All Is Forgiven
The Secular Message in American Protestantism
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1993
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03280-1 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03280-1 (ISBN)
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Americans in recent years have seen the appearance of brochures enumerating the social and psychological advantages of attending the Protestant Church - with no mention whatsoever of spirituality or faith in God. This study explores how new ideals have reshaped Protestant thinking.
In recent years mail deliveries have included a new kind of invitation to Protestant Christianity: slick brochures enumerating the social and psychological advantages of church attendance--with no mention whatsoever of spiritual striving, suffering, or faith in God. Does this kind of secularity prevail not only in direct-mail Christianity but also in mainline Protestant churches? Finding the sermon to be the centerpiece of Protestant worship, Marsha Witten looks for the answer to this question in an in-depth analysis of preaching on an important New Testament text: the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
In recent years mail deliveries have included a new kind of invitation to Protestant Christianity: slick brochures enumerating the social and psychological advantages of church attendance--with no mention whatsoever of spiritual striving, suffering, or faith in God. Does this kind of secularity prevail not only in direct-mail Christianity but also in mainline Protestant churches? Finding the sermon to be the centerpiece of Protestant worship, Marsha Witten looks for the answer to this question in an in-depth analysis of preaching on an important New Testament text: the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
Marsha G. Witten is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin and Marshall College.
Verlagsort | New Jersey |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 197 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 510 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-03280-7 / 0691032807 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-03280-1 / 9780691032801 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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