Stock imprint: 1176 books
by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, Jean-Daniel Pluss
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
In just over a century, Pentecostalism has rocketed from its humble beginnings in an interracial congregation on Azusa Street in Los Angeles to a global movement counting more than six hundred million members. Confronted with the bewildering array of Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Neocharismatic beliefs...
Communication in Mission and Development
Relating to the Church in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Communication in Mission and Development identifies, unpacks, and articulates fundamental problems in communication in mission and development as it is being carried out in Africa and the majority world today. New technology, unique in the history of mankind, is throwing up vexing issues, to date...
The Godless Delusion
Europe and Africa
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
What if the whole "God delusion" approach is a neo-colonial imposition at the linguistic and philosophical level? Could it lead to unmitigated disasters in intercultural communication and development work? This paradigm-challenging book points to the necessity, in light of contemporary impasse...
Theory to Practice in Vulnerable Mission
An Academic Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Missionaries from the West like to hit the ground running to solve as many of other people's problems as possible in the increasingly short term they have available for service. Hang on, says Jim Harries! After twenty-four years in Africa, observing how poverty, traditional practices, dependency,...
Secularism and Africa
In the Light of the Intercultural Christ
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Secular assumptions underlie much formal communication between the West and Africa, and even intra-Africa. Secularism is dualistic by nature, but thinking in Africa is mostly monistic. This book suggests that it is better to be rooted in faith in Christ than in so-called secularism. The great respect...
The Religious Other
Hostility, Hospitality, and the Hope of Human Flourishing
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
One of the biggest challenges for relations between religions is the view of the religious Other. The question touches the roots of our theological views. The Religious Other: Hostility, Hospitality, and the Hope of Human Flourishing explores the views of multiple religious traditions on how to regard...
The Future of Religious Leadership
World Religions in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
The chapters collected in this book, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, address the subject of religious leadership. The subject is of broad relevance in the training of religious leaders and in the practice of religious leadership. As such, it is also germane to religious...
Lay Spirituality
From Traditional to Postmodern
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Laypeople have a special mission in the church the way they have a special mission in society. In popular devotions the laity created a form of spirituality that lasted for over a millennium. Popular religiosity is alive in Latin America and in US ethnic subcultures. Vatican II redirected lay spirituality...
by François Mauriac
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1984
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1984
Dans ce recueil, écrit vers 1910, François Mauriac jeune homme se penche sur son enfance et son adolescence pour leur dire adieu, car c’est sans doute à ce prix qu’on devient un adulte. Mais cet adieu est aussi une déchirure, car si l’enfance laisse à la mémoire des souvenirs de tendresse,...
Worship: Beyond the Hymnbook
A Communication Specialist Looks at Worship
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
What is worship? Are the things we do in worship mere ritual, or do they have meaning? Why do we do these things, anyway? Worship is one of our most important acts, and it serves several purposes. In worship, we honor the God who has done so much for us. We communicate to him that we are on his side....
by Charles H. Kraft
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The church is in the world to continue Jesus' ministry. But it has forgotten an important part--dealing with enemy spirits. And Satan runs freely in our world with few Christian leaders knowing how to stop him. Dealing With Demons presents Kraft's way of dealing with Satan's army, whose aim is to...
by Charles H. Kraft
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Acceptance of Christianity in Southern Polynesia during the eighteenth century proceeded rapidly without missionary activity. This fact attracted the attention of Alan Tippett, who served for twenty years as an Australian missionary to the Fiji Islands. What he found was that the key to their conversion...
Drama Tweens
Engaging the Bible with Younger Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Because of their ever-changing personalities, their high energy, and their emerging ability to think critically, younger adolescents present a special faith formation challenge to the congregations who love them. This book explores an educational strategy of creating biblical dramas with tweens for...
Qualitative Research
A Multi-Methods Approach to Projects for Doctor of Ministry Theses
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The Association of Theological Schools states, The purpose of the Doctor of Ministry degree is to enhance the practice of ministry for persons who hold the MDiv degree and have engaged in ministerial leadership. The goals an institution adopts for the DMin should include an advanced understanding...