Michael Glazier imprint: 170 books
Priscilla and Aquila
Paul's Coworkers in Christ Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Human beings are embedded in a set of social relations. A social network is one way of conceiving that set of relations in terms of a number of persons connected to one another by varying degrees of relatedness. In the early Jesus group documents featuring Paul and coworkers, it takes little effort...
Resurrection of the Flesh or Resurrection from the Dead
Implications for Theology
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
What will our resurrected bodies look like? Will we be young or old? Marked by the physical imperfections of our earthly lives? Does this flesh we carry now rise or is it something other? What does our modern knowledge of the world contribute to our understanding?
Brian Schmisek traces developments...
Sharing Peace
Mennonites and Catholics in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Sharing Peace brings together leading Mennonite and Catholic theologians and ecclesial leaders to reflect on the recent, first-ever international dialogue between the Mennonite World Conference and the Vatican. The search for a shared reading of history, theology of the church and its sacraments or...
A Sacramental-Prophetic Vision
Christian Spirituality in a Suffering World
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
The sacramental and prophetic traditions of Christian spirituality, suggests Matthew Eggemeier, possess critical resources for responding to the contemporary social crises of widespread ecological degradation and the innocent suffering of the crucified poor.
In A Sacramental-Prophetic Vision,...
by Silvia Schroer, Thomas Staubli
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Many people with illnesses seek healing in religions and practices that are only weakly inculturated among us. Our understanding and use of such foreign wisdom is often just as superficial; but it is easily understood against the background of a centuries-long Christian tradition of interpreting the...
by Tammi J. Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
The biblical book of Judges contains culturally familiar stories such as that of Samson and Delilah and Deborah and Baraq. But despite the popularity of these stories, other important stories in Judges such as that of Achsah, the raped pilegesh, and the final civil war are virtually unknown to the...
Claiming Her Dignity
Female Resistance in the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
To be human means to resist dehumanization. In the darkest periods of human history, men and women have risen up and in many different voices said this one thing: “Do not treat me like this. Treat me like the human being that I am.” Claiming Her Dignity explores a number of stories from the Old...
Christian Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Second Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Up to now the teaching on baptism in the Holy Spirit has been based on a few scriptural texts, whose interpretation was disputed. This doubt cast its shadow on those who promote baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Now new evidence has been found in early post-biblical authors (Tertullian, Hilary of...
Women, Wisdom, and Witness
Engaging contexts in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The New Voices Seminar is a lively, intergenerational, and diverse group of women scholars who take an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Christianity. Under the leadership of Kathleen Dolphin, the seminar gathers annually at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, for collegial and collaborative...
The Rule of St. Basil in Latin and English
A Revised Critical Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Basil of Caesarea (AD 329-78), called "the Great" by later generations, was one of the fourth century's greatest theologians and pastors. His influence on the foundation of monastic life was enormous.
As he toured the early ascetic communities, members would ask Basil about various...
God is Love
The Heart of Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
"God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him" (1 John 4:16). In this famous passage, St. John expresses the heart of the Christian faith and the essence of the Christian image of God. In the same verse, he also offers a kind of summary of the Christian life:...
Vast Universe
Extraterrestrials and Christian Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
If we have learned anything from recent advances in cosmology and astronomy, it is that we have only barely begun to comprehend the vastness of our universe and all that it contains. For Christians, this raises some fascinating questions:
If there are intelligent beings out there, what would...
Jesus and Paul
Parallel Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Belying the assumption that there is nothing more to discover about the similarities between Jesus and the apostle Paul, Jerome Murphy-O 'Connor gives us this enticing study. Extracting his information from a variety of sources 'pagan, Jewish, and Christian 'Murphy-O 'Connor imaginatively interweaves...
by Brendan Byrne SJ
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
This commentary adopts a literary-rhetorical approach, viewing the letter as an instrument of persuasion designed to transform readers through a celebratory presentation of the Gospel. Reflecting upon the fate of Jews and Gentiles, Paul wins his audience to a vision of a God who always acts inclusively....