Church State category: 1367 books
Political Church
The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
Political Church
God's Unwelcome Recovery
Why the New Establishment Wants to Proclaim the Death of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
There is a huge disconnect between the official account of church demise and the death of faith peddled in political and media circles, and the vitality of churches in every corner of the country. Why do the pundits ignore what is happening? Sean Oliver-Dee counters that the ongoing health of the...
Missio Politica
The Mission of Church and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Evangelical Christians in many countries shy away from politics. And yet, especially with the rise of the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, the interest and involvement in political activity is becoming a daily reality in evangelical circles. At the same time, evangelical politicians are not...
Church, Market, and Media
A Discursive Approach to Institutional Religious Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Marcus Moberg offers a new model of religion and religious life in the post-war era, through focusing on the role of markets and media as vectors of contemporary social and cultural change – and therefore institutional religious change. While there is wide agreement among sociologists of religion...
Church and Ethical Responsibility in the Midst of World Economy
Greed, Dominion, and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Magisterial in scope and scrupulous in its investigation and attribution of sources, 'Church and Ethical Responsibility in the Midst of World Economy' will take its place as an important document that contributes much in terms of prophetic praxis - it challenges those who are comfortably complacent and unwilling to be disturbed.
Liberty in the Things of God
The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
From one of the leading historians of Christianity comes this sweeping reassessment of religious freedom, from the church fathers to John Locke
In the ancient world Christian apologists wrote in defense of their right to practice their faith in the cities of the Roman Empire. They argued that religious...
Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque
A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question. *BR**BR*Based on fieldwork conducted...
Reasonable and Holy
Engaging Same-Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Reasonable and Holy addresses the conflict over homosexuality within the Anglican tradition, demonstrating that the church is able to provide for and support faithful and loving relationships between persons of the same sex, not as a departure from that tradition, but as a reasonable extension of...
by Charles Chiniquy
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Rev. Charles Chiniquy chronicles his 50 years as a servant of the Church of Rome, while also revealing the evil machinations of the Jesuits and their Roman Catholic minions. He includes information about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by the Jesuits, and their controlling the United States and other countries.
The Way of Peace Restored Momentarily
Herbert W. Armstrong showed the way to peace
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A powerful, genuine example of peace was given to this world for a tiny period. When you see how people reacted, you can understand why this world has no real peace. Nevertheless, we are about to have world peace in spite of man and his human nature.
The End and the Beginning
Pope John Paul II -- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
“As March gave way to April in the spring of 2005 and the world kept vigil outside the apostolic palace in Rome, the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, then drawing to a poignant end, was already being described as one of the most consequential in two millennia of Christian history.”
With these...
Thunder from the Right
Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2019
Ezra Taft Benson's ultra-conservative vision made him one of the most polarizing leaders in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His willingness to mix religion with extreme right-wing politics troubled many. Yet his fierce defense of the traditional family, unabashed love...
American Priest
The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame's Father Ted Hesburgh
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
A provocative new biography probes deeply into the storied life of Father Ted Hesburgh, the well-loved but often controversial president of Notre Dame University.
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Considered for many decades to be the most influential priest in America, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, played what many consider pivotal...
Prophet's Prey
My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the conviction of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), comes the page-turning, horrifying story of how a rogue sect used sex, money, and power disguised under a façade...