Robert F. Rea and Steven D. Cone, A Global Church History: The Great Tradition through Cultures, Continents, and Centuries

Theology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-56
Author(s):  
Charlotte Methuen
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Great Tradition ◽  
Global Church

scholarly journals Augustinian Recollect Contributions to the Church History and Cultural Patrimony of Palawan

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Prof. Emmanuel Luis Romanillos
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Good News ◽  
Cultural Patrimony ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Presence ◽  
Great Tradition ◽  
The Church

The paper explores the historical presence and contributions of Agustinian Recollects in Palawan, particularly to the Church history and cultural patrimony of the island. Father Larry Garces, then provincial secretary and ex-officio provincial archivist, wrote: “The first Recollects accordingly arrived through the smaller island of Cuyo even as early as 1622. And from then on, a great tradition of Recollection ensured. Among the illustrious Recollects who came to the island of Palawan was Saint Ezekiel Moreno. They were builders and organizers of churches and cities. They were good preachers and evangelizers bringing the Good News to the farthest boundaries, and the innermost territories. We are indeed very fortunate that the last Recollects of the 80’s left the island and its vast agricultural and coastal territories with impressive memories of hard work, religiosity and real care and concern for the flock. But that was the past—and yes, indeed, the glorious past.”

Toward a Global Church History

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilbert R. Shenk
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Global Church

Reverse Mission or Migrant Sanctuaries? Migration, Symbolic Mapping, and Missionary Challenges of Britain’s Black Majority Churches

Pneuma ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babatunde Aderemi Adedibu
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Church Planting ◽  
Church History ◽  
Western World ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
African Christianity ◽  
Global Church ◽  
Christian Nation ◽  
British Culture ◽  
Operational Methods

Abstract The spread of African Christianity to Europe (including Britain) and North America over the last six decades has heralded a distinctive phase in global church history. Religion, which had been hitherto ignored as one of the motivations for migration, is gradually becoming a major mover in the global proliferation of African Christianity to the point that it is now a transatlantic phenomenon. Britain’s Black Majority Churches (BMCs) make use of self-representation and symbolic mapping in their discourses. The image of Britain as a post-Christian nation is projected with such epithets as “dead continent,” “prodigal nation,” and “secularized Britain.” It is apt to note that Britain’s BMCs are but one case of reverse mission that, in reality, more resembles migrant sanctuaries all across the Western world. The lack of understanding of the British culture, flawed church-planting strategies, and the operational methods employed by these churches have severely hampered the BMCs’ missionary endeavors in Britain.

The Politics of Prophecy: The US Culture Wars and the Battle Over Public Education in the Left Behind Series for Kids

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Ann Abate Michelle
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Culture Wars ◽  
Church History ◽  
Good News ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
School Prayer ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Religious Books ◽  
The Us

This essay argues that in spite of their obvious Biblically-based subject matter, clear Christian content, and undeniable evangelical perspective, the Left Behind novels for kids are not simply religious books; they are also political ones. Co-authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins may claim that their narratives are interested in sharing the good news about Jesus for the sake of the future, but they are equally concerned with offering commentary on contentious US cultural issues in the present. Given the books’ adolescent readership, they are especially preoccupied with the ongoing conservative crusade concerning school prayer. As advocates for this issue, LaHaye and Jenkins make use of a potent blend of current socio-political arguments and of past events in evangelical church history: namely, the American Sunday School Movement (ASSM). These free, open-access Sabbath schools became the model for the public education system in the United States. In drawing on this history, the Left Behind series suggests that the ASSM provides an important precedent for the presence not simply of Christianity in the nation's public school system, but of evangelical faith in particular.

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