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  • - Toward a Theocentric, Naturalistic, Theological Ethics
    av Byron C Bangert
    409,-

    Bangert shows how the work of three major contemporary Protestant thinkers, James M. Gustafson, Sallie McFague, and David Ray Griffin, may be fruitfully appropriated for the articulation of an ethics that is responsive to the Christian tradition while sharing the modern commitment''s appeal to human experience and reason. Each of these three thinkers eschews a priori appeal to the authority of religious tradition, as each takes seriously scientific knowledge of our world. Each accents ways in which current scientific understandings inform, and in some cases are informed by, contemporary appropriations of the language and thought of Christian tradition. Each is also concerned to relate his or her approach to human valuing, life, and action. A critical appraisal of their work shows that none provides a sufficient basis for an intellectually and religiously adequate theological ethics, but that each contributes elements necessary to the articulation of such an ethics within the Protestant Christian tradition as it confronts the religious and intellectual challenges of today''s world.Bangert has done a remarkable job in bringing three important constructive proposals for contemporary theology into respectful dialogue with one another. In addition to presenting the positions of Gustafson, Griffin, and McFague fairly and sympathetically, he makes a convincing case that their respective contributions can only be strengthened and enriched through critical engagement with one another. This book has many virtues to commend it, not least of which are the clarity of analysis and the simple elegance of its prose style. It is a model of rigorous, yet irenic, theological argumentation.Paul E. Capetzauthor of God: A Brief HistoryByron C. Bangert is Research Associate at the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with over 25 years'' experience as a parish minister. His Ph.D. in religious studies is from Indiana University.

  • av John Vissers
    419

    A biographical study on the Theology of W. W. Bryden.

  •  
    359,-

    An outstanding collection of original essays, most published here for the first time, With Passion and Compassion provides the outlines of the common struggle of Third World women to forge their own, liberative theology. Protestant and Catholic, these women from Asia, Africa, and Latin America explore the question of what it means to be a Christian, and a woman, in the Third World.The contributors to With Passion and Compassion address traditional theological topics: christology, spirituality, the Bible. But they do so from the perspective that comes out of a struggle to overcome social and economic oppression. Their reflections constitute a powerful statement of faith as well as a challenge to existing structures and thinking, political and patriarchal.The publication of With Passion and Compassion is cause for celebration. The strong voices of Third World Christian women must be heard, loudly and clearly, by First World white feminists and by any who are serious about human liberation in our time.--Beverly W. HarrisonUnion Theological SeminaryA vivid testimony to the 'irruption within the irruption' of Third World feminist theology, arising from within the liberation theologies of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Only with the voicing of the Third World woman's perspective does it become possible to know what it really means to make a preferential option for the poor. For the poor Third World woman is the poorest of the world's poor.--Rosemary Radford RuetherProfessor EmeritaPacific School of ReligionThroughout the world women have begun to redefine religion and spirituality in light of their everyday experience. Written from Third World Christian women's perspectives these essays are a very significant contribution toward a global feminist theology of liberation--must reading for anyone engaged in church and theology.--Elisabeth Schussler FiorenzaKrister Stendahl Professor of DivinityHarvard Divinity SchoolThis collective work by women from Asia, Africa, and Latin America is a prophetic voice that untangles the webs of multi-layered oppressions and offers a vision of a new human community. Their methodology and context represents a powerful challenge to traditional theologies.--James H. ConeBriggs Distinguished ProfessorUnion Theological SeminaryVirginia Fabella, a Maryknoll sister from the Philippines, is editor of Asia's Struggle for Full Humanity and coeditor of Asian Spirituality.Mercy Amba Oduyoye, a Ghanaian, is the coeditor of One Gospel, Many Cultures (2003) and author of Introducing African Women's Theology.

