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Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to
spark group discussion. Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book
Awards, Christian Living Silver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin
Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers Association
Why, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and
fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer
lies in the hands of God’s people. Increasingly, today’s
Christians want to be the church, to follow Christ together in
daily life. From every corner of society, they are daring to step
away from the status quo and respond to Christ’s call to share
their lives more fully with one another and with others. As they
take the plunge, they are discovering the rich, meaningful life
that Jesus has in mind for all people, and pointing the church back
to its original calling: to be a gathered, united community that
demonstrates the transforming love of God. Of course, such a life
together with others isn’t easy. The selections in this volume
are, by and large, written by practitioners—people who have
pioneered life in intentional community and have discovered in the
nitty-gritty of daily life what it takes to establish, nurture, and
sustain a Christian community over the long haul. Whether you have
just begun thinking about communal living, are already embarking on
sharing life with others, or have been part of a community for many
years, the pieces in this collection will encourage, challenge, and
strengthen you. The book’s fifty-two chapters can be read one a
week to ignite meaningful group discussion. Contributors
include: John F. Alexander, Eberhard Arnold, J. Heinrich
Arnold, Johann Christoph Arnold, Alden Bass, Benedict of Nursia,
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Leonardo Boff, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Joan Chittister, Stephen B. Clark, Andy Crouch, Dorothy Day,
Anthony de Mello, Elizabeth Dede, Catherine de Hueck Doherty,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jenny Duckworth, Friedrich Foerster, Richard J.
Foster, Jodi Garbison, Arthur G. Gish, Helmut Gollwitzer, Adele J
Gonzalez, Stanley Hauerwas, Joseph H. Hellerman, Roy Hession, David
Janzen, Rufus Jones, Emmanuel Katongole, Arthur Katz, Søren
Kierkegaard, C. Norman Kraus, C.S. Lewis, Gerhard Lohfink, Ed
Loring, Chiara Lubich, George MacDonald, Thomas Merton, Hal Miller,
José P. Miranda, Jürgen Moltmann, Charles E. Moore, Henri J. M.
Nouwen, Elizabeth O’Connor, John M. Perkins, Eugene H.Peterson,
Christine D. Pohl, Chris Rice, Basilea Schlink, Howard A. Snyder,
Mother Teresa, Thomas Kempis, Elton Trueblood, and Jonathan
Wilson-Hartgrove.
Find the clarity of vision needed to win the daily battle that is
life, and the inner anchor without which we lose our moorings. It
is hard to exaggerate the significance of Inner Land, either for
Eberhard Arnold or his readers. It absorbed his energies off and on
for most of his adult life – from World War I, when he published
the first chapter under the title War: A Call to Inwardness, to
1935, the last year of his life. Packed in metal boxes and buried
at night for safekeeping from the Nazis, who raided the author’s
study a year before his death (and again a year after it), Inner
Land was not openly critical of Hitler’s regime. Nevertheless, it
attacked the spirits that animated German society: its murderous
strains of racism and bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its
mindless mass hysteria, and its vulgar materialism. In this sense
Innerland stands as starkly opposed to the zeitgeist of our own day
as to that of the author’s. At a glance, the focus of Inner Land
seems to be the cultivation of the spiritual life as an end in
itself. Nothing could be more misleading. In fact, to Eberhard
Arnold the very thought of encouraging the sort of selfish solitude
whereby people seek their own private peace by shutting out the
noise and rush of public life around them is anathema. He writes in
The Inner Life: “These are times of distress. We cannot retreat,
willfully blind to the overwhelming urgency of the tasks pressing
on society. We cannot look for inner detachment in an inner and
outer isolation...The only justification for withdrawing into the
inner self to escape today's confusing, hectic whirl would be that
fruitfulness is enriched by it. It is a question of gaining within,
through unity with eternal powers, a strength of character ready to
be tested in the stream of the world.” Inner Land, then, calls us
not to passivity, but to action. It invites us to discover the
abundance of a life lived for God. It opens our eyes to the
possibilities of that “inner land of the invisible where our
spirit can find the roots of its strength and thus enable us to
press on to the mastery of life we are called to by God.” Only
there, says Eberhard Arnold, can our life be placed under the
illuminating light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only
there will we find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily
battle that is life, and the inner anchor without which we will
lose our moorings.
