Theology category: 9608 books
A Holy Yet Sinful Church
Three Twentieth-Century Moments in a Developing Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This text examines three key moments in the developing theology of the church’s holiness and sinfulness in the twentieth century: the ressourcement movement of the 1930s to the 1950s, the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), and the pontificate of John Paul II (1978–2005).
The aim of this...
Evangelicals, Worship and Participation
Taking a Twenty-First Century Reading
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
In discussions of worship, the term ’participation’ covers a lot of ground. It refers not only to concrete acts in gathered liturgy, but also to some of the loftiest claims of Christian theology. In this book, Alan Rathe probes the ways in which North American evangelicals have in recent years...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The history of the church's relationship with governing authorities unfolds from its beginnings at the intersection of apprehension and acceptance, collaboration and separation. This volume is dedicated to helping students chart this complex narrative through early Christian writings from the first...
Teaching Bodies
Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
In Teaching Bodies, leading scholar of Christian thought Mark D. Jordan offers an original reading of the Summa of Theology of Thomas Aquinas. Reading backward, Jordan interprets the main parts of the Summa, starting from the conclusion, to reveal how Thomas teaches morals by directing attention to...
by Robert Alan King
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Justin Martyr on the Law, the Prophets, and the Jews from the series Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 5,300 words. This booklet discusses Justin's beliefs about the Mosaic law, the prophets, Jews, and Judaism. This includes his views on the character...
The Gospel of Christ Crucified
A Theology of Suffering before Glory
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
A systematic presentation of the gospel, similar to a biblical theology, but arranged thematically to communicate the timeline of redemptive history. Beginning in Genesis and concluding in Revelation, it outlines the worldview of Jewish apocalypticism and holistically integrates a theology of the cross and martyrdom.
Broken Lights and Mended Lives
Theology and Common Life in the Early Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 1990
A discussion by a broadly respected authority of the complicated relationship between theology and ordinary life in the early church. The first section of the book scrutinizes theology with a view to understanding its bearing upon Christian understandings of life (the theological “stories” of...
Discovering Christian Holiness
The Heart of WesleyanHoliness Theology
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Is WesleyanHoliness theology still relevant for the twentyfirst century? Does WesleyanHoliness theology; as a vital, experiential, living and breathing theologystill exist? This study of the doctrine of Holiness examines its biblical, historical, and theological foundations, as well as the importance...
by DR. R. A. Milwood PhD D.Min.
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
British Churches Enslaved and Murdered Black Atlantic Slaves: Contextualization-De-contextualization-Marginalization of the Transatlantic Chattel Slave Trade. DR. Milwood has written this thesis on Contextualization as a companion to his other two books on African Humanity. Shaking Foundations: A...
Truth and Politics
A Theological Comparison of Joseph Ratzinger and John Milbank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Truth and Politics tackles the crucial question of how the concept of truth is defined and how such is grounded theologically, through an analysis and comparison of the thought of two of the most important contemporary Catholic and Protestant theologians, Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) and John Milbank.
Peter...
Leibniz
Protestant Theologian
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Irena Backus offers the first study in over four hundred years that characterizes Leibniz as both scholar and theologian. She explores his treatment of the key theological issues of his time-predestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, efforts for a union between Lutherans and members of other Christian...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theology of reconstruction,...
A Neo-Hegelian Theology
The God of Greatest Hospitality
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The thought of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) haunts the world of theology. Constantly misunderstood, and often maliciously misrepresented, Hegel nevertheless will not go away. Perhaps no other thinker in Christian tradition has more radically sought to think through the requirements of perfect open-mindedness,...
The Face of the Deep
A Theology of Becoming
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
This is a groundbreaking, highly original work of postmodern feminist theology from one of the most important authors in the field. The Face of the Deep deconstructs the Christian doctrine of creation which claims that a transcendent Lord unilaterally created the universe out of nothing. Catherine...