Author: Timothy Larsen
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191537055
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Victorian crisis of faith has dominated discussions of religion and the Victorians. Stories are frequently told of prominent Victorians such as George Eliot losing their faith. This crisis is presented as demonstrating the intellectual weakness of Christianity as it was assaulted by new lines of thought such as Darwinism and biblical criticism. This study serves as a corrective to that narrative. It focuses on freethinking and Secularist leaders who came to faith. As sceptics, they had imbibed all the latest ideas that seemed to undermine faith; nevertheless, they went on to experience a crisis of doubt, and then to defend in their writings and lectures the intellectual cogency of Christianity. The Victorian crisis of doubt was surprisingly large. Telling this story serves to restore its true proportion and to reveal the intellectual strength of faith in the nineteenth century.
Crisis of Doubt
Author: Timothy Larsen
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191537055
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Victorian crisis of faith has dominated discussions of religion and the Victorians. Stories are frequently told of prominent Victorians such as George Eliot losing their faith. This crisis is presented as demonstrating the intellectual weakness of Christianity as it was assaulted by new lines of thought such as Darwinism and biblical criticism. This study serves as a corrective to that narrative. It focuses on freethinking and Secularist leaders who came to faith. As sceptics, they had imbibed all the latest ideas that seemed to undermine faith; nevertheless, they went on to experience a crisis of doubt, and then to defend in their writings and lectures the intellectual cogency of Christianity. The Victorian crisis of doubt was surprisingly large. Telling this story serves to restore its true proportion and to reveal the intellectual strength of faith in the nineteenth century.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191537055
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Victorian crisis of faith has dominated discussions of religion and the Victorians. Stories are frequently told of prominent Victorians such as George Eliot losing their faith. This crisis is presented as demonstrating the intellectual weakness of Christianity as it was assaulted by new lines of thought such as Darwinism and biblical criticism. This study serves as a corrective to that narrative. It focuses on freethinking and Secularist leaders who came to faith. As sceptics, they had imbibed all the latest ideas that seemed to undermine faith; nevertheless, they went on to experience a crisis of doubt, and then to defend in their writings and lectures the intellectual cogency of Christianity. The Victorian crisis of doubt was surprisingly large. Telling this story serves to restore its true proportion and to reveal the intellectual strength of faith in the nineteenth century.
Honest to God
Author: John A. T. Robinson
Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 0334053501
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
On first publication in the 1960s, "Honest to God" did more than instigate a passionate debate about the nature of Christian belief in a secular revolution. It epitomised the revolutionary mood of the era and articulated the anxieties of a generation.
Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 0334053501
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
On first publication in the 1960s, "Honest to God" did more than instigate a passionate debate about the nature of Christian belief in a secular revolution. It epitomised the revolutionary mood of the era and articulated the anxieties of a generation.
Evidence of Faith
Author: Timothy P. Mahoney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986431043
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An expanded study guide related to the documentary film, "Patterns of Evidence, The Exodus"
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986431043
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An expanded study guide related to the documentary film, "Patterns of Evidence, The Exodus"
A Calvinist's Honest Doubts Resolved
Author: Dave Hunt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781928660347
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Discover the heart of a Calvinist "seeker" and the surprising result of his quest for truth in this true-to-life dialogue based on years of actual accounts and reasoning from the Scriptures.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781928660347
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Discover the heart of a Calvinist "seeker" and the surprising result of his quest for truth in this true-to-life dialogue based on years of actual accounts and reasoning from the Scriptures.
Know Doubt
Author: John Ortberg
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 031032503X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Ortberg demonstrates how doubt is very much a part of faith and how uncertainty can lead to trust. "The beliefs that really matter," he writes, "are the ones that guide our behavior. We cannot hope without faith, and so we must not hope for something but someone--Jesus Christ.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 031032503X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Ortberg demonstrates how doubt is very much a part of faith and how uncertainty can lead to trust. "The beliefs that really matter," he writes, "are the ones that guide our behavior. We cannot hope without faith, and so we must not hope for something but someone--Jesus Christ.
Faith and Doubt
Author: John Ortberg
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310253519
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Ortberg demonstrates how doubt is very much a part of faith and how uncertainty can lead to trust. "The beliefs that really matter," he writes, "are the ones that guide our behavior."
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310253519
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Ortberg demonstrates how doubt is very much a part of faith and how uncertainty can lead to trust. "The beliefs that really matter," he writes, "are the ones that guide our behavior."
Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies
Author: Stephen Shortridge
Publisher: Worthy Books
ISBN: 1617950211
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This book is for those of us who have failed at being doubt-free but whose passion for God remains steadfast. It's for those who have been confused by the world -- and perhaps even by their own desires -- and still long to connect with a loving God who forgives and embraces us. It's for those who wonder at how our personal failures and uncertainties can make our faith mature -- and yet who can believe that somehow these wrestlings also make our need for God complete. Combining incredibly candid reflections and insights from the author with rich reminders for every man and woman's spiritual journey, Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies springs from a deep desire not to explain mystery, or to remove doubt, but to encourage mystery and raise doubt -- for all who dare to be honest.
