Faith As An Option
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Faith As An Option
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Author : Hans Joas
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2014-09-03
Faith As An Option written by Hans Joas and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-03 with Social Science categories.
Many people these days regard religion as outdated and are unable to understand how believers can intellectually justify their faith. Nonbelievers have long assumed that progress in technology and the sciences renders religion irrelevant. Believers, in contrast, see religion as vital to society's spiritual and moral well-being. But does modernization lead to secularization? Does secularization lead to moral decay? Sociologist Hans Joas argues that these two supposed certainties have kept scholars from serious contemporary debate and that people must put these old arguments aside in order for debate to move forward. The emergence of a "secular option" does not mean that religion must decline, but that even believers must now define their faith as one option among many. In this book, Joas spells out some of the consequences of the abandonment of conventional assumptions for contemporary religion and develops an alternative to the cliché of an inevitable conflict between Christianity and modernity. Arguing that secularization comes in waves and stressing the increasing contingency of our worlds, he calls upon faith to articulate contemporary experiences. Churches and religious communities must take into account religious diversity, but the modern world is not a threat to Christianity or to faith in general. On the contrary, Joas says, modernity and faith can be mutually enriching.
Choosing Your Faith
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Author : Mark Mittelberg
language : en
Publisher: NavPress
Release Date : 2015-10-16
Choosing Your Faith written by Mark Mittelberg and has been published by NavPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-16 with Religion categories.
In a world of spiritual options, people constantly tell us what to believe. Yet, while we hear these pleas, we're already functioning with existing beliefs—even if they are beliefs by default. So how do we choose what to believe—especially in the area of faith? Do we need to choose? In Choosing Your Faith, Mark Mittelberg encourages us, as Socrates does, not to lead an unexamined life. He invites us to examine why we believe what we believe. This examination will resonate with Christians and seekers alike.
Choice And Religion
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Author : Steve Bruce
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1999
Choice And Religion written by Steve Bruce and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Philosophy categories.
"Choice and Religion provides a detailed critique of 'rational choice' to demonstrate that industrialisation has secularised the western world and that diversity, far from making religion more popular by allowing individuals to maximize their returns, undermines it. The claim that competition promotes religion is refuted with evidence from a wide variety of western societies. Bruce also examines the Nordic countries and the ex-communist states of eastern Europe to explore the consequences of different sorts of state regulation, and to show that ethnicity is a more powerful determinate of religious change than market structures. Where religion matters, it is not because individuals are maximising their returns but because it defines group identity and is deeply implicated in social conflict."--BOOK JACKET.
Varsity Faith
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Author : Trevor T. Hamaker
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Varsity Faith written by Trevor T. Hamaker and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Religion categories.
You want a faith that can help you live well in a world that seldom seems to make any sense. Varsity Faith offers a way forward. Students are in a tough spot. What theyve heard about God doesnt seem to match what they see in the world, and theyre getting tired of slogans and clichs that try to sweep it under the rug. Many are choosing to leave their faith behind. This book addresses the problem and offers a way of Christian faith that is able to help students pick up the past, live in the present, and look toward the future. Leaving is not the only option.
Faith
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Author : Saint Paul (the Apostle)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Faith written by Saint Paul (the Apostle) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Bible categories.
The Power Of Choice
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Author : Rev J Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-13
The Power Of Choice written by Rev J Martin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-13 with categories.
Our Choices Lead to Happiness or Sadness Due to the situations, many people find themselves in; they think that the power of choice has been taken from them. They feel helpless, out of control of their own life. There are two main choices in this world, you can choose to FEAR the future, which limits the options available to you, or you can choose to have FAITH which opens up unlimited options. Through the media. Be it television, newspaper or the Internet we can be bombarded with fear from a morning to night, so much so that we become accustomed to it and take it as the norm.If you are looking for examples of faith then you have to search for it, seek it out. Making the Right Choice In this book, I would like to restore some of that faith that may have been taken from you throughout the years. I will share stories of how both faith and fear are equally powerful and need to be treated as so. FEAR can bring sickness, depression, heartache. FAITH can bring healing, good fortune, mental clarity. When you take responsibility that the power of choice is within you and not in the circumstances that affect your life, then with that comes an within bliss. As you stand in faith, it allows Gods love to flow into your life, creating stronger family bonds, peace of mind, healing, often off incurable diseases. I welcome you today to make a choice of faith and learn to leave fear behind. Where you once seen a dead end, you will now see crossroads. I leave the choice to join me up to you. Have a great day.
