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Water Buffalo Theology marked the emergence of a self-conscious
Asian Christian theology on the world scene when it was published
in 1974. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Koyama
thoroughly updates the original, adding an retrospective
introduction that records how he has changed his mind on many
topics but maintained his position on others. In addition to
eliminating several chapters, Koyama also adds one on his
"pilgrimage in mission".
Water Buffalo Theology urges readers to abide by the first
calling of Christianity -- to become an incarnation of God's
love.
What does Christianity stand for in the 21st century? How can we
believe it? Why do we need it? In this modern classic, bestselling
author Tom Wright invites you on a journey into the heart of
Christianity and shows you how it can be lived authentically today.
Taking the reader through the Christian faith step by step and
question by question, Simply Christian offers compelling
explanations for even the most hardened sceptics, while leaving
believers spiritually refreshed and exhilarated. 'How can one find
the words to describe a book so beautifully and skilfully written,
so inspired, so full of generosity and genius?' Anne Rice
'Absolutely wonderful, radical and very powerful.' Antony Flew 'An
invaluable guide for seekers and doubters as well as believers.' Os
Guinness 'Exceptional. . . it is hard to think of a parallel since
Lewis.' Church Times
Jon Sobrino continues the magisterial christology begun in Jesus
the Liberator. In that book Sobrino examined the identity of Jesus
in relation to his message, his interlocutors, and the conflict
that led to his death. In this second volume he takes up the
Resurrection of Christ, the christology of the New Testament, and
finally the christological formulae of the early church councils.
Throughout Christ the Liberator Sobrino writes from the reality
of faith, as set in motion by the event of Jesus Christ, and from
the situation of the victims -- the "Crucified People" of history
-- particularly the poor of El Salvador, with whom he works. With
Christ the Liberator Sobrino's christology takes its place among
the most significant contributions of Latin America to the church
and theology today.
Throughout the Gospel of John Jesus poses a series of questions:
"What are you looking for?" "Do you want to be healed?" "Why do I
speak to you at all?" as well as the most poignant, addressed to
Peter, "Do you love me?" Michael Crosby's reflections on these
questions take us into the heart of John's gospel. He highlights an
important theme: the tension between a model of the church that
gives emphasis to the Petrine principle of apostolic authority and
a model of the church -- characterized by the Beloved Disciple --
that gives greater emphasis to loving service and discipleship. As
Crosby shows, it is in balancing the roles of both Peter and the
Beloved Disciple that the church best reflects the spirit of
Christ.
Reflects what traditional proverbs used in Christian catechetical,
liturgical, and ritual contexts reveal about Tanzanian
appropriations of and interpretations of Christianity.
Although Jesus was born in the western part of Asia it was not
until 1500 later that Asia experienced the full impact of Jesus?
person and teaching. Western missionaries, the primary transmitters
of Christianity, left behind a Western understanding of Jesus.
Today, Asians are seeking the face of the original Jesus?his Asian
face. For them, all understandings of Jesus arise out of particular
contextual needs. Enriching the Western understanding of Jesus they
employ new interpretive resources and their own cultural symbols
and thought patterns as they meet Jesus anew and make sense of his
message for their own time and place. Contributors include: Ovey N.
Mohammed, Seiichi Yagi, Aloysius Pieris, Stanley J. Samartha,
Michael Amaladoss, C.S. Song, Kosuke Koyama, Michael Rodrigo, Chung
Hyun Kyung, and Sebastian Kappen. R.S. Sugirtharajah, a Sri Lankan
theologian and lecturer, is Professor of Biblical Hermeneutics at
the University of Birmingham, England. Prior to his current
appointment, he was Senior Lecturer in Third World Theologies at
Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. His other books include The
Post-Colonial Biblical Reader and Voices from the Margin:
Interpreting the Bible in the Third World.
In this incisive and important volume, Jacques Dupuis offers new
insights on the most important issue facing Christian theology
today -- giving an account of Christian faith as Christians go more
deeply along the road of dialogue and collaboration with the
followers of other religious traditions. His task is to square a
dogmatic circle. How does one do justice to the Gospel claim that
Jesus the Christ is the final and universal savior of all humankind
in every age, while also doing justice to the experience that
truth, grace, holiness, and power are experienced in other
religious traditions? In the first six chapters Dupuis reviews the
history of the Western Christian tradition's teaching on other
religious Ways through the breakthrough at Vatican Council II. In
chapters 7 and 8 he reviews the critical issues of uniqueness of
Christ and Christian proposals to account for the mediation of
salvation in other religious Ways. He discusses also the
relationship between the Reign of God, the Church, and the
Religions. In chapter 9 he explores the nature and role of dialogue
in a pluralistic society. In chapter 10 offers sage reflections on
interreligious prayer.
