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This fourth edition of the international bestseller is the ideal
introduction for those who are new to Christian theology. In this
revised and expanded edition, the author introduces readers to the
central ideas and beliefs, the key debates and the leading thinkers
of Christianity. Throughout, the aim is to bring clarity and
brevity to the central ideas of theology, both traditional and
contemporary. The text comprehensively covers the individual
doctrines that form the Christian belief system, weaving together
these doctrines, their history, and the intellectual nuance behind
them into an inter-connected web. All major Christian denominations
are explored, as are their differences and shared customs and
beliefs. This rich tapestry results in a clear view of
Christianity, providing a coherent vision of the religion in its
main forms.
A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry in 2017, Academy of Parish
Clergy A Jesus Creed 2017 Book of the Year (Honorable Mention) From
facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire,
Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and
empresses, virgins and mothers--influenced the shape of the church
in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a
nearly complete compendium of extant evidence about Christian women
in the second through fifth centuries. It highlights the social and
theological contributions they made to shaping early Christian
beliefs and practices, integrating their influence into the history
of the patristic church and showing how their achievements can be
edifying for contemporary Christians.
If you could spend a few minutes with the giants of faith in the Old Testament in person, what lessons would they share with you? In LEARNING FROM THE GIANTS John C. Maxwell draws on fifty years of studying the Bible to share the stories of Elijah, Elisha, Job, Jacob, Deborah, Isaiah, Jonah, Joshua and Daniel. These people fought and won epic battles, served kings, and endured great hardships for God to come out on the other side transformed through His grace. Through them Maxwell explores timeless lessons we can learn about leadership, ourselves, and our relationship with God.
The last decade has seen dramatic advances in artificial
intelligence and robotics technology, raising tough questions that
need to be addressed. The Robot Will See You Now considers how
Christians can respond to these issues - and flourish - in the
years ahead. Contributions from a number of international experts,
including editors John Wyatt and Stephen Williams, explore a range
of social and ethical issues raised by recent advances in AI and
robotics. Considering the role of artificial intelligence in areas
such as medicine, employment and security, the book looks at how AI
is perceived as well as its actual impact on human interactions and
relationships. Alongside are theological responses from an orthodox
Christian perspective. Looking at how artificial intelligence and
robotics may be considered in the light of Christian doctrine, The
Robot Will See You Now offers a measured, thoughtful view on how
Christians can understand and prepare for the challenges posted by
the development of AI. This is a book for anyone who is interested
in learning more about how AI and robots have advanced in recent
years, and anyone who has wondered how Christian teaching relates
to artificial intelligence. Whatever your level of technical
knowledge, The Robot Will See You Now will give you a thorough
understanding of AI and equip you to respond to the challenges it
poses with confidence and faith.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI brought a
world-class biblical theologian to the papacy. There is an
intensely biblical quality to his pastoral teaching and he has
demonstrated a keen concern for the authentic interpretation of
sacred Scripture. Here a foremost interpreter of Catholic thought
and life offers a probing look at Benedict's biblical theology and
provides a clear and concise introduction to his life and work.
Bestselling author and theologian Scott Hahn argues that the heart
of Benedict's theology is salvation history and the Bible and shows
how Benedict accepts historical criticism but recognizes its
limits. The author also explains how Benedict reads the overall
narrative of Scripture and how he puts it to work in theology,
liturgy, and Christian discipleship.
The sending of food aid can be questioned, because food aid often
does not get to the areas of greatest need, it is frequently stolen
en route by the military, and organizations are too slow to respond
to need.
Food aid has been historically a major element of development aid
to support longer-term development and the primary response to help
countries and people in crisis. Doubts about food aid are arising
because there is a growing mismatch between the new circumstances
produced by rapid political and economic change and the
international arrangements and institutions for food aid that are
predicated on an earlier reality.
In an environment of risks, uncertainty and rapid change,
prevailing in the early 1990s, food aid and other assistance have
increasingly been organized as part of efforts to assure human
security in terms of livelihoods, food, health, a sustainable
environment, personal and political security. However, to what
extent is this multiplicity of goals realized in practice? To what
extent do the modalities and institutional arrangement for aid
permit them to be realized? It is on institutional questions that
this examination of food aid focuses in particular.
This book is available either individually, or as part of the
specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.
