Download or read book Vigilant Faith written by Daniel Boscaljon and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers and unbelievers alike—a passionate agnosticism—that is rooted in a skeptical consciousness. Skepticism and faith are structurally similar, he writes, in that they share an "unknowing" quality. The author argues that vigilance—the act of keeping watch, a spiritual practice in its own right—is as necessary a precondition for the structure of faith as it is for the structure of skepticism. A suspension in uncertainty and an openness to possibility require vigilance, he attests, if faith and skepticism are to avoid the often dogmatic tendencies of both theism and atheism to cling to their own brands of certainty and knowledge. Boscaljon has three aims: to expand the current, post-theistic definitions of God for greater relevance to human beings on an individual and existential level; to integrate skepticism into faith so that it will restore the importance of faith to current theology and recover it from anti-intellectual bias; and to conceptualize the vigilance of faith in such a way that can provide a vocabulary for distinguishing "good faith" from "bad faith." He offers a variety of cultural examples ranging from film to poetry to represent a life of faith and to show how its components come together in practice. As an alternative to the prevailing fundamentalisms in today's world, his book proposes a paradigmatic understanding of faith in which theism, atheism, and agnosticism refuse to differ.
Download or read book Vigilant Faith written by Daniel Boscaljon and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers and unbelievers alike--a passionate agnosticism--that is rooted in a skeptical consciousness. Skepticism and faith are structurally similar, he writes, in that they share an "unknowing" quality. The author argues that vigilance--the act of keeping watch, a spiritual practice in its own right--is as necessary a precondition for the structure of faith as it is for the structure of skepticism. A suspension in uncertainty and an openness to possibility require vigilance, he attests, if faith and skepticism are to avoid the often dogmatic tendencies of both theism and atheism to cling to their own brands of certainty and knowledge. Boscaljon has three aims: to expand the current, post-theistic definitions of God for greater relevance to human beings on an individual and existential level; to integrate skepticism into faith so that it will restore the importance of faith to current theology and recover it from anti-intellectual bias; and to conceptualize the vigilance of faith in such a way that can provide a vocabulary for distinguishing "good faith" from "bad faith." He offers a variety of cultural examples ranging from film to poetry to represent a life of faith and to show how its components come together in practice. As an alternative to the prevailing fundamentalisms in today's world, his book proposes a paradigmatic understanding of faith in which theism, atheism, and agnosticism refuse to differ.
Download or read book Common Sense Faith written by Patrick J. Brennan and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about Jesus, the church, the sacraments, and prayer that inspires, motivates, and encourages us? Can we doubt and follow our conscience and still be faithful Catholics? Why is forgiveness essential to conversion? What does it mean to be holy? Fr. Patrick Brennan addresses these questions and helps us to see how our faith can breathe life into what matters most in our lives and the lives of those we love.
Download or read book Watchfulness written by Brian G. Hedges and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you watchful in your Christian life? Although watchfulness is not as familiar as spiritual disciplines like meditation, prayer, and fasting, it is just as necessary for a healthy spiritual life. Scripture exhorts all Christians to be watchful, regardless of their station and season in life. In Watchfulness , Brian Hedges provides a fresh look at the what, why, how, when, and who of watchfulness, drawing principles from Scripture and instruction from believers of the past who have understood this discipline and written about it. Designed for reflection, self-examination, and personal application, with “Examine and Apply” questions at the end of each chapter, this book will chart your course toward greater watchfulness, increased holiness, and deeper communion with the triune God.
Download or read book EZRA AND NEHEMIAH THE MEN WHO FEARED GOD written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ADAM THE FIRST MAN AND NOAH GOD S FAVOURITE written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When God formed Adam, He had great plans for him, and He also put him in good and comfortable place and conditions. God also gave him a helper comparable to him (a help meet for him) - Eve. God gave man a position that angels did not occupy. However, the man, being persuaded by his wife, disobeyed God when he ate the forbidden fruit. And he lost the position that God had given him. When God looked and saw that the earth was very wicked and corrupt, He regretted that He had made man; for He saw that the wickedness of man was great on earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. God decided to destroy man from the face of the earth. However Noah found favour before God; and God saved him and his family.
