Eerdmans Publishing: 438 books
by John J. Pilch
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The task of interpreting the Bible — which was written by and to people living in very different cultural contexts from contemporary Western society — can seem monumental. The opposite is also true: people can easily forget that studying the Bible is a type of cross-cultural encounter, instead...
Shaping the Prayers of the People
The Art of Intercession
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
This book offers a model of profound and accessible congregational prayer. At once inspirational and practical, it will empower and equip laypeople and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God. As Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher say, "Interceding...
by Alvin Plantinga
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
In his widely praised Warranted Christian Belief (Oxford, 2000) Alvin Plantinga discussed in great depth the question of the rationality, or sensibility, of Christian belief. In this book Plantinga presents the same ideas in a briefer, much more accessible fashion.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
The "culture story" of evangelicalism during the second half of the twentieth century has been well told. It is important now to think about the theological mission of the church in an ever-increasing post-Christian and post-partisan context. What is the theologian's calling at the beginning...
by Lewis S. Mudge
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
This book by theologian-ethicist Lewis Mudge offers fresh philosophical and theological concepts, economic and political insights, and practical financial proposals to counter the causes and lasting effects of the worldwide recession that began in late 2007.
The historical and global dimensions...
Calling in Today's World
Voices from Eight Faith Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Comparative religious insights into the meaning of vocation in today's world
The concept of "vocation" or "calling" is a distinctively Christian concern, grounded in the long-held belief that we find our meaning, purpose, and fulfillment in God. But what about religions...
Creation and Humanity
A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
The third installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time
This third volume of Veli-Matti Karkkainen’s ambitious five volume theology project develops a Christian theology of creation and humanity (theological anthropology) in dialogue with the Christian tradition, with...
For the Love of All Creatures
The Story of Grace in Genesis
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Fresh biblical take on a transcending, divine grace that embraces all of God's creatures
This broad-ranging, groundbreaking book by William Greenway unfolds a biblical spirituality centering on love for all creation and all creatures. Greenway rereads the creation and flood narratives in Genesis...
Dare We Speak of Hope?
Searching for a Language of Life in Faith and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
The phrase "hopeful politics" has dominated our public discourse in connection with the inspiring rise of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and the remarkable election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. But what happens when that hope disappoints? Can it be salvaged? What is...
Christ Across the Disciplines
Past, Present, Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
In Christ across the Disciplines a group of distinguished scholars from across the theological spectrum explores the dynamic relationship between the Christian faith and the life of the mind. Although the essays in this volume are rooted in a rich understanding of the past, they focus primarily on...
Political Agape
Christian Love and Liberal Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
What is the place of Christian love in a pluralistic society dedicated to “liberty and justice for all”? What would it mean to take both Jesus Christ and Abraham Lincoln seriously and attempt to translate love of God and neighbor into every quarter of life, including law and politics?
Timothy...
Bringing the Word to Life
Engaging the New Testament through Performing It
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
The New Testament books were written to be read aloud. The original audiences of these texts would have been unfamiliar with our current practice of reading silently and processing with our eyes rather than our ears, so we can learn much about the New Testament through performing it ourselves.
Richard...
Wholeheartedness
Busyness, Exhaustion, and Healing the Divided Self
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
I’m being pulled in a thousand different directions.
As a therapist, Chuck DeGroat hears that line all the time. “I hear it from students and software developers,” he says. “I hear it from spiritual leaders and coffee baristas. And I hear it from my own inner self.”
We all feel that...
Reading Philo
A Handbook to Philo of Alexandria
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
Guidebook par excellence to a significant ancient Jewish scholar
A contemporary of both Jesus and the apostle Paul, Philo was a prolific Jewish theologian, philosopher, and politician -- a fascinating, somewhat enigmatic figure -- who lived his entire life in Alexandria, Egypt. His many books...