Outline: ... "Dalam wayang kita melihat bahwa setiap golongan - dewa, brahmana, satria, punakawan dan lain-lain - mempunyai norma-normanya sendiri. Lebih dari itu, masing-masing pribadi pun entah itu Bima, Kresna, Karna, real Bisma, Destarata atau pun Sengkuni, mempunyai tugas tersendiri yang ditentukan para dewa, masing-masing memainkan peranannya entah luhur entah rendah karena justru itulah …
Outline: Given the unique religious climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges to Christian mission it poses, Christianity Encountering World Religions proposes a new model for interacting with people of other faiths. The authors term this model "giftive mission," since it is based on the metaphor of free gift. They suggest that seeing mission activity as giving the greatest gift po…
Outline : Tulisan-tulisan yang dikumpulkan dalam buku ini mengangkat masalah-masalah yang menantang kita bangsa Indonesia NOW. Kebangsaan berhadapan dengan kemajemukan, masa lampau dengan saat-saat gelap yang tetap belum berani kita hadapi, ancaman terhadap demokrasi hasil paling bagus reformasi, agama sebagai faktor yang semakin terasa dalam kehidupan bangsa sekaligus dengan ancaman ekstremis…
Outline: Pola kenegaraan modern berkembang bersamaan dengan revolusi ekonomi, sosial, dan budaya yang berlangsung di Eropa Barat tiga ratus tahun yang lalu dan mendapat ungkapan yang paling mengesankan dalam perwujudan masyarakat industrial dan pasca-industrial saat ini. Salah satu pertanyaan inti etika politik dewasa ini terkait dengan legitimasi kekuasaan. Klaim-klaim kenegaraan modern yang b…
Outline: What is Indonesia? Indonesia is a far-flung archipelago whose people insist that its more than 3,000 islands are united - not divided - by water! One of the world's newest nations, its population also makes it the world's fifth-largest, next after the United States. Like the other countries of Southeast Asia, it is caught in the worldwide throes of economic, social and cultural change.…
Outline : Kutipan inspiratif dari Mari Bermimpi: “Kita hidup pada suatu masa pencobaan. Kenyataannya, kita semua diuji dalam hidup. Dengan cara itulah kita tumbuh. Dalam ujian hidup, Anda menyingkapkan hati Anda sendiri: seberapa kuatkah ia, seberapa berbelas kasih, seberapa besar, atau seberapa kecil.” “Renungkanlah apa yang telah kita lihat selama krisis Covid-19 ini. Mereka semua adala…
Outline: Menurut Leon Wood, ada suatu kesinambungan di antara nabi-nabi Israel dari zaman sebelumnya yang tidak menulis kitab-kitab nubuat dengan nabi-nabi dari zaman sesudahnya. Keduanya harus kita pelajari untuk mendapatkan gambaran seutuhnya tentang kenabian Israel. Bukti-bukti yang diajukan oleh penulis untuk mendukung keyakinan ini mewarnai seluruh isi buku yang sangat berarti ini. Perhati…
Outline: Events in the Middle East alone make it imperative that those in the West learn more about the Muslim world, but ini addition many Christians in the United States have Muslim neighbors and business associates whom they need to get to know better. As this helpful book comments, "Instead of giving in to prejudice, which inevitably corrupts all human relationships, the time has come for C…
Outline: James Livingston's widely acclaimed history of Christian thought - recently substantially revised and expanded - provides full, scholarly accounts of the major movements and thinkers, theologians and philosophers in the Christian tradition since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, together with solid historical background and critical assessments. Distinctive in format and focus, the…
Outline: Karakter khas kemajemukan kehidupan beragama di Indonesia justru menekankan bahwa berteologi terutama harus mulai dari pengalaman sejarah dan kemanusiaan bersama yang di Indonesia sejatinya terbukti bercorak lintas agama. Kemerdekaan tahun 1945 dari belenggu penjajahan tidak bisa dipagari sebagai pengalaman satu agama saja. Bahkan, seluruh agama yang hidup di Indonesia ini menemukan ak…
Outline: In an environment of increasing religious pluralism, the State's responsibility for the protection of equal religious freedom for all is gaining in importance. Yet the more religion tends to assert a public role, the more the State must be able to count on the recognition by religions themselves of religious pluralism and religious freedom also for others. This requires an opening o…
Overview : Di dalam esainya, Tujuan Allah Menciptakan Dunia, sang theolog besar Jonathan Edwards menyatakan bahwa tujuan ultimat Allah adalah manifestasi kemuliaan-Nya di dalam kebahagiaan tertinggi dari makhluk ciptaan-Nya. Penulis telah mendedikasikan tiga puluh tahun pelayanannya untuk menjelajahi implikasi-implikasi dari kebenaran yang mencengangkan ini terhadap kehidupan dan pelayanan. M…
Outline: This masterful commentary on Matthew by the author focuses on exegesis of Matthew's text as it stands rather than on the prehistory of the material or details by Synoptic comparison. The exegesis of each section is part of a planned literary whole supplemented, rather than controlled, by verse-by-verse commentary, allowing the text as a complete story to come into brillian focus. The…
Outline: A Christian worldview, the idea of sphere soverignty, opposition to the autonomy of thought, a Free University, our supratemporal selfhood - these and other key ideas of neo-Calvinism all find their source in the Christian theosophy of Franz von Baader. This book traces the history of these ideas from Baader to Chantepie de la Saussaye to Gunning to Kuyper and to Dooyeweerd.
