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Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Pacifism, Just War, and Peacebuilding

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Sowle Cahill (Author)This book is a contribution to the Christian ethics of war and peace. It advances peacebuilding as a needed challenge to and expansion of the traditional framework of just-war theory and pacifism. It builds on a critical reading of historical landmarks from the Bible through Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, Christian peace movements, and key modern figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, and recent popes. Similar to just-...

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by Morton T. Kelsey (Author)The classic history of healing in the Christian church from biblical times to the present. Number of Pages: 384 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9.11 x 6.05 IN Publication Date: March 01, 1995

The Immanent Divine: God, Creation, and the Human Predicament - Paperback

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by John J. Thatamanil (Author)While traditional Christian thought and spiritualityhave always affirmed the divine presence inhuman life, Thatamanil argues we have much to learnfrom non-dualistic Hindu thought, especially that of theeighth-century thinker Sankara, and from the Christianpanentheism of Paul Tillich. Thatamanil compares theirdiagnoses and prognoses of the human predicament inlight of their doctrine of God or Ultimate Reality. Whatemerges is a new theology of God and human beings,...

Engaging the Powers: 25th Anniversary Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Wink (Author)In this brilliant culmination of his seminal Powers Trilogy, now reissued in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Walter Wink explores the problem of evil today and how it relates to the New Testament concept of principalities and powers. He asks the question, "How can we oppose evil without creating new evils and being made evil ourselves?"Winner of the Pax Christi Award, the Academy of Parish Clergy Book of the Year, and the Midwest Book Ac...

Early Judaism: Texts and Documents on Faith and Piety, Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Michael E. Stone (Editor), George W. E. Nickelsburg (Editor)Jewish writings from the period of Second Temple present a rich and potentially overwhelming variety of first-hand materials. George W. E. Nickelsburg and Michael E. Stone, experts on this formative period, have updated their classic sourcebook on Jewish beliefs and practices to take into account current thinking about the sources and to include new documents, including texts from Qumran not available in the first edition, in a br...

Puzzling the Parables of Jesus: Methods and Interpretation - Paperback

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by Ruben Zimmerman (Author)Modern scholarship on the parables has long been preoccupied with asking what Jesus himself said and what he intended to accomplish with his parables. Ruben Zimmermann moves beyond that agenda to explore the dynamics of parabolic speech in all their rich complexity. Introductory chapters address the history of research and distinguish historical from literary and reader-oriented approaches, then set out a postmodern hermeneutic that analyzes narrative elements and c...

The Captivation of the Will: Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage

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Report copyright infringementby Gerhard O. Forde (Foreword by)The Captivation of the Will provocatively revisits a perennial topic of controversy: human free will. Highly esteemed Lutheran thinker Gerhard O. Forde cuts to the heart of the subject by reexamining the famous debate on the will between Luther and Erasmus. Following a substantial introduction by James A. Nestingen that brings to life the historical background of the debate, Forde thoroughly explores Luther's "Bondage of the Will" ...

Homiletic Moves and Structures - Paperback

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by David Buttrick (Author)Buttrick presents a complete homiletic that focuses on how sermons form in consciousness and how the language of preaching functions in the communal consciousness of a congregation. His "phenomenological" approach marks a sharp departure from older homiletics.Back JacketHomiletics is an odd discipline. You cannot talk of sermon design without some glimmer of what sermons are made of, and you cannot comprehend the internal parts of a sermon without a grasp of sermon d...

Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation - Paperback

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by Bruce J. Malina (Author), John J. Pilch (Author)The author of Revelation presents himself as John, the astral seer, who professes faith in the Resurrected Jesus and who belonged to the house of Israel. John writes of traveling into the sky; but this perspective of "sky-visions" is completely neglected in the traditional commentaries and studies on Revelation. Malina and Pilch demonstrate the necessity of taking ancient sky-interpretation seriously for reading the book of Revelation in its ...

A Woman's Place: House Churches in Early Christianity - Paperback

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by Margaret y. MacDonald (Author), Carolyn Osiek (Author), Janet Tulloch (Author)This focused look at women in the household context discusses the importance of issues of space and visibility in shaping the lives of early Christian women. Several aspects of women's everyday existence are investigated, including the lives of wives, widows, women with children, female slaves, women as patrons, household leaders, and teachers. In addition, several key themes emerge: hospitality, dining practices...

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by Wilfred Cantwell Smith (Author)"Scripture" is no longer an absolute. In the last two centuries, as Westerners have become more keenly conscious of the flatly historical character of their own biblical documents, they have also realized the normative function of scripture in other traditions.W. C. Smith's vastly erudite work asks how it is that certain texts have so seeped into human life - in a rich, complex, and powerful way - as to be deemed sacred. Examining the history and use of scrip...

