""Leading Lives That Matter" draws together a wide range of texts - including fiction, autobiography, and philosophy - offering challenge and insight to those who are thinking about what to do with their lives. Instead of giving prescriptive advice, Mark Schwehn and Dorothy Bass approach the vocational process as an ongoing conversation. Happily, they include in this conversation some of the Western tradition's best writings on human lif ..."
"There are many rooms in the Father's mansion, we're told, and this collection of American religious autobiographies is beautiful proof of that truth. Arranged chronologically, the collection takes us from the 17th-century captivity narrative of Mary Rowlandson to another kind of captivity in the contemporary story of Barbara Harrison, who lived with and ultimately left the Jehovah's Witnesses. Along the way we get glimpses of familiar f ..."
"This book offers a significant evaluation of the two newest Reformed American Presbyterian and Church of Scotland liturgies, the BOOK OF COMMON WORSHIP (1993) and COMMON ORDER (1994). Seventeen international scholars examine the background and theological content of these recent liturgical compilations and discuss the contributions that these liturgies make to worship in the late twentieth-century church."
"How does Christian commitment illuminate the issues of relativism, feminism, cultural diversity, and postmodernism that occupy center stage in higher education today? In this unique anthology eleven eminent scholars in the fields of religion, history, philosophy, and literature explore these issues in engaging essays directed to a broad audience of scholars, teachers, church leaders, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the natu ..."
"Representative examples include: Ulisese E. Sala, "A Theology of Samoan
Christian Immigrants in the United States" (Clare- mont, 1980); Amos Ree, "
Stabilizing and Vitalizing the Church Membership of Central Korean Church" (
Drew, 1981); Dewitt Mclntyre, "A Program for Revitalizing an Urban Black Church
Sunday School . . ." (Drew, 1981); Suk-Chong Yu, "An Inclusive Church: Korean
Ministry . . ." (Claremont, 1983); Won Kie Kim, "Evang ..."
"The Archbishop of Canterbury wants people to read the Bible. And, as consulting editor of this book, he sets out to help them do that. Defining the Bible as "God's message to us, intended to shape our living and thinking," he says that "it is worth becoming practised and skilled at understanding what the Bible means." The Bible for Everyday Life is aimed at those new to the Bible as well as those looking for a fresh approach to understa ..."
"Described by Choice magazine as "the best source book available", A Documentary History of Religion in America has been a standard resource for nearly a decade. In two substantial volumes, Gaustad has compiled hundreds of intriguing documents that chronicle the multi-faceted history of religion in America."
Benchmarks Great Constitutional Controversies in the Supreme Court by Terry Eastland, EerdmansPublishing Hardcover, 181 Pages, Published 1995 by Eerdmans Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-3771-4, ISBN: 0-8028-3771-9
"Essays discuss how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution, including the Fourteenth Amendment, the right to privacy, and incorporation"
"but what was distinctive about the new Christian Right was its willingness, indeed
its eagerness, to play political hardball with the most “worldly” of any of the
players. The other ... In an impressive historical survey of right-wingism in
American history, David H . Bennett (b. ... His accusers included fellow media
celebrities [Source: David H. Bennett, The Party of Fear? From Nativist
Movements to the New Right in American Hist ..."
"The book concludes with a powerful six-part poem by John Leax titled "Thirst," and an evocative story by Paul Brand titled "A Handful of Mud: A Personal History of My Love for the Soil."--Back cover."
"An introduction to the origins and teachings of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism, Taoism, and the religions of preliterary societies. Particular attention is paid to the historical developments that have resulted from contacts between various religious traditions."
"The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most interesting and important archaeological discoveries ever made, and the excavation of the Qumran community itself has provided invaluable information about Judaism and the Jewish world in the last centuries B.C.E. Like the Dead Sea Scrolls, however, the Qumran site continues to be the object of intense scholarly debate. In a book meant to introduce general readers to this fascinating area of stud ..."
"Apart from St. Paul, probably no Christian thinker has had a greater influence on Western civilization than Augustine of Hippo. This book of extracts draws on his best-known works, The City of God and Confessions."
Engaging With God(1st Edition) A Biblical Theology of Worship by David Peterson, EerdmansPublishing Paperback, 317 Pages, Published 1993 by Eerdmans Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-0689-5, ISBN: 0-8028-0689-9
"A careful survey of the total biblical teaching on worship and a challenge to reform our practics in the light of biblical theology, Engaging with God provides practical insights pertinent to a wide variety of worship styles. A solid, practical guide to the biblical teaching on worship."
"C.S. Lewis had the unusual ability to use, with scintillating brillance, the resources of wit and learning in the service of the Christian faith. While many readers are familiar with Lewiss full-length books, fewer have had opportunity to sample the diverse range of his shorter, more concise writings. The wide variety of his interests is clearly evident in Christian Reflections."
"For the first time since it originally appeared, this classic work has been newly typeset in an easy-to-read modern typeface, making reading, studying, consulting easier than ever before.The most relevant citations of Scripture, rabbinic sources, and the works of Philo and Josephus are supplied to complement Edersheim's masterful assessment of the writings of Jesus' day. This makes bland references come alive, in many cases shedding inv ..."