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Book Schleiermacher in Plain English

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  • Author : Stephen D. Morrison
  • Publisher : Beloved Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-03-03
  • ISBN : 9781631741753
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Schleiermacher in Plain English written by Stephen D. Morrison and published by Beloved Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-03-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It may be an overstatement, but I can think of no figure in recent theological memory misunderstood more severely than Friedrich D. E. Schleiermacher... But I am here to say he is not who you think he is. Schleiermacher is not the 'villain' of modern theology. That old, marred image is in dire need of revision" (from the author's introduction). The fourth book in Stephen D. Morrison's "Plain English Series" aims to reassess Schleiermacher's complicated legacy. He argues that Schleiermacher is far too significant to ignore and it will only be to our detriment if we allow poor caricatures of his work to persist. Morrison also adds his voice to the growing consensus among scholars that an essential harmony can exist between Barth and Schleiermacher. Drawing from a multitude of primary and secondary sources, Morrison focuses on coming to a new understanding of Schleiermacher's theological masterpiece, Christian Faith. With clarity and accessibility, Morrison draws you in to reconsider Schleiermacher's legacy. Perhaps Schleiermacher is not the "villain" of modern theology after all.

Book The Christian Faith

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  • Author : Friedrich Schleiermacher
  • Publisher : Burns & Oates
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 780 pages

Download or read book The Christian Faith written by Friedrich Schleiermacher and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1928 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the opinion of competent thinkers the Christian Faith of Schleiermacher is, with the exception of Calvin's Institutes, the most important work covering the whole field of doctrine to which Protestant theology can point. To say this is not necessarily to adopt either his fundamental principles or the detailed conclusions to which these principles have guided him. On all such matters a nearly unbroken controversy has long prevailed. Indeed, at the moment a formidable attack is being delivered upon his main positions by a new and active school of thought in Germany. But, whether for acceptance or rejection, it is necessary for serious students to know what Schleiermacher has to say."--Editors' preface, page [v]

Book On Religion

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  • Author : Friedrich Schleiermacher
  • Publisher : CCEL
  • Release : 1893
  • ISBN : 1610251970
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book On Religion written by Friedrich Schleiermacher and published by CCEL. This book was released on 1893 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book James Cone in Plain English

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  • Author : Stephen D. Morrison
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-08-29
  • ISBN : 9781631741777
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book James Cone in Plain English written by Stephen D. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Karl Barth in Plain English

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  • Author : Stephen D. Morrison
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-06-07
  • ISBN : 9781631741593
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Karl Barth in Plain English written by Stephen D. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from one amateur to another Stephen Morrison hopes to introduce readers to Barth's thought without confusing theological jargon. By focusing on the eight major ideas of Barth's thought, the author provides readers with a helpful introduction to one of the greatest minds in modern theology.

Book J  rgen Moltmann in Plain English

Download or read book J rgen Moltmann in Plain English written by Stephen D. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jürgen Moltmann is a theological iconoclast, ever confronting the status quo. Stephen D. Morrison examines Moltmann's unique theology in this clear and accessible study. It is the third book of Morrison's Plain English Series, written "by a beginner, for beginners." This book studies each of Moltmann's major works of theology, including his most popular books (such as Theology of Hope, The Crucified God, and The Trinity and the Kingdom). Here we discuss Moltmann's groundbreaking proposals for eschatology, the Trinity, creation, and the suffering of God.

Book Modern Religion  Modern Race

Download or read book Modern Religion Modern Race written by Theodore Vial and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is a racialized category, even when race is not explicitly mentioned. In Modern Religion, Modern Race Theodore Vial argues that because the categories of religion and race are rooted in the post-Enlightenment project of reimagining what it means to be human, we cannot simply will ourselves to stop using them. Only by acknowledging that religion is already racialized can we begin to understand how the two concepts are intertwined and how they operate in our modern world. It has become common to argue that the category religion is not universal, or even very old, but is a product of Europe's Enlightenment modernization. Equally common is the argument that religion is not an innocent category of analysis, but is implicated in colonial regimes of control and as such plays a role in Europe's process of identity construction of itself and of non-European "others." Current debates about race follow an eerily similar trajectory: race is not an ancient but a modern construction. It is part of the project of colonialism, and race discourse forms one of the cornerstones of modern European identity-making. Why can't we stop using them, or re-construct them in less toxic ways? By examining the theories of Kant, Herder, and Schleiermacher, among others, Vial uncovers co-constitutive nature of race and religion, describes how they became building blocks of the modern world, and shows how the two concepts continue to be used today to form identity and to make sense of the world. He shows that while we disdain the racist language of some of the founders of religious studies, the continued influence of the modern worldview they helped create leads us, often unwittingly, to reiterate many of the same distinctions and hierarchies. Although it may not be time to abandon the very category of religion, with all its attendant baggage, Modern Religion, Modern Race calls for us to examine that baggage critically, and to be fully conscious of the ways in which religion always carries with it dangerous ideas of race.

