Angels, Worms, and Bogeys by Michelle A Clifton-Soderstrom
From their theological and devotional writings to their social and ecclesial practices, the fathers and mothers of Pietism boldly declared the ethical spirit of the Christian faith. This seventeenth-century renewal movement inspired a simple Christian ethic by connecting Christian character with the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. They sought to cultivate these virtues by reading Scripture together, empowering the common priesthood of believers, and engaging in social and ecclesial reform toward the end of spreading the gospel. Pietism brought together faith and life, Word and deed, and piety and social reform in effort to get back to the basic belief in the power of God's Word to engender faith and to transform human life. This book celebrates Pietism's contribution by telling the stories of three early figures--Philipp Jakob Spener, Johanna Eleonora Petersen, and August Hermann Francke--as they attended to issues of class, gender, poverty, and education through the lens of scripture. In addition to clarifying what historians call one of the least understood movements in the history of Christianity, this book challenges a religious culture that juxtaposes faith and social action, and it rehabilitates the Pietist heritage and its central role in the birth of Evangelicalism.-
Reading Paul
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The Imago Dei
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Queer Theology
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Forgiveness
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Mimetic Theory and Biblical Interpretation
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The Canaanites
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Reading Galatians
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A Guide to St. Symeon the New Theologian
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Scripture's Knowing
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The U.S. Immigration Crisis
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The Rule of Faith
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Theological Interpretation of Scripture
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A Primer in Ecotheology
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Theology and Science Fiction
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An Introduction to the Desert Fathers
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John Chrysostom
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The Simplicity of God
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Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk
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Charles Wesley, a Prisoner of Hope
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Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
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Wittgenstein for Theologians
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The Second-Century Apologists
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Jacques Ellul
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Lutheran Theology
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Martin Luther as He Lived and Breathed
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Inhabiting the Land
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A Companion to Philemon
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Reading Augustine
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Theologia Crucis
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Reading John
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Creationism and the Conflict over Evolution
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A Way Into Scholasticism
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Reading Bonhoeffer
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Virtue
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The Letter to the Hebrews in Social-Scientific Perspective
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Postmodern Theology
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Reading Luke
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George Lindbeck
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781498211925 |
| ISBN 10 | 1498211925 |
| Title | Angels, Worms, and Bogeys |
| Author | Michelle A Clifton-Soderstrom |
| Series | Cascade Companions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
| Year published | 2010-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 126 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |