Lutheran Salvationists? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lutheran Salvationists? write by Gudrun Maria Lydholm. This book was released on 2017-03-13. Lutheran Salvationists? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The idea of a state religion is seldom connected to religious freedom and liberal, modern, and democratic states. However, such a situation existed in Norway until 2012, when the Lutheran Church was the state church of Norway. A large majority of the population belonged to the church, even though the percentage in 2013 had fallen to well over seventy-five. The relationship between the church and minority religious movements demanded adaptation and compromises from the minority churches. The Salvation Army's enculturation and accommodation during its 128-year history in Norway illustrates such a situation. The book examines how The Salvation Army accommodated itself both doctrinally as well as practically to the situation of a dominant state church. The study reveals such a close affiliation of Salvationists to the Norwegian Church as a state institution, that it raises the question of whether a concept of civil religion was implicitly present in Salvationists' view of the state church and their own adherence to the church. This situation also raises the question of what constitutes a real church. The book indicates the tension between Lutheran and Salvationist ecclesiology as well as the influence from the Lutheran Church.
Rites of Ordination and Commitment in the Churches of the Nordic Countries
Rites of Ordination and Commitment in the Churches of the Nordic Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rites of Ordination and Commitment in the Churches of the Nordic Countries write by Hans Raun Iversen. This book was released on 2006. Rites of Ordination and Commitment in the Churches of the Nordic Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A unique situation exists in the Nordic countries where there is a Lutheran majority living in ecumenical cooperation with other churches and ecclesiastical communities. This book attempts to shed light on what the churches have discovered they hold in common and on areas where they recognise that there are divergencies between them, both in relation to ordination and ministry, and in particular to the theology and terminology of ordination. The book brings together the research and insights of 23 researchers from all the Nordic countries studying more than 200 different kinds of 'ordination' rites from the Orthodox and Roman Catholic as well as Lutheran and non-Lutheran protestant traditions. After an introduction to the churches in the Nordic countries, the book presents 19 case studies from the Nordic countries. The last part includes some general ecumenical and liturgical perspectives on ordination and rites presented by international researchers.
Saved to Save and Saved to Serve
Saved to Save and Saved to Serve - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Saved to Save and Saved to Serve write by Harold Hill. This book was released on 2017-07-24. Saved to Save and Saved to Serve available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Salvation Army has now been around for more than one hundred and fifty years, having celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2015 with an International Congress in London. Over the years both the Army and the world in which it appeared have changed beyond recognition. This is a good time for the movement to stop and look back--not just to celebrate, but to see where it is today. The Army has not evolved in isolation from the world. Bringing its own history with it, it nevertheless belongs to the twenty-first century world as much as William Booth's little East End Mission belonged to nineteenth-century London. This book attempts to explore the interaction between mission and world as it has impacted the Army's beliefs and practices as well as the place it now occupies in the wider world. This critical and analytical study may also be of interest to those beyond the Army's ranks who would like to learn more about this remarkable organization.
British Methodist Revivalism and the Eclipse of Ecclesiology
British Methodist Revivalism and the Eclipse of Ecclesiology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Methodist Revivalism and the Eclipse of Ecclesiology write by James E. Pedlar. This book was released on 2023-12-01. British Methodist Revivalism and the Eclipse of Ecclesiology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Revivalism was one of the main causes of division in nineteenth century British Methodism, but the role of revivalist theology in these splits has received scant scholarly attention. In this book, James E. Pedlar demonstrates how the revivalist variant of Methodist spirituality and theology empowered its adherents and helped foster new movements, even as it undermined the Spirit’s work through the structures of the church. Beginning with an examination of unresolved issues in John Wesley’s ecclesiology, Pedlar identifies a trend of increasing marginalization of the church among revivalists, via an examination of three key figures: Hugh Bourne (1772-1852), James Caughey (1810-1891), and William Booth (1860-1932). He concludes by examining the more catholic and irenic theology of Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932), the leading Methodist revivalist of the early twentieth century who became a strong advocate of Methodist Union. Pedlar shows that these theological differences must be considered, alongside social and political factors, in any well-rounded assessment of the division and eventual reunification of British Methodism.
Religious Bodies, 1906: Summary and detailed tables
Religious Bodies, 1906: Summary and detailed tables - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Bodies, 1906: Summary and detailed tables write by United States. Bureau of the Census. This book was released on 1910. Religious Bodies, 1906: Summary and detailed tables available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
