Sources Of The Christian Self

Author : James Macintosh Houston
Publisher : Eerdmans
ISBN 13 : 9780802876270
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sources of the Christian Self written by James Macintosh Houston and published by Eerdmans. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on Charles Taylor's Sources of the Self, this book explores lived Christian identity through the ages. Beginning with such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Moses, and Daniel and moving through the New Testament, the early church, the Middle Ages, and onward, 40 short biographical chapters illustrate how Christian identity has been formed by history, society, and God. Among the many historical subjects are Justin Martyr, Augustine, Julian of Norwich, Dante, John Calvin, Teresa of Avila and C. S. Lewis - all of whom boldly lived their Christian identities in the world. Sources of the Christian Self shows how Christian identity has evolved over time and, in so doing, offers deep insight into our own Christian selves today. -- ‡c From publisher's description.

Author : Jude Ramagosa
Publisher : Jude Ramagosa
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Self-denial the source of Life written by Jude Ramagosa and published by Jude Ramagosa. This book was released on with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are saved or born again by believing and accepting Jesus as Lord and essentially the Greek definition of believing is trusting our self to Christ. By accepting Him as Lord we joyfully lose our life and this is denying self for His sake then we shall find our life in Him. The definition of deny in Matthew 16:24 is to lose one’s interest which is losing our life for His sake. Self-denial is a willingness to forgo all and forgoing as He directs. In this booklet denying self for salvation and daily denying self is considered an act of faith giving way to good works. Works from denying self will not save us but when we deny self for Jesus sake we are saved. In other words faith is for salvation not works of holiness, sanctification… etc. and the faith of denying self for His sake is our salvation but not by works of denying self.

Author : Garry Deverell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606083120
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bonds of Freedom written by Garry Deverell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes that Christian worship is a key source for any theology seeking to understand the covenant between God and human beings in the Christian tradition. Through a detailed examination of phenomenological, biblical and theological sources, the author seeks to write a theology in which the selfhood of both God and human beings is seen as essentially 'vowed' or 'covenantal.' This claim is then explored through a detailed examination of Eucharistic worship, which is understood as a 'non-identical performance' of the covenant established between God and human beings in baptism. Here, then, is a theology that understands Christian worship not simply as 'form' or 'event' but, more radically, as a mutual act of promising and commitment between God and human beings.

Author : Anthony A. Hoekema
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802815958
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Looks at Himself written by Anthony A. Hoekema and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1975 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of self-image should Chritians have? Should they see themselves primarily as unworthy sinners before a holy God? The biblical view, Anthony A. Hoekema argues in this readable study, is that humanity, having been made in God's own image, was the capstone of God's creation. Even when we fell, God considered us of such worth that he gave up his only Son to redeem humanity. And in Christ, as Paul makes plain, we are made into new creatures. This does not mean that the redeemed live a life of sinless perfection; it does mean that what is most distinctive about them is the new life they have in Christ. And this new life entitles Christians to a self-image that is essentially positive. Accepting the biblical view of our worth can be difficult for Christians burdened with feelings of guilt. How can such Christians learn to see themselves in better light? And how can others in the Christian community - preachers, counselors, teachers, and parents - help fellow members to attain the positive self-image that is essential to the Christian faith? Part Two of The Christian Looks at Himself offers concrete answers to these questions and in doing so points up the social dimension of being in Christ. As Christians accepts themselves as creatures made new in Christ, so in love they must also fully accept fellow Christians as recreated in that same Christ. ANTHONY A. HOEKEMA (1913-1988) was former professor emeritus of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His other books include Created in God's Image, Saved by Grace, and The Bible and the Future.

Author : Sofia Cavalletti
Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN 13 : 1616712473
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drinking from the Sources: How Scripture and Liturgy Shape Our Christian Life written by Sofia Cavalletti and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource translates several of Cavalletti's meditations on Scripture and liturgy, highlighting those that focus on Baptism and the Eucharist.

Author : Servais Pinckaers
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813208181
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sources of Christian Ethics written by Servais Pinckaers and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985 as Les sources de la morale chrétienne by University Press Fribourg, this work has been recognized by scholars worldwide as one of the most important books in the field of moral theology

Author : Clarence Enzler
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 0870612638
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Other Self written by Clarence Enzler and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modeled on the fifteenth-century classic The Imitation of Christ, this well-loved Clarence Enzler masterwork helps Christians today hear the voice of Christ. In this powerful book, Christ addresses you personally as “my other self,” urging you to embody his love and compassion for others. Through a creative dialogue between Jesus and the reader, Clarence Enzler leads you through the journey of the Christian life, beginning with the call to live in friendship with Christ and fulfill his desire. Enzler then examines elements of the Christian life: detachment, virtue, prayer, the Eucharist, and avoidance of sin. Finally, he explores the goal of the journey—a life of union with Christ as his disciple and complete joy with him in eternity. Each chapter includes short, eloquent meditations on scripture and beautiful prayers, making My Other Self ideal as a daily devotional and source of prayer.

Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674257049
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sources of the Self written by Charles Taylor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensive inquiry into the sources of modern selfhood, Charles Taylor demonstrates just how rich and precious those resources are. The modern turn to subjectivity, with its attendant rejection of an objective order of reason, has led—it seems to many—to mere subjectivism at the mildest and to sheer nihilism at the worst. Many critics believe that the modern order has no moral backbone and has proved corrosive to all that might foster human good. Taylor rejects this view. He argues that, properly understood, our modern notion of the self provides a framework that more than compensates for the abandonment of substantive notions of rationality. The major insight of Sources of the Self is that modern subjectivity, in all its epistemological, aesthetic, and political ramifications, has its roots in ideas of human good. After first arguing that contemporary philosophers have ignored how self and good connect, the author defines the modern identity by describing its genesis. His effort to uncover and map our moral sources leads to novel interpretations of most of the figures and movements in the modern tradition. Taylor shows that the modern turn inward is not disastrous but is in fact the result of our long efforts to define and reach the good. At the heart of this definition he finds what he calls the affirmation of ordinary life, a value which has decisively if not completely replaced an older conception of reason as connected to a hierarchy based on birth and wealth. In telling the story of a revolution whose proponents have been Augustine, Montaigne, Luther, and a host of others, Taylor’s goal is in part to make sure we do not lose sight of their goal and endanger all that has been achieved. Sources of the Self provides a decisive defense of the modern order and a sharp rebuff to its critics.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Self-knowledge and Christian Perfection written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John C. Clark
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493430688
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Call to Christian Formation written by John C. Clark and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that theology is both integrally related to formation in Jesus Christ and shapes our understanding of the world. Christian formation is incomplete and impossible without theological formation, because Christ transforms our hearts and minds, attuning them to the reality of God. As the authors explore the deep connections between theology and the life of the Christian, they emphasize Christian formation as a defining feature of the church, arguing that theology must be integrally connected to the church's traditions and practices.