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  • von Victor H. Matthews
    37,00 €

    Grounded in the latest archeological developments, Victor Matthews's A Brief History of Ancient Israel presents a concise history of Israel covering the ancestral period, conquest and settlement, the monarchy, and both the exilic and postexilic periods. Using supplemental figures and insets, the author concentrates on providing a cogent and...

  • - Feminist Interpretation of the Church
     
    44,00 €

    Ideas of the Christian church are changing, and Letty Russell envisions its future as partnership and sharing for all members around a common table of hospitality. Russell draws on her pastorate in Harlem, her classes in theology, and many ecumenical conversations to help the newly emerging church face the challenges of liberation for all...

  • - The Book of Confessions for Church Leaders
    von John Burgess
    28,00 €

    How can the Book of Confessions help elders and lay leaders when they face challenging situations within their congregations? John P. Burgess offers answers in Confessing Our Faith. Using the confessions as a framework, Burgess covers areas of ministry such as stewardship, evangelism, discipleship, and conflict resolution, offering in each case...

  • - A Theological Exploration
    von Charles Wiley & Vera White
    28,00 €

    What is the church to make of the many new expressions of worship springing up across the nation and the world? A gathering of academic theologians, New Worshiping Community practitioners, and leaders from within Presbyterian councils met at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to start the conversation. New Worshiping Communities documents those...

  • von Su Yon Pak
    44,00 €

  • - New Edition with Study Guide
    von Walter (Columbia Theological Seminary) Brueggemann
    21,00 €

  • - A New Movement for Justice
    von Gregory C. Ellison II
    23,00 €

    Drawing on all the community's collective voicesaEURO"from aEUROoedoctors to drug dealersaEURO aEURO"Fearless Dialogues is a groundbreaking program that seeks real solutions to problems of chronic unemployment, violence, and hopelessness. In cities around the United States and now the world, the program's founder, Gregory C. Ellison, and his team create...

  • - A Guide for African American Couples
    von Marcus Small
    23,00 €

    It's easy to fall in love and to get married. But what does it really mean to be married? And how do you stay married? In Becoming Married, Staying Married, couples will be encouraged to see marriage as a process that never ends. Together they will reflect on current realities particular to African American couples. They will also discover...

  • - Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice
    von Christopher Doucot
    23,00 €

    The struggle for justice is ongoing. In answering the biblical call to act justly and love mercifully, can Christians cross lines of privilege to walk humbly not only with God but with their marginalized neighbors as well? No Innocent Bystanders looks at the role of allies in social justice movements and asks what works, what doesn't, and...

  • - Transforming Income Inequality in Our Communities
    von L. Shannon Jung
    24,00 €

    The well-being of those who are financially secure depends on the well-being of those who are not, those who fall into the working poor, or Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed (ALICE). We are interdependent both materially and spiritually and are diminished by the extent to which we do not flourish together. In Building the Good Life...

  • - Following Jesus Out of American Evangelicalism
    von David P. Gushee
    23,00 €

    In this provocative tell-all, David Gushee opens the door to the frictions and schisms of evangelicalism, tells his own story of leaving, and shows that you, too, can find a Christianity that is worth following.

  • - Advent Reflections on the Spirituals
    von Luke A. Powery
    19,00 €

    Valuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals give us profound insights into the human condition and the Christian life. Many focus on an essential scene of the Christian drama: the coming of God as the child in Bethlehem and as the hope of the world and the liberator of God's oppressed people. In...

  • - A Holistic Approach to Stewardship
     
    28,00 €

    Everyone knows that stewardship is more than money and finances. Nevertheless, seldom do we give time to explore the profound concept of stewardship in its many dimensions, including stewardship of time, work, body, mind, spirit, community, technology, and more. Beyond the Offering Plate does just that. Written by ten engaging pastors, seminary...

  • - Violent Extremism in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism
    von Sathianathan Clarke
    42,00 €

    Why do certain groups and individuals seek to do harm in the name of God? While studies often claim to hold the key to this frightening phenomenon, they seldom account for the crucial role that religious conviction plays, not just in radical Islam, but also in the fundamentalist branches of the...

  • - The Faith of a Boundary-Breaking Hero
    von Michael G. Long & Chris Lamb
    25,00 €

    Jackie Robinson believed in a God who sides with the oppressed and who calls us to see one another as sisters and brothers. This faith was a powerful but quiet engine that drove and sustained him as he shattered racial barriers on and beyond the baseball diamond. Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual...

