Religion and Social Problems - 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 Religion and Social Problems write by Titus Hjelm. This book was released on 2011-01-21. Religion and Social Problems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although students and scholars of social problems have often acknowledged the role of religion, no thorough examinations of the relation between the two have emerged. This book fills this gap by providing a definitive work on the impact of religion on social problems, religion as a solution to social problems, and religion as a social problem in itself.
After Whiteness
After Whiteness - 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 After Whiteness write by Willie James Jennings. This book was released on 2020-09-01. After Whiteness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On forming people who form communion Theological education has always been about formation: first of people, then of communities, then of the world. If we continue to promote whiteness and its related ideas of masculinity and individualism in our educational work, it will remain diseased and thwart our efforts to heal the church and the world. But if theological education aims to form people who can gather others together through border-crossing pluralism and God-drenched communion, we can begin to cultivate the radical belonging that is at the heart of God’s transformative work. In this inaugural volume of the Theological Education between the Times series, Willie James Jennings shares the insights gained from his extensive experience in theological education, most notably as the dean of a major university’s divinity school—where he remains one of the only African Americans to have ever served in that role. He reflects on the distortions hidden in plain sight within the world of education but holds onto abundant hope for what theological education can be and how it can position itself at the front of a massive cultural shift away from white, Western cultural hegemony. This must happen through the formation of what Jennings calls erotic souls within ourselves—erotic in the sense that denotes the power and energy of authentic connection with God and our fellow human beings. After Whiteness is for anyone who has ever questioned why theological education still matters. It is a call for Christian intellectuals to exchange isolation for intimacy and embrace their place in the crowd—just like the crowd that followed Jesus and experienced his miracles. It is part memoir, part decolonial analysis, and part poetry—a multimodal discourse that deliberately transgresses boundaries, as Jennings hopes theological education will do, too.
Understanding Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Service Practice
Understanding Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Service Practice - 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 Understanding Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Service Practice write by James W. Ellor. This book was released on 1999. Understanding Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Service Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This guide offers advice on direct practice concerns, including spiritual assessment, positive and pathological uses of religious practice, and the need for spiritual self-awareness among human service workers.
Christianity and Social Problems
Christianity and Social Problems - 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 Christianity and Social Problems write by Lyman Abbott. This book was released on 1899. Christianity and Social Problems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Christianity and Social Systems
Christianity and Social Systems - 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 Christianity and Social Systems write by Rosemary Radford Ruether. This book was released on 2008-09-26. Christianity and Social Systems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the earliest interactions of Christians with the Roman Empire to today's debates about the separation of church and state, the Christian churches have been in complex relationships with various economic and political systems for centuries. Renowned theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether analyzes the ways the Christian church has historically interacted with powerful systems such as patriarchy, racism, slavery, and environmentalism, while looking critically at how the church shapes these systems today. With a focus on the United States, Christianity and Social Systems provides an introductory analysis of the interactions between the churches and major systems that have shaped western Christian and post-Christian society. Ruether discusses ideologies, such as liberalism and socialism, and includes three country case studies-Nicaragua, South Africa, and North and South Korea-to further illustrate the profound influences Christianity and social systems have with each other. This book is neither an attack on the relationship between Christianity and these systems, nor an apology, but rather a nuanced examination of the interactions between them. By understanding how these interactions have shaped history, we can more fully understand how to make ethical decisions about the role of Christianity in some of today's most pressing social issues, from economic and class disparities to the environmental crisis.
