T D Jakes has emerged as one of the most prolific spiritual leaders of our time. In 2001, Time magazine featured Jakes on the cover and asked: Is Jakes the next Billy Graham? This work examines his rise to prominence. It frames Jakes' success as a metaphor for changes in the Black Church and American Protestantism more broadly.
Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and Patrician Reform in Sixteenth-century Italy
Raised in the splendid court of Mantua, wealthy even by the standards of Renaissance cardinals, the patron of artists and scholars, the father of numerous children, an active participant in Italian and European politics as regent of the Duchy of Mantua, Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga (1505-1563) was in many respects a typical Renaissance prelate from a ......
Shows how worship activities define the concept "church". This book explores: the meaning of the term "church"; the relationship of the local liturgical assembly and other Christian assemblies; and the personal and communal charter of the liturgical assembly. It focuses on community and assembly to discuss the sacraments.
Examines Jakes' rise to prominence and the proliferation of a faith industry bent on producing spiritual commodities for mass consumption. The author contends that Jakes' widespread success symbolizes a religious realignment in which mainline churches nationwide are in decline, while innovative churches are experiencing phenomenal growth.
Quasi-religious Women and Canon Lawyers in the Later Middle Ages
Whether they were secular canonesses or beguines, tertiaries or Sisters of the Common Life, quasi-religious women in the later Middle Ages lived their lives against a backdrop of struggle and insecurity resulting, in large measure, from their ambivalent legal status. Because they lacked one or more of the canonical earmarks of religious women ......
Examines the distinction between laity and clergy in regard to the power of church governance, and explores the theological interpretation of clergy-laity relations and governance in the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. This title looks at how church officials interpret the role of the laity and addresses the weaknesses in that model.
A major challenge for religious communities today lies in harnessing the commitment and energy of religious people to address larger societal issues. Key to such efforts are people who are willing to live and learn ''at the boundaries'' where secular meets religious, public meets private, and subcultures meet each other. ''A way of life on the ......
When Innocent III became pope in 1198 he announced that he had been elevated to a position ""between God and man"". This audacious claim has often been quoted to characterize the papal monarchy over which he presided and the secular powers he wielded for the 18 years of his controversial tenure. The sermons presented in this collection cast a ......
