Religion og politik

Neoliberalism, a panoply of cultural, political, and economic practices that set marketized competition at the center of social life, is rife in our age. Naming Neoliberalism lays out for pastors, thoughtful laypersons, and students, what neoliberalism is, where it has come from, and how it can be confronted through and in the church.

While the condition of life exists, the material portion consistently disobeys natural law, albeit within certain limitations. But since little is actually known about that cause for which the effect is what is known as life, all manner of speculation thrives. Originally published as individual monographs.

There was a simpler time in history when Americans had a clear understanding of who we were as a people and a nation. We understood the core values of life; things like God, family and country. America has been divinely blessed because she refused to compromise her core values. Today, the prosperity and blessings bestowed upon America are fading away. Our country's values have also shifted away from God, country and family, toward self-indulgence and apathy. Public dysfunction and dishonor are the order of the day. This prophetic book explores some reasons why American values have changed for the worse. It also offers suggestions on how we can recapture the passion and foresight of our founders ensuring that all Americans can continue their pursuit of happiness focusing on our common values rather than our social, religious and political differences. Together we can prosper, but divided we will fall.

You will take an in-depth look at the Church during the political storm that ensued as we navigated through the 2016 elections. You will see evidence and proof of the many agendas that were active by the Church, the Republican and Democrat parties. You will take an honest look at the mixed messages given by the Church, the Republican party, the Democratic party. You will see the truth behind Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, both parities and the people of this nation. You will see clearly what is at stake for this nation. You will learn about the antichrist spirit and how it is poised to destroy this nation via our political system and the impurity within the Church. You will see evidence within that will open your eyes to the truth of what is going on behind the scenes. You will see how the dark side is working together to bring this nation down. The truth within is meant to help you learn to read between the agendas. It will help see the difference between is being said and what is actually being done. There is more at stake than the Democrat and Republican ideologies winning control and ruling the day. This nation is under attack by the antichrist spirit and the hordes of hell.

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The entire world is full of speculation about how Christians should lead and vote. Those who both love and hate Jesus have used the phrase "What would Jesus do?" to pull others into their own agendas. However, no one is talking about what Jesus DID do or the political values he upheld, found in the Gospels themselves.This book takes us back 2000 years to the place where Christian politics were first born and shows the values Jesus brought into our world and the political values he challenged. It will not tell you how to vote today, or even whether you should vote at all. Instead, this book will challenge you to see politics, and leadership in general, the way Jesus did.This book also contains political and church leaders throughout history that have upheld the political values Jesus taught and contemporary challenges that we face today.

Restoration of the American Mind will require restoring the American Declaration of Independence to its proper place as our Supreme Unamendable Moral Law. Dr. Cherry's Prescription is a proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution making the Declaration of Independence the supreme unamendable Moral Law of the United States of America

A transdisciplinary approach to reconciliation practices and policies by an international team of scholars and scholar-practitioners.

The gripping story of the American army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at NurembergLutheran minister Henry Gerecke was fifty years old when he enlisted as an army chaplain during World War II. As two of his three sons faced danger and death on the battlefield, Gerecke tended to the battered bodies and souls of wounded and dying GIs outside London. But at the close of the European theater, with Hitler defeated and scores of American troops returning home to resume their lives, Gerecke received his most challenging assignment: he was sent to Nuremberg to minister to the twenty-one imprisoned Nazi leaders awaiting trial for crimes against humanity.A crucial yet largely untold coda to the horrors of World War II, Mission at Nuremberg unearths groundbreaking new research and compelling firsthand accounts to take us deep inside the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, into the very cells of the accused and the courtroom where they answered to the world for their crimes. Never before in modern history had man accomplished mass slaughter with such precision. These twenty-one Nazis had sat at the right hand of Adolf Hitler; Hermann Goering, Albert Speer, Wilhelm Keitel, Hans Frank, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner were the orchestrators, and in some cases the direct perpetrators, of the most methodical genocide in history.As the drama leading to the court's final judgments unfolds, Tim Townsend brings Henry Gerecke's impossible moral quandary to life: How, having risked his own life (and those of his sons) to eliminate the Nazi threat, could he now win the confidence of these men? In the months after the war ended, Gerecke had visited Dachau. He had touched the walls of the camp's crematorium. He had seen the consequences of the choices these men had made, the orders they had given and carried out. As he worked to form compassionate relationships with them, how could he preach the gospel of mercy, knowing full well the devastating nature of the atrocities they had committed? And as the day came nearer when he had to escort these men to the gallows, what comfort could he offer?and what promises of salvation could he make?to evil itself? Detailed, harrowing, and emotionally charged, Mission at Nuremberg is an incisive new history of the Nuremberg trials as well as a nuanced reflection on the nature of morality and sin, the price of empathy, and the limits of forgiveness.

