Religious institutions and organizations

In the fields of pastoral care and pastoral theology, there are times when a book signals a paradigm shift.

This book explores the biblical interpretation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC).

A major aspect of the history of Christian missions is the way groups who have jumped the ecclesiastical ship have renewed and recalled their parent bodies back to biblical roots and a biblical vision.

The major cultural changes in Western societies since the Reformation have created a serious challenge for the church.

It is never surprising that even after years of sitting in the pews of America's churches basic understanding of who Jesus is and how he expects us to live day to day escape laymen and leaders alike.

What if Small Groups Embarked on Mission Together .

This book explores the relationship between Christian faith and Jewish identity from the perspective of three Jewish believers in Jesus living in eastern and central Europe before World War 1: Rudolf Hermann (Chaim) Gurland, Christian Theophilus Lucky (Chaim Jedidjah Pollak), and Isaac (Ignatz) Lichtenstein.

Is "e;political reconciliation"e; a new tool for peace-building and justice--in peace processes and other complex social reconstruction efforts-after dictatorship or civil wars?

Various ministry approaches have been utilized in Muslim nations in the past in order to lead lost souls into God's Kingdom.

Why do we see so much fruitful good in unbelievers and so much evil in believers?

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

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was one of the world's last great polymaths and one of the most important Christian thinkers of his time, engaging the world with a simplicity, sincerity, courage, and passion that few have matched.

Dear to the hearts of many Christians is the land of the Bible, which today is convulsed by strife.

What is the purpose of animals?

What Think Ye?

This book explores how Christian spirituality and the political ethic of Christianity's founder, Jesus of Nazareth, might contribute to the most looming emergency of our day--ending human misery while reducing the planet's woes.

Postils for Preaching repristinates an old term for commentaries on the appointed texts by assisting preachers in their time-honored calling of preaching the Word.

Negotiating Identity addresses the missiological problem of why the Hakka Chinese Christian community in Taiwan is so small despite evangelistic efforts there for more than 140 years.

If you have ever looked into the eyes of a parent who is heartbroken over a wayward child, then you have seen one of the worst types of pain imaginable.

Conservative evangelical women are least likely to be trained in the areas of teaching and preaching.

The population of the United States is changing.

The Iraq War caused emotional, physical, psychiatric, relational, and spiritual challenges to an untold number of military reservists and their families.

Seeking God is a Platonic dialogue on the nature of the religious experience and the conditions under which this experience is possible.

The Broken Leaf invites you to explore the beauty and gospel images found in Japanese art and culture.

Throughout history, many Christians have existed on the margins of society; deviants and strangers in lands they call home.

Hermeneutical Theology and the Imperative of Public Ethics is a groundbreaking attempt to present constructive missional theology in an integrative and interdisciplinary framework as it provocatively utilizes and contextualizes Reformation theology and hermeneutics concerning ethical theology embedded within the wider horizon of World Christianity.

Tasty Jesus deals with key cultural, philosophical, and theological representations of Christ that find expression in the North American church.

Religious Mourning is about a common experience among those who study religion: religious loss.

A quick scan of any newsstand is enough to confirm the widespread preoccupation with technological change.

The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive review of deception, its essential component of neurolinguistic dialectics, and how it is used by Satan to corrupt the human mind from devotion to Jesus Christ.

More than at any time in the past, today's evangelicals struggle to understand what the essence of the Christian faith really is.

In Giving Voice to the Silent Pulpit, author Barry Blood explores the many differences that exist between Popular Christianity, (the doctrine as taught from the pulpit) and Academic Christianity, (the doctrine as taught in our colleges and seminaries).

This work explores a perennial question that Christians who are called to teach must consider: So what makes our teaching Christian?

Half of the population of the world lives in cities of one million or more.

Street Cop is the exciting story of one man's career in Law Enforcement.

Who doesn't want a liberated life?

Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) was one of the most influential preachers in the twentieth century.

Transforming Faith Communities argues for a model of being church that combines congregationalism with a constructive approach to church-state relationships.

Paul wrote to Timothy instructing him to not be despised for his youth.

What happens when Christians reconsider political engagement?

Theological education has historically placed a strong emphasis on Scripture as the source of principle and practice for ministry.

Mattpaul is from the privileged Valley Community and is about to begin a prestigious job.

A boy doesn't become a man by accident.

You may have heard that churches in Europe are vanishing.

Spirituality & Social Action is written for people who identify themselves as spiritual but not religious, turned off by organized religion, yet having an innate sense of a higher power.

This book is simply a written Sunday school lesson rather than the oral variety.

Historic Church Serves Big City explores what a small congregation can do with the blend of developmental leadership and societal needs within their own backyard.

While there are many books that address burnout in ministry, there are few that speak to compassion fatigue.

The Nightingale, attributed to the early Franciscan mystic and philosopher St.

After harmonizing the four Gospels into one unified story, the author examines the ministry of Jesus to see what we can learn today for our own churches and ministries.