Memoirs in Exile: Confessional Hope and Institutional Conflict - Paperback

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by John H. Tietjen (Author)John Tietjen's close account of the conflict within a Christian body moves with the skill, the drama, and the characterization of a novel. But there is no shred of fiction here. The author stood at the center of the conflict. His observations of the events (both broadly public and closeted in private) that altered the facepolitic of Lutheranism in this country are absolutely accurate. Here is the selfish expression of faith, as well as the dangers of the right hand ...

Dirt, Greed, and Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and Their Implications for Today

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Report copyright infringementby Louis William Countryman (Author)This new revised edition of the landmark 1988 text includes updated text and notes throughout, taking advantage of recent studies of sexual ethics and, where appropriate, criticizing them. A new chapter engages the presumed "ethic of creation" that has become a major theme among more conservative thinkers and writers in biblical ethics. A concluding chapter on sex is thoroughly rewritten and offers a positive statement of a New ...

Ain't I a Womanist, Too?: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought - Paperback

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by Monica A. Coleman (Editor), Layli Maparyan (Editor)Third wave womanism is a new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thoughtwhile also departing from it in key ways. After a helpful and orienting introduction, this volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today. The result is a lively conversation in which 'to question is not to disavow; to depart is not ne...

Jesus and Community: The Social Dimensions of Christian Faith - Paperback

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by Gerhard Lohfink (Author), John P. Galvin (Translator)The author calls the present-day church to once again be the "contrast society," which attracts non-believers by living what it preaches and by being different without being narrowly sectarian. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.74 x 8.47 x 5.57 IN Publication Date: October 01, 1984

The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation: Volume One: The Gospel According to Luke - Paperback

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by Robert C. Tannehill (Author)Tannehill shows how the narrative contributes to the impact of Luke's literary whole. The study further shows that Luke's use of recurring words, patterns of repetition and contrast, irony, pathos, and many other features of this narrative contribute to the total fabric of Luke's masterpiece.Back Jacket'Tannehill does a fine analysis of narrative plot and characters, in close dialogue and continuity with previous Lucan scholarship...' --William S. Kurz, S.J. The...

From Every People and Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspective - Paperback

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by David Rhoads (Author)A diverse group of New Testament scholars andtheologians offer myriad paths to a betterunderstanding of the Book of Revelation. They discusstopics such as Hispanic / Cuban American and AfricanAmerican perspectives, ecological issues, postcolonialthemes, and liberation theology. The book also provides a setof guidelines for intercultural Bible study.The volume's contributors include: Brian K. Blount Justo Gonzlez Harry O. Maier Clarice J. Martin James Okoye Tina Pip...

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by Harry O. Maier (Editor)The Book of Revelation has often been read as a set of endtime scenarios, glorifying a vengeful God and predicting and even fomenting apocalyptic violence. Yet it continues to exert a profound hold on the dreams and visions, fears and nightmares of our contemporary, first-world, secular culture.Harry Maier insists that, however much one is skeptical of its misuse or awed by its influence, Revelation still harbors a powerful and important message for Christians today....

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by Patrick D. Miller (Author)Both compellingly and clearly, Patrick D. Miller introduces biblical prayer in all its varied forms and from different angles: the prayers of Israel's neighbors, the names of God in prayer, prayers for help, the response of God, praise, the prayers of women, confession and penitence, prayers for others, blessing and curse, and Jesus and Paul at prayer.The perspective throughout is that of faith-and its relation to prayer and theology. The result is a book of impor...

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by Bernard Brandon Scott (Translator)Hear Then the Parable is an innovative literary-social reading of all the parables of Jesus.Back JacketBernard Brandon Scott's Hear Then The Parable is a superb synthesis of where we have come from in terms of literary analysis and where we are going in terms of social analysis. Number of Pages: 476 Dimensions: 1.02 x 8.8 x 6.02 IN Publication Date: January 01, 1989

Studying Pauls Letters: Contemporary Perspectives and Methods - Paperback

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by Joseph a. Marchal (Editor)Studying Paul's Letters provides a survey of the most relevant current methods in Paul scholarship. Joseph A. Marchal leads a group of scholars who are also experienced teachers in courses on Paul. More than a series of "how-to" essays in interpretation, each chapter in this volume shows how differences in starting point and interpretive decisions shape different ways of understanding Paul. Each teacher-scholar focuses on what a particular method brings to interpr...

