Religious institutions and organizations

New Testament scholars have widely recognized and acknowledged the occasional nature of Paul's first canonical letter to the Corinthians.

From the Introduction: Political problems have come to be the most fateful social problems.

The Care of Souls is a collection of essays and short reflections on the art of pastoral supervision in the clinical pastoral education (CPE) learning process.

Church weddings, funerals, and most Sunday services reflect the values and dramas of their communities, even when the ministers are the main or sole actors.

The Society of Children's Spirituality: Christian Perspectives launched in 2003 with its first conference held at Concordia University Chicago, in River Forest, Illinois.

This book showcases the perspective and insights of a youth ministry servant who is also a ministry school student.

From Saturday Night Rockin' to Sunday Morning Reconciliation Before becoming a pastor, Jimi Calhoun performed alongside many world-famous musicians, including: Jimi Hendrix / Etta James / Hank Williams Jr.

Thomas Merton: God's Messenger on the Road towards a New World highlights the contribution of the best-selling North American writer between the Second World War and 1968.

As bearers of the divine image, all of us are storytellers and artists.

Preaching is a challenging, privileged, and awesome responsibility.

This book is an exercise in a thoroughgoing narrative theology.

Broken bones mend.

Holy Habits is an initiative to nurture Christian discipleship.

New discoveries arise alongside memories in every Christmas sermon that Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) ever delivered.

"e;In this book Douglas Hall presents the outline of a Canadian theology.

The wise King Solomon gives us this proverb: "e;Do you see a man skilled in his work?

In this timely book, Cho provides mission scholars, sending churches, and mission agencies with an understanding of Korean missionaries' burnout recovery process.

Mainstream American evangelicalism is facing an identity crisis.

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The Lord's Supper (or Eucharist) has often been a subject of intense debate in the church.

Secularization, as a movement away from a religious orientation to life, is strong in Canada and has influence worldwide.

Over sixty years ago, Thomas Merton--monk, mystic, and writer--proclaimed that we are living in a post-Christian world.

The Hebrew prophets of ancient Israel strove to convey God's point of view to the people and the powers at a time when injustice, deceit, malfeasance, and crushing the poor and the oppressed was prominent--much like today!

Three Days in the Life of an African Christian VillagerWhile sitting reflectively watching the smoke emerging from his wife's kitchen, this African villager recounts his thoughts and observations on just three days of village life.

Talking about Jesus' story with others is designed to be a joy-producing experience for his followers, not to mention those hearing his story.

Talking about Jesus' story with others is designed to be a joy-producing experience for his followers, not to mention those hearing his story.

What is to be the church's response to the immigrant?

For centuries, Pentecostalism has played a significant role in oppressively shaping the life of formerly colonized people of Africa.

Western culture and many of its churches and pastors are enamored by the assumption that life's most difficult problems call for in-depth psychological treatment.

Welsh Baptist missionary to China Timothy Richard (1845-1919) was once widely regarded as "e;one of the greatest missionaries whom any branch of the Church, whether Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox, or Protestant, has sent to China.

As leaders, our capacity to hear is often muddied by an inability to acknowledge our own insufficiencies and emotions.

Civilization is often equated with the story of human advancement and progress.

Now more than ever, it's critical that religious stories encompass a call to moral responsibility for the earth and to the global poor.

Having studied preaching at a doctoral level and practiced the craft for more than thirty years, Brad Estep offers fifty biblically grounded, theologically informed, and congregationally contextualized sermons centered around the different seasons of the Christian year.

The stories in this book are the fruit of a vision that took root more than four decades ago.

This is the story of a woman overcoming the odds to minister to a suffering community outside the church.

Unscripted Spirituality: Making Meaning of Leadership and Faith in College provides a contemporary exploration of Christian spirituality and leadership among emerging adults.

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Greening the Children of God uncovers the theological roots of the growing ethical imperative to reconnect children to their natural environment.

Messy, raw, and real aren't the words most of us use when we say what's good about our churches.

Christians have always looked to models within the Christian faith to guide their lives.

If Christians follow the Prince of Peace, why do they often behave so violently?

Preachers at funerals differ in approach.

Youth ministry succeeds because it directly reflects Jesus Christ's approach.

The ministry is difficult.

Jesus said, "e;Blessed are the peacemakers"e;--but in our increasingly polarized communities and nation, where can a person of faith begin?

The Law of Freedom: Justice and Mercy in the Practice of Law examines the legal and theological roots of the concept of equity, and the implications that the diminishment of equity as a legal concept has for the moral dilemmas faced by the practicing lawyer.

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Post-Christendom, Christian leaders and preachers in North America struggle to respond to anxiety and despair about the future of the church.