Theology category: 9608 books
by Gyaviira Kisitu
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Theology - Systematic Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Religion philosophy and classics), course: Masters, language: English, abstract: Scholarship on Pentecostalism and charismatic forms of worship has described Pentecostal and Charismatic churches...
John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel
A Prologue to Theology
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
This study brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theological goal of understanding what is meant by Incarnation and how it relates to Pascha, the Passion of Christ, how this is conceived of as revelation, and how we speak of it. The first group of readers...
Ascension Theology and Habakkuk
A Reformed Ecclesiology in Filipino American Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
This book describes Reformed ecclesiology through the lived faith of the Filipino American Christian diaspora. It proposes a contextual, constructive ecclesiology by engaging with the Presbyterian/Reformed theological tradition’s understanding of the ascension of Jesus Christ with the Old Testament book of Habakkuk as a conversation partner.
The Rise of Reformed System
The Intellectual Heritage of William Ames
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This work establishes the significance of the thought of Puritan William Ames (1576-1633) in deepening and systematizing established Reformation teaching on Christian doctrine and life in a way that ensured its subsequent development through the early modern period and beyond.
This book argues...
For Whom Did Christ Die?
The Extent of the Atonement in Paul's Theology
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
A careful and exegetical reading and examination of the Pauline passages that suggests particular atonement, together with a thorough engagement with contemporary scholars on the subject.
In For Whom Did Christ Die? Williams argues that according to Paul, Jesus died exclusively for the elect...
The Abraham Allegory: Why God Changed His Name to Jesus
From Abram to Abraham, From Jehovah to Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
The Bible says that God has written a mystery! Now if a human had written a mystery we would expect him to keep us in suspense with plot twists and an invincible arch-villain, but we think that God just writes nice stories about nice people. However, as C.S. Lewis implied, He’s a good God, but He's...
Unity as Prophetic Witness
W. A. Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical Theology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical Theology
Visser 't Hooft is, perhaps, the most distinguished figure in the modern ecumenical movement, emerging in the postwar decades as a pivotal figure. Under his leadership, the World Council of Churches was officially constituted in 1948 by...
St. Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and The Martyrdom of Polycarp
Edited with Notes and Commentary by Rev. Aaron Simms
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
St. Polycarp was the Christian bishop of Smyrna in the second century AD. He was taught by the Apostle John himself, therefore representing the next generation of Christians after the Apostles. He in turn taught St. Irenaeus who would become bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyon in France).
In...
The First and Second Apologies of Justin Martyr
Edited with Notes and Commentary by Rev. Aaron Simms
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Justin Martyr was a mid-second century Christian writer. A Greek-speaking Gentile, he was born in Flavia Neapolis (present day Nablus) in Samaria and was martyred around 165 AD in Rome. In approximately 150 AD, he wrote his First and Second Apologies as defenses of the Christian faith. Justin addressed...
The Christian Faith
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
About the Book
A simple, straightforward overview of the Christian faith perfect for those curious about Christianity, those new to the faith, or simply those who wish to reacquaint themselves with the essentials.
From the Author
“I have often wished that there was...
Tertullian's Defense of the Christian Faith
Edited with Notes and Commentary by Rev. Aaron Simms
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Tertullian was a Christian writer who lived in the Roman province of Africa at the end of the second century and beginning of the third century AD. He wrote his Apology or “Defense of the Christian Faith” during the joint rule of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus with his imperial peer Caracalla...
Athenagoras' Embassy for the Christians and On the Resurrection of the Dead
Edited with Notes and Commentary by Rev. Aaron Simms
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Athenagoras of Athens was a Christian writer who lived in the Roman empire from approximately 133 to 190 AD. He was well-versed in Greek philosophy and may have been a Platonist philosopher prior to his conversion to the Christian faith.
This edition in the St. Polycarp Church Fathers Series...
This Incredibly Benevolent Force
The Holy Spirit in Reformed Theology and Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
A key refrain in Reformed theology is that God’s Spirit trumpets the message of salvation through Jesus Christ into every nook and cranny of the universe—but how? And in what way does this cosmic truth touch and shape the mundane reality of our lives and our world?
In this distillation...
Barth's Ontology of Sin and Grace
Variations on a Theme of Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
In recent Barth studies it has been argued that a key to understanding the theologian’s opposition to natural theology is his rejection of substantialist ontology. While this is true to an extent, this book argues that it is a mistake to see Barth’s ‘actualistic ontology’ as diametrically...