Interventions for Safety, Meaning, Reconnection, and Justice
Trauma pervades every part of human existence. From birth to death, there is no moment in which a human being is completely immune, with experts estimating that a majority of people will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime.?? Danielle Tumminio Hansen offers a dynamic exploration of how trauma affects not just the physical ......
The Gurage Role in the Rise of Tablighi Jama'at in Ethiopia
The Tablighi Jama'at are an Islamic preaching movement in Ethiopia. This work explains the growth of Islam in Ethiopia in general and the Tablighi Jama'at as an Islamic movement for faith renewal in particular.
Luthers transformational idea of justification by faith alone was often misunderstood and misrepresented in the early years of the Reformation. In 1520, with his Wittenberg congregation in mind, Luther set out to clarify the biblical foundation of good works. In doing so he recast the very definitions of sacred and secular both for his own ......
Timothy J. Wengert shows Luther's Treatise on Good Works to be one of the clearest introductions to Luther's reforming work and theology. Luther's goal was to commend a new, down-to-earth piety to all Christians through a radically different meaning of good works that would transform the way believers practiced their faith.
Portraits of Unhoused Life, Love, and Understanding
Writer, director, and photographer Kim Watson sheds light on the experiences of the unhoused people of Los Angeles in this moving collection of photo essays, including storiesof those he has befriended during his three years serving homeless populations and 160 stunning black-and-white ......
Tribe explores the issues of reciprocity in cross-race and cross-class relationships using stories, narrative, and sociological insights and perspectives derived from urban fieldwork and the author's own life.
This monograph demonstrates the central organizing role grace plays in the Trinitarian theology of T. F. Torrance and its practical implications for the Christian life as the gift of sharing in the Son's relation with the Father through the Spirit.
This book examines Christian attempts to present the Trinity to Muslims along with Muslim reactions to these efforts. The reader will be able to see Christian presentations alongside Muslim responses to gain a comprehensive view of dialogue on the nature of God between Muslims and Christians.
Hans Schwarz is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the University of Regensburg, Germany. From 1967 to 1981 he was professor at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
