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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.