Baker Academic imprint: 719 books
For the Beauty of the Earth (Engaging Culture)
A Christian Vision for Creation Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Caring for the environment is a growing interest among evangelicals. This award-winning book provides the most thorough evangelical treatment available on a theology of creation care. "Authentic Christian faith requires ecological obedience," writes Steven Bouma-Prediger. He urges Christians...
Improvisation
The Drama of Christian Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
This introductory textbook establishes theatrical improvisation as a model for Christian ethics, helping Christians embody their faith in the practices of discipleship. Clearly, accessibly, and creatively written, it has been well received as a text for courses in Christian ethics. The repackaged...
Leisure and Spirituality (Engaging Culture)
Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
This addition to the award-winning Engaging Culture series explores the link between leisure and spirituality, offering a Christian perspective on leisure concepts and issues in contemporary society. Paul Heintzman, a respected scholar and experienced recreation practitioner, interacts with biblical,...
Deep Focus (Engaging Culture)
Film and Theology in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Three media experts guide the Christian moviegoer into a theological conversation with movies in this up-to-date, readable introduction to Christian theology and film. Building on the success of Robert Johnston's Reel Spirituality, the leading textbook in the field for the past 17 years, Deep Focus...
Christianity at the Religious Roundtable
Evangelicalism in Conversation with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Argues that Christian dialogue with other faiths is an integral part of our call to proclaim the message of Christ.
Cosmology in Theological Perspective
Understanding Our Place in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Olli-Pekka Vainio, a leading expert in science and theology, explores questions concerning the place and significance of humans in the cosmos. Vainio introduces cosmology from a "state of the question" perspective, examining the history of the idea in dialogue with C. S. Lewis. This work,...
Handbook of Religion
A Christian Engagement with Traditions, Teachings, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
This comprehensive handbook provides a Christian perspective on religion and its many manifestations around the world. Written by top religion scholars from a broad spectrum of Christianity, it introduces world religions, indigenous religious traditions, and new religious movements. Articles explore...
Introducing Apologetics
Cultivating Christian Commitment
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Questions about the truthfulness of Christianity deserve thoughtful, balanced, and reasonable answers. James Taylor provides a fresh, comprehensive survey of the many methods of Christian apologetics using a unique, whole-person approach. He addresses core apologetics issues facing Christians in the...
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Leading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of...
by Daniel J. Estes
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This valuable resource introduces readers to the Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry--Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs--and helps them better understand each book's overall flow. Estes summarizes some of each book's key issues, offers an exposition of the book that interacts...
Reading the Historical Books
A Student's Guide to Engaging the Biblical Text
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Biblical history can be some of the most difficult material for beginning students to grasp. The conventions of contemporary history writing are quite different from those of ancient Israelite writers. Here a master teacher offers basic orientation to the genre and conventions of the Old Testament...
Family in the Bible
Exploring Customs, Culture, and Context
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
What does the Bible say about the importance of the family? How can we apply these ancient perspectives to modern Christian life? The essays gathered in this volume provide reflections from leading biblical scholars.
The authors focus on reading the Scriptures from the perspective of the authors in...
Christianity and the Soul of the University
Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Many universities, founded on the principles of vigorous scholarship and steadfast Christian faith, have abandoned those roots, resulting in confusion, fragmentation, and ideological strife.
This book explores the role reflective Christian faith can play in unifying the intellectual life of...
A New Perspective on Jesus (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)
What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
In this compelling study, renowned author James D. G. Dunn provides a critique of the quest for the historical Jesus. Dunn claims that the quest has been misguided from the start in its attempt to separate the historical Jesus from the Christ of faith.
Dunn argues that Jesus scholars have consistently...