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Theology (Exegetical Historical Practical etc.)

  • Wounding And Healing Of Desire

    $35.00

    Wendy Farley (WJK author of ‘Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion: A Contemporary Theodicy’ 1990 has written a unique manuscript that considers human life from the perspectives of the wounding and healing of desire. “Desire” as that which longs for connection, home, beauty. We yearn for these things but in so doing attach ourselves to things unworthy of our longing. We are in “bondage” to those things that ultimately prevent humans from flourishing or fulfilling their desires. Contemplation, prayer, and love are ways one can be freed from bondage and find the fulfillment of our desires in God. We are then opened up to the world and drawn into struggles for justice and well being for all people. This is a passionate, moving account that draws strongly on Christian meditative and mystical spiritual traditions–sources that are not often tapped in traditional Christian theology.

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  • Images Of Pastoral Care

    $34.99

    “Robert Dykstra’s reading of the pastoral theological tradition is masterful. This book is at once a history of the field, woven together around living illustrations of key moments and metaphors, and a fresh conceptualization. Its three-part grouping of classical, paradoxical, and contemporary/contextual ‘images of care,’ its well-chosen and carefully edited excerpts of each image, and its wisely crafted introductory remarks make this a real gold mine. Seldom does one find a book that is so useful both for ministers desiring a basic introduction to pastoral care and doctoral students seeking a sophisticated understanding of the field. We are indebted to Dykstra for this multifaceted contribution.”

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  • Divine Image : Envisioning The Invisible God

    $29.00

    1.The Image Of God As A Theological Problem
    2.The Ambiguity Of Images
    3.The Image Of God In Christ
    4.The Image Of God In Human Beings: Developing Protocols Of Discernment
    5.Discernment As Communal Discipline: The Protocols Of Service
    6.Discernment As Personal Discipline: The Protocols Of Chastity
    7.Discernment In Ecclesial Formation: The Sacraments As Protocols
    8.Seeing The Divine Image

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    Theologian Ian McFarland claims that Christians have mainly misappropriated the “image of God” language for 2000 years and thereby missed a rich resource for our knowledge of God.

    Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, McFarland claims that the image of God in us tells us something about God and how we know God. It tells us that God, though not identical with us, communicates Godself to us in creative love, in a way that offers precious clues about God’s transcendence, immanence, triune life, self-disclosure, incarnation, and intentions for human life. McFarland’s careful and exacting work builds from this kernel a powerful Christian vision of God’s life and our own destiny in Christ.

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  • Wesley For Armchair Theologians

    $24.00

    Called the most important Protestant since Luther, the founder of the Methodists preached Christ to hundreds of thousands of people, formed small groups to foster discipleship, and actively helped the poor and downtrodden. Abraham gives a remarkably evenhanded presentation of Wesley’s emphases, achievements, and legacy.

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  • Covenant Theology Of Caspar Olevianus

    $22.00

    Print on demand title
    “The purpose of this study,” writes the author, “is to take a new and hard look at Olevianus’s doctrine of covenant and to determine its place in the larger picture of sixteenth-century thought.” Bierma analyzes all of Olevianus’s work on covenant and challenges the notion that Olevianus was the first to use the covenant idea as the organizing principle of his theology. He maintains that Olevianus’s most significant contribution was in using the covenant to provide assurance of salvation.

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  • Introduction To The Heidelberg Catechism

    $39.00

    A full-scale investigation of this pivotal work in terms of authorship, historical background, socio-political origins, and theology. Includes for the first time translations of two important sources—Zacharias Ursinus’s Smaller and Larger Catechism—plus a bibliography of research since 1900. 240 pages, softcover. Baker.

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  • Theological Introduction To The Old Testament (Revised)

    $51.99

    Helps readers come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church’s Scripture – a witness of ancient Israel and witness to the church and synagogue through the generations of those who have passed these texts on as Scripture.

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  • Religion Politics And The Christian Right

    $17.00

    Introduction: Faith, American Empire, And Spirit

    1.Evil In Public Life Today
    2.The 9/11 Moment
    3.The Specter Of American Romanticism
    4.The Specter Of Contractual Liberalism
    5.The Specter Of Prophetic Spirit
    6.Revolutionary Belonging
    7.Revolutionary Expectation

    Epilogue: Christian Faith And Counter Imperial Practice

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    Princeton theologian Mark Taylor analyzes right-wing Christian movements in the United States amid the powers of religion, politics, empire, and corporate classes in post-9/11 USA.