Grace in Auschwitz: A Holocaust Christology

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Report copyright infringementby Jean-Pierre Fortin (Author)The postmodern human condition and relationship to God were forged in response to Auschwitz. Christian theology must now address the challenge posed by the Shoah. Grace in Auschwitz offers a constructive theology of grace that enables twenty-first-century Westerners to relate meaningfully to the Christian tradition in the wake of the Holocaust and unprecedented evil. Through narrative theological testimonial history, the first part ar...

Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community - Paperback

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by Craig R. Koester (Author)Craig Koester's respected study uses the symbolic language of the Gospel of John as a focus to explore "the Gospel's literary dimensions, social and historical context, and theological import." This edition is fully revised and updated and includes a number of new sections on such topics as Judas and the knowledge of God. Fresh treatments are given on a number of issues, including the Gospel's Christology. This new edition offers both new insights and proven worth ...

Ruth: A Continental Commentary - Hardcover

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by K. C. Hanson (Author), Andre Lacocque (Author)This volume provides a readable introduction to the narrative book of Ruth appropriate for the student, pastor, and scholar. LaCocque combines historical, literary, feminist, and liberationist approaches in an engaging synthesis. He argues that the book was written in the post-exilic period and that the author was a woman. Countering the fears and xenophobia of many in Jerusalem, the biblical author employed the notion of h.esed (kindness, loya...

Eve and Adam and Their Very First Day - Hardcover

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by Leslie Kimmelman (Author), Irina Avgustinovich (Illustrator)"Gloriously beautiful and tender." --Kirkus Starred ReviewIn this unusual retelling, the biblical story of creation is told from Eve's perspective and explores what it might have been like emotionally for the world's first two people to experience everything for the very first time--seeing and naming the animals; feeling the rain; fearing the night; becoming excited by the stars, and having faith that they are not alone.Lush illus...

A Formula for Parish Practice: Using the Formula of Concord in Congregations

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Report copyright infringementby Timothy J. Wengert (Author)This book combines a rich description of the (Lutheran) Formula of Concord (1577) with experiences in today's Lutheran parishes to demonstrate how confessional texts may still come to life in modern Christian congregations. Timothy Wengert takes the Formula of Concord, traditionally used as ammunition in doctrinal disagreements, back to its historical home, the local congregation, giving pastors, students, and theologians a glimpse in...

What Is Christianity?: An Introduction to the Christian Religion

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Report copyright infringementby Gail Ramshaw (Editor)Gail Ramshaw frames this new introduction to Christianity around the basic questions that students ask. Investigating Christianity as a lived experience, she opens each chapter with a voice from the field of religious studies and then presents answers to each chapters question by surveying the history, doctrine, practices, and convictions of Christian churches.Written for undergraduates with little or no background in the breadth of Christi...

Double Particularity: Karl Barth, Contextuality, and Asian American Theology - Hardcover

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by Daniel Lee (Author)Double Particularity is a constructive proposal for theological methodology addressing the Asian American context using the theology of Karl Barth. It focuses primarily on employing Barths theology to develop a methodology for engaging the Asian American context. This methodological focus means that it is an integrative and synthetic work, bringing seemingly disparate thoughts and concepts together. Here, the Asian American context serves as an important case study.With ...

The Embrace of Eros: Bodies, Desires, and Sexuality in Christianity

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Author)The topic of sexuality intersects directly with the most contested historical, theological, and ethical questions of our day. In this edgy yet profound volume, noted scholars and theologians assay the Christian tradition's classic and contemporary understandings of sex, sexuality, and sexual identity.The project unfolds in three phases: contemporary assessments of the Christian tradition, new thinking about eros and being human rel...

The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary - Paperback

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by David Rhoads (Author), H. Paul Santmire (Author), Norman C. Habel (Editor)As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who have pioneered the connections between biblical scholarship, ecological theology, liturgy, and homiletics provide here a comprehensive resource for preaching and leading worship in this new season. Included are theological and practical introductions to observan...

Ethics: A Liberative Approach - Paperback

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by Miguel A. de la Torre (Editor)This survey text for religious ethics and theological ethics courses explores how ethical concepts defined as liberationist, which initially was a Latin American Catholic phenomenon, is presently manifest around the globe and within the United States across different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Authored by several contributors, this book elucidates how the powerless and disenfranchised within marginalized communities employ their religious beliefs to ar...

Israel's Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Verse - Paperback

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by Hugh R. Page (Editor)Noting that Israel's earliest responses to earth-shaking changes were cast in the powerfully expressive language of poetry, Hugh R. Page Jr. argues that the careful collection and preservation of these traditionsnow found in every part of the Hebrew Biblewas an act of resistance, a communal no to the forces of despair and a yes to the creative power of the Spirit.Further, Page argues, the power of these poems to craft and shape a future for a people who had suffered ac...