Brazos Press imprint: 204 books
Secret Faith in the Public Square
An Argument for the Concealment of Christian Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In this groundbreaking and provocative book, Jonathan Malesic argues that the best way for Christians to be caretakers of their tradition and to love their neighbors selflessly is to conceal their religious identity in American public life. The alternative--insisting on Christianity's public visibility...
Creating a Spiritual Legacy
How to Share Your Stories, Values, and Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
We establish wills to pass on our possessions and property to family members and friends, but what about the things that really matter: our values, beliefs, wisdom, and stories? Those are the things of lasting significance, the things that make up a spiritual legacy. Daniel Taylor, a heralded teacher,...
by Peter J. Leithart
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
In Ecclesiastes, Solomon states that "all is vapor" and describes humans as trying to "shepherd the wind." In Solomon among the Postmoderns, author Peter J. Leithart uses these claims, as well as the entire book of Ecclesiastes, to show how Solomon resonated with postmodernism.
Exploring...
Postmodernism 101
A First Course for the Curious Christian
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Finally, here's a book about postmodernism that you don't need a philosophy degree to understand.
In Postmodernism 101: A First Course for the Curious Christian, Heath White offers a brief and accessible introduction to the ideas of postmodernism and its relationship to Christianity. White...
Power Failure
Christianity in the Culture of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
We live in a culture shaped and fueled by technology. Usually we equate access to technology with opportunity and the chance to pursue "the good life." Power Failure raises some crucial, if disconcerting, questions about technology: If technology liberates us, what kind of liberation does...
Monk Habits for Everyday People
Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
In their zeal for reform, early Protestant leaders tended to throw out Saint Benedict with the holy water. That is a mistake, writes Dennis Okholm, in Monk Habits for Everyday People. While on retreat in a Benedictine abbey, the author, a professor who was raised as a Pentecostal and a Baptist, observed...
Covenant and Communion
The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI brought a world-class biblical theologian to the papacy. There is an intensely biblical quality to his pastoral teaching and he has demonstrated a keen concern for the authentic interpretation of sacred Scripture.
Here a foremost interpreter...
God Hides in Plain Sight
How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Have you ever had a conversation that went far deeper than the words spoken or an experience where you felt you had participated in something sacred? Although these situations may seem unexplainable, they are reminders that God's grace surrounds us constantly and shows up in manifold ways. In this...
The (Un)Common Good
How the Gospel Brings Hope to a World Divided
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better. In this timely and provocative book, he shows us how to reclaim Jesus's ancient and compelling vision of the common good--a vision that impacts and inspires not only our politics but also our personal lives, families, churches, neighborhoods, and...
A Cross-Shattered Church
Reclaiming the Theological Heart of Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
In this work, eminent theologian Stanley Hauerwas shows how the sermon is the best context for doing good theology. He writes, "I am convinced that the recovery of the sermon as the context for theological reflection is crucial if Christians are to negotiate the world in which we find ourselves."...
by Jim Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Who was Jesus? Why did he come? Some people think it was to save them from their sins, so their spiritual focus is personal salvation. Others appreciate Jesus's teachings but see little connection between the wise teacher of old and how they live life here and now.
Both groups have lost the...
Postmissionary Messianic Judaism
Redefining Christian Engagement with the Jewish People
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
In recent years, a new form of Messianic Judaism has emerged that has the potential to serve as a bridge between Jews and Christians. Giving voice to this movement, Mark Kinzer makes a case for nonsupersessionist Christianity. He argues that the election of Israel is irrevocable, that Messianic Jews...
God's Economics (Ebook Shorts)
Principles for Fixing Our Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
The collapse of financial systems and the resulting economic crisis have caused a growing distrust of the way things operate. Why has the global economy become so unfair, unsustainable, and unstable, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? A conversation about how the market should...
New Monasticism
What It Has to Say to Today's Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
New Monasticism is a growing movement of committed Christians who are recovering the radical discipleship of monasticism and unearthing a fresh expression of Christianity in America. It's not centered in a traditional monastery--many New Monastics are married with children--but instead its members...