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In Understanding the Kingdom of God, pioneering theologian Georgia Harkness addresses the spiritual hunger . . . beneath the spiritual chaos and lack of compelling purpose she perceived in society. Her claim is that understanding the kingdom of God gives hope, calls for repentance, offers renewal, demands obedience to the will of God, and calls us to love one another. This wide-ranging text sets forth the dilemma of determining the nature of the kingdom proclaimed by Jesus, surveys four twentieth-century streams of thought regarding the kingdom, presents Harknesss own understanding of the kingdom and its grounds in the Old Testament, the early church, and Jesus parables, and examines the implications of this understanding for the church and for the future of every person. Three decades after its first publication, the penetrating insights of Georgia Harknesss Understanding the Kingdom of God continue to speak to todays readers. Georgia Harkness (18911974) was a pioneering theologian in The Methodist Church. After graduating from Cornell University, she received a double masters degree in Religious Education and the Arts and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University. Her academic teaching career spanned almost forty years. Harkness taught philosophy and religious education at Elmira College (19221937) and Mt. Holyoke College (1938), and later was named Professor of Applied Theology at both Garrett Seminary, where she taught from 1939 to 1950, and Pacific School of Religion, where she taught from 1950 until her retirement in 1961. She thus had the distinction of becoming the first woman to teach theology in a Protestant seminary in the United States. Her almost forty books spanned subjects such as theology, devotional practices, philosophy of religion, ethics, and social issues. She was especially noted for aiming her work at laity and clergy rather than other scholars. Harkness was also a leading voice against racism and sexism, protesting both racial segregation and institutional discrimination against women, whether in the church or society at large. An ordained deacon in The Methodist Episcopal Church, her work led to the eventual abolishment of the segregated central jurisdiction of The Methodist Church and to the ordination of women in the denomination.
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In Prayer and the Common Life, pioneering theologian Georgia Harkness argues that in response to the troubles of the world around us?one that is consumed with materialism, constantly at war, and filled with social injustices of all kinds?what is most needed is a revitalization of vital, God-centered, intelligently grounded prayer. Instead of prayer that merely insulates one from the world, focusing on psychological states or absolving a person from taking action, Harkness advocates prayer that makes a difference in the common life?that is, prayer that transforms both the person praying and the world for which he or she prays. The problem, says Harkness, is that many people simply have never experienced this kind of transforming prayer and have become skeptical about the effectiveness of prayer in their lives. She therefore describes vital prayer from three directions. The foundations of prayer relate prayer to the basic structures of Christian faith and show how prayer includes elements of adoration, thanksgiving, confession, petition, intercession, commitment, assurance, and ascription to Christ. The methods of prayer include hindrances to prayer as well as suggestions of how it may be engaged in both private devotions and congregational worship. And the fruits of prayer center on the ways vital, transforming prayer can contribute to peace in ones life and in the world. Written in the same accessible style that characterizes her other works, Georgia Harknesss Prayer and the Common Life addresses concerns that are still relevant to todays readers. Scholarship and fine writing are united with a devotional approach to the supreme experience available to the human soul. -- Christian Herald One of the most simple, comprehensive, and helpful books on prayer that we have. -- Journal of Bible and Religion This marches straight toward its goal, which is to provide a manual for people who want to pray but know not how. -- Christian Century This book is a rare combination of information and inspiration. It answers the whats, whys, and hows of prayer. It will inspire the slothful to new zeal in prayer; it will help the dissatisfied to find satisfaction in prayer; it will give the zealous new joy in prayer. . . . Deserves a place in every preachers library. -- Review and Expositor
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Georgia Harkness contributed much during the mid-twentieth century to the clarification of beliefs for people throughout the church. In this volume she summarizes the Christian faith so that the typical individual can find firm ground on which to stand during trying times. She summarizes what Christians believe about God, the Bible, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Church. She explains how these beliefs affect Christian life. Georgia Harkness was a staunch believer that religious faith of the right kind nourishes insight and stamina, which are both needed as much now as they were in the turbulent 1960s. If Christians are not to live by community pressures and the persuasive forces that impinge on them constantly from business, politics, the television or the newspaper, they must have a perspective from beyond these forces and agencies by which to judge them. Here is such a perspective! Georgia Harkness (1891-1971) Wherever the Protestant Christian struggled to understand faith during the 20 th century, the name of Georgia Harkness was well known. She was one of the most respected interpreters of the faith for the laity and for pastors. Her previous books, Understanding the Christian Faith, Toward Understanding the Bible, The Providence of God, The Ministry of Reconciliation, and Beliefs that Count typify an unmatched capacity for clarity and directness. Georgia Elma Harkness was an ordained Methodist minister and a graduate of Cornell University. She earned two masters degrees and then the PhD from Boston University. She finished her teaching and writing career as professor emeritus of applied theology at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. For more information, see the biography by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Georgia Harkness: For Such a Time As This (Abingdon Press, 1992).
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Cornell University.
Professor of applied theology at Garrett Biblical Institute (1939–1950) and the Pacific School of Religion (1950–1961), she was the first women to obtain full professorship in a United States. theological seminary, and became a leading figure in the modern ecumenical movement. Harkness had an affinity for ministry through poetry and the arts Her theological interests centered on the influence of the ecumenical church, eschatology, applied theological thought and a desire for all persons to understand the Christian faith.
She made clear a distaste for the doctrine of original sin, saying that "the sooner it disappears, the better it is for theology.".
Through service on such Methodist organizations as the Board of World Peace and the Board of Social and Economic Relations and on different commissions of the World Council of Churches, she influenced many international meetings. In fact, her hymn "Hope of the World" was selected by the Hymn Society of America for use at the assembly of the World Council of Churches at Evanston, Illinois, in 1954.
In 1941 the General Federation of Women's Clubs awarded her a scroll for pioneering work in religion, and a poll taken by the magazine Christian Advocate in 1947 listed her as one of the ten most influential living Methodists. The magazine The Christian Century considered her one of six leading churchwomen in 1952, and in 1958 she was named Churchwoman of the Year by the Religious Heritage Society of America.
Her book Prayer and the Common Life (1947) was a cowinner of the $7, 500 Abingdon-Cokesbury award for the book that would accomplish the most good for Christian faith and living.
( In Prayer and the Common Life, pioneering theologian G...)
( Georgia Harkness contributed much during the mid-twenti...)
(In Understanding the Kingdom of God, pioneering theologia...)
( A great deal of time and planning go into planning a we...)
(240 page hard cover book on Christian Ethics.)
(Book by Georgia Harkness)
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