[PDF] The Stranger Among You eBook

Author : John Koessler
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310864216

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Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

Author : Jessica A. Udall
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2015-12-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780692593493

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Most American Christians think that helping immigrants is a good idea in theory, but few actually get involved in the ministry of welcome because they feel afraid, concerned, or overwhelmed by busyness. Loving the Stranger addresses these fears in an understanding way, answers these concerns in a way that will resonate regardless of people's political convictions, and lays out simple ways to begin welcoming immigrants in the midst of our busy lives by simply welcoming them into our lives.

Author : Kenneth J. Collins
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9781628248937

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This book is "a narrative journey, a thematic presentation of the suffering, alienation, and rejection of Jesus Christ by a host of people, those for whom Jesus was "the other," and in many respects, therefore, a stranger. Jesus is presented in this grand constructed narrative, carefully laid out and composed of key gospel texts, against the backdrop of a cast of oppositional characters who unwittingly help to portray Jesus in his utter goodness, deep humility, and abiding love."--Introduction

Author : John Higham
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813531236

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"This book attempts a general history of the anti-foreign spirit that I have defined as nativism. It tries to show how American nativism evolved its own distinctive patterns, how it has ebbed and flowed under the pressure of successive impulses in American history, how it has fared at every social level and in every section where it left a mark, and how it has passed into action. Fundamentally, this remains a study of public opinion, but I have sought to follow the movement of opinion wherever it led, relating it to political pressures, social organization, economic changes, and intellectual interests."--from the Preface, taken from back cover.

Author : Alice Kaplan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 34,44 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 022624167X

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"A National Book Award-finalist biographer tells the story of how a young man in his 20s who had never written a novel turned out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than 70 years later and is considered a rite of passage for readers around the world, "--NoveList.

Author : Matthew Soerens
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830885552

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World Relief staffers Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths about immigration, show the limits of the current immigration system, and offer concrete ways for you to welcome and minister to your immigrant neighbors.

Author : Joy Ladin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781512600667

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Evocative readings of the Torah through the lens of transgender experience, exploring the ways trans perspectives can enrich our understanding of religious texts, traditions, and God

Author : Adele Berlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 2226 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0195297512

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The Jewish Study Bible is a one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. Nearly forty scholars worldwide contributed to the translation and interpretation of the Jewish Study Bible, representing the best of Jewish biblical scholarship available today. A committee of highly-respected biblical scholars and rabbis from the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism movements produced this modern translation. No knowledge of Hebrew is required for one to make use of this unique volume. The Jewish Study Bible uses The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation. Since its publication, the Jewish Study Bible has become one of the most popular volumes in Oxford's celebrated line of bibles. The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life. * Informative essays that address a wide variety of topics relating to Judaism's use and interpretation of the Bible through the ages. * In-text tables, maps, and charts. * Tables of weights and measures. * Verse and chapter differences. * Table of Scriptural Readings. * Glossary of technical terms. * An index to all the study materials. * Full color New Oxford Bible Maps, with index.

Author : Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781574553758

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Designed for both ordained and lay ministers at the diocesan and parish levels, this document challenges us to prepare to receive newcomers with a genuine spirit of welcome.

Author : Leonard Grob
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 31,49 MB
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0295804394

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In an age when "collisions of faith" among the Abrahamic traditions continue to produce strife and violence that threatens the well-being of individuals and communities worldwide, the contributors to Encountering the Stranger--six Jewish, six Christian, and six Muslim scholars--takes responsibility to examine their traditions' understandings of the stranger, the "other," and to identify ways that can bridge divisions and create greater harmony.