Eerdmans Publishing: 438 books
Aging Matters
Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Academy of Parish Clergy’s Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry
Vocational discernment, says R. Paul Stevens, is a lifelong process — one that takes on even more significance in later life. In this book Stevens argues that our calling does not end with formal retirement; to the contrary,...
by Jack Mulder Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
A clear, engaging introduction to the Catholic faith
What does it mean to be Catholic? Many people, both non-Catholics and even Catholics themselves, really don't know. This accessible book by Jack Mulder is ideal for all who are curious to know more about Catholicism.
Writing in a conversational...
The Inspiration and Interpretation of Scripture
What the Early Church Can Teach Us
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
What is true of Scripture as a result of being inspired? What should divine inspiration cause us to expect from it? The answers to these questions in the early church related not just to the nature of Scripture's truth claims but to the manner in which Scripture was to be interpreted.
In this...
A Naked Tree
Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis and Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Displays for the first time the complete work of a neglected poetic genius
Although best known as C. S. Lewis's wife, Joy Davidman was a gifted writer herself who produced, among other things, two novels and an award-winning volume of poetry in her short lifetime.
The first comprehensive...
Following Jesus
Biblical Reflections on Discipleship
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Featuring a brand-new cover design, this edition of N. T. Wright’s popular Following Jesus -- first published in 1995 -- includes a new preface in which Wright reflects on the book’s origin and significance for him personally and on its continued relevance to believers even though our global context...
Christ's Descent into Hell
John Paul II, Joseph Ratzinger, and Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Theology of Holy Saturday
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Pope John Paul II and Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) both held Hans Urs von Balthasar in high regard. Many assume that their praise of Balthasar indicates approval of his controversial theology of Holy Saturday, but this book by Lyra Pitstick shows that conclusion to be far from...
by David Bentley Hart
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Incisive essays from a master wordsmith
Why has Don Juan become so passé of late? What’s the trouble with Ayn Rand? How did the Doge of Venice come to venerate the counterfeit remains of Siddhartha Gautama? Why does the Bentley family’s collection of ancestral relics include a bronzed human...
Encountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture
Reading the Bible Critically in Faith
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
Personal, experiential faith is seldom given a seat at the table of academic theology and biblical studies. David Crump, however, with the assistance of Søren Kierkegaard's religious philosophy, claims that "authentic understanding, and thus authentic Christian commitment, can only arise from...
I Pledge Allegiance
A Believer's Guide to Kingdom Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
What does it really mean for Christians to live as faithful kingdom citizens in today’s world?
Bitter partisan conflict. State-sanctioned torture. Economic injustice. Ethical corruption. Even a cursory glance over daily news headlines shows a stark contrast between the American political...
The Analogical Turn
Rethinking Modernity with Nicholas of Cusa
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Recovers a 15th-century thinker’s original insights for theology and philosophy today
Societies today, says Johannes Hoff, are characterized by their inability to reconcile seemingly black-and-white scientific rationality with the ambiguity of postmodern pop culture. In the face of this crisis,...
What's in a Phrase?
Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Well-known biblical phrases -- "in the fullness of time," "fearfully and wonderfully made," "in the beauty of holiness," and others -- suggest and evoke and invite. In this book Marilyn Chandler McEntyre offers brief reflections on more than fifty such scriptural phrases...
Incarnational Ministry
Being with the Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
With** may be the most important word in the Christian faith.**
In the Trinity, as Samuel Wells points out, we see the eternal persons of the Godhead being with each other. In the Gospels we see Jesus being with the people he encounters, mediating God's grace to them with his own incarnational...
Taking Jesus at His Word
What Jesus Really Said in the Sermon on the Mount
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Blessed are the poor in spirit. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. You cannot serve God and mammon. Judge not, that you be not judged. Though such sayings from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount are very familiar, many people -- including Christians! -- struggle to fully understand and follow them. For those...
Young Jerry Ford
Athlete and Citizen
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Rare has been the president whose life blended the individual drive that propels one to high office with the social responsibility of being an exemplary person. Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) was one of those rare men.
In this biography Hendrik Booraem traces the early life of Gerald Ford in Grand...