Pickwick Publications imprint: 381 books
I Am Put Here for the Defense of the Gospel
Dr. Norman L. Geisler: A Festschrift in His Honor
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Dr. Norman L. Geisler has been called the "father of evangelical Christian philosophy." He has written more than one hundred books and taught at universities and top seminaries for some fifty-six years. He was the first president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society and the founder and...
As It Was in the Beginning
An Intertextual Analysis of New Creation in Galatians, 2 Corinthians, and Ephesians
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Paul's comments regarding the new creation in 2 Cor 5:17 and Gal 6:15 have tended to be understood somewhat myopically. Some argue the phrase "new creation" solely refers to the inward transformation believers have experienced through faith in Jesus Christ. Others argue this phrase should be understood...
The Form and Function of Mark 1:1–15
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Markan Prologue
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Identifying the "scenes" of written texts is a critical skill for following the course set by an author. Even a small variation in course heading can result in compounding an error over time with regard to one's intended destination. Perhaps nowhere is this more important than in the opening...
Fulfilling a Vision
The Contribution of the Church of Scotland to School Education, 1772–1872
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Education has contributed enormously to the Scottish national character. The emphasis has always been on making a good education available to all and on giving those with talent every opportunity of advancement. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, however, it was clear that the provision of...
Pure Worship
The Early English Baptist Distinctive
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Baptists are not often thought of as leading theologians and practitioners of worship. But forgotten in history is one crucial fact: the Baptist tradition formed out of a desire to worship God purely. Early Baptists devoted immense energy to questions of worship and drew conclusions of even contemporary...
The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus’ Indictment of the Religious Leaders
A Critical Analysis of Luke 7:18–35
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Since the time of Jerome, scholars have tried to explain why John the Baptist asks Jesus if he is "the one who is to come" (Matt 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23) after he had apparently identified him as "the lamb of God" (John 1:29-34). The puzzling question is part of one of the longest...
Courage Beyond Fear
Re-Formation in Theological Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
The aim of this book, Courage Beyond Fear: Re-Formation in Theological Education, is to combat actual crises we have survived in theological institutions. We first document responses of resistance to authoritarian structures in student and faculty meditations and sermons. Then through them...
Truth Springs from the Earth
The Teachings of Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotsk
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotsk (1787-1859) was one of the most interesting and challenging figures of Hasidism in the nineteenth century. His search for truth and battles against falsehood and spiritual compromise are the subject of many legends, hagiographical stories, and anecdotes. Though he was...
Christ at the Checkpoint
Theology in the Service of Justice and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
What does the evangelical church in Palestine think about the land, the end times, the Holocaust, peace in the Middle East, loving enemies, Christian Zionism, the State of Israel, and the possibilities of a Palestinian state? For the first time ever, Palestinian evangelicals along with evangelicals...
Pentecostals and Nonviolence
Reclaiming a Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Pentecostals and Nonviolence explores how a distinctly Pentecostal-charismatic peace witness might be reinvigorated and sustained in the twenty-first century. To do so, the book examines the nature of the early Pentecostal commitment to nonviolence, and investigates the possibilities that might emerge...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Contrary to what many philosophers believe, Calvinism neither makes the problem of evil worse nor is it obviously refuted by the presence of evil and suffering in our world. Or so most of the authors in this book claim. While Calvinism has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years amongst theologians and...
Philip's Daughters
Women in Pentecostal-Charismatic Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
This volume brings together twelve scholars from a variety of scholarly fields including biblical studies, history, theology, sociology, anthropology, and missiology in a multi-disciplinary exploration of themes related to women's leadership within the three branches of the renewal movement: Holiness,...
Contextualization of Sufi Spirituality in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century China
The Role of Liu Zhi (c.1662–c.1730)
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Liu Zhi (c.1662-c.1730), a well-known Muslim scholar in China, published in Chinese outstanding theological works, short treatises, and easy-to-memorize short poems on Islam. He encountered various challenges in his interpretation and transmission of Islamic texts. First, traditional Arabic and Persian...
Baptists and War
Essays on Baptists and Military Conflict, 1640s–1990s
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
While Baptists through the years have been certain that "war is hell," they have not always been able to agree on how to respond to it. This book traces much of this troubled relationship from the days of Baptist origins with close ties to pacifist Anabaptists to the responses of Baptists...