Aspects of religion

How is Christianity to express itself in the public forum within Western nations?

According to the Reformers, preaching is the word of God.

New Testament scholarship lacks an overall interpretive framework to understand Judean identity.

James, Brother of Jesus, and the Jerusalem Church opens fresh ground in our understanding of Christian origins through an exploration of the role of James in the founding of the church.

When churches experience troubling conflicts, they are likely to be offered Matthew 18:15-17 as the only solution.

What is the most famous and influential sentence of all time?

The workplace can be very rewarding for the Christian worker.

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

Paul's comments regarding the new creation in 2 Cor 5:17 and Gal 6:15 have tended to be understood somewhat myopically.

Clarity of vocational practice is key to clergy health.

Suicide, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health illnesses have dramatically increased among adolescents in recent decades.

The Life and Witness of Jeremiah introduces the general reader to the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah.

Two thousand years ago, Jesus challenged the religious system of his day.

The mighty Assyrian army has invaded the tiny kingdom of Judah to crush the rebellion against the great king Sennacherib.

Are you intrigued by the idea of faith?

Postmodern Theology consists in a sharp-edged retrospective and reflection on the forty-year history of the most important movement in contemporary religious thought that is only now passing from the scene.

In Setting the Captives Free Marion Carson sets out to answer the question, what does the Bible say about human trafficking?

The Bible proclaims a message of liberation.

While the message of the Bible remains the same, different insights may add new light.

How do we create places and spaces for deepening our spiritual lives?

A Time To Be Deborah is a study of the Biblical Book of Judges focusing on the account of the prophetess Deborah and the Israelite military general, Barak.

The poems in Old Testament Lore, are imaginative rhapsodies on themes inspired by the Pentateuch, Prophets, and Writings of the Old Testament as well as those of the Apocrypha.

This book is a series of devotional and contemplative readings designed to cause one to be reflective.

This book calls attention to an urgent need for postcolonial feminist approaches to practical theology.

What is found in this series, unveils an entirely different side of C.

We live in the era of dialogue, an era Leonard Swidler helped birth.

Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct?

"e;For the sake of the world, we question.

Without turning naively to the past, scholars and preachers of the Old Testament are once again making use of figuration--something the church had always done until the modern period.

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Mulled Psalms is a book of poetry.

Wie geht es weiter mit unsrer Zukunft, in Politik, Gesellschaft, unserem Leben?

How do Christians in the twenty-first century understand psychological disorders?

"e;These recollections of a life-time in the Church and in different universities give rise to a diverse series of anecdotes, which provide, first, some entertaining humor, second, a glimpse into both academic and church life, and third my attempted contributions to Christian theology.

A remnant from the age of the dinosaur, the serpent was originally a symbol of arcane knowledge from the old gods.

We sometimes say that Muslims and Christians are part of Abraham's family, but while you can choose your friends, you cannot choose your family.

The Radical Teaching of Jesus carefully and thoughtfully invites the reader into an understanding of the life and teachings of Jesus.

When your faith no longer works, and the catch phrases and Christianese that got you to where you are cannot take you past your current crisis, what do you do?

The relationship between the church and the scriptures of Israel is fraught with complexities, particularly in regard to how the first Christians read scripture in light of the gospel of Christ.

The present volume is the fifth in a five-volume study of church doctrine.

This book aims to provide advanced students of biblical studies, seminarians, and academicians with a variety of intertextual strategies to New Testament interpretation.

Atonement.

In Christians and Jews Together, Stuart Dauermann challenges Christians and Jews to discover new ways to partner together in serving what God is up to in the world.

This volume engages the Gospel of Matthew in full awareness of its inherently political character.

One of the major shifts in OT studies over the past half of a century has been the move away from studies dominated by diachronic matters toward more text-immanent, synchronic approaches.

"e;You are not far from the reign of God,"e; Jesus tells the scribe.

In six brief chapters Chris Neufeld-Erdman sketches the contours of a way Christians can travel the challenging road before us.

The present book reflects on the life, work, and legacy of an exceptional and enigmatic woman: the philosopher and French Jewish mystic Simone Weil.

The Ecumenical Work of the Icon is an invitation to the students and faculties of Catholic seminaries to be a part of the tradition of the icon through the lens of ecumenis.

How does liturgy impact the formation of faith?