective relationship with the divine ought to result in an existential appropriation of Christ’s religio-ethical teachings. When subjectively internalized, this appropriation will lead to the assimilation of Jesus’ kingdom priorities, thereby transforming the believer’s identity into one that actualizes Jesus’ kingdom ideals. The hope of this book is that by tracing McLaren’s philosophy of Christian religion, future researchers will not only be able to comprehend (and perhaps empathize with) McLaren’s line of reasoning, but they will also possess a more nuanced discernment of where they agree and disagree with his overall rationale.
Church in the Present Tense (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Title | Church in the Present Tense (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) PDF eBook |
Author | Scot McKnight |
Publisher | Brazos Press |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2011-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441214496 |
Much has been written by practitioners advocating the emerging church phenomenon, but confusion about the nature and beliefs of those who identify with the emerging church still exists. Now that the movement has aged a bit, the time has come for a more rigorous, scholarly analysis. Here four influential authors, each an expert in his field, discuss important cultural, theological, philosophical, and biblical underpinnings and implications of the emerging church movement. Their sympathetic yet critical assessment helps readers better understand the roots of the movement and the impact that it has had and is having on wider traditions.
Reflecting the Eternal
Title | Reflecting the Eternal PDF eBook |
Author | Marsha Daigle-Williamson |
Publisher | Hendrickson Publishers |
Total Pages | 345 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1619706652 |
It is no secret that C. S. Lewis's imagination was shaped by his beloved medieval and Renaissance literature. Here, Marsha Daigle-Williamson demonstrates that Lewis used Dante's Divine Comedy throughout his writing career, from The Pilgrim's Regress to The Chronicles of Narnia and Till We Have Faces. Book jacket.
Eternity realized; or, A guide to the thoughtful
Title | Eternity realized; or, A guide to the thoughtful PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Philip |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 1834 |
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