Sentences with phrase «shape of world christianity»

Embedded in The New Shape of World Christianity is a series of case studies.

The book is not really about the new shape of world Christianity but about one shape.

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«We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country, and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it,»

Santorum: «We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country, and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it,» That ought to win him a lot of protestant votes!

«We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country, and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it,» Santorum said.

God as a problem - solver must be rejected, as well as the idea that man has a «God - shaped blank» within him.28 Hamilton's brief sketch of Bonhoeffer on the twentieth anniversary of his death builds primarily on the Letters, showing that Bonhoeffer is important for the concepts of the «world coming of age» and «religionless Christianity.

«We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country, and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it,» he said.

From an analysis of attitudes towards Christians in the ancient Roman world comes the significant comment that» [w] hat others thought about Christianity was a factor in shaping how Christians would think about themselves and how they would present themselves to the larger world.»

In the case of Christianity, he observed, it is scriptural narrative that shapes the cultural - linguistic world in which the corporate body of Christ expresses its meanings and seeks to follow Christ.

This is not only an intellectual task; the actual life of the churches must be changed dramatically so that Christianity is perceived as a unifying promise, rather than a divisive force, in the shaping of world history.

It is significant that Vatican II (and also the Uppsala Assembly of the World Council of Churches) defines the church as the sacramental sign of the unity of all humanity, and also speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and dWorld Council of Churches) defines the church as the sacramental sign of the unity of all humanity, and also speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and dWorld) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and dworld history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and death.

Some Christian theologians in Asia, particularly some of us from the reformed tradition, have taken upon ourselves the arduous task of doing Christian theology in this vast part of the world historically and culturally shaped by religions other than Christianity.

Christianity was finished as a world - shaping force, according to the opinion - leaders of the time; it might endure as a vehicle of personal piety, but Christian conviction would play no role in shaping the twenty - first - century world.

Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity, by renowned scholars Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King, lets us hear an extraordinary voice silenced for over 1,500 years, opening a fascinating window into the complex world of early Christianity.