Christian Faith And The Welfare Of The City
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Christian Faith And The Welfare Of The City
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Author : Johnston R. McKay
language : en
Publisher: CTPI (Edinburgh)
Release Date : 2008
Christian Faith And The Welfare Of The City written by Johnston R. McKay and has been published by CTPI (Edinburgh) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Christian life categories.
Seek The Welfare Of The City
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Author : Bruce W. Winter
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 1994
Seek The Welfare Of The City written by Bruce W. Winter and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Religion categories.
In this book, Bruce W. Winter maps out the role and obligations of Christians as benefactors and citizens in their society. Winter's scholarly insight is enhanced through the selective use of important ancient literary and nonliterary sources. Contrary to the popular perception that early Christians withdrew from society and sought to maintain a low profile, this outstanding study explores the complexities of the positive commitments made by Christians in Gentile regions of the Roman empire.
How To Maintain My Identity In A Crowd
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Author : Bertrice Y. Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
How To Maintain My Identity In A Crowd written by Bertrice Y. Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Christian education categories.
Stay In The City
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Author : Mark R. Gornik
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-09
Stay In The City written by Mark R. Gornik and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-09 with Religion categories.
We live in an urban age. To a degree unprecedented in human history, most of the world's people live in cities. It is thus vital, say Mark Gornik and Maria Liu Wong, for Christians to think constructively about how to live out their faith in an urban setting. In Stay in the City Gornik and Liu Wong look at what is happening in the urban church—and what Christians everywhere can learn from it. Once viewed suspiciously for their worldly temptations and vices, cities are increasingly becoming centers of vibrant Christian faith. Writing from their experience living and working in New York City, Gornik and Liu Wong invite readers everywhere to join together in creating a more flourishing—and faith-filled—urban world.
Revolution And Renewal
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Author : Anthony Campolo
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Revolution And Renewal written by Anthony Campolo and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Having worked for three decades to develop urban ministries, Campolo suggests ways that churches can help resurrect beleaguered inner cities, illustrating proven methods used in Camden, New Jersey.
God And The Welfare State
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Author : Lew Daly
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2006-09-08
God And The Welfare State written by Lew Daly and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-08 with Political Science categories.
Can religion cure poverty? The first book to explore the ideas about God and government behind the faith-based initiative. When the Bush administration's faith-based initiative was introduced in 2001 as the next stage of the "war on poverty," it provoked a flurry of protest for violating the church-state divide. Most critics didn't ask whether it could work. God and the Welfare State is the first book to trace the ideas behind George W. Bush's faith-based initiative from their roots in Catholic natural law theory and Dutch Calvinism to an American think tank, the Center for Public Justice. Comparing Bush's plan with the ways the same ideas have played out in Christian Democratic welfare policies in Europe, the author is skeptical that it will be an effective new way to fight poverty. But he takes the animating ideas very seriously, as they go to the heart of the relationship among religion, government, and social welfare. In the end Daly argues that these ideas—which are now entrenched in federal and state politics—are a truly radical departure from American traditions of governance. Although Bush's initiative roughly overlaps with more conventional conservative efforts to strengthen private power in economic life, it promises an unprecedented shift in the balance of power between secular and religious approaches to social problems and suggests a broader template for "faith-based governance," in which the state would have a much more limited role in social policy.
Seeking A City With Foundations
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Author : David W. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-31
Seeking A City With Foundations written by David W. Smith and has been published by Langham Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-31 with Religion categories.
