Order And Disorder In The First Christian Century

Author : F. Gerald Downing
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004255818
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Order and (Dis)order in the First Christian Century written by F. Gerald Downing and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articulate first century Mediterranean society, Jewish and Christian included, expressly favoured harmonious order in society, in individuals, in communication, and in thought. Its common basis was the patriarchal family, the rule of law, rational self-control, and rational thought. Yet there was also resistance to oppressive and unjust order in all spheres; and while law could be held educative, yet there were substantial first century critiques of law, not just Paul’s, and awareness that judicial procedures could be chaotic and biassed. Strands of such dissidence appear in Jesus and in Paul, with significant relevance for any understanding of the early Christian movement(s) and contemporary Judaism(s) in Graeco-Roman context, but also with important implications for any practical reflections and application.

Author : Francis Gerald Downing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567376214
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense in (and of) the First Christian Century written by Francis Gerald Downing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Christian century must be approached with careful attention to its cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. It should not simply be assumed that this past 'is a different place, they do things differently there'. Downing treats the ways in which early Christians tried to 'make things make sense' within their cultures, noting both the similarities and differences between their ways and contemporary ones and stressing the variety of contexts and influences on first-century communication. Downing brings his renowned expertise to bear in illuminating the cultural features of early Christian society with a range of fascinating and telling examples.

Author : Fleming Rutledge
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467451479
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advent written by Fleming Rutledge and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advent, says Fleming Rutledge, is not for the faint of heart. As the midnight of the Christian year, the season of Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book, with her trademark wit and wisdom, Rutledge explores Advent as a time of rich paradoxes, a season celebrating at once Christ’s incarnation and his second coming, and she masterfully unfolds the ethical and future-oriented significance of Advent for the church.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas A. Campbell
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467449423
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul written by Douglas A. Campbell and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Campbell has made a name for himself as one of Paul’s most insightful and provocative interpreters. In this short and spirited book Campbell introduces readers to the apostle he has studied in depth over his scholarly career. Enter with Campbell into Paul’s world, relive the story of Paul’s action-packed ministry, and follow the development of Paul’s thought throughout both his physical and his spiritual travels. Ideal for students, individual readers, and study groups, Paul: An Apostle’s Journey dramatically recounts the life of one of early Christianity’s most fascinating figures—and offers powerful insight into his mind and his influential message.

Author : Nadia Bolz-Weber
Publisher : Convergent Books
ISBN 13 : 1601427603
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shameless written by Nadia Bolz-Weber and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Raw, intimate, and timely—a no-holds-barred celebration of our bodies that flies in the face of antiquated ideas about sex and gender. “A triumph.”—Glennon Doyle • “One of the most important, life-changing books I’ve ever read.”—Rachel Held Evans, author of Searching for Sunday and Inspired Negative messages about sex come from all corners of society: from the church, from the media, from our own families. As a result, countless people have suffered pain, guilt, and judgment. In this instant bestseller, Nadia Bolz-Weber unleashes her critical eye and her vulnerable yet hopeful soul on the harmful conversations about sex that have fed our shame. Bolz-Weber offers no simple amendments or polite compromises. Instead, this modern-day reverend calls for an inclusivity that empowers us to be loyal to people and, perhaps most important, ourselves. “Christianity is not a program for avoiding mistakes,” she writes. “It is a faith of the guilty.” With an alternative understanding of Scripture passages that have been weaponized against Christians for decades, Bolz-Weber reminds us that sexual flourishing can and should be for all genders, all bodies, and all humans. She shares stories, poetry, and Scripture that wage war on perpetual anxiety around sex by celebrating sexuality in all its forms and recognizing it for the gift that it is. If you’ve been mistreated, confused, angered, and/or wounded by shaming sexual messages, this one is for you.

Author : Islay Burns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Three Christian Centuries written by Islay Burns and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shelly Rambo
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664235034
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit and Trauma written by Shelly Rambo and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rambo draws on contemporary studies in trauma to rethink a central claim of the Christian faith: that new life arises from death. Reexamining the narrative of the death and resurrection of Jesus from the middle day-liturgically named as Holy Saturday-she seeks a theology that addresses the experience of living in the aftermath of trauma. Through a reinterpretation of "remaining" in the Johannine Gospel, she proposes a new theology of the Spirit that challenges traditional conceptions of redemption. Offered, in its place, is a vision of the Spirit's witness from within the depths of human suffering to the persistence of divine love.

Author : Deborah F. Sawyer
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415107488
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries written by Deborah F. Sawyer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Too often the religious traditions of antiquity are studied in isolation, without any real consideration of how they interacted. What made someone with a free choice become an adherent of one faith rather than another? Why might a former pagan choose to become a 'God-fearer' and attend synagogue services? Why might a Jew become a Christian? How did the mysteries of Mithras differ from the worship of the Unconquered Sun, or the status of the Virgin Mary from that of Isis, and how many gods could an ancient worshipper have? These questions are hard to answer without a synoptic view of what the different religions offered."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Jerome F.D. Creach
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664231454
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence in Scripture written by Jerome F.D. Creach and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible frequently depicts God as angry and violent, and sometimes depicts human violence as positive or even as commanded by God. This forms one of the most vexing problems in approaching Scripture and interpreting the Bible for preaching and teaching today. In this volume, Creach first examines the theological problems of violence and categorizes the types of violence that appear in scripture. He then wrestles with the most important biblical texts on violence to work through specific interpretational issues. This new volume in the Interpretation: Resources for Use of Scripture in the Church series will help preachers and pastors interpret those difficult texts, encouraging them to face violence in the Bible with honesty.