Cooking, Talking, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions
Honorable Mention, 2019 Barbara T. Christian Literary Award, given by the Caribbean Studies Association Winner, 2017 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion, presented by the Society for the Anthropology of Religion section of the American Anthropological Association Finalist, 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in ......
Freed in Christ to engage our neighbors in a multi-religious world, Christians live and work in an increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-religious context. How does this affect their calling to serve their neighbors and their community? What resources does the Lutheran Christian tradition offer? Woven into this book are more than fifty stories of ......
Moral Progress and Spiritual Growth with the Apostle Paul
J. Paul Sampley explores how Paul instructed the followers who trekked behind him in "the upward call of God in Christ Jesus," (Phil. 3:14). Sampley writes particularly for readers today who seek insight into the spiritual and moral life but are perplexed by the apostle.
The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America, Second Edition
Outlining a "theatrics of state terror," Mark Lewis Taylor documents the instruments - mass incarceration, militarized police tactics, surveillance, torture, etc. - through which Lockdown America enforces global neoliberal economic and political imperialism. Taylor proposes - the way of the cross - that unmasks the powers of state control.
For Cardinal Francis George, the Catholic Church is not a movement, built around ideas, but a communion, built around relationships. In A Godly Humanism, he shares his understanding of the Church in lively, compelling prose, presenting a way to understand and appreciate the relationships of God to human beings and of human beings to one another. ......
Christian Thought in America: A Brief History is a short, accessible overview of the history of Christian thought in America, from the Puritans and other colonials to the beginning of the 21st century. Moving chronologically, each chapter addresses a historical segment, focusing on key movements and figures and tracing trends and developments.
Bruce W. Longenecker presents a variety of material artifacts to illustrate that Christians made use of the cross as a visual symbol of their faith long before Constantine appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century. The cross served as a visual symbol of commitment to a living deity in a dangerous world.
A Handbook on Leadership and Management for Clergy
Clergy leading faith-based institutions will find in this book practical tools to help them become effective stewards of people and resources in their organizations while being rooted in the Spirit An experienced and ecumenical group of clergy, policy leaders, and academics offer specific tools on important topics such as discovering the leader ......
Integrates the perspectives of queer theory, religious studies, and Christian theology into a lively conversation - both transgressive and traditional - about the fundamental questions surrounding the lives of queer Christians.