More than half the people in the world live in cities, including a growing number of megacities with populations exceeding ten million people. This trend means that an understanding of urbanization must be an urgent priority for Christian theology and mission across the globe. This updated edition of Seeking a City with Foundations, with an additional chapter, explores Christian responses to the city, ranging from rejecting the urban as evil, to embracing it as being central to God’s redemptive purposes. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including history, social science, urban planning, and the history of art, readers are given a detailed text which confronts the challenges that contemporary urbanization presents to world Christianity. Looking at urbanism as a theme throughout Scripture, culminating with the great vision of the New Jerusalem, David Smith explains that God’s own future is revealed as urban, highlighting the need to identify modern-day idols as we share the gospel in cities and acknowledge the impact of global economic forces. The book also explores the causes of what has been called the divided city and traces the urban theme through the Bible to present an alternative vision of the urban future – a future in which the injustices in ever-growing slums and a crisis of meaning among the privileged might be overcome through the power of the reconciling message of the cross. This timely book proposes a way forward for urban mission, highlighting that transformation of our cities must be the focal point of Christian mission and hope.
Religion And Faith Based Welfare
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Author : Rana Jawad
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2012
Religion And Faith Based Welfare written by Rana Jawad and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Political Science categories.
This text makes a potentially controversial contribution to social policy debates in Britain, Europe, and North America. Drawing on a critical overview of the role religious values, actors, and institutions have on social programs, Rana Jawad examines the workings of religious welfare organizations from the worlda's major faiths.
Jesus Religion
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Author : Jefferson Bethke
language : en
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Release Date : 2013-10-14
Jesus Religion written by Jefferson Bethke and has been published by HarperChristian + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-14 with Self-Help categories.
Abandon dead, dry, religious rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved. Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation with a passionate, provocative poem titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus." The 4-minute video became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year). Bethke's message clearly struck a chord with believers and nonbelievers alike, triggering an avalanche of responses running the gamut from encouraged to enraged. In his New York Times bestseller Jesus > Religion, Bethke unpacks similar contrasts that he drew in the poem--highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair, and hope. With refreshing candor, he delves into the motivation behind his message, beginning with the unvarnished tale of his own plunge from the pinnacle of a works-based, fake-smile existence that sapped his strength and led him down a path of destructive behavior. Along the way, Bethke gives you the tools you need to: Humbly and prayerfully open your mind Understand Jesus for all that he is View the church from a brand-new perspective Bethke is quick to acknowledge that he's not a pastor or theologian, but simply an ordinary, twenty-something who cried out for a life greater than the one for which he had settled. On this journey, Bethke discovered the real Jesus, who beckoned him with love beyond the props of false religion. Praise for Jesus > Religion: "Jeff's book will make you stop and listen to a voice in your heart that may have been drowned out by the noise of religion. Listen to that voice, then follow it--right to the feet of Jesus." --Bob Goff, author of New York Times bestsellers Love Does and Everybody, Always "The book you hold in your hands is Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz meets C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity meets Augustine's Confessions. This book is going to awaken an entire generation to Jesus and His grace." --Derwin L. Gray, lead pastor of Transformation Church, author of Limitless Life: Breaking Free from the Labels That Hold You Back
Faith Based
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Author : Jason Hackworth
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Faith Based written by Jason Hackworth and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Faith Based explores how the Religious Right has supported neoliberalism in the United States, bringing a particular focus to welfare—an arena where conservative Protestant politics and neoliberal economic ideas come together most clearly. Through case studies of gospel rescue missions, Habitat for Humanity, and religious charities in post-Katrina New Orleans, Jason Hackworth describes both the theory and practice of faith-based welfare, revealing fundamental tensions between the religious and economic wings of the conservative movement. Hackworth begins by tracing the fusion of evangelical religious conservatism and promarket, antigovernment activism, which resulted in what he calls “religious neoliberalism.” He argues that neoliberalism—the ideological sanctification of private property, the individual, and antistatist politics—has rarely been popular enough on its own to promote wide change. Rather, neoliberals gain the most traction when they align their efforts with other discourses and ideas. The promotion of faith-based alternatives to welfare is a classic case of coalition building on the Right. Evangelicals get to provide social services in line with Biblical tenets, while opponents of big government chip away at the public safety net. Though religious neoliberalism is most closely associated with George W. Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the idea predates Bush and continues to hold sway in the Obama administration. Despite its success, however, Hackworth contends that religious neoliberalism remains an uneasy alliance—a fusion that has been tested and frayed by recent events.