Outline: The Teach the Text Commentary Series gives pastors the best of biblical scholarship and presents the information needed to move seamlessly from the meaning of the text to its effective communication. By keeping the discussion in each carefully selected preaching unit to six pages of focused commentary, the volumes allow pastors to quickly grasp the most important information. Each u…
Outline: The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret scripture creedally for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places. 1 Samuel, like each commentary in the series, is designed to serve the church - providing a rich resource for preachers, teachers, stu…
Outline: Christians affirm that everything exists because of God - from subatomic quarks to black holes. Science often claims to explain nature without including God in the picture at all. In this book, the authors show how it is possible to embrace both views, explaining how God cares for and interacts with his creation, while science offers a reliable way to understand the world he made. T…
Overview: Tidak ada theologi Kristen lain dalam kurun waktu lima ratus tahun terakhir yang begitu mendalam pengaruhnya atas kebudayaan Barat seperti wawasan dunia John Calvin. Wawasan dunia ini menjangkau luas melampaui disiplin theologis, seperti terlihat dari daftar para kontributor dan topik-topik yang dibahas. Calvin menginspirasi begitu banyak orang Kristen untuk menerapkan pemikirannya …
Outline: Sources in Philosophy is a series of short (approximately 128 pages), inexpensive, paperbound volumes. Each volume conains a substantial original essay and selected readings in a major segment of philosophy. The introductory essay for each volume provides an original point of view from which the coherence and unity of the diverse selections can be appreciated. The carefully selected re…
Overview: Der Autor untersucht die Abendmahlslehre von Johannes Calvin aus romisch-katholischer Perspektive. Im Zentrum des Interesses steht die Frage nach der wahren Gegenwart Jesu Christi unter Brot und Wein. Zunachst interpretiert der Autor Calvins Position hinsichtlich dieser Frage im Kontext der innerreformatorischen Kontroverse um das Abendmahl. Bei kritischer Betrachtung wird deutlich, …
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: The Expositor's Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Its seventy-eight contributor's come from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from many denominations, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. They represent the best in evangelical schola…
Overview: In this classic work, internationally known Viennese psychiatrist the author, fouder of the school of logotherapy, set forth the principles of existential psychiatry. The author holds that man's search for a meaning in existence is a primary facet of his being; if the search is unrequited, it leads to neurosis. The role of the therapist, then, is to help the patient discover a purp…
Overview: The author is known to millions of readers as a psychoterapist who has transcended his field in his search for answers to the ultimate questions of life, death, and suffering. This book explores the sometimes unconscious basic human desire for inspiration or revelation, and illustrates how life can offer profound meaning at every turn.
Overview: It is the very problem of our time that people are caught by a pervasive feeling of meaninglessness, which is the most conspicuous symptom of the collective neurosis of our time. It is accompanied by a feeling of emptiness. The "existential vacuum" has increased and spread literally all over the world. Our industrialized society is out to satisfy all needs, and our consumer society…
Overview: Holocaust survivor the author converted the horrors he experienced in a German concentration camp into the pioneering philosophy he called logotherapy. Unlike Freud's "will to pleasure" and Adler's "will to power," the author based logotherapy on three things: the freedom of will, the will to meaning, and the meaning of life. By presenting three metodological concepts, the author s…
Overview: As internationally renowned psychiatrist, the author endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of his suffering, the author developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search of meaning.