Theology category: 9608 books
Fear of the Other
No Fear in Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
In this no non-sense book, reliable spiritual guide, Will Willimon, invites readers to consider the gospel command to love (and not merely tolerate) those considered to be “Other” or outside mainstream Christian culture. Rooted in the faith of Israel and the Christian story and vision, Willimon...
Performing the Sacred (Engaging Culture)
Theology and Theatre in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Christian theatre has rich roots, from ancient Hebrew dramas to medieval plays, but where does it fit in today's media-saturated society?
Performing the Sacred is a fascinating dialogue between a theologian and theatre artist, offering the first full-scale exploration of theatre and theology....
by Louis Berkhof
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
It is of great importance in these days, in which conservatives and liberals are pitted against each other, and they who bow before the authority of the Word of God must join battle with those who place human reason on the throne, that those who accept the Bible as the infallible Word of God, should...
Religious Ethics and Migration
Doing Justice to Undocumented Workers
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
What does it mean to provide justice for undocumented workers who have been living among us without proper legal documentation? How can we do justice to the undocumented migrants who have been doing the low-skilled, low-paid jobs unwanted by citizens? Why should we even try to do justice for people...
Living Out Sexuality and Faith
Body Admissions of Malaysian Gay and Bisexual Men
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Sexuality, religion and faith often have complex and conflicting interactions, on both personal and societal levels. Numerous studies have been conducted on queer subjects, but they have predominantly focused on ‘Western’ expressions of faith and queer identities. This book contributes to the...
Tastes of the Divine
Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
The intensity and meaningfulness of aesthetic experience have often been described in theological terms. By designating basic human emotions as rasa, a word that connotes taste, flavor, or essence, Indian aesthetic theory conceptualizes emotional states as something to be savored. At their core, emotions...
Evangelical, Catholic, and Reformed
Essays on Barth and Other Themes
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
In this book prominent Barth scholar George Hunsinger presents fifteen essays on Karl Barth’s understanding of Christian doctrine across a wide spectrum of topics, concluding with suggestions as to how Barth’s theology might fruitfully be retrieved for the future.
Hunsinger discusses Barth’s...
Who or What is God?
And Other Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
In Who or What is God? John Hick reflects on questions of the nature and the accessibility of God in the context of Christianity and other faith traditions. The essays in this book cover a wide range of issues centered on the search for truth, justice, and peace. This search concerns the ultimate...
The Soul in Ascent
Bonaventure on Poverty, Prayer and Union with God
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
First published by Franciscan press in 2000, Dr. Timothy J Johnson’s The Soul in Ascent: Bonaventure on Poverty, Prayer and Union with God has offered a thorough textual study of the importance of prayer in Bonaventure’s theology and life. This new edition is updated to include Johnson’s most...
Watching TV Religiously (Engaging Culture)
Television and Theology in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Helping Christians Understand the Power and Meaning of TV
Since its inception, television has captured the cultural imagination. Outside of work and sleep, it is now the primary preoccupation of most Americans. Individuals consume upward of five hours of TV daily, even more when taking into...
Pathways in Theodicy
An Introduction to the Problem of Evil
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The problem of evil perennially vexes theology, but many theologians have abandoned the project of theodicy, or the theological explanation of evil, as either fruitless or hopeless. Academic studies on theodicy, moreover, typically succumb to theological deficiency and abstraction, often devoid of...
Changing the Script
An Authentically Faithful and Authentically Progressive Political Theology for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
In recent years, and in particular since the election of Barack Obama, the religious conversation in America has been dominated by calls for progressives to move beyond “partisanship” by reaching out to evangelicals in order to create a “big tent” on social issues such as abortion and marriage...
Looking Ahead
A Personal Theology of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
Looking Ahead considers Christianity in our time as it confronts the crisis of the relevance of the church and the challenge facing biblical theology. The reflections and observations in this book are autobiographical in nature because they mirror the personal perspective of one who for sixty-five...
by John Henry Cardinal Newman
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 1994
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, reprinted from the 1878 edition, “is rightly regarded as one of the most seminal theological works ever to be written,” states Ian Ker in his foreword to this sixth edition. “It remains,” Ker continues, "the classic text for the theology...