The Princeton history of Christianity Stanley Brian Christianity in the twentieth century a world history Princeton 2018 | 3.49 MB
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Title: Christianity in the Twentieth Century
Author: Brian Stanley
Year: 2018

Mitri Raheb, "The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East "
English | ISBN: 1538124173 | 2020 | 710 pages | PDF | 18 MB
This work represents the current and most relevant content on the studies of how Christianity has fared in the ancient home of its founder and birth. Much has been written about Christianity and how it has survived since its migration out of its homeland but this comprehensive reference work reassesses the geographic and demographic impact of the dramatic changes in this perennially combustible world region. The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East also spans the historical, socio-political and contemporary settings of the region and importantly describes the interactions that Christianity has had with other major/minor religions in the region.

Steven B. Cowan, "Idealism and Christian Philosophy: Idealism and Christianity Volume 2 "
English | ISBN: 1501335863 | 2017 | 224 pages | EPUB | 313 KB
When it comes to contemporary philosophical problems, metaphysical idealism-or Berkeleyan immaterialism-is not taken seriously by most philosophers, not to mention the typical Christian layperson. This state of affairs deserves some attempt at rectification, since Idealism has considerable explanatory power as a metaphysical thesis and provides numerous practical and theoretical benefits.

Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas edited by Radka Fialovà, Jiří Hoblik, Petr Kitzler
English | November 7, 2022 | ISBN: 3110795078 | True EPUB | 252 pages | 2 MB
Papers collected in this volume try to illuminate various aspects of philosophical theology dealt with by different Jewish and early Christian authors and texts (e.g. the Acts of the Apostles, Philo, Origen, Gregory of Nazianzus), rooted in and influenced by the Hellenistic religious, cultural, and philosophical context, and they also focus on the literary and cultural traditions of Hellenized Judaism and its reception (e.g. Sibylline Oracles, Prayer of Manasseh), including material culture ("Elephant Mosaic Panel" from Huqoq synagogue).

Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures By Joseph Ratzinger
2006 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 1586171429 | EPUB | 1 MB
Written by Joseph Ratzinger shortly before he became Pope Benedict XVI, "Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures"looks at the growing conflict of cultures evident in the Western world. The West faces a deadly contradiction of its own making, he contends. Terrorism is on the rise. Technological advances of the West, employed by people who have cut themselves off from the moral wisdom of the past, threaten to abolish man (as C.S. Lewis put it) whether through genetic manipulation or physical annihilation. In short, the West is at war-with itself. Its scientific outlook has brought material progress. The Enlightenment's appeal to reason has achieved a measure of freedom. But contrary to what many people suppose, both of these accomplishments depend on Judeo-Christian foundations, including the moral worldview that created Western culture. More than anything else, argues Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, the important contributions of the West are threatened today by an exaggerated scientific outlook and by moral relativism-what Benedict XVI calls "the dictatorship of relativism"-in the name of freedom. "Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures"is no mere tirade against the moral decline of the West. Razinger challenges the West to return to its roots by finding a place for God in modern culture. He argues that both Christian culture and the Enlightenment formed the West, and that both hold the keys to human life and freedom as well as to domination and destruction. Ratzinger challenges non-believer and believer alike. "Both parties," he writes, "must reflect on their own selves and be ready to accept correction." He challenges secularized, unbelieving people to open themselves to God as the ground of true rationality and freedom. He calls on believers to "make God credible in this world by means of the enlightened faith they live." Topics include: Reflections on the Cultures in Conflict Today The Significance and Limits of Today's Rationalistic Culture The Permanent Significance of the Christian Faith Why We Must Not Give Up the Fight The Law of the Jungle, the Rule of Law We Must Use Our Eyes! Faith and Everyday Life Can Agnosticism Be a Solution? The Natural Knowledge of God "Supernatural" Faith and Its Origins "

Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
by Karina Martin Hogan, Matthew Goff
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0884142086 | 425 Pages | True PDF | 5.9 MB

Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe By Lucian N. Leustean (editor)
2014 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0823256065 | PDF | 2 MB
Nation-building processes in the Orthodox commonwealth brought together political institutions and religious communities in their shared aims of achieving national sovereignty. Chronicling how the churches of Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia acquired independence from the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the wake of the Ottoman Empire's decline, Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe examines the role of Orthodox churches in the construction of national identities.Drawing on archival material available after the fall of communism in southeastern Europe and Russia, as well as material published in Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Russian, Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe analyzes the challenges posed by nationalism to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the ways in which Orthodox churches engaged in the nationalist ideology.

Early Christianity: A Captivating Guide to Early Christian History, Starting with the Ministry of Jesus through the Apostolic Age to the First Council of Nicaea by Captivating History
English | November 11, 2022 | ISBN: 1637167407 | 106 pages | EPUB | 0.40 Mb
What was the starting point of Christianity? Was it in a little town in Bethlehem, just as the lyrics of our favorite Christmas songs contend?

Invitation to Syriac Christianity: An Anthology edited by Charles M. Stang, Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Michael Philip Penn, Christine Shepardson
English | February 22, 2022 | ISBN: 0520299191, 0520299205 | True EPUB/PDF | 462 pages | 15.3/7.5 MB

Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity: Characters and Characteristics (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, 113) by Hector Patmore, Josef Lössl
2022 | ISBN: 9004517146 | English | 352 pages | PDF | 7 MB