    The real gift of Taylor’s book is his argument that this militant Christian faith must be viewed against a backdrop of the American political romanticism and corporatist liberalism of U.S. past and present. Taylor uses the best of cultural and historical studies, while deftly drawing lessons for American readers from theologian Paul Tillich’s analysis of power and religion during the rise of fascism and nationalism in Germany of the 1930s.

    The result is an innovative framework for interpreting how Christian nationalists, Pentagon war planners and corporate institutions today are forging alliances in the U.S. that have dramatic and destructive global impact. Moving beyond lament, Taylor also leaves readers with a new romance of revolutionary traditions and a new more radical liberalism, revitalizing American visions of spirit that are both prophetic and public for U.S. residents today.

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  • Theology Of The New Testament

    $49.99

    34 Chapters Divided Into Three Parts Plus A Conclusion

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    Emphasizing the theological unity—and recognizing the cultural diversity—of the New Testament, Thielman provides an orientation to each individual book and an overview of the NT as a whole. Pastors, scholars, teachers, and laypeople will appreciate this review of historical, doctrinal, and cultural contexts and their relationship to contemporary scholarly debate. Complete and cohesive.

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  • Encounters With Biblical Theology

    $23.00

    This important book for use in Old Testament courses is also a valuable resource for those exploring the role of the Bible in culture today. The articles include:

    Theoretical Issues
    “Is a Critical Biblical Theology Possible?”
    “Biblical Theology and the History of Israelite Religion”
    “The Politics of Biblical Interpretation”

    The Pentateuch
    “Faith without Works: Biblical Ethics and the Sacrifice of Isaac”
    “The Development of the Exodus Tradition”
    “The Exodus and Biblical Theology”
    “The Biblical Vision of the Common Good”

    Wisdom and Biblical Theology
    “The Biblical Precedent for Natural Theology”
    “Proverbial Wisdom and the Yahwist Vision”
    “Natural Theology and Biblical Tradition: The Case of Hellenistic Judaism”

    Apocalyptic Literature
    “Temporality and Politics in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature”
    “The Book of Truth: Daniel as Reliable Witness to Past and Future in the United States of America”
    “The Legacy of Apocalypticism: Christian Adaptations of Jewish Tradition”
    “Jesus and the Messiahs of Israel”
    “Jewish Monotheism and Christian Theology”

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  • Proclamation And Theology

    $14.99

    This first volume in the Abingdon Press series Horizons in Theology addresses the major concerns and questions for preaching as it intersects with theology. William H. Willimon, recognized as one of today’s master interpreters of the theology and practice of preaching, explains why, in the words of the Second Helvetic Confession, “The preaching of the word of God is the Word of God.” Drawing from classical theology and practical experience, he provides a cogent, powerful explanation of what it means to live the preaching life.

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  • 2 Views On Women In Ministy (Revised)

    $22.99

    This revised and strengthened edition presents two essays representing the egalitarian and the complementarian/hierarchical views of women and ministry.

    From the Back Cover
    What does the Bible say about the role of women in the church? With pros and cons on either side of a heated, ongoing debate, no definitive conclusions have emerged. The purpose of this book is to furnish concerned readers with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary views on women in the ministry so they can better understand each one’s strengths, weaknesses, and complexities. This revised and strengthened edition presents two essays representing the “egalitarian” and the “complementarian/hierarchical” views of women in ministry. Each contributor offers thoroughly qualified insights based on careful biblical scholarship and personal experience. At the end of each of the four essays, a brief question-and-answer section provides further clarification. The general editor adds a commentary at the conclusion of both the hierarchical and egalitarian sections. Contributors Include: * Linda L. Belleville (Egalitarian View) * Craig L. Blomberg (Complementarian View) * Craig S. Keener (Egalitarian View) * Thomas R. Schreiner (Complementarian View)

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  • Paul And The Religious Experience Of Reconcilation

    $40.00

    In the ancient world as in contemporary times, religion provides a vital context in which people become who they are and establish themselves with a unique identity. This process of constructing the self is not only a psychological process and a phenomenological reality; it can also be a deeply religious experience. Using the phenomenological tradition of Edmund Husserl and the understanding of religious experience as delineated by William James, Gilbert Bond reaches back to the New Testament to interpret the story of Paul’s conversion as a religious community experience of the self’s creation, mixed with a variety of unique people and thought. Just as Paul experienced Self and Other in the midst of a culture of diaspora and a religion that emphasized the reconciliation of people, today there can be communities of reconciliation that produce such fundamental changes in self-consciousness.

