Religion: general

Scholars are now at work not only rethinking Schleiermachers relation to the modern and contemporary theological tradition, but re-examining the dogmatic intricacies and commitments within his texts.

This broadly adopted textbook weds literary and historical approaches to focus on the New Testaments structure and meaning.

Volume 2 of The Annotated Luther series contains a number of the writings categorized under the theme Word and Faith.

The Sense of the Universe deals with existential and phenomenological reflection upon modern cosmology with the aim to reveal hidden theological commitments in cosmology related to the mystery of human existence.

There has been a distinct tendency in modern scholarship to underestimate Luther’s teaching on love by overemphasizing his teaching on justification.

What is to be done about the damaging impact of economic activity on the environment?

Theological conversations about violence have typically framed the discussion in terms of victim and perpetrator.

In failing to take the sacramentality of the word of God seriously, the preaching of the church has suffered negative consequences.

Biblical scholars have often contrasted the exegesis of the early church fathers from the eastern region and school of Syrian Antioch against that of the school of Alexandria.

Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God aims to offer a retrieval of Edwards’s theology of participation for contemporary evangelical theology.

To Whom Does Christianity Belong?

A Free Corrector evaluates Colin Gunton’s controversial treatment of Augustine’s theological legacy.

Decades after the Holocaust, many assume that the churches in Germany resisted the Nazi regime.

Reinhold Niebuhr argued that one of the fundamental challenges to human existence is the anxiety caused by our desire to be perfect and godlike while knowing we are limited and mortal.

A fundamental problem in Christian theology has been that of determining whether God can be an object of experience and how we should account for God’s empirical availability to us.

This volume highlights points of agreement and disagreement on the subject of religious pluralism.

The increasingly pressing and depressing situation of Planet Earth poses urgent ethical questions for Christians.

The Doctrine of the Trinity is an exercise in wonder.

Sexual health is an essential part of maintaining professional relationships in ministry.

For the first time the essential theological writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer have been drawn together in a helpful one-volume format.

Theologians in Their Own Words is a volume of 23 brief, straight-forward autobiographical statements from many of the most important theologians and scholars of religion of recent decades.

This survey text for religious ethics and theological ethics courses explores how ethical concepts defined as liberationist, which initially was a Latin American Catholic phenomenon, is presently manifest around the globe and within the United States across different racial, ethnic, and gender groups.

The study of comparative religious ethics is at a critical juncture, given the growing awareness of non-Christian ethical beliefs and practices and their bearing on social change.

Champion of martyrs, scourge of heretics, erudite theologian, shrewd politician–no account of early Christianity is complete without careful consideration of Irenaeus of Lyons.

In the spring of 1935 Dietrich Bonhoeffer returned from England to direct a small illegal seminary for the Confessing Church.

Previously published by Cengage/Wadsworth, this popular anthology for the study of Christian ethics has been a mainstay of undergraduate courses for nearly thirty years.

Does Martin Luther have anything to say to us today?

Ethical reflection about sexuality is increasingly controversial, complex, and conflicted.

No one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans.

This survey text for Christian ethics courses traces the sources and traditions which define the history and development of contemporary ethical principles and laws.

Preaching, according to Bonhoeffer, is like offering an apple to a child.

No question has been as persistently nettling as the proper relationship of Christians and the Christian church to political power, and the results have often been calamitous.

The place and significance of Martin Luther in the long history of Christian anti-Jewish polemic has been and continues to be a contested issue.

Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all feature ideas about heaven, hell, and afterlife, and these concepts have evolved over time within these religions.

This contributed two-volume work tackles a fascinating topic: how and why God plays a central role in the modern world and profoundly influences politics, art, culture, and our moral reflection-even for nonbelievers.

For the first time, American Indian leadership theory is connected with practice.

Recent attacks on Ethnic Studies, revisionist actions in curriculum content, and anti-immigrant policies are creating a new culture war in America.

An evaluative examination that challenges the media to rise above the systematic racism and sexism that persists across all channels, despite efforts to integrate.

This single-volume book contends that reshaping the paradigm of American Indian identity, blood quantum, and racial distinctions can positively impact the future of the Indian community within America and America itself.

This book provides a vivid examination of the issue of consumer inequality in America-one of society's most under-discussed and critical issues-through the evaluation of real-life cases, the trend of consumers suing companies for discrimination, and the application of novel frameworks to establish legitimate consumer equality.

Christianity has been accused of being misogynistic, pro-slavery, and anti-science, and some say it is finally beginning its long decline.

Explains Native American psychology and how its unique perspectives on mind and behavior can bring a focus to better heal individual, social, and global disorders.

With an overview essay, timeline, reference entries, and annotated bibliography, this resource is a concise, one-stop reference on antisemitism in today's society.

This detailed book is a resource for students, practitioners, and leaders interested in how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor.

This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma.

"e;Few are agnostic about atheism and agnosticism; this eloquent, wide-ranging volume should appeal to many, as well as supporting recent academic interest in its subject.

Should technology be used to improve human faculties such as cognition and longevity?

This two-volume encyclopedia explores representations of people of color in American television.

This title undertakes an impartial, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the moral arguments and ideas behind the laws and policies that govern personal, corporate, and government behavior in the United States.

Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings has become the gold standard for use in seminary and college environments.