Body Parts claims the importance of embodiment, difference, and limitation-not only as descriptions of the human condition but also as part of the imago Dei itself.
Argues that Christian nonviolence is both formed by and forms ecclesial life, creating an inextricable relationship between church commitment and resistance to war. This book examines the work of John Howard Yoder, Dorothy Day, William Stringfellow, and Robert McAfee Brown.
Scandinavian Creation Theology and the Question of Home
Bodies Inhabiting the World: Scandinavian Creation Theology and the Question of Home offers a multidimensional investigation of how houses, bodies, communities and the whole universe may be conceived and refigured as places where we belong--where we are at home in God's creation. In this way, revisiting the tradition of Scandinavian creation ......
Gilkey's latest work takes the measure of the current American religious and cultural crisis, assesses recent theological responses to it, and shows how these illumine our understanding of the ongoing creationism controversy. Throughout, Gilkey articulates a faith-stance responsive to the contemporary world of radical pluralism and moral ......
How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions
Shows that America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America
How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions
Shows that America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America
In Black Lives Matter and The Image of God: A Theo-Anthropological Study, the author argues that "Gods" future is inseparable from humane values that eschew white supremacy and other modes of self-deification in favor of ethics that cultivate life for all human beings.
Theology, Mystery, and the Transcendence of Literature
Binding the Ghost considers the theological depth, resonance, and mystery of the acts of reading and writing. Ed Simon presents a lyrical, incisive, and humane sacralization of reading and writing that takes into account the wonder, enchantment, and mystery of the very idea of poetry and fiction.
Biblical ABCs is a theological resistance primer. Written illegally under Nazi occupation by Dutch pastor and theologian Kornelis Heiko (K.H.) Miskotte, it provides basic biblical coordinates for Christians seeking to live bold and faithful lives in times of crisis, alienation, and alternative facts.
