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A THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION History, Politics, and Salvation
(ORBIS BOOKS, 1928-02-03) GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ
This book is an attempt at reflection, based on the gospel and the experiences of men and women committed to the process of liberation in the oppressed and exploited land of Latin America. It is a theological reflection born of the experience of shared efforts to abolish the current unjust situation and to build a different society, freer and more human. Many in Latin America have started along the path of a commitment to liberation, and among them is a growing number of Christians; whatever the validity of these pages, it is due to their experiences and reflections. My greatest desire is not to betray their experiences and efforts to elucidate the meaning of their solidarity with the oppressed. My purpose is not to elaborate an ideology to justify postures already taken, or to undertake a feverish search for security in the face of the radical challenges that confront the faith, or to fashion a theology from which political action is “deduced.” It is rather to let ourselves be judged by the word of the Lord, to think through our faith, to strengthen our love, and to give reason for our hope from within a commitment that seeks to become more radical, total, and efficacious. It is to reconsider the great themes of the Christian life within this radically changed perspective and with regard to the new ques tions posed by this commitment. This is the goal of the so-called theology of liberation.1 Many significant efforts along these lines are being made in Latin America. Insofar as I know about them, they have been kept in mind and have contrib uted to this study. I wish to avoid, however, the kind of reflection that— legitimately concerned with preventing the mechanical transfer of an approach foreign to our historical and social coordinates—neglects the contribution of the universal Christian community. It seems better, moreover, to acknowledge explicitly this contribution than to introduce surreptitiously and uncritically The present for study a is based on a paper presented at the Encuentro National del Movimiento Sacerdotal ONIS, July 1968, in Chimbote, Peru, published by the MIEC Documentation Service in Montevideo (1969) with the title Hacia una teologia de la liberation. The original lecture was updated presentation SODEPAX, November 1969, at in the Cartigny, Consultation Switzerland, of and Theology published and as Development “Notes on organized a Theology by of Liberation,” in In Search of a Theology of Development: A Sodepax Report (Lausanne, 1970).
A THEOLOGY OF RECONSTRUCTION Nation-building and human right
(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1992-11-30) Charles Villa -Vicencio
Only twenty years ago it was widely assumed that religion had lost its previous place in western culture and that this pattern would spread throughout the world. Since then religion has become a renewed force, recognised as an important factor in the modern world in all aspects of life, cultural, economic and political. This is true not only of the Third World, but in Europe East and West, and in North America. It is no longer a surprise to find a religious factor at work in areas of political tension. Religion and ideology form a mixture which can be of interest to the observer, but in practice dangerous and explosive. Our information about such matters comes for the most part from three types of sources. The first is the media which understand ably tend to concentrate on newsworthy events, without taking the time to deal with the underlying issues of which they are but symptoms. The second source comprises studies by social scientists who often adopt a functionalist and reductionist view of the faith and beliefs which motivate those directly involved in such situations. Finally, there are the statements and writings of those committed to the religious or ideological movements themselves. We seldom lack information, but there is a need often an urgent need - for sound objective analyses which can make use of the best contemporary approaches to both politics and religion. 'Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion' is designed to meet this need. The subject matter is global and this will be reflected in the choice both of topics and of authors. The initial volumes will be concerned primarily with movements involving the Christian religion, but as the series becomes established movements
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-Year Institutions
(Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2013-02-10) Robert M. Hendrickson,