Apocalyptic Bodies traces the biblical notions of the end of the world as represented in ancient and modern texts, art, music and popular culture, for example the paintings of Bosch. Tina Pippin addresses the question of how far we, in the late twentieth century, are capable of reading and responding to the 'signs of the times'. It will appeal not only to those studying religion, but also to those fascinated with interpretations of the end of the world.
Examining the black church's response to AIDS, Somebody's Knocking
at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual
ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors,
social workers, and health professionals with intervention
strategies for parishioners or members of the community who have
AIDS. By discussing the church's historic and successful activism
and its relationship to the community, along with AIDS statistics,
relevant theologies, and other AIDS ministries, this book suggests
the benefits of increased church involvement versus other agencies
or organizations. Somebody's Knocking at Your Door will help you
develop prevention education and pastoral care programs that will
alert individuals to the risks of AIDS and will offer people with
AIDS the comfort and assistance they need in coping with the
disease.Through the voices of leading clergy, AIDS advocates, and
people living with AIDS (PLWAs), this book calls on the
African-American church to become more involved in helping
communities deal with the disease. Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
offers you ideas on how to improve the lives of individuals with
AIDS through the church, including: welcoming PLWAs into the church
through announcements by local media, church newsletters, and
Sunday bulletins offering AIDS support groups at the church or
loaning office space, equipment, or clerical assistance to AIDS
organizations recognizing the power of intercessory prayer for
PLWAs caring for PLWAs by delivering meals to their homes,
preparing meals at the church, and developing a transportation
network that will take parishioners to doctor appointments, church,
or on recreational outings preparing meals, running errands,
housekeeping, handling paperwork, negotiating legal issues, and
offering friendship-- possible components of volunteer "buddy
programs" for homebound PLWAs training pastors, clergy, and Sunday
school teachers to educate ministries on AIDS in the African-
American community, sexual intimacy, intravenous drug use and
needle sharing, monogamy, community resources, and condom useSince
some clergy still believe that AIDS is a "gay" disease, Somebody's
Knocking at Your Door discusses the issue of homosexuality within
the church. By analyzing passages from the Bible, the authors
refute the belief that homosexuals were neglected by God and
undeserving of care and love. This belief, according to the
authors, inhibits some churches and individuals from discussing
HIV/AIDS because of fear they would also be acknowledging
homosexuality. Highlighting AIDS ministries throughout the United
States, Somebody's Knocking at Your Door encourages the
African-American church to confront the issue of AIDS and
understand that the disease can affect anyone. This book will give
you the necessary strategies for starting and implementing AIDS
ministries and intervention programs that will educate and support
your community.
Examining the black church's response to AIDS, Somebody's Knocking
at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual
ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors,
social workers, and health professionals with intervention
strategies for parishioners or members of the community who have
AIDS. By discussing the church's historic and successful activism
and its relationship to the community, along with AIDS statistics,
relevant theologies, and other AIDS ministries, this book suggests
the benefits of increased church involvement versus other agencies
or organizations. Somebody's Knocking at Your Door will help you
develop prevention education and pastoral care programs that will
alert individuals to the risks of AIDS and will offer people with
AIDS the comfort and assistance they need in coping with the
disease.Through the voices of leading clergy, AIDS advocates, and
people living with AIDS (PLWAs), this book calls on the
African-American church to become more involved in helping
communities deal with the disease. Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
offers you ideas on how to improve the lives of individuals with
AIDS through the church, including: welcoming PLWAs into the church
through announcements by local media, church newsletters, and
Sunday bulletins offering AIDS support groups at the church or
loaning office space, equipment, or clerical assistance to AIDS
organizations recognizing the power of intercessory prayer for
PLWAs caring for PLWAs by delivering meals to their homes,
preparing meals at the church, and developing a transportation
network that will take parishioners to doctor appointments, church,
or on recreational outings preparing meals, running errands,
housekeeping, handling paperwork, negotiating legal issues, and
offering friendship-- possible components of volunteer "buddy
programs" for homebound PLWAs training pastors, clergy, and Sunday
school teachers to educate ministries on AIDS in the African-
American community, sexual intimacy, intravenous drug use and
needle sharing, monogamy, community resources, and condom useSince
some clergy still believe that AIDS is a "gay" disease, Somebody's
Knocking at Your Door discusses the issue of homosexuality within
the church. By analyzing passages from the Bible, the authors
refute the belief that homosexuals were neglected by God and
undeserving of care and love. This belief, according to the
authors, inhibits some churches and individuals from discussing
HIV/AIDS because of fear they would also be acknowledging
homosexuality. Highlighting AIDS ministries throughout the United
States, Somebody's Knocking at Your Door encourages the
African-American church to confront the issue of AIDS and
understand that the disease can affect anyone. This book will give
you the necessary strategies for starting and implementing AIDS
ministries and intervention programs that will educate and support
your community.