  • av Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    485

    Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AIDS TO REFLECTION. INTRODUCTORY APHORISMS. APHORISM I. In philosophy equally as in poetry, it is the highest and most useful prerogative of genius to produce the strongest impressions of novelty, while it rescues admitted truths from the neglect caused by the very circumstance of their universal admission. Extremes meet. Truths, of all others the most awful and interesting, are too often considered as so true, that they lose all the power of truth, and lie bed-ridden in the dormitory of the soul, side by side with the most despised and exploded errors. APHORISM II. There is one sure way of giving freshness and importance to the most common-place maxims?that of reflecting on them in direct reference to our own state and conduct, to our own past and future being. APHOEISM III. To restore a common-place truth to its firstuncommon lustre, you need only translate it into action. But to do this, you must have reflected on its truth. APHORISM IV. LEIGHTON AND COLERIDGE. It is the advice of the wise man, Dwell at home, or, with yourself; and though there are very few that do this, yet it is surprising that the greatest part of mankind cannot be prevailed upon, at least to visit themselves sometimes; hut, according to the saying of the wise Solomon, The eyes of the fool are in the ends of the earth. A reflecting mind, says an ancient writer, is the spring and source of every good thing. Omnis boni principium intellectus cogitabundus. It is at once the disgrace and the misery of men, that they live without forethought. Suppose yourself fronting, a mirror. Now what the objects behind you are to their images at the same apparent distance before you, such is reflection to fore-thought. As a man without fore-thought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so f...

  • av Alpheus Crosby
    249

    The principles upon which the Tables of Paradigms have been constructed, are the following: I. To avoid needless repetition; II. To give the forms just as they appear upon the Greek page, that is, without abbreviation and without hyphens; III. To represent the language according to its actual use, and not according to the theories or fancies of the Alexandrine and Byzantine grammarians; IV. To distinguish between regular and irregular usage. --from the PrefaceContents I. Tables of Orthography and Orthoepy II. Tables of Etymology III. Principal Rules of Syntax IV. Forms of Analysis and ParsingAlpheus Crosby (1810-1874) was Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Dartmouth College. Among his numerous publications are: ''A Grammar of the Greek Language,'' ''A Lexicon to Xenophon''s Anabasis,'' and ''The Anabasis of Xenophon.''

  • - Lectures on Pastoral Theology
    av John W D D Nevin
    299,-

    During the relatively short history of American Protestantism countless pastors, theologians, and pastor-theologians have addressed a variety of pragmatic issues facing Christian congregations. No one has done so with greater theological precision and passion than the Reformed theologian John Williamson Nevin (1803-1886). Nevin made his mark in American Protestantism with the publication of The Anxious Bench and The Mystical Presence. In this volume, Sam Hamstra brings to light Nevin's previously unpublished "Lectures on Pastoral Theology," a work that provides students with a more comprehensive portrait of one of the nineteenth century's leading Reformed theologians in America. Hamstra's introduction provides an important companion to Nevin's "Lectures," one that includes application for twenty-first-century pastors, as well as a surprise for those familiar with Nevin's critique of New Measures.

  • av H S Cronin
    319,-

    Overview The early church leaders were prolific in their writing and historical documentation. While some of this work has been canonized, much has been forgotten. The Text and Studies: Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature collection resurrects these documents in a renewed and focused study, attempting to glean the wisdom and insight of the ancients. These volumes dig deep into apocryphal literature with critical analyses, close readings, and examinations of the original manuscripts.

