This volume highlights points of agreement and disagreement on the subject of religious pluralism. The dialogue partners in the discussion are Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture at Union Theological Seminary, and Harold A Netland, professor of Mission and Evangelism and director of Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.
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This is the first Guidebook for returning home FROM the Camino or any pilgrimage. We spend weeks deciding on footwear, clothes, gear, blister prevention, travel details, and maps. Yet preparing yourself to return home is just as crucial. The return home is not post-Camino. Like a sign on the road in Spain, “Our steps end. The Way goes on.”
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The original gospel proclamation that the Lord of the nations was a crucified Galilean raised from the dead and that salvation was found in vowing allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth unleashed a shock wave that turned the Roman Empire upside down. Early Christianity was subversive and dangerous—dangerous for Christians and a threat to the keepers of the old order. Most of all Christianity was countercultural. But what about contemporary American Christianity? Is it the countercultural way of Jesus or merely a religious endorsement of Americanism?
Read MoreThis remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of ‘basic stories’ in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient...
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This fully illustrated book looks at eight different moments in history when a change in the body of knowledge radically altered the accepted view, and in doing so gave birth to a major institution or way of thinking which has become basic to the modern world.
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