Author: Stephen Monk
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525553178
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
RELIGIOUS OSMOSIS is information for people that are religious, spiritual and non-religious. This book shows how human unconscious behavioral patterns combine with different doctrines to affect our relationships with friends, family, partners and people of different faiths—and how to improve those ties. Learn how the human mind constructs different dreaming processes, including non-emotional and emotional visions, and how these processes intertwine with historical doctrines. See the psychological effects of the misunderstood human processes that arise when dreaming and falling asleep (called hypnagogic experiences) and as you are waking (hypnopompic experiences). Religious Osmosis details how humans form certain truths to construct a personal reality, and how these inner truths can link together and strengthen other beliefs. Learn how to look for these inner truths inside yourself and others, and notice how you can alter these inner truths and their self defence mechanisms. In Religious Osmosis, you will learn how emotion affects REM processes as much as our thoughts do, how we have unknowingly preprogram our dreams, and how to intentionally preprogram your dreaming processes. You’ll be able to gain more control in the hypnagogic dream states and remove any fear of sleep paralysis, seeing faces or hearing noises as you fall asleep. The book also provides an advanced fatigue management system to assist in keeping motorists on the road and pilots in the skies. Understand yourself and others by strengthening your inner and outer connections through religious osmosis.
Religious Osmosis
Author: Stephen Monk
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525553178
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
RELIGIOUS OSMOSIS is information for people that are religious, spiritual and non-religious. This book shows how human unconscious behavioral patterns combine with different doctrines to affect our relationships with friends, family, partners and people of different faiths—and how to improve those ties. Learn how the human mind constructs different dreaming processes, including non-emotional and emotional visions, and how these processes intertwine with historical doctrines. See the psychological effects of the misunderstood human processes that arise when dreaming and falling asleep (called hypnagogic experiences) and as you are waking (hypnopompic experiences). Religious Osmosis details how humans form certain truths to construct a personal reality, and how these inner truths can link together and strengthen other beliefs. Learn how to look for these inner truths inside yourself and others, and notice how you can alter these inner truths and their self defence mechanisms. In Religious Osmosis, you will learn how emotion affects REM processes as much as our thoughts do, how we have unknowingly preprogram our dreams, and how to intentionally preprogram your dreaming processes. You’ll be able to gain more control in the hypnagogic dream states and remove any fear of sleep paralysis, seeing faces or hearing noises as you fall asleep. The book also provides an advanced fatigue management system to assist in keeping motorists on the road and pilots in the skies. Understand yourself and others by strengthening your inner and outer connections through religious osmosis.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525553178
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
RELIGIOUS OSMOSIS is information for people that are religious, spiritual and non-religious. This book shows how human unconscious behavioral patterns combine with different doctrines to affect our relationships with friends, family, partners and people of different faiths—and how to improve those ties. Learn how the human mind constructs different dreaming processes, including non-emotional and emotional visions, and how these processes intertwine with historical doctrines. See the psychological effects of the misunderstood human processes that arise when dreaming and falling asleep (called hypnagogic experiences) and as you are waking (hypnopompic experiences). Religious Osmosis details how humans form certain truths to construct a personal reality, and how these inner truths can link together and strengthen other beliefs. Learn how to look for these inner truths inside yourself and others, and notice how you can alter these inner truths and their self defence mechanisms. In Religious Osmosis, you will learn how emotion affects REM processes as much as our thoughts do, how we have unknowingly preprogram our dreams, and how to intentionally preprogram your dreaming processes. You’ll be able to gain more control in the hypnagogic dream states and remove any fear of sleep paralysis, seeing faces or hearing noises as you fall asleep. The book also provides an advanced fatigue management system to assist in keeping motorists on the road and pilots in the skies. Understand yourself and others by strengthening your inner and outer connections through religious osmosis.
