The story of Christianity is a fascinating tale. Here we find drama; vision and expansion along with failure; setbacks and tragedy. Yet during the past two thousand years the power of Jesus is felt throughout the interplay of human actors and the forces of world events. How can you grasp the story played out on such a gigantic stage? This book is an ideal place to start. D. Jeffrey Bingham has skillfully selected the key people and episodes to tell a grand and humbling story. From Roman persecution to the early creeds; from the monastic movement to the Reformation; from the rise of liberalism to missionary expansion; he chronicles the ups and downs of a people and a faith. This pocket history has been crafted for students; pastors and other busy people who want an informed; clear and concise presentation that feeds the mind and moves the heart. It is an account that nurtures the Christian virtues of faith; hope and love. For Bingham aims not only to uncover the treasures of the church's past but also to show how history aids your own spiritual journey today.
#319425 in Books The Jewish Publication Society 1999-12-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.30 x 1.75 x 6.34l; 2.10 #File Name: 0827606389580 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great work of rationalist JudaismBy Robert New EnglandGersonides; also known as the Ralbag; wrote this work of Jewish philosophy; syntheisizing rabbinic Judaism with the rationalist philosophy of Aristotle. In this broad sense; he is in the same tradition as the other great Jewish rationalists; such as Maimonides (Rambam.)This book is an English translation of Sefer Milhamot Ha-Shem; ("The Wars of the Lord"). It is modeled after Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed.Gersonides explains his disagreements with some elements of Maimonides' syncretism of Aristotelianism and rabbinic Jewish thought; and offers his own alternatives. His book includes discussions of:1. the doctrine of the soul; in which Gersonides defends the theory of impersonal reason as mediating between God and man. He explains the formation of the higher reason (or acquired intellect; as it was called) in humanity—his view being thoroughly realist and resembling that of Avicebron;2. prophecy3. God's knowledge of facts and providence; in which is advanced the theory that God does not know individual facts. While there is general providence for all; special providence only extends to those whose reason has been enlightened;4. celestial substances; the spiritual hierarchy which the Jewish philosophers of the middle ages accepted; and also giving; along with astronomical details; some astrological theory.5. rationalist views creation and miracles;0 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Two StarsBy YekarahNot what I expected.
