A Liberating Spirit

Author : Eldin Villafane
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666704431
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberating Spirit written by Eldin Villafane and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book takes a giant step both in theology and in social ethics. It forces theologians to examine the worship and spirituality of Hispanic Pentecostals as a source of theological construction and pushes the Pentecostalists themselves to see the broader social implications of their own faith expressions. With both Hispanic peoples and Pentecostalists forming a larger and larger portion of the American cultural and religious reality, this is a vital book, indeed an indispensable one, for any person knowledgeable about our society to read and ponder."Harvey Cox - Harvard Divinity School"Here is a pioneering book. . . . Villafane works a synthesis of the cultural and the spiritual and celebrates the capacity of Pentecostalism to appeal to Hispanic Americans. The time is ripe for this important book which delves into the very passion of the human heart and offers an ethic of hope and liberation. It should be read by anyone interested in the spiritual condition of Hispanics in a pluralistic society."Jesse Miranda - Azusa Pacific University"The Liberating Spirit should be required reading for anyone interested in the study of social ethics, Pentecostal theology, or Hispanic American theology. Dr. Villafane has broken the long-standing bifurcation of the profane and the sacred so often associated with Pentecostal theology. The Liberating Spirit introduces us to a new and liberating way of being Christians led by the spirit in the modern world."Samuel Solivan - Andover Newton Theological School"Fully aware of the pitfalls and promises of oral theology, Villafane approaches his topic from inside an Hispanic Pentecostal understanding of the Spirit, vividly describing the pains and joys of an Hispanic Pentecostal in the United States. . . . After reading this book it is impossible to paint the whole Pentecostal movement with the brush of right-wing theological and political conservatism."Walter Hollenweger - University of Birmingham, England

Author : Michael Bernard Beckwith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1582702055
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Liberation written by Michael Bernard Beckwith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spiritual leader featured in The Secret challenges readers to search within themselves for the key to unlocking their future and changing their lives in amazing ways, in a book that teaches inner spiritual work, rather than religiosity or dogma, and is structured around the key themes of transformation, peace, abundance, and more. Original.

Author : Michael Wilkinson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608992837
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Liberating Spirit written by Michael Wilkinson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, scholars of global Pentecostalism have proposed that the experience of the Spirit among Pentecostals has elicited the development of a Pentecostal "theology of liberation," which has implications for understanding Pentecostal responses to social issues. These projects primarily explore the Pentecostal response to cultural issues in areas outside of North America and especially focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This volume assesses whether the categories of social liberation applied to non-Western Pentecostalism characterize Pentecostalism in North America. Michael Wilkinson is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Religion in Canada Institute at Trinity Western University. His is the author of The Spirit Said Go (2006) and the editor of Canadian Pentecostalism (2009). Steven M. Studebaker is Assistant Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at McMaster Divinity College. He is the editor of Defining Issues in Pentecostal Theology (Pickwick, 2008).

Author : Samuel Solivan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781850759423
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit, Pathos and Liberation written by Samuel Solivan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of the Pentecostal movement is often most evident among the poor and disenfranchised of society, as, for example, among the Hispanic-American community. As this community continues to develop, will Pentecostal theology be able to incorporate into its hermeneutics those issues that especially concern it? Solivan looks at relevant issues to this debate from a Hispanic-American perspective, presenting an overview of Hispanic diversity, and its common roots and struggles. He talks of four critical issues in Hispanic theology (religious experience, suffering, the work of the Holy Spirit and the importance of language and culture) and other issues including acculturation and assimilation. He shows how a community's suffering and oppression can be transformed by the Holy Spirit into a liberating life, full of hope and promise.

Author : Jose Comblin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1592445624
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Holy Spirit and Liberation written by Jose Comblin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking from his own experiences living among the very poor in Northeastern Brazil, Belgian liberation theologian Jose Comblin examines the effects of the presence of the Spirit in the world and the church. Comblin's theology of the Spirit and mission provides the first systematic treatment of the Holy Spirit from a liberation perspective and is significant in that it seeks to name the action of the Spirit in the lives of the poor, in the history of oppressed peoples.

Author : George E. Tinker
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451408416
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit and Resistance written by George E. Tinker and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing from a Native American perspective, theologian Tinker probes American Indian culture, its vast religious and cultural legacy, and its ambiguous relationship to the tradition--historic Christianity--that colonized and converted it. He offers novel proposals about cultural survival and identity, sustainability, and the endangered health of Native Americans.

Author : Eldin Villafañe
Publisher : Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802807281
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberating Spirit written by Eldin Villafañe and published by Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this study has a single-minded goal--the construction of a social ethic for the Hispanic Pentecostal Church in America that both coheres with the Hispanic American sociocultural experience and remains consistent with Hispanic Pentecostalism's self-understanding of ethics emerging from its experience of the Spirit.

Author : Mark Galli
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441234306
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chaos and Grace written by Mark Galli and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's no secret that we are addicted to control. We work to control our time, our TVs, our weight, and even our faith lives. We strive for efficiency and quantifiable results. But all that control, we soon find out, is exhausting. And it is contrary to God's plan for us. In Chaos and Grace, Mark Galli offers readers freedom from the need for control and order by reintroducing them to the mysterious work of the Holy Spirit. In this insightful book, Galli exposes our individual mistakes and the church's foibles and points the way to grace--which, as it happens, usually lies through chaos and crisis. Through Scripture he shows us that this problem is not unique to modern believers and helps us learn from the stories of God's people through the ages as they gave up and gave in to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.

Author : Michael Wilkinson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630877948
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Liberating Spirit written by Michael Wilkinson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical ambivalence among Pentecostals about their relationship to culture and society needs evaluation. How do we understand Pentecostal engagement with society, and how are Pentecostals in North America engaging issues of race, class, gender, and ecology? What theologically motivates North American Pentecostals to respond to social issues? What categories best explain Pentecostal responses to social issues in North America? How do they compare to Pentecostal responses elsewhere? Recently, scholars of global Pentecostalism have proposed that the experience of the Spirit among Pentecostals has elicited the development of a Pentecostal "theology of liberation," which has implications for understanding Pentecostal responses to social issues. These projects primarily explore the Pentecostal response to cultural issues in areas outside of North America and especially focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This volume assesses whether the categories of social liberation applied to non-Western Pentecostalism characterize Pentecostalism in North America. Is there evidence of a Pentecostal "theology of liberation" that explains Pentecostal engagement in North America? Do social-liberation categories fit the North American Pentecostal responses to social issues or are others more suitable? These and other important questions about the relation between liberation theology and North American Pentecostalism are thoroughly explored in this important collection of essays.

Author : Tim Timmons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780913686072
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chains of the Spirit written by Tim Timmons and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you discern what is demonic activity? How do you cope with spiritual warfare? With force and sensitivity Timmons identifies the demonic and sets forth the means of release from these chains of bondage as few other authors can do.