Download or read book AARON AND BARNABAS THE HELPERS OF THE MEN OF GOD written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book GOD CARES FOR YOU written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MANIFESTING GOD S GLORY written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vital Strife written by Benjamin C. Parris and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vital Strife examines the close yet puzzling relationship between sleep and ethical care in early modernity. The plays, poems, and philosophical essays at the heart of this book—by Jasper Heywood, William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, John Milton, and Margaret Cavendish—explore the unconscious motions of corporeal life and the drowsy forms of sentience at the boundaries of human thought and intentionality. Benjamin Parris shows how these writers, although trained under the Renaissance humanist paradigm of attentive care, begin to dissolve the humanist coupling of virtue with vigilance by giving credence to the vital power of sleep. In contrast to humanist thinkers who equated sleep with carelessness, these writers draw on the ancient Stoic principle of oikeiôsis—the process of orienting the living being toward its proper objects of care, beginning with itself—in asserting the value of sleep, while underscoring insomnia's threat to the ethical flourishing of persons and polity alike. Parris offers an important revaluation of Stoic philosophy, which has too often been misconstrued as renouncing feeling and sympathetic connection with others. With its striking new account of the reception of Stoicism and attitudes toward sleep and sleeplessness in early modern thought, Vital Strife reveals the period's mounting concern with the regenerative nature of physical life and its elaboration of a newfound ethics of care.
Download or read book THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sons of God have grown in the Lord, and they are no more babies, infants, or boys; and sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. They obey the Word of God and have close relationship with God. They know God and understand His Will and Ways. We are supposed to be different from the people of the world, and we are supposed to prove to them that we are the Offsprings of God and carry the ability that they don't carry. To begin with, we should not speak the way they speak: even if things seem to be hopeless, we should speak forth words of faith. As we demonstrate the Spirit and power, and live supernaturally and extra-ordinarily, we show the world that we are the sons of God. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glory your Father in Heaven.
Download or read book Connecticut Evangelical Magazine and Religious Intelligencer written by and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sermons of St Francis De Sales For Lent written by St. Francis de Sales and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daily Reflections for Ordinary Time Weeks 18 34 written by John Paul Thomas and published by My Catholic Life!. This book was released on with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Catholic Life! now offers two complete four-volume series of daily Gospel reflections that cover the entire liturgical year. Each four-volume series can be used from year to year since every Gospel option is covered in each series. Daily Reflections for Ordinary Time: Weeks 18-34 is Volume Four in the second four-volume series. As a devotional, it is a great resource for daily meditation and prayer offering reflections on the Gospel of the day in a practical, faithful, and down-to-earth way. It is formatted in such a way that it can be used for any liturgical year, offering reflections on every Gospel option, including Sunday Years A, B & C, every daily Mass option, and all Feasts and Solemnities. Note: Some of the weekday reflections in this series were first published in book form for Ordinary Time 2021. This new and updated version contains all new Sunday reflections for Years A, B & C as well as other new weekday reflections. Like the first series, the books in this second series are as follows: Catholic Daily Reflections: Series Two: 1. Advent and Christmas 2. Lent and Easter 3. Ordinary Time: Weeks 1–17 4. Ordinary Time: Weeks 18–34 All reflections are available free of charge from our website, through our mobile app, or through our daily email service. Both of the complete four-volume series are also available in paperback and eBook format.
Download or read book Cultivating Faith Growing Deeper written by Jacqueline Betteridge and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2024-10-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating Faith: Growing Deeper is a devotional book that points the reader to The Bible as truth and a road map for daily life. Although all of our relationships with the Lord are individual, we as a body of believers can share our experiences to provide encouragement to one another. Staying rooted and grounded in God’s Word is the foundation for the greatest relationship each of us can ever have. It is my hope that the wisdom and experiences that I share in this book will point to a loving Father who gave me access to salvation through His son, Jesus Christ. He is full of love, grace and mercy for all who call on His name.
Download or read book THE QUALITIES OF A CHRISTIAN written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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