Resultados para "The Privilege" en Estudios religiosos

The United States is recognized as the most religiously diverse country in the world, and yet its laws and customs, which many have come to see as normal features of American life, actually keep the constitutional ideal of “religious freedom for all” from becoming a reality. Christian beliefs, norms, and practices infuse our society; they are embedded in our institutions, creating the structures and expectations that define the idea of “Americanness.”

America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin. "It's time we right this unacceptable wrong", says best-selling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. Fifty years ago, Wallis was driven away from his faith by a white church that considered dealing with racism to be taboo.

The war over our culture is no longer a theory—it is a clear and present reality. We can see the mayhem, but we often feel helpless in the face of invisible forces that seek to destroy the very fabric of our modern civilization. The line between good and evil seems blurred and at times it can be difficult to tell whether you are part of the problem or the solution. The social tools we relied on decades ago just don’t seem to work the same way today.

"My destiny has never been pre-determined by my skin color, more than anything else, it is being shaped by the choices I make daily, good and bad". This audiobook follows author Melissa Tate’s early life growing up in Africa and eventual migration to the United States. Tate contends that, in America, it is a person’s good choices, not their skin color, that determines the upward trajectory of his or her life. After migrating to the United States at age 19 for college, her experience in America has been a living contradiction to the false “White privilege” narrative.

Life in the Body of Christ is a must-listen for every Christian. Every age group in every evangelical church should make it a point to study this book chapter by chapter, look seriously at every suggestion, and meditate on every scripture suggested for that purpose. Curtis Thomas has given us a gift, a stimulus to edifying reflection and action on every pertinent aspect of corporate and individual responsibility and privilege to be pursued in the life of a local church. His suggestions are brief but turgid with biblical insight and healthy church experience.

The Patronato Real: Royal Patronage and the Spanish Empire (1486-1831), offers a thorough analysis of the Patronato Real, an important era in Spanish history that shaped the church's power in Spain and its possessions from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The story is revealed through a close analysis of major occasions, papal bulls, and the complex connection between the Holy See and the Spanish monarchy.