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Barth's Interpretation of the Virgin Birth - A Sign of Mystery (Paperback): Dustin Resch Barth's Interpretation of the Virgin Birth - A Sign of Mystery (Paperback)
Dustin Resch
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The doctrine of the virgin birth is intricately woven within the texture of the liturgy, theology and piety of all branches of the Christian Church. In spite of its enduring influence, the doctrine has been dogged by criticism, particularly in the modern era. By the 20th century, the teaching of the virgin birth was rejected by the majority of Protestant theologians in Europe. Rejecting the conclusion of many of his contemporaries-including that of his own father-the Swiss theologian, Karl Barth (1886-1968), argued vehemently that, understood aright, the doctrine of the virgin birth plays a crucial role in Christian thought. Barth's legacy in this regard is widely regarded as providing the most influential rehabilitation of the doctrine among Protestants. This book offers a comprehensive account and analysis of Barth's interpretation of the doctrine of the virgin birth. Setting the doctrine in the context of the western Christian tradition, Resch examines it in relation to Barth's discussions in the Church Dogmatics of Christology, pneumatology and the interpretation of Scripture. The importance of this study lies in the way that it reveals Barth's continuity and discontinuity with both the classical Augustinian tradition of interpreting the virgin birth and the criticisms of the modern era, but especially in the way in which attention to Barth's doctrine of the virgin birth reveals his assumptions about the nature of history, humanity and the identity of Jesus Christ. As a 'fitting' sign of the mystery of the incarnation, Barth argued that the virgin birth expressed the dialectic of God's 'No' to sin and 'Yes' to humanity in his free act of revelation and reconciliation. As such, the doctrine of the virgin birth functioned for Barth as a paradigm through which to understand the fashion of God's work upon human beings and the suitable posture of the human being before God.

The Spirit of Augustine's Early Theology - Contextualizing Augustine's Pneumatology (Paperback): Chad Tyler Gerber The Spirit of Augustine's Early Theology - Contextualizing Augustine's Pneumatology (Paperback)
Chad Tyler Gerber
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

St Augustine's pneumatology remains one of his most distinctive, decisive, and ultimately divisive contributions to the story of Christian thought. How did his understanding of the Spirit develop? Why does he identity the Spirit with divine love and cosmic order? And from what personal and literary sources did he receive inspiration? This examination of Augustine's pneumatology - the first book-length study of this important topic available - seeks answers in Augustine's earliest extant writings, penned during the years surrounding his famed return to the Catholic Church and the height of his efforts to synthesize Catholic theology and the Platonic philosophy of his day which had postulated a divine 'trinity' of its own. Careful analysis of these initial texts casts fresh light upon Augustine's more mature and well-known theology of the Holy Spirit while also illuminating on-going discussions about his early thought such as the nature and extent of his Platonic sympathies and the possibility that the recent convert remained committed to the divinity of the human soul.

Vatican II and New Thinking about Catholic Education - The impact and legacy of Gravissimum Educationis (Hardcover): Sean... Vatican II and New Thinking about Catholic Education - The impact and legacy of Gravissimum Educationis (Hardcover)
Sean Whittle
R4,202 Discovery Miles 42 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is only in the years since Vatican II that the new thinking about Catholic education has crystalised into shape. Vatican II and New Thinking about Catholic Education provides an opportune moment to take stock of the impact of Vatican II on Catholic education. This volume considers the various ways in which Vatican II and its teaching on education has been received and engages with the challenges and testing times that beset faith-based education in the twenty-first century. With insights from an international range of leading and influential advocates of Catholic education, the volume demonstrates the differing contexts of Catholic education and explores the ways in which Vatican II's teaching on education has been received over the past four or five decades.