What does it mean to think, believe, and act like an American?The soul of America is far more than a concept-it is a people.  Even the most sacred principles mean very little unless lived out passionately by an informed citizenry. In The Portable Patriot you'll find a carefully assembled sampling of American history's most formative words, written by the people who made that extraordinary history. Speeches and sermons, essays and extracts, poems and proclamations illumine such values as independence, virtue, humility, bravery, thrift, prayer, enterprise, liberty, and reliance on God. While peering back to the cradle of America's national identity, The Portable Patriot also points a way forward, compelling us to heed poet John Dickinson's plea to "rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call." "Nothing ignites a patriot's heart-or the hope that the truths of our founding era will prevail again-like the documents assembled in The Portable Patriot. How grateful we should be, and how quick to make these historic words our own." ?Stephen Mansfield, author, The Forgotten Founding Father and The Faith of the American Soldier"Our current struggles over taxation, federal debt, and limited government are part of a larger American story. Kudos to Miller and Parrish for highlighting these essential passages." ?Hon. Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel

The true drama of how faith motivated America’s Founding Fathers, from the Declaration of Independence to the signing of Britain’s peace treaty.From the author of Forged in Faith comes the remarkable untold history of how the faith of our fathers critically influenced the outcome of the American Revolution and the birth of the United States of America. “A page-turner that reads like a novel!” Here, in the fascinating follow-up to his popular work Forged in Faith, award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals how the American Revolution was fired and fueled by America’s founding faith—the Judeo-Christian worldview. Based on meticulous research and propelled by a fast-paced style, By the Hand of Providence uncovers the extraordinary, almost-forgotten history of the faith-based Revolution that secured American liberty and nationhood. From the American people’s first resistance to attacks on their God-given or “inalienable” rights, through the dramatic battlefield events of the Revolution and General George Washington’s pivotal faith-based leadership, to the climactic surrender of Cornwallis’s British army at Yorktown, By the Hand of Providence exposes the long-overlooked but critical element that kept alive the American War for Independence and motivated the ultimate victory that established the United States of America. In the words of George Washington: “The Hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith. . . .” Graced by a fast-paced narrative and based on the extensive research Gragg has so notably applied to other events in American history, By the Hand of Providence is an insightful and fascinating account of the faith-based Revolution that secured American independence and nationhood.

Secular assumptions are being introduced piecemeal into our way of life. From the Millennium Dome (what exactly was it celebrating?) to the restrictions on the wearing of crosses and abolition of nativity plays, Christianity is being marginalised. Christian social initiatives at local levels are now so severely restricted that several Christian bodies issue guidelines on handling local council prejudice. There is a widespread if ill-defined sense that a valuable heritage is slipping away. Yet the Bible and Prayer Book are seminal for our language and literature; Christian social action predated the modern welfare state; our laws are based on Christian ethical systems. Christians should push back, re-engaging with politicians and opinion formers. Christians must be salt and light. Introverted Christianity must give way to engagement with the world, not defensively but with confidence and hope. It is time for a proper debate about the place of faith in modern Britain.

