Gordon T Smith: 12 books
Transforming Conversion
Rethinking the Language and Contours of Christian Initiation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
This volume offers much-needed theological reflection on the phenomenon of conversion and transformation. Gordon Smith provides a robust evaluation that covers the broad range of thinking about conversion across Christian traditions and addresses global contexts. Smith contends that both in the church...
A Holy Meal
The Lord's Supper in the Life of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
"This is my body," said Jesus at the Last Supper. What did he mean? Throughout church history, there have been various interpretations of his words. These differences have caused denominational ruptures that have yet to heal.
In A Holy Meal, Gordon T. Smith shows that we cannot appreciate...
by Glen G. Scorgie, Simon Chan, Gordon T. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
In recent decades Christian spirituality, spiritual formation and spiritual theology have become important concepts in the global evangelical community. Consequently, an accessible and reliable academic resource is needed on these topics—one that will offer a discerning orientation to the wealth...
Institutional Intelligence
How to Build an Effective Organization
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Consider Your Calling
Six Questions for Discerning Your Vocation
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Courage and Calling
Courage and Calling
Embracing Your God-Given Potential
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
What is my calling?
How do I live it out in the midst of difficult relationships or moral challenges?
Will my vocation change as I enter a new stage of life?
With competing needs and demands, how can I craft a balanced way of living?
Called to Be Saints
An Invitation to Christian Maturity
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Christianity Todayafterbeyond**Called to Be Saints
Spiritual Direction
A Guide to Giving and Receiving Direction
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
make sense of the faith journey
interpret the significant markers on the road
encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage
and, most of all, to notice the ministry of the Spirit in our lives
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal
Why the Church Should Be All Three
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
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Christian Physicalism?
Philosophical Theological Criticisms
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional...
Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering
Trauma, History, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering: Trauma, History, and Memory offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives that highlight the problem of traumatic memory. Because trauma fragments memory, storytelling is impeded by what is unknowable and what is unspeakable. Each of the contributors...
Moving Beyond Compromise
Why Stop There?
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
The process of making decisions is integral to life. We make decisions every day, from what to have for breakfast to critical issues of life and business. When two or more people are involved in making those decisions, the process often involves "compromise" and can be complicated by the...