Publisher: Worthy Books
ISBN: 1617950211
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This book is for those of us who have failed at being doubt-free but whose passion for God remains steadfast. It's for those who have been confused by the world -- and perhaps even by their own desires -- and still long to connect with a loving God who forgives and embraces us. It's for those who wonder at how our personal failures and uncertainties can make our faith mature -- and yet who can believe that somehow these wrestlings also make our need for God complete. Combining incredibly candid reflections and insights from the author with rich reminders for every man and woman's spiritual journey, Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies springs from a deep desire not to explain mystery, or to remove doubt, but to encourage mystery and raise doubt -- for all who dare to be honest.
Honest Doubt
Author: Amanda Cross
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786233175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
When the misogynistic and offensive Charles Haycock, professor of Victorian literature, is found murdered, his son hires private investigator Estelle "Woody" Woodhaven to find the killer, and Woody enlists the assistance of academic sleuth Kate Fansler.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786233175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
When the misogynistic and offensive Charles Haycock, professor of Victorian literature, is found murdered, his son hires private investigator Estelle "Woody" Woodhaven to find the killer, and Woody enlists the assistance of academic sleuth Kate Fansler.
Robert Falconer
Author: George MacDonald
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795351976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The story of a boy’s spiritual transformation in the shadow of the Scottish Highlands—from the 19th-century author of David Elginbrod. In George MacDonald’s most well-known novel, published in 1868, the quest of young Robert Falconer for his father becomes a parallel quest to break free from the oppressive Calvinist theology of his grandmother. As he struggles to come to terms with the strict orthodoxy prevalent in Scotland for two centuries, the doctrine of hell looms as the great stumbling block in Robert’s mind. His lifelong search reveals to Robert the groundbreaking truth that hell is remedial not punitive, designed to produce ultimate repentance not everlasting punishment. This highly autobiographical work offers a rare glimpse into MacDonald’s own youthful quandaries, and a window into the development of his faith, which would turn generations toward the Fatherhood of a loving God. After the book’s publication, as a result of the bold themes running through the narrative, MacDonald came to be considered a “universalist” and “heretic” in some circles—grievous mischaracterizations that persist to this day. This new edition by MacDonald biographer Michael Phillips streamlines the occasionally ponderous Victorian narrative style and updates the thick Doric brogue into readable English.
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795351976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The story of a boy’s spiritual transformation in the shadow of the Scottish Highlands—from the 19th-century author of David Elginbrod. In George MacDonald’s most well-known novel, published in 1868, the quest of young Robert Falconer for his father becomes a parallel quest to break free from the oppressive Calvinist theology of his grandmother. As he struggles to come to terms with the strict orthodoxy prevalent in Scotland for two centuries, the doctrine of hell looms as the great stumbling block in Robert’s mind. His lifelong search reveals to Robert the groundbreaking truth that hell is remedial not punitive, designed to produce ultimate repentance not everlasting punishment. This highly autobiographical work offers a rare glimpse into MacDonald’s own youthful quandaries, and a window into the development of his faith, which would turn generations toward the Fatherhood of a loving God. After the book’s publication, as a result of the bold themes running through the narrative, MacDonald came to be considered a “universalist” and “heretic” in some circles—grievous mischaracterizations that persist to this day. This new edition by MacDonald biographer Michael Phillips streamlines the occasionally ponderous Victorian narrative style and updates the thick Doric brogue into readable English.
James
Author: David P. Nystrom
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310493609
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Straight to the point, practical, affirming, convicting---that's the book of James. In it, we see a picture of early Christians wrestling to apply the teachings of Jesus to their everyday lives. And we see a community plagued by divisiveness and hypocrisy, with an emphasis on wealth and status. James pulls no punches addressing these issues, calling for a faith that shows itself in moral actions: in speech, in interpersonal relationships, in economic and social justice. He also lays out a theology of the redemptive value of suffering. In our day when the behavior and attitudes of professed Christians are often not much different from the surrounding culture, in our society of great wealth, and in our culture that abhors suffering, the challenging message of James is greatly needed. Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, David Nystrom shares perspectives on the book of James that reveal its enduring relevance for our twenty-first-century lives. This series promises to become an indispensable tool for every pastor and teacher who seeks to make the Bible's timeless message speak to this generation. Billy Graham The NIV Application Commentary dares to go where few scholars have gone before---into the real world of biblical application faced by pastors and teachers every day. This is everything a good commentary should be. Leith Anderson Pastor, Wooddale Church Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. They focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable---but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310493609
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Straight to the point, practical, affirming, convicting---that's the book of James. In it, we see a picture of early Christians wrestling to apply the teachings of Jesus to their everyday lives. And we see a community plagued by divisiveness and hypocrisy, with an emphasis on wealth and status. James pulls no punches addressing these issues, calling for a faith that shows itself in moral actions: in speech, in interpersonal relationships, in economic and social justice. He also lays out a theology of the redemptive value of suffering. In our day when the behavior and attitudes of professed Christians are often not much different from the surrounding culture, in our society of great wealth, and in our culture that abhors suffering, the challenging message of James is greatly needed. Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, David Nystrom shares perspectives on the book of James that reveal its enduring relevance for our twenty-first-century lives. This series promises to become an indispensable tool for every pastor and teacher who seeks to make the Bible's timeless message speak to this generation. Billy Graham The NIV Application Commentary dares to go where few scholars have gone before---into the real world of biblical application faced by pastors and teachers every day. This is everything a good commentary should be. Leith Anderson Pastor, Wooddale Church Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. They focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable---but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.