Journey of Faith for Teens, Mystagogy (Loose-leaf): Redemptorist Pastoral Publication Journey of Faith for Teens, Mystagogy (Loose-leaf)
Redemptorist Pastoral Publication
R139 R117 Discovery Miles 1 170 Save R22 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hildegard of Bingen - A Visionary Life (Paperback, 2nd edition): Sabina Flanagan Hildegard of Bingen - A Visionary Life (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Sabina Flanagan
R1,130 Discovery Miles 11 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days


Author Biography:
Sabina Flanagan is Australian Research Council Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. Her most recent publication is a collection of her own translations from Hildegard's writings Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen

A Retreat in the Desert with Jesus - A Lenten Survival Kit (Paperback): Bernard-Marie A Retreat in the Desert with Jesus - A Lenten Survival Kit (Paperback)
Bernard-Marie
R193 R156 Discovery Miles 1 560 Save R37 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Abortion, Religious Freedom, and Catholic Politics (Paperback): James Hitchcock Abortion, Religious Freedom, and Catholic Politics (Paperback)
James Hitchcock
R1,354 Discovery Miles 13 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout its history the Catholic Church has taken positions on many subjects that are in one sense political, but in another sense are primarily moral, such as contraception, homosexuality, and divorce. One such issue, abortion, has split not only the United States, but Catholics as well. Catholics had to confront these issues within the framework of a democratic society that had no official religion. Abortion, Religious Freedom, and Catholic Politics is a study of opposing American Catholic approaches to abortion, especially in terms of laws and government policies. After the ruling of Roe vs. Wade, many pro-life advocates no longer felt their sentiments and moral code aligned with Democrats. For the first time, Catholics, as an entire group, became involved in U.S. politics. Abortion became one of the principal points of division in American Catholicism: a widening split between liberal Catholic Democrats who sought to minimize the issue and other Catholics, many of them politically liberal, whose pro-life commitments caused them to support Republicans. James Hitchcock discusses the 2016 presidential campaign and how it altered an already changed political landscape. He also examines the Affordable Care Act, LGBT rights, and the questions they raise about religious liberty.

Transforming Masculinities in African Christianity - Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS (Paperback): Adriaan Van Klinken Transforming Masculinities in African Christianity - Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS (Paperback)
Adriaan Van Klinken
R1,028 Discovery Miles 10 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Studies of gender in African Christianity have usually focused on women. This book draws attention to men and constructions of masculinity, particularly important in light of the HIV epidemic which has given rise to a critical investigation of dominant forms of masculinity. These are often associated with the spread of HIV, gender-based violence and oppression of women. Against this background Christian theologians and local churches in Africa seek to change men and transform masculinities. Exploring the complexity and ambiguity of religious gender discourses in contemporary African contexts, this book critically examines the ways in which some progressive African theologians, and a Catholic parish and a Pentecostal church in Zambia, work on a 'transformation of masculinities'.

The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion (Paperback): Phillip Tovey The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion (Paperback)
Phillip Tovey
R1,621 Discovery Miles 16 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Three churches have recently produced liturgies for 'extended communion'. This is the distribution of previously consecrated elements at a public service by lay people or a deacon in the absence of a priest. This development began in the Roman Catholic Church with the Vatican 'Directory on Sunday Worship in the absence of a priest' in 1988. The Methodist Church produced a service of Extended Communion in 1999, and the Church of England authorized 'Public Worship with Communion by Extension' in 2001. In this book Phillip Tovey examines these churches to discover the reasons for the production of these services and their theological rationale. An in-depth examination of case studies draws conclusions highly relevant to the wider church.

