Religious institutions and organizations

Leaders constantly rely upon power.

Since the rise of the "e;New Homiletic"e; a generation ago, it has been recognized that sermons not only say something to listeners, they also do something.

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

Why have so many churches started community gardens over the past decade?

The term Ubuntu articulates an African understanding of our need to connect to one another in order to be complete.

Brazil is a rapidly emerging country.

God is already at work in your life--whether or not you recognize it.

A Conscious Endeavor is a synopsis of the social teachings and the concept of justice in the Old and New Testament.

Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change is a wake-up call for Christians and others.

Drinking from the Same Well is designed for those who seek a praxis-oriented theological grounding in the exploration of cross-cultural perspectives in the field of pastoral care and counseling.

In ministry as in life, we get knocked down.

Colonialism and imperialism continue to impact the personal and social identities of North American preachers and listeners.

The Christian faith has always stood in a place of tension between its transcendent nature and the surrounding culture.

As a freshman in college, Rachel Murr found herself trying to decide which campus social group to join: the gay and lesbian advocacy group or the campus Christian fellowship.

Fear works its way into our lives on a daily basis, but it does not define us.

Few people have any extensive knowledge of the life and witness of the Protestant churches in the former Portuguese colonies of southern Africa.

This book offers reflections on a number of theological themes, going beyond abstraction to ask what is involved in coming to know God--through all the praying, struggling, and rejoicing that entails.

Laypersons receiving a divine call to preach in the Roman Catholic Church may feel caught between a rock and a hard place--both figuratively and ecclesiastically.

The church is in major decline in the Western world.

Our known world, the world of twenty-first century Americans, is shaped and defined by consumer choice.

Believing that study and application of Scripture in the context of Christian community can greatly enhance the transformative power of the preached message, in Bringing Home the Message Robert Perkins aims to help pastors integrate small group ministry with their preaching.

The church has been inundated in recent years with literature emphasizing the relational and the value of community.

This volume throws out a lifeline to all who are running low on hope--those going under, losing their grip, slipping away, falling, failing, listing, losing, lost--as well as to those looking to enliven and embolden their hope.

In these challenging times, the resident population served by the predominantly African-American church demands and deserves specific attention in order to preserve the uniquely cohesive nature of the African-American community.

Inner Messiah, Divine Character encourages readers to deploy their imaginations in describing their lives as a confluence of narrative constructs to identify, analyze, and overcome obstacles and destructive patterns in both their personal and professional lives.

Public worship is the nursery of the Holy Spirit.

In 1938 the Reverend Henry H.

In The Games People Play, Robert Ellis constructs a theology around the global cultural phenomenon of modern sport, paying particular attention to its British and American manifestations.

The Psalms have long been the preferred prayer book of souls in quest of God's guidance and comfort.

At this time of climate crisis, here is a practical Christian ecospirituality.

Psychosis has taken over.

What is your hope for your first five years of ministry?

If you are eager to learn how to gain greater awareness and understanding about the layers-of-truth and the often hidden facets of being female and clergy, this is the book for you!

Take a journey together with others from your local church--a road trip that will help you rediscover your true mission.

Klaus Bockmuehl (1931-1989), former Professor for Systematic Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, published outstanding theological ethical works.

A Guide to Worship Ministry centers on four main areas of worship ministry: preparing for worship ministry, leading the worship ministry, preparing for Sunday, and discipling the generations through worship ministry.

Many churches are involved in short-term mission trips.

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel has said that there is a new commandment: "e;Thou shalt not stand idly by.

Then God Said teaches us to open our eyes and behold the gifts of creation that unfold before us in all their splendor.

Marriage is the most demanding and potentially rewarding relationship for many adults.

The Homiletical Question offers preachers, from beginning students to the most experienced, a concise introduction to lectionary-based preaching in liturgical contexts familiar to Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, and others.

This book was born out of a passion for mentoring disciples for Christ.

Ethics of Wars of Insurgency is my fifth study on "e;the ethics of war and peace.

Christian mission has often been a project allied with colonial powers and conquests.

Like a who-done-it of the spirit, Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension escorts travelers through the house of life, revealing at each threshold another critical aspect of the way to wholeness, harmony, and peace.

This book offers a critical and constructive analysis of the contribution of Jurgen Moltmann to the field of ecotheology.

Mainline Christianity in the West is dying.

The church exists in the world, and our ministry is inextricably social in nature.

The globalizing world of late modernity is heavily awash with pseudo-gods.

Conflict over homosexuality in Christian churches is only intensifying.