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The Broadening Church
Author | : Lefferts A. Loetscher |
Publsiher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016-11-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781512803747 |
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The far-reaching social and intellectual changes in the United States since the Civil War have had a definite effect upon the religious thought of American churches. In this volume, a distinguished scholar and theologian has undertaken an inductive study of theological issues in one of the major denominations, the Presbyterian church in the United States of America. Since this church was in the thick of the social and intellectual ferment that changed the living and thinking habits of Americans, much that transpired in it finds broad parallels in other leading American churches. Thus, the story of the Presbyterian church is, in essence, a kind of theological barometer of American history. Avoiding sweeping generalizations, Lefferts A. Loetscher briefly traces the history of the Presbyterian church from its founding by New England Puritans on Long Island in the 1640s to the disruption of 1837 and the "wedding day" of Old School and New School Presbyterians in 1870, following the reunion of 1869. From this point, he examines in detail the development of the church, analyzing the controversies that occurred over the years, interpreting the various theological issues that led to disputes.
The Broadening Church
Author | : Lefferts Augustine Loetscher |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Presbyterian Church in the United States |
ISBN | : LCCN:86894391 |
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The Broadening Church
Author | : Lefferts Augustine Loetscher |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:874350618 |
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The Morally Divided Body
Author | : Michael Root,James J. Buckley |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2012-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781610977647 |
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At the same time as Catholic and evangelical Christians have increasingly come to agree on issues that divided them during the sixteenth-century reformations, they seem increasingly to disagree on issues of contemporary "morality" and "ethics." Do such arguments doom the prospects for realistic full communion between Catholics and evangelicals? Or are such disagreements a new opportunity for Catholics and evangelicals to convert together to the triune God's word and work on the communion of saints for the world? Or should our hope be different than simple pessimism or optimism? In this volume, eight authors address different aspects of these questions, hoping to move Christians a small step further toward the visible unity of the church.
Major Themes in the Reformed Tradition
Author | : Donald K. McKim |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1998-03-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781725207189 |
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A compilation of thirty-seven essays outlining and exemplifying Reformed views on the major Christian doctrines and practices. As editor Donald McKim notes, this volume constitutes the "only substantial theological reference tool for studying the major emphases of Reformed theology."
Religious Freedom
Author | : Gerhard Besier,Ilkka Huhta |
Publsiher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2019-05 |
Genre | : Freedom of religion |
ISBN | : 9783643997456 |
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Restrictions with respect to religious freedom have been in place in authoritarian states for a number of years. We can observe a new period of co-operation between authoritarian states and "state" churches. Some churches have assumed a clearly political position, even in belligerent conflicts, by justifying wars, criminalizing their religious competitors and, thereby, exploiting the Christian Gospel for non-Christian purposes. In this volume, scholars from Europe and North America discuss the core objective of religious freedom in the West and East seeking measures to encourage religions to act and interact, independent of deliberate political stances - to maintain their distance from territorial governments and to strengthen the principle of religious freedom and, thereby, their own denomination as well.
A History of the Christian Church
Author | : Lars P. Qualben |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 659 |
Release | : 2008-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781606081679 |
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Robert E Speer
Author | : John F. Piper |
Publsiher | : Geneva Press |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 066450132X |
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This is a thorough yet easy-to-read biography of one of the major figures in Presbyterian and ecumenical church history. During the course of his forty-six-year career as Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Robert Speer shaped church policy, increased Presbyterian funding of world missions, and influenced many church leaders, including John D. Rockefeller Jr., Henry Sloane Coffin, and John Mackay. Pastors, laity, professors, and students interested in the history of mission work and ecumenical relations will be interested in the life and accomplishments of this influential Presbyterian.