Baker Academic imprint: 719 books
The Story of Jesus in History and Faith
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Many books are available on the historical Jesus, but few address issues that are critically central to Christian faith--namely, Jesus as resurrected Lord, Christ, and Son of God. This comprehensive introduction to the study of the historical Jesus takes both scholarship and Christian faith seriously.
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Where Mortals Dwell
A Christian View of Place for Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Place is fundamental to human existence. However, we have lost the very human sense of place in today's postmodern and globalized world. Craig Bartholomew, a noted Old Testament scholar and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, provides a biblical, theological, and philosophical...
Reading the Bible with Martin Luther
An Introductory Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Prominent Reformation historian Timothy Wengert introduces the basic components of Martin Luther's theology of the Bible and examines Luther's contributions to present-day biblical interpretation. Wengert addresses key points of debate regarding Luther's approach to the Bible that have often been...
Reading Barth with Charity
A Hermeneutical Proposal
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Karl Barth and his legacy have dominated theology circles for over a decade. In this volume George Hunsinger, a world-renowned expert on Barth's theology, makes an authoritative contribution to the debate concerning Barth's trinitarian theology and doctrine of election. Hunsinger challenges a popular...
Rebirth of the Church, The
Applying Paul's Vision for Ministry in Our Post-Christian World
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Churches across the Western world have become increasingly fragmented and marginalized, often struggling to survive. Here Eddie Gibbs, a bestselling author and veteran church and culture expert, addresses the challenges of re-imagining the church in a post-Christian world. He gleans critical biblical...
Encountering Missionary Life and Work (Encountering Mission)
Preparing for Intercultural Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as...
Effective Intercultural Communication (Encountering Mission)
A Christian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
With the development of instantaneous global communication, it is vital to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries. This addition to the acclaimed Encountering Mission series is designed to offer contemporary intercultural communication insights to mission students and practitioners. Authored...
by David Clyde Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
After examining what Scripture teaches about the goal and motive of the Christian life, the author addresses moral dilemmas, human-life issues, sexuality, economic justice, and truthfulness.
Between Wittenberg and Geneva
Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
At the 500th anniversary of the Wittenberg Reformation, two highly regarded scholars compare and contrast the history and theological positions of the Reformed and Lutheran traditions. The authors tackle nine theological topics significant for the life of the church that remain a source of division...
The Christian Faith
A Creedal Account
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
This reader-friendly primer offers a concise yet thorough overview of the Christian faith. Hans Schwarz, one of the major Lutheran theologians of the last half-century, covers the Christian faith from creation to the final fulfillment of life. He gives his account of the major points of Christian...
by Brad H. Young
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1993
Jesus the Jewish Theologian establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith. Insights from Jewish literature, archeology, and tradition...
Paul the Jewish Theologian
A Pharisee among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
Paul the Jewish Theologian reveals Saul of Tarsus as a man who, though rejected in the synagogue, never truly left Judaism. Author Young disagrees with long held notions that Hellenism was the context which most influenced Paul's communication of the Gospel. This skewed notion has led to widely divergent...
Loving the Poor, Saving the Rich
Wealth, Poverty, and Early Christian Formation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to deal with riches and care for the poor formed an important aspect of...
Martin Luther's Understanding of God's Two Kingdoms (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought)
A Response to the Challenge of Skepticism
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The concept of God's two kingdoms was foundational to Luther and subsequent Lutheran theology. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, that concept has been understood primarily as a political concept. But is a political reading of the two kingdoms a perversion of Luther's teaching?
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