  • von William P. Brown
    49,00 €

    Designed for both Hebrew and non-Hebrew students, A Handbook to Old Testament Exegesis offers a fresh, hands-on introduction to exegesis of the Old Testament. William P. Brown begins not with the biblical text itself but with the reader, helping students to identify their own interpretive lenses...

  • von Christopher Elwood
    25,00 €

    Honoring the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Christopher Elwood offers an insightful and accessible overview of John Calvin's theological ideas within their historical context. A Brief Introduction to John Calvin discusses the trials and tribulations Calvin encountered as he...

  • - God's Call to Community in the Book of Revelation
    von Michael Battle
    36,00 €

    Much of the literature on the book of Revelation paints a frightening apocalyptic vision of the end times. Michael Battle offers an alternative look at Revelation in this new work, seeing it instead as a hopeful call to bring heaven on earth. Battle explores the problematic imagery found in...

  • - Social Relationships in Ancient Scripture and Contemporary Culture
    von Walter Brueggemann & John Brueggemann
    28,00 €

    In this unique volume, father-and-son team Walter and John Brueggemann take a close look at our fractured American society and suggest ways for improvement. Using six themes identified by some scholars as the moral foundations of societycare, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority, and sanctitythey examine the unsustainable...

  • - A Guide for Pastors and Congregations after Violence and Trauma
    von Laurie Kraus, David Holyan & Bruce Wismer
    28,00 €

    Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters is a must-read handbook for pastors and church leaders of communities who could or perhaps already have experienced an un-natural disaster, such as gun violence, suicides, or sexual abuse. Unlike natural disasters, un-natural disasters deal with...

  • - Who They Were and Why They Matter
    von Lynn Japinga
    30,00 €

    Take an in-depth look at over twenty fierce, faithful, and strong women featured in the Old Testament with Preaching the Women of the Old Testament. Inside this unique resource author Lynn Japinga interprets the stories of various biblical women, including Eve, Rebekah, Dinah, Tamar, Miriam, Deborah, Jael, Abigail, Bathsheba, and Vashti. Along...

  • von Glenn S. Sunshine
    32,00 €

    This readable, accessible introduction provides a solid grounding in the history of the Protestant Reformation. In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Glenn Sunshine examines the key people and ideas of this movement. Questions for discussion and suggestions for further reading...

  • von Steven Paulson
    30,00 €

  • - 95 Key Events, People, and Issues
    von Donald K. Mckim
    21,00 €

    What does aEUROoeProtestantaEURO mean? What are the differences in worship among Protestants? Who were the Huguenots? What does the Reformation mean for us today? This new book by best-selling author Don McKim answers these questions and many more, providing the essential history of the Protestant...

  • - Karl Barth's WWI Sermons
    von Karl Barth
    43,00 €

    World War I changed Karl Barth's theology forever. In this book William Klempa presents for the first time in English thirteen sermons that offer Barth's unique view and commentary on the Great War. Barth saw the war as aEUROoea unique time of God,aEURO believing it to represent God's judgment on...

  • - Devotions for Lent
    von Walter Brueggemann
    19,00 €

    Lent recalls times of wilderness and wandering, from newly freed Hebrew slaves in exile to Jesus' temptation in the desert. God has always called people out of their safe, walled cities into uncomfortable places, revealing paths they would never have chosen. Despite our culture of...

  • - Grace and the Problem of Suffering
    von William Greenway
    31,00 €

    Belief in God in the face of suffering is one of the most intractable problems of Christian theology. Many respond to the spiritual challenge of evil by ignoring it, blaming God, or insisting on the inherent meaninglessness of life. In this book, William Greenway contends that we don't have to...

  • - Reflections for the Season
    von Heidi Haverkamp
    20,00 €

    As the reader seeks a storied king and anticipates the glorious coming of Christmas, these twenty-eight devotions alternate between Scripture and passages from the novel to prompt meditation on Advent themes.

  • - Essays in Honor of Thomas G. Long
     
    34,00 €

    "How do we preach in a way that affirms Christian theology while also honoring the insights of other faith traditions?" "How do we preach about and help create genuine Christian community in a social networking culture?"Questions Preachers Ask examines many questions that are on the minds of preachers today, questions that focus on how to...

  • - From Rhetoric to Praise in African American Preaching
    von Cleophus J. LaRue
    30,00 €

    "This book is a clarion call for African American preachers to think more deeply about the aims and ends of their preachingnamely to stop putting so much emphasis on celebratory endings to our sermons and focus more on the substantive content in our sermons. Our so-called celebratory preaching, designed to excite the congregation into...

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