Search Results - "ecumenical"

A brief history of Christianity by Lindberg, Carter, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The responsibility to remember : introduction to the historiography of Christianity -- "The law of praying is the law of believing" -- Sibling rivalry : heresy, orthodoxy, and the ecumenical councils -- The heavenly city : the Augustinian synthesis of biblical religion and Hellenism -- The development of the Medieval papacy -- Faith in search of understanding : Anselm, Abelard, and the beginnings of scholasticism -- The Medieval church -- The Reformations of the sixteenth century -- Pietism and the Enlightenment -- Challenge and response : the church in the nineteenth century -- The Christian churches since World War I.…”
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The face of mercy : bull of indication of the extraordinary jubilee of mercy, misericordiae vultus / by Francis, Pope, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Opening the doors of mercy -- Crossing the threshold of mercy -- Jesus, the face of mercy -- Mercy in scripture: only say the word -- Not judgment but forgiveness: the light of mercy -- The cross: no greater love -- Mercy and resurrection: our eternal hope -- Mary: mother of mercy -- The church: the place where we meet mercy -- Sacraments: signs of God's mercy -- Vocation: called to show God's mercy -- Ecumenism: going outside the doors -- The works of mercy: bringing everyone inside.…”

Historical interpretations of the "fifth empire" the dynamics of periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J. / by Travassos Valdez, Maria Ana

Table of Contents: “…Eschatology in António Vieira's previous works -- Clavis prophetarum or De regno Christi in terris consummato -- The fifth empire -- Universal evangelization, toleration, and ecumenism?.…”
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Historical interpretations of the "fifth empire" the dynamics of periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J. / by Travassos Valdez, Maria Ana

Table of Contents: “…Eschatology in António Vieira's previous works -- Clavis prophetarum or De regno Christi in terris consummato -- The fifth empire -- Universal evangelization, toleration, and ecumenism?.…”
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The face of mercy : bull of indication of the extraordinary jubilee of mercy, misericordiae vultus / by Francis, Pope, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Opening the doors of mercy -- Crossing the threshold of mercy -- Jesus, the face of mercy -- Mercy in scripture: only say the word -- Not judgment but forgiveness: the light of mercy -- The cross: no greater love -- Mercy and resurrection: our eternal hope -- Mary: mother of mercy -- The church: the place where we meet mercy -- Sacraments: signs of God's mercy -- Vocation: called to show God's mercy -- Ecumenism: going outside the doors -- The works of mercy: bringing everyone inside.…”

Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 : Living for the Unity of the Church / by Zeilstra, Jurjen

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Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 : Living for the Unity of the Church / by Zeilstra, Jurjen

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Fighting their own battles Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas / by Behnken, Brian D.

Table of Contents: “…Advancing the cause of democracy : the origins of protest in the long civil rights movement -- Sleeping on another man's wounds : the battle for integrated schools in the 1950s -- Nothing but victory can stop us : direct action and political action in the early 1960s -- Venceremos : the evolution of civil rights in the mid-1960s -- Am I my brother's keeper? : ecumenical activism in the Lone Star State -- The day of nonviolence is past : the era of Brown power and Black power in Texas -- Pawns, puppets, and ccapegoats : school desegregation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.…”
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Fighting their own battles Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas / by Behnken, Brian D.

Table of Contents: “…Advancing the cause of democracy : the origins of protest in the long civil rights movement -- Sleeping on another man's wounds : the battle for integrated schools in the 1950s -- Nothing but victory can stop us : direct action and political action in the early 1960s -- Venceremos : the evolution of civil rights in the mid-1960s -- Am I my brother's keeper? : ecumenical activism in the Lone Star State -- The day of nonviolence is past : the era of Brown power and Black power in Texas -- Pawns, puppets, and ccapegoats : school desegregation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.…”
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Kingdom, cross, and community : essays on Mennonite themes in honor of Guy F. Hershberger /

Table of Contents: “…The peace churches as ecumenical witness.--Brown, D. W. The free church of the future.…”

Robert H. Gardiner and the reunification of worldwide Christianity in the Progressive Era by Woolverton, John Frederick, 1926-

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Kingdom, cross, and community : essays on Mennonite themes in honor of Guy F. Hershberger /

