A God Of One S Own
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A God Of One S Own
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Author : Ulrich Beck
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-11-05
A God Of One S Own written by Ulrich Beck and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-05 with Social Science categories.
Religion posits one characteristic as an absolute: faith. Compared to faith, all other social distinctions and sources of conflict are insignificant. The New Testament says: ‘We are all equal in the sight of God'. To be sure, this equality applies only to those who acknowledge God's existence. What this means is that alongside the abolition of class and nation within the community of believers, religion introduces a new fundamental distinction into the world the distinction between the right kind of believers and the wrong kind. Thus overtly or tacitly, religion brings with it the demonization of believers in other faiths. The central question that will decide the continued existence of humanity is this: How can we conceive of a type of inter-religious tolerance in which loving one's neighbor does not imply war to the death, a type of tolerance whose goal is not truth but peace? Is what we are experiencing at present a regression of monotheistic religion to a polytheism of the religious spirit under the heading of ‘a God of one's own'? In Western societies, where the autonomy of the individual has been internalized, individual human beings tend to feel increasingly at liberty to tell themselves little faith stories that fit their own lives to appoint ‘Gods of their own'. However, this God of their own is no longer the one and only God who presides over salvation by seizing control of history and empowering his followers to be intolerant and use naked force.
A God Of One S Own
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Author : Ulrich Beck
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2010-09-14
A God Of One S Own written by Ulrich Beck and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-14 with Social Science categories.
Religion posits one characteristic as an absolute: faith. Compared to faith, all other social distinctions and sources of conflict are insignificant. The New Testament says: ‘We are all equal in the sight of God'. To be sure, this equality applies only to those who acknowledge God's existence. What this means is that alongside the abolition of class and nation within the community of believers, religion introduces a new fundamental distinction into the world the distinction between the right kind of believers and the wrong kind. Thus overtly or tacitly, religion brings with it the demonization of believers in other faiths. The central question that will decide the continued existence of humanity is this: How can we conceive of a type of inter-religious tolerance in which loving one's neighbor does not imply war to the death, a type of tolerance whose goal is not truth but peace? Is what we are experiencing at present a regression of monotheistic religion to a polytheism of the religious spirit under the heading of ‘a God of one's own'? In Western societies, where the autonomy of the individual has been internalized, individual human beings tend to feel increasingly at liberty to tell themselves little faith stories that fit their own lives to appoint ‘Gods of their own'. However, this God of their own is no longer the one and only God who presides over salvation by seizing control of history and empowering his followers to be intolerant and use naked force.
God In His Own Image
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Author : Syd Brestel
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2019-05-07
God In His Own Image written by Syd Brestel and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with Religion categories.
"Someone once noted that God made us in His image, and ever since we have tried to do God a favor by making Him in our image." It’s easy to speak to others about the Jesus who cared for the poor, healed the sick, and preached love and justice for the least of these. But what about the God who tells the Israelites to wage war and kill entire people groups? Or threatens exile and then delivers? Or sends people to hell? Can these really be the same God? The simple answer is, yes. God in His Own Image takes you on a journey through the Bible exploring God’s true nature. You’ll study instances of great mercy and great severity, and by the end, you’ll begin to see why both God’s compassion and his wrath are necessary, important, and even beautiful. Get to know the God who is both Lion and Lamb, both Judge and Father, both kind and severe, and perfect in every way.
Everybody His Own God
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Author : chris bouter
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-05-29
Everybody His Own God written by chris bouter and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-29 with Religion categories.
