Regnum Books International: 31 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Gender perspectives play a core role when it comes to both the theory and practice of diakonia. This is the second book on diakonia published by Regnum Books. It follows up Diakonia as Christian Social Practice: An Introduction (2014). Many of the authors belong to VID Specialized University in Norway...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This book grows out of a desire to come to grips with our new context. Until a few decades ago we believed that Norway was for Norwegians. And Norwegians were Christian – most of them even Lutheran. Slowly at first, but then with increasing momentum, our neighbourhoods and villages changed from...
Christianity and Education
Shaping of Christian Context in Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Christianity and Education is a collection of papers published in Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies over a period of 15 years. The articles represent a spectrum of Christian thinking addressing issues of institutional development for theological education, theological...
Stopping the Traffick
A Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Stop the Traffick? How do we even begin addressing such an important – and yet overwhelming – task? If you are a practitioner striving to assist victims or a faith-based organization wondering how to get involved you may be wrestling with questions like: How should we go about working with exploited...
Jesus and the Incarnation
Reflections of Christians from Islamic Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
In the dialogues of Christians with Muslims nothing is more fundamental than the Cross, the Incarnation and the Resurrection of Jesus. Building on the Jesus and the Cross, this book contains voices of Christians living in various ‘Islamic contexts’ and reflecting on the Incarnation of Jesus. The...
by Saheb Borgall
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The book studies the emergence of Christ Groups against the background of western individualistic approaches in the Indian relational context. These small worship groups were formed and grew as the conversion of families began as a result of the literature distribution that was meant to reach the...
Shaping of Christianity in Greater China
Indigenous Christians in Focus
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This book is an integrated collection of essays looking at the shaping of Christianity in China with a special emphasis on the contributions of Chinese believers. As well as its geographical scope of the China Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, the material covers a span of time from the end of the...
Jesus and the Cross
Reflections of Christians from Islamic Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The Cross reminds us that the sins of the world are not borne through the exercise of power but through Jesus Christ’s submission to the will of the Father. The papers in this volume are organised in three parts: scriptural, contextual and theological. The central question being addressed is: how...
Mission in the Spirit / Ma and Ma
Towards a Pentecostal/Charismatic Missiology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The book explores the unique contribution of Pentecostal/ Charismatic mission from the beginning of the twentieth century. The first part considers the theological basis of Pentecostal/Charismatic mission thinking and practice. Special attention is paid to the Old Testament, which has been regularly...
Towards Global Missional Leadership
A Journey Through Leadership Paradigm Shift in the Mission of God
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
The depth and complexity of interconnected global issues facing church and mission leadership today cannot be ignored. Leaders within global church and mission movements are challenged to respond to effects of globalization and other factors upon the mission of God. Rather than modifying existing...
Understanding Resilience
Lessons for Member Care Workers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Resilience has become something of a buzz word in recent years, especially in the field of member care, but what is it? This book aims to answer this and other important questions. Part one evaluates over forty years of resilience research, exploring how it has been understood in different contexts,...
Confronting Corruption
Letting the Bible Speak
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Corruption blights the lives of countless people around our world. It is a scourge of the poor and weak. It is a road block to change. It is detestable to God. The purpose of this book is to transform attitudes and behaviours of Christians who live in societies where corrupt behaviour is a fact of...
Mangoes or Bananas?
The Quest for an Authentic Asian Christian Theology
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Asian Christian thought remains largely captive to Greek dualism and Enlightenment rationalism because of the overwhelming dominance of Western culture. Authentic contextual Christian theologies will emerge within Asian Christianity with a dual recovery of confidence in culture and the gospel.
Good News from Africa
Community transformation through the Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This book discusses how sustainable, holistic, community development can be, and is being, achieved through the work of the local church. Leading African development practitioners describe different aspects of development through their own experience.