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This book is a comparative macrosociological study of the
interaction between religious virtuosi and society in two
civilizations: traditional Theravada Buddhism and Medieval
Catholicism. Merging Weberian sociology with the Maussian tradition
of gift-analysis, and criticizing the neglect of meaning in current
comparative historical sociology, the author also argues the need
for a multidimensional approach capable of addressing the part
played by religious orientations in shaping the institutional
strength and ideological power of religious elites in the
historical framework of the Great Traditions.
Over the past seventy years, World Vision has grown from a small
missionary agency to the largest Christian humanitarian
organization in the world, with 40,000 employees, offices in nearly
one hundred countries, and an annual budget of over $2 billion.
While founder Bob Pierce was an evangelist with street smarts, the
most recent World Vision U.S. presidents move with ease between
megachurches, the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, and the
corridors of Capitol Hill. Though the organization has remained
decidedly Christian, it has earned the reputation as an elite
international nongovernmental organization managed efficiently by
professional experts fluent in the language of both marketing and
development. God's Internationalists is the first comprehensive
study of World Vision—or any such religious humanitarian agency.
In chronicling the organization's transformation from 1950 to the
present, David P. King approaches World Vision as a lens through
which to explore shifts within post-World War II American
evangelicalism as well as the complexities of faith-based
humanitarianism. Chronicling the evolution of World Vision's
practices, theology, rhetoric, and organizational structure, King
demonstrates how the organization rearticulated and retained its
Christian identity even as it expanded beyond a narrow American
evangelical subculture. King's pairing of American evangelicals'
interactions abroad with their own evolving identity at home
reframes the traditional narrative of modern American
evangelicalism while also providing the historical context for the
current explosion of evangelical interest in global social
engagement. By examining these patterns of change, God's
Internationalists offers a distinctive angle on the history of
religious humanitarianism.
Research literacy is now a requirement for Board-Certified
chaplains in the US and a growing field in the UK. This reader
gives an overview and introduction to the field of healthcare
chaplaincy research. The 21 carefully chosen articles in this book
illustrate techniques critical to chaplaincy research: case
studies; qualitative research; cross-sectional and longitudinal
quantitative research, and randomized clinical trials. The selected
articles also address wide-ranging topics in chaplaincy research
for a comprehensive overview of the field. To help readers engage
with the research, each article includes a discussion guide
highlighting crucial content, as well as important background
information and implications for further research. This book is the
perfect primary text for healthcare chaplaincy research courses,
bringing together key articles from peer-reviewed journals in one
student-friendly format.
The common view of the nineteenth-century pastoral relationship - found in both contemporary popular accounts and 20th-century scholarship - was that women and clergymen formed a natural alliance and enjoyed a particular influence over each other. In Without Benefit of Clergy, Karin Gedge tests this thesis by examining the pastoral relationship from the perspective of the minister, the female parishioner, and the larger culture. The question that troubled religious women seeking counsel, says Gedge, was: would their minister respect them, help them, honor them? Surprisingly, she finds, the answer was frequently negative. Gedge supports her conclusion with evidence from a wide range of previously untapped primary sources including pastoral manuals, seminary students' and pastors' journals, women's diaries and letters, pamphlets, sentimental and sensational novels, and The Scarlet Letter. She moves from male seminary training to the failures of male pastoral "counseling," to more serious difficulties between ministers and their female congregants - difficulties strikingly illuminated by the literature surrounding criminal trials of ministers accused of abusing both their pastoral office and individual women. Dissatisfied with the professional ministry, Gedge shows, women ended up turning to family, friends, and published tracts for pastoral care.
This book presents the work of the "Sacred Choices Initiative" of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics. The purpose of this Packard and Ford Foundation supported initiative is to attempt to change international discourse of family planning and to rescue this debate from superficial sloganeering by drawing on the moral stores of the world's major and indigenous religions. In many of the world's religions there is a restrictive and pro-natalist view on family planning, and this is one legimate reading of those religious traditions. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, this is not the only legitimate or orthodox view. These authors show that the parameters of orthodoxy are wider and gentler than that, and that the great religious traditions are wiser and more variegated and naunced than a simple repetition of the most conservative views would suggest. This theme is carried out in essays on each of the world's major religious traditions, written by scholar practitioners of those faiths.
