(Part 2) Best christian organizations books according to redditors
We found 194 Reddit comments discussing the best christian organizations books. We ranked the 87 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Unfortunately only Gianluigi Nuzzi's first book "Merchants in the Temple" appears to available in English. Apparently "His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI" was translated into English and is on Amazon but I can't find it. However you can read "Ratzinger was afraid" if you're after something in English.
Link to Amazon Italy for this book ("Peccato Originale") .
EDIT: Turns out "Ratzinger was afraid" is the english title of The Secret Papers. Also fixed Amazon link for posterity.
Excluding the breast enchancers and all that, this book is my favourite.
>Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox (what some would call "fundamentalist") movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, the most prominent and successful religiously orthodox movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infiltrating and subtly transforming civil society.
aldığı kitabın sinopsise bak "Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox (what some would call "fundamentalist") movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, the most prominent and successful religiously orthodox movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infiltrating and subtly transforming civil society. " kitap da şu: https://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Society-God-Religious-Movements/dp/0253002389
bu heriflere ulan belki de gerçekten müslümandırlar diye benefit of the doubt veriyodum da direk adamlar dini kullanmayı sistematik olarak çalışan tüccarlar...
bu da aynı ID'de verilen sasha grey uzvu
https://www.amazon.com/Doc-Johnson-Sasha-Grey-Close-Ended/dp/B0044FQVDM?th=1
Haven't read it yet (because it just barely came out like a week or so ago), but I bet Jonathan Stapley's new book The Power of Godliness will give context of why temple worship has become what it is now.
From what I understand, he's focusing more on a broader look at Mormon ritual and theological roots rather than tallying up all the times this particular thing is similar to 19th-century masonry or whatever. Might be a little on the heavy side since it's coming out of Oxford University Press, but I bet wading through the stuff he discusses will go a long way towards contextualizing any other books or articles you pick up about the history of Mormon temple worship and make it easier to understand the whys and hows.
This is a pretty solid reader that will introduce you to the major thoughts of the Frankfurt School. There are pdf copies floating around online also.
This is what I used in Grad School covering the major thoughts of the Frankfurt school on religion. It might be focused more on a topic you may or may not have interest in, but it's a solid reader also.
I highly recommend a reader for getting into a school of thought as you can get an overview of various thinkers and then dive more in depth to those that pull you in.
Very interesting discussion. A lot of different directions to go.
Before I offer mine, I would recommend two books: The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer and The Shape of the Liturgy.
I would start by looking at the political reality that led to it. At the point Cramner was working on it, there were two main groups in English society (OK, there were a lot more than two, but I'm simplifying it a bit to highlight something): the common people who were generally rather uneducated in matter of theology but held passionately to their Catholic traditions, and an educated elite who wanted to move the CoE into Reformed theology.
The BCP was a mash-up of these things. Not in a sense of a compromise; nor of taking a little of this and a little of that, but of taking a radical reformed theology and wrapping it in a cloak of Catholic practice to make it palatable to the people - because otherwise they would have led an armed rebellion over it.
And so you have some interesting contradictions. You have a very Catholic liturgy (especially in the first couple of editions), whose prayers imply doctrines (like the real presence) that are denied later in the very reformed Articles of Faith, which themselves recommend as authoritative the book of homilies, which again often proclaims those Catholic ideas.
It is this sort of muddiness and ambiguity in belief combined with minute specificity in liturgy that led to some of the more unique aspects of Anglicanism. Where practice was all-important, but belief less so. It led, on the one hand, to a great diversity of belief that any other Church would have shut down, and, on the other, to great theological minds (like Newman), eventually going elsewhere.
In addition to some other great recommendations already put out there, I'd wholeheartedly recommend Zac Hicks' [The Worship Pastor] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CXDN2TC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1). Despite the title, it definitely doesn't apply only to people with "pastor" in their job description - in fact, Hicks argues heavily that worship leadership is an eminently pastoral role and that all worship leaders need to consider themselves pastors and take their pastoral call seriously. It's also a very practical book (that speaks a lot to the "in the trenches" work of leading gathered, congregational worship every week) and is, very importantly, Christ-centered and focused on the story of the Gospel, using its narrative structure to shape the flow of worship.
