Author: Alan C. Klaas
Publisher: Mission Growth Pub.
ISBN: 9780970231413
Category : Church polity
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: John R. Stumme
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451417487
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux. In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public life for Christians when the "Protestant establishment" has given way to pervasive religious pluralism and a growing secularism. Working specifically out of Lutheran traditions, the authors probe the deeper legal, moral, and religious questions at issue in the current debate. They not only rethink classical sources about law and gospel and two-kingdoms theory but also resurrect neglected resources for Christian civil resistance. They then look to contemporary developments and show how functional interaction of church and state is compatible with their strong institutional separation. Finally, three chapters probe the most hotly contested First Amendment questions: religious liberty, education, and land use.

Author: Richard R. Hammar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882435800
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446931357
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 423

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When lobbyist Faith Lockhart stumbles upon a corruption scheme at the highest levels of government, she becomes a dangerous witness who the most powerful men in the world will go to any lengths to silence in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had: a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and will tell too much. Feared by some of the most powerful men in the world, Faith has been targeted to die. But when a private investigator walks into the middle of the assassination attempt, the shooting suddenly goes wrong, and an FBI agent is killed. Now Faith Lockhart must flee for her life--with her story, her deadly secret, and an unknown man she's forced to trust...

Author: Isaac Kramnick
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393315240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical roots of American religious freedom, paying particular attention to such figures as John Locke, Roger Williams, and especially Thomas Jefferson, and examine the controversies, up to the present day, over the proper place of religion in our political life. With a new chapter that explores the role of religion in the public life of George W. Bush's America, The Godless Constitution offers a bracing return to the first principles of American governance.

Author: United Lutheran Church in America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lutheran Church
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
ISBN: 9780806646510
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Insights on aspects of the relationship between pastor and congregation. A guide for those who tend the relationship-- pastors, councils, committees focused on mutual ministry, parish relations, personnel issues, and finances.

Author: Lutheran Church in America. Constituting Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Author: Carl E. Braaten
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532665938
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Carl Braaten’s memoirs tell the story of his life as a theologian, from his early years as a missionary kid in Madagascar to his years of study at the universities of Paris, Harvard, Heidelberg, and Oxford to his decades of teaching. Throughout the book, he delves into the many theological movements, controversies, and personalities that shaped his thinking and writing. Braaten’s fight for the faith is reflected in his theological work―spoken and written―that tangles with the “isms” of the surrounding culture of American religion. Because of Christ is more than simply a biography; it is a chronicle of the chief theological conflicts of the twentieth century that put the integrity of the gospel to the test.

Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 083083415X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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N.T. Wright explores all aspects of evil and how it presents itself in society today. Fully grounded in the story of the Old and New Testaments, this presentation is provocative and hopeful; a fascinating analysis of and response to the fundamental question of evil and justice that faces believers.