Download or read book How Lucifer Hijacked Humanity s Eternal Destiny written by Christine Sihag and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Lucifer Hijacked Humanity’s Eternal Destiny is a whimsical poetic tale that tackles some of humanity’s most enduring enigmas such as the unnerving inevitability of death, as the beginning of one’s own eternal destiny—and the disturbing existence of evil in the world. But what might eternity be, if life is the only testing ground that precedes forever? And why has humankind been assigned such a wonderous, but grave responsibility—as everyone contemplates eternity with concepts of heaven, hell—and even nothingness? These ageless ideas continue to cause everyone to hope for the very best in terms of an afterlife for themselves, and for their loved ones. Eternity remains as relevant a consideration now as it was in ancient times when the greatest civilizations labored to entomb their kings and queens with enough care as to ensure their safe arrival to the hereafter. Thus, the onus of eternity has always haunted humanity like the strange curse of death itself. And as humanity still reckons with that inexplicably egregious entity called evil—does anyone actually know what it is, or who it is?
Download or read book The Need for Roots written by Simone Weil and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could be What do humans require to be truly nourished? Simone Weil, one of the foremost philosophers of the last century, envisaged us all as being bound by unconditional, eternal obligations towards every other human being. In The Need for Roots, her most famous work, she argued that our greatest need was to be rooted: in a community, a place, a shared past and collective future hopes. Written for the Free French movement while she was exiled in London during the Second World War, Weil's visionary combination of philosophy, politics and mysticism is her answer to the question of what life without occupation - and oppression - might be. 'The patron saint of all outsiders' Andre Gide 'The only great spirit of our time' Albert Camus Translated by Ros Schwartz, with an introduction by Kate Kirkpatrick.
Download or read book Visions of a Future written by Zachary Hayes and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early part of this book is concerned with what it is in human existence that is addressed by the message of hope in the Scriptures. The final four chapters present that divine promise for human destiny and the understanding of it as it is reflected on in contemporary theology. Although directed mainly to advanced students of theology, this book discusses issues which are of interest to many believers today whose knowledge about matters of religion has not kept pace with their knowledge of the secular disciplines.
Download or read book The Mystery of Humanity written by Joe Adams and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep down, we wonder what life is all about. We ask ourselves questions like who and what we are? Why are we even here? Is there a real purpose in life? Are we here because of a big bang that took place billions of years ago in outer space? A time when life just happened to evolve out of nothing but deadness. Or, are we here due to a divine purpose? Is there an eternal power that created not only humanity but everything throughout the vast universe? Jesus Christ revealed the Mystery of Humanity in the Gospel Message He proclaimed. The words spoken by Jesus are life-giving and provide the key to eternal life and entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus tells us not only who we are but who we can become. Follow the author as he guides you through the Scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments that reveal who you truly are and your eternal destiny.
Download or read book The Layman s Guide to Systematic Theology written by Billy R. Newman and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Missionary Voice written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Jesus written by Markus Bockmuehl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion offers an integrated introduction to the study of Jesus.
Download or read book The British Study Edition of the Urantia Papers Book A4 PDF written by and published by Tigran Aivazian. This book was released on with total page 1477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Going a Little Farther written by Michael Hobbs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Being Christian and Human written by Todd H. Speidell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2002-04-17 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Karl Barth, T. F. and J. B. Torrance, and Ray Anderson, this collection of essays articulates a theology of ministry based on the humanity of Christ. A Christian theology of ministry, it insists, can be nothing less than a theology for humanity.
Download or read book Revolt Against Modernity written by Ted V. McAllister and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 1996-01-22 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss are two of the most provocative and durable political philosophers of this century. Ted McAllister's superbly written study provides the first comprehensive comparison of their thought and its profound influence on contemporary American conservatism. Since the appearance in the 1950s of Strauss's Natural Right and History and Voegelin's Order and History, conservatives like Russell Kirk, Irving Kristol, and Allan Bloom have increasingly turned to these thinkers to support their attacks on liberalism and the modernist mindset. Like so many conservatives, Strauss and Voegelin rebelled against modernity' amorality-personified by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche-and its promotion of individualism and materialism over communal and spiritual responsibility. While both disdained the reductionist "conservative" label, conservatives nevertheless appropriated their philosophy, in part because it restored theology and classical tradition to the moral core of civil society. For both men, modernity's debilitating disorder revealed surprising and disturbing relations among liberal, communist, and Nazi ideologies. In their eyes, modernity's insidious virus, so apparent in the Nazi and communist regimes, lies incubating within liberal democracy itself. McAllister's thorough reevaluation of Strauss and Voegelin expands our understanding of their thought and restores balance to a literature that has been dominated by political theorists and disciples of Strauss and Voegelin. Neither reverential nor dismissive, he reveals the social, historical, political, and philosophical foundations of their work and effectively decodes their frequently opaque or esoteric thinking. Well written and persuasively argued, McAllister's study will appeal to anyone engaged in the volatile debates over liberalism's demise and conservatism's rise.