I've also been given a few recommendations by my pastor that I'll pass on to you, though I'll mention straight away that I haven't read these ones yet so I can't give you any thoughts:
Hi. I just wanted to update you. It's nearly 1am here, on Sunday morning, and I am just absolutely aghast at the amount of hatred and misinformation in this video. Rather than spend the next month writing a graduate level paper on Catholic Theology, I'm going to say a few things, and give you a few resources that should help you.
First - You should NEVER take a non-Catholic's definition of what Catholics believe. You shouldn't do that with any religion. This man, John MacArthur, is completely misinformed, and he has allowed this misinformation to fuel a level of vitriol that breaks my heart. It's painful to watch that video, because he is so wrong, and his congregation just eats it up. Apparently, he also enjoys being wrong, because according to Google, he's also a Young Earth Creationist.
Second - For someone who is supposed to be going through the sacraments this Easter, you are VERY poorly catechized. Not all, but a lot of his beliefs are part of a basic education in Catholicism, which you should have received as part of your RCIA classes. I don't know if your classes are poorly run, or if you just checked out because you were only doing this for your wife, but regardless, I don't think you've done even a modicum of research into the topic.
Third - You should only convert for yourself, not for anyone else. Not your wife, not your friends, not your parents. It should only be for you. Catholicism isn't just a religion. It's a culture. This isn't like most Protestant faiths, where your religion is like the color of your underwear (only those closest to you know it, and it has no bearing on your daily activities). Catholicism is a way of life. We have a liturgical calendar. We have acts we engage in outside of Mass. We have rote prayers, we have Reconciliation. Catholicism is a culture of humility and self-control, NOT self-aggrandizement. Becoming Catholic is accepting that all of creation exists, and it is not about you. This is extremely anathema to popular culture, and Protestant culture. You cannot come into Catholicism thinking that the exceptions to rules that Protestants made up for themselves are still in play. The Church is consistent, and painfully so.
Now, if you are still with me, and STILL interested in learning the truth about Catholicism, I am happy to provide you with resources.
First, if you haven't I suggest reading or watching the sermons of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen.
This is a link to a video where he explains the meaning of the Mass. I recommend you watch a lot of his videos. He was a kind, loving man, and in my opinion, was the Mr. Rogers of Catholicism.
I'm also going to recommend his books, especially World's First Love. It beautifully explains why we venerate (note, I said VENERATE, not worship) the Virgin Mary.
I also recommend the following books by Scott Hahn: Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots, and The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth. Not to say his other works aren't great, but I think these will help you understand Catholicism as a culture a bit better.
I'd also like to recommend Theology for Beginners by F. J. Sheed, The Feast of Faith by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (aka Pope Benedict XVI), and The Spirit of Catholicism by Karl Adam.
This is by no means a definitive list, but it is somewhere to get you started. I suggest you consider taking some time, and praying about this, and actually invest yourself in studying the Faith. I am still waiting for your list of questions, and when I see it I'll be happy to answer them.
Good Luck on your faith journey, and may God be with you.
There is an English Ritual to go with the Missal and Office, but I don't know about a Pontifical.
Hughes Oliphant Old is a well regarded scholar who's written on the subject:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SLHGWHO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1
Well, the Divine Office was the first thing Calvin did away with (as well as with those who prayed it!), arguing that it was too much text to be intellegible. Actually, I have met many Reformed pastors still very opposed to Divine Office, wich surprised me, because in Catholic circles, it is admitted that "ecumenical vespers" are the favoured way of making liturgy during the Octave of Unity. Their argument is that it is too much Word of God, and that, in the church, only so much Word of God that we can explain in the sermon should be uttered. Therefore, praying 3 or 5 psalms one after the other are "pagan, vain and unnnecessary repetition". So, I find that interest in the Divine Office should lead you to question your theological opinions.
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That said, you have various options you may enjoy::
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- Use a simplified version of the Catholic Divine Office, with only the Temporal, that is, the 6 offices of the day during ordinary time. You'll get a Hymn, 3 psalms, and a scripture reading for each office, and no office of readings. You'll not find "bothersome" Catholic saints and doctrine in that! it is called Christian Prayer and should satisfy you in that it is very biblical. you can even find and abbreviated for of the abbreviated form called Shorter Christian Prayer that has only Lauds and Vespers.
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- There is a Lutheran Divine office called Daily Prayer of the Church.
