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Brainsquall - Soundings from a deep depression (Hardcover): Jim Cotter Brainsquall - Soundings from a deep depression (Hardcover)
Jim Cotter
R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness - Being Christian in a Non-Christian World (Paperback, Revised And Updated Edition): Jerry... Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness - Being Christian in a Non-Christian World (Paperback, Revised And Updated Edition)
Jerry Cook, Stanley C Baldwin
R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How can the church be a healing force in the world? In this longtime bestseller, now revised and updated, authors Jerry Cook and Stanley C. Baldwin suggest that it is only when believers admit their own brokenness that they can love, accept, and forgive those who are hurting around them and put out the welcome mat to their community. They offer clear teaching about the church in a hurting world. As veteran leaders who practice these principles, they speak from experience, not theory. Through touching true stories and practical guidelines for connecting with fallen, sinful people, Cook and Baldwin announce the good news. The church is not broken, and it is the broken people who can change the world.

Solving Corruption in the Church and Nation (Paperback): Richard J. Gehman Solving Corruption in the Church and Nation (Paperback)
Richard J. Gehman
R167 Discovery Miles 1 670 Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Emotional Rollercoaster - A Collection of Poems (Paperback): D. A. Hopkins Emotional Rollercoaster - A Collection of Poems (Paperback)
D. A. Hopkins
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Warning - Prophetic Details Revealed (Hardcover): Bill Vincent Global Warning - Prophetic Details Revealed (Hardcover)
Bill Vincent
R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Warning - Prophetic Details Revealed (Paperback): Bill Vincent Global Warning - Prophetic Details Revealed (Paperback)
Bill Vincent
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Surprised by God - Teaching Reflection through the Parables (Paperback): Christina R. Zaker Surprised by God - Teaching Reflection through the Parables (Paperback)
Christina R. Zaker
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Our God is a God of surprises... Am I open to the God of surprises?"-Pope Francis, 2014 Responding to this challenge, Surprised by God explores what it means to reflect on life and how we reflect theologically about our journey of faith.Theological reflection has been primarily used in academic training for ministry preparation, but it is a tool that is critical for any person pondering Pope Francis' questions. Christina Zaker provides an in depth look at the foundational elements of theological reflection including definitions and guidance through various methods. Offering a lens for reflection based on the unique way Jesus' parables surprise and invite listeners to collaborate in the kingdom of God, the book foregrounds the importance of honest spiritual reflection. Reveling in the many ways God surprises us, we learn how to respond to the invitation of faith with open minds and hearts.

Change Agent Church in Black Lives Matter Times - Urgency for Action (Paperback): Valerie A. Miles-Tribble Change Agent Church in Black Lives Matter Times - Urgency for Action (Paperback)
Valerie A. Miles-Tribble
R1,172 Discovery Miles 11 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Volatile social dissonance in America's urban landscape is the backdrop as Valerie A. Miles-Tribble examines tensions in ecclesiology and public theology, focusing on theoethical dilemmas that complicate churches' public justice witness as prophetic change agents. She attributes churches' reticence to confront unjust disparities to conflicting views, for example, of Black Lives Matter protests as "mere politics," and disparities in leader and congregant preparation for public justice roles. As a practical theologian with experience in organizational leadership, Miles-Tribble applies adaptive change theory, public justice theory, and a womanist communitarian perspective, engaging Emilie Townes's construct of cultural evil as she presents a model of social reform activism re-envisioned as public discipleship. She contends that urban churches are urgently needed to embrace active prophetic roles and thus increase public justice witness. "Black Lives Matter times" compel churches to connect faith with public roles as spiritual catalysts of change.

Church, State, and Citizen - Christian Approaches to Political Engagement (Hardcover): Sandra F. Joireman Church, State, and Citizen - Christian Approaches to Political Engagement (Hardcover)
Sandra F. Joireman
R1,663 Discovery Miles 16 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Christians are often portrayed as sharing the same political opinions and the same theological foundations for their actions. Yet, from the time of the early church, believers have held a variety of perspectives on the relationship between church and state and what constitutes legitimate political behavior for Christian citizens. Thoroughly Christian political beliefs run the gamut from disavowal of any political responsibility to a complete endorsement of government policies and the belief that the state has been divinely appointed.
In Church, State, and Citizen, Sandra F. Joireman has gathered political scientists to examine the relationship between religion and politics as seen from within seven Christian traditions: Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican, Evangelical and Pentecostal. In each chapter the historical and theological foundations of the tradition are described along with the beliefs regarding the appropriate role of the state and citizen. While all Christian traditions share certain beliefs about faith (e.g., human sin, salvation, Christ's atonement) and political life (e.g. limited government, human rights, the incompleteness and partiality of all political action) there are also profound differences. The authors discuss the contemporary implications of these beliefs both in the United States and in other areas of the world where Christianity is showing increasing vigor.

Explore - Vocational Discovery in Ministry (Paperback): Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Matthew Floding Explore - Vocational Discovery in Ministry (Paperback)
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Matthew Floding
R736 Discovery Miles 7 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume helps ministerial leadership students engage the tools of discernment while introducing the various roles that seminarians may pursue, including pastors, varieties of chaplaincy, clinical pastoral educators, academics, and nonprofit leaders. It is an ideal resource for seminarians, particularly during theological field education.

