Wipf And Stock imprint: 424 books
In Quest of a Vital Protestant Center
An Ecumenical Evangelical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
In Quest of a Vital Protestant Center probes the relationship between Scripture and culture in twentieth-century US theology and biblical studies. It points to the necessity of turning to what Karl Barth has referred to as "the strange new world within the Bible" for any revitalization of...
The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith
Marcus Borg and N. T. Wright in Critical Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith examines the conflicting views of Marcus Borg and N. T. Wright on the long-standing question of the relationship between the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ of faith as depicted in the New Testament. Demetrion has created a study designed...
by Morris A. Inch
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Two rival analogies compete for our attention: the law of the jungle, and the sacred canopy. As for the former, life consists of the survival of the fittest. As for the latter, the divine mandates serve as a framework for social ethics. This is in keeping with the conviction that we live in God's...
Mobilizing a Great Commission Church for Harvest
Voices and Views from the Southern Baptist Professors of Evangelism Fellowship
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Mobilizing a Great Commission Church for Harvest addresses practical aspects of evangelism in the local church, with the voices and views of nineteen current Southern Baptist professors of evangelism. They address important topics to local church evangelism, such as Invitations with integrity and...
A History and Critique of Methodological Naturalism
The Philosophical Case for God’s Design of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Methodological naturalism is the thesis that only natural features can be factored into any legitimate explanation. Moreover, the thesis contends, any attempt to explain natural phenomena by appealing to supernatural features is unscientific and, therefore, illegitimate. This book argues that nothing...
Evil and Pain
A Critique of the Materialistic Account of Evil
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
A specific form of understanding of evil, in the problem of evil debate, gets assumed among a variety of materialistic naturalists. Owing to their physicalist and, in some cases, behaviorist philosophies, this understanding assumes a hedonistic view of pain that reduces valuation to pleasure and pain....
The Book of Job
A Modern Translation and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
The book of Job is the most challenging--and most engaging--of all the books in the Hebrew Scriptures. It challenges one's faith in the essential goodness of God and humanity. In this volume, Rabbis Kravitz and Olitzky provide an original, modern translation and commentary while also inviting classic...
by Wayne Allen
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In 1924, an Australian minister observed that while the world may be getting better off, the world is not getting better. Almost one hundred years have passed and little has changed. No doubt people today are healthier and wealthier than ever before. But people do not seem to be any more virtuous....
A Dangerous Mind
The Ideas and Influence of Delbert L. Wiens
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
A Dangerous Mind is a celebration of the ideas and influence of Delbert L. Wiens. It contains tributes to him, essays inspired by him, and some of his unpublished works. This effort has been brought together by his students, colleagues, and friends at the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of...
by Jeff Hood
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
God is Queer. In a world of normative paradigms, God will never fit in and nor should we. That twitching and itching for something more will consistently be present until we step out of our closets and into the Queer. The Courage to Be Queer is about the wildness and beauty of an indescribable and...
by Preston M. Browning
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Struggling for the Soul of Our Country is a book in search of answers: what does it mean to struggle for the soul of a country and how does the life of citizenship influence our common future? While discussing major cultural and political issues, Browning addresses the deeper questions haunting many...
A Future for American Evangelicalism
Commitment, Openness, and Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
This book proposes that participation in "God's Project of Reconciliation" is the "Center" that can hold evangelical Christians together in the midst of great diversity in belief and ecclesiastical practices. The author envisions a vibrant future for the Evangelical movement if...
The Spiritual Condition of Infants
A Biblical-Historical Survey and Systematic Proposal
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
What is the spiritual condition of infants? According to the Augustinian-Calvinist view, all people inherit from the first Adam both a sinful nature and his guilt. The result is that all infants are subject to the judgment of God against their nature before they knowingly commit any sinful actions....
Jesus as Man, Myth, and Metaphor
Beyond the Jesus of History Debate
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Current New Testament scholarship has done much to advance knowledge of Jesus's authentic words and message. The works of Crossan, Borg, Vermes, Mack, and many others attest to this movement. In this process, however, the Christ of the Gospels, or the so-called Christ of faith, has been caught in...