  • av Matt Hyam
    295,-

    ""As Matt Hyam chronicles the transformation of his faith community, his personal honesty about bewildering questions is a fresh reprieve from those who would spin their journey as an act of pastoral genius. He allows us a glimpse of the uncontainable wind of the Spirit in the life of a congregation and its minister."" Dr. Bradley Jersak, Author, Editor-in-Chief, CWR Magazine ""If you are wondering what is going on with young Christian leaders and value honest reflection over ''spin'' or self-promotion--euphemistically called ''marketing''--then I Still Have More Questions Than Answers is spot on. Herein Matt candidly displays the scrapbook of his journey to follow Jesus and ''do church'' in ways that make sense for current culture. It is an enjoyable and enlightening read.""Rt. Rev Todd Hunter, Bishop, Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others; Former president of Alpha (USA) ""How refreshing to find someone willing to shine a light on the subtle shadow that lingers behind many of the practices we do in ministry and church life. Matt''s tone is not condemning nor accusatory, but honest and inviting. Through sharing his story he invites us all to look a little deeper into the ''why''s'' and ''how''s'' of our faith journey.""Dr. Eric Sandras, Author, Lead Pastor of Sanctuary Church, Colorado SpringsMatt Hyam is the senior pastor of the Southampton Vineyard. Over recent years his journey has involved a process of rethinking many of his basic assumptions about the Christian life that he previously took for granted. His new understanding has had a significant impact on his lifestyle and the way he leads the congregation.

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    485

    Original essays demonstrate that sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology all leave their mark on theology and open new paths to understanding, and that theology in turn provides significant questions and perspectives for the social sciences.By providing archeological data, sociological theory, demographics and economic data, psychological insights, and new methods of historical interpretation, the social sciences can open the way for a more sophisticated understanding of the social nature of human existence. Theology challenges the social sciences through moral and transcendental questions as well as informs the social sciences through its larger and deeper perspectives.The symbiotic nature of this relationship is described in the lead-off essays by John Coleman and Gregory Baum. The rich conversation between theologians and sociologists that follows moves from Von Balthasar''s use of the social sciences and Rahner''s approach to ecumenism to the roles of psychology and neuropsychology in understanding religious events.Michael Barnes holds the Alumni Chair in the Humanities and is a professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton. He is the author of In the Presence of Mystery: An Introduction to the Story of Human Religiousness (XXIII, 1990) and Stages of Thought: the Co-Evolution of Religious Thought and Science (Oxford, 2000).

  •  
    409,-

    Theology and the New Histories explores how Christianity, as an historical religion, is responding to the challenge of multiple readings of history--women''s history, history written from the perspective of minority groups, new sources of history, including those that are non-Western, and deconstructionist history. These new histories pose challenges to the assumptions of traditional theology. They also affect our understanding of the history of Christianity and of the development of Christian doctrine. Contributors include: Terrence W. Tilley, Justo L. Gonzalez, Michael Horace Barnes, Vincent J. Miller, Elizabeth A. Clark, Barbara Green, O.P., Ann R. Riggs, Donna Teevan, James T. Fisher, Pamela Kirk, Ann Coble, Franklin H. Littell, Brian F. Linnane, and Margaret R. Pfeil.""In many respects this volume raises more questions than it even purports to solve. But that, perhaps, is the point. We don''t know how future histories will look (in other words, what our past will become); we don''t know how these histories will affect future theology...This very uncertainty, frightening as it is, surely is also equally liberating. We may be tied to the past, but we are not bound to it. The very multiplicity of the Christian past can be an ally in freeing us to choose from any number of possible Christian futures."" --from the Preface by Gary MacyDr. Gary Macy, John Nobili, S.J. Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University received his Bachelor''s and Master''s degrees from Marquette University and his doctoral degree from Cambridge University in 1978. He has published ten books and over twenty articles on the history of the Christian history and ritual. He is currently Director of the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries.

  • av Mitch Finley
    285,-

    What is Catholic spirituality for the contemporary man? A Man''s Guide to Being Catholic addresses this question with a direct yet open-minded viewpoint to the spiritual and sociological issues that face the sexes in our society, both in the world and in the church. With a no-nonsense approach, this book guides you on a journey of insight into what it means to be a Catholic man and how to maintain stability amid ongoing cultural evolution. You will discover that there are unchanging ways of finding God, and that there is still a place for maleness and a male point of view... and the model for such a point of view is Jesus Christ.Mitch Finley is the author of more than 30 books on themes of interest to Catholic readers, including: It''s Not the Same Without You: Coming Home to the Catholic Church, The Rosary Handbook, and Key Moments in Church History. He earned a B.A. in Religious Studies from Santa Clara University and an M.A. in Theology from Marquette University. To learn more visit www.mitchandkathyfinley.com.