Cassian's Conferences - Scriptural Interpretation and the Monastic Ideal (Paperback): Christopher J Kelly Cassian's Conferences - Scriptural Interpretation and the Monastic Ideal (Paperback)
Christopher J Kelly
R1,607 Discovery Miles 16 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores Cassian's use of scripture in the Conferences, especially its biblical models to convey his understanding of the desert ideal to the monastic communities of Gaul. Cassian intended the scriptures and, implicitly, the Conferences to be the voices of authority and orthodoxy in the Gallic environment. He interprets familiar biblical characters in unfamiliar ways that exemplify his ideal. By imitating their actions the monk enters a seamless lineage of authority stretching back to Abraham. This book demonstrates how the scriptures functioned as a dynamic force in the lives of Christian monks in the fourth and fifth centuries, emphasizes the importance of Cassian in the development of the western monastic tradition, and offers an alternative to the sometimes problematic descriptions of patristic exegesis as "allegory" or "typology". Cassian has been described as little more than a provider of information about Egyptian monasticism, but a careful reading of his work reveals a sophisticated agenda to define and institutionalize orthodox monasticism in the Latin West.

Papal Jurisprudence, 385-1234 - Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law (Hardcover): D.L. D'Avray Papal Jurisprudence, 385-1234 - Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law (Hardcover)
D.L. D'Avray
R2,264 Discovery Miles 22 640 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Why did bishops turn to the papacy for advice in late Antiquity? And what does the reception of these decretals reveal about the legal and religious culture of the mid-thirteenth century? This interpretative volume seeks to explain the first decretal age of late antiquity, placing the increased demand for papal jurisprudence - long before it exerted its influence through religious fear - within its social broad context. D. L. d'Avray then traces the reception of this jurisprudence through to the mid-thirteenth century, and the post-Gratian decretal age. Along the way he explores the role of Charlemagne and 'Pseudo-Isidore', which included many genuine early decretals alongside forged ones. Similarities between the Latin world c. 400 and c. 1200 thus help explain parallels between the two decretal ages. This book also analyses decretals from both ages in chapters on pagan marriages, clerics in minor orders, and episcopal elections. For both ages the relation between canon law and other religious genres is elucidated, demonstrating many fascinating parallels and connections.

A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass - The Eucharistic Wisdom of Venerable Bruno Lanteri (Paperback): Fr Timothy Gallagher A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass - The Eucharistic Wisdom of Venerable Bruno Lanteri (Paperback)
Fr Timothy Gallagher
R405 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mass of the Roman Rite - Its Origins and Development (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition): Jungmann, Joseph A The Mass of the Roman Rite - Its Origins and Development (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition)
Jungmann, Joseph A
R1,613 R1,306 Discovery Miles 13 060 Save R307 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the great achievements of twentieth-century theology, Joseph Jungmann's work is a comprehensive study of the origins, evolution, and theology of the Mass from its earliest forms to the dawn of Vatican II. With a revised chapter previously unavailable in the two-volume edition.

Evangelicals and Catholics Together - Toward a Common Mission (Paperback): Charles W Colson, Richard Neuhaus Evangelicals and Catholics Together - Toward a Common Mission (Paperback)
Charles W Colson, Richard Neuhaus
R371 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R92 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Can evangelicals and Roman Catholics be allies in the culture wars now being waged against Christian beliefs and values?

This courageous book seeks a way to allow sectarian strife between the two groups to give way to a decision to work together to mend the fabric of values that has been relentlessly rent in the last thirty-five years. Here, both evangelicals and Roman Catholic authors ask whether the time has come to present a united front against the onslaught of publicly sanctioned unbelief in the land.

Growing out of a historic seminar in the spring of 1994, this bold statement with its probing questions admits the deep differences in Roman Catholic and evangelical attitudes toward the Church, Papal authority, and the sacraments. But it also holds that with more openness, and more clarity about continuing doctrinal differences, enough common ground can be found to engage the larger enemy of skepticism that threatens the country's foundations.

Several of the contributors to this book have been criticized for daring to suggest cooperation between evangelicals and Roman Catholics. They respond with careful concern for their detractors but affirm courageously with Martin Luther: "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise."

All thinking Christians owe it to themselves to see whether this conviction is based on God's Word - and to consider the shared spiritual commitment proposed by these authors.

