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1. Functional rationalism
Alan J. Roxburgh • Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World
The return of Columbus in 1493 also precipitated the culmination of one of the most fateful but unacknowledged theological developments in the history of the western Christian Church: the Doctrine of Discovery.
Robert P. Jones • The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy
This implies that the local church, as an institution, has a key role to play in poverty alleviation, because the gospel has been committed by God to the church. This does not mean that the local church must own, operate, and manage all ministries. Parachurch ministries and individuals have a role to play as well. However, it does mean that we cann
... See moreBrian Fikkert • When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
If these new management practices promised growth to businesses, why not use them in the church? For good or ill, through management, the shape of secular work was washing back into the church. Now the pastor needed to think about himself or herself as a manager.
Andrew Root • The Church After Innovation
Dum Diversas, the initial edict that laid the theological and political foundations for the Doctrine, was issued by Pope Nicholas V on June 18, 1452. It explicitly granted Portuguese king Alfonso V the following rights:
Robert P. Jones • The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy
Another supporting character who comes close to Churchill’s half-century-plus of involvement in irregular matters is Jan Smuts, who started out as a Boer insurgent but later ran the British East African campaign against von Lettow-Vorbeck during World War I. He reappears again during World War II as a bureaucratic thorn in the side of Britain’s mas
... See moreJohn Arquilla • Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits
