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Christians are called to model a way of life that challenges the
status quo and infuses the world with hope and possibility. We are
to be people who see possibility where others see failure, beauty
where others see ugliness and freedom where others see chains. This
is the Upside Down Kingdom, where the forgotten are noticed, the
silenced are given back their voice and love is stronger than hate.
By exploring the teaching of Jesus, as recorded in the Gospel of
Matthew, Malcolm Duncan in Flipped traces the key components of
this new community, this life-giving way of living. He explores the
five key discourses in Matthew and invites us to a radical new way
of living and being centred around the reign and the rule of King
Jesus. The message of Flipped: The Upside Down Kingdom is one that
our churches need to hear - that God's Kingdom is unshakeable,
local churches are its vanguard and Christians are its citizens.
Flipped paints a vision of what is possible when ordinary people
catch a glimpse of God's radical call to follow the Lord Jesus.
This book is a novel and ambitious attempt to map the Muslim
American nonprofit sector: its origins, growth and impact on
American society. Using theories from the fields of philanthropy,
public administration and data gathered from surveys and
interviews, the authors make a compelling case for the Muslim
American nonprofit sector's key role in America. They argue that in
a time when Islamic schools are grossly misunderstood, there is a
need to examine them closely, for the landscape of these schools is
far more complex than meets the eye. The authors, who are both
scholars of philanthropy, examine how identity impacts philanthropy
and also the various forces that have shaped the landscape of
Muslim American giving in the US. Using a comparative method of
analysis, they showcase how this sector has contributed not only to
individual communities but also to the country as a whole. National
surveys and historical analysis offer data that is rich in insights
and offers a compelling narrative of the sector as a whole through
its focus on Islamic schools. The authors also critically examine
how nonprofit leaders in the community legitimize their own roles
and that of their organizations, and offer a compelling and
insightful examination of how Muslim American leaders perceive
their own role in institution building. This is a must read for
anyone seeking to understand this important and growing sector of
American society, including nonprofit leaders in the Muslim
community, leaders of Islamic schools, nonprofit leaders with
interest in private schools, activists, and scholars who study
philanthropy and Islamic education.
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Ramayana
(Paperback, 3rd edition)
William Buck; Introduction by B A Van Nooten; Illustrated by Shirley Triest
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Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in
nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the
"Ramayana" and "Mahabharata", two Sanskrit verse epics written some
2,000 years ago. In "Ramayana" (written by a poet known to us as
Valmiki), William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama - with
all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation,
fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil - in a length and
manner that will make the great Indian epics accessible to the
contemporary reader. The same is true for the "Mahabharata" - in
its original Sanskrit, probably the longest Indian epic ever
composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle, between the Kurus
and Pandavas, for land. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van
Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck's rendition [no other
English version has] been able to capture the blend of religion and
martial spirit that pervades the original epic". Presented
accessibly for the general reader without compromising the spirit
and lyricism of the originals, William Buck's "Ramayana" and
"Mahabharata" capture the essence of the Indian cultural heritage.
'[an] exploration of Scotland's past through the eyes of a
scholarly hiker ... Magnificent' - New Statesman, Books of the Year
Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints journeyed to the Hebrides and
Scotland's Atlantic shore. They sought spiritual solitude in remote
places, but their mission was also to spread the word of God to the
peoples of Scotland. Columba was the most famous of these pioneers
who rowed their curraghs towards danger and uncertainty in a pagan
land, but the many others are now largely forgotten. Alistair
Moffat sets off in search of these elusive figures. As he follows
in their footsteps, he finds their traces not so much in tangible
remains as in the spirit and memory of the places that lay at the
very edge of their world.
A compendium of fascinating information about Christianity,
including important plants, symbolic animals, common variations on
the cross, and much more A concise and convenient book about
Christianity, this pocket book is perfectly formatted for anyone
interested in learning more about religion on-the-go. It is clearly
and simply designed for accessible browsing, and includes time
lines, biographies, critical biblical moments, and many other
aspects of Christianity aptly explained.
From managing a schedule to maintaining a wardrobe and
everything in between, best-selling author Anne Ortlund offers a
primer for cultivating beauty on the inside and on the outside. She
seeks to answer both the "hows" and the "whys" of living
beautifully.
First Published in 1963, the book Pilgrim in the Modern World tries
to answer fundamental questions like does the Christian faith meet
intellectual, moral, and spiritual needs of the contemporary
situation or it is like the irreducible surd in a mathematical
problem- present as a fact but to be ignored in use? L. J. Baggott
has had a long experience in the ministry of the Church of England,
from work in the slums to that of Abbey, Minster, and Cathedral;
from a chaplaincy of the Tower of London to the vicariate of large
industrial parishes; from a visiting lectureship to the parochial
tasks peculiar to four great seaports; from the supervision of
Ordinands to the archdeaconship of a hundred peaceful Norfolk
villages. Throughout it has become increasingly clear that man is
indeed the 'Eternal Pilgrim of the Infinite'. Christianity is an
historical religion of which 'redemption of man' is the central and
ruling thought. For twentieth century man, his pilgrimage is set in
most challenging era that man has ever known, a scientific era and
a temporal order in which his most important problems take their
rise and shape his life. In the light of new knowledge and
discovery, the book offers what the author believes the only valid
and satisfying answer to the question of relevancy of the Christian
faith for modern times. This is a must read for scholars of
religion and Christianity.