Fifty-two readings to spark weekly group discussion on putting
Jesus' most central teachings into practice. Jesus' most famous
teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, possesses an irresistible
quality. Who hasn't felt stirred and unsettled after reading these
words, which get to the root of the human condition? This follow-up
to the acclaimed collection Called to Community: The Life Jesus
Wants for His People taps an even broader array of sources,
bringing together prophetic voices from every era and a range of
traditions to consider the repercussions of these essential words.
More than a commentary or devotional, this book is designed to be
read together with others, to inspire communities of faith to
discuss what it might look like to put Jesus' teachings into
practice today.
What makes the Bible more than ink on paper? The living word,
Eberhard Arnold writes, is greater than the words of the Bible,
which even the devil used to tempt Jesus. The scriptures on their
own can never produce the righteousness, mercy, and faithfulness
that count before God. But when the Holy Spirit speaks this living
word into the hearts of those who have set out on the way of
discipleship to Christ, the deepest meaning of the scriptures are
opened up to them. Those who have accepted this living word, which
never contradicts the Bible, also agree with one another.
Transformed from within, they receive the strength, clarity, and
unity they need to carry out the task God has given them - to make
God's kingdom a reality on earth. The final volume of five in Inner
Land, The Living Word includes a preface by Eberhard Arnold's son
J. Heinrich Arnold, who has written elsewhere: "My father not only
believed that Inner Land was the most important book he had
written; he also believed and told me that he included in this book
everything in his life he had ever experienced of Christ, of the
suffering of humankind, of the murderous spirit of mammon, of human
life and divine life altogether." About Innerland: It is hard to
exaggerate the significance of Innerland, either for Eberhard
Arnold or his readers. It absorbed his energies off and on for most
of his adult life - from World War I, when he published the first
chapter under the title War: A Call to Inwardness, to 1935, the
last year of his life. Packed in metal boxes and buried at night
for safekeeping from the Nazis, who raided the author's study a
year before his death (and again a year after it), Innerland was
not openly critical of Hitler's regime. Nevertheless, it attacked
the spirits that animated German society: its murderous strains of
racism and bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its mindless
mass hysteria, and its vulgar materialism. In this sense Innerland
stands as starkly opposed to the zeitgeist of our own day as to
that of the author's. At a glance, the focus of Innerland seems to
be the cultivation of the spiritual life as an end in itself.
Nothing could be more misleading. In fact, to Eberhard Arnold the
very thought of encouraging the sort of selfish solitude whereby
people seek their own private peace by shutting out the noise and
rush of public life around them is anathema. He writes in The Inner
Life: "These are times of distress. We cannot retreat, willfully
blind to the overwhelming urgency of the tasks pressing on society.
We cannot look for inner detachment in an inner and outer
isolation...The only justification for withdrawing into the inner
self to escape today's confusing, hectic whirl would be that
fruitfulness is enriched by it. It is a question of gaining within,
through unity with eternal powers, a strength of character ready to
be tested in the stream of the world." Innerland, then, calls us
not to passivity, but to action. It invites us to discover the
abundance of a life lived for God. It opens our eyes to the
possibilities of that "inner land of the invisible where our spirit
can find the roots of its strength and thus enable us to press on
to the mastery of life we are called to by God." Only there, says
Eberhard Arnold, can our life be placed under the illuminating
light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only there will we
find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily battle that is
life, and the inner anchor without which we will lose our moorings.
A radical vision for a society transformed by the teachings and
spirit of Jesus. Do you feel powerless to change the injustice at
every level of society? Are you tired of answers that ignore the
root causes of human suffering? This selection of writings by
Eberhard Arnold, who left a career and the established church in
order to live out the gospel, calls us to a completely different
way. Be warned: Arnold doesn't approach discipleship as the route
to some benign religious fulfillment, but as a revolution-a
transformation that begins within and spreads outward to encompass
every aspect of life. Arnold writes in the same tradition of
radical obedience to the gospel as his contemporaries Karl Barth
and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
How did violence become OK? And is there any way back? At some
point between George Floyd's killing on May 25 and the invasion of
the US Capitol on January 6, America's consensus against political
violence crumbled. Before 2020, almost everyone agreed that it
should be out of bounds. Now, many are ready to justify such
violence - at least when it is their side breaking windows or
battling police officers. Something significant seems to have
slipped. Is there any way back? As Christians, we need to consider
what guilt we bear, with the rise of a decidedly unchristian
"Christian nationalism" that historically has deep roots in
American Christian culture. But shouldn't we also be asking
ourselves what a truly Christian stance might look like, one that
reflects Jesus' blessings on the peacemakers, the merciful, and the
meek? Oscar Romero, when accused of preaching revolutionary
violence, responded: "We have never preached violence, except the
violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross." If we take
Jesus' example and his call to nonviolence at face value, we're
left with all kinds of interesting questions: What about policing?
