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How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred
years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional
persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan
Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the
amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church
grew because the virtue of patience was of central importance in
the life and witness of the early Christians. They wrote about
patience, not evangelism, and reflected on prayer, catechesis, and
worship, yet the church grew--not by specific strategies but by
patient ferment.
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The Road That I Must Walk (Hardcover)
Darrin W. Snyder Belousek; Foreword by Alan Kreider, Eleanor Kreider
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R1,156
R919
Discovery Miles 9 190
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As Sara Wenger Shenk, President-Elect, Associated Mennonite
Biblical Seminary, puts it, "Rooting Mennonite spirituality within
the earthy settledness of her grandmother's story, Nelson lovingly
shows the way toward a spirituality of pilgrimage, in the company
of Jesus" In a book that is part narrative, part theology, part
spiritual memoir, Dawn Ruth Nelson draws on a Mennonite background,
encounter with Irish Catholic faith, and the spiritual life she
discovers in her grandmother and her own everyday life to propose
contemporary forms of spiritual formation and expression. "Although
Nelson's six suggestions for contemporary spirituality are focused
on Mennonite tradition and experience," observes Joann Wolski Conn,
Professor of Christian Spirituality, Neumann University, "their
transforming power make them applicable for anyone desiring
Christian formation." C. Arnold Snyder, Professor of History,
Conrad Grebel University College, comments that "Nelson's search
leads from her grandmother's life in Mennonite community, through
peace work in Ireland and engagement with the Roman Catholic
tradition, and finally to the essential inner/outer balance of the
Anabaptist spiritual tradition-a response of discipleship made
possible by the spiritual connection to the living vine, Jesus
Christ."
Today, as Christendom weakens, worship and mission are poised to
reunite after centuries of separation. But this requires the church
to rethink both "mission" and "worship." In post-Christendom
mission, God is the main actor and God calls all Christians to
participate. In post-Christendom worship, the church tells and
celebrates the story of God, enabling members to live in hope and
attract outsiders to its many tables of hospitality. In this
passionate and thoughtful study, Alan Kreider and Eleanor Kreider
draw upon missiology, liturgiology, biblical studies, church
history, and the vast experience of today's global Christian
church-to say nothing of their long tenure as teachers and writers
in contemporary England and the United States. Academically
responsible but also practical and accessible, Worship and Mission
After Christendom is a much-needed guide for people who take
seriously God's call to be the church in a world where
institutional religion is no longer taken for granted. 324 Pages.
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Social Holiness (Paperback)
Alan Kreider; Afterword by Dale M. Coulter
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R975
R784
Discovery Miles 7 840
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This book focuses on conversion and Christendom, and the
relationship of one to the other. Alan Kreider helps readers think
about the meaning of the word Christendom, its character and inner
dynamics, arguing that methods of conversion produced Christendom.
This study, then, examines Christendom as the product of
conversion, the latter understood as changes within categories of
belief, belonging, and behavior.
For well over a millennium the civilization of Western Europe was
'Christendom, ' with Christianity the dominant religion, buttressed
by social and legal structures. This volume studies Christendom at
its origins, bringing the insights of leading scholars in the
fields of ancient history, theology, patristics, and liturgy to
bear on aspects of Europe's Christianization. From a missiological
perspective, the contributors ask what is Christianity's impact
upon culture, what is culture's impact upon Christianity? Focusing
on the first four centuries, but also looking forward to the future
of Christianity in the West, this book combines scholarly
excellence with accessibility. It will be valued by scholars and
students alike.
Does the market promote its own intrinsic and selfish values, or
does it merely reflect the values of society? This question is
becoming more important as contemporary opposition to globalization
and the unfettered operation of market forces demonstrates. This
collection offers reports from all areas of the business and policy
sectors, providing a debate on the supposedly conflicting
relationship between the market and spiritual values. Sharply
contrasting accounts emerge from contributors who have been
actively involved in business and finance in the UK, while other
authors discuss business models which have a very different set of
values from those of most participants in commercial markets.
Alternative perspectives are provided by contributors responsible
for the design and implementation of public policies with
non-market values, and the collection concludes with reflections on
the values implicit in modern economic analysis.
This booklet explores the Christianity of the days before it became
an official religion of the Roman Empire. It considers the impact
of various areas of church life in this initial state.
Composing Music for Worship is a unique, challenging and timely
book that asks vital questions about the future of music for
Christian worship. The increasing presence of background music in
public places, the unlimited choice of recorded music cheaply
available, the ease with which we can control our musical
environment and ready access to musical perfection in the comfort
of our own homes all have profound implications for churches and
their music. While the availability of musical choice has exploded,
organized religion has declined. Traditional institutions,
including the churches, are increasingly avoided. What does this
mean for music as a medium for conveying spiritual truths? What is
the way forward for composers of Christian music? What music will
speak deeply to worshippers and build churches into embodiments of
Christian theology? What music will intrigue new people and attract
them to the Christian good news? An impressive line-up of eminent
musicians, representing a wide variety of music styles, consider
these questions and explore the future for church music in all its
expressions. The result is a cutting-edge examination of the
challenges facing the churches in the modern age and a dynamic
range of responses to those challenges. STEPHEN DARLINGTON is
Organist and Tutor in Music at Christ Church, Oxford and director
of music at Christ Church Cathedral. ALAN KREIDER was previously
director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture,
Regent's Park College, Oxford.He is presently teaching at the
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana.
Part of an expanding and academically acclaimed series, this is a
genuine trans-denominational work on Nonconformity.
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