Wipf And Stock Publishers: 1811 books
Faith Forming Faith
Bringing New Christians to Baptism and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle discovered that by forming the faith of new Christians and leading them to the waters of baptism, they as a parish were renewed and revitalized for mission in the world. Faith Forming Faith describes the year-long process of faith mentoring that has become...
by Paul E. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
What happens after a congregation welcomes new Christians into its ministry? Building on the work of the first volume in this series, Faith Forming Faith, Paul Hoffman interprets how a congregation that intentionally practices baptism and its renewal is itself re-formed. Pastors, teachers, lay leaders,...
The Dying of Jesus
Words and Thoughts from the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
The liturgical season of Lent and Good Friday are very important for Christians as they meditate and reflect upon the dying of Jesus. These are traditions that take us back to the very beginnings of the Christian tradition. From early times, pilgrims have made their way to the Holy Land, especially...
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...
by Owen F. Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Many books exist devoted to the life, thought, and writings of Blessed John Henry Newman, the premier Catholic theologian in nineteenth-century England. His influence has been enormous, perhaps especially on Vatican II (1962-65). This book is a Newman primer, and not only a primer about Newman himself,...
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...
Faces By the Wayside—Persons Who Encountered Jesus on the Road
A Month of Daily Meditations for Advent, Lent, and Other Seasons of the Soul
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
If I could only have been there . . . Did you ever wish you could have been among those who actually encountered Jesus in person; mingled, perhaps, with those throngs beside the lake; feasted among the five thousand in a Galilean meadow; crowded along the village street as the carpenter from Nazareth...
More Questions than Answers
Sharing Faith by Listening
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Why does it feel like most of the world today considers irrelevant the gospel we cherish and so faithfully proclaim in our churches? Why do our Christian responses fail to satisfy the heart quests of our neighbors? Does the shallowness of our neatly packaged answers alienate us from them and from...
Beyond Old and New Perspectives on Paul
Reflections on the Work of Douglas Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
New Testament studies are witnessing many exciting developments. And Douglas Campbell's groundbreaking publications are an important contribution to future discussions relating to Paul. Familiar problems relating to justification, old and new perspectives, and much more besides, have been tackled...
“Jesus Does Stand-Up,” and Other Satires
Parables, Pictures, and Parodies for Today's Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Jesus Does Stand-Up, and Other Satires is a collection of fifty short parables and parodies that highlight the weaknesses of the contemporary Western church and the increasingly secular culture in which its members live out their faith. The satires target an entire herd of sacred cows, making fun...
Forgiveness
A Theology
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Many endorse the idea of personal forgiveness without fully understanding its complexity and subtlety. This book is a careful and detailed theological exploration of personal forgiveness. It sets forgiveness in its ancient and biblical context, as well as drawing on contemporary debates among philosophers,...