James Clarke: 58 books
by Søren Kierkegaard, A.S. Aldworth, W.S. Ferrie Ferrie
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
“On the way where a man follows Christ, the height of suffering is the height of glory.”
So writes Kierkegaard, long considered the father of existentialism, in his comprehensive explanation of how suffering in all its forms is transformed into joy by faith in God. As an integral part of his ‘Edifying...
Reading Scripture to Hear God
Kevin Vanhoozer and Henri de Lubac on God's Use of Scripture in the Economy of Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Recent theological discussions between Catholics and Evangelicals have generated a renewed appreciation for God's ongoing use of Scripture for self-mediation to the Church. Noting the significant influence of Henri de Lubac (one of the drafters of 'Dei Verbum' and proponent of a renewal of the Patristic...
The English Connection
The Puritan Roots of Seventh-Day Adventist Belief (2nd Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
"Seventeenth-century England was a confused world of conflicting religious thought, made more complex by the tumultuous events of the English Civil Wars and the Interregnum under Oliver Cromwell. Puritanism, a thoroughly Protestant off shoot of the Reformation in England, was to take centre stage...
The Dialogical Spirit
Christian Reason and Theological Method in the Third Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Contemporary proposals for Christian theology from post-liberalism to Radical Orthodoxy and beyond have espoused their own methodological paradigms. Those who have ventured into this domain of theological method, however, have usually had to stake their claims vis-à-vis trends in what may be called...
Alcuin
Theology and Thought
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Scholar, ecclesiastic, teacher and poet of the eighth century, Alcuin can be seen as a true hidden saint of the Church, of the same stature and significance as his predecessor Bede. His love of God and his grasp of Christian theology were rendered original in their creative impact by his gifts as...
The Philokalia and the Inner Life
On Passions and Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental...
Islam, Peace and Social Justice
A Christian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Our world is fraught with horrific expressions of violence and injustice, which are often justified by religious rhetoric. 'Islam, Peace, and Social Justice: A Christian Perspective' is a relevant, comprehensive, and empathetic examination of some of these social-justice challenges within the Muslim...
Purification of Memory
A Study of Orthodox Theologians from a Catholic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Among the major Christian denominations, the Orthodox Church is the least known and widely misunderstood. This is more serious in Asia where the Orthodox Church is a minority and is perceived as an exotic branch of Christianity. But in fact, the Eastern Church has been in China since the seventeenth...
The Web of Friendship
Nicholas Ferrar and Little Gidding
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
A biography of Nicholas Ferrar (1593-1637) and his family with a focus on his background, his education and experiences that shaped that ministry as well as the circumstances that brought the family to the village of Little Gidding in Cambridgeshire. Avoiding the hagiographic tone adopted by Ferrar's...
Reading Revelation
A Literary-theological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
In general, Revelation studies continue to favour going outside or behind the text (in search of its context of origin, via the historical-critical paradigm) or, more recently, in front of the text (to investigate the book's reception history, past and present). To date, relatively little synchronic...
All Things New
The Trinitarian Nature of the Human Calling in Maximus the Confessor and Jurgen Moltmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
For both Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) and Jurgen Moltmann (b. 1926) understanding what it means to be human springs from a contemplative vision of God. This comparative study explores surprising parallels between the theological anthropology of the seventh-century Byzantine monk and the contemporary...
by Tim Carter
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
An analysis of the phrase ‘forgiveness of sins’, its antecedents and parallels in Jewish writings, and also of its use in the New Testament and the writings of the early church.
Theories of Justice
A Dialogue with Karol Wojtyla and Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
What is justice? How do we know justice? How is justice cultivated in society? These are the three questions that guide this critical dialogue with two representatives of the Catholic and Protestant traditions: Karl Barth and Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II. Though the two thought leaders are shaped within...
by Alan P. F. Sell
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
“For three decades, he flashed like a meteor across the theological horizon, and then vanished.” So writes Alan P.F. Sell of Nels F.S. Ferré (1908-1971), a mid-twentieth-century theologian whose work is little remembered, despite his constructive and often provocative contributions to theological...