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Finding God in Solitude
The Personal Piety of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) and Its Influence on His Pastoral Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Finding God in Solitude explores the devotional piety of one of America’s most important religious figures, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) of Massachusetts. From his childhood to his death shortly after becoming president of Princeton, and especially from his Christian conversion through his Northampton...
by Michael Strickland
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
The Evangelicals and the Synoptic Problem aims to investigate how evangelical Christians and their Protestant forebears, labeled early orthodox Protestants, have dealt with the classic puzzle of New Testament criticism known as the Synoptic Problem. The particular theories considered are the Independence...
Boundless Salvation
The Shorter Writings of William Booth
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
William Booth (1829–1912) is remembered for the major role he played in founding the Salvation Army, an evangelical organization now operating in more than 120 countries. Few people, however, are aware of the fact that Booth was also a prolific author. During his long lifetime he wrote countless...
Somnambulistic Lucidity
The Sleepwalker in the Works of Gustav Meyrink
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), best known as the author of The Golem (1915), experimented with the occult in a time rife with occult experimentation. As a seeker of esoteric truth, he practiced and wrote about elements of Western Esotericism—alternative religious movements that pursued methods of...
Poets on Poets
The Epistolary and Poetic Communication of Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, and Rilke
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book provides a thorough examination of how both Marina Tsvetaeva and Boris Pasternak perceived Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetic persona and oeuvre in similar ways, and how, in their perception of Rilke’s role as that of the paradigmatic poet, they had drawn on the specifically Russian poetic...
Reading Green
Tactical Considerations for Reading the Bible Ecologically
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Reading Green: Tactical Considerations for Reading the Bible Ecologically operates on the premise that the Bible itself does not directly address the current ecological crisis and that expecting it to do so is anachronistic, for there was no ecological crisis on the agendas of biblical authors as...
Word and Faith in the Formation of Christian Personhood «coram Deo»
Gerhard Ebelings Rejection of the «Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification»
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
By the end of the twentieth century, ecumenism’s deteriorating state had become evident. This deterioration can be attributed to many causes, however, the erstwhile German ecumenist Dr. Gerhard Ebeling’s rancorous, public debate among theologians in Germany in 1998 over the Joint Declaration on...
Leadership and Conflict in African Churches
The Anglican Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Leadership and Conflict in African Churches: The Anglican Experience investigates the involvement of leadership and conflict in the African church. Mkunga H. P. Mtingele’s previous work with the government as a state attorney and his leadership positions in the Anglican Church gave him sufficient...
Division, Diversity, and Unity
A Theology of Ecclesial Charisms
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
The term «charism» is drawn originally from Pauline literature and refers to a gift given by the Spirit for the upbuilding of the body of Christ. Since the mid-twentieth century, Christians from a broad spectrum of theological positions have applied this term, in varying ways, to groups within the...
Hashtag Publics
The Power and Politics of Discursive Networks
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
This collection investigates the publics of the hashtag. Taking cues from critical public sphere theory, contributors are interested in publics that break beyond the mainstream – in other publics. They are interested in the kinds of publics that do politics in a way that is rough and emergent, flawed...
Teacher Educators Rethink Self-Assessment in Higher Education
A Guide for the Perplexed
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
This edited book provides readers with a guide for implementing self-assessment and self-evaluation that is based on a model implemented successfully in a diverse range of teacher education courses. Educators from disciplines as diverse as theater arts, early childhood, psychology, mathematics, and...
Women Lead
Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Women are taking the lead in today’s workforce. They hold half of America’s jobs, 51% of supervisory and managerial positions, and nearly 60% of all college degrees. A woman starts a business in the U.S. every 60 seconds. Without women, the U.S. economy would be 25% smaller than it is today.
Women...
Digital Disruption
The Future of Work, Skills, Leadership, Education, and Careers in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Everything we do is impacted by technology—how we communicate with others, connect at work, learn at school, and live our lives. We are accustomed to and dependent on technology. But how do we rethink our approach to the new technologic world of work, leadership, lifelong learning, skill development,...
The Sino-African Partnership
A Geopolitical Economy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
The Sino-African Partnership portrays with rigor and clarity the relationship between China and Africa by delving into the geopolitical, geo-economic, and sociocultural dynamics that underlie the extensive and deepening "South-South" cooperation between the two. The analysis highlights China’s role...