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Drawing from principles and analogies in mathematics, chemistry,
physics, and sports fitness training, Dr. Cosenza offers a bold and
time-honored spiritual direction for shifting our values so as to
maximize valor and resilience. This book is a carefully researched
guide for personal and professional growth that systematically
helps us to move away from a crisis to healthy and valiant living.
On a 25-year quest for the meaning of "selfvalue," the
author/psychologist unveils the biblical origin and characteristics
of "spiritual valueness." Describing crises as imbalances of
spiritual values, Dr. Cosenza explains types and subtypes of
spiritual crises so that we can overcome life's pressuring
circumstances. A step-wise spiritual fitness training model is
presented that employs biblically based balance exercises to
prevent, evaluate, and correct specific critical conditions. This
unique form of spiritual fitness has major applications for
individuals in need as well as spiritual leaders, mental health
professionals, and health fitness trainers.
There are many books and published articles on the subject of
problem people in churches. They define and diagnose the issue, but
information on how to deal with it seems miniscule. In this book
you will find a remedial approach that offers not only practical
ways to deal with betrayal from church people but emotional healing
from its sting as well.
"Beguiled by Brothers may simply be the seminal work on the
subject of betrayal ever written for the church. Its waters will
refresh and heal the betrayed. Drink deep of them and find biblical
understanding, biblical answers, practical application, and the
comfort of God's sovereignty.
-Bob Jones III, Chancellor, Bob Jones University
The five appearances of bishop lists in the early church mark the
principal points at which apostolic succession of bishops emerged
and developed into a crucial and well defined doctrine. Walter
Bauer long ago termed these lists, legitimately if not charitably,
oliterary propaganda.o This study delves into the political
struggles surrounding the lists and the doctrine they served to
define. The ancient Mediterranean world established legitimacy of
authority in social institutions, whether Roman, Greek, Jewish, or
Christian, by citing successions of leaders. In early catholic
churches, apostolic succession was the linchpin in the three
opillarso of tradition, succession, and canon. It guaranteed the
first and assured interpretation of the third. A social history
approach reveals political intrigue at every point of the
development of the doctrine of apostolic succession. In crises of
the first century, the New Testament recorded (monepiscopal?)
bishops and succession, and Ignatius and 1 Clement make
monepiscopacy and apostolic succession explicit. In the second and
third centuries, writers employed episcopal successions in reaction
to subsequent struggles with heresy and schism. By the fourth
century, Eusebius employed succession lists for apologetic and
edification. Ecclesiastical politics in each case reflects the
threat to the bishopAEs authority and clarifies the meaning of
apostolic succession in the ChurchAEs development. This social
history approach, examining the function of the literature within
its historical circumstances, reveals how theology developed from
politics. The development is as gripping politically as it is
illuminating theologically. Robert Lee Williams is Professor of
Biblical Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth, Texas. He has written a number of articles focused on
New Testament and patristic topics from the vantage point of
social-scientific methodology. Accordingly, Williams has been
active in the SBL Social World of Early Christianity, the North
American Patristics Society, the International Conference on
Patristic Studies, and the Seminar on the Development of Early
Catholic Christianity, and the American Society of Church History.
Bishop Lists: Formation of Apostolic Succession of Bishops in
Ecclesiastical Crises is a revision of his doctoral dissertation in
New Testament and Early Christian Literature completed under Robert
M. Grant at the University of Chicag
The book of Proverbs is one of the most informative books of the
Bible; however, it is not structurally friendly. Now you can have
the vital information contained in this book in a format useful for
transforming your mind so that your life will reflect the changes.
Use this book in your daily Bible studies and as a tutorial for
your children. Once you have been given the knowledge, you can
begin following instructions of the Lord. "A man's heart plans his
way, but the Lord directs his steps." Proverbs 16:9
It may seem astonishing to some that there is a need for reprinting
a 14-year old dissertation, but the fact is that the book is
exactly as relevant to scholars today as it was in 1993. It still
represents the world's largest database to compare the responsories
of the Office of the Dead in more than 2,000 sources. Since the
order of these responsories differed from church to church, this
order can be used to localize medieval and Renaissance liturgical
books. The book is therefore an absolute necessity for everyone who
conducts research on the area it covers. Put differently, the book
reveals 'the geography of the concept of death' in Europe from the
9th-16th centuries from a theological, liturgical, ecclesiastical,
musical and political perspective - seen from one particular
liturgical office: The Office of the Dead.
Communication theory provides a compelling way to understand how
people of faith can and should work together in today's tumultuous
world. In A Communication Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue,
fifteen authors present their experiences and analyses of
interfaith dialogue, and contextualize interfaith work within the
frame of rhetorical and communication studies. While the focus is
on the Abrahamic faiths, these essays also include discussion of
Hinduism and interracial faith efforts. Each chapter incorporates
communication theories that bring clarity to the practices and
problems of interfaith communication. Where other interfaith books
provide theological, political, or sociological insights, this
volume is committed to the perspectives contained in communication
scholarship. Interfaith dialogue is best imagined as an organic
process, and it does not require theological heavyweights gathered
for academic banter. As such, this volume focuses on the processes
and means by which interfaith meaning is produced.