How can we know if God is real? Does God truly cares about us? Why
does God create people he knows will reject him? Why did God allow
my friend to become a rape victim? Should I switch jobs? Is this
person the one I should marry? If you have pondered these doubts,
you are not alone. Sometimes we have intellectual questions about
the plausibility of God. Other times we go through difficult life
experiences that cause us to question our faith. Sometimes we
simply struggle feeling confident with day-to-day decisions.
Christina Powell knows what it's like to grapple seriously with
challenges to faith. A trained scientist and cancer researcher, she
struggled with the mysterious claims of a God who exists beyond
what the scientific method could detect. Using personal stories
from her own life, she explores how faith can be rooted in
rationality, knowledge and facts, while coming to recognize the
limits of science in evaluating matters of faith. Asking good
questions can help us clarify and refine our faith. We can think
critically about our doubts and learn to discern the true and the
good. Powell probes the hidden factors that fuel our doubts to help
us move beyond skepticism, disillusionment or painful life
circumstances. We can live deeper into our questions in the context
of Christian community. Ultimately we can work through challenges
to faith and find a renewed confidence in our beliefs. It's okay to
question your faith. But don't stop there. Question your doubts as
well.
It's natural for you to have questions about Christianity. What
does Jesus really have to offer in a world that is so complicated,
where there's so much pain? What difference could he possibly make
in your life? For years Cliffe Knechtle has been fielding questions
about and objections to Christianity from thousands of people. They
want to know what you want to know--what does Jesus have to do with
the real world, with real life? In this book Knechtle provides the
answers to some of the toughest questions you have, including Don't
all religions teach the same thing? Why do Christians try to impose
their morality on others? What is so valuable about life? What is
God's answer to evil in the world? Why can't people seem to get
along with each other? Why is forgiving others so difficult? Isn't
God kind of old and boring? How do I know I can trust Jesus? I
still have some doubts. Can you help me believe? Life isn't easy.
And what Knechtle offers you in this book are not pat answers.
Rather, they are direct responses to real people with real
questions. If you have questions about Christianity, Help Me
Believe will grapple with them squarely, honestly and helpfully.
A multicultural conference has convened. Everything is in place,
and the participants arrive brimming with goodwill and even better
intentions. Surely this time...! But, no. Halfway through the
meetings, communication grinds to a halt, and people retreat to the
safety of their own groups. What happened? And how can we keep it
from happening again? Those are the questions this book proposes to
answer.
With one foot in the world of Scripture and another in the
contemporary world, Karl Barth was both a modern and a confessional
theologian. The intersection of these two worlds makes him a
fruitful dialogue partner for thinking creatively about what it
means to be faithful to Jesus Christ today. In this collection of
essays both old and new, Kimlyn Bender explores Barth's
understanding of Christ, church and world in conversation with
American evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, Reinhard H?tter, Adolf
von Harnack, Bart Ehrman and Baptists, among others. Along the way
he also engages the theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Bender's
penetrating analysis of modern theology sheds light on both the
task of theology and the witness of the church.
The Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Award Winner (Academic Theology)
Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book of the Year Award
(Honorable Mention, Hermeneutics/Bible Reference/Biblical
Backgrounds) Two experts in exegesis and dogmatics show how
Christology and the doctrine of the Trinity are grounded in
Scripture and how knowledge of these topics is critical for
exegesis. The book outlines key theological principles and rules
for the exegesis of Christian Scripture, making it an ideal
textbook for hermeneutics and interpretation courses. The authors
explore how the triune God revealed in Christ shapes Scripture and
its readers and how doctrinal rules intrinsic to Scripture help
guide exegesis.
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'The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation.
They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way
for this, or results from this.' This is the key statement of
'Miracles', in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not
only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique
personal involvement of God in his creation. Using his
characteristic lucidity and wit to develop his argument, Lewis
challenges the rationalists, agnostics and deists on their own
grounds and provides a poetic and joyous affirmation that miracles
really do occur in our everyday lives.