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  • Finding Space : Winnicott God And Psychic Reality

    $40.00

    In this book, Ann Ulanov, an accomplished psychiatrist and scholar, draws on the work of renowned psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott to suggest fresh methods for effective pastoral care and counseling.

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  • Soul Of The Night

    $15.95

    Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into “a pilgrimage in quest of the soul of the night.”

    Chet Raymo’s elegant essays link the mysterious phenomena of the night sky with the human mind and spirit, as he ranges through the realms of mythology, literature, religion, history, and anthropology. Originally published two decades ago, The Soul of the Night is a classic work that is a must for those interested in the relationship between science and faith

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  • Honey From Stone

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    Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the natural world.

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  • Comforting Whirlwind : God Job And The Scale Of Creation

    $13.95

    In The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current trend of ecological destruction.

    With reference to the consequences of our poorly considered and self-centered environmental practices-global warming, ozone degradation, deforestation-McKibben combines modern science and timeless biblical wisdom to make the case that growth and economic progress are not only undesirable but deadly. If we continue to accelerate the pace of development, we will inevitably complete the “decreation” of our planet and everything on it, including ourselves.

    In his signature lyrical prose, and using Stephen Mitchell’s powerful translation of Job, McKibben calls readers to truly appreciate both the majesty of creation and humanity’s rightful-and responsible-place in it.

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  • Discovering Girard

    $16.95

    “Really wonderful; an elegantly written initiation into the mimetic theory. I am lucky to have interpreters who understand what I want to say and who can write so well.”
    -Rene Girard

    The work of Rene Girard is hugely influential in literature and cultural studies. But it is in understanding the relationship between religion and violence that his theory has created its greatest impact. Girard’s understanding of mimetic rivalry and conflict and of scapegoating is seen by many to be the key to a completely new understanding of Christianity.

    Girard’s name evokes curiosity and-often-strong feelings among devotees and skeptics. Discovering Girard is the first book to present Girard’s work to a wider audience. It explains and appraises Girard’s mimetic theory, shows its impact on theology and other disciplines, and manages to convey the excitement that a discovery of Girard’s ideas often generates in readers.

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  • Christian Ethics In Plain Language

    $29.99

    This is Book #2 in the newly branded Nelson’s Plain Language series. This volume will offer a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics, suitable for individual study or textbook use in a Bible college or seminary. The first four chapters will overview the field of Christian ethics before beginning to focus on specific issues. Eighteen chapters confront all of the issues faced by believers today, including a discussion of racial issues that goes beyond black and white, business ethics on this side of Enron, and war and international relations in light of today’s headlines.

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  • Saving Power : Theories Of Atonement And Forms Of The Church

    $41.99

    Jesus’ death and resurrection are undeniably central to the Christian faith. But how, precisely, is their significance to be understood?

    Concerned to reinvigorate the church’s teaching on the cross, the resurrection, and salvation – the atonement – Peter Schmiechen here invites readers to rediscover the wealth of the Christian tradition. In Saving Power he makes ample use of primary sources to unpack ten distinct theories of atonement, welcoming aspects of each rather than championing only one. Along the way, he demonstrates that while most Christians assume the basic theme of atonement to be sin and forgiveness, other powerful themes – liberation from oppressive powers, reconciliation in the face of division, and the hope of resurrection in the face of death, for instance – also deserve to be studied and preached.

    Affirming orthodox teaching while offering a positive take on marginal views, Saving Power is a crucial resource for anyone who seeks a fuller understanding of Christ’s work.

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  • Truth Aflame : Theology For The Church In Renewal (Revised)

    $32.99

    Most systematic theologies are long, detailed works of over one thousand pages, or even multiple volumes. This book is a much briefer and more accessible systematic theology written from an evangelical Pentecostal/charismatic position. This book is ideal for college students and busy pastors who want to be aware of the Pentecostal charismatic positions on various doctrines, but who do not wish to wade through pages and pages of analyses and rebuttals. While author Larry Hart does not ignore other theological interpretations, he does not write detailed apologies against other points of view to defend his position. In a writing style that is easy to follow, with a practical pastoral flavor, Hart presents the structure of his systematic theology in a succinct, clear manner. This book includes both brief and detailed tables of contents.

