In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? - Couverture souple

Sheldon, Charles M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486479005 ISBN 13 : 9780486479002

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2011

Synopsis

« Je veux des volontaires de la Première Église qui s'engagent, sincèrement et honnêtement, pendant une année entière, à ne rien faire sans poser d'abord la question, que ferait Jésus ? » Le défi d'un ministre, stimulé par le plaidoyer passionné d'un mystérieux inconnu, est répondu par une héritière, un éditeur de journal, un président d'université et la reine de beauté locale. Leurs histoires forment le roman inspirant qui a popularisé l'expression, Que ferait Jésus ?
L'auteur Charles M. Sheldon, un ministre congrégationaliste, a prêché des sermons populaires qui se concentraient sur l'exemple du Christ. Sa philosophie dérive du mouvement de l'Évangile social au sein du protestantisme, une croisade de la fin du XIXe siècle qui appliquait l'éthique chrétienne à des problèmes tels que l'injustice, le crime, la pauvreté et d'autres problèmes sociaux. Publié à l'origine en 1897, ce classique continue de parler aux lecteurs modernes avec ses explorations stimulantes de ce que signifie vraiment être un chrétien

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles Monroe Sheldon (1857—1946) was an American minister in the Congregational churches and leader of the Social Gospel movement. His novel, In His Steps, introduced the principle of "What Would Jesus Do?" which articulated an approach to Christian theology that became popular at the turn of the 20th Century and had a revival almost one hundred years later. Sheldon was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of 1879). He became an advocate of the late nineteenth century school of thought known as Christian Socialism. His theological outlook focused on the practicalities of the moral life, with much less emphasis on the doctrinal traditions of personal redemption from sin in Christ. In the winter of 1896 Sheldon developed a sermon story that he read as a weekly series from the pulpit of Central Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas. The unifying theme of these sermons was based on posing the question, "what would Jesus do?" when facing moral decisions. He viewed this question as traditional within Christianity and likely drew some inspiration from William T. Stead's “If Christ came to Chicago!” (1893) and other earlier sources.

Présentation de l'éditeur

What would Jesus do? What happened when Christians, in a local church, pledged for an entire year not to do anything without first asking the question, “What would Jesus do?” For some, following Christ caused misunderstanding, conflict and suffering, but great joy. It meant entire dedication of money, talent, career and influence to Christ. In His Steps is a most unusual appeal to the Christian to follow in Christ’s steps regardless of what others might do. In His Steps is a best-selling religious fiction novel written by Charles Monroe Sheldon. First published in 1896, the book has sold more than 30,000,000 copies, and ranks as one of the best-selling books of all time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486479005
• ISBN 13: 9780486479002
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne