Les Grandes Categories de la Theologie.- Le vaste champ de la Theologie est divise en quatre parties: 1. La Theologie Exegetique 2. La Theologie Historique 3. La Theologie Systematique 4. La Theologie Pratique

Le Guide du Leader Tome III: Une formation urgente pour retablir le Leadership Biblique et Theologique dans l'Eglise. Un des moyens de developper l'auto-formation et discipline, est de s'engager dans des responsabilites specifiques et regulieres. Commencez par de courtes periodes et augmentez la duree au gre de votre succes.

In White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960, Margaret M. Grubiak persuasively argues, through a careful selection of case studies, that the evolution of the architecture of new churches and chapels built on campuses reveals the shifting and declining role of religion within the mission of the modern American university. According to Grubiak, during the first half of the twentieth century, university leaders tended to view architecture as a means of retaining religion within an increasingly scientific and secular university. Initially, the construction of large-scale chapels was meant to advertise religion's continued importance to the university mission. Lavish neo-Gothic chapels at historically Protestant schools, although counter to traditional Protestant imagery, were justified as an appeal to students' emotions. New cathedral-style libraries and classroom buildings also re-imagined a place for religion on campuses no longer tied to their founding religious denominations. Despite such attempts to reframe religion for the modern university, Grubiak shows that by the 1960s the architectural styles of new religious buildings had changed markedly. Postwar university chapels projected a less distinct image, with their small scale and intentionally nondenominational focus. By the mid-twentieth century, the prewar chapels had become "white elephants." They are beautiful, monumental buildings that nevertheless stand outside the central concerns of the modern American university. Religious campus architecture had lost its value in an era where religion no longer played a central role in the formation and education of the American student. "White Elephants on Campus is a provocative and engaging look at the university campus chapel in the twentieth century. The author skillfully combines social, educational, religious, and architectural history to illuminate a phenomenon neglected both by scholars and its intended users." -Peter W. Williams, emeritus, Miami University "In this important new book, Margaret Grubiak tells the fascinating story of how religion declined on twentieth-century American campuses and yet, at the same time, administrators persisted in building college chapels, including some of great size and striking architectural merit. This well-written and thoroughly researched account reveals much about American architecture but even more about the larger cultural retreat from Protestantism by the nation's intellectual elites. We have long needed such a study, and Grubiak has done a masterful job in presenting it." -W. Barksdale Maynard, Princeton University

The early Christian period, especially the time between the third and sixth centuries, is one of the most fascinating in church history. The Christianity which developed into a state church in the Roman empire during the fourth century gave new content to traditional Graeco-Roman art and adapted it to changed needs. Different forms of churches, monasteries and baptisms came into being, as did Christian art in paintings, mosaics and sculptures; biblical manuscripts were illustrated and liturgical furnishings and vessels were given new form. Here for the first time in a single volume is an account of architecture sacred and profane, funerary art in catacombs and tombs and especially sarcophagi, the graphic arts and the various forms of art in miniature. The text is illustrated with numerous line drawings and photographs, including ground plans and elevations of churches, actual and conjectural, and there are full descriptions of the art and architecture discussed against its social and historical background. In addition there are full bibliographies and details of the most important collections of Christian art. This will prove not only an invaluable work for art historians but also a guide for those travelling in the Mediterranean area and an indication of the riches of the first centuries of the church. Guntram Koch is Professor of Christian Archaeology and the History of Byzantine Art in the University of Marburg.

'Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion' is the first volume to explore the vast assortment of church decorations and memorials produced by Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) and the Tiffany Studios. For over 50 years Tiffany oversaw the production and marketing of a multitude of decorative elements for numerous chapels, churches and synagogues, afforded by the late 19th century American boom in religious building. Although an important part of the ecclesiastical business consisted of the vibrantly coloured leaded-glass windows most famously associated with his name, Tiffany was interested in the bigger picture and employed designers, draftsmen, and craftspeople to produce a complete interior design, including mosaics, windows, floors,lighting, furniture, altarpieces, pulpits, candlesticks, headstones and mausolea, vestments and jewellery. This beautifully illustrated volume includes preliminary designs, cartoons, watercolour sketches and archival photographs designs and products, many never published before. In numerous cases these are the only surviving remnants of buildings which have long since been demolished.

Le Guide du Leader Tome II

Les Evenements Eschatologiques (Fin des Temps) sont dans l'Ordre suivant:

I. L'Enlevement de l'Eglise: 1 Thess 4: 13-18; 1 Cort 15; Apoc 3: 10; Apoc 4: 1; Ephesiens 2

II. Le Jugement devant le Tribunal de Christ: 2 Corinthiens 5: 10

III. Les Noces de l'Agneau dans le Ciel (7 ans): Apoc 19: 7

IV. La Grande Tribulation sur la Terre (7 ans): Apoc 7: 14

V. La Bataille d'Harmaguedon: Apoc 19: 17-19

VI. Le Retour Physique de Jesus-Christ sur la Terre: Matthieu 24: 16-30; Apoc 19: 11-16

VII. La Bete et le Faux Prophete jete dans L'Enfer: Apoc 19: 20 (Apoc 13, la Bete de la Mer: un leader des Nations; tandis la Bete de la Terre: un homme du Peuple d'Israel.