Download or read book The Modern Theologians written by David F. Ford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular text has been updated to ensure that it continues to provide a current and comprehensive overview of the main Christian theologies of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Each chapter is written by a leading theologian and gives a clear picture of a particular movement, topic or individual. New and updated treatments of topics covered in earlier editions, with over half the chapters new to this edition or revised by new authors. New section singling out six classic theologians of the twentieth century. Expanded treatment of the natural sciences, gender, Roman Catholic theology since Vatican II, and African, Asian and Evangelical theologies. Completely new chapters on spirituality, pastoral theology, philosophical theology, postcolonial biblical interpretation, Pentecostal theology, Islam and Christian theology, Buddhism and Christian theology, and theology and film. As in previous editions, the text opens with a full introduction to modern theology. Epilogue discussing the present situation and prospects of Christian theology in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book All God s Animals written by Christopher Steck and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is the first of its kind to draw together in conversation the views of the early Church, contemporary biblical and theological scholarship, and post-conciliar teachings. Steck develops a comprehensive, Catholic theology of animals based on an in-depth exploration of Catholicism's fundamental doctrines—trinitarian theology, Christology, pneumatology, eschatology, and soteriology. All God's Animals makes two central claims. First, we can hope that God will include animals of the present age in the kingdom inaugurated by Christ. Second, because of this inclusion, our responses to animals should be guided by the values of the kingdom. As Christians await the final liberation of all creation, they are to be witnesses to God’s kingdom by embodying its ideals in their relations with animal life. Because the kingdom's fullness is yet to come and because our world remains marked by the wounds of sin, however, Christian treatment of animals will at times require acts that are at odds with the kingdom’s ideals (for example, those causing suffering and death). Steck examines each of these ideas and explores all of their complexities.
Download or read book The Essential Summa Theologiae written by Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Thomas Aquinas's masterwork, the Summa theologiae, can be daunting to beginners. This volume by an expert on Aquinas's theology offers an ideal introduction. It presents key selections from the Summa along with accessible commentary designed to provide background, explain key concepts, and walk readers through Aquinas's arguments. Previously published as Holy Teaching, this new edition has been fully revised and includes a substantial amount of new material. The book draws from the entire Summa and incorporates selections that focus on moral theology, providing a fuller picture of Aquinas's thought.
Download or read book Christianity or Humanism Which Will You Choose written by Robert L. Waggoner, D.Min. and published by Publishing Designs. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most Christians are blissfully uninformed about the worldview of Humanism and therefore do not realize that secular Humanism has now largely displaced our society’s Christian foundations." —Robert Waggoner Precise information: Secular Humanism is the major belief system that currently challenges Christian faith in the Western world. Arguments and evidence: The Christian worldview is indeed superior to Humanism. Warning: Humanism is a threat to Christian institutions and beliefs. Motivation: Greater activity is necessary—not only in service to God and humanity, but also in resisting and overthrowing Humanism.
Download or read book Divine Perfection and Human Potentiality written by Jarred A. Mercer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of Hilary of Poitiers in the debates and developments of early Christianity is tenuous in contemporary scholarship. His invaluable historical position is unquestioned, but the coherence and significance of his own thought is less certain. In this book, Jarred A. Mercer makes a case for understanding Hilary not only as an important historical figure, but as a noteworthy and independent thinker. Divine Perfection and Human Potentiality offers a new paradigm for understanding Hilary's work De Trinitate. The book contends that in all of Hilary's polemical and constructive argumentation, which is essentially trinitarian, he is inherently developing an anthropology. The work therefore reinterprets Hilary's overall theological project in terms of the continual, and for him necessary, anthropological corollary of trinitarian theology- to reframe it in terms of a "trinitarian anthropology." The coherence of Hilary's work depends upon this framework, and without it his thought continues to elude his readers. Mercer demonstrates this through following Hilary's main lines of trinitarian argument, out of which flow his anthropological vision. These trinitarian arguments unfold into a progressive picture of humanity from potentiality to perfection.
