Comparing Christianities
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Comparing Christianities
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Author : April D. DeConick
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2023-08-22
Comparing Christianities written by April D. DeConick 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 2023-08-22 with Religion categories.
A ground-breaking introductory textbook for the study of the New Testament and the first Christians, written for the next generation of students Comparing Christianities: An Introduction to the New Testament and the First Christians maps the historical rise of Christianity out of a network of early Christian movements. This major new textbook systematically explores the struggles to define the faith by presenting Christianity as the result of a lengthy process of religious consolidation which emerged from a landscape of persistent Christian diversity. The book delves into the history of the first five generations of Christians, from Paul to Origen. The first chapter considers the challenges of constructing Christian histories and offers a new model of Christian families to organize and explain the emergence and competition of different varieties of Christianity. Each successive chapter focuses on key issues that Christian leaders engaged over the centuries, demonstrating how the questions they posed and the answers they provided gave Christianity its distinct shape. As the movements competed for social advantage, Christians began identifying certain Christian movements as enemies and consolidated against them. The final chapter schematizes the Christians studied in the book into three families of Christian movements based on the particular God they worshipped and other shared patterns of thought and practice. This chapter also explains where the varieties of Christianities came from and how the process of consolidation undertaken by some churches shaped Christian identity within a forge of intolerance that still affects us today. Comparing Christianities explores the answers to questions: Who were the early Christians and what did they write? What did Christians think about sex, women, immortality, Judaism, suffering and death? What rituals did the first Christians practice, and what did their religious experiences mean to them? How did Christians live in a Roman-dominated world? How did the first Christians explain the origins of their movement? Comparing Christianities: An Introduction to the New Testament and the First Christians serves as an excellent primary textbook in undergraduate classrooms for Introduction to Christianity, Introduction to Religion, New Testament Studies, Christian Origins, World Religions, and Western World Religions, and a thought-provoking resource for anyone wishing to know more about Christianity.
Comparative Christianity
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Author : Thomas Arthur Russell
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2010
Comparative Christianity written by Thomas Arthur Russell and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Religion categories.
Comparative Christianity: A Student's Guide to a Religion and its Diverse Traditions explores what Christians have in common and then works through the three major subdivisions of the faith: Eastern, Roman, and Protestant. Using categories common to many definitions of religion, each chapter employs the categories of belief, individual and group moral codes, ceremonies, and associations. The book is a good choice for a textbook on Christianity, for the general reader and/or the follower of other religious traditions who want to learn about the Christian faith. By reading this book, readers will have a fuller knowledge of what Christians, whatever tradition, have in common and what distinguishes one Christian group from another. Comparative Christianity is different than other similar books on the market. It includes groups normally ignored, such as the Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians and Mormon groups beyond the scope of the Salt Lake City Latter-day Saints community (including the recent Texas group at the center of a polygamy controversy). Also, Comparative Christianity includes a review quiz at the end of each chapter so that readers can see how much knowledge they have acquired. These quizzes may also be used by professors if the text is used in a course.
Comparing Christianity With World Religions
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Author : Steven Cory
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Comparing Christianity With World Religions written by Steven Cory and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Religion categories.
The world has always been a melting pot of beliefs, but now more than ever, your neighbor may be part of a differing world religion. In Comparing Christ with World Religions, the truths of Christianity are compared to key beliefs of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and tribal religions. This is a most helpful tool in answering questions you or seekers have about other religious beliefs, and a handy overview for sharing your faith with others. * Formerly titled The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error II
Drudgery Divine
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Author : Jonathan Z. Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1990-09-18
Drudgery Divine written by Jonathan Z. Smith and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-09-18 with History categories.
In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dictate the course of comparative religious studies. As his example, Smith reviews four centuries of scholarship comparing early Christianities with religions of late Antiquity (especially the so-called mystery cults) and shows how this scholarship has been based upon an underlying Protestant-Catholic polemic. The result is a devastating critique of traditional New Testament scholarship, a redescription of early Christianities as religious traditions amenable to comparison, and a milestone in Smith's controversial approach to comparative religious studies. "An important book, and certainly one of the most significant in the career of Jonathan Z. Smith, whom one may venture to call the greatest pathologist in the history of religions. As in many precedent cases, Smith follows a standard procedure: he carefully selects his victim, and then dissects with artistic finesse and unequaled acumen. The operation is always necessary, and a deconstructor of Smith's caliber is hard to find."—Ioan P. Coulianu, Journal of Religion
Comparing Christianity With The Cults
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Author : Keith L. Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Comparing Christianity With The Cults written by Keith L. Brooks and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Religion categories.
What constitutes a cult? How does it contrast with what the Bible says? These colorful and concise brochures will answer seven fundamental questions of life and belief. Contrasted with the truth of God's Word are cults such as Christian Science, Spiritualism, Jehovah's Witness, Scientology, Mormonism, Eastern Mysticism, Unification Church, Wicca, and others. Perfect for training or for keeping by your front door. * Formerly titled The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error.
The Grounds Of Christianity Examined By Comparing The New Testament With The Old
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Author : George Bethune English
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-09
The Grounds Of Christianity Examined By Comparing The New Testament With The Old written by George Bethune English and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-09 with Fiction categories.
"The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old" by George Bethune English George Bethune English was an American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to Islam. As a convert from Christianity, he was uniquely qualified to examine the religion. This book, written in the early 19th century, is among the first to seriously challenge that assertion in a detailed manner. It examines in depth the textual claims made in the New Testament for the fulfillment by Jesus of Old Testament prophecies, and offers substantive and serious counter-claims that cannot be lightly or easily dismissed.
The Grounds Of Christianity Examined
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Author : George Bethune English
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1813
The Grounds Of Christianity Examined written by George Bethune English and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1813 with Bible categories.
Christianity Looks East
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Author : Peter Feldmeier
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 2006
Christianity Looks East written by Peter Feldmeier and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
This fascinating book takes a fresh look at interreligious dialogue with St. John of the Cross and Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa as representatives of Christian and Buddhist paths to liberation. As the world is increasingly experienced as a global village, dialogue with other religious traditions is widely regarded as possibly the greatest modern (or post-modern) challenge, and the distinctive journey of our time. Dialogue not only informs our understanding of various expressions of holiness, it also can inform one's own religious faith and practice. This book investigates a form of dialogue that can be a model for future dialogues. Without laying assumptions on the nature of religious experience, it allows these classic texts and their representative religions to speak for themselves. What is often lacking in this history of dialogue is its lack of appreciation for distinctive religious paths and the experiences described therein.
Classical Christianity And Rabbinic Judaism
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Author : Bruce D. Chilton
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Classical Christianity And Rabbinic Judaism written by Bruce D. Chilton and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Religion categories.
Among the world's religions, Christianity and Judaism are the most symmetrical. But in our day of religious tolerance, a tendency to overlook the vital differences between the two religions in the name of good will can undermine constructive Jewish-Christian dialogue. In this book, Bruce D. Chilton describes early Christian thought and Jacob Neusner describes early Judaic thought on fundamental issues such as creation and human nature, Christ and Torah, sin and atonement, and eschatology. At the end of each chapter, each assesses the other's perspective, and a final chapter explains why the authors believe theological confrontation--not just comparison--defines the task of interfaith dialogue today.
Comparing Spiritualities
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Author : Bruce D. Chilton
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2000-05-01
Comparing Spiritualities written by Bruce D. Chilton and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05-01 with Religion categories.
An insightful exploration of similarities and differences in Jewish and Christian understands of conversion, life after death, and martyrdom.