Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These are the fruits of the Spirit promised to us in Galatians 5. In this collection of stories about real people, Bobbie Reed leads us to ponder how these fruits have been experienced in the everyday lives of contemporary Christians, and to reflect on how ......
More than a guidebook to the postmodernity debate, Lakeland's volume clarifies the impulses and critical impetus behind the cultural, intellectual, and scientific expressions of postmodern thought. He goes on to identify the import and issues it presents for religion and for areas of Christian theology. Concentrating on God, Church, and Christ, ......
Christian Zen is a ground breaking book for all Christians seeking to deepen and broaden their inner lives. Providing concrete guidelines for a way of Christian meditation that incorporates Eastern insights, it is a helpful book that can open new spiritual vistas and reveal profound, often undreamed-of dimensions of the Christian faith.
The Challenge of Diversity argues that the present diversity in the church reflects a rich variety that was integral to the early Christian movement from its very beginnings. Rhoads shows how Galatians, Mark, Matthew, Luke and John each present a fundamentally different understanding of the human condition, a different vision for life under God, ......
For all women who seek to enrich and expand their prayer life, here is a unique anthology of prayers by Christian women from around the world and through the centuries. The beautiful, classic design of the book makes it perfect as a treasured gift, as well as a practical resource for daily prayer and spiritual renewal.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical translation of Bonhoeffer's writings, with ......
From advance planning to advice on bridging the return from the twenty-four week retreat to everyday life, this guide provides assistance to those organizing Ignatian retreats based on James W Skehan's "Place Me with Your Son" and those wishing to deepen the previous retreat experience.
Questions of pacifism and just war, which have preoccupied Christian thinkers from time to time over the past 1700 years, are given distinctive treatment in this book as it discusses biblical sources for the questions, builds on historical examples both of just war theory and of pacifism, and shows how Christian pacifism is a live option in many ......
Norman C. Habel examines the "theology of land" as it is reflected in the Old Testament. He identifies six separate ideologies in the Bible: Royal, agrarian, theocratic, ancestral, household, and immigrant. This study has special pertinence for our times.