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  • Contagious Holiness : Jesus’ Meals With Sinners

    $28.99

    Series Preface
    Author’s Preface
    Abbreviations

    1. The Current Debate
    2. Forming Friendships But Evading Enemies
    3. Contagious Impurity
    4. Jesus The Consummate Party Animal?
    5. Pervasive Purity
    6. The Potential Of Contemporary Christian Meals

    Bibliography
    Index Of Modern Authors
    Index Of Scripture References
    Index Of Ancient Sources

    Additional Info
    Honored in 2006 as a “Year’s Best Book for Preachers” by Preaching magazine.

    One of humanity’s most basic and common practices-eating meals-was transformed by Jesus into an occasion of divine encounter. In sharing food and drink with his companions, he invited them to share in the grace of God. He revealed his redemptive mission while eating with sinners, repentant and unrepentant alike.

    Jesus’ “table fellowship” with sinners in the Gospels has been widely agreed to be historically reliable. However, this consensus has recently been challenged, for example, by the claim that the meals in which Jesus participated took the form of Greco-Roman symposia-or that the “sinners” involved were the most flagrantly wicked within Israel’s society, not merely the ritually impure or those who did not satisfy strict Pharisaic standards of holiness.

    In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Craig L. Blomberg engages with the debate and opens up the significance of the topic. He surveys meals in the Old Testament and the intertestamental period, examines all the Gospel texts relevant to Jesus’ eating with sinners, and concludes with contemporary applications.

    Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

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  • Holy Meal : The Lords Supper In The Life Of The Church

    $20.00

    “This is my body,” said Jesus at the Last Supper. What did he mean? Throughout church history, there have been various interpretations of his words. These differences have caused denominational ruptures that have yet to heal.

    In A Holy Meal, Gordon T. Smith shows that we cannot appreciate the Lord’s Supper until we understand it. In light of the renewed attention given to the sacraments by all branches of the church, he examines the historic interpretations and seeks common ground among believers. In the process, he shows how the Lord’s Supper can infuse new meaning into the church as it confronts the forces of postmodernism and secularism.

    A Holy Meal is essential reading for Christians who want to ponder the Lord’s Supper again–perhaps truly for the first time.

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  • Creation And Double Chaos

    $22.00

    1.The Science-theology Dialogue: How?
    2.The Scientific Worldview
    3.The Theological Worldview: Creation Stories
    4.Creation Out Of Nothing: Origin And Problems
    5.Contemporary Creation Theologies
    6.Chaos Theology: An Alternative Creation Theology
    7.Chaos Theory And Chaos Events
    8.The Problem Of Evil
    9.God’s Action In The World
    10.The Cosmic Christ: Person And Work
    11.Human Ambivalence: Genetic Modification
    12.Disease: Punishment For Sin Or Chaos Event?
    13.Are We Alone?: Theological Implications Of Possible Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
    14.Future And Destiny: Eschatology And Chaos Theology

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    Scientist and theologian Sjoerd Bonting offers a new overarching framework for thinking about issues in religion and science. He looks at the creation controversy itself, including biblical perspectives, traditional doctrines, and the particular potential contribution of chaos theory. Finally, Bonting extends this perspective, a combination of chaos theory and chaos theology he calls “double-chaos,” into a framework that addresses traditional questions about evil, divine agency, soteriology, the understanding of disease, possible extraterrestrial life, and the future.

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  • Being Human : Race Culture And Religion

    $29.00

    Introduction: Who Are We?

    1.Contemporary Models Of Theological Anthropology
    2.Culture: Labor, Aesthetic, And Spirit
    3.Selves And The Self: I Am Because We Are
    4.Race: Nature And Nurture
    5.Conclusion As Introduction

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    Dwight Hopkins, whose important work in Black Theology has mediated class theological concerns through the prism of African American culture, here offers a fresh take on theological anthropology. Rather than defined “the human” as one eternal or inviolable essence, however, Hopkins looks to the multiple and conflicting notions of the human in contemporary thought, and particularly three key variables: culture, self, and race. Hopkins’ critical reframing of these concepts firmly locates human endeavor, development, transcendence, and liberation in the particular messiness of struggle and strife.

