An Engagement with Muslims, Buddhists, and Other Peoples of Faith
Drawing on his long experience of mission, overseas and at home, Thomsen grapples with Christian theology and engagingly expounds how its deep themes relate with those of Buddhism and Islam. God in Christ must become the pattern for our living and evangelism. The key is to see others in the spirit and through the eyes of Christ. This is a bold ......
For two millennia calling oneself a Jew and confessing Jesus-Christ was perceived as nonsense. This is no longer the case. Jewish believers in Christ - "Messianics", Catholics, Orthodox, and so forth - are now reclaiming their Jewish identity. Jewish Church is about imagining what their home in the Church would look like.
For two millennia calling oneself a Jew and confessing Jesus-Christ was perceived as nonsense. This is no longer the case. Jewish believers in Christ - "Messianics", Catholics, Orthodox, and so forth - are now reclaiming their Jewish identity. Jewish Church is about imagining what their home in the Church would look like.
Wolves, snakes, horses, cows, sheep, fish and dogs are just a few of the animals that feature in the stories of the prophets in the Holy Qur'an. God even gave one prophet the special and unique gift of being able to understand and communicate with animals, birds and insects. Other animals, such as bees, spiders, moths, donkeys and lions don't ......
Drawing from the author's experience of long involvement in Hindu-Christian dialogue, Anantanand Rambachan focuses on dialogue and relationships between these two traditions. This book discusses issues of deep controversy, such as conversion and caste, and explores possible areas for mutual learning and enrichment for Hindus and Christians.
For Christians, memories of God given in the Christian Bible are juxtaposed, echoed, and expanded within and outside Christian communities of faith. In Saving Memory and the Body of Christ, Sedgwick argues, Christians are attuned to the polyphony that is the voice of God calling those who have ears to hear into the love and grace of God in life ......
Multifaith Reflections to Deepen Your Spirituality
Now more than ever, people are painfully divided politically, religiously, and culturally. Through daily readings that explore the tenets, teachings, writings, and prayers of the world's major religions, The Peacemaker's Path shows us that we have much more in common than what divides us.
W. A. Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical Theology
W. A. Visser 't Hooft, a minister in the Netherlands Reform Church, was a pivotal figure in the rise of the ecumenical movement. Under his leadership, the World Council of Churches, which represents all the world's major Christian faiths except the Roman Catholic, grew from 147 denominations in forty countries to nearly 300 in ninety countries.
