Religious institutions and organizations

This book combines a rich description of the (Lutheran) Formula of Concord (1577) with experiences in today's Lutheran parishes to demonstrate how confessional texts may still come to life in modern Christian congregations.

The Essential Guide on How to Start and Sustain a Christian CDCExtraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places looks to the Scriptures and ground-level experience to help churches, faith-based institutions, nonprofits, and others breathe life into communities with a stewardship approach to social and economic justice.

This book traces the evolution of Hindu theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization.

Roots Matter recognizes the impact of transgenerational trauma, as a result of chattel slavery, on the African American community.

The world's poorest people are struggling to access quality, affordable health care.

What would you wish for in retirement?

These 150 meditations are paraphrases of our common human experience and therefore a way of uniting our divisive world.

Until relatively recently a Church of England funeral was the default option of the majority of the British population.

Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled.

While hermeneutics involves comprehensive study of the biblical text, whether through historical or literary or reader-focused approaches, homiletics is concerned with a selected theme/message and on the composition and delivery of sermonic discourse aimed at a particular audience.

Today's social and political climate often pits conservative or traditional Christianity against "e;progressive"e; Christianity.

Was machen Menschen mit ihrer Bibel?

In a culture marked by what many call "e;attention-deficit disorder,"e; congregations and their leaders are subject to distractions that detract from their mission and lead them in directions that have little to do with their reason for existence.

In the 1990s, a young UgandanCatholic nurse named Rose Busingye began working in the slums of Kampala withthe many women there suffering from HIV/AIDS.

Supporting Mission Among All PeoplesGlobal Member Care (Volume 3): Stories and Strategies for Staying the Course is part of ongoing efforts over the past thirty years to shape and support the field of member care in mission.

Through its missionary, pedagogical, and scientific accomplishments, the Society of Jesus-known as the Jesuits-became one of the first institutions with a truly "e;global"e; reach, in practice and intention.

SOren Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing is an astute analysis of inner dividedness.

Freedom of religious belief is guaranteed under the constitution of the People's Republic of China, but the degree to which this freedom is able to be exercised remains a highly controversial issue.

Compassionate missions constitutes a growing focus among evangelical denominations and agencies.

"e;For everything there is a season,"e; as the writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us, and that includes preaching.

In 1861 a young farmer, drafted into the Confederate Army, was wounded in battle and sent home to die.

A lifetime on Canada's streets results in vivid stories ranging from despair to humor to hope.

All churches have had to learn to do things differently during closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Museum memorialization has long been about politics, design implications, and visitor experience--rarely focused upon the people mired in commemorating the dead.

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God is a two-volume work describing theologies of preaching from the historical and contemporary periods.

A Ready Hope: Effective Disaster Ministry for Congregations is an introduction for people of faith who are new to the ministry of disaster preparedness and response.

You are There: Restoring Churches, People, and Places is a pastoral conversation about creation care.

Keeping going as a leader is hard work.

Have you made a New Year's resolution to get married out of nowhere?

Roots Matter recognizes the impact of transgenerational trauma, as a result of chattel slavery, on the African American community.

This important book poses a challenging question: what are the aims of mission and are they being achieved through Fresh Expressions?

Almost every organization has a vision.

The growing shift in Catholic moral theology from reflecting on rules alone to focusing on the identity and formation of persons as moral agents prompts a further question: What impact do recent changes in the identity and formation of Catholic moral theologians themselves have on how that discipline is practiced?