In When Prophets Preach, Jonathan C. Augustine urges preachers to speak openly against social injustice and to be prophetic leaders. By breaking the pulpit silence, he argues, the church can bridge social and ethnic gaps among its members and show society at large how to heal divisions in our world.
Charging Interest explores the explosive tract written by Martin Luther which summarizes his views on poverty caused by an economic system that stopped caring for the well-being of God's children. Luther exhorts clergy to ex-communicate those causing poverty through their ruthless economic behavior or risk God's judgment alongside the ......
Presented independently are the two loci by the author from Christian Dogmatics. In The Triune God, Jenson examines the Doctrine of God and in The Holy Spirit, he undertakes Pneumatology. For students and scholars alike, this assembly of Forde's early work will broaden the impact of his thought for a new generation.
This book explores the art and craft of delivering Islamic sermons, while also providing a model of spiritual formation for those serving Muslim communities of faith in positions of religious leadership. Special attention is paid to the American Muslim context in which these faith leaders regularly live, operate, and faithfully engage.
Halloween is tricky for Charly, but this year they are determined to find a costume that represents their feminine and masculine identities equally. With trick-or-treat looming, they must think outside the box to find a costume that allows them to present as one hundred percent Charly.
When a young girl's fish-wrestling, spider-wrangling mom becomes an illness-fighting mom, they explore together what it means to be strong, brave, and fierce.
Gathering with others constitutes the essential symbol of Christianity. Assembly is the biblical name for this local community. The book calls the church to think anew about gathering and to refresh its practice, articulating a spirituality that engages the assembly's gathering into the triune God and turns it toward the needs of our neighbors.
This volume provides an expansive view of women negotiating their faith, voice, and agency in the religious scene of the sixteenth-century Reformations. Biographical chapters are accompanied by "in her voice" text samples, images, theme articles, and recommended readings. Features the work of thirty-four international experts in the field.
Since its initial publication, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible has established itself as the indispensable authoritative textbook and reference on the subject. In this thoroughly revised fourth edition, Emanuel Tov has incorporated the insights of the last ten years of scholarship.
