Pickwick Publications imprint: 381 books
The Theology of Dallas Willard
Discovering Protoevangelical Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Evangelical Christianity in the United States is currently in a dramatic state of change. Yet amidst this sometimes tumultuous religious environment a rather unique blend of both ancient and contemporary Christian theology has found its way into the hearts and minds of emerging generations of Christians....
Religion, Gender, and Industry
Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
What part did religion play in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain? How did the local situation differ from the national picture? What was the role of women in society and the church? And how did the emerging centers of industrial activity interact with the places in which they sprung...
"Jesus Is Victor!"
The Significance of the Blumhardts for the Theology of Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
IN THIS INNOVATIVE WORK, Christian T. Collins Winn examines the role played by the Pietist pastors Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842-1919) in the development of Karl Barth's theology. The disparate theological themes and dynamics of the two Blumhardts were...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
From intellectual inquiry to spiritual practice to social reform, Pietism has exerted an enormous influence on various forms of Christianity and on Western culture more generally. However, this contribution remains largely unacknowledged or misunderstood in Anglo-American contexts because negative...
From the Margins
A Celebration of the Theological Work of Donald W. Dayton
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2007
Recognized as a leading interpreter of major movements in American Christianity such as Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and the Holiness movement, Donald W. Dayton has produced a body of work spanning four decades and diverse areas of inquiry. In From the Margins, friends and colleagues respond to...
Luke-Acts and Empire
Essays in Honor of Robert L. Brawley
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
In recent years, scholars have explored anew the interface between the early Christian movements and the Roman Empire. Once thought to be quietistic, the early Christian movements turn out to have been critical of the Empire and significantly counterimperial. This collection of essays in honor of...
Eucharist and Ecumenism
The Eucharist across the Ages and Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Most Christians worship on a regular basis on the Lord's Day. They have done so from the beginning, and their worship has centered on the Eucharist, following Jesus's words, Do this in remembrance of me. Over the two millennia of the Christian tradition there have been shifts of emphasis and understanding...
One Body in Christ
Ecumenical Snapshots
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Many feel that work for Christian unity or ecumenism is not especially urgent or important in the complexities of our contemporary world. So many different issues demand the attention of committed Christians--for example, responding to global crises in which people are suffering, developing strong...
Taking Rational Trouble Over the Mysteries
Reactions to Atheism
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
How can one believe in an age of doubt? How can we name the mystery of God in human words? Does nature speak of the glory of God? Does science undermine faith? Is the problem of evil unanswerable? In this volume scientists, theologians, philosophers, as well as a historian and social scientist, take...
Creation and Hope
Reflections on Ecological Anticipation and Action from Aotearoa New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
We live in an ecological age. Science in the last few hundred years has given us a picture of nature as blind to the future and mechanical in its workings, even while ecology and physics have made us aware of our interconnectedness and dependency upon the web of life. As we witness a possible sixth...
The Gift of the Other
Levinas, Derrida, and a Theology of Hospitality
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Karl Barth was an eminently conversational theologian, and with the Internet revolution, we live today in an eminently conversational age. Being the proceedings of the 2010 Karl Barth Blog Conference, Karl Barth in Conversation brings these two factors together in order to advance the dialogue about...
The Church as Salt and Light
Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
This book is an attempt at a critical, constructive, and creative theological praxis of social transformation in Africa. The authors apply a multi-disciplinary approach to examining how Christianity in Africa is engaging the problems of Africa's challenging social context. This is a prophetic work...
The Church and Development in Africa
Aid and Development from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
In this book Stan Ilo offers an integral theology of development and creatively lays the groundwork for Christian humanitarian and social ministry in Africa. Ilo proposes a vulnerable missional praxis through a social analysis informed by the gospel, which promises to enrich the ways Catholic and...