This short volume is a plea for Christians to rethink their point and purpose in light of larger cultural changes and a crisis in leadership. Foss's model of moving from issues into conversation and then into compassion is a blueprint for new leadership.
This collection of pastoral sermons and addresses, shows how the faith of the creeds can still equip Christians for a vigorous and critical engagement with the world of today.
From the Reformation to the 21st Century, Volume 2
On Its release, the seven volume A People's History of Christianity was lauded for its commitment to raising awareness of the ways in which ordinary Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History.Each volume provides a valuable overview on such topics as birth and death, baptism rites, food, power, and heresy
From the Early Church to the Reformation, Volume 1
On Its release, the seven volume A People's History of Christianity was lauded for its commitment to raising awareness of the ways in which ordinary Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History.Each volume provides a valuable overview on such topics as birth and death, baptism rites, food, power, heresy
The seven volume A People's History of Christianity was lauded on release for its commitment to raising awareness of the way in which lay Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History. Now, the essential material from that important project is available for classroom use!
A Monks Confession is the first completely new English translation of Guibert of Nogents remarkable memoirs in over seventy years. Written around the year 1115, they offer an unparalleled look at the life of a monk in the Middle Ages.
Through essays on its key players, detailed original maps, and a narrative drawn from contemporary Italian and Latin sources never before translated into English, A Japanese Mission to 17th Century Rome: Date Masamune's Cosmopolitan Dream presents a nuanced history of the Keicho Mission (1616-1620), a little-known embassy sent to Europe by ......
Examining the dynamic interplay between competing medieval notions of Christian observance, this book traces the escalating confrontations between piety, reform, dissent, and Church authority. It explores how diverse culture and regional settings influence major disputes over scripture, sacraments, and spiritual hierarchies of the Medieval world.
Examining the dynamic interplay between competing medieval notions of Christian observance, this book traces the escalating confrontations between piety, reform, dissent, and Church authority. It explores how diverse culture and regional settings influence major disputes over scripture, sacraments, and spiritual hierarchies of the Medieval world.
A classic manual that has gone through more than twenty printings, this book is the first Harmony of the Gospels to use the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. This simple and nontechnical book presents the Gospel materials in parallel columns in order that the Bible reader can compare the varied texts. It does not restrict itself simply to the ......
A life that reads like a feature film. A Glorious Ride: From Jumble Plains to Eternity is an inspiring story of rolled up sleeves, practical faith and a resolute determination to give life a go.
But Jesus describes the reign of God as a house with many rooms, writes author Debie Thomas, one of the most auspicious voices in religious writing today. In this work of sprawling spiritual and literary imagination, Thomas claims that wherever God dwells, there is expansiveness and belonging.
Anthropological poverty has long been overlooked in Christian theology. It disproportionately affects women, striking at the heart of their existence. However, when women are empowered to follow Christ and live as risen beings, they can radically contribute to a Catholic Christian theology that claims solidarity with the poor and oppressed.
This brief introduction to Christianity is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage of various forms of Christianity with an arresting layout with rich colors. It offers both historical overviews and modern perspectives on Christian beliefs and ......
Presenting Christians and Christianity in Israeli State Education
This book scrutinizes the presentations of Christians and Christianity in Israeli state education system. It reveals that despite the changes in Jewish-Christian relations in the last century and the power relations between Jews and Christians in Israel, Christianity has a crucial role in the construction of modern Jewish identity in Israel.