This readable survey on the history of missions tells the story of
pivotal turning points in the expansion of Christianity, enabling
readers to grasp the big picture of missional trends and critical
developments. Alice Ott examines twelve key points in the growth of
Christianity across the globe from the Jerusalem Council to
Lausanne '74, an approach that draws on her many years of classroom
teaching. Each chapter begins with a close-up view of a
particularly compelling and paradigmatic episode in Christian
history before panning out for a broader historical outlook. The
book draws deeply on primary sources and covers some topics not
addressed in similar volumes, such as the role of British
abolitionism on mission to Africa and the relationship between
imperialism and mission. It demonstrates that the expansion of
Christianity was not just a Western-driven phenomenon; rather, the
gospel spread worldwide through the efforts of both Western and
non-Western missionaries and through the crucial ministry of
indigenous lay Christians, evangelists, and preachers. This
fascinating account of worldwide Christianity is suitable not only
for the classroom but also for churches, workshops, and other
seminars.
Through 30 beautifully detailed chapters with narrations from companions, take a journey from only knowing about Muhammad to knowing him and loving him and feel what it was like to be a companion of his in this life and strive to be companions of his in the next.
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be in the presence of Prophet Muhammad, as his companions were? What would it be like to see his host him in your home, pray behind him, and have him as a teacher and friend?
We may not know what it was like to be his companions in this life, but we have everything we need to strive to be with him in the next! This Ramadan, journey from knowing about him to knowing him and loving him.
The 'great fish' has probably made Jonah the best known of the
twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. The book bearing his
name, comprising just 48 verses, has tantalized and intrigued its
readers down the ages. Undue preoccupation with the fish may cause
us to miss what is actually going on in the narrative. Although on
the surface the story seems fairly straightforward, Rosemary Nixon
explores its fascinating complexity to show how the author grapples
with conflicting perceptions of God - and how, while we might
question some the story's extra-ordinary features, we ourselves are
questioned by the God who questions Jonah, and challenged to hear
God's word afresh today.
This four-volume collection explores the idea that, for Victorians
and Edwardians, the meanings attached to work and the meanings
attached to being without work were always dependent upon each
other, knotted together by the imperative for a man to desire
employment and be willing to work. Mechanization and the decline of
old trades, the creation of single-industry cities and towns, the
migration of agricultural labourers from the countryside to these
cities and to London, the intensification of the sweated
industries, and the displacement of the labour of adult men by the
labour of women and adolescent boys all contributed to urgent
conversations about the relationships between work and unemployment
and are examined through primary sources. Accompanied by extensive
editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to
students of British History.
Of the different controversies that preoccupied Augustine during
his lifetime, Pelagianism was indisputably the most important for
the subsequent history and theology of the western Church. It
touched on any number of issues central to Christianity, most
notably grace, predestination, original sin and baptism, all of
which in turn could be reduced to the fundamental question of the
exact nature of the relationship between God and his human
creation. The six major treatises presented in this volume amply
illustrate Augustine's struggle with the theological problems that
Pelagianism raised. They begin with the Miscellany of Questions in
Response to Simplician. Although written in 396, before Pelagianism
even appeared on the scene, this work shows in a few pages the
remarkable evolution of Augustine's thought on the matter of grace
and the position at which he arrived and to which he clung for the
rest of his life. The two final treatises, The Predestination of
the Saints and The Gift of Perseverance, written in 428/429 shortly
before Augustine's death, indicate where the position that he had
elaborated more than thirty years before was fatefully destined to
take him. The three middle treatises show Augustine in the process
of refining - but not altering - his thinking in the face of what
he rightly saw as Pelagianism's terrible threat to orthodox
Christianity's central tenets.
Respaldad por una larga y fructifera labor en el ministerio, el
reverend Melvin L. Hodges aporto a este libro sus vastos
conocimientos en lo que respecta al metodo biblico de propagacion,
gobierno y sosten de la iglesia. Las ideas presentadas en esta obra
son fundamentales, practicas y probadas en el terreno de la
experiencia. Con sencillez y claridad, desarrolla temas como; La
iglesia nacional Sosten financiero de la iglesia El dinamismo de la
iglesia neotestamentaria I Will Build My Church Supported by a
large fruit-bearing ministry, the Rev. Melvin L. Hodges contributed
to this book by sharing his broad knowledge regarding methods of
biblical propagation, government and support of the church.
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