Religion: general

Early Christian spirituality is a topic of enduring fascination today among scholars and general readers alike.

According to longstanding tradition, theology can be thought of as “faith seeking understanding.

Adrienne von Speyr was one of the most important mystical theologians of the last century, heralded by figures like John Paul II and T.

The individual and cultural upheavals of early colonial New France were experienced differently by French explorers and settlers, and by Native traditionalists and Catholic converts.

Artistic representations were of significant value to early Christian communities.

Interpreters of Karl Barths theology have long noted a limited role for the Holy Spirit in his work.

In Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul, Jacob E.

Theological reactions to the rise of the new atheist movement have largely been critically hostile or defensively deployed apologetics to shore up the faith against attack.

There are two philosophical commitments requisite to Christian belief: that God is the ultimate mystery and that God is present and active in the world.

The modern and contemporary legacy of Luther's theology is a vital topic of continuing investigation, assessment, and construction.

One of the most persistent, if vexing, issues is the state of affairs in the ancient land of Palestine.

Demetrios Tonias's Abraham in the Works of John Chrysostom is the first comprehensive examination of John Chrysostom's view of the patriarch Abraham.

On its release, the seven volume A Peoples History of Christianity was lauded for its commitment to raising awareness of the ways in which ordinary Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History.

Unlike traditional references that recount political and military history, this encyclopedia includes entries on a wide range of aspects related to daily life during the medieval crusades.

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Did our modern understanding of just war originate with Augustine?

In Pious Citizens, Ringer tells the story of a major intellectual revolution in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century India and Iran, one that radically transformed the role of religion in society.

The theology of the sacraments is one of the most contested parts in Barths theology, none more so than the doctrine of baptism.

On its release, the seven volume A Peoples History of Christianity was lauded for its commitment to raising awareness of the ways in which ordinary Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian history.

Volume 1 of The Annotated Luther series contains writings that defined the roots of reform set in motion by Martin Luther, beginning with the Ninety-Five Theses (1517) through The Freedom of a Christian (1520).

The Sunday Assembly addresses the general principles that have guided the shaping of Evangelical Lutheran Worship, considering that central liturgy of Christian worship, Holy Communion.

The history of Christianity in the United States is a fascinating and lively story.

Future of the Prophetic argues that in the persistence of the prophetic, the legacy of the ancient Jewish world spread beyond the boundaries of the Jewish community and took root throughout the world.

Light is one of the most ancient and significant metaphors adopted by Christianity by which to understand the significance of Jesus Christ.

Conley calls into question the outdated historical methodologies in use in Christian social ethics and outlines the consequences stemming from them.

Seng-Kong Tan argues that human participation in the divinea classical theological axiom most notably associated with the Eastern Orthodox traditionis a central theme in the theology of Jonathan Edwards.

In Portraits of a Mature God, Mark McEntire traced the narrative development of the divine character in the Old Testament, placing the God portrayed at the end of that long story at the center of theological discussion.

From the very earliest days after its completion in 1646, the Westminster Confessions position on assurance has been a subject of controversy.

Rebecca Todd Peters argues for an ethic of solidarity as a new model for how people of faith in the first world can live with integrity in the midst of global injustice and shape a more just future.

What is the connection between Christian doctrine and concrete social action?

Natural theology is a philosophical site that is hotly debated and controversialit is claimed by Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelicals as a crucial vantage point for the intersection of theology, philosophy, science, and politics, while it is, simultaneously, strongly contested by some theologians, such as those influenced by Karl Barth, as well as some philosophers and scientists, especially of the new atheist variety.

Martin Luther did not reform the church by himself.

Latin American Christianity is too often presented as a unified story appended to the end of larger western narratives.

Melvin traces the emergence and development of the motif of angelic interpretation of visions from late prophetic literature (Ezekiel 4048; Zechariah 16) into early apocalyptic literature (1 Enoch 1736; 7282; Daniel 78).

Arguing for a retrieval of the landmark work, Gods Fierce Whimsy, Stina Busman Jost establishes the critical importance of this volume for the construction of a dialogic theological method.

In the early twenty-first century, interest in the life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is increasing significantly.

Key to a theology of scripture are the important issues of history, consciousness, rhetoric, and how theology functions in relation to interpretation of Christianitys religious texts.

Nearly twenty-five years ago, John Milbank inaugurated Radical Orthodoxy, one of the most significant and influential theological movements of the last two decades.

At the heart of the biblical myth of chosenness is the idea that God has blessed a people to be a blessing to others.

A valuable resource for readers interested in the role of Islam in contemporary U.

One of the perennial questions in political theology is how the concept of truth is defined and how such is grounded theologically.

The problem of creation and grace has a long history of contention within Protestant and Catholic theology, involving not only internecine conflict within the traditions but fueling, as well, ecumenical debates that have continued a dogmatic divide.

Gail Ramshaw frames this new introduction to Christianity around the basic questions that students ask.

Sallie McFague offers a lucid and powerful guide to theological thinking about God and the world, individual and community, humanity and nature, reality and metaphor, the sacramental and the prophetic, and the critical issue of climate change for today’s world.

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The Study Companion is a valuable additional resource for introductory courses in church history that use Tim Dowley's popular Introduction to the History of Christianity.

At the origin of the Watchers tradition is the single enigmatic reference in Genesis 6 to the sons of God who had intercourse with human women, producing a race of giants upon the earth.

Volume 4 of The Annotated Luther series presents an array of Luthers writings related to pastoral work.

Volume 3 of The Annotated Luther series presents five key writings that focus on Martin Luther's understanding of the gospel as it relates to church, sacraments, and worship.

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