"Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled? In this wide-ranging study, the distinguished Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, seeks to answer that question. In his celebrated book, Being and Communion (1985), he emphasized the importance of…
''Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled?'' In this wide-ranging study, the distinguished Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, seeks to answer that question. In his celebrated book, Being as Communion (1985), he emphasised the importance …
Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish -- and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the super…
Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish-and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernat…
"The book observes and calls into question the scholarly practice of constructing a community behind the Gospel of Mark (and by implication, other Gospels as well) and using that community to control appropriate interpretation of Mark. It presents and critiques particular exempl…
Providing objective criteria and analytical frameworks by which the quality and function of contemporary congregational music can be assessed, this book also considers how well modern music is serving the modern church, and how effectively it is operating as a musical form in th…
Providing objective criteria and analytical frameworks by which the quality and function of contemporary congregational music can be assessed, this book also considers how well modern music is serving the modern church, and how effectively it is operating as a musical form in th…
