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Standing on the Premises of God - The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools (Hardcover):... Standing on the Premises of God - The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools (Hardcover)
Frederick E. Detwiler
R2,890 Discovery Miles 28 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Christian Right is arguably the most significant social movement in the United States today. In recent years, these religious conservatives have loudly protested a public education system they believe no longer represents their interests or values.

Educators often dismiss critiques based on religious values as irrational or flimsy, failing to appreciate the coherence of these criticisms from the Christian Right's own perspective. While the Christian Right has become ever more sophisticated in its lobbying and powerful in its influence, educators and parents find themselves lacking the background knowledge necessary to respond effectively to its efforts.

Standing on the Premises of God speaks directly to this dilemma, explaining current incarnations of the Christian Right, its leadership, its intellectual and theological foundations, and its tactics, so that those interested in the debates over education will be better prepared to engage them constructively.

Taking the novel approach of framing the Christian Right as a revitalization movement, Detwiler shows how it seeks to effect cultural transformation in order to bring public education-and our society more generally-in line with its worldview. His theoretical model provides insights into why education is so pivotal to the Christian Right and also assesses the religious viability of the Christian Right as a social movement.

Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity (Paperback): Rebekah Merkle Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity (Paperback)
Rebekah Merkle
R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Evangelicalism and the Decline of American Politics (Hardcover): Jan G. Linn Evangelicalism and the Decline of American Politics (Hardcover)
Jan G. Linn
R1,029 R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Save R156 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
15 Characteristics of Effective Pastors - How to Strengthen Your Inner Core and Ministry Impact (Paperback): Kevin W Mannoia,... 15 Characteristics of Effective Pastors - How to Strengthen Your Inner Core and Ministry Impact (Paperback)
Kevin W Mannoia, Larry Walkemeyer
R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The church finds itself in a period of great diversification and multiple expressions. In the midst of great change, we have become confused about what really makes for healthy and authentic pastoral leadership. What are the basic and common characteristics necessary for pastors to be effective? How can lay people understand the pastoral call more fully and partner better with pastors for the health of their church? Here Mannoia and Walkemeyer examine the foundations of pastoral effectiveness and bring together nine experienced pastoral leaders to discuss the basic characteristics that exist in effective pastors. Regardless of context or personality, ineffectiveness in pastors and subsequent ill health in churches is often not the result of a lack of calling, but instead is the result of misappropriated efforts to find success. Let's help those who are called to be good stewards of their call. And let's help churches have a chance to be healthy under the leadership of effective pastors!

Visitation (Paperback): Arthur A. Just, Scott A. Kinnaman Visitation (Paperback)
Arthur A. Just, Scott A. Kinnaman
R1,373 Discovery Miles 13 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This small convenient book puts needed resources into your glove compartment, pocket, or briefcase.

Unmasking White Preaching - Racial Hegemony, Resistance, and Possibilities in Homiletics (Hardcover): Lis Valle-Ruiz, Andrew... Unmasking White Preaching - Racial Hegemony, Resistance, and Possibilities in Homiletics (Hardcover)
Lis Valle-Ruiz, Andrew Wymer; Contributions by Christopher M. Baker, Gennifer Benjamin Brooks, Suzanne Wenonah Duchesne, …
R2,362 Discovery Miles 23 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the impact of white racialization in homiletics. The first section, Racial Hegemony, interrogates the white, colonial bias of Euro-American homiletical practice, pedagogy, and theory with particular attention to the intersection of preaching and racialization. The second section, Resistance and Possibilities, contributes diverse critical homiletical approaches emerging in conversation with racially-minoritized scholarship and racially subjugated knowledge and practice. By reading this book, preachers and professors of preaching will encounter alternative, non-dominant homiletical pathways toward a more just future for the church and the world.