Pharaoh's Land and Beyond
Author: Pearce Paul Creasman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019022908X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
The concept of pharaonic Egypt as a unified, homogeneous, and isolated cultural entity is misleading. Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous cultures from disparate lands. In fifteen chapters divided into five thematic groups, Pharaoh's Land and Beyond uniquely examines Egypt's relationship with its wider world. The first section details the geographical contexts of interconnections by examining ancient Egyptian exploration, maritime routes, and overland passages. In the next section, chapters address the human principals of association: peoples, with the attendant difficulties of differentiating ethnic identities from the record; diplomatic actors, with their complex balances and presentations of power; and the military, with its evolving role in pharaonic expansion. Natural events, from droughts and floods to illness and epidemics, also played significant roles in this ancient world, as examined in the third section. The final two sections explore the physical manifestations of interconnections between pharaonic Egypt and its neighbors, first in the form of material objects and second, in the powerful exchange of ideas. Whether through diffusion and borrowing of knowledge and technology, through the flow of words by script and literature, or through exchanges in the religious sphere, the pharaonic Egypt that we know today was constantly changing--and changing the cultures around it. This illustrious work represents the first synthesis of these cultural relationships, unbounded by time, geography, or mode.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019022908X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
The concept of pharaonic Egypt as a unified, homogeneous, and isolated cultural entity is misleading. Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous cultures from disparate lands. In fifteen chapters divided into five thematic groups, Pharaoh's Land and Beyond uniquely examines Egypt's relationship with its wider world. The first section details the geographical contexts of interconnections by examining ancient Egyptian exploration, maritime routes, and overland passages. In the next section, chapters address the human principals of association: peoples, with the attendant difficulties of differentiating ethnic identities from the record; diplomatic actors, with their complex balances and presentations of power; and the military, with its evolving role in pharaonic expansion. Natural events, from droughts and floods to illness and epidemics, also played significant roles in this ancient world, as examined in the third section. The final two sections explore the physical manifestations of interconnections between pharaonic Egypt and its neighbors, first in the form of material objects and second, in the powerful exchange of ideas. Whether through diffusion and borrowing of knowledge and technology, through the flow of words by script and literature, or through exchanges in the religious sphere, the pharaonic Egypt that we know today was constantly changing--and changing the cultures around it. This illustrious work represents the first synthesis of these cultural relationships, unbounded by time, geography, or mode.
Dacia
Author: Ion Grumeza
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 076184466X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book tells the little known story of Dacia, the powerful and rich land that became Transylvania and Romania. This kingdom was once the cornerstone of Eastern Europe. By A.D. 1, Dacia was the third largest military power in Europe, after the Romans and Germans. Most historians mistook the Dacians for Sarmatians, Scythians, even Slavs. This book revives the Dacian history and contributes to our understanding of the region as it is today. The wars, economy, and traditions of this Transylvanian land permeate the geopolitics of today's Balkan countries. To understand what is happening today in Modern Europe, we need to return to the study of this area. This book provides the context for the invasions that molded the Balkan and Eastern European nations that continue to redraw their borders and impose ethnic domination on each other.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 076184466X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book tells the little known story of Dacia, the powerful and rich land that became Transylvania and Romania. This kingdom was once the cornerstone of Eastern Europe. By A.D. 1, Dacia was the third largest military power in Europe, after the Romans and Germans. Most historians mistook the Dacians for Sarmatians, Scythians, even Slavs. This book revives the Dacian history and contributes to our understanding of the region as it is today. The wars, economy, and traditions of this Transylvanian land permeate the geopolitics of today's Balkan countries. To understand what is happening today in Modern Europe, we need to return to the study of this area. This book provides the context for the invasions that molded the Balkan and Eastern European nations that continue to redraw their borders and impose ethnic domination on each other.
Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 3
Author: John P. Keenan
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666708569
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
As both a scholar of Buddhism and a Christian priest, John P. Keenan engages with the New Testament letter to the Ephesians, written by a member of the Pauline school likely near the end of the first century—a time when both the cultural world and the cosmos were much narrower than for us today. In pondering this scripture’s significance for residents of the twenty-first century, Keenan looks to the work of scholars and thinkers both ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, scientists and philosophers. Particular attention is given to Chinese Buddhist master Zhiyi’s explanation of a threefold truth, which resonates with an early trinitarian theme in Ephesians and suggests the riches to be discovered upon the global theological commons.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666708569
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
As both a scholar of Buddhism and a Christian priest, John P. Keenan engages with the New Testament letter to the Ephesians, written by a member of the Pauline school likely near the end of the first century—a time when both the cultural world and the cosmos were much narrower than for us today. In pondering this scripture’s significance for residents of the twenty-first century, Keenan looks to the work of scholars and thinkers both ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, scientists and philosophers. Particular attention is given to Chinese Buddhist master Zhiyi’s explanation of a threefold truth, which resonates with an early trinitarian theme in Ephesians and suggests the riches to be discovered upon the global theological commons.
The Radical Reformation, 3rd ed.
