Theologygrams

Author: Rich Wyld
Publisher: IVP Books
ISBN: 9780830852024
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Collected from Rich Wyld’s popular Theologygrams blog, these full-color diagrams will appeal to the theologian and the non-specialist reader alike. Clever, cheeky, and genuinely instructive, this little book will have you laughing along as Wyld captures the reality of church life and makes theological truths accessible in a way you’ve never seen before.

Theology and Joy

Author: Juergen Moltmann
Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334051596
Category : God (Christianity)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this provocative study, Dr Moltmann develops his interest in political theology with particular reference to the questions of liberation, joy and the glory of God. How, he asks, can we laugh and rejoice when there are still so many tears to be wiped away and when new tears are being added every day? He cites the recent musical Fiddler on the Roof. Are the Jewish congregation here singing just to forget, or is there really such a thing as freedom in the midst of slavery, joy in the midst of suffering ? The rest of his extended essay investigates the possibility that in playing we can anticipate our liberation and with laughter rid ourselves of the bonds which alienate us from real life. David Jenkins, who writes an extended introduction and comment, takes up two points from Dr Moltmann's work. Moltmann argues that instead of using God to enjoy the world, men can now use the world to enjoy God. Furthermore, this development liberates the concept of 'God' to become what it really is, free and sovereign, instead of an idea enmeshed in our own plans and purposes.

Warfare in the Old Testament

Author: Boyd Seevers
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 0825436559
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
Warfare in the Old Testament brides the gap between the modern reader and the world of the Old Testament by using textual and physical evidence to describe ancient military practices in Israel, Egypt, Philistia, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. Filled with illustrations and maps, this full-color volume enriches many biblical accounts by showing how Israel and the surrounding nations did battle. Of special interest are the author's treatments of the role that religion played in ancient warfare practices.

Old Testament Wisdom Literature

Author: Craig G. Bartholomew
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830898174
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Craig G. Bartholomew and Ryan P. O'Dowd provide an informed introduction to the Old Testament wisdom books Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job. More than an introduction, however, this is a thoughtful consideration of the hermeneutical implications of this literature.

The World According to Theologygrams

Author: Rich Wyld
Publisher: Darton Longman and Todd
ISBN: 9780232532913
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The World According to Theologygrams is the much anticipated follow-up to Theologygrams, Rich Wyld's first collection of clever, cheeky and genuinely insightful theological diagrams. This second book presents a new and original set of theology themed diagrams and commentary on each double-page, taking the reader deeper into the meaning and interpretation of the subject matter with wit and humour.

Reading Paul with the Reformers

Author: Stephen J. Chester
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802848362
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description
In debates surrounding the New Perspective on Paul, the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformers are often characterized as the apostle's misinterpreters-in-chief. In this book Stephen Chester challenges that conception with a careful and nuanced reading of the Reformers' Pauline exegesis. Examining the overall contours of Reformation exegesis of Paul, Chester contrasts the Reformers with their opponents and explores particular contributions made by such key figures as Luther, Melanchthon, and Calvin. He relates their insights to contemporary debates in Pauline theology about justification, union with Christ, and other central themes, arguing that their work remains a significant resource today. Published in the 500th anniversary year of the Protestant Reformation, Chester's Reading Paul with the Reformers reclaims a robust understanding of how the Reformers actually read the apostle Paul.

The Living God and the Fullness of Life

Author: Jürgen Moltmann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611646634
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Modern humanity has accepted a truncated, impoverished definition of life. Focusing solely on material realities, we have forgotten that joy, purpose, and meaning come from a life that is both immersed in the temporal and alive to the transcendent. We have, in other words, ceased to live in God. In this book, renowned theologian Jürgen Moltmann shows us what that life of joy and purpose looks like. Describing how we came to live in a world devoid of the ultimate, he charts a way back to an intimate connection with the biblical God. He counsels that we adopt a "theology of life," an orientation that sees God at work in both the mundane and the extraordinary and that pushes us to work for a world that fully reflects the life of its Creator. Moltmann offers a telling critique of the shallow values of consumerist society and provides a compelling rationale for why spiritual sensibilities and encounter with God must lie at the heart of any life that seeks to be authentically human.

The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene

Author: Jane Schaberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441141758
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 382

Book Description
The controversy surrounding Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code has intensified interest in Mary Magdalene and Jane Schaberg provides an authoritative source for a deeper understanding and re-assessment of this popular figure. Within a progressive feminist framework, The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene approaches Christian Testament sources through analysis of legend, archaeology, and gnostic/apocryphal traditions. This is the story of the suppression and distortion of a powerful woman leader - Schaberg presents Mary Magdalene as successor to Jesus in a challenging alternative to the Petrine primacy.

The Lost Gospel

Author: Simcha Jacobovici
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605987298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 754

Book Description
Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus’ social, family, and political life.The Lost Gospel takes the reader on an unparalleled historical adventure through a paradigm shifting manuscript. What the authors eventually discover is as astounding as it is surprising: the confirmation of Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene; the names of their two children; the towering presence of Mary Magdalene; a previously unknown plot on Jesus’ life (thirteen years prior to the crucifixion); an assassination attempt against Mary Magdalene and their children; Jesus’ connection to political figures at the highest level of the Roman Empire; and a religious movement that antedates that of Paul—the Church of Mary Magdalene.Part historical detective story, part modern adventure, The Lost Gospel reveals secrets that have been hiding in plain sight for millennia.

Passion for God

Author: Jürgen Moltmann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664227036
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
Comprised of four lectures and two sermons,Passion for Godprovides a unique look into the theological perspectives of renowned theologians Jurgen Moltmann and Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel, each a preeminent figure in the proliferation of contemporary theology in the twentieth century.