Volume 1 of 4. Encompassing the whole milieu of early Islamic
civilization, this major work of Western orientalism explores the
meaning of the life and teaching of the tenth-century mystic and
martyr, al-Hallaj. With profound spiritual insight and
transcultural sympathy, Massignon, an Islamicist and scholar of
religion, penetrates Islamic mysticism in a way that was previously
unknown. Massignon traveled throughout the Middle East and western
India to gather and authenticate al-Hallaj's surviving writings and
the recorded facts. After assembling the extant verses and prose
works of al-Hallaj and the accounts of his life and death,
Massignon published La Passion d'al-Hallaj in 1922. At his death in
1962, he left behind a greatly expanded version, published as the
second French edition (1975). It is edited and translated here from
the French and the Arabic sources by Massignon's friend and pupil,
Herbert Mason. Volume 1 gives an account of al-Hallaj's life and
describes the wo rld in which he lives; volume 2 traces his
influence in Islam over the centuries; volume 3 studies Hallajian
thought; volume 4 contains a full biography and index. Each volume
contains Massignon's copious notes and new translations of original
Islamic documents. Herbert Mason is University Professor of
Religion and Islamic History at Boston University. He is also apoet
and novelist; his version of the Gigamesh epic was a nominee for
the National Book Award in 1971. Bollingen Sreis XCVIII. Originally
published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
Volume 3 of 4. Encompassing the whole milieu of early Islamic
civilization, this major work of Western orientalism explores the
meaning of the life and teaching of the tenth-century mystic and
martyr, al-Hallaj. With profound spiritual insight and
transcultural sympathy, Massignon, an Islamicist and scholar of
religion, penetrates Islamic mysticism in a way that was previously
unknown. Massignon traveled throughout the Middle East and western
India to gather and authenticate al-Hallaj's surviving writings and
the recorded facts. After assembling the extant verses and prose
works of al-Hallaj and the accounts of his life and death,
Massignon published La Passion d'al-Hallaj in 1922. At his death in
1962, he left behind a greatly expanded version, published as the
second French edition (1975). It is edited and translated here from
the French and the Arabic sources by Massignon's friend and pupil,
Herbert Mason. Volume 1 gives an account of al-Hallaj's life and
describes the wo rld in which he lives; volume 2 traces his
influence in Islam over the centuries; volume 3 studies Hallajian
thought; volume 4 contains a full biography and index. Each volume
contains Massignon's copious notes and new translations of original
Islamic documents. Herbert Mason is University Professor of
Religion and Islamic History at Boston University. He is also apoet
and novelist; his version of the Gigamesh epic was a nominee for
the National Book Award in 1971. Bollingen Series XCVIII.
Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
It's an unfortunate reality within church ministry that sometimes
people get upset. It happens, and you do the best you can with it.
It's true that many churches and pastors have marvelous
synchronicity and enjoy a mutually-beneficial ministry together.
The pastor ministering to the needs of the flock, and the flock
protecting and caring for their shepherd. Occasionally though,
something goes wrong inside of the flock. Rather than following the
pastor's leadership and receiving the pastor's care, one (or more)
of the flock begin to turn on their shepherd. Sometimes the
build-up is obvious, sometimes it's explosive and comes seemingly
from nowhere. Regardless of how it happens, the sheep attack. When
sheep attack, the fallout surrounding the attack takes a toll on
the shepherd and his family, the flock, and on the attack sheep
themselves. Inside you will find some of the common traits of
attack sheep, some reasons that sheep attack, and some of the
challenges that exist before, during, and after an attack. Before
you're through, you will learn some things you can do to stop or
lessen the damage of the attack, and some specific steps you can
take to pick up the pieces afterwards.
Dieses Buch analysiert die Modelle der biblischen Gestalten in der
Prosa von Georg Trakl. Fur Trakl gilt die Bibel nicht nur als eine
grosse Inspirationsquelle. Sie ist auch als ein standiger
Bezugspunkt zu betrachten, der ihn seine eigene Position in der
Welt bestimmen lasst. Der Autor untersucht auch die
Prosadichtungen, die in formaler Hinsicht den Charakter der Prosa
aufweisen. Mit der Aufnahme der Gedichte zielt der Autor nicht nur
darauf ab, die behandelte Problematik in moeglichst vollem Umfang
darzustellen, sondern auch Trakls Rezeption des Christentums in
ihrem chronologischen Verlauf zu erfassen.
Why do we lack the leaders with the character and skill needed in
our homes, communities, businesses, churches and nation? Our
present leaders must invest in future leaders. Do you want to make
a lasting impact? Invest your time as a mentor. Mentoring is a
stewardship of your life experience which you entrust to the next
generation. As a mentor you provide "a brain to pick, a shoulder to
cry on and a kick in the pants." Encourage your protege to be the
person whom God created and called. Make a lasting difference in
the lives of others. Dr. Mason is the Senior Pastor of Faith
Baptist Church in Clifton Park, New York. He is a graduate of
Wheaton College and Graduate School (B.A. and M.A.), Dallas
Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Denver Seminary (D. Min.). He is
an Assistant Professor at Liberty University and an Adjunct
Professor at Davis College. His passion is to prepare the next
generation of leaders for the challenges of contemporary culture.