  • - The Task of the Pastoral Counselor
    av Merle R Jordan
    319,-

    Taking on the Gods explores a clinical theological approach to the treatment of individuals, couples, and families suffering from neurotic styles of life. Merle Jordan exposes the origins of neuroses in idolatry: the substitution of false psychological gods for the true God as the center of ultimate reality. In attempting to earn the approval of these false gods and to escape their harsh judgment, one enters into a second idolatry: becoming one's own Messiah, parts of the self are sacrificed to placate the false gods. The resulting personality distortions are the source of many emotional difficulties. Jordan discusses not only the role of pastoral counselors in helping clients confront their idols, but also the counselors responsibility to recognize their own false gods. Topics covered include: Pastoral Counseling as the Encounter Between Gods, The Implicit Religious Drama in Marital and Family Counseling, The Operational Theology of the Common Cold - Depression, and Self-justification Versus Justification by Faith Through Grace. According to Jordan, helping people to 'take on their gods, to free themselves to experience the loving God, is the heart of the pastoral counselor's task.

  • av Edgar C S Gibson
    415,-

    ""No one can read the New Testament with any care and attention without being struck by the prominence givin therein to faith or belief. Our Lord''s ministry began with the call to '' repent and believe the Gospel.'' Faith was the demand which He habitually made from those who sought His help; and as the reward of faith His mighty works were wrought."" -From Chapter I--Of Creeds in General: The Grounds on which the Requirement of Faith is MadeEdgar Charles Sumner Gibson (1848-1924) was the thirty-first Bishop of Gloucester. He was born into a clerical family and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordained in 1872, his first post was as Chaplain at Wells Theological College, rising to Vice Principal in 1875. His next post was as principal of Leeds Clergy School and he later became Rural Dean of the area and Vicar of Leeds Parish Church.

  • av Joseph Summers & Joseph Holmes Summers
    369,-

    George Herbert has for centuries been admired by the religious for his piety and by lovers of poetry for his language and his wit. In the present volume, Professor Summers seeks to abolish this dualism of approach: he is concerned throughout to demonstrate Herbert''s religion as it is expressed in his poems, and to interpret the poems in the light of his religion, for they are a ""picture"" of meticulously observed spiritual experience. He gives us a scholarly, lucid, and integrated study of a much-loved poet, who was at once a good man, a profound Christian thinker, and a most daring experimentalist in the craft of verse. Professor Summers charts the many currents and cross-currents of early seventeenth century religious thought that affected Herbert, traces the stages of the poet''s life, and then proceeds to a thorough examination of the form and content of his work. There are interesting chapters on his metrical ""counterpoint,"" his dramatic-colloquial style, and the influence of music upon his poetry. This is not only an authoritative study of the poet himself but a notable contribution to the problem, so keenly discussed today, of religious belief in relation to poetry.Joseph H. Summers, Sr. (1920-2003) was the Roswell S. Burrows Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Rochester and an internationally respected authority on Renaissance literature. He was especially known for his work on seventeenth-century poet George Herbert and for his critical studies of John Milton. Summers also wrote significantly on Shakespeare, John Donne, and other writers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.His other publications include: Muse''s Method: An Introduction of Paradise Lost; The Heirs of Donne and Jonson; Dreams of Love and Power: On Shakespeare''s Plays; The Lyric and Dramatic Milton; Selected Poems of Marvell; and Selected Poems of George Herbert.

