Theology category: 9608 books
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Selections from Confessions and Other Essential Writings—Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The restless heart and searching mind of this influential early church father can offer spiritual and intellectual companionship for your spiritual journey.
Augustine of Hippo (354–430), theologian, priest, and bishop, is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity....
by Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today’s leading classicists
Sarah Ruden’s fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine’s intent than any...
The City of God
A treaty of Christian philosophy by St Augustine of Hippo
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
The City of God Against the Pagans (Latin: De civitate Dei contra paganos), often called The City of God, is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD. The book was in response to allegations that Christianity brought about the decline of Rome...
Divine Illumination
The History and Future of Augustine's Theory of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
In Divine Illumination, Schumacher offers an original approach to Augustine's theory of divine illumination, the precondition of all human knowledge. Written with great originality and clarity, she traces the idea through medieval thinkers, into early modernity, and reveals its importance in modern...
Good News and Good Works
A Theology for the Whole Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Concerned to promote an authentic, biblical faith, this book suggests ways to combine evangelism with social action for effective witness in today's world.
by John Ankerberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Christianity is unique in both the evidence upon which it rests and the doctrines it teaches. Just as Jesus Christ is unique, so is the religion based upon Him. The Christian faith was not the fabrication of man. It was not the invention of the disciples, the Apostle Paul or the Council of Nicaea...
by Fr Martin D'Arcy, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Reconciling belief in a good and all-powerful God with the obvious presence of suffering and evil in the world is one of the classic problems for Christian (and indeed Jewish) philosophy and theology. The Book of Job famously examines this problem from various angles, and rejects several inadequate...
Theologian of Resistance
The Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Since Dietrich Bonhoeffer's death in 1945, executed by the Nazis as a political dissident, he has continued to fascinate and compel readers as a theologian, witness, and martyr. Bonhoeffer's theological brilliance, committed discipleship, ecumenical insight, and courageous participation in the struggle...
Bonhoeffer the Assassin?
Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Most of us think we know the moving story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life--a pacifist pastor turns anti-Hitler conspirator due to horrors encountered during World War II--but does the evidence really support this prevailing view? This pioneering work carefully examines the biographical and textual evidence...
Gods & Games
Toward a Theology of Play
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2013
A deeply thoughtful, deeply irreverent look at the mythology of play, Gods and Games ties together Joseph Campbell's approach to myth and religion with Johan Huizinga's view of our species as Homo ludens — "Man the Game-player" — suggesting that play is a central aspect of the human...
Idols for Destruction
The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1993
"The bookshelf next to my desk holds Christian classics and books I refer to often. Idols sits on that shelf, for Herb's lucid critique has been an invaluable reference for my own writings. It helps believers to understand the ideologies that undergird secular culture, and how they dramatically--and...
The Three Apologies of G.K. Chesterton
Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting Man
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
The three great apologies of G.K. Chesterton in one volume: Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting Man.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton has become synonymous with modern Christian apologetics. But his impact goes beyond just those interested in a defense of Christian thought. His writings...
Queer Virtue
What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
LGBTQ people are a gift to the Church and have the potential to revitalize Christianity.
As an openly lesbian Episcopal priest and professional advocate for LGBTQ justice, the Reverend Elizabeth Edman has spent her career grappling with the core tenets of her faith. After deep reflection on...
by Bo Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Maybe you were born to Christian parents and raised as a Christian. Or maybe you are just a part of a Christian nation. You might have attended church regularly, or maybe just on special occasions. If asked, you say that you believe in God, but you really never thought about what that means...