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Shining Glory
Theological Reflections on Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Terrence Malick's stunning film The Tree of Life is a modern Job story, an exploration of suffering and glory, an honest look at strife within a Texas family in the 1950s. In Shining Glory, Peter J. Leithart examines the biblical and theological motifs of the film and illuminates how Malick exploited...
Salt, Light, and a City, Second Edition
Ecclesiology for the Global Missional Community: Volume 1, Western Voices
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Graham Hill's pioneering classic remains the seminal work on missional ecclesiology. The bestselling first edition redefined theology for the missional church. Hill builds biblical foundations in conversation with major theologians, including Sarah Coakley, John Zizioulas, Stanley Hauerwas, Miroslav...
Astrotheology
Science and Theology Meet Extraterrestrial Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Astrotheology: Science and Theology Meet Extraterrestrial Life looks at both ends of the telescope: the unfathomable reaches of cosmic space and the excited stirrings within the human psyche. It takes a scientist to explain what we are looking at. It takes a theologian to understand who is doing the...
Exploring Earthiness
The Reality and Perception of Being Human Today
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
If we see ourselves as Earth rather than Earth as existing for us our perspective is transformed. A variety of religious, philosophical, cultural, and political self-perceptions that dominate our sense of human identity are deeply challenged by this shift in perspective. John Locke's doctrine of Earth...
Strangers, Neighbors, Friends
Muslim-Christian-Jewish Reflections on Compassion and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
From 9/11 to Israel-Palestine to ISIS, the fear of the religious stranger is palpable. Conservative talk show hosts and liberal public intellectuals are united in blaming religion, usually Islam, for the world's instability. If religion is part of the problem, it can and should be part of the solution....
John Calvin
A Companion to His Life and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
This unique book is an introductory guide to the life and theology of John Calvin (1509-64). Calvin's theology has been highly significant as a major expression of Protestant theology. Reformed churches throughout the world appropriate Calvin's theological understandings and find his work provides...
The Church
Presbyterian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
This book considers basics of Christian faith about the church, conveyed through the perspectives of the Reformed tradition, particularly in its Presbyterian expression from Donald McKim's own context in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The six chapters deal with ecclesiology: understandings of...
Reading the Bible Wisely
An Introduction to Taking Scripture Seriously. Revised Edition.
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
What does it mean to take the Bible seriously? This introductory book explores how Scripture itself gives us the resources to read it wisely. First, it looks at the basic questions of reading in context--historical, literary, and theological--and understanding the significance of the two-testament...
by Michael F. Bird
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Michael Bird's commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the New Covenant Commentary Series pays close attention to the socio-historical context, the flow and dynamics of the text, their argumentative strategy, theological message, and the meaning of Colossians and Philemon for the contemporary church...
by David A. deSilva
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
A lot of mystery surrounds the book of Hebrews, especially regarding its authorship, date, and audience. But by asking the right kind of questions, one can move beyond the impasses typical of historical investigation. In this volume, David deSilva explores Hebrews through a social-scientific lens,...
The Nature Miracles of Jesus
Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
The nature miracle stories of Jesus--walking on the water or feeding thousands with a small amount of food, for example--are so spectacular that many find them a problem, whether historical, philosophical, or even theological. This is the first book to tackle this problem head on. Do the stories reflect...
New Testament Foundations
An Introduction for Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
Drawing upon over fifty years of scholarly experience of one of the most industrious contemporary scholars, this work, which was first published in 1975, has been revised, updated, and expanded to offer a fresh, in-depth introduction to the New Testament for today's students. Students will be immersed...
Apostolic Letters of Faith, Hope, and Love
Galatians, 1 Peter, and 1 John
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2006
Professor Metzger has been a leader in New Testament studies for the past fifty years, through his teaching, his publications, his text-critical work, and his translation work. This volume brings his deep insight to three key epistles, focusing on three fundamental Christian virtues.
The Imitation of Saint Paul
Examining Our Lives in Light of His Example
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
The Imitation of Saint Paul takes us behind the headlines of his career and offers a fresh, compelling, contemporary look at the man who changed the world. When the exemplary apostle got into the face of his converts, he bluntly held up his own life as the pattern for theirs. How risky is that? The...