Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion – serie
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The Globalisation of Charismatic Christianity
Häftad, 2007
413 kr
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This 2000 book analyses the revival of charismatic Protestant Christianity as an example of globalization. Simon Coleman shows that, along with many social movements, these religious conservatives are negotiating their own interpretations of global and postmodern processes. They are constructing an …
Protestantism in Contemporary China
Av Alan Hunter, Kim-Kwong Chan
Häftad, 2007
844 kr
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This study investigates the historical and political conditions which have contributed to the state of the Protestant community in China, and the kinds of spirituality and religious life that it has evolved. The authors draw on extensive fieldwork, and offer fascinating insights into the beliefs …
Theology, Ideology and Liberation
Av Peter Scott
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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How is theology liberating? In the context of a post-Gorbachev world, where many demand freedom which the Western powers seem ill-equipped to deliver, is it even possible to envisage a liberative theology? Taking as his starting point the Marxist complaint that Christianity is ideological, Peter …
The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity
Häftad, 2008
621 kr
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This 1997 study explores one of the most dramatic current interactions between religion and politics: the development of progressive Catholicism in Latin America. In particular, it examines economic, social and religious obstacles to progressive theology in Brazil. This 'popular' church built a …
A Theology of Reconstruction
Nation-Building and Human Rights
Inbunden, 1992
1661 kr
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The changing situation in South Africa and eastern Europe prompts Charles Villa-Vicencio to investigate the implications of transforming liberation theology into a theology of reconstruction and nation-building. Such a transformation, he argues, requires theology to become an unambiguously …
Pastoral Care and Liberation Theology
Av Stephen Pattison, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
1389 kr
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This is the first book to show how Latin American liberation theology can be applied to and can transform pastoral care in countries such as Britain and the USA. Hitherto pastoral care has tended to concentrate on looking after individuals. Stephen Pattison suggests that much of the suffering …
Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia
Av Paul Gifford
Inbunden, 1993
2084 kr
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This study examines the role of Christianity in Liberia under the corrupt rule of Samuel K. Doe (1980-90). Paul Gifford illustrates the relationship between mainline, evangelical, new Pentecostal and independent churches, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of each. He shows that, in general, …
A Theology of Reconstruction
Nation-Building and Human Rights
Av Charles Villa-Vicencio, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
707 kr
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The changing situation in South Africa and eastern Europe prompts Charles Villa-Vicencio to investigate the implications of transforming liberation theology into a theology of reconstruction and nation-building. Such a transformation, he argues, requires theology to become an unambiguously …
Politics, Theology and History
Inbunden, 2001
944 kr
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Politics, Theology and History is a major book by a prominent academic and an active politician. It ranges widely across the disciplines of theology, political theory and philosophy and poses acute questions about the basic moral foundations of liberal societies. Lord Plant focuses on the role that …
Politics, Theology and History
Häftad, 2001
422 kr
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Politics, Theology and History is a major book by a prominent academic and an active politician. It ranges widely across the disciplines of theology, political theory and philosophy and poses acute questions about the basic moral foundations of liberal societies. Lord Plant focuses on the role that …
Protestantism in Contemporary China
Av Alan Hunter, Kim-Kwong Chan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1633 kr
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This study investigates the historical and political conditions which have contributed to the state of the Protestant community in China, and the kinds of spirituality and religious life that it has evolved. The authors draw on extensive fieldwork, and offer fascinating insights into the beliefs …
Religion and the Making of Society
Essays in Social Theology
Inbunden, 1993
1024 kr
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In this book a leading contemporary theologian investigates the relation between religion and society. Professor Davis begins with the thesis that society is a product of human agency; this raises immediately the questions of the meaning of modernity and of the function of religion in that context. …
Religion and the Making of Society
Essays in Social Theology
Av Charles Davis, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
455 kr
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In this book a leading contemporary theologian investigates the relation between religion and society. Professor Davis begins with the thesis that society is a product of human agency; this raises immediately the questions of the meaning of modernity and of the function of religion in that context. …
Christianity and Democracy
A Theology for a Just World Order
Häftad, 1995
569 kr
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The need for global democratisation is now widely recognised, but there is considerable debate about what this means and how it can be achieved. In this important study John de Gruchy examines the historic and contemporary roles of Christianity in the development of democracy. He traces the …
Theology, Ideology and Liberation
Av Peter Scott
Inbunden, 1994
1295 kr
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How is theology liberating? In the context of a post-Gorbachev world, where many demand freedom which the Western powers seem ill-equipped to deliver, is it even possible to envisage a liberative theology? Taking as his starting point the Marxist complaint that Christianity is ideological, Peter …
Power, Gender and Christian Mysticism
Av Grace M. Jantzen, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
671 kr
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In the western Christian tradition, the mystic was seen as having direct access to God, and therefore great authority. In this study, Dr Jantzen discusses how men of power defined and controlled who should count as a mystic, and thus who would have power: women were pointedly excluded. This makes …
Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia
Av Paul Gifford, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
781 kr
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This study examines the role of Christianity in Liberia under the corrupt rule of Samuel K. Doe (1980-90). Paul Gifford illustrates the relationship between mainline, evangelical, new Pentecostal and independent churches, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of each. He shows that, in general, …
God's Just Vengeance
Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation
Av Timothy Gorringe, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1693 kr
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This 1996 book examines the relationship between the theologies of atonement and penal strategies. Christian theology was potent in Western society until the nineteenth century, and the so-called 'satisfaction theory' of atonement interacted and reacted with penal practice. Drawing on the work of …
Christian Justice and Public Policy
Inbunden, 1997
1269 kr
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Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving …
Christian Justice and Public Policy
Av Duncan B. Forrester, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
650 kr
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Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving …
God's Just Vengeance
Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation
Av Timothy Gorringe, Duncan Forrester m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
422 kr
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This 1996 book examines the relationship between the theologies of atonement and penal strategies. Christian theology was potent in Western society until the nineteenth century, and the so-called 'satisfaction theory' of atonement interacted and reacted with penal practice. Drawing on the work of …
The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity
Inbunden, 1997
1514 kr
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This 1997 study explores one of the most dramatic current interactions between religion and politics: the development of progressive Catholicism in Latin America. In particular, it examines economic, social and religious obstacles to progressive theology in Brazil. This 'popular' church built a …
The Globalisation of Charismatic Christianity
Inbunden, 2000
1563 kr
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This 2000 book analyses the revival of charismatic Protestant Christianity as an example of globalization. Simon Coleman shows that, along with many social movements, these religious conservatives are negotiating their own interpretations of global and postmodern processes. They are constructing an …
