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The Qumran Psalter
The Thanksgiving Hymns among the Dead Sea Scrolls
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
In 68 CE, devout Jews left more than one thousand handwritten documents in caves northwest of the Dead Sea. The cave that most defined the beliefs and hopes of these Jews is Cave I. In it were placed many manuscripts, including two copies of the Qumran Psalter or Thanksgiving Hymns. In 1947, Bedouin...
Getting Real
Pneumatological Realism and the Spiritual, Moral, and Ministry Formation of Contemporary Christians
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Some reputable sociological research indicates that a surprising number of evangelical churchgoers are living out a version of the Christian life that's more informed by the values of the surrounding culture than by the discipleship teachings of Jesus and his apostles. Viewing the cause of this disturbing...
Caring Worship
Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
In a perfect world we might expect that all worshipers would be ready for a worship service of thorough praise and adoration. But that is not the case. Those who come for worship bring with them all the cares, anxieties, and stresses of life in this broken world. All are needy people. Some will find...
A Theological Approach to the Old Testament
Major Themes and New Testament Connections
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
The Old Testament has two great themes: creation and covenant. They embrace subthemes: wisdom in the case of creation; Israel's religion and the Davidic covenant under the general umbrella of covenant; and internationalism, which mostly develops the theme of covenant and partly the theme of creation....
The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant
A (Not So) New Model of the Atonement
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the new-covenant model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely the earliest in the Christian tradition, going back to Jesus himself. Gorman argues that most models of the atonement...
Reading Revelation Responsibly
Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Reading Revelation Responsibly is for those who are confused by, afraid of, and/or preoccupied with the book of Revelation. In rescuing the Apocalypse from those who either completely misinterpret it or completely ignore it, Michael Gorman has given us both a guide to reading Revelation in a responsible...
Abide and Go
Missional Theosis in the Gospel of John
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
The Gospel of John would seem to be both the "spiritual Gospel" and a Gospel that promotes Christian mission. Some interpreters, however, have found John to be the product of a sectarian community that promotes a very narrow view of Christian mission and advocates neither love of neighbor...
by Michael J. Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
In this new introduction to the Apostle Paul and his gospel, written especially for lay readers, for beginning students, and for those unsure about what to make of Paul, Michael J. Gorman takes the apostle seriously, as someone who speaks for God and to us. After an overview not only of Paul's radical...
What Does the Bible Say?
A Critical Conversation with Popular Culture in a Biblically Illiterate World
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
This book is a collaboration between a biblical scholar (Mary Ann Beavis) and a practical theologian (HyeRan Kim-Cragg) who are concerned with the way that the Bible is portrayed and interpreted in popular culture, including but not limited to the movies. This concern points to a need for a conversation,...
For the Healing of the Nation
A Biblical Vision
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
For the Healing of the Nation offers a serious look at the social and political climate in the United States from a biblical perspective, emphasizing race and "otherness," economics and the environment, and institutional violence (war and capital punishment). An autobiographical thread traces...
"All Shall Be Well"
Explorations in Universal Salvation and Christian Theology, from Origen to Moltmann
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. Lady Julian of Norwich Universalism runs like a slender thread through the history of Christian theology. It has always been a minority report and has often been regarded as heresy, but it has proven to be a surprisingly...
The Fire That Consumes
A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Evangelical Christians affirm together that a dreadful destiny awaits those who reject God's grace throughout life. According to the traditional view, that destiny will involve unending conscious torment in hell. However, believers are increasingly questioning that understanding, as both unbiblical...
by Stephen E. Fowl
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Christians have been interpreting Scripture with an aim of deepening their life with God and each other from the very beginning of the church. The past twenty years or so have witnessed an explosion of scholarly writing devoted to the theological interpretation of Scripture. Stephen Fowl, as an active...
Fragile World
Ecology and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
In Fragile World: Ecology and the Church, scholars and activists from Christian communities as far-flung as Honduras, the Philippines, Colombia, and Kenya present a global angle on the global ecological crisis--in both its material and spiritual senses--and offer Catholic resources for responding...