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by Peter Vardy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
An Introduction to Kierkegaard is an accessible introduction to one of the most influential philosophers of the nineteenth century. Peter Vardy is an internationally known scholar with several bestselling titles.
Søren Kierkegaard died in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of forty-two in 1855....
Beginning with the Word (Cultural Exegesis)
Modern Literature and the Question of Belief
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
In this addition to the critically acclaimed Cultural Exegesis series, a nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. Roger Lundin conducts a sustained theological dialogue with imaginative literature...
A Light to the Nations
The Missional Church and the Biblical Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
There is a growing body of literature about the missional church, but the word missional is often defined in competing ways with little attempt to ground it deeply in Scripture. Michael Goheen, a dynamic speaker and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, unpacks the missional...
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...
Transforming Conversion
Rethinking the Language and Contours of Christian Initiation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
This volume offers much-needed theological reflection on the phenomenon of conversion and transformation. Gordon Smith provides a robust evaluation that covers the broad range of thinking about conversion across Christian traditions and addresses global contexts. Smith contends that both in the church...
Making Sense of the Trinity (Three Crucial Questions)
Three Crucial Questions
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
This user-friendly guide by a noted biblical scholar explores three crucial questions that often pose difficulty for those seeking to understand the doctrine of the Trinity.
War and the American Difference
Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
How are American identity and America's presence in the world shaped by war, and what does God have to do with it? Esteemed theologian Stanley Hauerwas helps readers reflect theologically on war, church, justice, and nonviolence in this compelling volume, exploring issues such as how America depends...
by Stanley M. Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1994
The Holy Spirit: Medieval Roman Catholic and Reformation Traditions (Sixth-Sixteenth Centuries) is the third in a series of three volumes devoted to the history of Christian pneumatology.
In the first volume, The Holy Spirit: Ancient Christian Traditions (formerly titled The Spirit and the...
Inductive Bible Study
A Comprehensive Guide to the Practice of Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Following up Robert Traina's classic Methodical Bible Study, this book introduces the practice of inductive Bible study to a new generation of students, pastors, and church leaders. The authors, two seasoned educators with over sixty combined years of experience in the classroom, offer guidance on...
by D. A. Carson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1996
This book offers updated explanations of the sins of interpretation to teach sound grammatical, lexical, cultural, theological, and historical Bible study practices.
"A must for teachers, pastors, and serious Bible students."--Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
The Fall of Interpretation
Philosophical Foundations for a Creational Hermeneutic
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In this provocative book James K. A. Smith, one of the most engaging Christian scholars of our day, offers an innovative approach to hermeneutics. The second edition of Smith's well-received debut book provides updated interaction with contemporary hermeneutical discussions and responds to criticisms.
End of Apologetics, The
Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The modern apologetic enterprise, according to Myron Penner, is no longer valid. It tends toward an unbiblical and unchristian form of Christian witness and does not have the ability to attest truthfully to Christ in our postmodern context. In fact, Christians need an entirely new way of conceiving...
Scripture as Communication
Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Is the Bible just a book of ancient Israelite and Christian history and practices to be read? Or are we engaging in a more interactive practice when we study God's word? Jeannine K. Brown believes that communication is at the heart of what we do when we open the Bible, that we are actively engaging...
Biblical Interpretation
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
This comprehensive exploration of the interpretive process, now available in paperback, has served as a successful textbook. It focuses on the three "worlds" of biblical interpretation--the world of the author, the world of the text, and the world of the reader--to help students develop...