The Rise And Fall Of Faith
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The Rise And Fall Of Faith
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Author : Drew Bekius
language : en
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Release Date : 2017-07-01
The Rise And Fall Of Faith written by Drew Bekius and has been published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-01 with Religion categories.
The story of religion in the twenty-first-century West has been defined, in part, by the stories of once-zealous pastors moving beyond their faith to embrace a life of reason. But too often and too quickly ardent believers dismiss such accounts as aberrations and fail to consider the real-life implications for those who make this transition. Atheists and other skeptics, meanwhile, struggle to understand what took these individuals so long to make such a journey—and why others aren't lining up more quickly to do the same. As a result, the questions posed by one side inevitably mirror those asked by the other. Why do believers trust in God the way they do? But what factors lead atheists to dismiss religious beliefs so easily? How can believers have faith in the face of known science and history? But what allows anyone to be so sure their beliefs are based in reality? What would it take for believers to stop believing in God? But what would it take for nonbelievers to start to believe? Drawing on the author's own story as a former evangelical pastor powerless to stop his turn to atheism, The Rise and Fall of Faith touches on these and other questions, inviting readers into a long-overdue conversation between Christians and atheists. While the aim of the book is to initiate this much-needed discussion, the author encourages all who care about the future of humanity to carry the dialogue forward—whether in the evaluation of our own inner thoughts, in the assumptions we make about the other side, or in how we work together in the pursuit of understanding and common ground as we navigate the world's ever-changing and increasingly challenging religious and cultural landscape.
The Rise And Fall Of The Bible
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Author : Timothy Beal
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2011-02-16
The Rise And Fall Of The Bible written by Timothy Beal and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-16 with Religion categories.
A professor of religion offers an “engrossing and excellent” look at how the Good Book has changed—and changed the world—through the ages (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In a lively journey from early Christianity to the present, this book explores how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Book’s sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Timothy Beal traces its path as it became embraced as the word of God and the Book of books. Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bible—there was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all. Congregations used various collections of scrolls and codices. As the author reveals, there is no “original” Bible, no single source text behind the thousands of different editions on the market today. The farther we go back in the holy text’s history, the more versions we find. In calling for a fresh understanding of the ways scriptures were used in the past, the author of Biblical Literacy offers the chance to rediscover a Bible, and a faith, that is truer to its own history—not a book of answers, but a library of questions.
The Twilight Of Atheism
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Author : Alister McGrath
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2008-09-04
The Twilight Of Atheism written by Alister McGrath and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with Education categories.
Atheism is one of the most important movements in modern Western culture. For the last two hundred years, it seemed to be on the verge of eliminating religion as an outmoded and dangerous superstition. Recent years, however, have witnessed the decline of disbelief and a rise in religious/spiritual devotion throughout the world. In this highly readable book, the distinguished historian and theologian, Alister McGrath examines what went wrong with the atheist dream and explains why religion and faith are destined to play a central role in the twenty-first century. A former atheist who is now one of Christianity's foremost scholars, McGrath traces the history of atheism from its emergence in eighteenth-century Europe as a revolutionary worldview that offered liberation from the rigidity of traditional Christianity and the oppression of tyrannical monarchs, to its golden age in the first half of the twentieth century. Blending thoughtful, authoritative historical analysis with incisive portraits of such leading and influential atheists as Sigmund Freud, Marx and Richard Dawkins, McGrath exposes the flaws at the heart of atheism and argues that the renewal of faith is a natural, inevitable and necessary response to its failures.
The Rise And Fall Of Faith Based Hospitals
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Author : Georgine Scarpino Rsm Ph. D.
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-03
The Rise And Fall Of Faith Based Hospitals written by Georgine Scarpino Rsm Ph. D. and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03 with Hospital mergers categories.
This book is a meta-analysis of the relationship of margin and mission of faith-based hospitals in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to their beginnings and endings. It reviews the various local, state and federal events and factors that impacted these hospitals during their growth and decline from 1847 through 2008. Most importantly, the book shares the courage, hardships, and perseverance of the founders of these institutions, many of whom were women, as they responded to one crisis after another but never gave up their commitment to serve the poor and sick of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
The Rise And Fall Of Kings
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Author : Shashank S Rawat
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-04-15
The Rise And Fall Of Kings written by Shashank S Rawat and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with categories.
Explore the rise and fall of great kings of Israel like David and Solomon, follow their lives and discover how God interacts with their ups and downs of faith. Shashank's writing captures the influences that shape the decisions and acts of men and women who shaped the Kingdom of Israel. The author connects these with the challenges of modern and life and helps the reader recognise their vulnerability and open doors for God to work in and through them.
Epoch
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Author : Kevin Swanson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-03
Epoch written by Kevin Swanson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-03 with categories.
The Rise And Fall Of The Israelite Kingdoms
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Author : Leslie J. Hoppe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
The Rise And Fall Of The Israelite Kingdoms written by Leslie J. Hoppe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Bible categories.
"This book shows how the story of the Israelite Kingdoms is told in strikingly different ways in Samuel-Kings and Chronicles, each version demonstrating theological aims that addressed the situation in which it was written. The book highlights how those contrasting purposes resonate with divisions present in the faith community today"--
The Rise And Fall Of The Bible
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Author : Timothy Beal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Rise And Fall Of The Bible written by Timothy Beal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
Traces the evolution of the Bible from a collection of hand-written scrolls to the focus of a multi-billion-dollar business, covering subjects ranging from Christianity's pre-Bible period to the myriad versions that have existed.
The Closing Of The Western Mind
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Author : Charles Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18
The Closing Of The Western Mind written by Charles Freeman and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization. When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, he turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority, whether that of the Bible, or the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy and of Galen and Hippocrates in medicine. Only a thousand years later, with the advent of the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today. Brilliantly wide-ranging and ambitious, this is a major work of history.
The Rise And Fall Of The Wave Of Civilizations
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Author : Carl W. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Andragathia Incorporated Ministries
Release Date : 2016-12-05
The Rise And Fall Of The Wave Of Civilizations written by Carl W. Wilson and has been published by Andragathia Incorporated Ministries this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with Religion categories.
The Rise and Fall of the Wave of Civilizations reveals a pattern of rise and fall of 500 year waves, beginning with faith in one sovereign Creator. When reaching prosperity after 250 years, intellectuals attribute culture to man's knowledge and he worships creation, collapsing the waves, as including the Western world today.