Luke Johnson: 14 books
The Maverick
Dispatches from an unrepentant capitalist
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
For eight years between 1998 and 2006, Luke Johnson wrote a regular column as 'The Maverick' in The Sunday Telegraph. His short, pithy essays tackled subjects ranging from rich lists to bankrupt companies, from high finance to investment techniques, from philanthropy to trophy wives, bringing a practitioner's...
Start It Up
Why Running Your Own Business is Easier Than You Think
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Luke Johnson is the man behind the growth of PizzaExpress and as a host of other leading brands; one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs with an estimated personal fortune of £120 million.
In Start It Up he compresses two decades of success to reveal the realities of running your own...
by Luke Timothy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
The question of Christianity’s relation to the other religions of the world is more pertinent and difficult today than ever before. While Christianity’s historical failure to appreciate or actively engage Judaism is notorious, Christianity’s even more shoddy record with respect to “pagan” religions...
Scripture & Discernment
Decision Making in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Luke Timothy Johnson begins his study of the practical issue of how decisions are made in the church by admitting to a bias: that there ought to be a connection between what the church claims to be, and how it does things. Because the church claims to be a community of faith, it does not reach decisions...
by Luke Timothy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
As ancient literature and a cornerstone of the Christian faith, the New Testament has exerted a powerful religious and cultural impact. But how much do we really know about its origins? Who were the people who actually wrote the sacred texts that became part of the Christian Bible? The New Testament:...
The Creed
What Christians Believe and Why it Matters
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
This thoughtful, fully accessible exploration of the creed, the list of beliefs central to the Christian faith, delves into its origins and illuminates the contemporary significance of why it still matters.
During services in Christian communities, the members of the congregation stand together...
The Revelatory Body
Theology as Inductive Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
Argues that theology can respond faithfully to the living God only by paying due attention to human bodily experience
Scripture points to the human body and lived experience as the preeminent arena of God's continuing revelation in the world, says Luke Timothy Johnson. Attentively discerning...
by Luke Timothy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
What makes this commentary on Luke stand apart from others is that, from beginning to end, this is a literary analysis. Because it focuses solely on the Gospel as it appears and not on its source or origin, this commentary richly and thoroughly explores just what Luke is saying and how he says it.
National Theatre Connections 2014
Plays for Young People: Same; Horizon; The Wardrobe; Heritage; A Letter to Lacey; A Shop Selling Speech; Angels; Hearts; Pronoun; Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights - a mixture of established and emerging writers - this National Theatre Connections anthology is published to coincide with the 2014 festival, which takes place across the UK and finishes up at the National Theatre in London. It offers young performers...
by Michael F. Bird, Stanley N. Gundry, Douglas A. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The apostle Paul was a vital force in the development of Christianity. Paul’s historical and religious context affects the theological interpretation of Paul’s writings, no small issue in the whole of Christian theology.
Recent years have seen much controversy about the apostle Paul, his...
The Historical Jesus
Five Views
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant...
by Pendleton Ward, Jorge Corona, Jeffrey Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019
It’s Adventure Time with Finn and you! Embark on the most mathematical journey imaginable by diving into tales all about your favorite human in the Land of Ooo. From playing retro board games to facing down foes, Adventure Time: Finn collects all the stories that make the Eisner Award-winning series...
In Principle, In Practice
Museums as Learning Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice...
American Catholics, American Culture
Tradition and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2004
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Essays by scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators...