Wipf And Stock imprint: 424 books
Come, Holy Spirit
Sermons
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
These sermons were prepared from 1920 to 1924. Professor Barth preached some of them while he was minister of the Reformed congregation in Safenwil, Canton Aargau, Switzerland; others in the Reformed Church in Goettingen while he was professor of theology in the University. Pastor Thurneysen at that...
The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation
Recalling the Scottish Confession of 1560 (Gifford Lectures 1937 & 1938)
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
These lectures on that teaching [of the Reformed church on natural theology] will not take the form of an independent outline, but will be connected with a 'document' of the Reformation. Further, taking into account the specifically Scottish character of the Gifford foundation, this document will...
Christ and Adam
Man and Humanity in Romans 5
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2004
In this essay, Barth discusses the relationship between Christ and Adam as understood by Paul. Moving beyond traditional exegetical and theological scholarship done on Romans 5, Barth offers an entirely new interpretation of the conception of humanity presented in Paul's view of the Christ-Adam relationship....
by Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Originally published in German in an edition edited by Dietrich Braun, Karl Barth's Ethics is at last available in English. This volume, containing lectures given as courses at the University at Munster in 1928 and 1929, represents Barth's first systematic attempt at a theological account of Christian...
Witness to the Word
A Commentary on John 1
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Karl Barth's lectures on the first chapter of the Gospel of John, delivered at Muenster in 1925-26 and at Bonn in 1933, came at an important time in his life, when he was turning his attention more fully to dogmatics. Theological interpretation was thus his primary concern, especially the relation...
How We Got Our Bible
Files from an Alttestamentler's Hard Drive
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
The Hebrew scriptures, called Tanakh or simply Bible by Jews and the Old Testament by Christians, contain the original sources of western religious traditions. This book describes their growth beginning with the traditions that grew up among Israelite tribes in Canaan and the Israelite and Judean...
The Pith of the Apocalypse
Essential Message and Principles for Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
To serve God and Christ faithfully in the midst of a pagan society that exalts power, wealth, and pleasure is the tenor of the prophetic summons to the church in the book of Revelation. Unfortunately, this simple message, as potent today as it was at the end of the first century, is often obscured...
Then God Said
Contemplating the First Revelation in Creation
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Then God Said teaches us to open our eyes and behold the gifts of creation that unfold before us in all their splendor. We abide in awe before the generative forces of the universe. We delight in the splendor of created things and thank God for this outpouring of gifts from the beginning of time....
The Beauty of the Faith
Using Aesthetics for Christian Apologetics
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Nearly everyone finds beauty compelling, so Christian apologists should devise ways to present an aesthetic Christian apologetic. Nearly all apologists admit that the beauty of a life well lived and the beauty of the Christian community (along with the use of media and the arts) are not only helpful...
Surviving Toxic Leaders
How to Work for Flawed People in Churches, Schools, and Christian Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Since Jean Lipman-Blumen's The Allure of Toxic Leaders shook the corporate world in 2005, countless articles, books, and Internet blogs have appeared on the topic. Despite such interest and response, no study of toxic leadership had appeared from a Christian point of view until this volume, Kenn Gangel's...
Responding to Abuse in Christian Homes
A Challenge to Churches and their Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Domestic abuse is a horror. It lurks beneath the surface of our collective existence, sometimes raising its ugly head where least expected-in the church or within families of faith. Are we-individually or collectively-ready to respond? What can, or should, congregations and their pastoral leaders...
The Sacramental Church
The Story of Anglo-Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
What is Anglo-Catholicism? What are its origins? Are Anglo-Catholics real Anglicans/Episcopalians? What is their relationship with Roman Catholics? Has Anglo-Catholicism betrayed Anglicanism's Protestant roots? The Sacramental Church answers these and many other questions. Addressed to the general...
by Kristen Welch, Abraham Ruelas
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
In the United States, female seminaries and their antecedents, the female academies, were crucial first institutions that played a vital role in liberating women from the "home sphere," a locus that was the primary domain of Euro-American women. The female seminaries founded by Native Americans...
To Bless Our Callings
Prayers, Poems, and Hymns to Celebrate Vocation
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
To Bless Our Callings: Prayers, Poems, and Hymns to Celebrate Vocation is an ecumenical collection that supports the callings of everyone within the Christian community. This valuable resource of over two hundred prayers, blessings, poems, and sacred songs from diverse Christian traditions speaks...