Our Lord's Prayer In One Hundred Different Languages, Compiled By S. Apostolides
Morning And Evening Prayers For The Seven Days Of The Week, Compiled By M.g
Dr. Scudder's Appeal To The Children And Youth Of The United States Of America
Our Lord's Prayer In One Hundred Different Languages, Compiled By S. Apostolides
Morning And Evening Prayers For The Seven Days Of The Week, Compiled By M.g
The new West as Related to the Christian College and the Home Missionary
Dr. Scudder’s Appeal To The Children And Youth Of The United States Of America
The new West as Related to the Christian College and the Home Missionary
The Politics of Islamic Ethics
Fundamental to Islamic thought is the idea that there is a way that human beings simply are, by nature or creation. This concept is called fiṭra. Rooting her investigation in the two central passages in the Qur'an and Hadith literature, where it is asserted that God created human beings in a certain way, the author moves beyond discussion of the usual figures who have commented on those texts to look instead at a group of classical Islamic philosophers rarely discussed in conjunction with ethical matters. Tracing the development of fiṭra through this overlooked strand of medieval thinking, von Doetinchem de Rande uses fiṭra as an entr矇e to wider topics in Islamic ethics. She shows that the notion of fiṭra articulated by al-Farabi, Ibn Bajja, Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd highlights important issues about organizational hierachies of human nature. This, she argues, has major implications for contemporary political and legal debates.
Christian Faith and Christian Learning
Following a critical analysis of the pedagogical theology and practice of Christian learning, this book develops a radical alternative account of 'faith learning'. Recognising the ways in which institutionally anxious churches are turning to processes of education and 'discipling', it takes the reader through a theological action research journey to offer a practical-theological response to the question of how Christian faith is learnt and handed on in ways that really make a difference. Through close engagement with the practicalities of one declining denomination (British Methodism), the authors offer a distinctive vision of Christian learning and enable fresh thinking and practice. There is a call for a move beyond educational 'courses' towards a more profound engagement with the complexities of real life as not only the place but the 'matter' of faith learning. Theologically the book offers a vision which pursues questions of divine and human agency, the work of the Spirit in 'learning', the role of normative tradition, and the important place of Christian lay people and their daily lives in learning. Ultimately it seeks to give substance to a fresh concept of 'faith learning', which is holistic, integrative and inductively achieved, and finds its fulfilment in lives lived in faith, hope, and love.
Between Hindu and Christian
On the second Saturday of each month, on the outskirts of the ancient city of Varanasi, Shiva's own city, thousands of shudra and Dalit devotees worship Yesu (Jesus) at a Catholic ashram. In an open-air pavilion more than three thousand women and men alternately sit, stand, and sing; they offer testimonials of healing, and receive the blessings of encounter from an unlikely deity. Facing this ocean of humanity is a 12-foot billboard Christ, arms outstretched, urging in Hindi: "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." At the lectern stands a saffron-clad priest offering teachings punctuated by hallelujahs, met with boisterous echoes. Between Hindu and Christian sheds light on a novel movement of low and no-caste devotees worshipping Jesus in the purported heart of Hindu civilization. Through thick description and analysis, and by attending to devotees and clergy in their own voices, Kerry P. C. San Chirico examines the worldview and ways of life of these Khrist Bhaktas, or devotees of Jesus, along with the Catholic priests and nuns who mediate Jesus, Mary, and other members of the Catholic pantheon in a place hardly associated with Jesus or Christianity. San Chirico places this movement within the context of the devotional history of the Banaras region, the history of Indian Christianity, the rise of low caste and Dalit emancipatory strategies, and the ascendance of Hindu nationalism. Attending to convergences and disparities between devotional Hinduism and charismatic Catholicism, Between Hindu and Christian demonstrates that religious categories are not nearly as distinct as they often seem.