What about the military? What about participating in government?
This issue of Plough addresses some of these questions and explores
what a life lived according to love rather than violence might look
like. In this issue: - Anthony M. Barr revisits James Baldwin's
advice about undoing racism. - Gracy Olmstead describes welcoming
the baby she did not expect during a pandemic. - Patrick Tomassi
debates nonviolence with Portland's anarchists and Proud Boys. -
Scott Beauchamp advises on what not to ask war veterans. - Rachel
Pieh Jones reveals what Muslims have taught her about prayer. -
Eberhard Arnold argues that Christian nonviolence is more than
pacifism. - Stanley Hauerwas presents a vision of church you've
never seen in practice. - Andrea Grosso Ciponte graphically
portrays the White Rose student resistance to Nazism. - Zito Madu
illuminates rap's role in escaping the violence of poverty. -
Springs Toledo recounts his boxing match with an undefeated
professional. You'll also find: - An interview with poet Rhina P.
Espaillat - New poems by Catherine Tufariello - Profiles of
Anabaptist leader Felix Manz and community founder Lore Weber -
Reviews of Marly Youmans's Charis in the World of Wonders, Judith
D. Schwartz's The Reindeer Chronicles, Chris Lombardi's I Ain't
Marching Anymore, and Martin Espada's Floaters Plough Quarterly
features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their
faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles,
interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus'
message into practice and find common cause with others.
What happens when we let the living God into our practical lives?
Everyone is looking for deeper meaning in their lives and for
personal peace as well as peace for all. But are we ready for what
can happen when we invite the living God to rule our personal lives
and transform us and our society? Where religion, self-help, and
the political ideologies of left and right have failed us, God
enters with power to break the grip of money, violence, and
tribalism and bring about a new life of justice and fellowship.
This book is not for those who look to spirituality as an escape
from reality. But for those who hunger for change that is genuine
and tangible, for a personal peace of heart that is inseparable
from justice and peace between nations, Arnold's words will be a
rousing encouragement to expect more than you ever dared hope.
Experiencing God is the third volume in Inner Land: A Guide into
the Heart of the Gospel
When troubled consciences find healing they become a force for
good. The conscience, our inner moral compass, is a sensitive
instrument meant to warn us against all that might endanger our
life and happiness. Many today despise or ignore the conscience,
calling its working unhealthy repression of natural urges, or
rejecting any certainty in the name of relativism. Others are
tormented by its accusations. In this little book, Arnold points
the way to complete healing and restoration of even the most
troubled conscience. When Christ's forgiveness sets the conscience
free and floods it with his live-renewing spirit, it becomes an
active force for good, giving us clarity in personal, social, and
political questions and leading us to peace, joy, justice, and
community. The Conscience is the second volume of five in Inner
Land: A Guide into the Heart of the Gospel. About Inner Land A
trusted guide into the inner realm where our spirits find strength
to master life and live for God. It is hard to exaggerate the
significance of Innerland, either for Eberhard Arnold or his
readers. It absorbed his energies off and on for most of his adult
life--from World War I, when he published the first chapter under
the title War: A Call to Inwardness, to 1935, the last year of his
life. Packed in metal boxes and buried at night for safekeeping
from the Nazis, who raided the author's study a year before his
death (and again a year after it), Innerland was not openly
critical of Hitler's regime. Nevertheless, it attacked the spirits
that animated German society: its murderous strains of racism and
bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its mindless mass
hysteria, and its vulgar materialism. In this sense Innerland
stands as starkly opposed to the zeitgeist of our own day as to
that of the author's. At a glance, the focus of Innerland seems to
be the cultivation of the spiritual life as an end in itself.
