In this volume, Walter Brueggemann focuses on Second Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55), believed to be written by a second exilic poet, and Third Isaiah (Isaiah 56-66), a third group of texts that rearticulate Isaianic theology in yet another faith situation.
A Church-Based Missions StrategyIn world missions, the author proposes, the local church is the biblical sending body through which missionaries serve.
While a large percentage of Americans claim religious identity, the number of Americans attending traditional worship services has significantly declined in recent decades.
The meaning of "e;the millennium"e;--the thousand-year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20--has been controversial for much of the church's history, and even the main perspectives on the matter turn out to be more variegated than is often realized.
1 Enoch was an important and popular text in ancient Judaism, well attested among the manuscripts at Qumran, and a key piece of the puzzle of the development of early Judaism and Christian origins.
It has become standard in modern interpretation to say that Jesus performed miracles, and even mainline scholarly interpreters classify Jesus's healings and exorcisms as miracles.
The Mystic Heart chronicled Brother Wayne Teasdale's journey into a multifaceted spirituality blending his traditional Catholic training and the Eastern way of sannyasa (Indian monkhood).
Theologians are constantly accused of only speaking in theories, positing arguments to be considered by the mind with little bearing on the practicalities of life.
Samuel Pérez Millos, uno de los principales expertos en teología de América Latina, ofrece nuevas perspectivas de la teología bíblica y explora herramientas prácticas que incluyen referencias de figuras históricas importantes de la fe y del período post reforma.
Shaping the Future includes a global overview of girl child issues stemming from gender discrimination and explores the root causes for this disparity.
The book consists 27 research papers on religious culture of Arunachal Pradesh including tribal culture with emphasis on spirits and deities, sacred specialists, and sacred rituals etc.
Taking a critical look at feminism and exploring its explicit and implicit spiritual dimensions, this revised and updated new edition of Women and Spirituality engages in a reflective dialogue with contemporary women's voices.
This book explores the notion of the timely mean, a virtue established in the Confucian tradition, in dialogue with the Christian understanding of discernment, especially as used in spirituality studies.
Ein Glaubenskurs für Gemeindegruppen und Gemeindeglieder, der dazu einlädt, den persönlichen Glauben im Alltag zu leben und zu vertiefen: Der Kurs, der Stoff für 40 Wochen bietet, ist zweiteilig: »Gottes Gegenwart« und »Alltag als Ort der Bewährung«.
Forgiveness has often been viewed as a religious obligation but is increasingly being advocated as a means of healing, release and promoting wellbeing.
Found in Common Worship: Times and Seasons, The Way of the Cross is a series of scripture-based devotions for personal or group use in Lent and Holy Week.
When the Sisters Said Farewell tells an important story of the contributions of Catholic elementary schools to the United States by chronicling the experiences and insights of religious women (nuns) who were the last members of their communities to serve in parish elementary schools, and of those lay men and women who were the first to serve in those roles traditionally filled by the sisters.
El objetivo del "Curso avanzado de griego del Nuevo Testamento" es acompañar a los lectores en un camino de profundización en la sintaxis del griego neotestamentario a partir de los mismos textos del Nuevo Testamento.
Islamic anthropology is relatively seldom treated as a particular concern even though much of the contemporary debate on the modernisation of Islam, its acceptance of human rights and democracy, makes implicit assumptions about the way Muslims conceive of the human being.