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition (Hardcover): Jane Anderson Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition (Hardcover)
Jane Anderson
R4,208 Discovery Miles 42 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition. Investigation is given to a representative group of this movement, "Innovative Catholics," who are endeavouring to maintain the momentum for change which began in the 1960s and 1970s. They now find themselves caught between traditional notions of religion and a secularised society, while trying to reconcile these polarising forces to find a pathway forward. While ethnographic fieldwork for this research was conducted in Australia, this movement is to be found across the Western world. The research is framed by the question posed by Jurgen Habermas, who asks whether the democratic constitutional state is able to renew itself, and recognises a benefit in learning from religion. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, subsequently Pope Benedict XVI, responds by asserting the need for a common ethical basis and limits on reason. This latter position, however, remains problematic for Innovative Catholics who are conscious of history and culture. The research explores how Innovative Catholics, who in taking the middle position, inform this dialectic on secularization through their ideas and practices about the human condition.

Hildegard of Bingen - A Visionary Life (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Sabina Flanagan Hildegard of Bingen - A Visionary Life (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Sabina Flanagan
R4,066 Discovery Miles 40 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on contemporary sources, the text unfolds Hildegard's life from the time of her entrance into an anchoress's cell--where a woman would remain in pious isolation--to her death as a famed visionary and writer, abbess and confidante of popes and kings, more than seventy years later. Against this background the author explores Hildegard's vast creative work, encompassing theology, medicine, natural history, poetry, and music.

Made by God, Made for God - Catholic Morality Explained (Hardcover): Matthew Minerd Made by God, Made for God - Catholic Morality Explained (Hardcover)
Matthew Minerd
R686 R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Save R108 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prayers for Priests - Let Us Stir the Heart of God on Behalf of Our Priests (Paperback): Saints and Prelates Various Prayers for Priests - Let Us Stir the Heart of God on Behalf of Our Priests (Paperback)
Saints and Prelates Various
R134 Discovery Miles 1 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Manual Para La Familia Catolica de Hoy (Spanish, Paperback, Revised ed.): Una Publicacion Pastoral Redentorista Manual Para La Familia Catolica de Hoy (Spanish, Paperback, Revised ed.)
Una Publicacion Pastoral Redentorista
R180 R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Save R32 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Como familias hispanas necesitamos una guia para profundizar en nuestros valores mientras nos adaptamos a la nueva cultura en la que vivimos. La Biblia, la oracion, la comunicacion, el entendimiento entre esposos y entre padres e hijos, la inmigracion, son algunas de los temas que trata este manual y que seran de mucha ayuda para los adultos asi como para los jovenes y tambien para los mas pequenos de la casa.
Catholic Hispanic families need guidance in order to deepen their values. They also need to adapt to the new culture in which they are now living. The Word of God, prayer, immigration, communication and understanding among spouses and between parents and children are just some of the topics that this manual discusses.

The Sacralization of Space and Behavior in the Early Modern World - Studies and Sources (Hardcover, New Ed): Jennifer Mara... The Sacralization of Space and Behavior in the Early Modern World - Studies and Sources (Hardcover, New Ed)
Jennifer Mara Desilva
R3,933 Discovery Miles 39 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the Early Modern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to articulate orthodox belief and conduct through texts, sermons, rituals, and images - communities grappled frequently with the connection between sacred space and behavior. The Sacralization of Space and Behavior in the Early Modern World explores individual and community involvement in the approbation, reconfiguration and regulation of sacred spaces and the behavior (both animal and human) within them. The individual's understanding of sacred space, and consequently the behavior appropriate within it, depended on local need, group dynamics, and the dissemination of normative expectations. While these expectations were defined in a growing body of confessionalizing literature, locally and internationally traditional clerical authorities found their decisions contested, circumvented, or elaborated in order to make room for other stakeholders' activities and needs. To clearly reveal the efforts of early modern groups to negotiate authority and the transformation of behavior with sacred space, this collection presents examples that allow the deconstruction of these tensions and the exploration of the resulting campaigns within sacred space. Based on new archival research the eleven chapters in this collection examine diverse aspects of the campaigns to transform Christian behavior within a variety of types of sacred space and through a spectrum of media. These essays give voice to the arguments, exhortations, and accusations that surrounded the activities taking place in early modern sacred space and reveal much about how people made sense of these transformations.

