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Seamon explores the historical, theological, and societal dynamics
of religious intermarriage as a way to introduce scholars to the
myriad of factors that have contributed and will continue to
contribute to the complete transformation of religion and
Christianity in the twenty-first century.
What would happen if Christians and a Muslim at a university talked
and disagreed, but really tried to understand each other? What
would they learn? That is the intriguing question Peter Kreeft
seeks to answer in these imaginative conversations at Boston
College. An articulate and engaging Muslim student named 'Isa
challenges the Christian students and professors he meets on issues
ranging from prayer and worship to evolution and abortion, from war
and politics to the nature of spiritual struggle and spiritual
submission. While Kreeft believes Christians should not learn
extremism or unitarian theology from Muslims, he does believe that
if we really listened we could learn much about devoted religious
practice and ethics. Here is a book to open your understanding of
one of the key forces shaping our world today. It's a book that
just could make you a better Christian.
This book imagines new modes of religious response to trauma,
moving beyond simple answers to the 'why' of human suffering toward
discussions of profound expressions of faith in the aftermath of
trauma. Engaging current realities such as war, race, and climate
change, chapters feature specific locations from which theology is
done and draw on the resources of Christian faith in order to
respond. This volume recognizes religious leaders as
first-responders to trauma and offers theological reflections that
can stand up in the current realities of violence and its
aftermath. The writings provide models for how to integrate the
language of faith with the literature of trauma.
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A Riff of Love
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Greg Jarrell; Foreword by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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In his Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate Pope Benedict XVI
proposed a new humanistic synthesis to realign the economy with its
social purpose. The aim of this book is to interpret, comment and
develop aspects of the Encyclical Letter which are significant for
economic and business activity and contribute to humanistic
management.
Western society moved from a period in which Christianity was the
dominant spiritual force to one of nationalism and then to making
the economy the object of public devotion. Today this is challenged
by those seeking the health of the Earth including all its
inhabitants. The World Bank is the economistic institution most
open to Earthist concerns. This book evaluates the Bank's potential
for leadership in broadening public goals from narrowly economic
goods to inclusive ones.
What is this place we call England? What does it mean to be
English? What, indeed, does it mean to be the "Church of England"?
Developing the work advanced in his critically acclaimed previous
book, Parish: an Anglican Theology of Place, and drawing deeply on
his experience of the Wiltshire landscape, English Grounds presents
a series of personal essays that explore deep questions around
church, place, nature, heritage and Englishness. Written in vividly
evocative and lyrical style, these essays by Andrew Rumsey
challenge us to think more deeply about the place of the Church in
the consciousness of the English, and the place of England in the
consciousness of the Church.
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