Offers readers a way to find their place in God's story A creative invitation to those who are on the margins of the church Recent research in the sociology of religion indicates that around one in five Americans are religiously ';liminal,' that is, they are on the fence about affiliating with a faith or a congregation.
George Albert Simons (1874-1952) of New York State was the first and only American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church appointed as superintendent of the Russia Mission.
An Honorific Gospel: Biblically Faithful & Culturally RelevantChristians engaged in communicating the gospel navigate a challenging tension: faithfulness to Gods ancient, revealed Wordand relevance to the local, current social context.
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the largest Protestant religious group in the United States--the Southern Baptist denomination--has been criticized for using and fostering anti-Islamic rhetoric.
The final book of the Bible, known both as The Book of Revelation and The Apocalypse of John, is a prophesy of the events that will occur at the end of time.
William Carey, often dubbed "e;The Father of Modern Missions,"e; and Adoniram Judson, America's first intercontinental missionary, were pioneers whose missions overlapped in chronology, geography, and purpose.
Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned.
An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on ContextualizationThe mission of the Church is to introduce the person of Christ to individual human beings who by faith enter into communion with God.
Exploring the Causes and Cures of Missionary AttritionToo Valuable to Lose is a groundbreaking global study that examines why missionaries leave the field prematurelyand what can be done about it.
Three far-reaching global trends--terrorism, pluralism, and globalization--have irrevocably altered how we live, think, and communicate in the twenty-first century.
Early Netherlandish Triptychs offers an in-depth examination of the transformative role of triptych altarpieces in fifteenth-century Netherlandish art, analyzing how these works reflect and negotiate the relationship between artist, donor, sacred subject, and their original physical settings.
Managing Sexuality in Islamic and Christian CommunitiesMy Mothers Sons provides a thoughtful model for how Western Christian workers can respectfully negotiate sexual boundaries and norms in Muslim contexts.
Images can be studied in many ways--as symbols, displays of artistic genius, adjuncts to texts, or naturally occurring phenomena like reflections and dreams.
Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha's main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu's avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad Gita.
The outrageous idea of this book is that God wants to use professors as professors to reach others, transform the academy, and meet the needs of the world.
Christians are increasingly seeking new ways of doing church, often called 'fresh expressions', which has created new questions and challenges for the Church as a whole.