Outline : Mid-nineteenth-century America was a vibrant period marked by charismatic leaders who produced new sacred writing. This book explores the lives and works of Mormon founder Joseph Smith Jr., Methodist revivalist Phoebe Palmer, and Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, focusing on how their textual productions contributed to a diverse discourse community grappling with a perceived loss…
Outline : A Companion to Comparative Theology offers a unique survey of a rapidly developing field of modern theology in 32 chapters coordinated by five editors. Its first part discusses some of the main historical developments in theology and religious studies before 1985 that are relevant for understanding contemporary approaches in comparative theology. The main part of the companion traces …
Outline : Although Third World liberation theology is often viewed as a monolithic religious expression, it is in reality a richly varied phenomenon, as diverse as are the continents from which it springs. A companion to Third World Liberation Theologies: An Introductory Survey, this volume, judiciously edited by Deane William Ferm, brightly illustrates this diversity, bringing together represe…
Outline : The theme of The Book of Job is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight. Now The Book of Job has been rendered into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the Tao Te Ching have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the…
Outline : This book is a basic introduction to the thought of one of the world's outstanding religious figures. Carefully chosen both for accessibility and as an overview of Wilfred Cantwell Smith's thinking, these nine selections on world religions move gracefully through a wide range of concerns.
Part One, Religious Diversity and Truth, highlights the continuing tension between the poles of…
Outline : African Christian theologies aim to contextualise the gospel in African cultures, yet they also have much to offer to the development of systematic theology elsewhere. In this book the responses of Barth and of Pannenberg to the question of how God is related to the world are analysed and then re-formulated. This is done through interaction with the themes of community, life and co-cr…
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Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity No. 86
Outline : This groundbreaking work presents a stimulating and perceptive rethinking and restating of five basic Christian doctrines in the light of "liberation theology." As Dr. Migliore explains, "The theology of liberation is a challenge to Christians everywhere. It should be neither ignored nor dismissed as a passing theological fad. The ecumenical church should welcome this challenge to mov…
Outline : Buku ini berisi informasi tentang upaya penerjemahan Alkitab ke dalam bahasa-bahasa daerah di Indonesia yang diawali dengan penerbitan Injil Matius dalam bahasa Melayu pada tahun 1629 dan terus berlanjut hingga abad ke-20. Tampak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara ketersediaan terjemahan Alkitab dan perkem-bangan umat Tuhan. Selain itu, sejarah memperlihatkan bagaimana upaya penerjem…
Outline : This unique book embodies one of the most comprehensive works ever writ-ten on the theme of prayer. It not only summarizes all the prayers of the Bible, giving a brief exposition of every prayer mentioned from Genesis through Revelation, but also analyzes what each book of the Bible has to say concerning prayer and its role in human life and history. Dr. Robert G. Lee, former Presiden…
Outline : All the Men of the Bible, the most unique source book on the subject of Bible characters ever published, is a monumental achievement to benefit Christians who want to have information on Biblical characters at their fingertips. Dr. Lockyer has given us a spiritual classic that will never lose its value and interest. The Bible contains more than three thousand named men, all of whom ar…
Outline : Says Professor F. F. Bruce in his foreword, "Dr. Lockyer, out of his long experience and ripe wisdom, has written a book which will help many to under-stand the cardinal doctrines of the Chris-tian faith. It will not take the place of the Bible, but will prove of greatest use to those who study it along with an open Bible. The Bible, as it recites the mighty and self-revealing account…
Outline : GEREJA YANG BERDOA
Bagaimana doa dapat menghidupkan kembali gereja saudara dan meruntuhkan tembok pemisah di antara gereja dan masyarakat sekitar saudara. Merubah doa retorik menjadi doa yang aktif, betapa pentingnya bagi gereja mengerti kebenaran tentang doa yang efektif. Belajar Mendengar suara Tuhan. Kita tak mungkin mengalami janji-janji Tuhan kecuali kita tahu/mengenal kehendak …
Overview: Perintah terpenting dalam Kekristenan adalah untuk mengasihi. Pertama-tama untuk mengasihi Tuhan, yang adalah Kasih itu sendiri, juga untuk mewujudkannya dalam kasih kepada sesama manusia dan segala makhluk yang diciptakan Tuhan. Di dalam menaati perintah bahagia ini kita akan berjumpa dengan diri kita yang sebenarnya, dengan kelumpuhan dan keengganan untuk mencinta - tetapi sekalig…
Outline: If that sounds like you, here is the help you've been looking for. Richard L. Pratt, Jr., knows the burdens many of us carry because of inadequate prayer lives. In this instructive yet often entertaining book, he offers clear biblical direction on how to pray more effectively. With remarkable care and balance he discusses key issues: from fascination with God to honest confession of ou…