Set contains both volume I & II of our popular Illustrated
Lives of the Saints. Each volume contains a brief biography of a
Saint or Blessed together with a prayer for every day of the year.
Theology through mythology J. R. R. Tolkien was many things:
English Catholic, father and husband, survivor of two world wars,
Oxford professor, and author. But he was also a theologian.
Tolkien's writings exhibit a coherent theology of God and his
works, but Tolkien did not present his views with systematic
arguments. Rather, he expressed theology through story. In Tolkien
Dogmatics, Austin M. Freeman inspects Tolkien's entire corpus--The
Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and beyond--as a window into his
theology. In his stories, lectures, and letters, Tolkien creatively
and carefully engaged with his Christian faith. Tolkien Dogmatics
is a comprehensive manual of Tolkien's theological thought arranged
in traditional systematic theology categories, with sections on
God, revelation, creation, evil, Christ and salvation, the church,
and last things. Through Tolkien's imagination, we reencounter our
faith.
Rachel Scott and her killer Eric Harris both talked about starting
a "chain reaction." Eric used violence to kill and destroy at
Columbine High School. But Rachel chose another path. In a personal
creed she wrote one month before her death in the Columbine
tragedy, she explained her conviction that if one person goes out
of his or her way to show compassion, it will start a
world-changing chain reaction of kindness.
For Rachel, this was a solemn calling. And now her father,
Darrell Scott, is carrying on her crusade by challenging people of
all ages to commit themselves to creating a revolution of
compassion that can make a real difference in our troubled world. "
Chain Reaction" spells out this challenge in compelling detail,
providing moving examples of practical compassion and giving
illustrations from Rachel's life and journals.
Blessed, by bestselling author and speaker Nancy Guthrie, gives
individuals and small groups a friendly, theologically reliable,
and robust guide to understanding the book of Revelation.
New study of aspects of a key subject in Christian belief and
theology
What is really going on inside the Church of England? God's Church
for God's World offers essays and testimony from Evangelical
Anglicans ahead of the Lambeth Conference 2022, that explore both
the current state of Anglicanism and the future of Anglicanism in
the UK. Featuring contributions from the likes of Andrew Goddard,
Esther Prior, a number of serving bishops and many more, this
collection offers a unique window into recent Anglican history that
has often be tumultuous, and the workings of the Anglican Communion
today. With a rare blend of theological reflection and timely
storytelling, each essay offers something fresh - with no easy
answers. Combining critical reflection with good news stories, they
explore topics such as church planting and mutual flourishing, and
encourage all of us to think through what faithfulness might look
in our own context. God's Church for God's World brings together
voices drawn from all major Anglican evangelical networks in the
UK, demonstrating a commitment to the Gospel being proclaimed and a
unity both throughout and beyond the Church of England. With a
number of young contributors, it also offers a glimpse of possible
futures for the Anglican Church. An honest, behind-the-scenes look
at the Church of England in the twenty-first century, God's Church
for God's World is a book for anyone looking for insight into the
Anglican Communion from an evangelical perspective, and to
understand what might lie ahead for the church.
With notable nonbelievers such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and
Christopher Hitchens featured prominently in the media, it is no
surprise that many Christians wonder how best to answer the growing
number of atheist arguments they encounter every day. 10 Answers
for Atheists is a one-of-a-kind resource from respected Christian
apologist Alex McFarland that looks closely at the philosophical
assumptions at the root of atheism and agnosticism and exposes the
logical, historical, and conceptual fallacies that perpetuate
unbelief. Readers will find easy-to-understand charts and clear
explanations of key beliefs, as well as trustworthy, biblical
answers to the honest questions posed by atheists and agnostics.
Every reader, no matter where he or she falls on the spectrum of
belief, will hear a call to thoughtful engagement with the historic
Christian faith.
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