MARC Record from marc_claremont_school_theology

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008 710329s1971 nyu 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aBR145.2$b.S6
082 04 $a270/.02/07
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSmith, Charles Merrill.
245 14 $aThe Pearly Gates Syndicate :$bor, How to sell real estate in heaven /$cCharles Merrill Smith.
250 $a[1st ed.].
260 $aGarden City, N.Y. :$bDoubleday,$c1971.
300 $axiv, 220 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aI. Introduction -- notes on a sorrowful condition and how to cure it -- Antidote for discouragement -- Seeking the right image -- The Christian corporation -- Why the first three hundred years are unimportant -- The advantage of joining the establishment -- II. The pre-corporation days -- the first three centuries -- The inadequacies of the apostles -- How the corporation was named -- The beginnings of the hierarchy -- A promise of future magnificence -- The odd behavior of the early Christians -- Polycarp's anti-incense position -- The pious paganism of the Emperor Decius -- How to punish sinners without losing customers -- III. Constantine takes over as emperor -- the Christians' big break -- The advantages and disadvantages of deathbed baptism -- The blessings of corporate status -- The Bishop of Rome becomes assistant emperor -- Controversy over sinful bishops -- Proposing an Oscar for Constantine -- IV. The council of Nicaea, the doctrine of the holy trinity, and some other stuff -- Cosmology and soteriology explained -- Doctrine of trinity improves Christianity's octane rating -- Constantine's theological inadequacies -- The cleverness of Trinitarians -- The principle of Christian thought control established -- V. The development of a style of Christian corporation leadership after Nicaea -- how the bishop of Rome got to be pope, and how administration won out over mysticism -- Innocent I appropriates apostolic tradition -- St. John Chrysostom -- a week bishop -- How Jesus came to be born on December 25 -- Ambrose the administrator -- The first pagan bishop -- VI. St. Anthony invents monasticism and solves a crisis in the Christian corporation -- The tin-plated Christians vanquish the platinum-plated Christians -- Anthony drops out of square society -- The monastic movement organized -- The contributions of the Eremites -- VII. The organizational structure of the Christian corporation takes shape -- The seven-layer pyramid -- How the parish system improved church finances -- VIII. How the first great pope nailed down England for the Christian corporation -- Gregory I shows us the proper perspective on sex -- Gregory gets a great idea from some slaves -- How to convert pagans at the lowest possible cost -- IX. Charlemagne knocks together the Holy Roman Empire -- The dietary and other habits of a Christian king -- Charlemagne the Christian warrior -- The difficult conversion of the heathen Saxons -- The Capitulatio de Partibus Saxoniae -- Charlemagne -- a nut about education -- The reform of the clergy -- a difficult undertaking -- Christmas day A.D. 800 -- a great date for the Christian corporation -- The Holy Roman Empire explained -- X. The ninth century -- theology prospers, and the pope firms up his position with the pseudoisidorian decretals -- The theological pot boils -- The holy insight of Nicholas I -- Providence provides the decretals -- Nicholas opposes Michael the drunkard -- XI. The great picture controversy divides the Christian corporation -- How Gnostics get to heaven -- Upgrading the office of bishop -- How the picture controversy got started -- Leo the Isaurian attacks an icon -- Celibacy of the clergy defended.
505 0 $aXII. Richard Lionheart, Louis the Pious and the crusades -- Ho you got to heaven in the middle ages -- The crusades as a marvelous travel plan -- Planning the holy invasion -- Peter the Hermit's shabby crusade -- The children's crusade comes to naught -- Coeur de Lion -- Louis the Pious -- In defense of Christian wars -- Were the crusades worth the trouble? -- The bad stuff listed -- Making our evaluation -- XIII. The gothic cathedral -- or the Christian corporation builds a home office at last -- The deficiencies of Romanesque churches -- Understanding Gothic architecture -- How the money was raised -- The prostitutes' guild contributes -- XIV. The church learns how to handle heretics -- Innocent III institutes the inquisition -- the superiority of revealed truth -- The mild methods of the Inquisition -- Gnostics and other pests -- Tomas de Torquelmada perfects the holy office -- A sincere persecutor of the Jews -- A defense of the Inquisition -- The protestants imitate the Inquisition -- The secular world copies the Inquisition -- XV. Martin Luther disjoints the Christian corporation -- A melancholy tale -- The penitential system made clear -- Luther's fascination with sin -- The ninety-five theses do their dirty work -- Luther fails to make any important money out of the reformation -- XVI. Calvin and Knox construct Presbyterianism -- Calvin saves Geneva -- Predestination explained -- Knox saves Scotland -- Reforms try to reform the reformers -- XVII. Ignatius Loyola and the counter-reformation -- or the Christian corporation strikes back -- Reformations everywhere -- Christian conditioning -- The ethical flexibility of probabilism and intentionalism -- The end of the monolithic Christian corporation -- XVIII. The Christian corporation comes to the new world -- Columbus sees to the conversion of the Indians -- The Protestants stake out their territories -- XIX. Jonathan Edwards terrorizes New England and establishes conservative Christianity in the new world -- Edward's wholesome sense of sinfulness -- Gloomy optimism explained -- The Protestant equivalent of penance -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God -- Edwards attacks pornography and loses his job -- Conservative religion explained -- Edwards as the father of the revival meeting -- XX. Henry Ward Beecher introduces liberal religion to the American Christian corporation -- The need for a new option in religion -- The dangers of Christianity without fear -- How to organize a new church for fun and profit -- Beecher abolishes hell -- Liberal and conservative Christianity contrasted -- XXI. The modern ecumenical movement -- or the American Christian corporation confidently confronts the future -- Denominational competition promotes healthy growth -- Ecumenism -- A brilliant business strategy -- How to translate ecclesiastical pronouncements into easy English -- The sacred and historic office of bishop retained -- The ponderous pace of Christian soldiers -- XXII. The solid gold surplice -- The model for the new American Christian Corporation -- how general motors sells intangibles -- General motors rejects the Holy Roman Empire -- The peace of mind which accompanies ownership of a monopoly -- The error in church union -- The joys of being Archbishop of NACC -- The value of low-grade bishops -- Sorting out the denominations -- the importance of positive thinking -- The church -- a club for good people.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aChurch history.
650 7 $aChurch history.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00860740
994 $a92$bCST
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