his book has been a labor of love. All four authors contributed equally to the formulation and writing of this book. Each of us, as a scholar and an education leader, has had a long-standing interest in understanding and improving the administration, management, and lead ership of academic organizations. Collectively we have worked for numerous private and public colleges and universities, serving as faculty members, directors, deans, vice presidents, and presidents. In addition, we have served on and staffed boards of trustees and worked for a state-level department of higher education. Through all these experiences, we recognized that very limited resources exist to help academic leaders, external stakeholders, and lay board members understand the complexities of the academic organiza tion and how it interacts with various aspects of society. The initial idea for this book came from Robert M. Hendrickson, who for three decades has taught a graduate course titled Administration in Higher Education. The outline of this book resembles the outline of that course. Since each of the areas covered in this book has a vast literature, it is impossible for busy administrators to delve into this literature while meeting their administrative responsibilities and keeping current in their area of expertise. What was needed was a book that pulled together this knowledge and made it accessible and understandable to busy academic leaders, external stakeholders, and lay board members. Three colleagues—Jason E. Lane, associate professor of educational administration and policy and director of education studies at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York at Albany; James T. Harris, president of Widener University; and Richard H. Dorman, president of Westminster College in Pennsylvania—were intrigued by the idea of creating a book for academic administrators and joined Bob Hendrickson in developing the concept for this book. This book is the culmination of dozens of years of practice and study. In conceiving and writing this volume, we spent countless hours debating various issues. While we underestimated the amount of work involved in this project, the discussions and debates that occurred during all-day meet ings and many conference calls have greatly enriched our own understanding
Accountability and Leadership in the Catholic Church
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020-01-15) Brian Dive
Brian Dive has several decades of experience in large multinational organisations working in staff development and organisation design. In recent years, he has advised numerous large organisations and government departments about structure; how to ensure that those at each level in an organisation have sufficient empowerment to become fully effective and gain greater satisfaction. He has written extensively about these matters. In this book, he offers suggestions to the Church based on his experiences. Some might say, thinking of Matthew 28:20, that the Church has done well enough for a couple of millennia and has no need to embrace “new” thinking. However, in the twentieth century the Church readily adopted new technological breakthroughs to assist with its mission. In 1931 Vatican radio established only the sixth short wave broadcasting service in the world (assisted by Guglielmo Marconi). The Vatican website demonstrates an impressive mastery of twenty first century digital means of communication. And, according to recent comments from John W. O’Malley S.J.1, the Vatican adopted microphones and amplifiers before the House of Commons and typewriters before the British Foreign Office. Furthermore, there is the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Vatican Observatory. Recent popes have made extensive use of the technological marvel we call international air travel to visit local churches all around the globe. The conclusion from these observations is that the Church does not turn inwards on itself but rather looks outward towards the world and utilises whatever useful modern ways of doing things come to hand. In fact, in Chapter 1, Dive quotes from comments made by Pope Pius XII in 1950: “The Church welcomes all that is truly human … [she] cannot shut herself up, inactive, in the privacy of her churches and thus neglect the mission entrusted to her.” Given the above uptake of “new thinking” the book suggests, drawing on the fruits of a career spent in applying late 20th century understanding of organisations, possible steps towards the streamlining of existing Church structures and procedures. The book is very readable and the source of many surprising
Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action
(cambridge university press, 2010-03-10) Aseem Prakash; Mary Kay Gugerty
MARYANN BARAKSO earned her PhD at MIT and is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research and publications explore the factors influencing the strategic and tactical choices of interest groups and the political and civic implications of those choices. She also considers the conditions under which interest groups facilitate membership representation and participation in the polity. She is the author of Governing NOW: Grassroots Activism in the National Organization for Women (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Her published articles include a forthcoming piece that examines the factors contributing to interest group density across American communities (British Journal of Politics); an analysis of the levels of democracy in women’s membership associations (Politics and Gender,2007);andan article explaining variation in levels of organizational democracy in advocacy groups (American Politics Research, 2008). She is president elect of the Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association.