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  • Drama Of Doctrine

    $60.00

    Observing a strange disappearance of doctrine within the church, Kevin Vanhoozer argues that there is no more urgent task for Christians today than to engage in living truthfully with others before God. He details how doctrine serves the church–the theater of the gospel–by directing individuals and congregations to participate in the drama of what God is doing to renew all things in Jesus Christ. Taking his cue from George Lindbeck and others who locate the criteria of Christian identity in Spirit-led church practices, Vanhoozer relocates the norm for Christian doctrine in the canonical practices, which, he argues, both provoke and preserve the integrity of the church’s witness as prophetic and apostolic.

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  • Spirit Poured Out On All Flesh

    $35.00

    The Pentecostal movement has had an incredible impact on the shape of worldwide Christianity in the past century. Estimates are that Pentecostals and charismatics make up approximately one-fourth of Christians worldwide, and the numbers are only expected to grow. With these developments comes the need for thoughtful Christians of all persuasions to better understand Pentecostal theology. In fact, Amos Yong believes that Pentecostal theology can be a great gift to the church at large.

    Yong presents a thoroughly Pentecostal theology of salvation, the church, the nature of God, and creation. He also provides a fascinating survey of the state of worldwide Pentecostalism, examining how Pentecostal theology is influencing Christian churches in other countries.

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  • Fundamentals : The Famous Sourcebook Of Foundational Biblical Truths

    $39.99

    64 Chapters
    714 Pages

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    The Fundamentals is one of the finest and most widely distributed statements of Christian doctrine ever produced. Written to combat the inroads of liberalism into the Christian church, The Fundamentals literally stirred the world in defense of the historic Christian faith. These articles blend a “common-sense” doctrinal approach with personal application built upon the foundation of the inspired and inerrant Scriptures.
    The Fundamentals defends the deity of Christ, the inspiration of the Scriptures, the bodily resurrection of Christ, and many other foundational truths. These statements also apply biblical Christianity to the wider problems of life and culture by emphasizing the essentials and de-emphasizing the nonessentials. This balance in both doctrine and application has established The Fundamentals as a classic of Christian literature.

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  • Character Of Theology

    $28.00

    Theology done in today’s context is strikingly different from past evangelical approaches. In this new project John Franke, writing with our postmodern world in mind, reflects these directions. He offers an introduction to theology that covers the usual territory, but does so attuned to today’s ecclesial and cultural context.

    In contradistinction to more traditional works, Franke:

    – critiques traditional evangelical theological conceptions
    – emphasizes the “local” nature of theology
    – engages the postmodern context
    – contrasts conservative and postconservative approaches
    – interacts with the broader faith community

    Sure to provoke intense discussion, The Character of Theology will help Christians to be faithful in a world in which the spiritual and intellectual
    landscape is ever changing.

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  • Loving The Questions

    $19.95

    A series of reflections that take us through the Creed step by step, posing questions most asked by contemporary Christians.

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  • Christianity And The Postmodern Turn (Reprinted)

    $26.00

    Addresses the perils and promises post-modernity holds for the tasks of Chrstian thinkers.

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  • Jesus Is Coming

    $20.99

    22 Chapters
    254 Pages

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    A practical sourcebook of Scripture and comments on the subject of the second coming of Christ. Explains such topics as “Christ’s three appearings,” “The Millennium,” “The Rapture,” “The Restoration Of Israel,” and others, from a premillennial perspective. Relates Bible verses are printed at the bottom of each page for easy referance. A must book for all who want to discover God’s great prophetic promises and plans for the future.

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  • After The Spirit

    $33.99

    “To think about the Spirit it will not do to think ‘spiritually’: to think about the Spirit you have to think materially,” claims Eugene F. Rogers. The Holy Spirit, who in classical Christian discourse “pours out on all flesh,” has tended in modern theology and worship to float free of bodies. The result of such disembodiment, contends Rogers, is that our talk about the Spirit has become flat and uninspiring. In After the Spirit Rogers diagnoses a related gap in the revival of trinitarian theology, a mentality that “there’s nothing the Spirit can do that the Son can’t do better.”

    The Eastern Christian tradition, by contrast, has usually linked the Holy Spirit with holy places, holy people, and holy things. Weaving together a rich tapestry of sources from this tradition, Rogers locates the Spirit in the Gospel stories of the annunciation, Jesus’ baptism, the transfiguration, and the resurrection. These stories offer illuminating glimpses into both the Spirit’s connection with the tangible world and the Spirit’s distinctive place in relation to the other persons of the Trinity.