Exploring New Monastic Communities - The (Re)invention of Tradition (Hardcover, New edition): Stefania Palmisano Exploring New Monastic Communities - The (Re)invention of Tradition (Hardcover, New edition)
Stefania Palmisano
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Examining the recent radical re-invention of monastic tradition in the everyday life of New Monastic Communities, Exploring New Monastic Communities considers how, growing up in the wake of Vatican II, new Catholic communities are renewing monastic life by emphasizing the most innovative and disruptive theological aspects which they identify in the Council. Despite freely adopting and adapting their Rule of Life, the new communities do not belong to pre-existing orders or congregations: they are gender-mixed with monks and nuns living under the same roof; they accept lay members whether single, married or as families; they reject enclosure; they often limit collective prayer time in order to increase time for labour, evangelization and voluntary social work; and are actively involved in oecumenical and interreligious dialogue, harbouring thinly-veiled sympathy with oriental religions, from which they sometimes adopt beliefs and practices. Offering unique sociological insights into New Monastic Communities, and shedding light on questions surrounding New Religious Movements more generally, the book asks what 'monastic' means today and whether these communities can still be described as 'monastic'.

Religion Italian Style - Continuities and Changes in a Catholic Country (Hardcover, New Ed): Franco Garelli Religion Italian Style - Continuities and Changes in a Catholic Country (Hardcover, New Ed)
Franco Garelli
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Italy's traditional subcultures - Communist, Socialist, Liberal, Republican, Right-wing - have largely dissolved and yet Catholics have retained their vitality and solidity. How can the vast majority of Italians continue to maintain some connection with Catholicism? How much is the Italian situation influenced by the closeness of the Vatican? Examining the religious condition of contemporary Italy, Religion Italian Style argues that the relationship between religion and society in Italy has unique characteristics when compared with what is happening in other European Catholic Countries. Exploring key topics and religious trends which question how the population feel - from the laity and the role of religions in the public sphere, to moral debates, forms of religious pluralism, and new spiritualities - this book questions how these affect religious life, and how intricately religion is interwoven with the nation's fabric and the dynamics of the whole society.

Discussions in History and Theology (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): George P. Fisher Discussions in History and Theology (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
George P. Fisher
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1880 and reprinted in 1987, this is a fascinating collection of essays by the nineteenth-century theologian and historian George P. Fisher, arranged into three key classifications. The first group comprises papers that relate to the history, polity and dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church, with a particular focus on how the religion of ancient Rome reappears in the characteristic features of Latin Christianity. The second group of essays relates to the New England theology that was pioneered by Jonathan Edwards and entailed important modifications in the philosophy of Calvinism. Unitarianism is also discussed in detail, which is the subject of a paper on Channing, who was regarded as the most prominent representative of the movement in America. The third set of essays explores Theism and Christian evidences, with papers presenting analyses of rationalistic theory, Atheism, and the intellectual and spiritual career of the Apostle Paul. A fascinating and comprehensive collection, this important reissue will be of particular value to students interested in the interplay between history and Christian theology.

Fulton J. Sheen (Paperback): Alexis Walkenstein Fulton J. Sheen (Paperback)
Alexis Walkenstein
R327 R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Save R60 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory (Paperback): Susan Tassone The Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory (Paperback)
Susan Tassone
R268 R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Save R51 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Giving the Holy Souls in Purgatory an indulgence is "the highest act of supernatural charity, " says Pope John Paul II. What better way to pray for them than by adapting the Rosary?

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