Description: Our known world, the world of twenty-first century Americans, is shaped and defined by consumer choice. The premise of consumer choice is that somewhere the perfect fit between product and purchaser exists. In the books on changing traditions the consumerist tone prevails--fundamentalists looking for an even more literal interpretation of Scripture, Protestants "going home" to Rome, feminists heading to the womyncentric sacred grove, conservatives fleeing inclusive rites, Catholics embracing the independent seeker church. But the consumerist impulse masks the kind of prayer and...
Description: Our known world, the world of twenty-first century Americans, is shaped and defined by consumer choice. The premise of consumer choice is...
This book considers how homes, households, and domestic life are related to the Church. Early theologies glorified the monastic lifestyle as a way to transcend earthly attachments in favor of supernatural goods. Contemporary thinkers have seen that functioning marriages and families themselves can lead us toward a more righteous society. Jana Bennett insists that both marriage and singleness must be placed in the context of the Christian story of redemption for the questions and problems at stake to be fully understood. She finds that Augustine of Hippo, maligned by modern theologians,...
This book considers how homes, households, and domestic life are related to the Church. Early theologies glorified the monastic lifestyle as a way to ...
Focuses on the theological questioning about the internet, discussing traditional theological questions in light of Web 2.0 technology. This book reviews how Web 2.0 both develops from traditional theology and also how Web 2.0 may change the way traditional theology is done.
Focuses on the theological questioning about the internet, discussing traditional theological questions in light of Web 2.0 technology. This book revi...
