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Sing A New Song To The City: Ambient Rhetoric And Urban Hymns, Adam J. Copeland
Sing A New Song To The City: Ambient Rhetoric And Urban Hymns, Adam J. Copeland
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Hymns are a key component of how Christians express their faith. But many of these hymns do represent the rhythms and sensibilities of an older and largely agrarian world. Using the concept of “ambient rhetoric,” Adam Copeland suggests that it is time for other hymns that represent the ethos of daily life in an increasingly urbanized world, hymns that will speak to the realities of urban culture.
Sports Fandom: Worthless Idol And Wonderful Thing, Rolf A. Jacobson
Sports Fandom: Worthless Idol And Wonderful Thing, Rolf A. Jacobson
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When thinking about the spectacle of sports fandom in light of the Bible, two assertions immediately come to mind. First, sports have become—for much of North American or Western society—an idol. Second, sports have also co-opted many aspects of the life of faith. These two immediate perspectives are so obvious that one is left to wonder whether there is anything more to say about sports in light of the Bible. Maybe there is.
God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
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No abstract provided.
Is The Automobile Essential To Freedom?: Yes!, Rolf A. Jacobson
Is The Automobile Essential To Freedom?: Yes!, Rolf A. Jacobson
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Revelation And The Left Behind Novels, Craig R. Koester
Revelation And The Left Behind Novels, Craig R. Koester
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The Left Behind novels appeal because they affirm God's control of history in the face of violence and moral decay. Our challenge is to be more biblical than Left Behind, not less biblical to hear Revelation's call to persevere in the face of evil and to trust in the final victory of God and the Lamb.
Hope In The Face Of Empire: Failed Patriotism, Civil International Publicity, And Patriotic Peacebuilding, Gary M. Simpson
Hope In The Face Of Empire: Failed Patriotism, Civil International Publicity, And Patriotic Peacebuilding, Gary M. Simpson
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The patriotism of empire is a failed patriotism that longs for empire as the way to achieve security. America needs instead a repenting patriotism, in the tradition of Lincoln, that recognizes public accountability and moves toward peacebuilding.
Innovating National Sovereignty And The Just War Tradition, Gary M. Simpson
Innovating National Sovereignty And The Just War Tradition, Gary M. Simpson
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The two-thousand-year-old just war tradition is now read anew in light of the more recent Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect document. Eleanor Roosevelt played no small part in moving things in this new direction.
The Bible And Popular Culture: Engaging Sacred Text In The World Of "Others", Mary E. Hess
The Bible And Popular Culture: Engaging Sacred Text In The World Of "Others", Mary E. Hess
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"By The Dawn's Early Light": The Flag, The Interrogative, And The Whence And Whither Of Normative Patriotism, Gary M. Simpson
"By The Dawn's Early Light": The Flag, The Interrogative, And The Whence And Whither Of Normative Patriotism, Gary M. Simpson
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Francis Scott Key, Abraham Lincoln, Emma Lazarus, and Martin Luther King Jr. define a normative American patriotism that embraces self-interrogation; equality, hope, and repentance; worldwide welcome; and justice and solidarity. In the aftermath of 9/11 can such patriotism now proceed to civic internationalism or will it resort to the internationalism of empire?
Christians And The Pledge Of Allegiance: Accruing "Among The Nations", Gary M. Simpson
Christians And The Pledge Of Allegiance: Accruing "Among The Nations", Gary M. Simpson
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Civil Society And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
Civil Society And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
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In the midst of this morally charged situation might not Christian congregations hear again the call to a public vocation? As we ponder this prospect, two questions will guide our inquiry. First, where might Christian congregations locate a space in which they might attend to the public moral meaning of everyday rage? That public space, which we will explore, is “civil society.” Second, how can this public space of civil society be accessed so that its moral possibilities can be maximized? We will explore “communicative moral practice” as the best model for accessing the moral possibilities of civil society. What …