Wort und Welt

Dimensionen gelebten Glaubens

edited by Hanns Kerner, Peter Lysy and Sabine Weingartner

Book cover: Wort und Welt

Extent: 264 pages

Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(December 2023)

ISBN: 9783374074860

Price: $54.00

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Faith shaped by living with the Bible is deeply related to the options of interpreting and shaping the world. Very specific attitudes, emotions and cognitions are connected with this basic characteristic, which leave their marks on all areas of life. This book deals with this connection between lived faith and the most diverse challenges that Christians face in their environment.


German description: Der durch das Leben mit der Bibel gepragte Glaube steht in einer tiefen Beziehung mit den Deutungs- und Gestaltungsoptionen in der Welt. Ganz spezifische Haltungen, Emotionen und Kognitionen sind mit dieser Grundauspragung verbunden, die samtlichen Lebensbereichen ihren Stempel aufdruckt. Um diese Verbindung von gelebter Frommigkeit und verschiedensten Herausforderungen des Christen in seiner Umwelt geht es in diesem Buch. Dabei werden exemplarisch verschiedene Bezugsfelder abgeschritten: Die zur Frommigkeit, zu sozialen Fragen, sowie zur Okumene der Kirchen und der Religionen. Mit Beitragen von Kristlieb Adloff, Ruth Albrecht, Manfred Bohm, Reinhold Friedrich, Ottmar Fuchs, Hans-Christoph Gossmann, Mathias Hartmann, Traugott Jahnichen, Hanns Kerner, Bernd Elmar Koziel, Johannes Lahnemann, Konrad Muller, Klaus Raschzok, Antonio Russo, Hans G. Ulrich und Peter Zimmerling. English summary: Faith shaped by living with the Bible is deeply related to the options of interpreting and shaping the world. Very specific attitudes, emotions and cognitions are connected with this basic characteristic, which leave their marks on all areas of life. This book deals with this connection between lived faith and the most diverse challenges that Christians face in their environment. In the process, various fields of reference are examined by way of example: Those relating to faith, social issues, as well as the ecumenism of churches and religions.

  • Edited by Hanns Kerner
  • Edited by Peter Lysy
  • Edited by Sabine Weingartner