Der Autor erforscht die Anwendungsdynamiken des islamischen Rechts (fiqh) in wandelnden Kontexten anhand der Werke von Hayreddin Karaman, einem beruhmten islamischen Rechtsgelehrten in der Turkei. Dabei analysiert er die Entwicklungen chronologisch seit dem Beginn in der Prophetenperiode und die wissenschaftlichen Entfaltungen der Nachfolgezeit bis in die sakulare Postmoderne. Anhand der diachronischen Forschungsmethode untersucht der Autor die innovative fiqh-Anwendung bei Karaman und zeigt seine Methode auf. Es geht hierbei um die Anknupfung an die Tradition und die daraus gewonnene Innovation in ihrem wissenschaftlich-argumentativen Diskurs. Auf kritischer Grundlage begegnet Karaman den Herausforderungen eines innovativen Aufschwungs in der sakularen Postmoderne.

This collection documents the contributions made to an international colloquium organized in Rome in 2005 by the German Historical Institute on the subject of the international relations entertained by the Roman curia under Paul V Borghese. The proceedings were based on the three-volume edition of the main directives of this pontificate by Silvano Giordano published in 2003. Alongside more general issues (implementation of the reforms adopted at the Council of Trent, jurisdiction, military matters, the relationship between micro- and macro-politics), there is also discussion of the (confessional) political contacts between Rome and the main territories of the orbis catholicus (legations, nunciatures), including those outside Europe.

La iglesia celular es un instrumento formidable que puede ayudar a cualquier iglesia a retener, alimentar y pastorear a un gran numero de nuevos creyentes.

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to provide wholesome recreation to urban youth away from the moral decay of industrialized urban living. Before long, that uplift mission found a place in the American Civil War, and soon the Y had spread all over the world by the early twentieth century, and in every major war thereafter as well. The YMCA at War: Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars is the first collection of scholarship to examine the YMCA's efforts during the World Wars of the twentieth century, which proved to be a bastion of support to soldiers and civilians around the world. The YMCA deployed hundreds of thousands of its much-vaunted secretaries to support suffering civilians and ease soldiers' wartime hardships. Joining forces with governments, other civic organizations, and individuals, the Y could be either an indispensable auxiliary or an arms-length nuisance. In all cases, its support had a significant byproduct: for every person it befriended, the Y invariably made an enemy with an opposing party, its patrons, its sponsor, or at times, all three. The YMCA at War offers fresh, timely research in an international and comparative perspective from scholars around the world that evaluates this conflict and collaboration during the World Wars.

Como desatar el potencial de la oracion en beneficio de la iglesia.
Quiere ser uno que marque la diferencia en la vida de su pastor y de su iglesia? Ya que he experimentado el poder cambiante de la vida de un ministerio de companeros de oracion, quiero dar a conocer esa experiencia al mayor numero posible de iglesias. Me he propuesto la meta de alcanzar un millon de companeros de oracion para los pastores de Estados Unidos. Y por eso he escrito este libro y el esfuerzo de levantar companeros de oracion ha sidouno de los propositos primordiales de EQUIP por sus siglas en ingles].
-John C. Maxwell

Staat und Kirchen in der DDR - dieses Thema hat besonders in den neunziger Jahren heftige kontroverse Diskussionen ausgeloest. Dabei wurde besonders die Frage nach der Rolle der Kirchen und der Haltung einiger namhafter Kirchenvertreter in den Mittelpunkt gestellt. Die im vorliegenden Band versammelten Autoren verschiedener Provenienz analysieren den Erkenntnisstand und machen in ihren Beitragen deutlich, dass es Forschung zum Verhaltnis von Staat und Kirchen in der DDR schon weit vor der Wende und nicht nur beschrankt auf den deutschen Raum gab. Insgesamt liegt hier ein in seiner Konzentration und Vielfalt einmaliger UEberblick vor, der gestandenen und jungen Wissenschaftlern ebenso wie Interessierten aus Politik, Bildung und Medienoeffentlichkeit hilft, sich auf einem wichtigen Feld der Aufarbeitung der Geschichte der DDR zu informieren und zu orientieren.