Author: George Huntston Williams
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271091347
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
Book Description
George Williams' monumental The Radical Reformation has been an essential reference work for historians of early modern Europe, narrating in rich, interpretative detail the interconnected stories of radical groups operating at the margins of the mainline Reformation. In its scope—spanning all of Europe from Spain to Poland, from Denmark to Italy—and its erudition, The Radical Reformation is without peer. Now in paperback format, Williams' magnum opus should be considered for any university-level course on the Reformation.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271091347
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
Book Description
George Williams' monumental The Radical Reformation has been an essential reference work for historians of early modern Europe, narrating in rich, interpretative detail the interconnected stories of radical groups operating at the margins of the mainline Reformation. In its scope—spanning all of Europe from Spain to Poland, from Denmark to Italy—and its erudition, The Radical Reformation is without peer. Now in paperback format, Williams' magnum opus should be considered for any university-level course on the Reformation.
Missionary Motivations
Author: Matthew Burden
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645084779
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Radical Pursuit of a Christlike Life among the Nations Beginning as an obscure sect in a backwater province of the Roman Empire, the Christian faith radiated out in all directions. What drove this expansion? Where some might think the motivations would be the Great Commission or expressions of concern for non-Christians, which are common today, the early church’s mission was profoundly Christocentric. The focus was exalting the reign of Christ and the pursuit of holiness. Just as the prophets had foretold, the Messianic king had come, and now, reigning at the Father’s right hand, he was drawing all nations to himself. Missionary Motivations is the story of early Christianity’s startling expansion. From monks to pilgrims to prisoners, early Christian missionaries filled the earth with their message through the humblest of means, all for the glory of Christ the King. Matthew Burden provides missiological insights by helping the reader rediscover the early church's vision for global mission, which stands alongside, supports, and informs the contemporary models. This book presents a deep look into the mindset that drove missional activity in the early church and explores original themes to inspire and inform the next generation of the church's missional thinkers.
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645084779
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Radical Pursuit of a Christlike Life among the Nations Beginning as an obscure sect in a backwater province of the Roman Empire, the Christian faith radiated out in all directions. What drove this expansion? Where some might think the motivations would be the Great Commission or expressions of concern for non-Christians, which are common today, the early church’s mission was profoundly Christocentric. The focus was exalting the reign of Christ and the pursuit of holiness. Just as the prophets had foretold, the Messianic king had come, and now, reigning at the Father’s right hand, he was drawing all nations to himself. Missionary Motivations is the story of early Christianity’s startling expansion. From monks to pilgrims to prisoners, early Christian missionaries filled the earth with their message through the humblest of means, all for the glory of Christ the King. Matthew Burden provides missiological insights by helping the reader rediscover the early church's vision for global mission, which stands alongside, supports, and informs the contemporary models. This book presents a deep look into the mindset that drove missional activity in the early church and explores original themes to inspire and inform the next generation of the church's missional thinkers.
Searching for a Universal Ethic
Author: John Berkman
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467442208
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The best contemporary English-language resource on pursuing a universal ethics In this volume twenty-three major scholars comment on and critically evaluate In Search of a Universal Ethic, the 2009 document written by the International Theological Commission (ITC) of the Catholic Church. That historic document represents an official Church contribution both to a more adequate understanding of a universal ethic and to Catholicism’s own tradition of reflection on natural law. The essays in this book reflect the ITC document’s complementary emphases of dialogue across traditions (universal ethic) and reflection on broadly applicable ethical guidance within the Christian tradition (natural law). Among other things, the document situates the natural law ethical tradition within the larger search for a universal ethic. Along with its insightful essays, Searching for a Universal Ethic offers — for the first time in published form — the Vatican’s official English translation of In Search of a Universal Ethic. Contributors: John Berkman Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P. David Burrell, C.S.C. Lisa Sowle Cahill Joseph E. Capizzi David Cloutier Anver M. Emon Robert P. George Sherif Girgis Jennifer A. Herdt Russell Hittinger M. Cathleen Kaveny Anthony J. Kelly, C.Ss.R. Fergus Kerr, O.P. Steven A. Long William C. Mattison III Gilbert Meilaender Livio Melina Michael S. Northcott David Novak Jean Porter Martin Rhonheimer Tracey Rowland
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467442208
