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Contextualization of Sufi Spirituality in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century China
The Role of Liu Zhi (c.1662–c.1730)
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Liu Zhi (c.1662-c.1730), a well-known Muslim scholar in China, published in Chinese outstanding theological works, short treatises, and easy-to-memorize short poems on Islam. He encountered various challenges in his interpretation and transmission of Islamic texts. First, traditional Arabic and Persian...
Baptists and War
Essays on Baptists and Military Conflict, 1640s–1990s
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
While Baptists through the years have been certain that "war is hell," they have not always been able to agree on how to respond to it. This book traces much of this troubled relationship from the days of Baptist origins with close ties to pacifist Anabaptists to the responses of Baptists...
Waiting on the Spirit of Promise
The Life and Theology of Suffering of Abraham Cheare
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Waiting on the Spirit of Promise is a study of the life and ministry of Abraham Cheare (1626-1668), containing selections from Cheare's works, and rescuing an important seventeenth-century Baptist from obscurity. Cheare has been overshadowed by other more celebrated Baptist contemporaries, but as...
by Mark Beaumont
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Jesus is a revered messenger of God for Muslims and Lord and Savior for Christians. How can Muslims and Christians relate to each other when this figure from the past attracts them yet drives them apart? Jesus is the very center of the Christian faith, but for Muslims he is a faithful witness to God,...
by Matt Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
There are unexpected, beatific moments when Rev. Elijah Lovejoy Parish is swept up by the divine intrusion into the ordinary. Yet, he knows he cannot tarry there, for his calling also compels him to resume his shift as the traffic cop down at the intersection of Pathological and Whine. Told from the...
Le Vaisseau fantôme
Opéra en trois actes ( Edition intégrale )
Language: French
Release Date: December 10, 2018
Le Hollandais volant, en français Le Vaisseau fantôme — est un opéra allemand de Richard Wagner, créé en 1843....
Quatrième opéra de Richard Wagner, il marque encore une transition entre le style dominant de l’opéra de la première moitié du xixe siècle et la révolution formelle...
Learning in a Musical Key
Insight for Theology in Performative Mode
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Learning in a Musical Key examines the multidimensional problem of the relationship between music and theological education. Lisa Hess argues that, in a delightful and baffling way, musical learning has the potential to significantly alter and inform our conception of the nature and process of theological...
A Companionable Way
Path of Devotion in Conscious Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
In today's polarized publics, we are rarely prepared to encounter one another peaceably and deeply across irreconcilable difference. A Companionable Way invites inquisitive minds, body-souls, and spiritual hearts into the delightful but demanding inner work required for peaceable encounters with integrity...
Artisanal Theology
Intentional Formation in Radically Covenantal Companionship
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Paradox and surprise face those who pursue deeper spiritual practice, theological wisdom, and even a religious calling into the ministry. Unbeknownst to incoming students, the pursuit of theological education in established institutions today furthers a faith that is recognizable in delight and compassion,...
Mystery Without Rhyme or Reason
Poetic Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
This collection of poetic reflections is a rich resource for a faithful imagination. Michael Coffey's poems explore the deep questions and joyful affirmations of Christian faith. Never settling for easy answers or straight-forward interpretations, Coffey's writing invites the reader into new spiritual...
Renounce, Resist, Rejoice
Being Church in the Age of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
The election of Donald Trump as the forty-fifth president of the United States was a watershed moment in American history. In this book, Michael Coffey reflects on major social and religious issues leading up to and following the election. Coffey addresses the political issues of the day, not from...
The Politics of Practical Reason
Why Theological Ethics Must Change Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Ought we conceive of theological ethics as an activity that draws from a community's vision of human goodness and that has implications for the kind of person each of us is to be? Or, can students of the discipline map the ethical implications of what Christians confess about God, themselves, and...
Geoffrey Fisher
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1945-1961
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
A major figure in twentieth-century Christianity, Geoffrey Fisher worked to modernize the Church of England and to develop the worldwide Anglican Communion. His historic meeting with Pope John XXIII, his participation in national debates on the Suez Crisis and nuclear weapons, and his role in crowning...
God Likes Ants: Every Week
Fifty-two Scripture Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Ants are diligent when they undertake a task. In order to understand and follow the Scripture for better living, follow their example. God Likes Ants: Every Week features Andrea Gilson's thoughts, perspectives, and interpretations in a weekly reader format. Scripture verses from the Authorized King...