A Classic Spirituality for Contemporary Christians
Johnson believes Christian spirituality needs an intellectual recasting that takes seriously the life of ordinary people in a world shaped by modernity rather than the monastery by discerning the narrative of God's action in their midst.
Faithful Teaching is the twelfth dialogue of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. It seeks greater mutual understanding of the two communions' respective processes of faithful teaching. In challenging times, the call to continue to preach and teach the gospel together resounds with new urgency.
Contains essays revealing the importance of postmodern interpretation of the Bible for the contemporary church. Topics examined include: biblical theology and the problem of modernity; the sign of Jonah; and repetition, difference and the imitation of Christ.
Debates about capitalism versus socialism reflect a deep divide in American society, both in the broader culture and in the church. While those attracted to liberation theology, radical orthodoxy, and some kinds of Anabaptist theologies support forms of socialism, many others continue to believe capitalism is the best real-world option.
Careful moral reflection and action are important across all of modern life, but they are especially critical when it comes to our place as individuals and communities in matters of economics. We know intuitively that our daily decisions about money and markets have a deep impact on others, but it is easy to become overwhelmed and confused or, ......
Bitter battles over the churches' stance toward its gay and lesbian members have tested the churches' fundamental orientation and even threatened to split whole denominations apart. The blessing of homosexual unions and ordination of gays and lesbians have proven to be special flashpoints at both local and national levels. Part of the ......
By engaging the reader in a process which parallels the pastoral counseling method--extending a conversation of revising and refining questions--Schlauch illustrates the content of his thinking through his carefully crafted presentation, maintaining that pastoral counseling is, at its heart, healing through "faithful companioning".
In Faith-Based Health Justice, a stellar assembly of scholars mines critical insights into the promotion of health justice across Christian and Islamic faith traditions and beyond. Contributors to the volume consider what health justice might mean today, if developed in accordance with faith traditions whose commandment to care for the poor, ill, ......
A deep and rich description of the Christian life that responds to God's love for all of us and celebrates our commitment to him. Drawing on the Bible and the Christian tradition-including writers like Martin Luther, Henri Nouwen, Dorothee Soelle, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Evelyn Underhill-Brame presents a clear and inspiring study of the ......
