02870cam a2200397 i 4500 371330350 TxAuBib 20190301120000.0 971104s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97045211 9781573220781 1573220787 9781573227216 1573227218 TxAuBib rda Norris, Kathleen. Amazing grace [BOOK] : a vocabulary of faith / Kathleen Norris. New York : Riverhead Books, 1998. 384 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Eschatology -- Antichrist -- Silence -- Salvation -- Inheritance: blessing and curse -- Incarnation -- Detachment -- Conversion: the family story -- Exorcism -- Perfection -- Prayer -- Belief, doubt, and sacred ambiguity -- Repentance -- Annunciation -- Inheritance: what religion were you raised in, and what are you now? -- Commandments -- Idolatry -- Bible -- Righteous -- Conversion: the stories -- God -- Blood -- Virgin Mary, Mother of God -- Anger -- Conversion: The feminist impasse -- Chosen -- Fear -- Conversion: one more boom -- Grace -- Intolerance/forbearance -- Christ -- Sinner, wretch, and reprobate -- Faith -- Good and evil -- Preaching -- The Bible: illiteracies and ironies -- Heresy/apostasy -- Creeds -- Orthodoxy -- God-talk -- Inquisition -- Oppression -- Herod -- Conversion: the wild West -- Ecstasy -- Medieval -- Christian -- The Bible study -- Worship -- Conversion: my Ebenezer -- The Bible: give me a word -- "Organized" religion -- Hospitality -- Church -- Lectio Divina -- Mystic -- Trinity -- Seeking -- Conversion: the scary stuff -- Evangelism -- Imagination (or, How many Christians does it take to balance N. Scott Momaday?) -- Unchurched -- Hell -- Judgment -- Apocalypse -- Prayer as remembrance: the expert marksman's medal -- Dogma -- Angels -- Wickedness -- Interpretation: "I know not" -- Revelation -- Pentecostal -- Prayer as mystery -- Neighbor -- Theology -- Asceticism -- Heaven -- Infallibility -- Truth -- The new Jerusalem. The author blends history, memoir, and theology with a strong grasp of language in an investigation into the key words of Christian belief, such as "judgment," "prayer," "faith," and "Christ.". 20190301. Christian life Presbyterian authors. Christianity Terminology. Language and languages Religious aspects. FAITH. Christian life Presbyterian authors. Christianity. Faith. Language and languages Religious aspects. Terminology.