Wipf And Stock Publishers: 1811 books
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...
by Steven Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Humor smiles and chuckles and sometimes laughs so loud in virtually every book of the Bible, so it's remarkable how readers manage to overlook it. It's also unfortunate. Humor graces biblical texts at so many levels that to miss the humor is to miss not only much of the emotional impact of the Bible,...
Uncommon Friendships
An Amicable History of Modern Religious Thought
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Uncommon Friendships explores the often-overlooked dynamic of interreligious friendships, considering their significance for how we think about contemporary religious thought. By exploring the dynamics of three relationships between important religious thinkers--Franz Rosenzweig and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy,...
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...
Master Kierkegaard: The Complete Journals
Summer 1847, Fall / Winter / Spring 1847–1848, and Summer 1848
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
In this serial work of religious historical fiction, Magda, a fallen woman from Berlin turned maidservant in the house of Soren Kierkegaard, seeks the full life that has thus far eluded her. Two journals set in the summer of 1847 record Magda's responses to the Luther Bible, Goethe's Faust, and her...
Ministry Among God’s Queer Folk, Second Edition
LGBTQ Pastoral Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
This practical pastoral care handbook, written by two self-described queer people of faith, covers the basic skills that religious caregivers and ministry students need in order to be effective, enlightened, and supportive pastoral care providers to LGBTQ persons in congregational and other community...
The Philosophy of Literature
Four Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
The Philosophy of Literature: Four Studies puts forth the question of the extent to which philosophers must go to school with the poets. It begins with a new interpretation of the famous Platonic quarrel with the poetic wisdom of Homer. It brings this question forward through the humanism of thinkers...
Raising Spirits
Stories of Suffering and Comfort at Death's Door
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Raising Spirits: Stories of Suffering and Comfort at Death's Door springs from Michael Goldberg's experiences serving dying patients as a hospital and hospice chaplain. Previously, he had held positions as a management consultant, a chaired university professor, and a congregational rabbi. Although...
Finding Our Voice
Embodying the Prophetic and Other Misadventures
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Finding Our Voice is a series of meditations on how to express the deepest sense of who we are in a troubled world. What is the core of our being? How do we find the language to name that core? If the core of our faith is identifying and embodying the prophetic for our time, surviving that naming...
Metaphor: Its Therapeutic Use and Construction
A Professional Guide to Using Metaphor in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This book helps counselors/therapists in all treatment modalities effectively use the extended metaphor as a therapeutic tool. It is a needed addition to every therapist's tool kit. The book will show you how to create a personalized and carefully constructed metaphor to reach a resistant client....
Ambition
Essays by members of The Chrysostom Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
What role should ambition play in our lives? Our culture generally buys the American Dream that yes, we can fulfill all our aspirations. But to seek personal power and fame in the competitive world of Western culture has a dark side. Ambition can be subtle and enticing, leading to great unhappiness....
A Catholic Reading Guide to Conditional Immortality
The Third Alternative to Hell and Universalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Like many other people, the long tradition about hell has been a source of serious confusion and distress for me. Over the past six years or so I was relieved to discover two other alternatives that are also part of the Christian tradition, though less prominent--universalism and the subject of the...