    Eight gorgeous color plates complement Rogers’s witty and passionate prose.

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  • Introduccion A La Vida Y Pensa – (Spanish)

    $22.99

    SKU (ISBN): 9780687740819ISBN10: 0687740819Language: SpanishHugo MagallanesBinding: Trade PaperPublished: June 2005Publisher: Abingdon Press Print On Demand Product

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  • Grace Faith Free Will

    $19.99

    “Grace, Faith, Free Will” addresses issues that have divided Calvinists and Arminians since the Reformation. Using historical, systematic, and Biblical theology, Picirilli contrasts both views of salvation. His “Reformation Arminianism” reclaims the original beliefs of Arminius and his defenders.

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  • New Testament Theology

    $26.00

    Esler’s innovative proposal features a cutting-edge combination of theology, exegesis, and social analysis. He argues for new thinking about New Testament theology in light of the early social history of Christian communities. His detailed analysis of Paul’s letters to the Romans and 1 Corinthians validates his thesis and clarifies its significance for scholarship.

    Using both the tradition of “the communion of the saints” and social-scientific methods, Esler brings the discipline of New Testament theology back to its theological core. He argues that interpreters also need to take into account both the history of interpretation and the multitude of voices within the contemporary church.

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  • Reconstructing Old Testament Theology

    $39.00

    Editor’s Foreword
    Abbreviations
    Preface
    1.The Present Status Of Old Testament Theology
    Introduction
    Reasons For The Collapse Of History
    After The Collapse Of History
    New Approaches: The Fundamental Assumptions
    Description Of The Present Task
    2.From History As Event To The History Of Religion: Religionsgeschichte And Biblical Theology
    Introduction
    The History Of Religion And/or Biblical Theology?
    The Theology Of Jeremiah And The History Of Religion
    Evaluation
    3.From Eurocentric History To Voices From The Margins: Liberation Theology And Ethnic Biblical Interpretation
    Introduction
    Liberation Theology In Latin America
    Segovia’s Theology Of The Diaspora
    African American Theology And Biblical Interpretation
    Jeremiah And A Theology Of The Diaspora
    Jeremiah And African American Biblical Theology
    Evaluation
    4.From Exclusion To Inclusion: Feminist Interpretations Of History
    Introduction
    Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
    Discovering Eve: Carol Meyer’s Feminist Social History Of Ancient Israel
    A Critical Feminist Liberationist Interpretation Of The Book Of Jeremiah
    Evaluation
    5.From History To Rhetoric: Feminist, Mujerista, And Womanist Theologies
    Introduction
    Feminist Literary Critics And Biblical Interpretation
    Feminist Metaphorical Theology: Sallie McFague
    Recapturing The Language Of Zion: Rhetorical Criticism And Feminist Hermeneutics
    Womanist Biblical Interpretation
    Mujerista Biblical Interpretation
    Evaluation
    6.From Jewish Tradition To Biblical Theology: The Tanakh As A Source For Jewish Theology And Practice
    Introduction
    Jews Who Do Biblical Theology
    From Traditum To Traditio: Michael Fishbane
    Exegetical Imagination: Midrashic And Mythopoeic Images
    The Myth Of The Return To Chaos In Jeremiah
    Conclusion
    7.From History To Cultural Context: Postmodernism
    Postmodernism: Tenets And Theorists
    Postmodernism And Biblical Interpretation
    Postmodernism, Biblical Theology, And Jeremiash: Walter Brueggemann
    The Value And Limits Of Postmodernism
    8.From The Colonial Bible To The Postcolonial Text: Biblical Theology As Contextual
    Postcolonialism
    The Stages Of Postcolonialism And Its Impact On Subaltern Religion
    Characteristics Of Subaltern Writings And Readings In Religion And Theology
    Voices From The Third World: Male And Female
    Postcolonial Biblical Theology In Geographical Settings: The Case Of Senegal
    A Second Example Of Postcolonial Biblical Theology: India And Dalit Theology
    A Postcolonial Interperation Of The T

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    In this informative and keen look at contemporary trends in Old Testament theology, Perdue builds on his earlier volume The Collapse of History (1994). He investigates how a variety of perspectives and methodologies have impacted how the Old Testament is read in the twenty-first century including: literary criticism; rhetorical criticism, feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies, liberation theology; Jewish theology; postmodernism; and postcolonialism.

