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Author | : Angela N. Parker |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1467462535 |
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A challenge to the doctrine of biblical inerrancy that calls into question how Christians are taught more about the way of Whiteness than the way of Jesus Angela Parker wasn’t just trained to be a biblical scholar; she was trained to be a White male biblical scholar. She is neither White nor male. Dr. Parker’s experience of being taught to forsake her embodied identity in order to contort herself into the stifling construct of Whiteness is common among American Christians, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. This book calls the power structure behind this experience what it is: White supremacist authoritarianism. Drawing from her perspective as a Womanist New Testament scholar, Dr. Parker describes how she learned to deconstruct one of White Christianity’s most pernicious lies: the conflation of biblical authority with the doctrines of inerrancy and infallibility. As Dr. Parker shows, these doctrines are less about the text of the Bible itself and more about the arbiters of its interpretation—historically, White males in positions of power who have used Scripture to justify control over marginalized groups. This oppressive use of the Bible has been suffocating. To learn to breathe again, Dr. Parker says, we must “let God breathe in us.” We must read the Bible as authoritative, but not authoritarian. We must become conscious of the particularity of our identities, as we also become conscious of the particular identities of the biblical authors from whom we draw inspiration. And we must trust and remember that as long as God still breathes, we can too.
Author | : Angela N Parker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780802879264 |
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"We have all had doctrines of White supremacist authoritarianism take up residency in our minds and bodies. What will we do to exorcise those demons?" Angela Parker wasn't just trained to be a biblical scholar; she was trained to be a White male biblical scholar. She is neither White nor male. Dr. Parker's experience of being taught to forsake her embodied identity in order to contort herself into the stifling construct of Whiteness is common among American Christians, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. This book calls the power structure behind this experience what it is: White supremacist authoritarianism. Drawing from her perspective as a Womanist New Testament scholar, Dr. Parker describes how she learned to deconstruct one of White Christianity's most pernicious lies: the conflation of biblical authority with the doctrines of inerrancy and infallibility. As Dr. Parker shows, these doctrines are less about the text of the Bible itself and more about the arbiters of its interpretation--historically, White males in positions of power who have used Scripture to justify control over marginalized groups. This oppressive use of the Bible has been suffocating. To learn to breathe again, Dr. Parker says, we must "let God breathe in us." We must read the Bible as authoritative, but not authoritarian. We must become conscious of the particularity of our identities, as we also become conscious of the particular identities of the biblical authors from whom we draw inspiration. And we must trust and remember that as long as God still breathes, we can too.
Author | : Jennifer Rothschild |
Publisher | : HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2014-03-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310338573 |
Download God Is Just Not Fair Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"This is a book I'll be recommending for years to come." -- Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author Do you believe God is just not fair? If you're like Jennifer Rothschild, you wrestle with questions when you experience painful circumstances. Does God care? Does he hear my prayers? Is he even there? Blinded as a teenager, Jennifer overcame daunting obstacles, found strength in God, and launched a successful speaking and writing ministry. Then in her 40s, everything changed. Jennifer hit a wall of depression and discontent that shook her to her core, undermining many of her past assumptions about her faith. She wondered who God was and why he continued to allow her to struggle and doubt. Where, she pleaded, is his hand of healing and hope in my life now? This is a book about finding more than just answers. It's for anyone who needs hope when life doesn't make sense--for all who reach for a God who feels distant. As Jennifer tackles the six big questions of faith, she will help you: Trust God more than your feelings. Strengthen your faith when you feel beat up by life. Embrace your obstacles and start experiencing their purpose. Face your disappointment and grow stronger from your loss.
Author | : John Piper |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2016-03-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433552663 |
Download A Peculiar Glory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
God has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the Word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is object of the soul’s happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demonstrate that this same glory is the ground of the mind’s certainty. God’s peculiar glory shines through his Word. The Spirit of God enlightens the eyes of our hearts. And in one self-authenticating sight, our minds are sure and our hearts are satisfied. Justified certainty and solid joy meet in the peculiar glory of God.
Author | : Bart D. Ehrman |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0061744409 |
Download God's Problem Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
One Bible, Many Answers In God's Problem, the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus challenges the contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows us to suffer.
Author | : Brother Lawrence |
Publisher | : Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2011-10-15 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
Download The Practice of the Presence of God (操練神的同在) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Stacy Henagan |
Publisher | : Thomas Nelson |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2020-09-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0785234365 |
Download Breathe Again Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What Do You Do When It Seems God Hasn’t Come Through for You? When the miracle-working God whom Pastor Stacy Henagan loved and served did not answer the prayers on behalf of her terminally ill one-year-old daughter as expected, she was left crushed with grief and struggling to understand. How could a loving God allow this to happen? What do you do when it seems God has let you down? Is God trustworthy? Rather than choosing to remain in overwhelming pain and doubt, Stacy emerged with a much greater belief that God is good and trustworthy, even when we don’t think His plans make sense. Links to an in-depth study guide and 5-part video teaching series are available on stacyhenaganbook.com.
Author | : Dave Pivonka |
Publisher | : Ave Maria Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2015-10-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1594715815 |
Download Breath of God Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Drawing on more than thirty years of ministry experience, Father Dave Pivonka, T.O.R., walks readers through a new way of relating to the Holy Spirit by sharing personal encounters, including an experience that changed his life. What he learned along the way will lead readers to have their own unique encounter and discover the joy of living a life moved by the Spirit. Catholics know God as their father and Jesus as their friend, yet most bypass the third person of the Holy Trinity in their spiritual lives. In this essential guide for those who want to recognize and receive the Holy Spirit, Franciscan priest Dave Pivonka takes readers on his journey as a twenty-something Catholic encountering the Holy Spirit and Charismatic movement for the first time. Breath of God: Living a Life Led by the Holy Spirit dives into the scriptures that convinced Pivonka to pursue a life in the Spirit and shows readers how God’s Spirit is present and active in everyday life. Pivonka’s experience and compelling stories of faith from the lives of those to whom he ministers demonstrate how receiving the Holy Spirit allows the love between the Father and the Son, which animated Jesus’ life on earth, to pour into the hearts of God’s people.
Author | : Denys Turner |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521645614 |
Download The Darkness of God Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A closely argued book about what the negative tradition in Western theology involves.
Author | : Adam Hamilton |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014-09-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1501801325 |
Download Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide] Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this six week video study, Adam Hamilton explores the key points in his new book, Making Sense of the Bible. With the help of this Leader Guide, groups learn from Hamilton as his video presentations lead groups through the book, focusing on the most important questions we ask about the Bible, its origins and meaning.