As a Democracy, our government ought to reflect the core beliefs of its people. As people of faith, our faith ought to inform every aspect of our lives; from children, to family, to finances, to health, to marriage, and yes...even to politics! It is no far stretch to say that as our faith informs our lives, it should also inform our politics. My God, My Politics will stand as a template for every reader to truly define their personal political ideology. No longer will our personal politics be influenced from the OUTSIDE IN, by party affiliations or outside forces; it will be from the INSIDE OUT through the development of our core belief systems. No longer will we allow what we know as the "Separation of Church & State" to disconnect our faith from our politics. My God, My Politics will set your faith free to speak to your politics! This book will empower you to: + Develop your political ideology based on your faith + Interpret scripture in a manner that will guide your politics + Be an advocate for what you believe in the political arena + Use your faith to influence your policies

"As March gave way to April in the spring of 2005 and the world kept vigil outside the apostolic palace in Rome, the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, then drawing to a poignant end, was already being described as one of the most consequential in two millennia of Christian history." With these words, world-renowned author and NBC Vatican analyst George Weigel begins his long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. More than ten years in the making, The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II-The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy tells the dramatic story of the Pope's battle with communism in light of new and recently disclosed information and brings to a close Weigel's landmark portrait of a man who not only left an indelible mark on the Catholic Church, but also changed the course of world history. When he was elected pope in the fall of 1978, few people had ever heard of the charismatic Karol Wojty³a. But in a very short time he would ignite a revolution of conscience in his native Poland that would ultimately lead to the collapse of European communism and death of the Soviet Union. What even fewer people knew was that the KGB, the Polish Secret Police, and the East German Stasi had been waging a dangerous, decades-long war against Wojty³a and the Vatican itself. Weigel, with unprecedented access to many Soviet-era documents, chronicles John Paul's struggle against the dark forces of communism. Moreover, Weigel recounts the tumultuous last years of John Paul's life as he dealt with a crippling illness as well as the "new world disorder" and revelations about corruption within the Catholic Church. Weigel's thought-provoking biography of John Paul II concludes with a probing and passionate assessment of a man who lived his life as a witness to hope in service to the Christian ideals he embraced.

"The press has become a tool of oppression—politicized, self–aware, self–motivated, and power–hungry. . . . In short, these people can no longer be trusted."  —From S. E. Cupp’s Losing Our Religion It’s time to wake up and smell the bias. The go-to commentator for such programs as Fox News’s Hannity and CNN’s Larry King Live and Reliable Sources, S. E. Cupp is just that—a reliable source for the latest news, trends, and forecasts in young, bright, conservative America. Savvy and outspoken when shattering left-leaning assumptions as she did in Why You’re Wrong About the Right, Cupp now takes on the most pressing threat to the values and beliefs held and practiced by the majority of Americans: the marginalizing of Christianity by the flagrantly biased liberal media. From her galvanizing introduction, you know where S. E. Cupp stands: She’s an atheist. A non-believer. Which makes her the perfect impartial reporter from the trenches of a culture war dividing America and eroding the Judeo-Christian values on which this country was founded. Starting at the top, she exposes the unwitting courtship of President Obama and the liberal press, which consistently misreports or downplays Obama’s clear discomfort with, or blatant disregard for, religious America—from covering up religious imagery in the backdrop of his Georgetown University speech to his absence from events surrounding the National Day of Prayer, to identifying America in his inaugural address as, among other things, "a nation of non-believers." She likens the calculated attacks of the liberal media to a class war, a revolution with a singular purpose: to overthrow God and silence Christian America for good. And she sends out an urgent call for all Americans to push back the leftist propaganda blitz striking on the Internet, radio, television, in films, publishing, and print journalism—or invite the tyrannies of a "mainstream" media set on mocking our beliefs, controlling our decisions, and extinguishing our freedoms. Now, discover the truth behind the war against Christmas—and how political correctness keeps the faithful under wraps . . . the one-sided analyses of Prop 8 and the gay marriage debate . . . the media pot-shots at Sarah Palin’s personal faith . . . the politicization of entertainment mainstays such as American Idol and the Miss USA Pageant . . . and much more. Also included are her penetrating interviews with Dinesh D’Souza, Martha Zoller, James T. Harris, Newt Gingrich, Kevin Madden, and Kevin Williamson of National Review, delivering must-read analyses of the latest stunning lowlights from the liberal media.