Cleansing Breaths - Memories of a Child Protective Worker (Hardcover): Clystia M Skinner Cleansing Breaths - Memories of a Child Protective Worker (Hardcover)
Clystia M Skinner
R732 R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Problem with The Dot (Hardcover): Bruce D Long The Problem with The Dot (Hardcover)
Bruce D Long; Foreword by Makoto Fujimura; Preface by Wesley Vander Lugt
R757 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R96 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hospitality of God - Discovering and Living Kingdom Hospitality (Hardcover): Caleb Camp The Hospitality of God - Discovering and Living Kingdom Hospitality (Hardcover)
Caleb Camp
R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aging with Grace - Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture (Paperback): Sharon W Betters, Susan Hunt Aging with Grace - Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture (Paperback)
Sharon W Betters, Susan Hunt
R395 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Save R39 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Today's culture marginalizes old age, often portraying it as burdensome and hopeless. Here is a book that presents examples of women who have found joy in the passing of time as they age with grace-finding fulfillment in their enjoyment of God.

The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism - A Call to Action (Hardcover): Carter Heyward The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism - A Call to Action (Hardcover)
Carter Heyward
R876 Discovery Miles 8 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hear the call to overcome today's conservative rhetoric of hate and bring virtue back to Christian living... While right-wing conservatives dare to call themselves Christians as they tear down equality and justice, commit horrible acts of violence, and fan the flames of fascism in America, Carter Heyward issues a call to action for Christians to truly hear God's message of peace and love. This book attempts to show ways in which, through our highly privatized theologies and personal spiritualities, we American Christians have played a major role in building and securing structures of injustice in American life. Rising tides of white supremacy, threats to women's reproductive freedoms and to basic human rights for gender and sexual minorities, the widening divide between rich and poor, and increasing natural disasters and the extinction of Earth's species all point to a world crying out for God's wisdom. To move forward as followers of Jesus, we must first call out these ingrained cultural attitudes for what they are-the seven deadly sins of white Christian nationalism. We must commit ourselves to building a more perfect union in small personal ways and in large public acknowledgment of what the culture of white Christian nationalism is doing to our country and world.

What's Right with Preaching Today? (Hardcover): Mike Graves, Andre Resner What's Right with Preaching Today? (Hardcover)
Mike Graves, Andre Resner; Foreword by Thomas G. Long
R1,067 R905 Discovery Miles 9 050 Save R162 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Parent's Guide to Instagram, A (Paperback): Axis Parent's Guide to Instagram, A (Paperback)
Axis
R49 R46 Discovery Miles 460 Save R3 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Parent's Guide to Influencers, A (Paperback): Axis Parent's Guide to Influencers, A (Paperback)
Axis
R49 R46 Discovery Miles 460 Save R3 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Worshiping in Season - Ecology and Christ through the Liturgical Year (Hardcover): Joseph E Bush Worshiping in Season - Ecology and Christ through the Liturgical Year (Hardcover)
Joseph E Bush
R2,340 R1,663 Discovery Miles 16 630 Save R677 (29%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

So often, it seems, liturgical themes and Christological emphases get set aside when special topics such as "Earth Sunday" arise in congregational worship. This book will suggest that the Christologically constructed liturgical year provides a meaningful framework for ecologically oriented worship. This book will maintain the Christocentric emphasis of these liturgical seasons, but will provide an ecological perspective on these seasons, on Christian worship, and indeed on Christ.

Racism and God-Talk - A Latino/a Perspective (Hardcover): Ruben Rosario Rodriguez Racism and God-Talk - A Latino/a Perspective (Hardcover)
Ruben Rosario Rodriguez
R2,868 Discovery Miles 28 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

2011 Winner of the Book Awards Contest in the Discipline of Theology Presented by Alpha Sigma Nu The apostle Paul wrote that "All of you are one in Christ Jesus." Given Paul's vision of God's kingdom defined by the breakdown of all distinctions and relationships of domination-no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female-how do we make sense of ethnic particularity within the church's theological formulations? Racism and God-Talk explores the biblical and religious dimensions of North American racism while highlighting examples of resistance within the Christian religious tradition. Social historians have seldom analyzed the problematic of race from a primarily theological perspective. This volume undertakes a critical examination of explicitly theological and confessional perspectives for understanding and transforming North American racism. Rosario Rodriguez offers insights from Latino/a theology for broader scholarly and social discussions concerning racism, borders, and immigration. The first to analyze race and racism from a Latino/a theological perspective, the volume makes use of a broadened conceptualization of "mestizaje," or mutual cultural exchange, to challenge the church to recognize the effects of racial and ethnic particularity in all theological construction.