Sacred Dreams & Life Limiting Illness is about friendship.
It is about soul-friendship and the writer's two decade experience
as an Anam Cara (soul friend), Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor to
persons with life-limiting illnesses. Many people living with a
life-limiting illness report dream intensification and acceleration
as their medical condition progresses. This book examines the
psychological and spiritual significance of end-of-life dreams and
how these dreams can be transformative to those searching for
meaning and psychospiritual-healing in the midst of a terminal
illness. The book also investigates the therapeutic value of dream
therapy as a method that helps persons more effectively interface
and process the existential and psychospiritual distress that
accompanies life-limiting illness. Finally, this work explores
through case studies how dreams can connect patients and clients to
an authentic experience of the Divine and the Holy.
"The Journey of a Christian Counselor" is written for the
individual who feels drawn by the Holy Spirit to counsel, with or
without formal training in the profession. It is a story within a
story, a chronology of the spiritual and professional journey of a
young woman searching for the meaning of a vision that she saw at
the birth of her son. This vision changed her life, but it was not
until the brutal death of her son that she gained the courage to
release the vision and accept its purpose in her life.
Galileo. Newton. Darwin. These giants are remembered for their
great contributions to one of the most important phenomena in world
history: science. But what is often forgotten is the profound
influence on their lives and works of that other great phenomenon
of Western Culture: Christianity. This book, the first volume in
the Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion, explores the many
ways in which religion—its ideas, attitudes, practices, and
institutions—interacted with science from the beginnings of the
Scientific Revolution to the end of the 19th century. Infused with
the most up-to-date scholarship, the volume is aimed at the
nonspecialist audience, explaining in clear language how
inextricably linked science and religion have been during most of
the last 500 years. While discussing how science and religion
occasionally clashed, this volume also explores the positive
interactions these two institutions have experienced during this
seminal period in Western history. The Christian Humanism of the
16th century promoted the new, utilitarian approach to natural
knowledge that distinguishes Modern from Medieval science. The
Jesuits were instrumental in the development of the experimental
and mathematical sciences during the Scientific Revolution. In the
17th century, the English Puritans advocated alchemical science and
their opponents, liberal Anglicans, promoted a new, mechanistic
approach to the sciences. The geological advances of the 19th
century were often religiously motivated; the discoveries of
biblical criticism of the same period were inspired by the science
of the day. This volume includes a selection of primary source
documents to help readers understand the arguments and beliefs of
the people of the time, and an annotated bibliography to assist
readers in finding further information on the topics.
A remarkable history of the powerful and influential social gospel
movement. The global crises of child labor, alcoholism and poverty
were all brought to our attention through the social gospel
movement. Its impact on American society makes it one of the most
influential developments in American religious history. Christopher
H. Evans traces the development of the social gospel in American
Protestantism, and illustrates how the religious idealism of the
movement also rose up within Judaism and Catholicism. Contrary to
the works of previous historians, Evans demonstrates how the
presence of the social gospel continued in American culture long
after its alleged demise following World War I. Evans reveals the
many aspects of the social gospel and their influence on a range of
social movements during the twentieth century, culminating with the
civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. It also explores the
relationship between the liberal social gospel of the early
twentieth century and later iterations of social reform in late
twentieth century evangelicalism. The Social Gospel in American
Religion considers an impressive array of historical figures
including Washington Gladden, Emil Hirsch, Frances Willard, Reverdy
Ransom, Walter Rauschenbusch, Stephen Wise, John Ryan, Harry
Emerson Fosdick, A.J. Muste, Georgia Harkness, and Benjamin Mays.
It demonstrates how these figures contributed to the shape of the
social gospel in America, while arguing that the movement's legacy
lies in its profound influence on broader traditions of
liberal-progressive political reform in American history.
Few issues today cause more public - and private - debate than the
interaction of homosexuality and religion. From the question of gay
marriage to the place of gays and lesbians within faith
communities, religious leaders and lay members must deal with these
issues for now and for years to come. What is the historical
position of the major denominations? How are people of faith
balancing their beliefs? This encyclopedia provides an overview of
the various attitudes and responses that religions have had to the
presence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons
within their communities. This is the most comprehensive volume to
date on the intersections between religion and homosexuality. The
coverage in Homosexuality and Religion: An Encylopedia is
comprehensive: Synthetic overview essays examine topics such as
"Homosexuality, Religion, and the Law," "Homosexuality, Religion,
and the Biological Sciences," and "Homosexuality, Religion, and the
Social Sciences." The A-Z entries cover a wide range of religious
traditions across the world. From "African American Churches" to
"Buddhism," "Episcopalians," "Hinduism," "Islam," "Judaism," "the
Metropolitan Community Church," "Mormonism," "Presbyterians," "the
Roman Catholic Church," "Seventh Day Adventists," "Southern Baptist
Churches," "Unitarian Universalist," and more. Entries contain
significant bibliographic references, including websites, for
further study Homosexuality and Religion treats the complete
cross-section of religious traditions and their understanding of
and approaches to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
persons.
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