A specific focus and intent of this final volume of A People's History of Christianity is to delve behind the global phenomenon of Christianity to glimpse some of the very rich and dynamic lifeways within it. Ranging over the whole century and across several continents, the scholars in this volume probe Christians' creative encounters with popular ......
The experience of grief has been a source of intrigue and curiosity throughout history, and it continues to stimulate thought and theory in various fields of study. Unfortunately, these fields tend to function in isolation from each other. The result is a substantial disconnect between grief research, theory, and carewhich has evolved greatly over ......
The topic of sexuality intersects directly with the most contested historical, theological, and ethical questions of our day. In this edgy yet profound volume, noted scholars and theologians assay the Christian tradition's classic and contemporary understandings of sex, sexuality, and sexual identity. The project unfolds in three phases: ......
Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora
"The Africana Bible" is a one-volume collection of multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on every book in the Hebrew Bible. It opens a critical window onto the world of interpretation on the African continent and in the multiple diasporas of African peoples.
* Pioneers an alternative commentary genre * Unprecedented insight into Acts as a document of the fourth generation of the fourth generation of the Jesus movement, and the third generation of Pauline Christianity * Includes a new translation of the Book of Acts and cultural notes on specific passages
* A comprehensive, practical paradigm for nurturing congregational leadership * Tested in ten years of teaching, ministry, congregational research * Includes specific exercises for self-assessment and implementation
Shows how religious traditions emerge from and converge on a divine nature and mystic quality that creates a loving heart. The author describes this phenomenon in her own experience and elaborates on that mystical core, the notion of the divine, the shape of interreligious dialogue, and the personal, spiritual, and ethical challenges it poses.
The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1
Providing an introduction to modern Christian thought, this work presents various accounts of the major movements, thinkers, theologians and philosophers in the Christian tradition since the 18th century Enlightenment. It also includes historical background and critical assessments.