A Whole Nother Life (Hardcover): Jocelyn Delores Winn A Whole Nother Life (Hardcover)
Jocelyn Delores Winn
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
World Christianity in Local Context - Essays in Memory of David A. Kerr Volume 1 (Hardcover): Stephen R. Goodwin World Christianity in Local Context - Essays in Memory of David A. Kerr Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Stephen R. Goodwin
R4,958 Discovery Miles 49 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first volume of a unique collection of essays in memory of David A Kerr, offering insights into current trends in Local Theology and Missions."Global Christianity in Local Context" is the first volume of a unique collection of essays in honour of David A. Kerr, well-known for his contributions in the areas of Christian-Muslim dialogue, Ecumenical Studies and Missions. With contributions from recognized experts in these fields, the book provides a platform for examining contemporary Christian-Muslim relations and critical issues facing twenty-first century Christianity.In Volume 1, scholars and Church leaders offer insights into current trends in Local Theology and Missions from the contexts of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.

Ethical Approaches to Preaching (Hardcover): John S. McClure Ethical Approaches to Preaching (Hardcover)
John S. McClure
R767 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R73 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Next Jihad - Stop the Christian Genocide in Africa (Paperback): Rev. Johnnie Moore, Rabbi Abraham Cooper The Next Jihad - Stop the Christian Genocide in Africa (Paperback)
Rev. Johnnie Moore, Rabbi Abraham Cooper
R354 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although news of Christians being killed overseas hits major media outlets from time to time, the news quickly fades away while our fellow believers continue to suffer. Johnnie Moore, as he has done before, wants to awaken the church and American politicians to the daily horrors happening to Christians, focusing this time on Africa.

While the world has been fixated on jihadist threats in the Middle East, terrorists from Nigeria to Kenya have had free reign to massacre on a scale far beyond that of the terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Whole villages have been razed, mothers and children have been grotesquely killed, and an unabashed effort at ethnic cleansing has been embarked upon with unrelenting resolve. Their intention is to rid Africa of its Christians, either by forced conversion to Islam or by destruction and murder.

Dilemmas Facing the United States and Its People - Can We Maintain Our Superpower Status? (Hardcover): James A. Hudson Dilemmas Facing the United States and Its People - Can We Maintain Our Superpower Status? (Hardcover)
James A. Hudson
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hungry are Dying - Beggars and Bishops in Roman Cappadocia (Hardcover): Susan R. Holman The Hungry are Dying - Beggars and Bishops in Roman Cappadocia (Hardcover)
Susan R. Holman
R3,278 Discovery Miles 32 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Susan R. Holman examines the theme of poverty in the fourth-century sermons of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Gregory Nysson. These sermons are especially important for what they tell us about the history of poverty relief and the role of fourth century Christian theology in constructing the body of the redemptive, involuntary poor. Some of the topics explored include the contextualization of the poor in scholarship, the poor in late antiquity, and starvation and famine dynamics. In exploring this relationship between cultural context and theological language, this volume offers a broad and fresh overview of these little-studied texts.

A Treatise on Relics (Hardcover): John Calvin A Treatise on Relics (Hardcover)
John Calvin
R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics (Paperback): James F. Keenan, Mark McGreevy Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics (Paperback)
James F. Keenan, Mark McGreevy; Foreword by Cardinal Peter Turkson
R986 R839 Discovery Miles 8 390 Save R147 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Strangers and Scapegoats - Extending God`s Welcome to Those on the Margins (Paperback): Matthew S Vos Strangers and Scapegoats - Extending God`s Welcome to Those on the Margins (Paperback)
Matthew S Vos
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We live in a world of oppositional relationships and increasing in-group/out-group divisions. Christian sociologist Matthew Vos explains how the problem of the stranger lies at the root of many problems humanity faces, such as racism, sexism, and nationalism. He applies classic sociological theory on "the stranger" to matters of faith and social justice, showing that an identity in Christ frees us to love strangers as neighbors and friends. The book also includes two guest chapters, one on intersex persons and the church and one on stranger-making in the "correctional" system.

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