Christian Churches, denominations, groups

Service learning teams and short-term mission opportunities have incredible potential to help participants stretch their faith, to help others, and gain a bigger picture of what God is doing in the world.

What is "e;Christianity"e;?

Working within two popular genres, gardening books and biblical meditations, God Gardened East offers a meditation on the first twenty-five chapters of Genesis, emphasizing the tropes of cultivation, wandering, and "e;the east.

Pentecostal and Mennonite contributors to this volume have been enriched by mutual hospitality.

Throughout history, Western esoteric movements have provided meaning and power for what the Rosicrucians of the early modern period called the quest for "e;Universal Reformation"e;--the utopian restructuring of religion, science, the arts, and human society.

Although he loomed large during his lifetime, Martin Hans Franzmann has faded away in the minds of American Lutherans.

Based on a popular class taught by a Harvard Business School professor.

This book showcases the perspective and insights of a youth ministry servant who is also a ministry school student.

Are you floundering in your walk with God?

The Bluebonnet flower grows in very poor soil.

Preaching is a challenging, privileged, and awesome responsibility.

The essays collected here, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, explore the challenges associated with sharing wisdom--learning, teachings, messages for good living.

This book follows the journey of ten churches who underwent church consultancies, and explores in depth both the consultancy and its outcomes.

Keen to make your church relevant to Millennials?

In 1054 CE, the Great Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity occurred, and the official break of communion between the two ancient branches of the church continues to this day.

No one can deny that friendships are powerful relationships of influence.

This book offers a reflection on the development of the commitment of a group of Catholic Sisters to the poor and to social justice, from teaching poor children in a convent basement to being involved in public theology at the United Nations.

Any body there?

To what extent are the children of Holocaust perpetrators to feel remorseful or responsible for their parents' wrongdoing?

Have you ever wondered what Jesus saw, heard, and did during his so-called "e;silent years"e; between his birth in Bethlehem, after his trip to Egypt, and before his baptism at the Jordan River?

There is no papal document that has generated as much interest, controversy, and debate in recent times as Pope Francis's Amoris Laetitia.

In 1975, Arthur F.

What is to be the church's response to the immigrant?

In the early 1970s, living in inner-city St.

Jonathan's Loves, David's Laments uses early modern musical interpretations of David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan to deepen the historicist foundations of contemporary feminist and gay relational theologies.

At the center of Christianity is Jesus of Nazareth--whose maleness is used by many to justify the subordination of women and to emphasize that men, rather than women, better represent Jesus.

In 2012, the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina declared its independence from the Episcopal Church.

According to the U.

The Antipedo Baptists of Georgetown, South Carolina, 1710-2010 is the history of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown, South Carolina, as well as the history of Baptists in the colony and state.

While all have reason to celebrate the greening of Christian-Jewish relations since the Shoah and the promulgation of Nostra Aetate (4), few will deny that much work remains to be done by Christians and Jews seeking the best way forward that they might best serve God's purposes in the world, the mission of God.

Jesus, the rabbi of Nazareth, was always on the move.

This collection of essays is a celebration of the work of Timothy Gorringe.

Christian theology and ethics have wrestled with the challenge to apply Jesus's central message of nonviolence to the injustices of this world.

What happens after a congregation welcomes new Christians into its ministry?

A devastating war, a burning cross, a crime network, and a victorious general--these are some of the many threads Hadzic and Irby weave together to clarify one of history's most misunderstood symbols: the cross.

Bertrand Russell defines power as the ability to produce intended effects.

Wildflowers and the Call to the Altar is a fascinating story of the history of the St.

Every day, Americans rub shoulders with the cultures of the world--on the sidewalks of their cities and, increasingly, in small towns and rural areas.

The renovation of the Jesuits after the Second Vatican Council has been a sign of hope and a cause for consternation.

This volume is the first in a series of volumes surveying the important names, movements, and institutions that have been significant in forging black renewal movements in various contexts worldwide.

African American scholar Anthony Bradley understands the growing interest in the intersections of theology and economics emerging in light of Christianity's commitment to loving the poor.

John Wesley has arguably influenced more American Christians than any other Protestant interpreter.

The basis for this project is to verify and determine the extent to which contemporary prophetic ministry in Ghana appropriates prophetism in the early church, Corpus Paulinum, and traditional prophetism in Ghana.

Many Pentecostal groups have forgotten their legacy of war resistance and doctrinal history opposing killing.

In 1934, Anglican priest H.

The English Baptist Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) is well-known today for his nuanced Evangelical answer to the "e;Modern Question"e; against hyper-Calvinism, founding and leading the Baptist Missionary Society, and his exemplary pastoral ministry.

Many books exist devoted to the life, thought, and writings of Blessed John Henry Newman, the premier Catholic theologian in nineteenth-century England.