Christian Churches, denominations, groups

The ministry is difficult.

This book offers an important new perspective on the Western tradition of musical aesthetics through an examination of Anicius Boethius and Immanuel Kant.

I AM: A Journey in Jewish Faith is a spiritual/theological meditation on the Shema, the biblical statement of God's oneness that rests in the heart of the Jewish people.

Knowing Him by Name is a book of 336 short devotional readings based on the names and references to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

This book brings a critique to the theology of the ordained ministry in contemporary Catholicism, a theology that fosters clericalism.

This sociological portrait presents how Chinese Christians have coped with life under a hostile regime over a span of different historical periods, and how Christian churches as collective entities have been reshaped by ripples of social change.

John Goodwin (1593-1665), the eminent Puritan Arminian divine, was a man ahead of his time who lived in a turbulent era in which many principals, both theological and governmental, were subjects of controversy.

This volume takes a deep look into the theological underpinnings of the Oxford Movement Tractarians, and the motivations and activities of their inheritors.

Surveys have shown that only about 10 to 30 percent of modern-day Christians have ever read through the entire Bible, much less extensively studied it.

SOren Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing is an astute analysis of inner dividedness.

This book introduces Jonahre-a Biblically-based, Prophetic Imagination cinematic genre.

Many poetic works can inspire, but few, like this one, have the power to change your life.

Churches in the West are renowned for responding to the measured needs of the vulnerable within their communities.

Faithful biblical sermons not only attempt to capture what the biblical text says, but also what the text is trying to do.

After logging thousands of miles in planes, jeeps, dugout canoes, pickup trucks, bicycles, and on foot, LeQuire and du Plessis offer insights into how Christians around the world are using tourism to develop their villages while caring for both creation and culture.

How true can Christianity really be?

Much like the book of Revelation, Joel L.

Motivated by a desire for meaningful work and a life of adventure, women college graduates in North America and Western Europe became student secretaries for the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF).

In 1517 an Augustinian monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed ninety-five statements to the door at Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.

In this book Donovan Roebert provides a path for Christians and Buddhists who wish to better understand the essential, living tenets of their own faith while exploring how these two great religious paths can provide insights of real benefit to adherents of either.

The Sermon on the Mount is not supposed to read like a collection of standards that we should be striving to achieve.

The church.

Around the world people are leaving Islam for Christianity in unprecedented numbers.

The declining religious participation among young adults, or "e;Rise of the Nones,"e; has signaled alarms across American Christianity.

Polarization occurring in the United States today is not only a social concern, it's also a spiritual condition of the heart.

Have you ever wondered how it would look to live out a Christian sexual ethic amid the varied and confusing sexual messages that are part of modern culture?

Most don't make it to the deep waters of community.

"e;If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

What is grace?

Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God presents a new paradigm for church ministry--one that is based on fundamental truths of the Christian faith such as the Trinity, union with Christ, and the "e;already"e; presence of the Holy Spirit in the church.

How God reveals himself is an important matter for Christians, especially evangelicals.

What would it look like if an Avenger turned up to help in youth work?

Today a variety of theological approaches offer fresh and enriching insights, yet much of contemporary religious thought can be disorienting for the beginning student of theology.

Contemporary philosophy and theology are ever more conscious of the fact that the model of relations between religion and culture developed in modernity is fundamentally flawed.

Do you struggle to get into the Christmas spirit?

Why do groups such as Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarians have such difficulty with the doctrine of the Trinity?

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.

Communities of Faith is a collection of essays on the multicultural Christian spirit and practices of churches around the world, with particular attention to Africa and the African diaspora.

What did writers in the Reformed tradition mean by suggesting that the Covenant of Works with Adam has been republished in the Mosaic Covenant?

John Knox ranks among the great leaders of the Reformed tradition.

Early Interracial Oneness Pentecostalism is a look at what is perhaps the least-known chapter in the history of American Pentecostalism.

In this study Runchana Pam Suksod-Barger examines the impact of religion on female access to education in Thailand from 1889 to 1931--the early Modernization Period in Thailand.

The fullness of human relating is not an accident, nor is it achieved alone.

Many feel that work for Christian unity or ecumenism is not especially urgent or important in the complexities of our contemporary world.

The Relation Equation is designed to expose both the subversively held and overtly understood nuances of relationships in order to view them through the lens of a commonly accepted formula for equity.

In The Legend of the Anti-Christ, Stephen Vicchio offers a concise and historical approach to the history of the idea of the Anti-Christ, including precursors to the idea, the development of the idea in the New Testament, as well as the understandings of the legend of the Anti-Christ in the history of Christianity.

From Wall Street to Main Street, the moral toxicity in our country is alarming.

Christian ministers working in congregations and with nonprofits seek to discern what it is that God has been doing and where it is that the "e;Spirit"e; might be leading them.

While it is readily admitted that we learn in order to do, we are in need of guidance.

In a cinematic culture where multiple visions of reality "e;play"e; at the same time, it is critical that Christian believers know how to confidently identify and "e;discern,"e; among other stories, the Jesus-story that defines their most important commitment in life.