Die Bedingungen des Aufwachsens im Migrationskontext sind in Deutschland sowohl in Wissenschaft als auch in der Praxis durch eine ethnozentrische Außensicht geprägt. Daher ist die Bewertung familiärer Verbundenheit, sozialer Mobilität, sozialräumlicher Realität und muslimischer Religiosität kritisch zu hinterfragen. Der Band untersucht die familiäre Verbundenheit als begründete Reaktion auf die Lebenswirklichkeit von Migrationsfamilien, die soziale Mobilität vom "Bildungsaufstieg" isoliert und ihr die transnational aufgespannte familiäre Anerkennungsstruktur entgegenhält. Enttarnt wird die sozialräumliche Segregation als konstruierte Wirklichkeit. Dieser Konstruktion setzt die Autorin durch ein "Doing-Plural-Communities" ein Konzept der gelebten Diversität entgegen.

Now revised and updated with new aphorisms!Reader beware: This book contains material that disparages cherished beliefs, opinions and institutions including political and religious ones. While some readers may find that material refreshingly irreverent, others may find it offensive. The aphorism quoted on the cover, Patriotism, piety and chastity are all much overrated virtues, offers a relatively mild example. Some of the aphorisms offer potentially even more offensive material, so proceed with caution.Here are a few examples of Mr. Greene's aphorisms:Sex wouldn't be nearly so interesting if it weren't so widely forbidden.The truly strong are those who aren't driven by the need to prove their strength.Lawyers, actors and politicians must fool others. In the process they often fool themselves.We tend to forget that not all mothers are saints, nor all soldiers heroes.The most important measure of civilization is compassion, not technology, culture, sophisticated institutions, power or the gross national product.

Abraham Kuyper was, by any standard, one of the most extraordinary figures in modern Christian history. He was a Dutch Reformed minister, a gifted theologian, a prolific journalist, the leader of a political party, the cofounder of the Free University of Amsterdam (where he was professor of theology), a member of the Dutch Parliament, and eventually prime minister of the Netherlands.Kuyper's remarkable legacy lives on today in the tradition of Dutch Calvinism that he developed. As his writings become more widely available, this tradition continues to find new adherents attracted by his comprehensive vision of Christian faith. But what defines the Kuyperian tradition?Renowned South African theologian and philosopher Craig Bartholomew has written the first systematic introduction to this tradition. Drawing on Kuyper's entire corpus, Bartholomew has identified the key themes and ideas that define this tradition, including worldview, sphere sovereignty, creation and redemption, the public square, and mission. He also goes beyond Kuyper to show how later thinkers developed these ideas. They include, among others, Herman Bavinck, J. H. Bavinck, Gerrit C. Berkouwer, and Herman Dooyeweerd.Widely known but little read, Kuyper is now receiving the global recognition that his fertile and influential thought deserves. Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition is an indispensable guide to one of the most significant schools of thought in the modern age.

Those who are followers of Christ are supposed to sound the alarm to warn the people of pending danger. The purpose of this book is my awkward way of pointing out that the United States of America is on the road to destruction. The news is full of stories about "The Big Lie". But has any one stop to notice the signs of the time. This is not the first time a lie enslaved a nation. I have another book call "The Lie of Abram" that will explain the workings of a lie. This Book, "If The Truth Be Told" points out that the foundation of the Christian Religion is based on a lie. And that foundation is beginning to crumble. You can have the right stuff, but it still need to be put together right. The foundation of The Christian Religion is the Birth, Dealt and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the instruction book is the Bible. You have to read the instruction book if you want to do it right. This book is my response to all three. William Earl Parker is just a voice in the crowd somewhere on the sidelines. He is a Disciple of Christ who walks by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). William's colleagues refer to him as a free thinker because he rejects accepted opinions; especially those concerning religious beliefs. William is a heretic because he holds an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted by his religious order. The truth of the matter is William was formerly an ordained Preacher in the Missionary Baptist Church and an Elder in The Church of God in Christ.

