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Embracing the new Samaria : opening our eyes to our multiethnic future / by Mandes, Alejandro,author.; Sáenz Gonzalez, Deborah,author.;
Includes bibliographic references.part I. Seeing the new Samaria: Recalibrating our vision ; The demographic tipping point ; Justice revival -- part II. Love the new Samaria: Extending our vision of God's kingdom ; Appreciating the beauty of other cultures ; Entering into the pain of the marginalized -- part III. Reach the new Samaria: Strategy transformation ; Making disciples ; Equipping leaders -- part IV. Be the new Samaria: One reconciled community ; Multiethnic ministry and transforming communities ; Pass the church forward.
Subjects: Church and minorities; Cultural pluralism; Evangelicalism;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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God and government : twenty-five years of fighting for equality, secularism, and freedom of conscience / by Lynn, Barry W.,author.(CARDINAL)750522;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist, a civil rights lawyer, and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he offers a unique perspective and a wealth of experience on church-state controversies. In this lively book, he has compiled his writings from various sources to explore in depth the many ways religious extremists have attempted to erode individual liberties. The topics range from publicly-promoted prayer to efforts to undermine public education and replace it with taxpayer-subsidized vouchers for religious schools, interfering with end-of-life and reproductive rights, censorship, and belligerence directed against nonbelievers and minorities. Lynn concludes that the ultimate goal of these extremist forces--consisting mainly of the Protestant Religious Right and the Roman Catholic hierarchy--is the creation of a corporate theocracy, a decidedly undemocratic system of government in which nonconservative Christians, along with humanist, feminists, and the LGBTQ community, are relegated to second-class status in America"--
Subjects: Religion and politics; Church and state; Christianity and politics; Religious right; Freedom of religion; Religious pluralism; Religious tolerance;
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The chance of salvation : a history of conversion in America / by Mullen, Lincoln A.,1984-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-354) and index.Introduction : Religion as choice -- Prayer: Protestant converts and the sinner's prayer -- Gift: Cherokee converts and the reception of missions -- Hope: African American converts and the jubilee -- Kingdom: Mormon converts and the primitive gospel -- Sincerity: Jewish converts and resistance to missions -- Repose: Catholic converts and the rejection of the sect system -- Conclusion: "Maybes are the essence of the situation"The Chance of Salvation offers a history of conversions in the United States which shows how religious identity came to be a matter of choice. Shortly after the American Revolution, people in the United States increasingly encountered an expanded array of religious options. Evangelical Protestants began an effort to convert Americans, while developing new practices that emphasized conversion as an immediate choice. Their missionary effort extended to Native American nations such as the Cherokee in the Southeast, who received Christianity on their own terms. Enslaved and newly freed African Americans likewise created a variety of Christian conversion that was centered on religious hope and eschatological expectation. Mormons, drawing on earlier Protestant practices and beliefs, enthusiastically proselytized for a new tradition that emphasized individual choice and free will. By uncovering the way that religious identity is structured as an obligatory decision, this book explains why Americans change their religions so much, and why the United States is both highly religious in terms of religious affiliation and very secular in the sense that no religion is an unquestioned default.--
Subjects: Conversion; Proselytizing; Religious pluralism; Christianity and other religions;
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Pluralism in peril : challenges to an American ideal / by The Aspen Institute.Justice and Society Program.Inclusive America Project,author.; Chertoff, Meryl Justin,editor.; Ralph, Allison K.,editor.;
Includes appendices (pages 137-156).Part 1: Emerging Fields of Practice -- Part 2: Tool for Analysis and Advocacy -- Part 3: Visions for 2028Pluralism in Peril, a new report by the Inclusive America Project, addresses how our nation can maintain its historical commitment to embracing people of all faith backgrounds against a backdrop of polarization. Religious pluralism may be under threat, but effective tools and strategies are available to defenders of this core American value. Pluralism in Peril offers guidance to community and interfaith leaders, youth-serving organizations, philanthropists, and state and local officials on specific action steps to build a more resilient, trust-based environment that fully incorporates American religious minorities. Essays explore ways to increase basic religious literacy, promote allyship and community resilience, and build bridges between youth of different faith traditions. Pluralism in Peril’s authors come from across the political spectrum and include former government officials, religious leaders, interfaith activists, and scholars. While they do not agree on everything, they all insist that America’s religious diversity keeps us strong and that an attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths.
Subjects: Freedom of speech; Religious pluralism; Church and state; Freedom of religion;
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Intentionally inclusive : together at the table for ministry / by Patton, Marcia,author.; Stanley, Kathryn V.,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-126).Getting the table ready -- Culture and communications at the table -- Consensus -- Cultural sensitivity -- It's all about relationships -- Excursus: How did it all begin -- Epilogue.In a society that is increasingly diverse in race and ethnicity, religious background and theological conviction, socioeconomic status and political perspectives, this practical resource explores the broad dimensions of what it means to be a multicultural community of faith--and relates the powerful story of how one group chose to pursue intentional inclusion and faithful intercultural ministry through ethnic caucuses and consensus-based decision-making. Grounded in biblical narrative as well as personal experiences, the book offers an authentic and honest look into a real-life experiment in inclusive ministry. Includes questions for personal reflection and ideas for small-group implementation.