Nothing could be more misleading. In fact, to Eberhard Arnold the
very thought of encouraging the sort of selfish solitude whereby
people seek their own private peace by shutting out the noise and
rush of public life around them is anathema. He writes in The Inner
Life:"These are times of distress. We cannot retreat, willfully
blind to the overwhelming urgency of the tasks pressing on society.
We cannot look for inner detachment in an inner and outer
isolation...The only justification for withdrawing into the inner
self to escape today's confusing, hectic whirl would be that
fruitfulness is enriched by it. It is a question of gaining within,
through unity with eternal powers, a strength of character ready to
be tested in the stream of the world." Innerland, then, calls us
not to passivity, but to action. It invites us to discover the
abundance of a life lived for God. It opens our eyes to the
possibilities of that "inner land of the invisible where our spirit
can find the roots of its strength and thus enable us to press on
to the mastery of life we are called to by God." Only there, says
Eberhard Arnold, can our life be placed under the illuminating
light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only there will we
find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily battle that is
life, and the inner anchor without which we will lose our moorings.
In these firsthand accounts of the early church, the spirit of
Pentecost burns with prophetic force through the fog enveloping the
modern church. A clear and vibrant faith lives on in these
writings, providing a guide for Christians today. Its stark
simplicity and revolutionary fervor will stun those lulled by
conventional Christianity. The Early Christians is a topically
arranged collection of primary sources. It includes extra-biblical
sayings of Jesus and excerpts from Origen, Tertullian, Polycarp,
Clement of Alexandria, Justin, Irenaeus, Hermas, Ignatius, and
others. Equally revealing material from pagan contemporaries -
critics, detractors, and persecutors - is included as well.
Lightning and forest fires could strike terror in primitive humans,
yet they also cherished fire as a life-giving gift from the gods.
Eberhard Arnold surveys the symbolism of light and fire in the
Bible, literature, and history to illuminate our love/fear
relationship with God. The Holy Spirit, like fire, is a two-edged
sword: it brings the blazing wrath of God's judgment, consuming all
that is dead and cold in us, but also the radiant warmth of his
love, mercy, and redemption. Though Inner Land was not explicitly
critical of the Nazi regime, it nevertheless attacked the spirits
that animated German society at the time: racism and bigotry,
nationalistic fervor, mass hysteria, and materialism. The chapter
"Light and Fire," in particular, was a deliberate public statement
at a decisive moment of Germany's history. Eberhard Arnold sent
Hitler a copy on November 9, 1933. A week later the Gestapo raided
the community and ransacked the author's study. After this first
raid, Eberhard Arnold asked two friends to pack the already printed
signatures of Inner Land in watertight metal boxes and bury them at
night for safekeeping. They later dug up Inner Land and smuggled it
out of the country, publishing it in Lichtenstein after Eberhard
Arnold's death. The fourth volume of five in Inner Land, Fire and
Spirit contains two chapters, "Light and Fire" and "The Holy
Spirit." About Innerland: It is hard to exaggerate the significance
of Innerland, either for Eberhard Arnold or his readers. It
absorbed his energies off and on for most of his adult life - from
World War I, when he published the first chapter under the title
War: A Call to Inwardness, to 1935, the last year of his life.
Packed in metal boxes and buried at night for safekeeping from the
Nazis, who raided the author's study a year before his death (and
again a year after it), Innerland was not openly critical of
Hitler's regime. Nevertheless, it attacked the spirits that
animated German society: its murderous strains of racism and
bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its mindless mass
hysteria, and its vulgar materialism. In this sense Innerland
stands as starkly opposed to the zeitgeist of our own day as to
that of the author's. At a glance, the focus of Innerland seems to
be the cultivation of the spiritual life as an end in itself.
Nothing could be more misleading. In fact, to Eberhard Arnold the
very thought of encouraging the sort of selfish solitude whereby
people seek their own private peace by shutting out the noise and
rush of public life around them is anathema. He writes in The Inner
Life: "These are times of distress. We cannot retreat, willfully
blind to the overwhelming urgency of the tasks pressing on society.