    Perdue provides a sensitive reading of the aims of these approaches as well as providing critique and setting them in their various cultural contexts. In his conclusion, the author provides a look at the future and how these various voices and approaches will continue to impact how we carry out Old Testament theology.

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  • Holiness In The Gospels

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    Is there a future for the doctrine of Christian Holiness in the churches of the 21st century or will it become a dated concept that is associated only with the generations of the past?

    For many, the notion of holiness has been described as rigid and legalistic, leading to a routine and joyless life, centered on churches that offer casual and impoverished worship.Holiness in the Gospels offers Christians a new vision of holiness that is biblically responsible, centered in worship, and theologically coherent. It translates into a genuine message of good news and communicates a passion and understanding for how to live a holy life today-in the 21st century.

    Holiness in the Gospels examines:

    The quest for holiness in the second temple period and establishes the backdrop with which to read the gospels
    The humanity and the Spirit of Christ found in the Gospel of Luke
    The divinity of Jesus found in the Gospel of John
    The journey of Jesus and the understanding of Him as Messiah, Son of God, in the Gospel of Mark
    The perfection of Christ and our call to perfection in the Gospel of Matthew, and much more!

    160 pages.

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  • Economy Of Grace

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    Preface
    Acknowledgments

    1.An Economy Of Grace?
    What Has Christianity To Do With Economics
    Money Means Grace And Grace Means Money
    The Dangers Of Semantic Analysis
    The Pros And Cons Of A Formal Analysis
    The Potential For Noncompetitiveness
    An Economically Irrelevant Pipe Dream?

    2.Imagining Alternatives To The Present Economic System
    Theological Economy’s Response To Capitalism
    Capitalist Exchange And Exclusive Property
    Locke, Inalienable Property, And Loan
    Grace, Gift Exchange, And The Freely Given Gift
    An Economy Of Grace

    3.Putting A Theological Economy To Work
    The Challenge Of A Theological Economy
    The Significance Of Economic Interdependence

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    Are there any fair and viable alternatives to global capitalism? University of Chicago theologian Kathryn Tanner offers here a serious and creative proposal for evaluating economic theory and behavior through a theological lens.

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  • In Search Of God

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    Tryggve Mettinger’s much-praised work analyzes the major names for God in the Old Testament to trace, through the many confrontations and challenges of individuals and groups that mark Israel’s story, the historical development of Israel’s conception of God.

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  • Essential Theological Terms

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    In Essential Theological Terms, renowned church historian Justo Gonzalez provides students with accessible discussions of over three hundred theological terms. Each entry in this two-column work gives more detail than those typical of a dictionary, introducing the meaning of the term, its importance, and ways it has been understood in both historical and contemporary theology. These reliable discussions of the most common ideas and concepts encountered in theological studies will make this book indispensable for students in all stages of their education.

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  • Cinema Divinite : Religion Theology And The Bible In Film

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    Cinema Divinite sets out various critical approaches to the study of film, religion and theology. It provides introduction to major concepts in film studies such as cinema spectatorship, the nature and application of film theory and includes discussion of the extensive literature which has been published recently on film and religion. Here readers will also find in-depth case studies of specific films, filmmakers and genres – from Clint Eastwood to Luis Bruel, from animation to film noir. The final part looks specifically at the significance of religion within film, with a concluding discussion of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.

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  • God And Power

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    Preface: Theopoetic Justice

    PART ONE: The United States Of Apocalypse: Mapping Our Situation
    1.The Armageddon Of 9/11: Lament For The New Millennium
    2.Preemption And Omnipotence: A Niebuhrian Prophecy

    PART TWO: Of Beasts And Whores: Examining Our Political Unconscious
    3.Territory, Terror, And Torture: Dreamreading The Apocalypse
    4.Ms. Calculating The Endtimes: Gender Styles Of Apocalypse
    5.Eyes All Over: Liberation And Deconstruction

    PART THREE: From End To Beginning: Constructing A Political Theology Of Love
    6.Everywhere And Nowhere: Postcolonial Positions
    7.The Love Supplement: Christianity And Empire
    8.The Democracy Of Creation: Chaosmos And Counter-Apocalypse

    Acknowledgments
    Notes
    Index

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    The questions raised by use of American power and the advent of an “American empire,” Keller argues, reveal a deeply troubled political unconscious that is wrestling with basic religious issues of power, terror, territory, and love.

