Pickwick Publications imprint: 381 books
Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process
Liturgical Explorations toward a Realized Baptismal Ecclesiology
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Most people, even non-Christians, know that Christians gather for worship once a week, and that they are right there to support each other when there is a baptism or a wedding or a funeral. But what about other poignant, vulnerable, or life-changing times? How does the church help people handle changes...
Change and Transformation
Essays in Anglican History
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The integrative theme of this collection of essays is change and transformation explored in the context of diverse expressions within the context of Anglican Church history. It addresses some central themes--notably the sacraments, liturgy, biblical interpretation, theological education, the relationship...
A Flight of Parsons
The Divinity Diaspora of Trinity College Dublin
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Irish Anglican clergymen played an important role in the creation of a nineteenth-century "Greater Ireland," a term denoting a diasporic movement in which the Irish transformed into a global people, actively participating in British imperial expansion and colonial nation building. These...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Thoughtful Christians are legitimately perplexed by a number of issues relating to the church's belief and practice. They are perplexed partly because they recognize that the issues themselves are thorny, and partly because they are not sure how to test the mutually inconsistent theories and explanations...
by Jerry M. Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
How do evangelism and social concern relate to one another in the mission of the church? How should the Old Testament's emphasis on social justice inform the praxis of modern believers? Does the Bible emphasize individual salvation, or does it teach a broader, more inclusive concept? Theologians,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Vincent Donovan is best known as the author of the influential bestseller, Christianity Rediscovered (1978). This new book contains the monthly letters he wrote home from Tanzania between 1957 and 1973. These letters give us previously unknown stories: how Donovan met Julius Nyerere, first prime minister...
Grace for the Injured Self
The Healing Approach of Heinz Kohut
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Even under the best circumstances in life, we all suffer psychological injuries to our self. These injuries from others can range from passive hurtful comments to intentional abusive assaults. The end result is that our sense of being a cohesive and secure self is threatened. We may begin to experience...
The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things
Pneumatology in Paul and Jurgen Moltmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
This volumes explores the shape pneumatology takes when we develop the theology of the Holy Spirit within an eschatological framework that has a universal scope and an unlimited history. When we do so, we find that pneumatology deriving from questions about what the Spirit does for us needs to give...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The academy and pop culture alike recognize the great symbolic and teaching value of the undead, whether vampires, zombies, or other undead or living-dead creatures. This has been explored variously from critiques of consumerism and racism, through explorations of gender and sexuality, to consideration...
In the Eyes of God
A Contextual Approach to Biblical Anthropomorphic Metaphors
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Throughout the Bible, divine interaction with humanity is portrayed in almost embarrassingly human terms. He sees, hears, thinks, feels, runs, rides chariots, laughs, wields weapons, gives birth, and even repents. Many of these expressions, taken at face value, seem to run afoul of much classical...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Preaching is a personal event: a minister or speaker prepares his or her sermon and presents it to the congregation. Preaching, however, also includes the Bible as a central source; this source comes from and provides a basis for the believing community. The preaching event is also personal for the...
God in an Open Universe
Science, Metaphysics, and Open Theism
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Since its inception, the discussion surrounding Open Theism has been dominated by polemics. On crucial philosophical issues, Openness proponents have largely been devoted to explicating the underlying framework and logical arguments supporting their perspective against competing theological and philosophical...
Peacemaking and Religious Violence
From Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
From its very beginning, Christian faith has been engaged with religious violence. The first Christians were persecuted by their co-religionists and then by imperial Rome. Jesus taught them, in such circumstances, not to retaliate, but to be peacemakers, to love their enemies, and to pray for their...
Martin Luther as Youth Worker
Insights from the Great Reformer for Modern Youth and Children's Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Martin Luther is one of the most studied theologians in the history of the Christian church, so it is difficult to find areas that have been neglected when it comes to this great reformer. However, Luther's work with children and youth gets short shrift when compared to many other achievements. Martin...