Eerdmans imprint: 438 books
To Begin at the Beginning
An Introduction to the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2017
Christian faith, says Martin Copenhaver, is not a subject to be mastered like calculus or Shakespeare; it is a story to be told and a life to be lived. No matter how much or how little you know, To Begin at the Beginning tells the story of Christian faith and invites you to take part in it.
In...
Christ and Reconciliation
A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
The first installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time
In Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Karkkainen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Valuable insights into key disputed topics from a veritable who's who of evangelical scholars
In this volume thirty-seven first-rate evangelical scholars present a thorough study of biblical authority and a full range of issues connected to it.
Recognizing that Scripture and its authority...
Spirit and Salvation
A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
The fourth installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time
This fourth volume in Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s ambitious five-volume systematic theology develops a constructive Christian pneumatology and soteriology in dialogue with the diverse global Christian tradition and with other major living faiths — Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
by William L. Lane
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 1974
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 1974
This widely praised commentary by William Lane shows Mark to be a theologian whose primary aim was to strengthen the people of God in a time of fiery persecution by Nero. Using redaction criticism as a hermeneutical approach for understanding the text and the intention of the evangelist, Lane considers...
Becoming the Gospel
Paul, Participation, and Mission
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
The first detailed exegetical treatment of Paul’s letters from the emerging discipline of missional hermeneutics, Michael Gorman’s Becoming the Gospel argues that Paul’s letters invite Christian communities both then and now to not merely believe the gospel but to become the gospel and, in doing...
Finding the Will of God
A Pagan Notion?
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
New edition of a popular, biblically based guidebook exploring God’s will
Does the Bible teach Christians to “find” God’s “special will” for their lives? No, it does not, says respected biblical scholar Bruce Waltke, contrary to much popular evangelical teaching. In this acclaimed book...
Trinity and Revelation
A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2014
In this book Pentecostal theologian Veli-Matti Karkkainen develops a constructive theology of triune revelation and the triune God in dialogue with Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths.
Karkkainen's Constructive...
Beyond the Abortion Wars
A Way Forward for a New Generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Cuts through the mass confusion surrounding abortion and lays out solid common ground
The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book Charles Camosy...
Among the Ashes
On Death, Grief, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
How can we hold fast to the hope of life eternal when we lose someone we love? In this book William Abraham reflects on the nature of certainty and the logic of hope in the context of an experience of devastating grief.
Abraham opens with a stark account of the effects of grief in his own life...
by Matthew Levering
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
In this rich book Matthew Levering explores nine key virtues that we need to die (and live) well: love, hope, faith, penitence, gratitude, solidarity, humility, surrender, and courage.
Retrieving and engaging a variety of biblical, theological, historical, and medical resources, Levering journeys...
Old Testament Survey
The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This standard textbook on the background, content, and message of the Old Testament is now thoroughly revised and updated and takes full account of new research in the field of Old Testament studies. This second edition features a new chapter on archaeology and the Old Testament by Robert E. Cooley,...
John
The Gospel of Belief: An Analytic Study of the Text
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Originally published in 1948, this now-classic study by Merrill Tenney treats the Gospel of John as a literary unit and provides a straightforward analysis of the text. Tenney first outlines the structure of the Gospel, then offers a careful exposition of John’s text according to six major periods...
Living into Community
Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Every church, every organization, has experienced them: betrayal, deception, grumbling, envy, exclusion. They make life together difficult and prevent congregations from developing the skills, virtues, and practices they need to nurture sturdy, life-giving communities.
In Living into Community...