Paternoster imprint: 94 books
Aspects of Reforming
Theology and Practice in Sixteenth Century Europe
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The book illustrates the fact that in reforming theology sixteenth century theologians also reformed practice or the imperatives of Christian living.
Experts in reformation studies identify and elucidate areas of sixteenth century reforming activity in Martin Luther, John Calvin and other leading...
Puritan Evangelism
Preaching for Conversion in Late-Seventeeth Century English
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Scholarly investigation of English Puritanism has included descriptions of Puritan theology and preaching. The relationship between the two, however, has not been thoroughly investigated. This study focuses upon the relationship between the theology held by the puritan preacher and the content and delivery of his sermons.
A Distinctive People
A Thematic Study of Aspects of the Witness of Baptists in Scotland in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
In the twenty-first century there are an increasing number of books in different fields that are evaluating critically aspects of life in the previous century. The Religious History of British people in this period is a significant part of that story. A Distinctive People will evaluate aspects of...
Person and Work of Christ: Understanding Jesus
Understanding Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
An exciting and challenging reflection on the person and work of Christ through the history of the doctrine, with application to today's Christians in today's world.
This book is a fresh and exciting exercise in historical theology. McGowan examines the gradual development, over centuries,...
Exorcism and Deliverance
Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A significant examination of exorcism and deliverance from a range of disciplines focuses on an important but often neglected area of the church's mission to the world. The diversity of essays makes sure that every facet is presented to encourage the reader thoroughly to consider this aspect of the...
by Stephen R Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Stephen Holmes offers the reader a clear and thorough examination of the doctrine of Testament to the present day.
Taking the late twentieth century revival of the doctrine of the Trinity as a context, doctrine from the biblical text to the present day. The book traces the exegetical and philosophical...
by Richard Bauckham
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Richard Bauckham offers a fresh approach to the relationship between humanity and creation and our responsibility before God to steward wisely. The Bible offers fresh and often innovative approaches to a wide range of the issues that arise in relating the Bible and Christian theology to the ecological...
by Paul Barnett
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
What motivated the apostle Paul from his Damascus road experience through to the end of his life? That is the question driving this powerfully argued work by leading New Testament scholar Paul Barnett. Dr Barnett proposes that an understanding of Paul's years in Syria-Cilicia is critical for understanding...
Covenant and Creation
An Old Testament Covenant Theology
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
God's grace demonstrated in the biblical narrative through the lens of covenant.
This study analyses the different divine covenants of the Old Testament and argues that they are closely related. The successive covenants, from Noah to David, are seen to express the divine purpose for humanity...
The Battle for the Keys
Revelation 1:18 and Christ's Descent Into the Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
There has been a lack of serious historical investigation of the famous creedal statement 'Christ descended into hell' that was universally affirmed by the church for the first 1,500 years of Church history. This book is an in-depth investigation of the history of the doctrine of Christ's descent...
Since We are Justified by Faith
Justification in the Theologies of the Protestant Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
An accessible and academic reading of the doctrine of justification by faith.
It is often assumed that the Reformation taught justification by faith as if there was a monolithic view of the doctrine. Since We Are Justified By Faith is a collection of important essays that dispel this myth,...
The Annihilation of Hell
Universal Salvation and the Redemption of Time in the Eschatology of Jergen Moltmann
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This work analyses and evaluates Jurgen Moltmann's model of universal salvation and its relation to his understanding of the redemption, or eschatological fulfilment, of time.
For Jurgen Moltmann, Hell is the nemesis of Hope. The 'Annihilation of Hell' thus refers both to Hell's annihilative...
Saved, Sanctified and Serving
Perspectives on Salvation Army Theology and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This comprehensive, significant work on Salvation Army theology
and practice is designed to help reinforce Salvationists' appreciation
of their movement's rationale and mission, helping to maintain and
increase the Army's unique position within the Church and as part
of global faith-based responses...
All that the Prophets Have Declared
The Appropriation of Scripture in the Emergence of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Jesus and the New Testament writers use their Scriptures in ways that may seem foreign to those who use those same Scriptures today.This volume considers how the identities and missions of Jesus and his earliest followers were informed by their surprising readings of the Scriptures.
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