Book Selected Sermons of Schleiermacher

Download or read book Selected Sermons of Schleiermacher written by Friedrich Schleiermacher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-03-17 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Race and Theology

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  • Author : Elaine A. Robinson
  • Publisher : Abingdon Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0687494257
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book Race and Theology written by Elaine A. Robinson and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the Church, justice for some is justice for none.

Book When God Talks Back

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  • Author : T.M. Luhrmann
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2012-11-13
  • ISBN : 0307277275
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book When God Talks Back written by T.M. Luhrmann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.

Book A Clear and Present Word

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  • Author : Mark D. Thompson
  • Publisher : InterVarsity Press
  • Release : 2016-03-11
  • ISBN : 083088968X
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book A Clear and Present Word written by Mark D. Thompson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about the origin, nature and form of the biblical literature, concerning its authority, diversity and message. However, a lack of confidence in the clarity or perspicuity of Scripture is apparent in Western Christianity. Despite recent, sophisticated analyses, the doctrine is ignored or derided by many. While there is a contemporary feel to these responses, the debate itself is not new. In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Mark Thompson surveys past and present objections to the clarity of Scripture; expounds the living God as the Guarantor of his accessible, written Word; engages with the hermeneutical challenges and restates the doctrine for today. Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

Book Reinventing Liberal Christianity

Download or read book Reinventing Liberal Christianity written by Theo Hobson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In past years liberal Christianity challenged centuries of authoritarian tradition and had great political influence. Today it is widely dismissed as a watering-down of the faith, and more conservative forms of Christianity are increasingly dominant. Can the liberal Christian tradition recover its influence? Hobson argues that a simple revival is not possible, because liberal Christianity consists of two traditions. He aims to transform liberal Christianity through the rediscovery of faith and ritual.

Book Evangelical Theology

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  • Author : Karl Barth
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 1979-11-29
  • ISBN : 1467421855
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Evangelical Theology written by Karl Barth and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1979-11-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this concise presentation of evangelical theology -- the theology that first received expression in the New Testament writings and was later rediscovered by the Reformation--Barth discusses the place of theology, theological existence, the threat to theology, and theological work.

Book Christ s Wait for Godot

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  • Author : Stephen D. Morrison
  • Publisher : Beloved Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2021-02-23
  • ISBN : 9781631741791
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Christ s Wait for Godot written by Stephen D. Morrison and published by Beloved Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often bleak and blasphemous, Samuel Beckett's writing is not commonly considered a source of spiritual courage and theological depth, but "Christ's Wait for Godot" finds much to admire in Beckett's grey world. Stephen D. Morrison leverages his expertise in Jürgen Moltmann's theology to read Beckett with a theologian's eye and discover many surprising parallels. By also gleaning from the insights of Paul Tillich, Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the mystical and apophatic traditions, Morrison arrives at a highly original reading of Beckett that is at once comforting and challenging. Most critics studying Beckett's religious themes fail to reckon with the strength of his spiritual sensibilities. But there is tremendous metaphysical depth to Beckett's obsession with suffering, protest, longing, and hope. Morrison strives to uncover new ways of reading Beckett's work by taking his spiritual sensibilities seriously and reading him theologically. The result is a book at once hopeful and honest. In the end, it is Beckett's humanity that impresses us the most. And in these uncertain times, we need writers who courageously wrestle with God, truth, and meaning.

Book Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian

Download or read book Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian written by Marie N. Sørbø and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can translations reveal about the global reception of any authorship? In Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian: The Challenges of Literary Translation, Marie Nedregotten Sørbø compares two novels and six translations of them. The discussion is entirely in English, as all Norwegian versions are back-translated. This study therefore lends itself to comparisons with other languages, and aims to fill its place as one component in a worldwide field of research; how Jane Austen is understood and transmitted. Moreover, this book presents a selection of pertinent issues for any translator, including abbreviation and elaboration, style and vocabulary, and censorship. Sørbø gives vivid examples of how literary translation happens, and how it serves to interpret and refashion literature for new readerships.

Book Brief Outline of Theology as a Field of Study

Download or read book Brief Outline of Theology as a Field of Study written by Friedrich Schleiermacher and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Lewiston, N.Y.: E. Mellen Press, c1990, in series: Schleiermacher studies and translations; v. 1.

Book A Prince of the Church

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  • Author : B. A. Gerrish
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2001-10-08
  • ISBN : 157910780X
  • Pages : 81 pages

Download or read book A Prince of the Church written by B. A. Gerrish and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-10-08 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is commonly regarded as Òthe father of modern theology,Ó many contemporary Christians think of him only as a difficult and outmoded German theologian. With this work, B.A. Gerrish offers a fresh view of Schleiermacher that breaks through the stereotypes and places Schleiermacher's work as a theologian into a broader context. Gerrish examines the elements of Schleiermacher's twofold theology - a specifically ÓChristianÓ relationship with Christ and a universally human consciousness of God - in the hope that this view of Schleiermacher's theological enterprise will lead contemporary Christians to reappraise him as a church theologian in the legitimate succession of Luther and Calvin.