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A Christian Manifesto
In this repackaged edition of A Christian Manifestoby Francis Schaeffer, readers will be encouraged to think deeply about the implications of Western Culture's shifting morality and freedom as they seek to live out their faith in a post-Christian world.
Message and Meaning of Graham Greene's "Brighton Rock"
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Graham Greene's Major Novels, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Discusses the significance of Catholicism in the novel. The paper argues that Brighton Rock's Catholic characters have a different view of the world which makes their life more complicated than that of the 'non-believers'.
The Jewish Jesus
How the rise of Christianity profoundly influenced the development of Judaism in late antiquity In late antiquity, as Christianity emerged from Judaism, it was not only the new religion that was being influenced by the old. The rise and revolutionary challenge of Christianity also had a profound influence on rabbinic Judaism, which was itself just emerging and, like Christianity, trying to shape its own identity. In The Jewish Jesus, Peter Schäfer reveals the crucial ways in which various Jewish heresies, including Christianity, affected the development of rabbinic Judaism. He even shows that some of the ideas that the rabbis appropriated from Christianity were actually reappropriated Jewish ideas. The result is a demonstration of the deep mutual influence between the sister religions, one that calls into question hard and fast distinctions between orthodoxy and heresy, and even Judaism and Christianity, during the first centuries CE.
The Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite
This book proposes a reading of Dionysius the Areopagite's longest and most important treatise 'On the Divine Names' from a philosophical point of view, rather than from a theological point of view which dominates the secondary literature. More in particular, it proposes an interpretation of the puzzling structure of the treatise which takes its starting point from earlier interpretations of medieval and modern scholars. The new reading of Dionysius' main text achieves more coherence than they did precisely because of the philosophical angle, which is meant to serve as a complement, not an alternative, to theological and historical interpretations. Thus the book can be read as an introduction to the philosophy of Dionyius as it shows how the author makes original moves in introducing the Christian concepts of peace and creation as philosophical concepts in a Platonic framework.
Maturing in Christ
Maturing in Christ focuses on Christian truth that relates to living a successful spiritual life. Before a Christian can realize a consistent victorious spiritual life some basic truths must be understood: 1) the riches given by God at salvation to live Christ-like; 2) who the spiritual enemies are and how they attack; 3) and how to utilize divine enabling when resisting the enemies in order to live a successful Christian life. The Christian has three spiritual enemies: Satan, the world system and the sin nature. Dr. Schafer uses Scripture to identify these adversaries and how to access God's provisions for the strength to be victorious over them. This expository study of the Word is dedicat...
Purifying puritanism - Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature"
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Kultur und Landeskunde, Note: 1.3, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Veranstaltung: Key Concepts in American Culture and History, 12 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Discusses Emerson's early essay "Nature" in light of its connections with the Puritan tradition. The Calvinistic concept of 'Sola Scriptura' is modified by Emerson in that he substitutes the Bible with the Book of Nature. Every human being can find a way to understand God by 'reading' the natural world.
Home and homelessness in David Greig’s 'Europe'
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Contemporary Scottish Drama, language: English, abstract: Discusses the different concepts of home that the characters have. They either stay and seek to preserve their home or they break out and try to find a new home somewhere else.
Mirror of His Beauty
In this beautifully realized study, Peter Schäfer investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. The search itself is a fascinating exploration of the idea of a feminine divinity. And Schäfer's surprising but persuasive conclusions yield deeper understanding of the complex but frequently intimate relationship between Christianity and Judaism--and of the development of religious concepts more generally. Toward the end of the twelfth century, a small book titled the Bahir (Light) appeared in Provence. The first document of Judaism's emerging kabbalistic movement, it introduced a completely new view of God, one that included a divine potency that was essentiall...