AFRICA, ITS GEOGRAPHY, PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS and AFRICA-ITS PLACE IN MODERN HISTORY
(Oxford University Press, Inc., 2007-01-15) W. E. B. DU BOIS
African History: A Very Short Introduction
(Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2007-08-20) John Parker; Richard Rathbone
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
(Zondervan, 2003-02-03) William D Mounce
Basics of Christian Education
(Chalice Press, 2000-04-13) Karen B.TYE
This work has been several years in the making. Its roots, in fact, stretch far beyond the moment when the first words were put on the page. The seeds were planted long ago and nourished by my childhood community of faith, First Christian Church of Richmond, Indiana. I am grateful to the teachers and members of that community who nurtured my love and passion for the church. The seeds were nourished in adulthood by many who provided support and encouragement. I am particularly grateful to my friend and former pastor, Steve Jones, without whose challenging words I might never have answered my call to teach, and to my mentors in my doctoral work-Dr. Charles Melchert, Dr. Ronald Cram, and Dr. Sara Little-who broadened my vision and modeled for me the importance of critical thinking for the educational ministry of the church. I also want to express my thanks to those who have read and commented on drafts of this work, especially Bob Fulbright, Kim Coffing, and my good friend and colleague from Australia, Dr. Christine Gapes. A word of thanks is due my faculty colleagues, the administration, and the board of directors of Eden Theological Seminary for their willingness to grant the sabbatical time that facilitated my writing efforts. Finally, two groups receive my deepest and heartfelt gratitude. First, my husband, Brent Dodge, and my children, David and Kathy Brock, whose continuing support and belief in me have been a sustaining presence throughout the twists and turns of this journey. And last, my students, past and present, who have been my research colleagues as they have engaged the ideas presented in this book and have provided helpful and encouraging reflections as the work evolved. I couldn't have done it without you
Becoming a Strategic Leader Your Role in Your Organization’s Enduring Success
(Jossey-Bass, 2005-07-17) John Wiley
We’ve worked together for eight years at the Center for Creative Leadership, and the focus of our work has been developing the strategic leadership of individual executives and their teams. Dur ing that time we have worked personally with nearly a thousand different managers and executives—sometimes with heterogeneous groups from different companies, and sometimes with groups from the same company. Most often, that work has been in the context of a program called Developing the Strategic Leader (DSL). We’ve had the op portunity to work with the DSL executives as they’ve struggled to become better strategic leaders. Weathering this challenge alongside them has deepened our own understanding about how to become more strategic. In a general sense, this book reflects our attempt to put some of the lessons of that program and what we have learned through our work in it into a more explicit and accessible format. One thing we have gained from this work is greater clarity about the challenges managers and executives face in becoming more effective strategic leaders. Our understanding has come in part from what executives themselves tell us about their challenges, which typically fall into the following broad categories: influencing others more effectively, particularly upwardly and outwardly; think ing strategically; achieving a better balance in handling short-term and long-term pressures; moving from a functional or departmen tal perspective to a broader organizational perspective; and actually creating or influencing organizational strategy.
Becoming an Academic Writer
(SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017-09-12) Patricia Goodson
In the preface to the first edition, I admitted I never imagined writing a book of this kind. Working on this second edition, I also must admit I did not expect the book’s success! It has been such a joy to hear from people who take time to share—in person, by e-mail, or in their blogs—the many ways in which the book has helped their writing and their productivity. I owe these people, and countless others who have used and recommended the exercises, immense gratitude. And thank you, also, for the suggestions on how to improve the text. I incorporated many of them, hoping the book will meet readers’ needs even more so than the first edition.
Biblical Eldership au Ugernt call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
(Lewis & Roth Publisher, 1995-04-13) Alexander Strauch
I gratefully acknowledge the help of many dear Christian friends in writing this book. Special thanks is due to my editors, Stephen and Amanda Sorenson, and proofreaders, Barbara Peek and Maggie K. Crossett. Five special friends who have consistently encouraged me in this project through the years are Doyle Roth, Barney Visser, Craig Van Schooneveld, David J. MacLeod, and Paul B. Sapp. Above all, I thank my wife, Marilyn, whose personal sacrifice and support cannot be measured or duly praised
BIBLICAL LOGIC IN THEORY & PRACTICE Refuting the Fallacies of Humanism, Darwinism, Atheism, and Just Plain Stupidity
(www.American Vision.org, 2011-07-23) Joel McDurmon
Like all things that exist before the face of God, we can only fully understand truth and logic from within God’s covenantal plan for man. God’s covenants always include five points: God, Man, Law, Consequences, and Inheritance.1 We must consider how truth and logic relate to each point—how they affect each point, and how each point affects our understanding of them. We can easily develop such an understanding by formulating questions about truth in relation to each covenantal point. In this way, we will show that the distortion of truth and logic in any particular covenantal area creates specific, discernible types of fallacies. A brief introduction to these five crucial perspectives on truth and critical thinking follows below.
