Do televangelists proclaim the message of the gospel or a message of greed? Do they represent the 'authentic' voice of the black church or is it the Christian Right in blackface? This book delves into the messages and aesthetic styles of African American televangelists, and evaluates their ethical implications.
Provides a nuanced examination of African American religious broadcasting that is certain to enrich understanding of this prevalent and pervasive form of popular and political culture
This edition of Holmes' finest work offers a distinctively Anglican theology of mission that does not trivialize Christianity, but rather upholds the power of the gospel to convert, challenge, and transform. The study guide included in this edition follows the book's eleven chapters. Holmes draws on the participants' experiences of evangelism and ......
By virtue of Lutheranism's identity in America as an immigrant church, Lutherans are specially placed to help lead conversations about immigration in the United States today. They Are Us explores the biblical, historical, theological, and cultural foundations for Lutheran participation in an issue with important implications for this nation.
Torbjorg (Thea) Nilsdatter Ronning (1865-1898), was born on a farm outside the town of Bo in Telemark, Norway. Thea and her two brothers, Nils Nilson and Halvor Nilson, immigrated to America in the 1880s. All three distinguished themselves in God's service. Nils and Halvor were well known in their new land. But not their sister. Thea Ronning had a ......
Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican American Activism
In 1998, a Mexican American woman named Estela Ruiz began seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in south Phoenix. Based on ten years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, this book traces the spiritual transformation of Ruiz, the development of the community that has sprung up around her, and the international expansion of their message.
How the Good News Makes Sense of Discipleship, Church, Mission, and Ever
Many congregations and their leaders are discouraged about the future of the church. John Bowen's conviction is that the solution is to be found not in new programs or strategies but in a recovery of theological vision--that of Jesus and his gospel, which transforms every aspect of life. This vision restores hope in the only way realistically ......
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Second Edition, Ryan P. Burge gives readers a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful look at the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. This second edition includes substantial updates.
In a time of declining mainline Protestant church attendance, Bouman reminds us that the Holy Spirit is still very much at work in our communities and in the world. God continues to make all things new, and calls us to join this mission of reconciliation, restoration, and renewal. Each chapter of this book contains Bible references and questions ......
Dr. Gerhard Forde (1927-2005) has exercised a significant influence on the life of the Lutheran church in America and beyond over the past several decades. During a teaching career of thirty-four years, twenty-nine of them at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, it is estimated that he taught theology to over three thousand pastors. But Forde s ......
This book explores the theology of the missio Dei by understanding mission as a revelatory concept of person. Mission as a concept of person recovers the original meaning of mission, which is a description of the trinitarian movement of God.
Special pricing available - see below In a series of engaging essays and responses, the bookexplores how evangelism has functioned withinLutheranism historically and articulates a Lutherantheological perspective on evangelism within the broaderdevelopments in mission theology over the past severaldecades. It further helps to show how evangelism ......
The End of Theology generates a discussion of the nature of theology. The volume highlights perspectives of contextual and systematic theology, missiology, world Christianity and history, biblical studies and hermeneutics, ethnography, pastoral practice, social justice, and evangelical identity.
A Historical Study of the Evangelical-Coptic Encounter and Conversion in
The Emergence of the Evangelical Egyptians traces the complex cultural encounter between American Presbyterian missionaries and the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox leaders over indigenous Protestant conversion in late Ottoman Egypt, 1854-1878. This examination uses various Arabic, English, and French sources to uncover the complexities behind the ......
The Dialectics of Mission: Between Vanhoozer and Karkkainen explores the structural elements of theology in order to uncover the missional dimension of doctrine and its generative power in doctrinal formation and development.
Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy
Tenacious Solidarity features essays and new writings from 2014 to 2018. As all of Walter Brueggemann's writing is, the chapters are deeply biblical while also concerned with the identities, practices, and obligations of religious communities in contemporary contexts within the United States. Brueggemann consistently attempts to weave the biblical ......
How music makes worship and how worship makes music in Evangelical churches Music is a nearly universal feature of congregational worship in American churches. Congregational singing is so ingrained in the experience of being at church that it is often misunderstood to be synonymous with worship. For those who assume responsibility for ......