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- And there is even a Presbyterian publication called Book of Common Worship: Daily Prayer.
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In any case this Facebook group should help you: Despite of its title, it is very ecumenical and joins people from all Christian denominations, dedicated to prayer the Hours.
This is what you're after.
Here is one scholarly place to start: https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Liturgy-New-Dom-Gregory/dp/0567661571
Well, don't forego Dix - he is a very worthy read. But probably the best single volume from Bradshaw is The Study of Liturgy.
This book is brand new. "The Power of Godliness: Mormon Liturgy and Cosmology" by Jonathan Stapley. It basically talks about how church ordinances have evolved
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Godliness-Mormon-Liturgy-Cosmology/dp/0190844434/
If you're on the fence, the author talked about his book on a podcast: https://mi.byu.edu/mip-78-stapley/
Here is the mobile version of your link
Blessed Are the Hungry
There's also From Bread To Wine, but I cannot find a copy online.
my advice is to buy your mother-in-law one or all of these books:
• jason rosenhouse's among the creationists
• richard dawkin's the greatest show on earth
• jerry a. coyne's why evolution is true
• bill nye's undeniable: evolution and the science of creation
edit: a word.
Like this (cheaper) or this (seems much better and beautiful, but expensive)?
> That beliefs are not choices because at a certain point one cannot change their mind about something they sincerely believe
This is not a logical argument, it's an unfounded assertion. There is no way to prove that people physically cannot change their mind about something. For example, consider Jeffrey Dahmer, serial mass murderer and ardent adherent to evolution:
> If a person doesn’t think there is a God to be accountable to, then—then what's the point of trying to modify your behaviour to keep it within acceptable ranges? That's how I thought anyway. I always believed the theory of evolution as truth, that we all just came from the slime. When we, when we died, you know, that was it, there is nothing ...
Yet later in life he (at least claimed) to have become convinced the Bible is true and repented and asked forgiveness for his horrible, horrible sins.
CS Lewis claimed he was "dragged, kicking and screaming, into God's kingdom."
Alister McGrath, the brilliant apologist, is a former atheist.
The list goes on...
Looks awesome. Never heard of it. Thanks. (The challenge, though, will be finding a not-too expensive copy.)
EDIT: Did find an electronic version: http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Intimacy-Vol-001-ebook/dp/B005R9HFGQ/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1347907157&sr=8-2
I don't know anything about ACNA and what they use, but you could always go with the classic 1662 BCP: here or here, or together with the 1549 and 1552 here (maybe only if you're a real liturgy nerd).
To add to what I already said, Rob Meens' Penance in Medieval Europe, 600–1200 was good. I've been reading some journal articles on the topic as well, but will have to wait until I'm home to give information on those, as I don't recall all the names and authors offhand (and for those you'll either need a JSTOR account or know someone who has access).
The term Fascism comes from "Fasces" which was a weapon or axe - whose handle was strengthen by tightly binding dowels or sticks together to form and/or strengthen the handle. This is the metaphor which is at the core of fascist ideology - to violently restrict thought, or action, or race, or whatever the pet project of the government ideology at the time may be - in order to simulate a coherent society (by taking away the freedom to be anything other than in agreement). You should remind your cousin that the government is not sane nor rational, and what it would choose to take from people or forces people to do would also not be sane nor rational. No absolutes are sane. Absolutism is not sane, and so it's ridiculous to succumb to such. Also, considering that fascist states usually have a very small number or at times even a single individual in charge - fascism is essentially a form of slavery.
As for Cultural Marxism - there's a run down of who created the conspiracy theory here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobrot/sandbox
It was created by a network of conservatives in the 1990s. Namely William S. Lind, who worked for Paul M. Weyrich, both of whom knew Pat Buchanan, and James Jaeger. They formed a letter writing campaign, lecture tour, and film production - which popularized the conspiracy theory amoungst the kinds of people spruking it today (this essentially kicked off the alt-right).
You could buy her some books from the actual Frankfurt School. Perhaps go to /r/frankfurtschool and ask them for recommendations. But I'd perhaps start with this one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Frankfurt-School-Religion-Writings/dp/0415966973
It argues that The Frankfurt School actually believed religion has value in society.
Below this I'll just post my boiler plate answer to anything mentioned "Cultural Marxism" - I think the last two paragraphs of it are most important.