Re-Imagining Christian Higher Education takes a fresh and critical look at the challenges facing Christian colleges and universities and provides concrete recommendations for university leaders, faculty, and staff to implement in their daily work. Chapters in this book address leadership and diversity challenges, issues of affordability and sustainability, and ways of maintaining the distinguishing features of a Christ-centered liberal arts education. A vivid and compelling picture of the Christian university of the future is painted by these authors as they highlight the importance of embracing our Christian identity while being willing to engage a pluralistic and fragmented world. Firmly rooted in a missional identity of faithful learning that is committed to the intellectual, personal, and spiritual development of our students, Christian colleges and universities are encouraged to reclaim and revitalize the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition in order to move forward. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Christian Higher Education.

Mit dieser Arbeit liefert der Verfasser - unter vollstandiger Verarbeitung der englischsprachigen Literatur - die erste Darstellung der Rechts- und Ordnungsgestalt der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (Mormonen) in deutscher Sprache. Dabei wird nach einer Einfuhrung in die Geschichte und Doktrin der Kirche ein besonderer Schwerpunkt auf das Kirchenverfassungsrecht und die innere Ordnung der Kirche gelegt. Schliesslich folgt eine Darstellung uber die Doktrin und die Praxis des staatskirchenrechtlichen Verstandnisses. Das Ziel des Buches ist es, in ubersichtlicher Systematisierung eine nutzliche Aufbereitung der Normen und Ordnungsstrukturen der Kirche Jesu Christi zu bieten. Gleichzeitig soll durch den gewahrten Einblick ein sachlicher Beitrag zur Entwicklung eines Klimas religioeser und weltanschaulicher Toleranz geleistet werden.

New edition with extra chapter looking at the impact of COVID-19 on the churchOur world needs the Church, like never before, to be full of hope. But the Church is not always what it could be. Perhaps we need a declutter. A clear-out. A detox. We all collect excess stuff - books, clothes, cars, gadgets... thoughts, habits, scars, traditions... Sometimes, it's good to strip things back a bit. It's healthy to occasionally explore our past and consider a fresh purpose for the future. To realign ourselves with the plan that our creator God has already set out for us. To recalibrate. To return to the start again. To go back a couple of millennia to discover what the original Church looked like, so we can remember and reset.Simply... Church.

From the moment you pick it up, you'll know it's a classic. "The MacArthur Study Bible" is perfect for serious study. Dr. John MacArthur has collected his pastoral and scholarly work of more than 35 years to create the most comprehensive study Bible available. No other study Bible does such a thorough job of explaining the historical context, unfolding the meaning of the text, and making it practical for your life.

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Die Arbeit zeigt das traditionell haushaltsrechtliche Anliegen der Regelungen zur Auftragsvergabe auf. Sie wendet sich der voneinander abweichenden Entwicklung des Vergaberechts in Staat und Kirche zu und begrundet vor dem Hintergrund einer Vielzahl ungeklarter Fragen im europarechtlich bestimmten staatlichen Vergaberecht, warum die evangelischen Landeskirchen in Deutschland keine oeffentlichen Auftraggeber sind. Fur staatlich gefoerderte kirchliche Auftrage werden die Voraussetzungen und Moeglichkeiten untersucht, religionsspezifische Anliegen bei der Auftragsvergabe einzubeziehen.

Diese Gedenkschrift wurdigt Carl Gerold Furst als Wissenschaftler, der sich durch sein kompetentes und selbstloses Engagement hohe Verdienste um Lehre und Praxis des kanonischen Rechtes erworben hat. Die im Band enthaltenen Beitrage weisen eine breite Vielfalt auf: Sie behandeln vor allem das materielle Recht der Katholischen Ostkirchen, aber auch das der Lateinischen Kirche sowie die kirchliche Rechtsgeschichte. Auf diese Weise ergeben Sie ein Spiegelbild der weit gefacherten Forschungsschwerpunkte von Carl Gerold Furst, der am 7. August 2012 verstorben ist, dessen Lebenswerk gleichwohl eng mit der Erstellung des CCEO verbunden bleiben wird. Aus seinen Mitgliedschaften in zahlreichen bedeutenden wissenschaftlichen und kirchlichen Gremien sei lediglich eine ihn besonders pragende erwahnt: Von 1978 bis 1990 war Furst Konsultor der Papstlichen Kommission fur die Revision des Rechts der Katholischen Ostkirchen und somit massgeblich an der Erstellung des Gesetzbuches fur die orientalischen Katholischen Kirchen beteiligt. Papst Johannes Paul II. erwahnte Furst bei der Vorstellung dieses Codex namentlich. Sein Heimatland OEsterreich verlieh dem geburtigen Wiener das "Ehrenkreuz fur Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse", Johannes Paul II. zeichnete ihn mit dem Orden eines Grossoffiziers (Komtur mit Stern) des Papstlichen Gregoriusordens aus.