We cannot look for inner detachment in an inner and outer
isolation...The only justification for withdrawing into the inner
self to escape today's confusing, hectic whirl would be that
fruitfulness is enriched by it. It is a question of gaining within,
through unity with eternal powers, a strength of character ready to
be tested in the stream of the world." Innerland, then, calls us
not to passivity, but to action. It invites us to discover the
abundance of a life lived for God. It opens our eyes to the
possibilities of that "inner land of the invisible where our spirit
can find the roots of its strength and thus enable us to press on
to the mastery of life we are called to by God." Only there, says
Eberhard Arnold, can our life be placed under the illuminating
light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only there will we
find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily battle that is
life, and the inner anchor without which we will lose our moorings.
A trusted guide into the inner realm where our spirits find
strength to master life and live for God. It is hard to exaggerate
the significance of Innerland, either for Eberhard Arnold or his
readers. It absorbed his energies off and on for most of his adult
life--from World War I, when he published the first chapter under
the title War: A Call to Inwardness, to 1935, the last year of his
life. Packed in metal boxes and buried at night for safekeeping
from the Nazis, who raided the author's study a year before his
death (and again a year after it), Innerland was not openly
critical of Hitler's regime. Nevertheless, it attacked the spirits
that animated German society: its murderous strains of racism and
bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its mindless mass
hysteria, and its vulgar materialism. In this sense Innerland
stands as starkly opposed to the zeitgeist of our own day as to
that of the author's. At a glance, the focus of Innerland seems to
be the cultivation of the spiritual life as an end in itself.
Nothing could be more misleading. In fact, to Eberhard Arnold the
very thought of encouraging the sort of selfish solitude whereby
people seek their own private peace by shutting out the noise and
rush of public life around them is anathema. He writes in The Inner
Life:"These are times of distress. We cannot retreat, willfully
blind to the overwhelming urgency of the tasks pressing on society.
We cannot look for inner detachment in an inner and outer
isolation...The only justification for withdrawing into the inner
self to escape today's confusing, hectic whirl would be that
fruitfulness is enriched by it. It is a question of gaining within,
through unity with eternal powers, a strength of character ready to
be tested in the stream of the world." Innerland, then, calls us
not to passivity, but to action. It invites us to discover the
abundance of a life lived for God. It opens our eyes to the
possibilities of that "inner land of the invisible where our spirit
can find the roots of its strength and thus enable us to press on
to the mastery of life we are called to by God." Only there, says
Eberhard Arnold, can our life be placed under the illuminating
light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only there will we
find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily battle that is
life, and the inner anchor without which we will lose our moorings.
The 40 short, pithy meditations in this collection witness to the
fact that the birth of Jesus is more than history for those who
feel their need of him. Christmas is the season of joy for good
reason: it is the news of a savior being born, of light breaking
into darkness, of God's peace and goodwill to all. But joy is more
than merriment. For those who only want to have a good time or a
feeling of togetherness, Christmas brings a temporary feeling of
cheer. But for those who feel bankrupt, without real meaning or
hope - either for themselves or for the world - Christmas can be
genuinely life-changing.
A compelling collection of thoughts on child-rearing that
emphasizes the necessity of bringing up every child as the
individual God wants him or her to be in an often confusing and
uncaring world. A wellspring of wisdom to return to again and
again.
Why has God not answered my prayers? What should I be praying for?
If everything I prayed for came true, would I be ready? In this
spiritual classic, Eberhard Arnold mines the riches of biblical
teaching on prayer and the example of Jesus, the Hebrew prophets,
and the early Christians to point us back to the prayer that
pleases God most - prayer that has the power to transform our lives
and our world. In a new reflective response, much-loved author
Richard J. Foster relates Arnold's words to our contemporary
reality.
Can beauty save the world? These days criticism of art--whether
visual, musical, or literary--is often marked by a suspicion of
beauty. What happened to the belief that the creativity of the
artist reflects the creativity of the Maker of heaven and earth,
and that art can therefore be a channel for divine truth? Anyone
who has joined with others to sing Bach's Saint Matthew Passion or
stood before a painting by Raphael or Chagall can attest to this.
At such moments, art binds people together. This issue of Plough
focuses on art that leads to such community: through theater,
painting, music, and the objects and architecture of everyday life.
