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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
If only we could do a better job of helping students at "connecting the dots," theological educators commonly lament. Integration, often proposed as a solution to the woes of professional education for ministry, would help students integrate knowledge, skills, spirituality, and integrity....
C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil
An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
C. S. Lewis was concerned about an aspect of the problem of evil he called subjectivism: the tendency of one's perspective to move towards self-referentialism and utilitarianism. In C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil, Jerry Root provides a holistic reading of Lewis by walking the reader through all...
Aquinas on Israel and the Church
The Question of Supersessionism in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
The question of whether or not Thomas Aquinas's theology is supersessionist has elicited deep disagreement among scholars. Some maintain that Aquinas is the standard-bearer of a supersessionist church that undermines Judaism, while others hold that Aquinas avoids supersessionism altogether. Yet the...
The Theologically Formed Heart
Essays in Honor of David J. Gouwens
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
The Theologically Formed Heart invites the reader to consider the role of theology in the formation of virtues and passions, and, conversely, the role of virtues and passions in understanding Scripture, theology, and living a Christian life. The essays in this volume are offered in appreciation of...
The Metaphysics of World Order
A Synthesis of Philosophy, Theology, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
In this book, Nicolas Laos studies the meaning of the terms "world" and "order," the moral dimensions of each world order model, and wider issues of meaning and interpretation generated by humanity's attempt to live in a meaningful world and to find the logos of the beings and...
Methexiology
Philosophical Theology and Theological Philosophy for the Deification of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Methexiology is not a particular theory, but rather a general philosophical orientation. Therefore, in Methexiology: Philosophical Theology and Theological Philosophy for the Deification of Man, Nicolas Laos elucidates the significance of methexiology for the study of ontology, epistemology, ethics,...
Participating Witness
An Anabaptist Theology of Baptism and the Sacramental Character of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
At a time when the fractious legacy of the Protestant Reformation is coming under new scrutiny, Anthony Siegrist explores the implications of ecumenism for believers' baptism. Writing from within the tradition of the Radical Reformation, he challenges dominant ecclesiological assumptions and argues...
A Light to the Nations
Explorations in Ecumenism, Missions, and Pentecostalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The essays in this volume, which are written by friends, colleagues, and former students, are dedicated to Gary B. McGee as a memorial to his life, work, and service. As a professor with a clear calling to teach, he modeled this passion at the Open Bible College (Des Moines, Iowa), Central Bible College...
Spirit of Liberality
Collected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
The themes covered in this collection of essays span a wide area, from Christology and the doctrine of God to human rights and Christian spirituality, and they were written and delivered in a variety of contexts, from colleges to churches, on both sides of the Atlantic. Some have been published previously,...
Thinking in Public
Faith, Secular Humanism, and Development in Jacques Roumain
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Thinking in Public provides a probing and provocative meditation on the intellectual life and legacy of Jacques Roumain. As a work of intellectual history, the book investigates the intersections of religious ideas, secular humanism, and development within the framework of Roumain's public intellectualism...
Practices of Wonder
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Wonder has often occupied a place of unique importance across a variety of human practices and intellectual activities. At different times and historical periods, it has been hailed as the beginning of philosophy and as the end that philosophy should aspire to pursue; as the motive force of scientific...
Finding Salvation in Christ
Essays on Christology and Soteriology in Honor of William P. Loewe
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Finding Salvation in Christ brings together some of the most important figures in contemporary theology to honor the work of William Loewe, systematic theologian and specialist in the theology of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. For over three decades Loewe's writings have sought to make classic christological...
Being Human, Becoming Human
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Social Thought
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Who are we? What does it mean to be human? What is the purpose of our existence? In our time these continue to be urgent questions. The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer thought deeply about these questions out of a desire to understand the importance of Christ and the incarnation for modern culture....
Remembering Jamestown
Hard Questions About Christian Mission
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
For many Americans, Christian missionary efforts have usually involved distant and exotic places. Sometimes, however, we can learn more about missions and interreligious engagement by looking in our own backyard. This collection of essays deriving from a consultation on missionary history and attitudes...