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new. For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition to Spanish colonialism, Latin American dictatorships, US imperialism in Central America, the oppression of farmworkers, or the current exploitation of undocumented immigrants. Christianity has played a significant role in that movement at every stage. Robert Chao Romero, the son of a Mexican father and a Chinese immigrant mother, explores the history and theology of what he terms the "Brown Church." Romero considers how this movement has responded to these and other injustices throughout its history by appealing to the belief that God's vision for redemption includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of every aspect of our lives and the world. Walking through this history of activism and faith, readers will discover that Latina/o Christians have a heart after God's own.

The local church is meant to be living, growing, distinct, and God-glorifying. Yet many disagree about what a church really is and what it should look like. This study works through seven biblical aspects of the church and, in so doing, helps participants to discover a big-picture vision of the church.

A series of ten 6-7 week studies covering the nine distinctives of a healthy church as originally laid out in Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever. This series explores the biblical foundations of key aspects of the church, helping Christians to live out those realities as members of a local body. Conveniently packaged and accessibly written, the format of this series is guided, inductive discussion of Scripture passages and is ideal for use in Sunday school, church-wide studies, or small group contexts.

What does it really mean for the church to have unity? When Jesus prayed for his followers to be one, he prayed that this unity would demonstrate the truth of his claims to an unbelieving world. Sadly, the world often sees a church that is divided. Some of our divisions are based on legitimate theological concerns, yet many others are simply matters of opinion. To the world, it's all another reason to doubt God. What are the differences worth dividing over? How should we handle diversity? Mending a Fractured Church, edited by Michael Bird and Brian Rosner, seeks to answer such questions, looking to the Bible for examples of how to behave when Christians differ. Speaking to pastors, churches, and seminary students, the contributors provide a guide to maintaining unity without compromise.

La question de l'obligation pour les femmes de porter un voile ou de se couvrir la chevelure a ete traitee par les sociologues dans son contexte social et politique. Mais l'histoire de ce voile, ses origines, sa tradition et donc sa signification meme, ont ete largement delaisses par la recherche. D'ou vient donc l'obligation pour les femmes de porter le voile? Est-elle veritablement religieuse? Est-elle, dans son essence, paienne, juive, chretienne, musulmane? Ou bien est-elle, en realite, issue de conflits psychologiques et sociaux vieux comme le monde? Les arguments utilises par les integristes pour voiler les femmes, ne seraient-ils pas eux-memes un voile, dissimulant la portee reelle de cette piece de vetement particuliere? La recherche historique permet de mieux saisir les enjeux du port obligatoire du voile par les femmes a une epoque ou les fanatismes religieux se developpent.

The series of papers in this volume were given as talks in Sydney during a year of extra-ordinary surprises after Pope Benedict XVI resigned and Pope Francis was elected as Bishop of Rome (as he likes to call himself). Even if it's only catching up with many things that have become commonplace assumptions in the contemporary world, it would seem that the Catholic Church is at a turning point as has been evidenced in all that Pope Francis has done since becoming Bishop of Rome. The subject of the first paper by Michael Kelly is not so much the scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church of late, but where does the Church, as a community and a public entity, need to go from here on these issues. That discussion-as intimate as it is related to some very public features of the Church-has a context: the history of a Church badly in need of structural reform. If the sentiments of the faithful and the desire to make the community of the Church more in deed what it claims in words, the reach of those changes is as profound as it is extensive. Effective reform of an historical community like the Roman Catholic Church will not happen without a deep grasp of the history of forms in need of reformation. That is the focus of Chris Geraghty's contribution to this collection. Probing the spirit and reforming the body are for a purpose: mission. That mission is conditioned by the challenges of the context in which it is exercised. That is the focus of Frank Brennan's contribution as he assesses the challenges and proposes some fresh approaches to meeting them. Because there have been so many formulaic and essentially unengaged responses to contemporary issues in and beyond the Church, the transformation needed in attitude and practical proposals to handle them is vast.