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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Karl Barth was one of the most important Christian theologians of the twentieth century, but his political views have often not been taken sufficiently into account. Beginning with a representative early essay by Karl Barth, this volume proceeds with essays by Friedrich-Wilhelm Marquardt, Helmut Gollwitzer,...
Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History
Notes from the Pulpit Ministry of P. T. Forsyth
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
This collection of forty-eight sermons, most of which have not been previously published, discloses the integration of vocation and imagination in the work of one of the greatest of Free Church theologians, P. T. Forsyth. At a time of fragmentation, when theological study has become too much removed...
The Great Athanasius
An Introduction to His Life and Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
The Great Athanasius is an introductory survey of the life and work of the most dynamic pastor-theologian of the fourth century. From his birth and early years in Alexandria to the "Golden Decade," the book charts the life and work of Athanasius through a close study of his main writings...
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....
Martin Luther as He Lived and Breathed
Recollections of the Reformer
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Luther's oft-recounted life made a profound impact on his contemporaries. Some revered him; some hated him. This volume provides a brief narrative of the unfolding events that took place from his birth to a young entrepreneurial family through his turbulent career as university professor and public...
Fresh Wind Blowing
Living in God's New Pentecost
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
A fresh wind of God's Spirit is blowing on the earth today, and as in times past, God is inviting us to raise our sails and move forward with the power and direction that reflects our commitment to God's will. Some are calling it a new pentecost, but whatever name is given, we are living in a time...
Longing for Spring
A New Vision for Wesleyan Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Delving into the widespread, contemporary longing for a more serious and communal experience of Christianity, this book provides important theoretical underpinnings and casts a vision for a new monasticism within the Wesleyan tradition. Elaine Heath and Scott Kisker call for the planting of neo-monastic...
The Politics of Penance
Proposing an Ethic for Social Repair
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
"Bless me Father, for I have sinned," says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages. Along with the priest's words, "For your penance . . ." this encounter is an icon of Catholic life. But does the script, and the practices...
"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...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
The theology of Karl Barth has been a productive dialogue partner for evangelical theology. For too long, however, the dialogue has been dominated by questions of orthodoxy. The present volume seeks to contribute to the conversation through a creative reconfiguration of both partners in the conversation,...
Catholicism and Buddhism
The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of Jesus and Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The recent tide of books comparing Christianity and Buddhism has centered mostly on similarities. The Dalai Lama, for example, provided his opinions on Christianity in a popular book, The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (1996). Other writers have equally sought to describe...
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...
The Oral Ethos of the Early Church
Speaking, Writing, and the Gospel of Mark
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
To experience the gospel message as first-century people heard it is to move into an oral world, one with very little reliance on manuscripts. The essays in this book explore this oral world and the Gospel of Mark within it. They demonstrate the oral style of Mark's gospel, which suggests that it...