Brazos Press imprint: 204 books
Subversive Sabbath
The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
We live in a 24/7 culture of endless productivity, workaholism, distraction, burnout, and anxiety--a way of life to which we've sadly grown accustomed. This tired system of "life" ultimately destroys our souls, our bodies, our relationships, our society, and the rest of God's creation. The...
Evolution of Adam, The
What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing the effects of the Fall of Adam. However, an evolutionary view of beginnings doesn't allow for a historical Adam, making evolution seemingly incompatible with what Genesis and the apostle Paul say about...
by Jim Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
The headlines are almost unfathomable: More than one thousand Bangladesh garment-industry workers killed when their building collapsed. Over one hundred workers killed in a poultry-factory fire in China. Harsh conditions and a rash of suicides at a Taiwanese company producing cell phones. These tragedies...
Adam and the Genome
Reading Scripture after Genetic Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Genomic science indicates that humans descend not from an individual pair but from a large population. What does this mean for the basic claim of many Christians: that humans descend from Adam and Eve?
Leading evangelical geneticist Dennis Venema and popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight combine...
Here I Walk
A Thousand Miles on Foot to Rome with Martin Luther
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
A Thousand-Mile Pilgrimage with Martin Luther
In 2010, Andrew Wilson and his wife, Sarah, walked in the footsteps of Martin Luther, re-creating his famous pre-Reformation pilgrimage from Erfurt to Rome. Their trek was well publicized, with coverage in the Christian Century, First Things, the...
Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would
A Fresh Christian Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Chances are you know someone who is gay--a coworker, family member, or friend. And chances are, as a Christian, you're not exactly sure how to relate to this person. While the church has been pretty good at "hating the sin," it hasn't really known how to "love the sinner" without...
Israel Matters
Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Widely respected theologian Gerald McDermott has spent two decades investigating the meaning of Israel and Judaism. What he has learned has required him to rethink many of his previous assumptions.
Israel Matters addresses the perennially important issue of the relationship between Christianity...
Cloister Talks
Learning from My Friends the Monks
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Come along as author Jon M. Sweeney sits in the warm October sun talking with Father Luke or enjoys a December afternoon in the monastery with Father Ambrose.
In Cloister Talks, Sweeney offers a rare glimpse into his decades-long friendships with monks and shares the wisdom and insight for...
The Gospel according to Moses
What My Jewish Friends Taught Me about Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
"Years ago I exposed myself to the possibility that Judaism might have great truths to offer, and Chever Torah (Jewish Bible study) rewarded my open mind with radical improvements in the way I live and view my Christian faith." -from the Introduction
After he spent five years attending Chever...
Evangelism after Christendom
The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Most people think of evangelism as something an individual does--one person talking to one or more other people about the gospel. Bryan Stone, however, argues that evangelism is the duty and call of the entire church as a body of witness. Evangelism after Christendom explores what it means to understand...
Under the Influence
California's Intoxicating Spiritual and Cultural Impact on America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
California culture wields an enormous influence on the rest of the United States and indeed the world. In this fascinating book Monica Ganas, a lifelong Californian and veteran of the stage and screen, explores the hypnotic effect of the Golden State. With a witty style and loads of interesting stories,...
The Heart of Catholic Social Teaching
Its Origin and Contemporary Significance
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This accessible introduction covers the complete history and contemporary contexts of the church's involvement in Catholic social tradition, giving distinctive attention to the Bible, liturgy, the thought of Augustine and Aquinas, and recent theological developments.
Bringing together veteran...
Losing Susan
Brain Disease, the Priest's Wife, and the God Who Gives and Takes Away
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The Story of Brain Disease and the Priest's Wife
This is the story of Susan--a wife, mother, Christian believer, lover of children, writer of stories, and woman of extraordinary intellect. Susan was diagnosed with a brain tumor in her late thirties. Although it was successfully treated, the...
Introducing Moral Theology
True Happiness and the Virtues
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Whether in the cafeteria, classroom, or dorm lounge, questions abound on college campuses. Not only do students grapple with existential issues but they also struggle with ethical ones such as "Why be moral?" In Introducing Moral Theology, William Mattison addresses this question as well...