Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Philosophy

Does God love and care for each individual? Should the Bible be interpreted literally? Why are we here? Questions such as these persist for many people today. Grant Schnarr presents "the new Christianity," based on the Bible and the teachings of the eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg. Schnarr examines the underlying reasons that prevent people from truly believing and provides logical and positive answers to life's questions. The result is a solid foundation for building faith and embracing a relationship with God.

Comprehensive in its approach yet written in plain language, The Moral Bond of Community offers a biblically-based concept of Christian justice that can be applied to moral questions in everyday life.

Brady examines four forms of Christian moral discourse -- narrative, prophetic, ethical, and policy -- and shows how each contributes to a fuller understanding of Christian morality.

For the reflective Christian: all twenty-two books of Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer's life's work in a beautifully crafted, five-volume set. Revised and indexed. ECPA Gold Medallion winner.

• Offers an accessible, lively, and provocative statement of the nature of moral philosophy and theological ethics in contemporary times.
  
• Tackles various perspectives on debates about distinctly Christian ethics.
  
• Argues that we need to reframe the...

• Questions why theology is no longer considered a necessary subject in the modern university, and explores the role it should play in the development of our -knowledge-
  
• Considers how theology is often excluded from the knowledges of the modern university because these are constituted by an understanding...

• Questions why theology is no longer considered a necessary subject in the modern university, and explores the role it should play in the development of our -knowledge-
  
• Considers how theology is often excluded from the knowledges of the modern university because these are constituted by an understanding...

It has long been believed that science and faith cannot mingle. Faith rejects the rational, while science restricts us to a life with no meaning beyond the physical. It is an irreconcilable war between two polar-opposite ways of thinking and living. Written for believers, agnostics, and atheists alike, The Language of God provides a testament to the power of faith in the midst of suffering without faltering from its logical...

Religion as Poetry continues in the grand tradition of the sociology of religion pioneered by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Talcott Parsons, among other giants in intellectual history. Too many present-day sociologists either ignore or disparage religious currents. In this provocative book, Andrew M. Greeley argues that various religions have endured for thousands of years as poetic rituals and stories. Religion as Poetry proposes a theoretical framework for understanding religion that emphasizes insights derived from religious stories. By virtue of his own rare abilities as a...