And while art fosters community, building community is itself a
work of creativity. Also in this issue: original poetry by Cozine
Welch Jr.; reviews of new books by Eliza Griswold, Alissa Quart,
Eugene Vodolazkin, and Nathan Englander; and art by Denis Brown,
JR, Valerie Jardin, Isaiah King, Isaiah Tanenbaum, George Makary,
Oriol Malet, Alex Nwokolo, Ashik and Jenelle Mohan, Raphael, Aaron
Douglas, Winslow Homer, Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and
Jason Landsel. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and
culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue
brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and
art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common
cause with others.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus puts aside his usual parables and
speaks plainly in language anyone can understand. Like Francis of
Assisi and others, Arnold chose to live out Jesus teachings by
embracing their self- sacrificing demands. In this collection of
talks and essays, he calls us to live for the Sermon s ultimate
goal: the overturning of the prevailing order of injustice. In its
place, Arnold writes, we must build up a just, peaceable society
motivated by love."
Is there a better way than capitalism? A much-cited recent poll
found that more young Americans have a positive view of socialism
than of capitalism. There's a sense of newly opened possibilities:
Might this be the moment for a mass movement of solidarity to
overthrow the tyranny of concentrated power and wealth? But what
exactly is this cause? Socialism's champions know how to take
effective whacks at capitalism, but diagnosis is not yet the cure.
This issue of Plough springs from a conviction that there is a
better answer beyond capitalism and socialism, a freely chosen life
of sharing and caring that overcomes economic exploitation, a way
of life that is both thoroughly practical and independent of the
state. This vision is much older than Adam Smith and Karl Marx; it
lies at the heart of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and throughout the
New Testament, as well as in the writings of the Old Testament
prophets. It is exemplified by the communal life of the first
church in Jerusalem, in which "all who believed were together and
had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and
goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need" (Acts
2:44-45). Also in this issue: poetry by Jane Tyson Clement; reviews
of books by Jennifer Berry Hawes, Robert Macfarlane, Emily Bazelon,
and John Connell; and art and photography by Wassily Kandinsky, N.
C. Wyeth, Deborah Batt, Kari Nielsen, Chris Arnade, William Morris,
Hilzias Salazar, Amedeo Modigliani, Benjamin Meader, Bianca
Berends, Elise Palmigiani, and Danny Burrows. Plough Quarterly
features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their
faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles,
interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus'
message into practice and find common cause with others.
Hans-Joachim Eberhard und Arnold Krosta entwickeln auf der
Grundlage einer umfassenden Sichtung der Freundschaftsforschung und
mittels einer qualitativ-psychoanalytischen Untersuchung anhand von
Gruppendiskussionen eine Theorie der Freundschaft von 20- bis
40jahrigen Berlinern."
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Eberhard Arnold describe la vida de la iglesia primitiva,
proporciona el contexto religioso e historico y analiza la
vitalidad de una fe primitiva y espiritual. En este libro breve,
Eberhard Arnold describe la vida de la iglesia primitiva.
Proporciona el contexto religioso e historico, analiza la vitalidad
de una fe primitiva y espiritual a la luz de su inspiracion -las
ensenanzas de Cristo y sus apostoles- y la contrasta con la
religion institucionalizada de los siglos posteriores. El cuadro
que Arnold presenta refleja una fe y un modo de vida que arden con
fervor y devocion. Esos hombres y mujeres mostraron una firme
lealtad hacia el reino de Dios y una voluntad de sacrificar todo
por su causa.
Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) fue una de las figuras cristianas mas
notables del siglo XX. En los anos posteriores a la primera guerra
mundial, abandono su carrera como teologo universitario para vivir
el espiritu radical del Sermon del monte. Con su familia y un
pequeno circulo de amigos fundo el Bruderhof, una comunidad
arraigada en la tradicion anabautista. En sus escritos, preocupados
por la busqueda de la paz, la comunidad y el llamamiento a una
revolucion del espiritu, se escucha el reto evangelico que invita a
vivir comprometidamente desde la autenticidad personal. Menos
conocido en el mundo hispanohablante, este libro brinda la
oportunidad de leer una seleccion de escritos que permiten escuchar
su voz profetica.
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