The Benedict Option
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Author : Rod Dreher
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-03-14
The Benedict Option written by Rod Dreher and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Religion categories.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Already the most discussed and most important religious book of the decade." —David Brooks In this controversial bestseller, Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. From the inside, American churches have been hollowed out by the departure of young people and by an insipid pseudo–Christianity. From the outside, they are beset by challenges to religious liberty in a rapidly secularizing culture. Keeping Hillary Clinton out of the White House may have bought a brief reprieve from the state’s assault, but it will not stop the West’s slide into decadence and dissolution. Rod Dreher argues that the way forward is actually the way back—all the way to St. Benedict of Nursia. This sixth-century monk, horrified by the moral chaos following Rome’s fall, retreated to the forest and created a new way of life for Christians. He built enduring communities based on principles of order, hospitality, stability, and prayer. His spiritual centers of hope were strongholds of light throughout the Dark Ages, and saved not just Christianity but Western civilization. Today, a new form of barbarism reigns. Many believers are blind to it, and their churches are too weak to resist. Politics offers little help in this spiritual crisis. What is needed is the Benedict Option, a strategy that draws on the authority of Scripture and the wisdom of the ancient church. The goal: to embrace exile from mainstream culture and construct a resilient counterculture. The Benedict Option is both manifesto and rallying cry for Christians who, if they are not to be conquered, must learn how to fight on culture war battlefields like none the West has seen for fifteen hundred years. It's for all mere Christians—Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox—who can read the signs of the times. Neither false optimism nor fatalistic despair will do. Only faith, hope, and love, embodied in a renewed church, can sustain believers in the dark age that has overtaken us. These are the days for building strong arks for the long journey across a sea of night.
Faith
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Author : Terrence W. Tilley
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2015-03-04
Faith written by Terrence W. Tilley and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-04 with Religion categories.
Faith Is A Choice
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Author : Ani I. Ikene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Faith Is A Choice written by Ani I. Ikene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with categories.
Faith is a Choice is a book for all who seek to develop their faith to another level. This book is not based on a theory of faith. It is rather, deeply rooted in the written Word of God and Pastor Ani's own experiences as a man of faith and prayer.
The Option For The Poor In Christian Theology
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Author : Daniel G. Groody
language : en
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Option For The Poor In Christian Theology written by Daniel G. Groody and has been published by University of Notre Dame Pess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Religion categories.
Since the publication of Gustavo Gutiérrez's 1973 groundbreaking work, A Theology of Liberation, much has been written on liberation theology and its central premise of the preferential option for the poor. Arguably, this has been one of the most important yet controversial theological themes of the twentieth century. As globalization creates greater gaps between the rich and the poor, and as the situation for many of the world’s poor worsens, there is an ever greater need to understand the gift and challenge of Christian faith from the context of the poor and marginalized of our society. This volume draws on the thought of leading international scholars and explores how the Christian tradition can help us understand the theological foundations for the option for the poor. The central focus of the book revolves around the question, How can one live a Christian life in a world of destitution? The contributors are concerned not only with a social, economic, or political understanding of poverty but above all with the option for the poor as a theological concept. While these essays are rooted in a solid grounding of our present “reality,” they look to the past to understand some of the central truths of Christian faith and to the future as a source of Christian hope. Following Gustavo Gutiérrez's essay on the multidimensionality of poverty, Elsa Tamez, Hugh Page, Jr., Brian Daley, and Jon Sobrino identify a central theological premise: poverty is contrary to the will of God. Drawing on scripture, the writings of the early fathers, the witness of Christian martyrs, and contemporary theological reflection, they argue that poverty represents the greatest challenge to Christian faith and discipleship. David Tracy and J. Matthew Ashley carry their reflection forward by examining the option for the poor in light of apocalyptic thought. Virgilio Elizondo, Patrick Kalilombe, María Pilar Aquino, M. Shawn Copeland, and Mary Catherine Hilkert examine the challenges of poverty with respect to culture, Africa, race, and gender. Casiano Floristán and Luis Maldonado explore the relationship between poverty, sacramentality, and popular religiosity. The final two essays by Aloysius Pieris and Michael Signer consider the option for the poor in relationship to other major world religions, particularly an Asian theology of religions and the meaning of care for the poor within Judaism.