Saving Christianity From Empire
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Saving Christianity From Empire
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Author : Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2007-06-01
Saving Christianity From Empire written by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with Religion categories.
U.S. foreign policy today, as presented in official documents and carried out in Iraq, Afghanistan, and an ill-defined "war on terrorism," commits the United States to seek global domination through the unilateral exercise of military power. Critics and supporters of this policy rightly describe it in reference to empire. Saving Christianity from Empire examines four central themes. First, the book describes the nuts and bolts of present U.S. foreign policy, including the philosophical foundations and practical policy options used to justify and pursue empire. Second, the author asserts that empire distorts Christianity, especially in the U.S. context —one in which many Christians passively or actively support U.S. global domination through the exercise of unilateral military power, in opposition to the radical nonviolence of Jesus. In the U.S. imperial context, some combination of fear, patriotism, propaganda, and distorted theology results in broad-based support among Christians for policies that are dramatically opposed to authentic Christianity rooted in the life and faith of Jesus. In short, this theme addresses how the U.S. Empire subverts and distorts Christianity. Third, Saving Christianity from Empire describes empire as a key biblical theme. It explores three conflicting biblical streams, one that embraces or aspires to empire, one that portrays opposition to empire as essential for authentic faith, and another that explains imperial domination of Israel-Palestine as deserved punishment for sin. Finally, Saving Christianity from Empire explores the radical nonviolence of Jesus, the nuts and bolts of nonviolent power and nonviolent social change theory and practice, and the practical challenges to Christians living in an imperial nation now understood by many people throughout the world to be the gravest threat to world peace.
Saving Paradise
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Author : Rebecca Ann Parker
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2008-07-01
Saving Paradise written by Rebecca Ann Parker and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-01 with Religion categories.
A fascinating theological study of how early Christianity’s message of love and community has evolved into one of punishment and empire During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence—as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise. Yet once he appeared as crucified, dying was virtually all Jesus seemed able to do, and paradise disappeared from the earth. Saving Paradise turns a fascinating new lens on Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution. It also retrieves, for today, a life-affirming Christianity that the world sorely needs.
How Christianity Saved Civilization
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Author : Mike Aquilina
language : en
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Release Date : 2019-01-10
How Christianity Saved Civilization written by Mike Aquilina and has been published by Sophia Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-10 with Religion categories.
Ancient Rome’s brutal culture exploited the weak and considered human life expendable. Women were used as property; unwanted children were left on the streets to die. Four centuries later, even ordinary men and women prospered in what had become a vigorous new Christian society – a society that served the vulnerable, exalted women, treasured virtue, and loved peace. Faith had triumphed. Truth was proclaimed. And on this rock-solid foundation, Christian society flourished in the West for the next 1500 years. These eye-opening pages document the many ways in which Christians penetrated and civilized that debased Roman empire, introducing then-radical notions such as the equal dignity of women, respect for life, protection of the weak and vulnerable, and the obligation of rulers to serve those they rule and maximize their freedom. Here you’ll learn about the seven specific areas where any paganism, ancient or modern, is particularly vulnerable. They provide a roadmap for modern Christians to reclaim for the Faith our own neo-pagan modern culture. Facing an overwhelmingly dark and hostile culture, Rome’s early Christians took the steps necessary to transform it. Their struggles and the hard lessons they learned – documented here – afford us hope that, by imitating their example, we may do the same for our culture today.
Empire Baptized
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Author : Howard-Brook, Wes
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2016-09-15
Empire Baptized written by Howard-Brook, Wes and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-15 with Religion categories.
Through a study of the early church, this book shows how Christianity in effect opted for the religion of empire, shifting the emphasis of Jesus's prophetic message from transforming the world to the aim of saving one's soul.
The Making Of A Christian Empire
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Author : Elizabeth DePalma Digeser
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2000
The Making Of A Christian Empire written by Elizabeth DePalma Digeser and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
"The Making of a Christian Empire is the first full-length book to interpret the Divine Institutes as a historical source. Exploring Lactantius's use of theology, philosophy, and rhetorical techniques, Digeser perceives the Divine Institutes as a sophisticated proposal for a monotheistic state that intimately connected the religious policies of Diocletian and Constantine, both of whom used religion to fortify and unite the Roman Empire."--BOOK JACKET.
Christianity And The Roman Empire From Nero To Theodosius
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Author : Paul Allard
language : en
Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Release Date : 2017
Christianity And The Roman Empire From Nero To Theodosius written by Paul Allard and has been published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Christianity and culture categories.
Several emperors persecuted the Christians: Nero, Domitian, Marcus Aurelius, Sulpicius, Decius, Valerian, and especially Diocletian, who unleashed "the great prosecution" from 303 to 312. Diocletian's Persecution Edict stated that all churches throughout the empire were to be destroyed and all sacred books burned. Many Christians lost their social rank and privileges, while Christian slaves could not be freed. In some places, the Christians were tortured, beheaded, exiled, or sent to the beasts. But the Church found defenders in the second-century apologists, such as Justin Martyr, Athenagoras, Theophilus of Antioch, and Tertullian, who argued that the persecutions were illegal and unjust. Tertulllian's statement became axiomatic: "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of Christians." When Constantine converted from "sun worship" to Christianity in 310, he prepared the ground for the Byzantine state. Christianity was recognized as a lawful religion in 313. But much more lay in store for the early Church, including the tumultuous years of Emperor Julian, who sought to return the empire to the worship of the old gods, and initiated repressive measures against Christians. Only in 380 did Theodosius I make Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire. The history of the persecutions reminds us that the spread of Christianity took place against considerable opposition. In our own day, Christians face another kind of test in a world that is increasingly seclarized. Allard's book offers timely reminders of how early Christians maintained their identity as a minority in the midst of official suspicion. -- from back cover.
Jesus Wants To Save Christians
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Author : Rob Bell
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2008
Jesus Wants To Save Christians written by Rob Bell and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
The Patient Ferment Of The Early Church
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Author : Alan Kreider
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2016-03-29
The Patient Ferment Of The Early Church written by Alan Kreider and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-29 with Religion categories.
How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church grew because the virtue of patience was of central importance in the life and witness of the early Christians. They wrote about patience, not evangelism, and reflected on prayer, catechesis, and worship, yet the church grew--not by specific strategies but by patient ferment.
Christianity And The Roman Empire Classic Reprint
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Author : William E. Addis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-06-28
Christianity And The Roman Empire Classic Reprint written by William E. Addis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-28 with Religion categories.
Excerpt from Christianity and the Roman Empire The early history of Christianity cannot be uninteresting to those who wish to be counted among the disciples of Jesus. During the first three hundred years of its existence, the tendencies which afterwards marked the great Churches of Christendom, began clearly to display themselves. And even within this short period the complex movement to which we give the name of Christianity, may be treated from several different points of view. It may be regarded as the manifestation of a great moral and religious impulse, and the stress will then fall on its power of quickening the inner forces of character, and transforming the whole standard of feeling and action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Constantine And The Christian Empire
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Author : Charles Odahl
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-07-02
Constantine And The Christian Empire written by Charles Odahl and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-02 with History categories.
This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 – 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state of Roman antiquity into the Christian empire medieval Byzantium. The author’s comprehensive knowledge of the literary sources and his extensive research into the material remains of the period mean that this volume provides a more rounded and accurate portrait of Constantine than previously available. This revised second edition includes: An expanded and revised final chapter A new Genealogy and an expanded Chronology New illustrations Revised and updated Notes and Bibliography A landmark publication in Roman Imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine history, Constantine and the Christian Empire will remain the standard account of the subject for years to come.