Pilgrims of a Common Life: Christian Community of Goods Through the CenturiesMultiply Publications, 1987 - 207 pages A thorough but readable historical review of Christian Community of goods through the centuries. Essential reading for all those interested in the practice of Christian community both in the past and in the present. |
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... of a positive , even compelling conviction of the rightness of Christian communal association . Sociologists such as Robert Bellah and his colleagues in the book Habits of the Heart ( 1985 ) tell us 9 Foreword by Donald F Durnbaugh.
... of a positive , even compelling conviction of the rightness of Christian communal association . Sociologists such as Robert Bellah and his colleagues in the book Habits of the Heart ( 1985 ) tell us 9 Foreword by Donald F Durnbaugh.
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Christian Community of Goods Through the Centuries Trevor John Saxby. book Habits of the Heart ( 1985 ) tell us that modern Western society suffers from a rampant individualism that sees personal self - interest and pleasure as the only ...
Christian Community of Goods Through the Centuries Trevor John Saxby. book Habits of the Heart ( 1985 ) tell us that modern Western society suffers from a rampant individualism that sees personal self - interest and pleasure as the only ...
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... heart of community what it was or what its members felt : a sense of solidarity , fulfillment , identity ? A glance at a reputable dictionary suffices to show how varied the interpretations of " community " can be . Yet it is ...
... heart of community what it was or what its members felt : a sense of solidarity , fulfillment , identity ? A glance at a reputable dictionary suffices to show how varied the interpretations of " community " can be . Yet it is ...
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... heart having been renewed , our living was to speak of unity , justice , honesty , and brotherly affection . It was to bear testimony to Jesus himself . Both went together , both were God's will , both were the good news . Nowadays the ...
... heart having been renewed , our living was to speak of unity , justice , honesty , and brotherly affection . It was to bear testimony to Jesus himself . Both went together , both were God's will , both were the good news . Nowadays the ...
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... heart with divine love and power which then found its natural outworking in the sharing of possessions , so that all who were now united and equal in the blessings of God might also be so in temporal things : Now the company of those ...
... heart with divine love and power which then found its natural outworking in the sharing of possessions , so that all who were now united and equal in the blessings of God might also be so in temporal things : Now the company of those ...
Contents
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The Late Middle Ages | 88 |
The Reformation | 102 |
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | 118 |
The Nineteenth Century | 137 |
The Twentieth Century | 152 |
The Characteristics | 165 |
Appendix | 177 |
Bibliography | 191 |
Scripture Index | 199 |
The Author 207 | |
Common terms and phrases
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