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Why worship? In this superb new collection of essays, lay people, clergy, poets, theologians, musicians, novelists, and scholars offer personal, profound, and provocative reflections on their experience of worship in…
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Stanley Hauerwas,William H. Willimon,Scott C Saye
After a short introduction, the authors work through each phrase of the Lord’s Prayer, using it as a framework for the Christian life. Providing basic faith understanding, this book will…
Prior to his death in 2007, the self-described secular philosopher Richard Rorty began to modify his previous position concerning religion. Moving from atheism to anti-clericalism, Rorty challenges the metaphysical assumptions…
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. For some, Constantine’s…
Jean Bethke,Stanley Hauerwas,Sari Nusseibeh,Michael Walzer,George Weigel
Was the Persian Gulf War just? Bishops said no; the president said yes; even Doonesbury considered the question. In this ethical primer, six leading writers on war and peace–Jean Bethke…
Arthur C McGill
Arthur McGill did not write very much, but what he did write is as theologically suggestive and startling today as it was when it was written in the 1960s and…
One of the hallmarks of contemporary culture is its attitude toward aging and the elderly. Youth and productivity are celebrated in today’s society, while the elderly are increasingly marginalized. This…
Stanley Hauerwas
Intended for the clergy as well as academics and students to provide guidance in reading the Bible under the rule of faith, this title aims to recover classical theological commentary…
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Craddock,Dale Goldsmith,Joy V. Goldsmith
This book offers a critical analysis of the church’s failure to communicate constructively about dying, reminding the church of its considerable liturgical, scriptural, and pastoral resources when it ministers to…
S T Kimbrough
This volume brings together for the first time the writings of Charles Wesley on the theme of justice for the poor and marginalized, drawing upon his sermons, manuscript journal, poetry…
This book records a set of dialogues between scientists, theologians, and philosophers on what can be done to prevent a global slide into ecological collapse. It is a uniquely multidisciplinary…
Robert Emmet Meagher
Armies know all about killing. It is what they do, and ours does it more effectively than most. We are painfully coming to realize, however, that we are also especially…
Philip D Kenneson,Jim Street
Marketing the church is hot. For many church leaders, marketing might even be the first article of their creed, which goes something like this: We believe that our church determines…
Joshua Casteel
Letters from Abu Ghraib, a collection of email messages sent by Joshua Casteel to his friends and family during his service as a US Army interrogator and Arabic linguist in…
Brian Brock (University of Aberdeen UK),Bernd Wannenwetsch
The ailments of the contemporary church are remarkably similar to those suffered by the fractious Corinthian church in the first century. This is the challenge presented in The Malady of…
Christianity, while receiving its mother tongues and its first canonical texts within Hebrew and Greco-Roman civilizations, has provided its own major contributions to the art and culture of the last…
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Anthony M. Barr,Gracy Olmstead,Stanley Hauerwas,Zito Madu,Rachel Pieh Jones
How did violence become OK? And is there any way back?
At some point between George Floyd’s killing on May 25 and the invasion of the US Capitol on January…
James R. Langford,Leroy S Rouner
In these essays written expressly for this book, renowned spiritual writers and theologians wrestle with the problems of the human condition in the world today and what a walk with…
Foreword by Jean Bethke Elshtain This important book is sure to foster informed public discussion about the death penalty by deepening readers’ understanding of how religious beliefs and perspectives shape…
Stanley Hauerwas,Rick Warren,Leonardo Boff,Chiara Lubich,C. S. Lewis
With the concept of socialism back in mainstream conversations and increasing numbers of Christians unhappy with Sunday Christianity, it’s time to give the lifestyle of Jesus’ first followers another look…
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