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The best contemporary English-language resource on pursuing a universal ethics In this volume twenty-three major scholars comment on and critically evaluate In Search of a Universal Ethic, the 2009 document written by the International Theological Commission (ITC) of the Catholic Church. That historic document represents an official Church contribution both to a more adequate understanding of a universal ethic and to Catholicism’s own tradition of reflection on natural law. The essays in this book reflect the ITC document’s complementary emphases of dialogue across traditions (universal ethic) and reflection on broadly applicable ethical guidance within the Christian tradition (natural law). Among other things, the document situates the natural law ethical tradition within the larger search for a universal ethic. Along with its insightful essays, Searching for a Universal Ethic offers — for the first time in published form — the Vatican’s official English translation of In Search of a Universal Ethic. Contributors: John Berkman Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P. David Burrell, C.S.C. Lisa Sowle Cahill Joseph E. Capizzi David Cloutier Anver M. Emon Robert P. George Sherif Girgis Jennifer A. Herdt Russell Hittinger M. Cathleen Kaveny Anthony J. Kelly, C.Ss.R. Fergus Kerr, O.P. Steven A. Long William C. Mattison III Gilbert Meilaender Livio Melina Michael S. Northcott David Novak Jean Porter Martin Rhonheimer Tracey Rowland
Flirting with Potiphar's Wife
Author: Garry L. Lybeck
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1606477188
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
"FLIRTING WITH POTIPHAR'S WIFE - The Seduction Of Western Evangelicalism" exposes the subtle influences and philosophies that have eroded biblical Christianity and have blurred the true nature and character of the church. As a result, much of Evangelicalism has been stripped of its authoritative message. The author contends that the absolute authority of God's inspired Word has been undermined by an evangelical leadership that has replaced it with novel manipulations, popular fads and a market driven philosophy of church growth that offers "sensitive seekers" a comfortable pew, self-gratification and a feel-good religion without sacrifice or commitment. Unlike Joseph of old who fled the seductions of a lustful woman; much of evangelicalism today has succumbed to the hedonistic gibberish and pop psychology of a new paganism. In reality, this is committing spiritual adultery! This book offers a concise overview of the existing crisis along with solutions that are vital to the survival and revival of the evangelical message. Rev. Garry L. Lybeck majored in the fields of pastoral theology, biblical studies and Christian education; attaining a pastoral theology diploma from Central Pentecostal College, a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies degree from Dallas Bible College and a Master of Arts in Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary. He is also a graduate of The Institute of Christian Counseling and The New York Institute of Photography. Ordained in 1966, he has served as senior pastor in five churches, (including pioneer church planting), and as Director of Christian Education in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. His involvement in Christian ministry and service spans over forty years. You are welcome to contact the Author at: www.ChurchInConflict.com
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1606477188
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
"FLIRTING WITH POTIPHAR'S WIFE - The Seduction Of Western Evangelicalism" exposes the subtle influences and philosophies that have eroded biblical Christianity and have blurred the true nature and character of the church. As a result, much of Evangelicalism has been stripped of its authoritative message. The author contends that the absolute authority of God's inspired Word has been undermined by an evangelical leadership that has replaced it with novel manipulations, popular fads and a market driven philosophy of church growth that offers "sensitive seekers" a comfortable pew, self-gratification and a feel-good religion without sacrifice or commitment. Unlike Joseph of old who fled the seductions of a lustful woman; much of evangelicalism today has succumbed to the hedonistic gibberish and pop psychology of a new paganism. In reality, this is committing spiritual adultery! This book offers a concise overview of the existing crisis along with solutions that are vital to the survival and revival of the evangelical message. Rev. Garry L. Lybeck majored in the fields of pastoral theology, biblical studies and Christian education; attaining a pastoral theology diploma from Central Pentecostal College, a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies degree from Dallas Bible College and a Master of Arts in Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary. He is also a graduate of The Institute of Christian Counseling and The New York Institute of Photography. Ordained in 1966, he has served as senior pastor in five churches, (including pioneer church planting), and as Director of Christian Education in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. His involvement in Christian ministry and service spans over forty years. You are welcome to contact the Author at: www.ChurchInConflict.com
The Violence of Recognition
Author: Pinky Hota
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512824860
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Violence of Recognition offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the operations of Hindu nationalists and their role in sparking the largest incident of anti-Christian violence in India’s history. Through vivid ethnographic storytelling, Pinky Hota explores the roots of ethnonationalist conflict between two historically marginalized groups—the Kandha, who are Adivasi (tribal people considered indigenous in India), and the Pana, a community of Christian Dalits (previously referred to as “untouchables”). Hota documents how Hindutva mobilization led to large-scale violence, culminating in attacks against many thousands of Pana Dalits in the district of Kandhamal in 2008. Bringing indigenous studies as well as race and ethnic studies into conversation with Dalit studies, Hota shows that, despite attempts to frame these ethnonationalist tensions as an indigenous population’s resistance against disenfranchisement, Kandha hostility against the Pana must be understood as anti-Christian, anti-Dalit violence animated by racial capitalism. Hota’s analysis of caste in relation to race and religion details how Hindu nationalists exploit the singular and exclusionary legal recognition of Adivasis and the putatively liberatory, anti-capitalist discourse of indigeneity in order to justify continued oppression of Dalits—particularly those such as the Pana. Because the Pana lost their legal protection as recognized minorities (Scheduled Caste) upon conversion to Christianity, they struggle for recognition within the Indian state’s classificatory scheme. Within the framework of recognition, Hota shows, indigeneity works as a political technology that reproduces the political, economic, and cultural exclusion of landless marginalized groups such as Dalits. The Violence of Recognition reveals the violent implications of minority recognition in creating and maintaining hierarchies of racial capitalism.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512824860
