Wipf And Stock Publishers: 1811 books
Light from the Other Side
The Paranormal as Friend and Familiar (Real Life Experiences of a Spiritual Pilgrim)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This volume presents the narrative of the author's personal spiritual journey, which is marked by numerous constructive life-changing paranormal experiences that can only be accounted for as special initiates of the divine spirit providing intimations and illuminations. These events are set in the...
Traversing the Middle
Ethics, Politics, Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
In recent philosophy, theology, and critical theory, postmodern thought has been much criticized on specifically ethical and political grounds. In particular, it has been argued that postmodernism has induced passivity and is impotent in the face of the challenges presented by the hegemonic global...
God and Gravity
A Philip Clayton Reader on Science and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Philip Clayton is well known as a major thinker working at the interface of science, philosophy, and Christian theology. Here, for the first time, a representative selection of his far-reaching works have been brought together into one place. After a general introduction to the breadth of Clayton's...
The Becoming of God
Process Theology, Philosophy, and Multireligious Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
How should we believe in God today? If we look beyond our little lives to the vast cosmos, we may even ask: Why all that? And even if we spiritually feel the universe: Why believe any religion? After all, there are many; and haven't they contributed to the predicament of humanity? Process theology...
Virtue in Dialogue
Belief, Religious Diversity, and Women’s Interreligious Encounter
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Religious diversity is a persistent theological predicament for Christian thinkers. Historically, theologians have wrestled with the relationship between believing Christians and religious others. The clash between the Christian doctrine of salvation and non-Christian belief systems often comes down...
An Ocean Vast of Blessing
A Theology of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Humans are made in the image of God, and authentically coming to be human means to become like him. This work pursues a robust and renewed theology of grace in conversation with the patristic traditions of Irenaeus, the Cappadocian Fathers, and Augustine, the medieval theology of Maximus and Aquinas,...
Theology in the Present Age
Essays in Honor of John D. Castelein
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
This volume of essays centers on the theme of doing Christian theology in the present postmodern context, a consistent theme of the teaching of John D. Castelein. The work will celebrate and honor John's years of service by representing reflections of his teaching in the thought of his students and...
Poetic Youth Ministry
Learning to Love Young People by Letting Them Go
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Current research shows what many in the Christian community already know: young people are leaving the church. This raises important questions: Why are young people leaving? How can the church respond? Some have responded to this issue out of a posture of fear and anxiety, trying to find new ways...
by Robert Cummings Neville
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Once liberal Christianity was preached in ways that defined it in the public eye. Now Christianity is identified almost exclusively with its conservative expressions. Seasons of the Christian Life presents a series of sermons articulating a liberal Christianity over against its conservative neighbors....
by Robert Cummings Neville
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
The dimension of eternity has been lost from much contemporary religious consciousness. Liberals tend to focus on action within time, as do conservatives, who see history as a battleground for a war of good against evil. Spiritual life, however, also requires nurturing a sense of eternity within time....
Engaging Luther
A (New) Theological Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
The Reformer Martin Luther is the source of endless fascination and dispute. Not only his antagonists but also his supporters have created a host of representations of his thought. On the one hand, Catholic and other similar voices have accused Luther of being the major agent in the birth of modern...
Virtue
An Introduction to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Since the 1960s, the virtues have been making a comeback in various fields of study. This book offers an overview of the history of virtues from Plato to Nietzsche, discusses the philosophy and psychology of virtues, and analyzes different applications of virtue in epistemology, positive psychology, ethics, and politics.
Letters to Peter
On the Journey from Grief to Wholeness
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Dad. I've got very, very, very bad news. Peter was killed tonight . . . With that middle-of-the-night phone call, life for the Mayer family plunged from best-ever year to months and years of dealing with the oppressive presence of Peter's unending absence. A letter from his father to the freshly deceased...
Agape Ethics
Moral Realism and Love for All Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Consider intense moments when you have been seized by joy or, in different contexts, by anguish for another person, or a cat or dog, or perhaps even for a squirrel or possum struck as it dashed across the road: whether glorious or haunting, these are among the most profound and meaningful moments...