  • av Kevin Koch
    299 - 509

  • av P R Coleman-Norton
    645

    This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language. In time the monuments here translated cover the period from the foundation of the Church to the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor in the West (476), and to the publication of the second (and only extant) edition of the Code of Justinian I, the most conspicuous champion of Caesaropapism in the East (534)--each terminus ad quem being an arbitrary, but a natural, limit. The character of the originals, which are mostly in either Greek or Latin, is strictly secular, that is, the documents emanate from the State''s officials, ordinarily the emperors, and thus expose the State''s attitude toward the Church. --From the IntroductionP.R. Coleman-Norton (1898-1971) was an associate professor emeritus of classics at Princeton University and an authority on Roman law. He wrote more than 400 articles in encyclopedias and in classical and theological periodicals, and published several volumes on Roman law. During World War II, he served with Army intelligence in Egypt, French North Africa and Italy.

  • av P R Coleman-Norton
    605

    This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language. In time the monuments here translated cover the period from the foundation of the Church to the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor in the West (476), and to the publication of the second (and only extant) edition of the Code of Justinian I, the most conspicuous champion of Caesaropapism in the East (534)--each terminus ad quem being an arbitrary, but a natural, limit. The character of the originals, which are mostly in either Greek or Latin, is strictly secular, that is, the documents emanate from the State''s officials, ordinarily the emperors, and thus expose the State''s attitude toward the Church. --From the IntroductionP.R. Coleman-Norton (1898-1971) was an associate professor emeritus of classics at Princeton University and an authority on Roman law. He wrote more than 400 articles in encyclopedias and in classical and theological periodicals, and published several volumes on Roman law. During World War II, he served with Army intelligence in Egypt, French North Africa and Italy.

  • av P R Coleman-Norton
    565

    This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language. In time the monuments here translated cover the period from the foundation of the Church to the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor in the West (476), and to the publication of the second (and only extant) edition of the Code of Justinian I, the most conspicuous champion of Caesaropapism in the East (534)--each terminus ad quem being an arbitrary, but a natural, limit. The character of the originals, which are mostly in either Greek or Latin, is strictly secular, that is, the documents emanate from the State''s officials, ordinarily the emperors, and thus expose the State''s attitude toward the Church. --From the IntroductionP.R. Coleman-Norton (1898-1971) was an associate professor emeritus of classics at Princeton University and an authority on Roman law. He wrote more than 400 articles in encyclopedias and in classical and theological periodicals, and published several volumes on Roman law. During World War II, he served with Army intelligence in Egypt, French North Africa and Italy.

  • av Fred a Wilcox & Philip Berrigan
    369,-

    ""A Christian who truly walks the radical way of the cross. Phil Berrigan overturns the tables of injustice and summons us to love our enemies and worship the God of peace. Like Thoreau, Ghandi, King, and Dorothy Day, Phil Berrigan exemplifies courage. He is both an inspiration and a challenge to me and countless others. Here is a true hero of our turbulent times."" --Martin Sheen""Few nations in history have had a prophet of Phil Berrigan''s stature. With iron intransigency he has stood in the breach leading to nuclear omnicide. The state has tried to quash his witness time after time; arrests, lockups, long sentences, all the paraphernalia of intimidation. Why doesn''t it work? What enable this jack-in-the-box prophet to pop up, again and again? Find out. Read this book."" --Walter Wink, author, Engaging the Powers""How important it is for our children to know this history of courage, risk, and commitment that they won''t find in history books."" --Grace Paley""I have been waiting for Phil Berrigan''s autobiography and it is a pleasure to read. His words have the direct, simple eloquence of his actions. He provokes and inspires, and dares to be critical of himself even as he recounts a life committed to peace, justice, and community."" --Howard Zinn""One of the best books I have ever read. I loved its honest probing of the thoughts, feelings, and actions of an unusually sensitive, occasionally wrong-headed, but clearly not self-righteous pioneer in the struggle for a better world. Its acute analyses of the periods in which Phil had lived, from before World War II to the present, are invaluable contributions to real history.""--David Dellinger, author, From Yale to Jail""It is difficult to be dispassionate about the Berrigans. No one who knows them can doubt that they are heroic individuals, willing to do what many realize should be done, regardless of the personal cost. . . . There are not too many people of whom this can honestly be said."" --Noam Chomsky Philip Berrigan was a World War II veteran, a Catholic priest and a pacifist. He was also a writer and a visionary who inspired people to ""speak truth to power.""Fred A. Wilcox is an honors graduate of the University of Iowa Writer''s Workshop. He is the author of Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange.

