Search Results - "Root

Rooted and grounded : essays on land and Christian discipleship /

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At the roots of Christian bioethics critical essays on the thought of H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. /

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C. S. Lewis and a problem of evil : an investigation of a pervasive theme / by Root, Jerry

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Christian theology and Islam /

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Devoted to nature : the religious roots of American environmentalism / by Berry, Evan, 1977-

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Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab world the roots of sectarianism / by Masters, Bruce Alan, 1950-

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Hidden wisdom esoteric traditions and the roots of Christian mysticism / by Stroumsa, Guy G.

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The courage to hope : the roots for a new vision and the calling of the church in Africa / by Kobia, Samuel

The courage to hope : the roots for a new vision and the calling of the church in Africa / by Kobia, Samwel

On the side of the angels : justice, human rights, and kingdom mission / by D'Souza, Joseph, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…responding to the need -- Never give up! the root and fruit of freedom -- Faith in action : a new beginning.…”
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Food and faith : a theology of eating / by Wirzba, Norman

Table of Contents: “…Thinking theologically about food -- 2. The 'roots' of eating: our life together in gardens -- 3. …”

Your best life now : 7 steps to living at your full potential / by Osteen, Joel

Table of Contents: “…-- Understanding your value -- Become what you believe -- Developing a prosperous mindset -- Be happy with who you are -- Discover the power of your thoughts and words -- Choosing the right thoughts -- Re-programming your mental computer -- Power in your words -- Speaking life-changing words -- Speaking a blessing -- Let go of the past -- Letting go of emotional wounds -- Don't let bitterness take root -- Let God bring justice in your life -- Defeating disappointments -- Find strength through adversity -- Getting up on the inside -- Trusting God's timing -- The purpose of trials -- Trusting God when life doesn't make sense -- Live to give! …”
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The Givenness of Desire : Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God / by Rosenberg, Randall S

Table of Contents: “…De Lubac's lament : loss of the supernatural -- Ressourcement and neo-Thomism : a narrative under scrutiny, a dialogue renewed -- The erotic roots of intellectual desire -- Concretely operating nature : Lonergan on the natural desire to see God -- Being-in-love and the desire for the supernatural : erotic-agapic subjectivity -- Incarnate meaning and mimetic desire : saints and the desire for God -- The metaphysics of holiness and the longing for God in history : Therese of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum -- Distorted desire and the love of deviated transcendence.…”
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Holy hills of the Ozarks : religion and tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks : Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Engaging deconstructive theology by Michener, Ronald T.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and historical context -- Historical context : from modernism to postmodernism -- Deconstruction and its roots in Europe -- Jean-François Lyotard : the dissolution of the metanarrative -- The deconstructionism of Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault : the end of man? …”
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Approaching the apocalypse a short history of Christian millenarianism / by Court, John M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The roots of the idea -- The biblical basis -- The return of Christ -- Millenarians among the church fathers -- Apocalypse then : the year 1000 -- Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202 CE) -- The Black Death and other plagues -- Apocalypse and civil war (1500 CE and after) -- Edward Irving (1792-1834 CE) and the Catholic Apostolic movement -- Across the pond -- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814 CE) and her followers -- J.J. …”
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Resurrection the power of God for Christians and Jews / by Madigan, Kevin, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Christian hope and its Jewish roots -- He is risen! -- Restoring Israel -- Jesus of Nazareth, apocalyptic prophet -- New heaven, new earth, and new temple -- An eschatological sign to the people -- Resurrection life and the body -- The first fruits of those who have died -- Jesus as the first of many -- Imminence -- The church as Israel -- Participation in Christ -- What kind of resurrected body? …”
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The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment by Hultin, Jeremy F.

Table of Contents: “…-- Plato and Aristotle on foul language -- Plato and the dangers of mimesis -- Aristotle and the bounds of humor -- Abuse -- Laws against slander -- Religious rites -- Excursus : the language of some love charms -- Comedy -- New forms of comic drama -- Literary obscenities -- Epigram -- Tales of sexual adventures and sex manuals -- Ovid's culpa -- Speech, character, and self-definition -- Speech as it relates to character -- Speech as it defined specific groups -- Cynics and shameless speech -- Stoics -- The linguistic roots of the stoic ethics of foul language -- Excursus : Bryson the Megarian -- Changes in stoic (and cynic) views of obscene speech -- Jewish scripture and earliest Christianity -- Prophetic scatology -- Wisdom literature and Ben Sirach -- Jesus -- James -- Didache 3:3 and the two ways -- Paul -- Galatians 5:12 -- Philippians 3:8: [Greek text] -- Colossians and Ephesians -- Colossians 3:8 -- Colossians 4:6 : "season your speech with salt" -- Ephesians -- Exegesis of Ephesians 5:3-14 -- "Let them not even be named among you" (Eph 5:3) -- "Shameful even to mention" (Eph 5:12) -- Speech rules in 1QS -- Profaning a sanctum -- Not fitting for holy ones -- Speech and Christian identities -- Clement of Alexandria on foul language -- The divine paedagogue and Christian manners -- On foul language -- Excursus : Clement and the Didache -- A "deeper logos" about foul language -- Comparing Clement.…”
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