Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Rituals & Practice - General

Spanish: Los latinos representan mas de un tercio de los catolicos en E.E.U.U. impactando y transformando con su presencia a la Iglesia de este pais. En parroquias dispersas a lo largo de la nacion, los hispanos dan forma a los apostolados, ocupan puestos de liderazgo, dirigen movimientos y muchas actividades mas. "Evangelizacion y catequesis en el ministerio hispano: Guia para la formacion en la fe," el autor Hosffman Ospino ofrece una guia, tanto a los lideres como a las personas involucradas en la vida parroquial, de como organizar mejor los programas de formacion en la fe y las...

Christian Ethics provides a biblical, historical, philosophical and theological guide to the field of Christian ethics. Prominent theologian David S. Cunningham explores the tradition of virtue ethics in this creative and lively text, which includes literary and musical references as well as key contemporary theological texts and figures.

Three parts examine:

• the nature of human action and the people of God as the interpretative community within which ethical discourse arises
• the development of a virtue ethics approach, and places this in its Christian context
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What is the central purpose of the church today? How can churches experience renewal through worship? In Gathered before God, Jane Rogers Vann answers these important questions by studying ten vibrant small, medium, and large churches. Her findings, she argues, show that worship is the most important thing churches do and is vital to the renewal of congregational life. Vann explores how these congregations changed into worship-centered churches and how their experiences can help other churches do the same. Gathered before God offers resources for pastors, worship leaders, and...

According to Dom Gregory Dix, the basic shape of the Christian liturgy has remained the same "ever since thirteen men met for supper in an upper room at Jerusalem" some two thousand years ago. According to Martin Connell, the same cannot be said for the liturgical year. The Triduum, or three days of Easter, only emerged in the fourth century. So, too, did Christmas. Earlier, Epiphany was the birthday of the Savior. Although a pre-Easter fast of variable length was observed since earliest times, the precise Forty Day span only appeared, once again, in the fourth century. And...