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Homiletics is taking a theological turn.

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Spiritual Gifts: A Christ-Centered Perspective is just that, centered on Christ.

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This is a book about the enormous changes that took place at Baylor University from 1991 to 2003, as seen through the perceptive eyes of its provost at the time, Donald D.

These reflections, based on the seven last words of Jesus from the cross (including an Easter message) invite readers to contemplate the spiritual, theological, and biblical significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

A major problem in the local church today is lack of leadership.

In Faith Seeking Action, author Gregory Leffel links a description of the church as a global movement with a description of contemporary social movements that are actively challenging today's societies, such as the environmental, global justice, and identity movements.

In einer Welt, die von tiefgreifenden sozialen Ungleichheiten geprägt ist, stellt sich eine zentrale Frage: Wie kann Bildung dazu beitragen, Armut zu überwinden und eine gerechtere Zukunft zu schaffen?

Als eine der herausragenden, aber weithin unbekannten Gestalten der Reformation prägte Ambrosius Blarer von Giersberg den religiösen Wandel Südwestdeutschlands wie kaum ein anderer seiner Zeit.

More than ever before there is a need for in-depth dialogue between theology and sciences with regard to gender and human sexuality.

Embracing Solitude focuses on the interior turn of monasticism and scans the Christian tradition for women who have made this turn in various epochs and circumstances.

In A Biblical Understanding of Pain: Its Reasons and Realities, John Timmerman examines six different sources of pain, each with its own chapter of description and biblical response.

Interdisciplinary Foundations, Methods, and IntegrationThiscomprehensivevolume is one you will pull off your shelf again and again as you delve into missiological study.

Mead presents five key challenges facing today's churches-and how they represent opportunities for the evolutionary, transformative changes he believes must take place in congregations if the church is to remain a viable institution into the twenty-first century.

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today.

Exploring the Causes and Cures of Missionary AttritionToo Valuable to Lose is a groundbreaking global study that examines why missionaries leave the field prematurelyand what can be done about it.

With simple, heartbreaking detail, Das Maddimadugu recalls the joys and tragedies of his childhood in a destitute family of the untouchable caste, nearly sold into slavery, and "e;adopted"e; by a single Mennonite missionary woman.

William Carey, often dubbed "e;The Father of Modern Missions,"e; and Adoniram Judson, America's first intercontinental missionary, were pioneers whose missions overlapped in chronology, geography, and purpose.

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

Humans have been choice-makers since the days when hunter-gatherers had to decide when to hunt and what to gather.

Drawing from the experience of a church on Chicago's south side, Released Outward addresses the situation of congregations that have turned inward and become isolated from the needs of the world around them.

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Groans of the Spirit constitutes a rousing challenge to mainline churches and their practice of preaching.

Amazing Grace in the Midst of Grief describes the grief process as well as providing insights and stories about many of the ways God's grace is at work in the midst of our grieving.

Resisting the urge to instruct with a more polemical voice, the SCM Studyguide to Church Leadership will encourage ordinands and trainee church leaders to reassess modern pressures and priorities and to re-orient creatively around the callings, giftings, and approaches that are suitable to Christ and particular to the Church.

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.

A Gospel for All Ages lives at the intersection of two conversations--preaching and intergenerational ministry.

Here is a vivid, poetic, and evocative story of the painter Vincent van Gogh's struggle to become his true self.

What do Christian Churches say Islam is?

Chaplaincy is a rapidly growing ministry, but one that has been the centre of little theological discussion.

You are already enough, and you are not too much.

This innovative and sensitive guide to providing spiritual care to people with dementia features original methods drawn from the author's experiences of working with over 1,000 individuals with dementia.

Auch wenn nationale Grenzen nach wie vor die Erfahrungswelt der meisten Europäer prägen, haben die mediale Präsenz anderer Länder, Religionen und Konfessionen, die erzwungene und freie Migration von Menschen, die berufliche Mobilität auf dem globalen Arbeitsmarkt und selbst Urlaubsreisen die Rahmenbedingungen religiöser Sozialisation, Erziehung und Bildung in Deutschland nachhaltig verändert.

The ongoing global financial crisis was not simply the fault of the financial sector.

This book examines the history of monastic exemption in France.

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history.

We hear the voices of the early Church Fathers even today.

In the midst of polarized communities and nations, religious leaders across the theological spectrum are seeking help with how to respond and lead in troubled times.