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Pentecostalism and Catholic Ecumenism In Developing Nations
Through fieldwork research, this book seeks to explore Catholic ecumenism and the proliferation of Pentecostalism. Using data gathered from four West African countries, it additionally endeavors to investigate the sociopolitical impact of Pentecostalism, which is growing exponentially and is seen by many as the new face and phase of Christianity on the continent. This book puts a search light on the reality of West African Pentecostalism and its relationship with the older Christian traditions. It cogently asks if Pentecostalism is a cog in the wheels of the fragile ecumenical work among West African Christianity and wonders about its impact on the poor existing social, economic, and political situations common to most West African politics and governments. This book is for professionals and students of religion and theology, and is useful for the casual reader.
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SEXUALITY IN JOHN PAUL II'S THEOLOGY OF THE BODY
This book addresses the opposing positions held by Catholic orthodoxy and modern liberal societies on questions about human sexuality, marriage and family life. The author argues that true to the nature of doctrine, some moral teachings are open to development and some dogmatic ones are irreversible. In five chapters, relying on historical analysis, a hundred-year timeline is used to examine related papal encyclicals. A review of the natural law theory from its Stoic antecedents, Thomistic scholasticism, and the philosophical 20th-century new natural law theory are examined. John Paul II's Theology of the Body is used as a subtext. Intellectual, cultural and gendered perspectives are put in dialogue while paying attention to two current issues; same-sex unions as sacramental unions and the possibility of the use of condoms as prophylaxis for discordant married persons. This work appeals to both specialists and non-specialists, scholars, students of theology and those who are interested in matters concerning the development of Christian [moral] doctrines. It can be used as a whole or in chapters for private studies, classroom work or in pastoral settings.
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Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva
You would not expect this from his dour reputation, but John Calvin transformed the Western understanding of sex, marriage, and family life. In this fascinating, even sensational, volume John Witte and Robert Kingdon treat comprehensively the new theology and law of domestic life that Calvin and his fellow reformers established in sixteenth-century Geneva. Bringing to light and life hundreds of newly discovered cases and theological texts, Witte and Kingdon trace the subtle historical forms and norms of sex, marriage, and family life that still shape us today.
Information
"Information technology shapes nearly every part of modern life, and debates about information--its meaning, effects, and applications--are central to a range of fields, from economics, technology, and politics to library science, media studies, and cultural studies. This rich, unique resource traces the history of information with an approach designed to draw connections across fields and perspectives, and provide essential context for our current age of information. Clear, accessible, and authoritative, the book opens with a series of articles that provide a narrative history of information from premodern practices to twenty-first-century information culture. This section focuses on major ...
Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?
Do you sometimes feel you have to check your intellect at the church door, leaving reason behind to embrace the Christian faith? Do you hunger for a “full gospel” that includes the mind as well as heart and Spirit? Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? challenges charismatic and Pentecostal believers to discover the power of a well-maintained mind—a mind on fire—to match a heart on fire and to create a life that operates within the full counsel of God . Nañez shows how human reason helps us understand and interpret God’s Word as well as defend the gospel. He shows what the Bible teaches about the mind, and explores the backgrounds of nineteenth-century and modern culture, anti-intellectualism, Pentecostal history and beliefs, and popular misconceptions about human intellect in relation to the Christian faith. Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? helps men and women practice a Christian faith that reflects the whole person and the full gospel. “Rick Nañez calls Pentecostals and charismatics to seek a balance between mind and Spirit. This book will stir you to seek all that God has for you.” —From the Foreword by Stanley M. Horton, PhD
The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism
This volume reviews manifestations of Pentecostalism throughout the world and explores what it means to be Pentecostal through multidisciplinary perspectives.