VIII. Satan, le diable en prison pour 1000 ans: Apoc 20: 1-3

IX. Le Regne Millenaire, Regne de 1000 ans, le Royaume de Paix, de Justice sur la Terre Esaie 65, 66; 2 Pierre 3: 10-16; Apoc 20: 4-6

X. Satan, le diable libere de sa prison: Apoc 20: 7-9

XI. Gog et Magog: Derniere Tentative de Guerre contre Jesus-Christ et Ses Saints

XII. Satan, le diable jete dans l'Enfer pour l'Eternite Apoc 20: 10

XIII. Le Jugement du Grand Trone Blanc (pour les perdus, car l'Enfer est une Prison) Apoc 20: 11-15

XIV. Le Ciel, le Paradis de Dieu descend sur la Terre Apoc 21, 22

Ecrit par Gary Volcy

Les Livres Livres suivant sont expliques en DETAIL egalement:

1. Apocalypse

2. Daniel

Santa Maria di Firenze, an ancient, venerable Benedictine abbey (called the Badia) located in the heart of Florence, is the subject of Anne Leader s new book. In 1418, 17 Benedictine monks journeyed to Florence from Padua to save one of their order's oldest houses from ruin. Realizing that reformed spiritual practice alone would not save the Badia, Abbott Gomezio di Giovanni commissioned the creation of a new cloister, to be decorated with vivid and engaging frescoes designed to motivate its residents. Leader s richly illustrated, interdisciplinary study examines the Badia during this crucial period of reform and rebirth. It reveals the renovated Badia as integral to the spiritual, political, and social life of early Renaissance Florence, as well as to the broader program of expanding Benedictine Observance throughout Italy."

Celebrating 250 years, St. Peter's Episcopal Church in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, has witnessed a rich mixture of people and events that reflect critical periods of American political and cultural history. George Washington worshiped here as did abolitionists and slave holders, Whigs, Democrats, and Republicans. St. Peter's was a point of first contact for thousands of immigrants, and the church opened schools for immigrants to help them to acculturate to life in Philadelphia.

Opening a window onto colonial Philadelphia and the nation's histories, a"St. Peter's Church"ais a glorious testament to this National Historic Landmark. In addition to the stories and hundreds of black-and-white and color photographs, this handsome volume provides a history of the grounds, the churchyard, and the church itself-a classic example of eighteenth-century Philadelphia design that later incorporated the work of renown architects William Strickland, Thomas U. Walter, and Frank Furness."

Le Guide du Leader Cette etude biblique approfondie est preparee pour les leaders de l'Eglise notamment: Pasteurs, Diacres, Evangelistes, Predicateurs, Enseignants ou Docteurs, Chefs de groupes.... "Le verset clef d'encouragement 2 Timothee 2: 15 Efforce-toi de te presenter devant Dieu comme un homme eprouve, un ouvrier qui n'a point a rougir qui dispense droitement la parole de la verite. Le Tome I de la serie "Le Guide du Leader" s'etend sur quatre grands chapitres: 1. Le Millenium ou le Royaume de Christ 2. Le Travail du Saint Esprit avec le croyant 3. Les Anges qui sont-ils? 4. Les Doctrines Fondamentales de la Bible Ecrit par: Frere Gary Volcy Theologien Linguiste Gestionnaire Programmeur (Computer Science)

Since the medieval period, mechanical clocks located in churches across Britain have told the time to local communities, or displayed the phases of the moon and the heavens on an elaborate astrological face. During the six-hundred-year history of the mechanical church clock the design of these timepieces changed remarkably little, and in most respects the classic Victorian clock, made with a high degree of accuracy using the latest techniques, was very similar to the type of blacksmith-made medieval movement that can still be seen in places like Salisbury Cathedral. The gentle developments and refinements that helped to make clocks more accurate and easier to maintain are detailed in this engaging book, which traces the history of church clocks from the wealthy abbeys and cathedrals of the middle ages through to the electric movements of the present day that are steadily making redundant historic clocks that have served for centuries. Focusing on some of the most noteworthy church clocks in the UK, and drawing on the intriguing stories behind them, Church Clocks is an absorbing survey of the timepieces that were, and still are, much-loved features of many communities.

Before the Mughal style came to dominate the Islamic architecture of the Indian sub-continent, Bengal and its rulers had developed their own forms. The mosque architecture of the Independent Sultanate period (from the 14th to the 16th centuries) represents the most important element of the Islamic architecture of Bengal. This distinctive regional style drew its inspiration from the indigenous vernacular architecture of Bengal, itself heavily influenced by Hindu/Buddhist temple architecture. The early Muslim architecture of Bangladesh is an important but little studied part of the architectural heritage of the Islamic world and the Indian sub-continent. Perween Hasan's work is a most original contribution to this subject.

A guide to Britain's churches, which talks about the richness and diversity of over 1500 years of Christian heritage. It also explains the importance of place in the siting of a church, the architectural styles, the layout of the interior in relation to religious practice, the purpose and meaning of stained glass and wall paintings, and more.

English cathedrals, including Canterbury, Durham, Winchester and York, are the greatest collective work of art and architecture in Britain, reflecting over a thousand years of history. "English Cathedrals" is an account of their foundation, construction and decoration - their architectural history - but also of who used them and what happened in them - their human history. Cathedrals were centres of learning, music and wealth. Continuity of worship over hundreds of years was broken by the two great crises of the sixteenth-century Reformation and the seventeenth-century Civil War. There were also dramatic episodes, such as the loss of St Paul's in the Great Fire of 1666, subsequently to be rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. All have changed over the centuries. These great buildings remain striking monuments in the landscape with a unique power to evoke the past.