Biblical Preaching the Development and Delivery of Expository Messages
(Baker Academic, 2001-09-14) Haddon W.Robinson
Caring Ministry a Contemplative Approach to Pastoral Care
(Continuum New York, 2004-10-25) Sarah .A.Butter
I want to express my deep appreciation to the community who helped give birth to this text. Canon David Morgan, Margaret Johnson, and Diane Smith, who have assisted me in teaching the Caring Ministry program also provided valuable input and sugges tions. Diane Smith collaborated with me on "Understanding Loss, Grief, and Death." None of this could have come about without the computer wizardry of Robert Francisco, who spent countless hours interpreting my handwriting. My thanks go to the staff of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral and especially to the Very Reverend Charles E. Kiblinger for making writing time possible. And finally I want to thank all the caring ministers at St. John's for receiving this material and claiming their own gifts of ministry
Choosing to Preach a Comprehensive Introduction to Sermon Options and Structures
(Zondervan, 2006-07-16) Kenton C Anderson
This book was written while the author was on sabbatical at Spurgeon’s College in London. Working in the shadow of C. H. Spurgeon was inspiring. Thanks to the good folks at Spurgeon’s for the opportunity. Thanks also to the team at Northwest Baptist Seminary and ACTS Seminar ies for letting me go and for covering for me in my absence. I appreciate your partnership in the important work of developing godly Chris tian leaders for kingdom ser vice. Of course, I am particularly grateful to my family. Thank you, Karen, Kelsey, Kirk, and Katelyn, for sharing the adventure with me. Thanks also to my parents, Rodney and Myrna Anderson, who formed a faith foundation on which I am privileged to build. I’m also grateful to Paul Engle and Brian Phipps at Zondervan, whose guidance and support has been appreciated. Their vision for this project took me to another level. Finally, thanks and glory to God for the gift of his Word and for the privilege of preaching it.
Christ and Human Rights The Transformative Engagement
(ASHGATE, 2006-02-11) George NewLands
Human rights are perhaps the most important geopolitical concept of the present era. Jesus Christ is the centre of Christian faith. Can the understanding of Christ make a significant contribution to the theory and practice of human rights? Why has Christianity so often been associated with domination rather than justice? Are fundamental shifts in Christology needed to maximize the contribution of Christianity to human rights issues? Would the cause of human rights be better served by detaching it from all religion and ideology? This book examines in depth the historical tensions between the Christian gospel and rights, and the scope and limitations of the language of rights. It seeks to provide concrete proposals for facing rights issues in contemporary contexts. Christ and Human Rights is a study in theology. It involves issues in ethics, worship, politics and culture. The central strand is the exploration of theological issues. It seems likely that basic theological issues, as well as political and cultural issues, lie at the root of much practice in this field. Negotiating these issues where they continue to divide, respecting difference while maintaining dialogue, remains central to movement on rights issues. This study seeks, in the first instance, neither to condemn nor to defend the churches’ record on human rights issues, but to understand the context in which decisions and actions that may seem incomprehensible today occurred. On that basis, it should then be possible to suggest specific contributions for the present. Nevertheless, whatever progress we can make today, future generations will no doubt conclude that we still had much to learn about human rights in the twenty-first century.1
Christian Counseling. A Comprehensive Guide
(Word Books Publisher, 1980-07-12) Gary R.Collins
This manuscript was completed and sent to the publisher exactly ten years after the completion of my first book. It is interesting for me to look back over a decade of writing to ponder how my work has changed and hopefully improved through the production of more than two dozen books. Some of these works have been well received and sold many copies; others have had less influence, but each has forced me to face the dis cipline, the long, lonely hours, and the risk of expressing ideas in print, where all can see, criticize, and sometimes applaud. I once asked Paul Toumier which of his many books was the best. “That’s easy,” he said with a twinkle in his eye—“the next one.” I can appreciate Toumier’s sentiments. I am not interested in judging whether this book will be better or worse than the next one, but I do know that this volume has been the most difficult to write and the most time- consuming. It is also the lengthiest of all my books. I hope it will also be the most helpful to date. In the following pages I have tried to summarize much of what we know about counseling methodology and about the major problems which peo ple