Explore - Vocational Discovery in Ministry (Hardcover): Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Matthew Floding Explore - Vocational Discovery in Ministry (Hardcover)
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Matthew Floding
R1,756 Discovery Miles 17 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume helps ministerial leadership students engage the tools of discernment while introducing the various roles that seminarians may pursue, including pastors, varieties of chaplaincy, clinical pastoral educators, academics, and nonprofit leaders. It is an ideal resource for seminarians, particularly during theological field education.

Thinking Out Loud - Collected Scripts from Radio 4's "Thought for the Day" (Paperback): John L. Bell Thinking Out Loud - Collected Scripts from Radio 4's "Thought for the Day" (Paperback)
John L. Bell
R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For four years, John Bell has been a contributor to Radio 4's "Thought for the Day", attempting - as the project demands - to offer a religious perspective on matters of current social and international importance. Sometimes affirming, sometimes controversial but always contemporary, these short reflections represent the prickly interface between faith and politics from the perspective of a Christian believer.

Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused (Paperback): Leslie Vernick Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused (Paperback)
Leslie Vernick; Edited by Brad Hambrick; Contributions by Rachael Denhollander, Mika Edmondson, Samantha Kilpatrick, …
R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Is your church prepared to care for individuals who have experienced various forms of abuse? As we continue to learn of more individuals experiencing sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other forms of abuse, it's clear that resources are needed to help ministries and leaders care for these individuals with love, support, and in cooperation with civil authorities. This handbook seeks to help the church take a significant step forward in its care for those who have been abused. Working in tandem with the resources and videos found at churchcares.com, this handbook brings together leading evangelical trauma counselors, victim advocates, social workers, attorneys, batterer interventionists, and survivors to equip pastors and ministry leaders for the appropriate initial responses to a variety of abuse scenarios in churches, schools, or ministries. Though the most comprehensive training is experienced by using this handbook and the videos together, readers who may be unable to access the videos can use this handbook as a stand-alone resource.

The Third Room of Preaching - A New Empirical Approach (Hardcover): Marianne Gaarden The Third Room of Preaching - A New Empirical Approach (Hardcover)
Marianne Gaarden
R961 Discovery Miles 9 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Investigating Vatican II - Its Theologians, Ecumenical Turn, and Biblical Commitment (Paperback): Jared Wicks Investigating Vatican II - Its Theologians, Ecumenical Turn, and Biblical Commitment (Paperback)
Jared Wicks
R893 R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Save R155 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Investigating Vatican II is a collection of Fr. Jared Wicks' recent articles on Vatican II, and presents the Second Vatican Council as an event to which theologians contributed in major ways and from which Catholic theology can gain enormous insights. Taken as a whole, the articles take the reader into the theological dynamics of Vatican II at key moments in the Council's historical unfolding. Wicks promotes a contemporary re-reception of Vatican II's theologically profound documents, especially as they featured God's incarnate and saving Word, laid down principles of Catholic ecumenical engagement, and articulated the church's turn to the modern world with a new "face" of respect and dedication to service. From the original motivations of Pope John XXIII in convoking the Council, Investigating Vatican II goes on to highlight the profound insights offered by theologians who served behind the scenes as Council experts. In its chapters, the book moves through the Council's working periods, drawing on the published and non-published records, with attention to the Council's dramas, crises, and breakthroughs. It brings to light the bases of Pope Francis's call for synodality in a listening church, while highlighting Vatican II's mandate to all of prayerful biblical reading, for fostering a vibrant "joy in the Gospel."

John Woolman and the Affairs of Truth (Hardcover): John Woolman John Woolman and the Affairs of Truth (Hardcover)
John Woolman; Edited by James Proud
R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many pilgrims on spiritual journeys since John Woolman's time have been drawn toward the irenic virtues and steadfast faith illuminating the pages of his Journal. This work collects the body of Woolman's general writings (other than the Journal) so that the record will be made more complete as to his concerns and thoughts, his experiences and prophetic witness, 'in the affairs of Truth'.Today, his thought and influence chiefly come to us from the Journal while the main body of his lifetime writings!scattered and for the most part unknown!remain outside our ken. This edition gathers into one convenient volume and in chronological order all of the known essays, epistles, and other works which Woolman intended for general readers. The editor's introduction to each of the texts is intended to explain the context for each work in its historical moment.

