Rooted and Rising is an edited volume intended for readers who are concerned about the climate crisis and who thirst for the wisdom and spiritual resources of fellow pilgrims grappling with despair.
Harlot or Holy Woman? presents an exhaustive study of qedešah, a Hebrew word meaning “consecrated woman” but rendered “prostitute” or “sacred prostitute” in Bible translations. Reexamining biblical and extrabiblical texts, Phillis A. Bird questions how qedešah came to be ......
In this book, F. B. A. Asiedu presents a new framework for interpreting the life of Paul, his letters, his self-understanding as a Christian Jew, and his uniqueness among his contemporaries and in Jewish history. He does this by reading Paul's letters in relation to certain themes in Josephus's life.
Essays on Life without'But Not Necessarily against'God
The fourteen essays in this book, a product of the author's interactions with students and his own personal journey from Christianity to humanism, are arranged into four sections: Chronic Illness and Deicide, Epistemic Limitations and Respect for Persons, A Humanist Approach to Reading the Bible, and Ethical Reasoning without God.
This book is the first critical biography of William Taylor, a nineteenth-century American Methodist missionary who worked on six continents. Following Taylor's global odyssey, it maps the contours of the Methodist missionary tradition and illumines key historical foundations of contemporary world Christianity.
Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than similar adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving.
This book articulates an ecclesiology in which the sacrifice of Christ forms the church's innermost reality, focusing on three areas of importance: the worship of God, the mission of the church, and the church's striving for unity of all people.
In this book, Javier A. Garcia compares the theologies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and John Calvin in order to provide a new trajectory for contemporary ecumenism.
Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creati
In this book, W. Ross Hastings reimagines the mystery of the atonement within the framework of the participation of God in humanity and of humans in this life. He argues for a total approach to the atonement, involving the whole Trinity, the person and history of Christ, and all the biblical motifs and theological models.
