Brazos Press imprint: 204 books
Reclaiming the Body (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life)
Christians and the Faithful Use of Modern Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
We live in an age of incredible medical technology, and with it, a great emphasis on health and well-being. We fully entrust the care of our bodies to the medical profession, often taking its solutions and judgments as gospel. But what role, if any, should our Christian faith play in all this?
In...
God and Charles Dickens
Recovering the Christian Voice of a Classic Author
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Charles Dickens's 200th birthday will be celebrated in 2012. Though his writings are now more than 100 years old, many remain in print and are avidly read and studied. Often overlooked--or unknown--are the considerable Christian convictions Dickens held and displayed in his work. This book fills that...
Reading Romans through the Centuries
From the Early Church to Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
What does it mean to be saved? Did God choose who would be his followers, or was it a personal choice? These are just some of the questions Paul addresses in the sixteen challenging chapters of his letter to the Romans.
Reading Romans shows how some of the greatest minds in the history of the...
Peter (Ancient-Future Bible Study: Experience Scripture through Lectio Divina)
Fisherman and Shepherd of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Ancient-Future Bible Study incorporates contemporary study of the Bible with an experience of the church's most ancient way of reading Scripture, lectio divina. This time-honored practice consists of five basic movements: biblical study (lectio), reflection (meditatio), prayer (oratio), discernment...
Deconstructing Theodicy
Why Job Has Nothing to Say to the Puzzle of Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
An ancient commentator called Job a "strange and wonderful book." For many readers, "strange" might do. Though Job has been characterized as an answer to the problem of suffering, for many the book fails to satisfy the longing for answers it supposedly contains. Perhaps that, in...
by John Howard Yoder
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
John Howard Yoder was one of the most important thinkers on just war and pacifism in the late twentieth century. This newly compiled collection of Yoder's lectures and writings on these issues describes, analyzes, and evaluates various patterns of thought and practice in Western Christian history....
Everyday Apocalypse
The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, The Simpsons, and Other Pop Culture Icons
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2002
The term "apocalypse" usually evokes images of mass destruction-burning buildings and nuclear fallout, or even rapture and tribulation. Often, our attempts to interpret the imagery of the book of Revelation seem to carry us far away from our day-to-day existence.
David Dark challenges...
Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
A Psychiatrist Explores the Role of Faith in Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relentless condition, the primary symptom being the occurrence of terrifying ideas, images, and urges that jump into a person's mind and return again and again, despite the individual's attempt to remove them.
Christians who suffer from OCD may grapple...
Just War as Christian Discipleship
Recentering the Tradition in the Church rather than the State
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated...
Vulnerable Communion
A Theology of Disability and Hospitality
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
As parents of a son with disabilities, Thomas E. Reynolds and his wife know what it's like to be misunderstood by a church community. In Vulnerable Communion, Reynolds draws upon that personal experience and a diverse body of literature to empower churches and individuals to foster deeper hospitality...
Defining Love
A Philosophical, Scientific, and Theological Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Some scientific studies suggest that human beings are innately selfish and that Christian virtues like self-sacrifice are a delusion. In this intriguing volume, esteemed theologian Thomas Jay Oord interprets the scientific research and responds from a theological and philosophical standpoint, providing...
Practices of Love
Spiritual Disciplines for the Life of the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Spiritual disciplines are often viewed primarily as a means to draw us closer to God. While these practices do deepen and enrich our "vertical" relationship with God, Kyle David Bennett argues that they were originally designed to positively impact our "horizontal" relationships--with neighbors, strangers,...
Presence and Encounter
The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
The most vital and significant moments in life are moments of encounter. Whether we encounter ourselves, others, or God, these moments let us know that life is meaningful. And presence is what makes encounter possible. When we are truly present, everything that has being becomes potentially present...
Nicene Christianity
The Future for a New Ecumenism
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Explores the Nicene Creed both in light of what the Creed was about in its original setting and what it can contribute today.