Political and Personal Faith in Waning Christendom
Living Out of Control is an inviting exploration of how American Christians can respond most graciously, effectively, and faithfully to our political situation amid waning Christendom. This Christendom is diminished but not dead, and many Christians despair of that reality and dream of the reassertion of Christendom. Clapp argues that Christians ......
World Christianity and Ecological Theologies invites scholars in religious studies and theology from different continents and contexts to a North-South dialogue on environmental ethics, political ecology, and ecofeminism. Throughout the global pandemic, the connection between environmental rapacity, religion, and political interests ......
It is well known that the Chinese church (and therefore Chinese theology) has been divided in the People's Republic of China into "registered" and "unregistered" churches, and that while the state-approved church offers theologies that align with the nation's socialist values, the unregistered or house churches have tended toward an evangelical ......
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of the most widely read Christian writers of the twentieth century. Although his work has been influential among academics, his widest readership has always been the church. Each Sunday, Bonhoeffer's writings are referenced in sermons and study groups around the world. And yet no systematic introduction to Bonhoeffer ......
This volume challenges readers to recognize an alternative interpretation of the book of Job that is based on wisdom and not covenant. In doing so, it provides a basis to explore the role of trauma and its healing.
What would Jesus see if he looked at the world today? In these pages, Aaron Rosen, scholar of art and religion, invites reader to explore with him how Jesus saw, what he saw, and why it is important today. In a time when our eyes have grown weary, Rosen argues, Jesus offers us the chance to see the world with renewed vision and radical empathy.
To Mend the World: A New Vision for Youth Ministry, based on the premise that the old models of ministry are no longer working, brings together practical theology, Christian ministry, and social entrepreneurship to offer a thoughtful, robust theological perspective and practical insights for youth ministry that will thrive into the future.
Joerg Rieger takes a new look at the things that cause the growing destruction and death of people and the planet. And yet, understanding is only a start. Solidarity and the willingness to work at the intersections--the triad of gender, race, class, and more--must mark the work of theology.
While the gospel is static, cultures of the world vary. The Bible exhorts the believer to present the gospel to all nations (ethnos). One Gospel, Many Cultures addresses the theories and practices involved in presenting the gospel to different cultures from biblical, theological, and missiological perspectives.