In his philosophy and ethics courses he helps young people develop,
defend and live out a biblical worldview. He and his wife, Rhonda,
have two children and four grandchildren. Dr. Pedrone is the ninth
president of the historic Davis College in the Greater Binghamton,
New York area. A veteran of more than forty years in ministry and a
sought after speaker around the world, he is the author of more
than twenty books and booklets. His insightful teaching is heard on
various radio programs. Dr. Pedrone is dedicated to training men
and women in the ministry. He is the recipient of the Israel Film
Festival Humanitarian Award, an honorary member of Delta Epsilon
Chi, and numerous other awards. He and his wife, Bobbi, live in the
Greater Binghamton area. They have four children and three
grandchildren.
My Basilian Priesthood is a memoir of Michael Quealey's six years
in the order in the 1960s. During his priesthood, Quealey was
director of the Newman Centre at the University of Toronto and
engaged in reforming the mass and in other theological matters. The
1960s was a time of questioning traditions, including the role of
Biblical criticism, the nature of liturgy, the place of women in
the Church and in society, and the power of community living and
decision-making. Quealey was deeply involved in all these matters,
and sought to fulfill his commitment to service and balance that
with his faith and vows of obedience to the institution of the
Church. Written decades after the events he describes, the book is
his reflection on the excitement of the times and the tensions
created when tradition encountered new ideas and new forms of
communal living. Here's a story that blends Toronto history with
Catholic Church history and an inside look at 1960s counterculture.
God on High examines cannabis-based religious groups in Canada and
the United States. These religious groups are on the rise as
cannabis use is further decriminalized or legalized. In examining
these groups, Laurie Cozad explores the triangular relationships
between cannabis, religion, and the law, and the ways in which the
shifting discourse of medical science impacts this trio.
This edition of the Roman Missal will be published in the Dioceses
of the United States of America, and has been approved by the
Conference of Catholic Bishops and confirmed by the Apostolic See.
This volume (approx. 1500 pp) includes the enhanced features
that celebrants have come to know and trust from Catholic Book
Publishing: large, easy-to-read type, reinforced end papaers,
durable Smyth-sewn binding.
Full color illustrations throughout add to the sacred nature of
this volume.
This is a collection of case studies and theoretical pieces which examines the importance of religion in international conflicts and diplomacy. It is co-published with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and includes a foreword by ex-President Jimmy Carter.
"There are no God-forsaken places, just church-forsaken places."
-Jon Fuller, OMF International Jonathan Brooks was raised in the
Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. As soon as he
was able, he left the community and moved as far away as he could.
But through a remarkable turn of events, he reluctantly returned
and found himself not only back in Englewood but also serving as a
pastor ("Pastah J") and community leader. In Church Forsaken,
Brooks challenges local churches to rediscover that loving our
neighbors means loving our neighborhoods. Unpacking the themes of
Jeremiah 29, he shows how Christians can be fully present in local
communities, building homes and planting gardens for the common
good. His holistic vision and practical work offers good news for
forgotten people and places. And community stakeholders and civic
leaders will rediscover that churches are viable partners in
community transformation in ways that they may never have
considered. God has always been at work in neglected neighborhoods.
Join Pastah J on this journey and discover new hope for your
community.
Constantina, daughter of the fourth-century emperor Constantine who
so famously converted to Christianity, deserves a place of her own
in the history of Christianity. As both poet and church-builder,
she was an early patron of the Roman cult of the virgin martyr
Agnes and was buried ad sanctam in a sumptuously mosaicked
mausoleum that still stands. What has been very nearly forgotten is
that the twice-married Constantina also came to be viewed as a
virgin saint in her own right, said to have been converted and
healed of leprosy by Saint Agnes. This volume publishes for the
first time critical editions and English translations of three
Latin hagiographies dedicated to the empress, offering an
introduction and commentaries to contextualize these virtually
unknown works. The earliest and longest of them is the anonymous
Life of Saint Constantina likely dating to the mid or late sixth
century, reflecting a female monastic setting and featuring both a
story of pope Silvester's instruction of Constantina and a striking
dialogue between Constantina and twelve virgins who offer speeches
in praise of virginity as the summum bonum. A second, slightly
later work, On the Feast of Saint Constantia (the misnaming of the
saint reflecting common confusion), is a more streamlined account
apparently tailored for liturgical use in early seventh-century
Rome; this text is reworked and expanded by the twelfth-century
Roman scholar Nicolaus Maniacoria in his Life of the Blessed
Constantia, including a question-and-answer dialogue between
Constantina and her two virginal charges Attica and Artemia. These
works will be of great interest to students of late ancient and
medieval saints' cults, hagiography, monasticism, and women's
history.
The Book shares with its reader some important information about
understanding the role of the deaconess from a traditional as well
as biblical perspective.
This book advances the fundamental belief that leadership is not a
position; it is, rather, a function that is often performed without
any title. It is the domain of every person in some arena of life,
and each of us should learn to function within our spheres of
leadership. True leaders, the kind that can be developed using
these guideposts, will begin to influence others positively. The
community will benefit. Life will benefit from that good.
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