  • av Barry R Strong & James M O S F S Reese
    319,-

    ""For many years, biblical commentators have been calling for the incorporation of what the French call ''the human sciences'' into New Testament interpretation. This book responds to that call. A global statement of what is at stake is found in the article on the need by Pierre Grelot in the June 1976 issue of Nouvelle Revue Theologique. Actually, much of the groundwork for this effort is available in the writings of Eugene A. Nida, many of which were composed in connection with his preparation of transcultural aids for translators of the Bible."" --From the IntroductionJames M. Reese, O.S.F.S. was an associate professor of theology at St. John''s University in New York City. He was a member of the editorial staff of The Bible Today and Biblical Theology Bulletin, and worked with continuing education programs for clergy and religious. His books include: Jesus, His Word and Work, a study-guide to the Synoptic Gospels; 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Volume 16 of the New Testament Message series; and The Books of Wisdom, Song of Songs, Volume 20 of the Old Testament Message series.

  • av A C Clark
    599,-

    The general object of this book is to show how internal evidence furnished by MSS. can be utilized to cast light upon the filiation of codices, and in some cases upon the archetype from which they are derived; also to apply such knowledge to the criticism and emendation of the text. The argument rests mainly upon two principles, viz.:(1) the regularity of writing in ancient MSS., which, as a rule, contain a similar, or even the same, number of letters to a line.(2) the frequency of line-omissions in MSS. --from the PrefaceA. C. Clark (1859-1937) was Corpus Professor of Latin at Oxford University. In addition to editing numerous classical texts, he is also the author of 'The Cursus in Medieval and Vulgar Latin,' 'Recent Developments in Textual Criticism,' and 'The Primitive Text of the Gospels and Acts.'

  • av A E Cowley
    489,-

    The Aramaic papyri found on the island of Elephantine, Egypt (ancient Yeb, opposite Syene) come from the fifth century BC. They include letters, personal archives, public archives, the 'Words of Ahikar,' the Behistun inscription, accounts, and lists. Cowley provides here the Aramaic transcriptions and English translations for all the texts available to him. In this edition, an updated bibliography is provided.Some hundred years after the discovery of the first Aramaic papyri almost all the published pieces were brought together in a small volume by one of the main contributors to the decipherment and publication of these texts, A. E. Cowley. For thirty years, until publication of the Brooklyn Museum Aramaic papyri the name of Cowley was virtually synonymous with Aramaic papyri. -Bezalel Porten author of Archives of ElephantineA. E. Cowley (1861-1931) was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University, and Sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library. Among his other publications is 'The Samaritan Liturgy'; he also edited the English edition of 'Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar.'

  • av Dr Robert P Lightner
    295,-

    What Is Truth? Pilate asked this monumental question a long time ago, but it didn't start or end with him. It has been the penetrating question in the thinking of thousands almost from day one. It reverberates in cloisters and classrooms alike. It mystifies youth and eludes the aged. It tease the philosopher and haunts the skeptic. Fortunately, there is an answer. Dr. Robert P. Lightner of Dallas Theological Seminary points to the truth and shows how it opens the door to life at its best - The Good Life.Robert P. Lightner (Th.B., Baptist Bible Seminary; Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary; M.L.A., Souther Methodist University) is Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus at DTS. He has taught courses in biblical studies and theology at Baptist Bible Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary for almost 50 years.

  • av James Denney
    485

    James Denney (1856-1917) served as Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at Glasgow Free Church College. His primary works include 'The Atonement and the Modern Mind' (1903) and 'The Christian Doctrine of Reconciliation' (1917).

