Seabury Books imprint: 92 books
Peculiar Faith
Queer Theology for Christian Witness
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
• Designed for both church and academic audiences • Ecumenical appeal Residing at the intersection of constructive theology and critical social theory, this book provides a resource for both students and clergy to reinterpret Christian theology and re-imagine Christian faith in the twenty-first...
Ubuntu
I in You and You in Me
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
As defined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when...
Where Mercy Fails
Darfur's Struggle to Survive
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This new work provides a graphic and literal context for understanding the current tragedy in Darfur and describes a framework for how people of faith are responding to the crisis. Jeffrey’s photos depict daily life in the camps, showing both the challenges faced by the displaced, as well as their...
The Fat Jesus
Christianity and Body Image
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
We are living in a food and body image obsessed culture. We are encouraged to over-consume by the marketing and media that surround us and then berated by those same forces for doing so. At the same time, we are bombarded with images of unnaturally thin celebrities who go to enormous lengths to retain...
Undiscovered Country
Imagining the World to Come
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Why do most contemporary Christians pull a blank when it comes to imagining a life with God after death? Although the Bible is largely silent on the issue, our world is completely riveted by the up-to-date visions of heaven and hell that stock bookstore shelves and are found everywhere on the Internet....
The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me
The Writings of Suzanne Hiatt
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
• To release in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the ordinations • Gathers the bulk of Sue Hiatt’s writings, never before published • Reflections from Sue’s peers and colleagues As we approach the 40th anniversary of the irregular ordination of the group of women who became known...
Divine Communion
A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Food, sex, and God – these intertwine at the heart of Christian faith and practice. This book invites Christian communities to reflect theologically and spiritually on the desire for God and the desire for sexual intimacy as the same fundamental desire for communion. This is likewise God’s own...
Loving the Questions
An Exploration of the Nicene Creed
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Taking us through the creed step-by-step, Maryanne Micks not only poses the questions most asked by contempoarary Christians, but also teaches us to delight in the questions themselves. Faith accompanied by doubt, she believes, is far healthier that faith
Life Lessons
From Alpha to Omega
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
The lessons in this book are those Schmidt did not and probably could not have learned in school.
by Stephen Burns
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
What does it means to be engaged in Christian ministry in a shifting spiritual and religious landscape? Given the divergence of types and contexts of Christian ministry today, this book invites readers to think anew about the distinctiveness of public practices of pastoral presence. Rather than narrowly...
Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling
Women Religious Leaders in Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This collection of lively Q&A interviews with key contemporary female religious leaders focuses not only on the discrimination faced by some of the most important women in religion, but documents the emerging leadership of women in several faith traditions.
by Deirdre Good
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Many people claim to know what Jesus would say or do in the kinds of ethical dilemmas we face today, but applying "traditional" Christian values out of context actually sells Jesus' teaching short. What are Christian family values, Deirdre Good asks, why are there so many interpretations...
Calling
A Song for the Baptized
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
The author begins her exploration of the Christian life with the memory of childhood afternoons spent rocking in green wicker chairs on her grandmother's front porch, listening to the stories of women who came to call. The image of calling as baptismal vocation, the sharing of time and conversation,...
Rainbow Theology
Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
• The first book to explore the theologies of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of color • Addresses issues of homophobia in communities of color, including ethnic churches, as well as racism in LGBT communities • Pioneering work on the global and local intersections of race,...