Pickwick Publications imprint: 381 books
WealthWatch
A Study of Socioeconomic Conflict in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
The purpose of this book is to help postmodern Westerners understand what the Bible has to say about wealth and possessions, basing itself on the presumption that (a) nobody can understand themselves apart from some recognition of their spiritual roots, and (b) that these roots sink deeper into the...
Ontology and Ethics
Bonhoeffer and Contemporary Scholarship
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Recent scholarship in a number of disciplines has explored the relationship between ontology and ethics. The essays in this collection indicate what the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) has to contribute to this discussion. By engaging the breadth of his academic and pastoral writings,...
Liturgical Liaisons
The Textual Body, Irony, and Betrayal in John Donne and Emily Dickinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
When Jesus offers his body as a promise to his disciples, he initiates a liturgical framework that is driven by irony and betrayal. Through these deconstructive elements, however, the promise invites the disciples into an intimate space where they anticipate the fulfillment of what is to come. This...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Religious themes, concepts, imagery, and terminology have featured prominently in much recent science fiction. In the book you hold in your hands, scholars working in a range of disciplines (such as theology, literature, history, music, and anthropology) offer their perspectives on a variety of points...
Reading Scripture to Hear God
Kevin Vanhoozer and Henri de Lubac on God’s Use of Scripture in the Economy of Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Recent theological discussions between Catholics and Evangelicals have generated a renewed appreciation for God's ongoing use of Scripture for self-mediation to the Church. Noting the significant influence of Henri de Lubac (one of the drafters of Dei Verbum and proponent of a renewal of the Patristic...
Zionism through Christian Lenses
Ecumenical Perspectives on the Promised Land
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Dear to the hearts of many Christians is the land of the Bible, which today is convulsed by strife. Contradictory claims about the past, present, and future of this land can bewilder us. The essays in this volume invite Christians of every denomination to share in perspectives that are solidly grounded...
Beyond 400
Exploring Baptist Futures
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Baptists worldwide recently celebrated 400 years of history and witness. This volume is a collection of papers presented at the Beyond 400 conference held in Perth, Western Australia, as part of these celebrations. Contributors have written from a broad range of perspectives reflecting biblically...
The Total Enemy
Six Chapters of a Violent Idea
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
The Total Enemy explores the most radicalized forms of enmity, trying to unravel some of its historical and contemporary expressions. Starting from the premise that one of modernity's constitutive values is non-violence, the book explores how non-violence, or rather the making of a world free of violence,...
From Bards to Biblical Exegetes
A Close Reading and Intertextual Analysis of Selected Exodus Psalms
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
A cursory glance through the Psalter reveals numerous allusions to events in Israel's literary history. While a range of literary and oral sources were obviously available to psalmists, the relationships between these sources and the psalmists' final work are more obscure. Concerning these relationships,...
The Globalization of Christianity
Implications for Christian Ministry and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
While Christianity appears to be in decline in the West it is growing robustly in the global South. What does this mean for the Christianity that was once considered to be the religion of the West? The new contexts and trajectories require innovative responses and relevant theological reflection in...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The centenary of America's declaration of war in 1917 is a fitting time to examine afresh the reaction of the American churches to the conflict. What was the impact of the war on the churches as well as the churches' hoped-for influence on the nation's war effort? Commenting on themes such as nationalism,...
Christian Responses to Terrorism
The Kenyan Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
How should Christians respond to terrorism and terrorists in their midst? Terrorism is a global problem, and no society on earth faces it alone. The mainly Christian society of Kenya has suffered more than most as it attempts to counter the threat of al-Shabaab. Some pastors have asked for permission...
Empire from the Margins
Religious Minorities in Canada and the South African War
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were a number of smaller religious bodies that sought to develop religious and national identity on the margins--something especially difficult when the nation was at war in South Africa. This book examines rich and varied extant sources that provide...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Public discussion about the relationship between religion and public life in Canada can be heated at times, and scholars have recently focused on the historical study of the many expressions of this relationship. The experience of Canada's smaller Protestant Christian groups, however, has remained...