Psychology of ageing

Living a morally good life today is a challenge.

This collection of essays continues a long and venerable debate in the history of the Christian church regarding the legacy of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.

Taking its cue from Mark Nation's regret that John Howard Yoder refrained from a fuller engagement with the Western philosophical tradition, this book is an effort to explore the possibilities inherent in that conversation.

Obesity in the Global North and starvation in the Global South can be attributed to the same cause: the concentration of enormous power in the hands of transnational agricultural corporations.

A Bird in the Hand is not a "e;how to"e; book, but a "e;how so"e; book in which the reader is invited to travel with Leah Kostamo on the wild ride of salmon saving, stranger welcoming, and God worshiping as she and her husband help establish the first Christian environmental center in Canada.

Clarence B.

In many churches, the work of evangelism and social justice is relegated to clergy, staff, or special committees.

Political theology as a normative discourse has been controversial not only for secular political philosophers who are especially suspicious of messianic claims but also for Jewish and Christian thinkers who differ widely on its meaning.

Despite the fact that the theological gains of Latin American Liberation Theology (LALT) have been incorporated into several theologies around the world, many North Atlantic evangelicals still consider LALT a heresy.

"e;I'm rich and I don't need a thing,"e; bragged the early Christians in the big city of Laodicea.

The Church of God Reformation Movement (founded in 1881) has the distinction of having been founded on the two core principles of holiness and visible unity.

In The End of Captivity?

Because the Catholic Church, other Christian churches, and almost every national government permit exceptions to God's commandment that "e;you shall not kill,"e; Johannes Ude examines Catholic moral law to discern whether this commandment has absolute validity or may be modified so that in certain instances it is permissible to kill another human being.

Human hostility is not the narrative of a selected few.

For the Healing of the Nation offers a serious look at the social and political climate in the United States from a biblical perspective, emphasizing race and "e;otherness,"e; economics and the environment, and institutional violence (war and capital punishment).

For religious communities to have integrity and credibility they must flourish as places of love and respect.

How you spend your time and money controls what happens on this planet .

Theologizing in Black is a creative and rigorous comparative study on black theological musings and liberative intellectual contemplations engaging the theological ethics and anthropology of both continental African theologians (Tanzania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and black theologians in the African Diaspora (Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, United States).

After a generation of being a leading progressive voice both in the pulpit and in the print media of Springfield, Missouri, Roger Ray has collected one hundred of his essays on topics of social justice, religion, sex, economics, warfare, and race as a collection for use in college classrooms, in adult discussion groups, and as an enjoyable collection of thought provoking articles that once appeared on the opinion page of the Springfield NewsLeader.

In our increasingly xenophobic world, countries are turning away refugees and immigrants.

Trauma recovery and healing get a lot of attention these days, but in situations of war and violence trauma is also a social experience set within the larger conflict context.

The ailments of the contemporary church are remarkably similar to those suffered by the fractious Corinthian church in the first century.

Finding Our Voice is a series of meditations on how to express the deepest sense of who we are in a troubled world.

The manner in which Kathryn Johnston died so tragically at the hands of Atlanta narcotics police on the evening of November 21, 2006, anticipates and informs a number of very contemporary--and extremely volatile--issues that have become closely associated with the name of Ferguson, Missouri.

This book is not a list or an overview of various theories of ethics.

What happens when North American Mennonite Christians arrive in Islamic Somalia?

When a fire severely burned a small boy and displaced his family, it left lingering marks on the entire neighborhood.

In the wake of the furious demonstrations and debates evoked by terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere, Dr.

Among pivotal historical moments in the United States, the civil rights movement stands out.

What is your plan for the end of the world as we know it?

How does God manifest himself in the world?

How should Christians respond to terrorism and terrorists in their midst?

Practicing Pilgrimage: On Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People explores both the theological, cultural, and spiritual roots of Christian pilgrimage, and is a "e;how-to"e; book on doing pilgrimage in our suburban backyards, city streets, rural roads, churches, retreat centers, and our everyday life.

What constitutes the good life and authentic Christian leadership in a high-speed technological society geared to perpetual economic growth?

Thomas Aquinas and William Langland inherited the dynamic metaphor of journeying as a fundamental concept of the Christian life and harnessed it to animate their magisterial texts: the Summa Theologiae and Piers Plowman.

Christianity has lost control of its brand.

Come to church or go to hell.

Papal infallibility and biblical inerrancy provide the conceptual foundations of theocracy, which is to say religiously-based totalitarianism.

Confronting Religious Violence: Christian Humanism and the Moral Imagination tells the tale of Christian theocracy in the West.

Political philosophy is nothing other than looking at things political under the aspect of eternity.

In Ethics and the Autonomy of Philosophy, Bernard Walker sets out with two objectives.

The book explores how African Christians in Ghana can think eco-theologically about the nexus of mining, waste pollution, water pollution, and land degradation.

When was the last time that we heard some good news?

How would politics be different if Christians acknowledged Jesus Christ as the archetype of all rulers, democratic and nondemocratic?

We live in an ecological age.

In 2017 Christians around the world will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation.

Writing in part for secular humanists, non-Christians, and ex-Christians, Wallace locates the beginning of religious vilification of LBGTQ Americans: these attacks recycle earlier, equally reactionary political opposition to racial desegregation and equal rights for women.

Ethics in the West too often equates morality with universal moral principles, thus imposing lifestyles and moral criteria that do not respect differences and local histories.

It's Time presents a series of short stories highlighting an important but neglected aspect of life.

This book is an attempt to develop a dialogue between the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Porter's Thomistic theory of the natural law, and the virtue of solidarity as expressed in Catholic Social Teaching.