A plea for the Christian faith in the era of so-called Postmodernism. It introduces the term of autotheism as an analysis of the sin-sickness that has been upon us since the Fall of man. This essay begins with an attempt to arrange the main religions under common denominators and subsequently counters them with a Christian apology. It is a passionate plea for the christian faith in this so-called age of postmodernism, in which so many ideas and words have been hollowed out by misguided thinkers. It introduces the term of autotheism as an explanation of original sin as seen at work in the depths of our hearts and souls. Preface: Many people know Jesus only as a cuss word. The word sin is thought to be used by overly religious folks. The communists in the former USSR considered religion a disease to be treated in a re-education camp. Nobody has ever seen God. Yet the Bible claims that some did and talked about it. A loving God would not torture people in hell. Yet Christ Jesus warned about a fire in the afterlife that cannot be quenched. He cannot have talked about some coal fire. Therefore it must be some kind of soul fire. The 8 Main Ideas About God: Religions are summed up as being 8 in number; monotheism, mysticism, pantheism, polytheism, rationalism, agnostic materialism, the antireligion atheism and Satanism. The Christian form of monotheism is seen as the truth, from which the other isms deviate on the right and on the left, with Satanism as the nadir of depravity. Mysticism is seen as an overly emotional dedication of the soul, pantheism as too impersonal and polytheism as a hopeless attempt to please capricious gods. This as worsening forms of aberration on the right. On the left rationalism is an exaggeration of reason, agnostic materialism as a pursuit of goods and services that in the end cannot satisfy and atheism as a pluck-the-day philosophy that gives you no hope in the end. Satanism is a hate reaction against a God who is seen as totally unreasonable and evil is preached as a good in itself. But if Satan is to be our liberator, then the God of Judeo-Christianity is far more powerful; for He made his royal badness. And so Satanists can never hope to escape His fury. Why We Humans Are Lost In Ourselves: In the end every form of philosophy, religion, science and politics ends or at best takes on a new jacket. The heart of the problem is autotheism. We all want to play god in our worlds, big or small.
The God Of Revelation His Own Interpreter A Sermon On 2 Cor Iv 7
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Author : James Martineau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
The God Of Revelation His Own Interpreter A Sermon On 2 Cor Iv 7 written by James Martineau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with categories.
Everybody His Own God
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Author : chris bouter
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007-08-01
Everybody His Own God written by chris bouter and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-01 with Religion categories.
A plea for the Christian faith in the era of so-called Postmodernism
God Wears His Own Watch
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Author : Reid Lehman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
God Wears His Own Watch written by Reid Lehman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
What can happen when a group of ordinary men and women decide to help those who are helpless? God Wears His Own Watch is a first-person account demonstrating tangible evidences of God's power in a growing ministry in upstate South Carolina. Sometimes God acted "just-in-time." Often God seemed late. Although not bound by anyone's timetable, God has answered prayer time and again, bearing testimony that this ministry to homeless men, women and children is rightly called Miracle Hill. Celebrate with us the miraculous and unusual ways in which God intervened personally on behalf of his work and has led alcoholics, drug addicts, arsonists and murderers to live productive, joyful lives. May these stories inspire and encourage you in your walk with God and embolden you to ask for more of God's presence and power in your life's journey. - Back cover.
God S Discriminating But Mysterious Treatment Of His Own People A Discourse Delivered At The Funeral Of Rev Joseph Bennett Etc
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Author : John White CHICKERING (D.D.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
God S Discriminating But Mysterious Treatment Of His Own People A Discourse Delivered At The Funeral Of Rev Joseph Bennett Etc written by John White CHICKERING (D.D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.
A God S Own Tale
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Author : Terry F. Kleeman
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1994-08-04
A God S Own Tale written by Terry F. Kleeman and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-04 with History categories.
This scripture was revealed through spirit writing in 1181. It traces Wenchang's development through his many transformations culminating in his apotheosis as director of the Wenchang Palace and custodian of the Cinnamon Record that determines men's and women's fates. The god has since assumed a high position in the Taoist pantheon, has been introduced into the school system and Confucian temples, and now controls the all-important civil service examinations in China. The text translated here provides a unique window into the religious world of Traditional China. Numerous anecdotes of good- and evil-doers reveal the ethical dilemmas facing men and women of the time, from social questions like infanticide and discrimination against women to more purely religious issues such as how evil gods are punished and how China's divergent religious traditions can be reconciled.
The Book Against God
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Author : James Wood
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-07-31
The Book Against God written by James Wood and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-31 with Fiction categories.
Thomas Bunting, charming, chaotic, and deeply untruthful, is in despair. His marriage is disintegrating, and his academic career is in ruins: instead of completing his philosophy PhD, he is secretly writing what he hopes will be his masterwork, a vast atheistic project he has privately entitled 'The Book Against God'. But when his father is suddenly taken ill Thomas returns home, to the tiny village in the north of England where his father still works as a parish priest. Thomas hopes that he may finally be able to communicate honestly with his father, a brilliant and formidable Christian example, and sort out his wayward life. But Thomas is a chronic liar, as well as an atheist, and he finds, instead, that once at home he only falls back into the disastrous and evasive patterns of his childhood years.