Table of Contents: “…The peace churches as ecumenical witness.--Brown, D. W. The free church of the future.…”

Robert H. Gardiner and the reunification of worldwide Christianity in the Progressive Era by Woolverton, John Frederick, 1926-

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The road to renewal Victor Joseph Reed & Oklahoma Catholicism, 1905-1971 / by Bonner, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: from Catholic American to American Catholic -- Before the Council, 1905-1957 -- The Roman way : early life, 1905-1934 -- A youthful apostolate : the heyday of Catholic action, 1935-1957 -- The institutional church, 1958-1971 -- On being a bishop : renewing diocesan structures -- Educated Catholics : the school question revisited -- Looking outward : parish life and the postconciliar church -- The prophetic church, 1958-1971 -- Worship and the intellect : the challenge of liturgical renewal -- We are our brothers' keepers : the ecumenical impulse -- A colorblind church : the search for racial equality -- Beyond Oklahoma : the Guatemala mission and the Vietnam War -- The human church, 1958-1971 -- From pastor to professional : the Catholic priesthood in the 1960s -- The cost of discipleship : Catholic sisters and modernity -- Out of the ghetto : the conscience of the Catholic layman -- An enduring sense of separation : Catholic identity in crisis.…”
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The road to renewal Victor Joseph Reed & Oklahoma Catholicism, 1905-1971 / by Bonner, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: from Catholic American to American Catholic -- Before the Council, 1905-1957 -- The Roman way : early life, 1905-1934 -- A youthful apostolate : the heyday of Catholic action, 1935-1957 -- The institutional church, 1958-1971 -- On being a bishop : renewing diocesan structures -- Educated Catholics : the school question revisited -- Looking outward : parish life and the postconciliar church -- The prophetic church, 1958-1971 -- Worship and the intellect : the challenge of liturgical renewal -- We are our brothers' keepers : the ecumenical impulse -- A colorblind church : the search for racial equality -- Beyond Oklahoma : the Guatemala mission and the Vietnam War -- The human church, 1958-1971 -- From pastor to professional : the Catholic priesthood in the 1960s -- The cost of discipleship : Catholic sisters and modernity -- Out of the ghetto : the conscience of the Catholic layman -- An enduring sense of separation : Catholic identity in crisis.…”
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Winds from the north Canadian contributions to the Pentecostal movement /

Table of Contents: “…Chawner and the missionary impulse of the Hebden Mission / Michael Wilkinson -- The ecumenical significance of Canadian Pentecostalism / Peter Althouse -- The function of myth and remembrance among Pentecostals in the Canadian Mid-west / Randall Holm -- Zelma and Beulah Argue : sisters in the Canadian Pentecostal movement / Linda M. …”
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Winds from the north Canadian contributions to the Pentecostal movement /

Table of Contents: “…Chawner and the missionary impulse of the Hebden Mission / Michael Wilkinson -- The ecumenical significance of Canadian Pentecostalism / Peter Althouse -- The function of myth and remembrance among Pentecostals in the Canadian Mid-west / Randall Holm -- Zelma and Beulah Argue : sisters in the Canadian Pentecostal movement / Linda M. …”
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Justice and mercy will kiss the vocation of peacemaking in a world of many faiths /

Table of Contents: “…Omar -- The Jesuits as peacemakers : negotiating with Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Sitting Bull / John Patrick Donnelley -- The role of the church in conflict management in Northern Ireland / Hideyuki Koyama -- The vocation of peacemaking in the victorian era : social transformation, bread, and peace / Angela Hurley -- The ecumenical praxis of Patriarch Athenagoras I / Phillip C. …”
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Justice and mercy will kiss the vocation of peacemaking in a world of many faiths /

Table of Contents: “…Omar -- The Jesuits as peacemakers : negotiating with Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Sitting Bull / John Patrick Donnelley -- The role of the church in conflict management in Northern Ireland / Hideyuki Koyama -- The vocation of peacemaking in the victorian era : social transformation, bread, and peace / Angela Hurley -- The ecumenical praxis of Patriarch Athenagoras I / Phillip C. …”
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Religious interests in community conflict beyond the culture wars /

Table of Contents: “…Crawford -- Homelessness, ecumenism, and politics in Racine, Wisconsin / Laura R. …”
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