Evangelicals and Immigration - Fault Lines Among the Faithful (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover, Lyman A.... Evangelicals and Immigration - Fault Lines Among the Faithful (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover, Lyman A. Kellstedt
R2,200 Discovery Miles 22 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The topic of immigration is at the center of contemporary politics and, from a scholarly perspective, existing studies have documented that attitudes towards immigration have brought about changes in both partisanship and voting behavior. However, many scholars have missed or misconstrued the role of religion in this transformation, particularly evangelical Protestant Christianity. This book examines the historical and contemporary relationships between religion and immigration politics, with a particularly in-depth analysis of the fault lines within evangelicalism-divisions not only between whites and non-whites, but also the increasingly consequential disconnect between elites and laity within white evangelicalism. The book's empirical analysis relies on original interviews with Christian leaders, data from original church surveys conducted by the authors, and secondary analysis of several national public opinion surveys. It concludes with suggestions for bridging the elite/laity and racial divides. Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover: (Ph.D., Emory University) is Chair and Professor of Political Science at Gordon College, Massachusetts. She has contributed chapters to Faith in a Pluralist Age (2018) and Is the Good Book Good Enough? (2011). She has published in a wide range of journals including Social Science Quarterly, The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Latin American Perspectives, Political Research Quarterly, Comment, and Capital Commentary. Lyman A. Kellstedt: (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at Wheaton College, Illinois. He has authored or coauthored numerous articles, book chapters, and books in religion and politics, including Religion and the Culture Wars (1996), The Bully Pulpit (1997), and The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics (2009).

Silent Exodus - A first-hand experience and academic exploration of the complicated challenges of leading a Latino church in... Silent Exodus - A first-hand experience and academic exploration of the complicated challenges of leading a Latino church in the twenty-first century. (Hardcover)
Steve Pinto
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Grief to Strength (Hardcover): Nita Reevon From Grief to Strength (Hardcover)
Nita Reevon
R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Am Not Your Enemy - Stories to Transform a Divided World (Paperback): Michael T. McRay I Am Not Your Enemy - Stories to Transform a Divided World (Paperback)
Michael T. McRay; Foreword by Ishmael Beah
R397 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
AIDS Is Real and It's in Our Church (Paperback): Jean Garland, Mike Blyth, Henry C Ibegbunam AIDS Is Real and It's in Our Church (Paperback)
Jean Garland, Mike Blyth, Henry C Ibegbunam
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo - Najm al-Din al-Tufi's (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian... Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo - Najm al-Din al-Tufi's (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction (Hardcover, XVI, 556 Pp. ed.)
Lejla Demiri
R6,787 Discovery Miles 67 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Najm al-Din al-Tufi's (d. 716/1316) extraordinary commentary on the Christian scriptures has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. Illustrating the way in which the Bible was read, interpreted and used as a proof-text in the construction of early 14th century Muslim views of Christianity, his al-Ta'liq 'ala al-Anajil al-arba'a wa-al-ta'liq 'ala al-Tawrah wa-'ala ghayriha min kutub al-anbiya' (Critical Commentary on the Four Gospels, the Torah and other Books of the Prophets) is an invaluable treasure for the study of Muslim-Christian dialogue and its history. In Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo, Lejla Demiri makes this important and unusual work available for the first time in a scholarly edition and English translation, with a full introduction that places Tufi in his intellectual context.

Church of the Wild - How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Paperback): Victoria Loorz Church of the Wild - How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Paperback)
Victoria Loorz
R377 R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Carved in Ebony - Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us (Paperback): Jasmine L. Holmes, Karen Ellis Carved in Ebony - Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us (Paperback)
Jasmine L. Holmes, Karen Ellis
R368 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R35 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Elizabeth Freeman, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Maria Fearing, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Sarah Mapps Douglass, Sara Griffith Stanley, Amanda Berry Smith, Lucy Craft Laney, Maria Stewart, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper These names may not be familiar, but each one of these women was a shining beacon of devotion in a world that did not value their lives. They worked to change laws, built schools, spoke to thousands, shared the Gospel around the world. And while history books may have forgotten them, their stories can teach us so much about what it means to be modern women of faith. Through the research and reflections of author Jasmine Holmes, you will be inspired by what each of these exceptional women can teach us about the intersections of faith and education, birth, privilege, opportunity, and so much more. Carved in Ebony will take you past the predominantly white, male contributions that seemingly dominate history books and church history to discover how Black women have been some of the main figures in defining the landscape of American history and faith. Join Jasmine on this journey of illuminating these women--God's image-bearers, carved in ebony.

Subversive Peacemakers - War Resistance 1914-1918: An Anglican Perspective (Paperback): Clive Barrett Subversive Peacemakers - War Resistance 1914-1918: An Anglican Perspective (Paperback)
Clive Barrett
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The outbreak of the First World War saw an upsurge of patriotism. The Church generally saw the war as justified, and many clergy encouraged the men in their congregations to join the army. There was, however, already a strong strand of anti-war sentiment, opposed to the dominant theology of the Establishment. This was partly based on traditional Christian pacifism, but included other religious, social and political influences. Campaigners and conscientious objectors voiced a growing concern about the huge human cost of a conflict seemingly endlessly bogged down in the mud of the Flanders poppy fields. 'Subversive Peacemakers' recounts the stories of a strong and increasingly organised opposition to war, from peace groups to poets, from preachers to politicians, from women to working men, all of whom struggled to secure peace in a militarised and fragmenting society. Clive Barrett demonstrates that the Church of England provided an unlikely setting for much of this war resistance. Barrett masterfully narrates the story of the peace movement, bringing together stories of war-resistance until now lost, disregarded or undervalued. The people involved, as well as the dramatic events of the conflict themselves, are seen in a new light.

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