    Keller traces our response to the current national, international, and religious situation to the deeply fraught legacy of Christian apocalypticism. Religious and political factions both left and right, she argues, read our situation in apocalyptic terms without truly understanding that complex legacy.

    After diving deeply into the multiple and conflicting political and religious meanings of the Book of Revelation, she proposes a counter-apocalypse, an anti-imperial political theology of love.

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  • Century Of Holiness Theology

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    After a century of study and debate, the doctrine of sanctification, formulated by John Wesley in the 18th century, has resulted in two contemporaneous and competing definitions of entire sanctification in the Nazarene denomination. Mark Quanstom examines the gradual change in understanding this doctrine by focusing on its history and development in a balanced and well-researched perspective.

    “Quanstrom effectively follows the various understandings of holiness that have shaped and been shaped by the Church of the Nazarene. His engaging style and clear writing makes this work valuable to laymen, ministers, students, and scholars.”
    -Dr. John C. Bowling
    President, Olivet Nazarene University

    “This work is a welcome contribution to the contemporary conversation about Holiness theology. Quanstrom’s thoughtful and careful scholarship produces a balanced study of the historical development of the understanding of holiness. . . It calls us to an awareness of the dynamic character of this tradition and to an active engagement with the doctrine of Christian perfection that remains at the heart of who we are.”
    -Dr. Carl M. Leth
    Chairman Division of Religion and Philosophy, Olivet Nazarene University

    232 pages

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  • Head Heart And Hands

    $18.99

    SKU (ISBN): 9780830832637ISBN10: 0830832637Dennis HollingerBinding: Trade PaperPublished: May 2005Publisher: InterVarsity Press Print On Demand Product

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  • Liberation And Reconciliation (Expanded)

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    An expansion of the 1971 classic text, this second edition of Liberation and Reconciliation argues for a balance between the quest for liberation and the need for reconciliation in black-white relations. Written by one of the pioneers of Black Theology, it examines biblical and theological themes from the perspective of Black experience and concludes that nonviolent reconciliation is the best response to racial oppression.

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  • Calvin And Classical Philosophy

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    This is a thorough study of Calvin’s conception of Christian philosophy, his exposition of insights of classical philosophy, and his evaluations of classical philosophers. Special attention is given to the doctrines of providence and predestination.

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  • Feminist Introduction To Paul

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    Sandra Hack Polaski introduces readers to the letters and world of Paul, encouraging a critical appreciation of Paul and his writings that does not require a choice between commitment to the scriptures and integrity as a modern feminist. In conversation with the leading interpreters of Paul and considering possible responses to Paul-conformist, resistant, rejectionist, and transformational-Polaski forges her own theory of how to interpret Paul. She reads, emphasizes, and reinterprets overlooked, neglected, misintegrated, or differently interpreted Pauline texts, making visible the invisible and challenging the accepted readings. Polaski uncovers both the ideologies behind the text and the ideologies the text seeks to suppress. She traces the trajectories toward which the texts point even if Paul did not fully follow the trajectories to their logical end. Such a program leads Polaski to find God’s New Creation as the operative center of Pauline thought.

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  • Faith Of The Christian Church

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    Tyron Inbody has taught the basics of Christian theology for more than twenty-five years. Having seen over the years what issues and questions his students bring to class, he now offers this engaging, accessible introduction to all the major beliefs of the Christian faith.

    Meant especially but not exclusively for readers new to theology, Inbody’s Faith of the Christian Church covers twelve traditional areas of Christian teaching: theology, revelation, faith, God, creation, suffering and evil, humankind, Jesus Christ, salvation, church, sacraments, and the end times. Inbody also dives into provocative topics not usually treated in introductory texts – creationism, the devil, miracles, the virgin birth, and more.

    The book’s broad-ranging perspective, which intentionally defies labels, commends it to individuals and small groups from many church traditions. Quote boxes and illustrations drawn from popular culture make the text visually interesting and enjoyable to read.

    Inbody does not hide his own stance on issues but presents a full range of interpretations and openly points readers to other possibilities they can pursue. The Faith of the Christian Church offers just enough questions to provoke reflection and just enough answers to encourage readers to form their own grasp on the Christian faith.

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  • John Wesleys Moral Theology

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    Asserts that the theology of the Wesleyan tradition is best understood not as philosophical and applied ethics, but as Moral Theology stemming from the virtue tradition, particularly the work of Thomas Aquinas.

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