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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Historical writings on Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most revered sacred figure indigenous to the western hemisphere, have tended to focus on the sixteenth-century origins of her cult. But recent publications have increasingly extended Guadalupan studies beyond the origin debates to analyses of the subsequent...
The Middle of Things
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
In the tradition of classic essayists from Virginia Woolf to Annie Dillard, Meghan Florian combines personal narrative with careful analysis, taking the ordinary material of undramatic daily life and distilling it into moments of clarity and revelation. Centering each essay in this collection on a...
The Rule of Faith
A Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
The rule of faith was a summary of apostolic preaching and teaching made by writers of the early Christian centuries. As such it carries great importance for what the early church considered basic to its being and identity. It was not a fixed text, like a creed, but varied in wording and content according...
The Early Church at Work and Worship - Volume 3
Worship, Eucharist, Music, and Gregory of Nyssa
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
This is the third volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on "laying on of hands."
The Early Church at Work and Worship - Volume 1
Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and Canon
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
This is the first volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on laying on of hands.
by Christopher M. Bellitto
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
The year 2017 marks the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation, if that event is dated from the posting of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. Admittedly, 2017 is an arbitrary and somewhat artificial milestone. Nevertheless, anniversaries can be special occasions that allow for an appreciation...
Jesus and the Cross
Necessity, Meaning, and Atonement
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
According to the Nicene Creed, Christ died for us and for our salvation. But while all Christians agree that Christ's death and resurrection has saving significance, there is little unanimity in how and why that is the case. In fact, Christian history is littered with various accounts of the redemptive...
Rethinking Constantine
History, Theology, and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
What happens to the church when the emperor becomes a Christian? Seventeen hundred years after Constantine's victory at Milvian Bridge, scholars and students of history continue to debate the life and impact of the Roman emperor who converted to faith in the Christian God and gave peace to the church....
Mission in the Early Church
Themes and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
How did Christian missions happen in the early church from AD 100 to 750? Beginning with a brief look at the social, political, cultural, and religious contexts, Mission in the Early Church tells the story of early Christian missionaries, their methods, and their missiology. This book explores some...
Missionary Monks
An Introduction to the History and Theology of Missionary Monasticism
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries...
Who Needs a New Covenant?
Rhetorical Function of the Covenant Motif in the Argument of Hebrews
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Although covenant is a major theme in Hebrews, Morrison contends all mention of covenant can be deleted without damaging the coherence of the epistle or its christological conclusions. What role, then, does the covenant motif have in the epistle? The arguments in Hebrews are aimed at a Jewish audience--they...
Work and Wealth in Scripture
How to Grow, Prosper, and Work as a Christian
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
What do you do with your money? What do you think of your boss? Do you like your work? Is it satisfying? Are you satisfied with your answers? Do you know that God, through Scripture, offers us answers? Two of the most fundamental challenges for all humankind are deciding how to live and, if we accumulate...
Care for the Dying
A Practical and Pastoral Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This wise and practical handbook, written by a palliative care physician and a priest with experience in hospice ministry, addresses the needs of the dying, their relatives and friends, and also those who provide support and care. Recognizing that these needs are physical, emotional, and spiritual,...
The God We Proclaim
Sermons on the Apostles’ Creed
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Throughout history, Christians have found the summary of their faith in the three ancient creeds. The God We Proclaim explores that faith as it is found in the shortest of them: the Apostles' Creed. The contributors are among Britain's foremost Christian communicators and teachers. Written with...