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"The Poor, the Crippled, the Blind, and the Lame"

2018-08-03 Religion
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Book Synopsis "The Poor, the Crippled, the Blind, and the Lame" by : Louise A. Gosbell

Download or read book "The Poor, the Crippled, the Blind, and the Lame" written by Louise A. Gosbell. This book was released on 2018-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Testament gospels feature numerous social exchanges between Jesus and people with various physical and sensory disabilities. Despite this, traditional biblical scholarship has not seen these people as agents in their own right but existing only to highlight the actions of Jesus as a miracle worker. In this study, Louise A. Gosbell uses disability as a lens through which to explore a number of these passages anew. Using the cultural model of disability as the theoretical basis, she explores the way that the gospel writers, as with other writers of the ancient world, used the language of disability as a means of understanding, organising, and interpreting the experiences of humanity. Her investigation highlights the ways in which the gospel writers reinforce and reflect, as well as subvert, culturally-driven constructions of disability in the ancient world.

The Blind, the Lame and the Poor

1997-06-01 Religion
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Book Synopsis The Blind, the Lame and the Poor by : S. John Roth

Download or read book The Blind, the Lame and the Poor written by S. John Roth. This book was released on 1997-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The virtual disappearance of the captive, the shattered, the blind, the deaf mute, the lame, lepers, the maimed, the dead and the poor from Acts poses a problem for Lukan studies. It creates a tension between two firmly held convictions about Luke's writing: that the Gospel and Acts are a unified work; and that Luke has a special concern for the poor. A fresh solution lies in tracing the intertextual links between Luke and the Septuagint. In the Septuagint, these character types are standard, conventional recipients of God's favour. In Luke's gospel, the primary function of these types is christological, in that Jesus' actions toward them reveal him to be God's unique eschatological agent of salvation. In Acts, however, there is a different Christological situation: Jesus is now the risen and ascended Lord, and so Luke has no need to foreground those, such as the poor, who in the Septuagint are especially destined for salvation.

The Blind, the Lame, and the Poor

1994 Bible
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Release : 1994
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Book Synopsis The Blind, the Lame, and the Poor by : Samuel John Roth

Download or read book The Blind, the Lame, and the Poor written by Samuel John Roth. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

When Helping Hurts

2014-01-24 Religion
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Release : 2014-01-24
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Book Synopsis When Helping Hurts by : Steve Corbett

Download or read book When Helping Hurts written by Steve Corbett. This book was released on 2014-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy—and that God in the gospel is reconciling all things to himself. Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.

Saturate

2015-04-16 Religion
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Release : 2015-04-16
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Book Synopsis Saturate by : Jeff Vanderstelt

Download or read book Saturate written by Jeff Vanderstelt. This book was released on 2015-04-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does living for Jesus look like in the everyday stuff of life? Many Christians have unwittingly embraced the idea that “church” is a once-a-week event rather than a community of Spirit-empowered people; that “ministry” is what pastors do on Sundays rather than the 24/7 calling of all believers; and that “discipleship” is a program rather than the normal state of every follower of Jesus. Drawing on his experience as a pastor and church planter, Jeff Vanderstelt wants us to see that there’s more—much more—to the Christian life than sitting in a pew once a week. God has called his people to something bigger: a view of the Christian life that encompasses the ordinary, the extraordinary, and everything in between. Packed full of biblical teaching, compelling stories, and real-world advice, this book will remind you that Jesus is filling the world with his presence through the everyday lives of everyday people... People just like you.

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