face today. This book has been prepared as a resource tool for pastors and other Christian counselors, as a study guide for lay helpers, and as a textbook for use in seminaries and colleges. Besides being written for these audiences, this is the reading book for a multi-media resource en titled The Christian Counselor's Library. The library contains twenty- eight audio cassettes, a Counselor’s Manual, and counselee worksheets (besides this book), and was produced by Educational Products Division of Word, Incorporated, 4800 W. Waco Drive, Waco, Texas 76710. In the past decade of writing, I have never before felt the support and encouragement of so many people. Joey Paul and his colleagues at Word, Incorporated, first invited me to do this project, gave constant encourage ment, and waited more or less patiently through several delays as the work was completed. My secretary Marlene Terbush and my graduate assistants Charles Romig and James Beesley helped in innumerable ways as did a team of typists which included Kathy Cropp, Marilyn Secor, Lenore Scherrer, Sharon Regan, Nancy Fister and Lora Beth Norton. In addition each of the people who produced tapes made a significant contribution. Their names are listed elsewhere. Dr. Kenneth Meyer, Pres ident of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, my colleagues in the psy chology department, and my students all showed incredible flexibility 7 8 Preface and encouragement, allowing me to juggle my schedule to complete this project in the midst of a busy school year.
CHRISTIAN FAITH PERSPECTIVES IN LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS Biblical Servant Leadership An Exploration of Leadership for the Contemporary Context
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2006-08-16) Steven Crowther
Though leadership has been an issue of discussion for many centuries, as well as among recent researchers, there has been little agreement on the description of leadership. In the twentieth century, leadership has been a topic of study by researchers with no consensus on the definition of lead ership, but only that it concerns influence in the accomplishment of group objectives (House, Hanges, Javidian, Dorfman, & Gupta, 2004). T his vast array of differing conceptions of leadership has created a bewil dering body of literature with differences from one writer to another in the field of leadership (Yukl, 2012). However, in the midst of this discus sion has entered the concept of spirituality as found in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures and its impact on leadership. Weber (1968) based his concepts for religious leadership upon the lives of certain religious leaders, like Moses, Buddha, Mohammed, and Jesus. Nevertheless, McClymond (2001) found it striking that there was not much discussion of religious leadership among scholars in the twentieth century. Yet, with the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a turn to spirituality in leadership studies (Bekker, 2008). This turn to spirituality has included the development of theories of leadership with a spiritual component like spiritual leadership (Fry, 2003), servant leadership (Patterson, 2003), and authentic leadership (Avolio, Gardner, Walumbwa, & May, 2004; Klenke, 2007). This turn to spirituality in leadership studies has also included distinctively Christian leadership models like kenotic leadership
Christian Higher Education Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition
(Crossway News Letter, 2018-03-23) David S.Dockery
Christian Higher Education: Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition provides a multiauthored, symphonic, and theologically shaped vision for the distinctive work of Christian higher education. More than two dozen scholars and practitioners have joined with us to put together this volume, which we trust will be both informative and helpful for administrators, board members, donors, church leaders, faculty, staff, students, and parents. We believe the book offers guidance for those who are new to Christian higher education as well as for those who are seeking to understand better how Christian educators think about teaching, learning, scholarship, and service and about how the whole academic program relates to the church, culture, and society. Each chapter has been written by a person with considerable experience in his or her particular field. At times, we have allowed some tensions between the authors and disciplines to stand, which we trust will help readers get a glimpse of academic and student life among the various faculty and staff members who serve institutions in the evangelical tradition. The idea for the book began with a conversation on the campus of Trinity International University, where a number of the contributors serve. The initiative for moving forward with the project came from several of the authors but particularly Karen Wrobbel, Don Hedges, Laurie Matthias, Paul Bialek, Chrystal Ho Pao, and Brad Gundlach. The volume, however, includes representatives from about a dozen different institutions, which we believe strengthens and enhances the book.