  • av Reader Stephen C Barton
    319,-

    Probably no other works of ancient literature have had a greater influence on religious life and thought than the Four Gospels. Certainly no other works have been the subject of such intense study by those determined to learn more about the Gospels' central, often enigmatic, figure. And yet, despite the bewildering variety of scholarly approaches, few have sought to interpret the Gospels in terms of the distinctive spirituality that each contains and seeks to evoke in its readers. That is the aim of this important new book -- to help today's readers explore what each Gospel has to offer when viewed by its own right as a classic of Western spirituality. Written in a clear, non-technical style, the fresh perspectives this work presents will open new vistas on the familiar stories about the life, teaching, and ultimate significance of Jesus.Stephen C. Barton is a native of Sydney, Australia, and is currently Reader in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University, Durham, England. He is the author of 'Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today' (2001) and 'Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew '(2003) and editor of 'The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels' (2006).

  • av Margaret R (Graduate Theological Union Berkeley) Miles
    369,-

    Men and women throughout history have learned to shape their lives around Christian ideas, attitudes, and values in many different ways. They have been helped by liturgies, sermons, visual imagery, religious drama, and hymns. But perhaps the most important sources were the classic devotional manuals, like The Imitation of Christ and The Pilgrim's Progress, many of which are still in use today.In this book, Margaret Miles subjects these devotional manuals to a detailed critique. Miles speaks as a scholar, as a Christian living in the modern world, and as a woman, and she ends by discussing the relevance of her findings to Christian life today.Dr. Miles rightly highlights the importance of manuals in the spiritual formation of lay people down the ages. Her 'active and disobedient' reading of historical texts which were written for the 'care and cultivation of an interior life' engages the reader in a serious and fascinating study. In fact she has succeeded in fulfilling every literary critic's dream. She has written a book which sends us straight back to her primary sources by providing richly documented insights into the relevance of the imagery to our contemporary search for God.--Lavinia Byrne, IBVMMargart R. Miles was formerly Bussey Professor of Historical Theology at the Harvard University Divinity School. She is the author of 'Augustine on the Body', 'Image as Insight', and 'Carnal Knowing'.

  • av B Harris Cowper
    689,-

    ContentsIntroductionThe Protoevangelium of JamesThe Gospel of Pseudo-MatthewThe Gospel of the Nativity of MaryThe History of Joseph the CarpenterThe [Infancy] Gospel of ThomasThe Arabic Gospel of the InfancyThe Letter of Abgar to JesusThe Letter of Jesus to AbgarThe Letter of LentulusPrayer of Jesus, Son of MaryThe Story of VeronicaThe Gospel of Nicodemus, or Acts of PilateThe Latin Gospel of Nicodemus (I), or Acts of PilateThe Latin Gospel of Nicodemus (II), or Descent of Christ to the UnderwoldThe Letter of Pilate to TiberiusThe Letters of Herod and PilateThe Epistle of Pilate to CaesarThe Report of Pilate the GovernorThe Trial and Condemnation of PilateThe Death of PilateThe Story of Joseph of ArimatheaThe Revenging of the SaviourThe Syriac Gospel of the Boyhood of our Lord JesusB. Harris Cowper is the author of 'Syriac Miscellanies.' He is also the translator and editor of 'Principles of Syriac Grammar,' 'Analecta Nicaena,' and John Chrysostom's 'On the Priesthood'.

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    335

    In this helpful and artfully done work, one of great academicians of the nineteenth century provides the student with a path toward developing competency in Hebrew vocabulary. The work is organized by parts of speech and by frequency. This provides a handy tool for memorization as well as parts of speech and derivations.William Rainey Harper (1856-1906) was the first President of the University of Chicago. Among his publications are 'Introductory Hebrew,' 'The Elements of Hebrew Syntax,' and 'The Prophetic Element in the Old Testament.'

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