Does finding the truth or do differences between religious confessions even matter in our post-modern world? In this book the author, as an Italian ex-Catholic, recollects his personal confessions, taking us through a journey that led him from a devout upbringing right at the heart of Italy on the road to priesthood within Roman Catholicism, to then embracing Protestantism through a radical conversion, having experienced salvation in Jesus Christ. This will be a journey with the Bible as its roadmap. Each chapter will deal with a specific Catholic belief (Salvation, baptism, Eucharist,...
Does finding the truth or do differences between religious confessions even matter in our post-modern world? In this book the author, as an Italian ex...
This book links Calvinist belief in the Perpetual Assurance of Salvation with self-efficacy for economic success. Certain values are at stake for the success of economic behavior. Since the genesis of modern capitalism, a set of beliefs proper of Calvinism (mainly Predestination but also Beruf, Inner-worldly Asceticism, role of Sects…) was said by Max Weber to cause an anxiety about salvation and generate a propensity to economic success as a sign of election. In order to observe this in action today, it is crucial to consider the evolution that the Protestant ethic went through...
This book links Calvinist belief in the Perpetual Assurance of Salvation with self-efficacy for economic success. Certain values are at stake for t...
