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The Early Church at Work and Worship - Volume 3
Worship, Eucharist, Music, and Gregory of Nyssa
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
This is the third volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on "laying on of hands."
The Early Church at Work and Worship - Volume 1
Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and Canon
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
This is the first volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on laying on of hands.
by Christopher M. Bellitto
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
The year 2017 marks the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation, if that event is dated from the posting of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. Admittedly, 2017 is an arbitrary and somewhat artificial milestone. Nevertheless, anniversaries can be special occasions that allow for an appreciation...
Mission in the Early Church
Themes and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
How did Christian missions happen in the early church from AD 100 to 750? Beginning with a brief look at the social, political, cultural, and religious contexts, Mission in the Early Church tells the story of early Christian missionaries, their methods, and their missiology. This book explores some...
Missionary Monks
An Introduction to the History and Theology of Missionary Monasticism
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries...
Care for the Dying
A Practical and Pastoral Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This wise and practical handbook, written by a palliative care physician and a priest with experience in hospice ministry, addresses the needs of the dying, their relatives and friends, and also those who provide support and care. Recognizing that these needs are physical, emotional, and spiritual,...
The God We Proclaim
Sermons on the Apostles’ Creed
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Throughout history, Christians have found the summary of their faith in the three ancient creeds. The God We Proclaim explores that faith as it is found in the shortest of them: the Apostles' Creed. The contributors are among Britain's foremost Christian communicators and teachers. Written with...
Voices in the Wilderness
Why Black Preaching Still Matters
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
FINALLY, a scholarly description of the development of Black preaching in the United States that is accessible to the average reader, but also contributes to the academic conversation about both style and theological content. Written from the perspective of a seasoned practitioner and tenured practical...
by Robert J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
It's obvious that Jesus fulfilled prophecies about the promised Messiah--or so the gospels make it seem. But the real story is more complex, and more compelling. In hindsight we can see that Jesus had help fulfilling prophecy. The gospel writers skillfully manipulated prophecies--carefully lifting...
Senses of Devotion
Interfaith Aesthetics in Buddhist and Muslim Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
This ethnographic study focuses on the religious imagery and practices of a sample of Buddhist temples and Muslim mosques in the greater Los Angeles area. As a way of expanding interfaith dialogue, it is framed as a conversation between the largely Christian researchers and the seventy-five respondents,...
Senses of the Soul
Art and the Visual in Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Senses of the Soul explores the way art and visual elements are incorporated into Christian worship. It incorporates research conducted in Los Angeles congregations. Through extensive interviews in a sample of Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox congregations it looks into the way visual elements actually...
The New Passover
Rethinking the Lord’s Supper for Today
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
A recent journal article stated, "There is something missing in the way the churches do Communion." Why is it that this central act of Christian worship is often so dull, dreary, and formal? Indeed at times it can be as somber as a funeral with people silently queuing cafeteria style in...
Christianity Outside the Box
Learning from Those Who Rocked the Boat
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
A major aspect of the history of Christian missions is the way groups who have jumped the ecclesiastical ship have renewed and recalled their parent bodies back to biblical roots and a biblical vision. This book examines fourteen such vibrant Christian movements which operated outside the box. Each...
For Today
A Prayer When Life Gets Messy
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
For Today: A Prayer When Life Gets Messy will introduce you to a profound daily prayer and various strategies and outlooks for getting through tough days--and on to higher ground. This is not a book to make someone an instant saint; it is for times when the ox is in the ditch or the seed corn is gone--a...