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Violence of Recognition offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the operations of Hindu nationalists and their role in sparking the largest incident of anti-Christian violence in India’s history. Through vivid ethnographic storytelling, Pinky Hota explores the roots of ethnonationalist conflict between two historically marginalized groups—the Kandha, who are Adivasi (tribal people considered indigenous in India), and the Pana, a community of Christian Dalits (previously referred to as “untouchables”). Hota documents how Hindutva mobilization led to large-scale violence, culminating in attacks against many thousands of Pana Dalits in the district of Kandhamal in 2008. Bringing indigenous studies as well as race and ethnic studies into conversation with Dalit studies, Hota shows that, despite attempts to frame these ethnonationalist tensions as an indigenous population’s resistance against disenfranchisement, Kandha hostility against the Pana must be understood as anti-Christian, anti-Dalit violence animated by racial capitalism. Hota’s analysis of caste in relation to race and religion details how Hindu nationalists exploit the singular and exclusionary legal recognition of Adivasis and the putatively liberatory, anti-capitalist discourse of indigeneity in order to justify continued oppression of Dalits—particularly those such as the Pana. Because the Pana lost their legal protection as recognized minorities (Scheduled Caste) upon conversion to Christianity, they struggle for recognition within the Indian state’s classificatory scheme. Within the framework of recognition, Hota shows, indigeneity works as a political technology that reproduces the political, economic, and cultural exclusion of landless marginalized groups such as Dalits. The Violence of Recognition reveals the violent implications of minority recognition in creating and maintaining hierarchies of racial capitalism.
Church and Religious 'Other'
Author: Gerard Mannion
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567047261
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This volume brings together the prestigious speakers at the inaugural Church in Our Times Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope, throughout the first 4 months of 2006, and invited contributors from and addressing wider international contexts - Africa, Sri Lanka, India and the United States. The volume explores themes such as questions of ecclesial and religious identity in these post-modern times, the advent of neo-exclusivism, divisions within the contemporary Roman Catholic and Anglicans churches, inter-faith relations and dialogue, questions of sexuality and Christian ministry, contemporary understandings of ecclesial authority, teaching and tradition, the inter-relation between the church and the kingdom of God today, an Asian appraisal of Pope Benedict's first sermon, inculturation and the rhetoric and reality of the notion of Church as Christianity's most distinctive and defining feature and constructive proposals for ecumenical ways forward in the future. The commonality and coherence of the papers, along with the manner in which a number of them together contribute towards making a cumulative case upon similar issues of concern for the 'church in our times', constitute a major strength of this collection. This volume will interest faculty and students engaged in the study of the contemporary church, ecumenism, global Christianity, secularity and inter-religious dialogue, as well as appealing to ministers and pastors as well as the general reader excited by the most pressing debates pertaining to the church in these times.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567047261
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This volume brings together the prestigious speakers at the inaugural Church in Our Times Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope, throughout the first 4 months of 2006, and invited contributors from and addressing wider international contexts - Africa, Sri Lanka, India and the United States. The volume explores themes such as questions of ecclesial and religious identity in these post-modern times, the advent of neo-exclusivism, divisions within the contemporary Roman Catholic and Anglicans churches, inter-faith relations and dialogue, questions of sexuality and Christian ministry, contemporary understandings of ecclesial authority, teaching and tradition, the inter-relation between the church and the kingdom of God today, an Asian appraisal of Pope Benedict's first sermon, inculturation and the rhetoric and reality of the notion of Church as Christianity's most distinctive and defining feature and constructive proposals for ecumenical ways forward in the future. The commonality and coherence of the papers, along with the manner in which a number of them together contribute towards making a cumulative case upon similar issues of concern for the 'church in our times', constitute a major strength of this collection. This volume will interest faculty and students engaged in the study of the contemporary church, ecumenism, global Christianity, secularity and inter-religious dialogue, as well as appealing to ministers and pastors as well as the general reader excited by the most pressing debates pertaining to the church in these times.