Cascade Books imprint: 771 books
Fatal Choice
A Pilgrim’s Guide to Hell
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Using Socratic dialogue to argue the evidence, Fatal Choice makes its case for an orthodox view of hell. But more than that, the narrator finds himself on an actual tour of hell with none other than Hieronymus Bosch, the master of paintings on hell, as his mentor.
A Biblical Understanding of Pain
Its Reasons and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
In A Biblical Understanding of Pain: Its Reasons and Realities, John Timmerman examines six different sources of pain, each with its own chapter of description and biblical response. These include physical pain, the pain of mental illness, spiritual pain, emotional pain, the pain of the Prodigal,...
The Road That I Must Walk
A Disciple’s Journey
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
How much of myself (and my stuff) must I give up to follow Jesus? How does belonging to a faith community shape being a Christian? How do I walk in faith with friends whose faith is unclear or uncertain? What gives Christians hope in the face of power politics? Can I be pro-life and decry war, too?...
Disarming the Church
Why Christians Must Forsake Violence to Follow Jesus and Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
If Christians follow the Prince of Peace, why do they often behave so violently? What can be done to transform the church so that it looks more like Jesus? Eric Seibert explores these questions in this important and timely study. He builds a biblical and practical case for living nonviolently in...
Presence
Giving and Receiving God
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
As God's eternal life flows through us, we learn to let go of our pretensions of control and rest into the new life offered in Jesus Christ. This book is an invitation for you to become nonresistant to this movement of God's love for you and the world. Through a variety of sermons and meditations,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The work of John Howard Yoder has become increasingly influential in recent years. Moreover, it is gaining influence in some surprising places. No longer restricted to the world of theological ethicists and Mennonites, Yoder has been discovered as a refreshing voice by scholars working in many other...
by Thomas J. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
It's C. S. Lewis (The Screwtape Letters) meets Christopher Moore (Lamb) in this quirky fable about human aspirations and the nature of temptation. Timothy McFarland is a failed theology student turned gift book writer. His 101 Good Things about Christmas has sold millions. But Timothy finds that his...
A Body Broken, A Body Betrayed
Race, Memory, and Eucharist in White-Dominant Churches
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Race and privilege are issues that cry out for new kinds of attention and healing in American society. More specifically, we are being called to surface the dynamics of whiteness especially in contexts where whites have had the most power in America. The church is one of those contexts--particularly...
Missional. Monastic. Mainline.
A Guide to Starting Missional Micro-Communities in Historically Mainline Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Here is the long-awaited volume that provides both the theoretical foundations and practical guidance for developing new monastic and missional communities in contexts that are theologically progressive, racially and economically diverse, and multicultural. This book contains the wisdom and perspectives...
Early Christian Care for the Poor
An Alternative Subsistence Strategy under Roman Imperial Rule
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Beginning with Jesus's ministry in the villages of Galilee and continuing over the course of the first three centuries as the movement expanded geographically and numerically throughout the Roman world, the Christians organized their house churches, at least in part, to provide subsistence insurance...
Four Wise Men
The Lives and Teachings of Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are among the most thoughtful and influential people in history. By their words and examples, they have inspired countless individuals to live better and more meaningful lives and have shaped the institutions and worldviews we live in today. Four Wise Men...
Leaving and Coming Home
New Wineskins for Catholic Sexual Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
SINCE 2002, THE SYMPOSIUM NEW WINE, NEW WINESKINS HAS OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY for young Catholic moral theologians to engage in shared work and conversation. Here, the fruits of these labors are gathered into one collection, which represents the wide scope of the future of Catholic sexual ethics. This...
Paul's Message and Ministry in Covenant Perspective
Selected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
The essays presented here represent over twenty-five years of thinking about the theology and life of the Apostle Paul who, as a "slave of Jesus Christ" (Rom 1:1), was a "servant of the new covenant" with a "ministry of the Spirit" (2 Cor 3:6, 8). Taking the questions...
Biblical Theology
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
This book offers two things in particular: first, these are papers that have been commented on and re-worked in the context of a set of lively sessions from (International) SBL conferences from 2012 to 2014 (Amsterdam, St. Andrews, Vienna). Second, they offer an insight into the origins of the discipline...