Author : Dr George Kaitholil
Publisher : St Pauls BYB
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Christian communities
ISBN : 9788171095490
This book is all about how to constantly nourish brotherly affection and the oneness of heart in community life. It will surely help the religious to renew and deepen fraternal communion in their communities.
Author : Christopher Grundy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532660367
The act of breaking and eating a body in Holy Communion forms us over time. What if that’s not such a good thing? Recovering Communion in a Violent World provides an unblinking examination of the ritualized reenactment of the violence done to Jesus in Holy Communion, using insights from the fields of ritual studies and trauma theory. Then, drawing upon recent research in Christian origins, the book raises possibilities for sacramental meal practices that don’t ignore the death of Jesus but respond to it differently. Rather than colluding with systems of violence, these alternative practices respond to violence in our world by continuing to collaborate with the persistence and resilience of God, as well as with the realm of God still coming near. The result is a groundbreaking exploration that is both unflinching in its critique and passionate in its argument for the place of renewed Christian meal practices. In an era when world religions have come under greater scrutiny as sources of violence, this book asks readers to look squarely at the reenactment of violence that has come to narrowly define Holy Communion for so long and to imagine that more radical, resistant sacramental meal practices are possible.
Author : Nouwen, Henri J. M.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1608339556
"The classic story of how Adam, a severely handicapped young man, led Nouwen to a new understanding of his faith, with a new Afterword by Robert Ellsberg"--
Author : Heidi Campbell
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780820471051
Exploring Religious Community Online is the first comprehensive study of the development and implications of online communities for religious groups. This book investigates religious community online by examining how Christian communities have adopted internet technologies, and looks at how these online practices pose new challenges to offline religious community and culture.
Author : Dorothy C. Bass
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506454747
Twelve time-honored Christian practices that will help us, and the world, to flourish Practicing Our Faith offers help to Christians who are asking how our faith can help us discern what we might do and who we might become. How can we live faithfully and with integrity in a world where the pace of existence is so fast and life's patterns are changing all around us? Can we conduct our daily lives in ways that help us not just get by but flourish--as individuals, as communities, and as a society in concert with creation and in communion with God? These questions are on the hearts and minds of many seekers who are exploring spirituality today. They are also at the heart of Practicing Our Faith. Practices are those shared activities that address fundamental needs of humankind and creation and that, woven together, form a way of life. The twelve practices explored in this book are practices that human beings simply cannot do without, particularly at this time in history. This book will stimulate your imagination. It will encourage you to reflect. It initiates a conversation that will spread into many contexts, each of which presents unique opportunities for noticing, discussing, and living the practices of faith.
Author : Anna Rowlands
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 28,69 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567003531
Anna Rowlands offers a guide to the main time periods, key figures, documents and themes of thinking developed as Catholic Social Teaching (CST). A wealth of material has been produced by the Catholic Church during its long history which considers the implications of scripture, doctrine and natural law for the way these elements live together in community - most particularly in the tradition of social encyclicals dating from 1891. Rowlands takes a fresh approach in weaving overviews of the central principles with the development of thinking on political community and democracy, migration, and integral ecology, and by considering the increasingly critical questions concerning the role of CST in a pluralist and post-secular context. As such this book offers both an incisive overview of this distinctive body of Catholic political theology and a new and challenging contribution to the debate about the transformative potential of CST in contemporary society.
Author : Jay Emerson Johnson
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 39,2 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1596272538
Food, sex, and God– these intertwine at the heart of Christian faith and practice. This book invites Christian communities to reflect theologically and spiritually on the desire for God and the desire for sexual intimacy as the same fundamental desire for communion. This is likewise God’s own desire to be in communion with us, which Christians celebrate whenever we share a simple meal of bread and wine at the Eucharistic table. The longing for intimacy and its disruptions echo throughout our political contestations, economic systems, racial and ethnic conflicts, and ecological crises. In no small measure, the vitality of Christian witness to the Gospel in the twenty-first century depends on exploring the depths of desire itself in the ancient hope for Divine Communion made new.
Author : Jennifer Garrison (Professor of English)
Publisher :
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2017
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 9780814274620
Author : Thomas E. Reynolds
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 2008-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587431777
A theologian and father of a child with disabilities reveals how disability highlights our common brokenness and need for grace.
Author : Christine D. Pohl
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1467431869
Every church, every organization, has experienced them: betrayal, deception, grumbling, envy, exclusion. They make life together difficult and prevent congregations from developing the skills, virtues, and practices they need to nurture sturdy, life-giving communities. In Living into Community Christine Pohl explores four specific Christian practices -- gratitude, promise-keeping, truth-telling, and hospitality -- that can counteract those destructive forces and help churches and individuals build and sustain vibrant communities. Drawing on a wealth of personal and professional experience and interacting with the biblical, historical, and moral traditions, Pohl thoughtfully discusses each practice, including its possible complications and deformations, and points to how these essential practices can be better cultivated within communities and families.
