On pre-pub: Let Truth Prevail: An Introduction to European Christian Renewal Movements (Abilene)
I was going to request this book only to find I had missed it going on pre-pub. You may have missed it too.
This is from a Restoration Movement Press (Abilene) and is advertised with this blurb:
Overview
Through the centuries, marginalized Christian renewal movements have challenged the status quo of the religious establishment, often at great cost. These nonmainstream religious movements generally receive little attention in standard introductions, but Let Truth Prevail tells their story, surveying the history, beliefs, and practices of various medieval and post-Reformation European renewal movements:
17th-century German Pietists
18th-century Scottish restoration movements
Hussites
Hutterites
Magisterial Protestants and Catholics
Mennonites
The Moravian Brethren
The Schwarzenau Brethren Swiss Brethren
Taborites
The Unity of the Brethren
Waldensians
Allen Diles classifies these groups as restoration movements, calling attention to their enduring legacies. Each reacted against perceived corruptions in the church and sought to renew faithfulness to God’s truth and his intended ideals as they applied Scripture to their historical context.
Though Let Truth Prevail demonstrates the strengths of these renewal movements, the book also considers their limitations. Current readers can challenge their own self-understanding of history, God, faith, Scripture, and the practice of the Christian way by reflecting on these marginalized believers.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Looks interesting and as though it may be a nice addition to a Church History "bookshelf".
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@Frank Sauer speaking of "looks interesting", I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at in your new profile pic, but I know I want some.
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Italian cookies at a bakery in the Boston area
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So, no Orthodox renewal movements? :-)
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He had pizza before … now, the deli?
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Did a burger first, then the pizza - the new one is the Italian Cookie case at an Italian Bakery we visited. Not sure what I'll do next - but @Aaron Hamilton is usually the first to spot the new 'food' profile pics LOL
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I'm pretty sure I can identify food and books as two of your primary interests at this point. Unfortunately for my calorie intake, you occasionally remind me of my own interest in the former as well 😣
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Food, books, working out and sports in varying order depending on the day lol
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This was written by one of my professors, Allen Diles. He's a fantastic teacher and I really enjoyed his book. So much church history focuses on the Reformation and he tells the stories of restoration/reformation movements that get very little light in comparison.
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