Baker Academic imprint: 719 books
Reviewing Leadership (Engaging Culture)
A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This book offers an acute theological analysis of the influence and importance of leadership in our culture today. The authors analyze the current growing interest in leadership, examine its development within the church, and consider the spiritual dimensions of leadership. They also offer examples of...
Reviewing Leadership (Engaging Culture)
A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Evaluating Current Approaches to Leadership
This book offers a comprehensive evaluation of current approaches to leadership from a discerning Christian perspective. Combining expertise in leadership, theology, and ministry, the authors take a historical look at leadership and how it is viewed...
Serving God Globally
Finding Your Place in International Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Dominating the daily news cycle today are the grim realities of grinding poverty, sex trafficking, gender discrimination, child soldiering, HIV/AIDS, failed states, corruption, and environmental breakdown. In the midst of such pain and brokenness, the followers of Christ cannot stand idly by, for...
Ministerial Ethics
Moral Formation for Church Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Ministerial Ethics provides both new and experienced pastors with tools for sharpening their personal and professional decision-making skills. The authors seek to explain the unique moral role of the minister and the ethical responsibilities of the vocation and to provide "a clear statement of...
Networked Theology (Engaging Culture)
Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The Theological Implications of Digital Culture
This informed theology of communication and media analyzes how we consume new media and technologies and discusses the impact on our social and religious lives. Combining expertise in religion online, theology, and technology, the authors synthesize...
Essential Guide to Public Speaking, An
Serving Your Audience with Faith, Skill, and Virtue
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Whether at a business meeting, church gathering, or social function, most of us will be called upon at some time to speak publicly. As Christians, we are called to speak not only with effectiveness but also in a way that honors God and embodies Christian virtue. In An Essential Guide to Public Speaking,...
by Nicholas Perrin
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Following his critically acclaimed book Jesus the Temple, Nicholas Perrin offers a fresh paradigm for understanding the historical Jesus. Perrin challenges the "standard reading" of classic texts (including the parable of the sower, the Beatitudes, and the Lord's Prayer) to argue that the...
Models for Biblical Preaching
Expository Sermons from the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This companion volume to the bestselling Biblical Preaching provides models of biblical preaching from Old Testament texts. This allows students of preaching to see the theory of Robinson's classic work fleshed out in actual sermons from exemplary preachers. Following each sermon, Robinson offers...
Christian Philosophy
A Systematic and Narrative Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This third book in a series of successful introductory textbooks by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen builds on their previous projects, The Drama of Scripture and Living at the Crossroads, to offer a comprehensive narrative of philosophical thought from a distinctly Christian perspective.
After...
Being Human in God's World
An Old Testament Theology of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
A Biblical Perspective on What It Means to Be Human
This major work by a widely respected Old Testament scholar and theologian unpacks a biblical perspective on fundamental questions of what it means to be human. J. Gordon McConville explores how a biblical view of humanity provides a foundation...
Understanding Spiritual Warfare
Four Views
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The topic of spiritual warfare is an issue of ongoing interest in a number of sectors of the contemporary church. This four-view work brings together leading theologians and ministry leaders to present major views on spiritual warfare in dialogical fashion--all authors present their views and then...
Into the Dark (Cultural Exegesis)
Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
In this book, Craig Detweiler examines forty-five films from the twenty-first century that resonate theologically--from the Lord of the Rings trilogy to Little Miss Sunshine--offering groundbreaking insight into their scriptural connections and theological applications.
Detweiler writes with...
Communicating for Life (RenewedMinds)
Christian Stewardship in Community and Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Offers a holistic Christian view of communication, showing the vast array of implications for using this gift to responsibly work toward peace and justice.
Reframing Theology and Film (Cultural Exegesis)
New Focus for an Emerging Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The connection between theology and film is a hot topic in the academy and the church. But research and writing on methodology and hermeneutics is lacking. This comprehensive collection identifies the overlooked or undervalued areas in the current discussions of film and theology. Including contributions...