Of the different controversies that preoccupied Augustine during
his lifetime, Pelagianism was indisputably the most important for
the subsequent history and theology of the western Church. It
touched on any number of issues central to Christianity, most
notably grace, predestination, original sin and baptism, all of
which in turn could be reduced to the fundamental question of the
exact nature of the relationship between God and his human
creation. The six major treatises presented in this volume amply
illustrate Augustine's struggle with the theological problems that
Pelagianism raised. They begin with the Miscellany of Questions in
Response to Simplician. Although written in 396, before Pelagianism
even appeared on the scene, this work shows in a few pages the
remarkable evolution of Augustine's thought on the matter of grace
and the position at which he arrived and to which he clung for the
rest of his life. The two final treatises, The Predestination of
the Saints and The Gift of Perseverance, written in 428/429 shortly
before Augustine's death, indicate where the position that he had
elaborated more than thirty years before was fatefully destined to
take him. The three middle treatises show Augustine in the process
of refining - but not altering - his thinking in the face of what
he rightly saw as Pelagianism's terrible threat to orthodox
Christianity's central tenets.
For the better part of fifteen centuries, Christians read Scripture
on two complementary levels, the literal and the spiritual. In the
modern period, the spiritual sense gradually became marginalized in
favor of the literal sense. The Bible came to be read and
interpreted like any other book. This brief, accessible
introduction to the history of biblical interpretation examines key
turning points and figures and argues for a retrieval of the
premodern spiritual habits of reading Scripture.
Find hope that lasts beyond earthly pain and spiritual
encouragement to lead you into a deep relationship with the Healer
himself. Our hearts, our bodies, and our world are desperate for
healing. Whether we are experiencing physical, emotional, or
financial brokenness, we rightfully look to Jesus to perform a
masterful restoration. But how does healing fit into God's will,
especially when God doesn't heal? And how do we catch ourselves
from slipping into the trap of seeking God for what he can do for
us, and not for who he really is? Author, pastor, and frequently
sought speaker Costi Hinn provides clarity through thoughtful
answers and biblical truths about Jesus and his healing ministry.
Growing up immersed in one of the world's leading faith-healing
dynasties, Costi witnessed the tragedy of people chasing after
healing more than the Healer. And now he shares with others the
true power and hope that comes from a genuine relationship with
God. With captivating stories--beginning with the vivid memory of
the night he discovered his son's cancer diagnosis--Costi
empathetically unpacks the layered feelings and questions we have
about God and his healing power and provides practical principles
for growing close to Jesus. With gentle clarity and biblical
wisdom, Costi explains how to pray for healing while submitting to
God's sovereignty, navigate tough conversations about the topic,
and hold on to faith even in the most painful trials. More than
chasing after the Jesus we want, this hopeful and encouraging book
will guide us to discovering the Jesus we truly need.
C. S. Lewis' Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size
nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from the much-loved author,
philosopher, and Christian theologist. Novelist, poet, critic,
scholar, Christian theologist, and best-selling author of the
Narnia series, C.S. Lewis was a deep thinker and a beautiful
writer. His works have become timeless classics for adults and
children around the world. Here, in one concise and inspirational
volume, is the essence of Lewis' thought. This distillation of his
feelings on subjects ranging from love and faith, to ethics and
morality, to myth and literature will throw open the windows of the
soul and provide readers with bite-size nuggets of wisdom and
inspiration from one of the best-loved writers of the 20th century.
This lovely little gift book will provide sustenance, wisdom, and
hope for believers, seekers, artists and thinkers. It will provide
an entry point for those unfamiliar with Lewis' thought; an entry
point that will make them want to further explore his works of
fiction and non-fiction.
How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis's insights
on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives.
Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as
his classic works. From the revered teacher and best-selling author
of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The
Screwtape Letters comes a collection that gathers the best of C. S.
Lewis's practical advice on how to embody a Christian life. The
most famous adherent and defender of Christianity in the twentieth
century, C. S. Lewis has long influenced our perceptions and
understanding of the faith. More than fifty years after his death,
Lewis's arguments remain extraordinarily persuasive because they
originate from his deep insights into the Christian life itself.
Only an intellectual of such profound faith could form such cogent
and compelling reasons for its truth. By provoking readers to more
carefully ponder their faith, How to Be a Christian can help
readers forge a deeper understanding of their personal beliefs and
what is means to be a Christian, and strengthen their profound
relationship with God.
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