Religious issues and debates

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

While the construction of architecture has a place in architectural discourse, its destruction, generally seen as incompatible with the very idea of "e;culture,"e; has been neglected in theoretical and historical discussion.

We kill.

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.

In the face of climate change and ecological diminishment, how can we hope that creation itself--good and beautiful, marked by tragedy and chaos--is taken up rather than left behind?

The nation-state is here to stay.

In Spirit Unleashed, Anne Benvenuti uses analysis of real encounters with wild animals to take us on an intellectual tour of our thinking about animals by way of biological sciences, scientific psychology, philosophy, and theology to show that we have been wrong in our understanding of ourselves amongst other animals.

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

Myriad works discuss forgiveness, but few address it in the prison context.

Should we allow performance-enhancing substances in competitive athletics?

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

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

Despite its title, this is not a morbid or depressing book, but one that it is hoped will bring encouragement and comfort to all who are experiencing life's difficulties, even to the point of wondering if they wish to continue living.

After serving for more than thirty years as a parish minister, the author was hospitalized with major depression.

Beginning with a conversation prompted by African American scholars like Dr.

The Quest for Human Dignity in the Ethics of Pregnancy Termination describes and analyzes the problem of termination of pregnancy, with special attention to its prevalence in Kenya, where more than seven hundred abortions are performed daily on girls between fifteen and seventeen years of age.

In this wide-ranging and engaging collection of interviews, Brian Brock discusses how Christian faith makes a difference for life in the modern world.

The ongoing global financial crisis was not simply the fault of the financial sector.

What theologies are popular and formative of Christian thinking in the present day?

Since its inception in 1968, the brain-death criterion for human death has enjoyed the status of one of the few relatively well-settled issues in bioethics.

Spanning various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors of this volume come together to explore the complex relationship between religion and democracy in contemporary Africa.

In this thought-provoking book, born-again Christian Denis O.

"e;To pursue the matter of "e;revelation in context,"e; I will address an exceedingly difficult text in the Old Testament, Joshua 11.

From their theological and devotional writings to their social and ecclesial practices, the fathers and mothers of Pietism boldly declared the ethical spirit of the Christian faith.

Compassion plays a central role in the teachings of all world religions.

The preaching of God's Word happens tens of thousands of times each week across the world.

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today.

The Tragedy of Almightiness encircles the theme of human yearning for omnipotence, as expressed in religion and various ideologies.

Not many theologians have had as great an impact on the study of peace and violence as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was labeled an Enemy of the State and eventually executed in April 1945.

What causes us as a people of faith to think and act the way we think and act?

How does Christian faith integrate with capitalism?

The Kingdom Will Come Anyway: A Life in the Day of a Pastor opens a window into the world of a typical minister serving congregations in the midst of soul-stirring delights and heart-rending troubles.

As the Bride of Christ, the body of Christian believers has been called to serve Him.

Various thinkers have attempted to explain the Earth-altering (even ecocidal) features in modern life.

As the host of one of National Public Radio's most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time.

As a young Norwegian Lutheran teenager in rural Wisconsin, Brocker lay awake one night worrying whether he believed in Jesus enough to get to heaven.

The Sacred Art of Marriage explores married life as an art studio with fifty-two tools to creatively craft your spiritual life together.

Consider intense moments when you have been seized by joy or, in different contexts, by anguish for another person, or a cat or dog, or perhaps even for a squirrel or possum struck as it dashed across the road: whether glorious or haunting, these are among the most profound and meaningful moments in our lives.

Why did Jesus have to die?

The theme of Islam and Judeo-Christianity is the relationship between these three faiths under three headings that are often promoted as a basis for commonality between them (sons of Abraham, monotheism, and religions of the book).

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

In the twenty-first century, religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism of all kinds.

In the fields of pastoral care and pastoral theology, there are times when a book signals a paradigm shift.

Have you ever felt implicit pressure to 'go along' with something you believe not to be true?

FEATURING: Julie Canlis, Jonathan Hiskes, D.

The literary critic and Marxist philosopher Fredric Jameson has said, "e;It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.

Drawing on a decade of research into the community that proposed the so-called "e;Ground Zero Mosque,"e; this book refutes the idea that current demands for Muslim moderation have primarily arisen in response to the events of 9/11, or to the violence often depicted in the media as unique to Muslims.

This book explores the unprecedented challenge of involuntary singleness for women, and the implications of disregarding this challenge for the Christian (and particularly, baptistic) communities of faith.

Is "e;political reconciliation"e; a new tool for peace-building and justice--in peace processes and other complex social reconstruction efforts-after dictatorship or civil wars?

In The Boiler Room Boys: An Underground Story of Science, Religion, and the Faith that Fuels Both, Tim Smith describes how from too-young an age he followed two seemingly alternate paths, religion and science, only to find that they are not alternate at all.