Subjects: Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches; Church work with minorities; Church work with minorities.; Cultural pluralism;
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Has God only one blessing? : Judaism as a source of Christian self-understanding / by Boys, Mary C.(CARDINAL)510186;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-384) and index.
Subjects: Christianity and antisemitism.; Christianity and other religions; Christianity; Judaism (Christian theology); Judaism; Judaism; Religious pluralism;
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A coat of many colors : religion and society along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina / by Conser, Walter H.(CARDINAL)176468;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-360) and index.The Cape Fear and its Indians -- Tensions in the colonial era -- Religious liberty and denominational expansion -- Bonds of association -- Mystic chords of memory -- Religion and the New South -- Pluralism in the Port City and beyond.The Cape Fear Valley includes the nine current counties of New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Sampson, Duplin, Robeson, and Cumberland that form the southeastern portion of North Carolina and through which the Cape Fear River and its assorted tributaries flow. It has played and continues to play an important role in North Carolin's history, also reminding one of the prominence of religion--architecturally, socially, economically, and otherwise--in the Cape Fear region, both in the past and in the present.--
Subjects: Religious pluralism; Race discrimination;
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Letters to a Birmingham jail : a response to the words and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Loritts, Bryan C.,editor.(CARDINAL)468837;
Includes bibliographical references.Letter from a Birmingham Jail -- Why We Can't Wait for Economic Justice / John Perkins -- Waiting For and Hastening the Day of Multiethnic Beauty / John Piper -- A Painful Joyful Journey / Crawford Loritts -- Don't Do it Again / John Bryson -- Why We Can't Wait for Multiethnic Churches / Bryan Loritts -- Why Traditional, Suburban Churches Can't Wait / Sandy Willson -- The Multicultural Church Begins in Your Living Room / Albert Tate -- Why We Can't Wait for Christ-exalting Diversity / Charlie Dates -- The Time is now for Multiethnic Churches and Movements / Matt Chandler -- A More Biblical Sunday Morning / Soong-Chan Rah.More than fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Much has transpired in the half-century since, and progress has been made in the issues that were close to Dr. King’s heart. Thankfully, the burning crosses, biting police dogs, and angry mobs of that day are long gone. But in their place, passivity has emerged. A passivity that must be addressed. That’s the aim of Letters to a Birmingham Jail. A collection of essays written by men of various ethnicities and ages, this book encourages us to pursue Christ exalting diversity. Each contribution recognizes that only the cross and empty tomb of Christ can bring true unity, and each notes that the gospel demands justice in all its forms. This was a truth that Dr. King fought and gave his life for, and this is a truth that these modern day "drum majors for justice" continue to beat.--Publisher
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; Social justice; Cultural pluralism; Multiculturalism; Church and minorities; Christian sociology; Christianity and politics;
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Quakers living in the lion's mouth : the Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730-1865 / by Crothers, A. Glenn.(CARDINAL)802047;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index.Prologue: Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth -- Friends Come to Northern Virginia -- Finding a Path of Virtue in a Revolutionary World -- The "Worldly Cares and Business" of Friends -- Embracing "the Oppressor as Well as the Oppressed" : Quaker Antislavery before 1830 -- Internal Revolutions : The Hicksite Schism and Its Consequences -- Strengthening the Bonds of Fellowship : The Domestic and Public Lives of Quaker Women -- A "Nest of Abolitionists" : Antislavery Goals and Southern Identities -- "The Union Forever" : Northern Virginia Quakers in the Civil War -- Epilogue: Conflicting Paths of Virtue in Nineteenth-Century America.
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Dissenters; Pacifism; Quaker women; Quakers; Quakers; Religious pluralism; Society of Friends; White people;
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Journey into Europe : Islam, immigration, and identity / by Ahmed, Akbar S.,author.(CARDINAL)712988; Brookings Institution,issuer of work.(CARDINAL)159765;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-551) and index.Part I. European dialectic -- Europe : turbulent and mighty continent -- Primordial tribal identity in Europe -- European pluralist identity -- Part II. Islam in Europe -- Muslim immigrants : the ghosts of European imperialism -- Indigenous Muslims : "We are Europeans" -- Muslim converts : seeking God in an age of secularism -- Part III. Lessons from Europe -- Judaism, Islam, and European primordial identity -- Terrorism, immigrants, ISIS, and islamophobia : a perfect storm in Europe -- Europe at the crossroads : monsters, modernity, and the imperative for convivencia.An unprecedented, richly detailed, and clear-eyed exploration of Islam in Europe and the place of Islam in European history and civilization.
Subjects: Muslims; Muslims; Muslims; Muslims; Islam and culture; Islam and politics; Civilization; Islamophobia; Identity politics; Cultural pluralism; Religious tolerance;
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