Can a Scientist Really Be a Believer?: A Geneticist Responds to Francis
In his bestselling book, "The Language of God", Francis Collins attempted to harmonise the findings of scientific research with Christian belief. This title presents a point-by-point rebuttal of "The Language of God", arguing that there is no scientifically acceptable evidence to support belief in a personal God and much that discredits it.
A collection of essays, scriptural analysis, and personal reflections featuring leading Christian and Muslim scholars who explore the meaning of death, resurrection, and human destiny within their religious traditions.
Death and rebirth was of vital importance to early Christians in late antiquity. In late antiquity, death was all encompassing. Mortality rates were high, plague and disease in urban areas struck at will, and one lived on the knife's edge regarding one's health. Religion filled a crucial role in this environment, offering an option for those who ......
The Hymn Texts and Translations of F. Samuel Janzow
The career of F. Samuel Janzow (1913-2001) was marked by roles as pastor, professor, and scholar. In all of these he served with great humility, from shepherding a small congregation in London during the blitz, to teaching countless college students, to his many editorial contributions to Lutheran Worship (1982). An ordained Lutheran pastor with a ......
The prophet Daniel practiced a mysticism that was resistant to the repressive measures of Antiochus IV in 167 BCE. In this book, Timothy L. Seals argues for a postcolonial interpretation of Daniel that can serve as a spiritual resource in the on-going process of the decolonization of the world and hearts.
The Intersection of Ecclesiology, Episcopacy, and Apostolicity from a
In this book, Elizabeth M. Smith Woodard examines the intersection of ecclesiology, episcopacy, and apostolicity in ecumenical work to argue that Christians grow in unity as they grow in cruciformity. Rather than seeking to make others more "like us," ecumenism should rest on Christians seeking to be made more like Christ.
Prophetic Reason, Civil Society, and Christian Imagination
Critical theory explained and espousedSimpson ably introduces critical social theory, the German-born intellectual movement that has spawned sharp criticisms of modernity, its use of reason, and our highly technological, bureaucratic culture. Part 1 recounts the emergence of critical social theory within the Frankfurt School of Social Research and ......
This volume explores the historical, theological, sociological, and ethical dimensions of the current issues threatening the two thousand-year-old Roman Catholic Church.
This leader resource provides engaging activities that challenge youth and their leaders to explore the traditional teachings of the faith community in light of their own life experiences. (34 20-minute sessions)
