New PDF release: On Liturgical Theology (Hale Memorial Lectures of

Download PDF by Ben Witherington III: Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism

Baptism has been a contested perform from the very starting of the church. during this quantity, Ben Witherington rethinks the theology of baptism and does so in consistent dialog with the vintage theological positions and significant New testomony texts. via putting baptism within the context of the covenant, Witherington indicates how advocates of either believer’s baptism and child baptism have extra a few water to either their theology and perform of baptism.

Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early by Teresa M. Shaw PDF

Shaw's wealthy and interesting paintings offers a startling examine early Christian notions of the body--diet, sexuality, the passions, and particularly the precise of virginity--and sheds vital mild at the progress of Christian beliefs that stay robust cultural forces even at the present time. targeting the fourth and early 5th centuries, Shaw considers 3 different types of Christian arguments--physiological, mental, and eschatological--about the efficacy of fasting within the ascetic pursuit of chastity.

Download PDF by Constantinos Athanasopoulos,Christoph Schneider,C.: Divine Essence and Divine Energies: Ecumenical Reflections

A composite e-book of essays from ten students, Divine Essence and Divine Energies presents a wealthy repository of various opinion concerning the essence-energy contrast in Orthodox Christianity – a doctrine which lies on the center of the often-fraught fault line among East and West, and which, during this ebook, conjures up a full of life discussion among the participants.

New PDF release: La homilía dominical. Ciclo B (Palabra viva) (Spanish

Esquemas para desarrollar l. a. homilía de cada día festivo: constatación, iluminación de l. a. Palabra, reflexión, profundización y conclusión