The State and Revolution is considered to be Lenin's most important work on the state and has been called by Lucio Colletti "Lenin's greatest contribution to the political theory". According to the Marxologist David McLellan, "the book had its origin in Lenin's argument with Bukharin in the summer of 1916 over the existence of the state after a proletarian revolution. Bukharin had emphasized the 'withering' aspect, whereas Lenin insisted on the necessity of the state machinery to expropriate the expropriators. In fact, it was Lenin who changed his mind, and many of the ideas of State and Revolution, composed in the summer of 1917 - particularly the anti-Statist theme - were those of Bukharin".

"This book shows how imperialism molded American religion-both the category of religion and the traditions designated as religions-and reveals the multifaceted roles of American religions in structuring, enabling, surviving, and resisting the U.S. Empire"--

IN DECEMBER 2017, United States President DONALD TRUMP officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel paving the way for a campaign promise to move the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The announcement sparked immediate violent protests from the Palestinians, and drew condemnation from the Vatican, Russia and the Islamic nations who all reject Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem. THE UNITED NATION'S SECURITY COUNCIL then quickly convened to set forth a resolution condemning Trump's proclamation which was supported by the majority of its 193-member nations. Prior to the vote, United States UN Ambassador NIKKI HALEY had addressed the UN General Assembly warning that the US was taking names of those who are against them and will not forget. According to Zechariah 12:9 which states: "I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem" GOD is taking names too of all those who are against Israel. WHY ALL THE FUSS OVER JERUSALEM? Find out as author DAVID HEAD takes the reader on a concise journey of Jerusalem's history to show how we've come to its present-day circumstances, followed by an in-depth look at how the ancient prophecies have Jerusalem at the epicenter of a world headed on a climactic collision course with its Creator. IN ADDITION, you'll be enlightened to such things as: (1) What role will the USA play in the end-times? (2) Will the ANTICHRIST be a Muslim, a Jew, or a European, and what will be his military power base? (3) When and why will the one, real BLOOD MOON of end-times prophecy occur that will be seen worldwide? (4) Who will be the FALSE PROPHET of Revelation? (5) When will the MARK OF THE BEAST be enforced? (6) Where is SATAN'S SEAT today? You may be shocked to find out! (7) What's behind all the corruption and child sex abuse in the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH? (8) What are the events that must occur before the Jews build the THIRD TEMPLE? (9) When will the ISLAMIC ARMIES led by Russia, Iran and Turkey stage the Ezekiel 38 attack on Israel? (10) What will Jerusalem and the world be like POST ARMAGEDDON? Get a fresh revelation of these topics and more as David, using the Scripture interpreting Scripture method of 2 Timothy 2:15 from OVER 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH, gives the reader one of the most accurate evangelical interpretations of Bible prophecy in print to-date.

Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left evangelicalism, would I have been there? Onishi, a religion scholar and former evangelical, crafts an engrossing historical account of the New Religious Right and of White Christian nationalism that is at once intimate, taut, and unsparing.

The Church of England finds itself colliding with society at large on regular occasion. Has the time come, therefore, where the advantages of being the established church are at last outweighed by the disadvantages? Is there a case for disestablishment, and if so, what might a fresh vision of the church's relationship with wider society be?Separating the question of establishment, from the question of presence in the community, Chaplin argues that the time has come for the ending of privileged constitutional ties between the Church of England the British state.Rather than offering a smaller place for the Church of England within society, he suggests, such a separation would in fact enhance its ability to maintain an embedded presence in local parishes, and allow it the room to speak out about the deeper, bigger challenges which face society today.