Theology

This penultimate volume in Pelikan's acclaimed history of Christian doctrine-winner with Volume 3 of the Medieval Academy's prestigious Haskins Medal-encompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it. "Only in America, and in this case from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975543535Author Don ThorsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Emeth PressPublisher Emeth PressWeight(grams) 370g

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Angels have soared through Western culture and consciousness from Biblical to contemporary times. But what do we really know about these celestial beings? Where do they come from, what are they made of, how do they communicate and perceive? The...

Drawing on the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, this book examines how secular culture affects both the living of Christian discipleship today and impacts how religious congregations engage in their own renewal and future. It argues that...

For centuries readers have comfortably accepted Julian of Norwich as simply a mystic. In this astute book, Denys Turner offers a new interpretation of Julian and the significance of her work. Turner argues that this fourteenth-century thinker's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434709882Author J Warner WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint David C Cook Publishing CompanyPublisher David C Cook Publishing...

Exploring how the climate crisis discloses the symbol deficit in the Christian tradition, this book argues that Christianity is rich in symbols that identify and address the failures of humans and the obstacles that prevent humans from doing well, while...

Why is sabbath so critical for the life of faith? And where does sabbath rest fit into a restless, 'always-on' society? Sabbath Rest considers the theological foundations of Christian sabbath-keeping, in first and second temple Judaism, New Testament...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780664262839Author John C McDowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.Publisher Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S...

Geoffrey Bromiley, translator of Barth's Church Dogmatics, has written this helpful and comprehensive introduction.Book InformationISBN 9780567290540Author Geoffrey W. BromileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint T.& T.Clark LtdPublisher Bloomsbury...

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski here explains and defends the idea that the God of the monotheistic religions does not only know all objective facts, but he also perfectly grasps the conscious states of all conscious beings from their own point of view. She...

Are humans the only creatures that can appreciate God's creation? What if consciousness is spread more widely across all things? This volume examines panpsychism through the lens of Christian doctrine. Minding Creation is the first substantial...

This book is the first of its kind to fully explain how to use photographs for research within Practical Theology. An essential tool for anyone exploring how visual material can shed light on their research questions, the book functions as a guide to...

An understanding of Dante the theologian as distinct from Dante the poet has been neglected in an appreciation of Dante's work as a whole. That is the starting-point of this vital new book. In giving theology fresh centrality, the author argues that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830815517Author Gregory E. GanssleFormat PaperbackPage Count 247Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374513283Author Abraham Joshua HeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 305Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 340g

This innovative volume highlights the relevance of globalization and the insights of gender studies and religious studies for feminist theology. Beginning with a discussion of position of the discipline at the turn of the twenty-first century, the...

On Religion is a major text for the development of modern religious thought in the West and its author, German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher, is remembered as the Father of Modern Protestant Theology, as well as for his contributions to philosophy,...

Publishers Weekly Best Book in Religion 2020 Foreword Review's INDIES Book of the Year Award, Religion In Theological Territories, David Bentley Hart, one of America's most eminent contemporary writers on religion, reflects on the state of theology "at...

This exhaustive volume catalogs nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions. From Aamon, the demon of life and reproduction with the head of a serpent and the body of a wolf in Christian...

Feminist theology is a significant movement within contemporary theology. The aim of this Companion is to give an outline of feminist theology through an analysis of its overall shape and its major themes, so that both its place in and its contributions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780768417425Author Bill JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Destiny ImagePublisher Destiny Image

This is a groundbreaking, highly original work of postmodern feminist theology from one of the most important authors in the field. The Face of the Deep deconstructs the Christian doctrine of creation which claims that a transcendent Lord unilaterally...

Scholar and pastor Matthew Barrett retraces the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine that Scripture alone is the final and decisive authority for God's people. God's Word Alone is a decisive defense of the Bible as the inspired and inerrant Word...

With a sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmodern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as 'emerging church' offers a singular, unprecedented message of transformation that has the potential to...

A new edition of Gregory Dix's masterpiece, still essential reading for students and scholars and in print constantly for fifty years. Dom Gregory Dix's classic account of the development of the Eucharist rite continues to be the definitive and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884564307Author Muata AshbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Cruzian Mystic BooksPublisher Cruzian Mystic BooksWeight(grams) 216gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

'Images of pilgrimage inform the consciousness and aspirations of every human culture, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated, in modern as well as in ancient times, in every quarter of the globe. These images belong somehow to the essence of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830822812Author Philip J. SampsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 249g

The Image of Christ in Modern Art explores the challenges presented by the radical and rapid changes of artistic style in the 20th century to artists who wished to relate to traditional Christian imagery. In the 1930s David Jones said that he and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592445097Author Gary HabermasFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Few ideas have excited greater interest among theologians in recent decades than the idea of 'participation'. In thinking about creation, it is the notion that everything comes from, and depends upon, God, inviting the language of sharing, or of an...

'Because "God" is infinite, nobody can have the last word'What is this thing, religion, supposedly the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is 'God' and do we need 'Him' in our modern world? Karen Armstrong looks again at these questions in...

A unique look at Christian biblical interpretation and theology from the perspective of Native American tradition. This book focuses on four specific experiences of Jesus as portrayed in the synoptic gospels. It examines each story as a "vision quest," a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802418487Author Thomas TerryFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody Publishers

From medieval contemplation to the early modern cosmopoetic imagination, to the invention of aesthetic experience, to nineteenth-century decadent literature, and to early-twentieth century essayistic forms of writing and film, Niklaus Largier shows that...

A reprinting of SchillebeeckxAIs classic work. A standard in understanding the relationship between Christ, Sacrament and the Church. A positive and constructive ecclesial theology.About the AuthorEdward Schillebeeckx, O.P., was the Chair of Dogmatics...

In this extraordinary book, Mark Johnston sets out a new understanding of personal identity and the self, thereby providing a purely naturalistic account of surviving death. Death threatens our sense of the importance of goodness. The threat can be met...

Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically? Should religious beliefs be viewed as a flight from reason or as capable of rational support? Can theologians learn from philosophers? Can philosophers learn from theologians? Is it...