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The Kuyper Center Review, Volume 2

Revelation and Common Grace

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Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011

The Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary was established in admiration of Kuyper, whose life as pastor, theologian, journalist, and politician remarkably exemplifies how confidence in the truth of a Christian worldview can be expressed in both theory and practice....
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Paul's Theology in Context

Creation, Incarnation, Covenant, and Kingdom

by James P. Ware
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019

This accessible text by James P. Ware provides both a concise guide to Paul’s theology and a general introduction to the key issues and debates in the contemporary study of Paul.  Examining Paul’s message in the context of the ancient world, Ware identifies what would have struck Paul’s...
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by L. Daniel Hawk
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands God’s people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned...
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by Rubert L. Hubbard Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 1989

The book of Ruth contains one of the Bible's best-known and most-loved stories. This major commentary by Robert L. Hubbard Jr. shows how the author of Ruth used, with great literary artistry, the story of Ruth and Naomi to convey important theological themes. In his introduction Hubbard discusses...
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Living for Jesus and Japan

The Social and Theological Thought of Uchimura Kanzo

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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Uchimura Kanzo (1861–1930) was an independent, original, and thought-provoking pioneer of Christianity in modern Japan. His theological values were organically linked with his aspiration for living and practicing such evangelical ideas as prophetic existence, neighborly love, social justice, pacifism,...
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Beautiful Light

Religious Meaning in Film

by Roy M. Anker
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017

Though "religious" films usually don't get much respect in Hollywood, religion still regularly finds its way into the movies. In Beautiful Light Roy Anker seeks out the often unnoticed connections between film and religion and shows how even films that aren't overtly religious or Christian...
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Wisdom's Feast

An Invitation to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures

by Barbara E. Reid O.P.
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016

Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 9 invites any who want to learn her ways to come and eat at her table—an image for the rich and satisfying teaching that she offers. In this book Barbara Reid invites readers to this feast, drawing on women's wisdom to offer fresh new interpretations of biblical texts in...
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From Here to Maturity

Overcoming the Juvenilization of American Christianity

by Thomas E. Bergler
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014

Expert guidance on how to grow up in Christ This book is a follow-up to Thomas Bergler’s acclaimed work The Juvenilization of American Christianity, which documents how church youth ministries over the past several decades have contributed to a process of adolescent spiritual traits becoming...
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Faith and Fossils

The Bible, Creation, and Evolution

by Lester L. Grabbe
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018

Many books have been written on the Bible and evolution by scientists, but this volume is written by a biblical specialist. In Faith and Fossils Lester Grabbe, a prominent Hebrew Bible scholar, examines the Bible in its ancient context and explores its meaning in light of emerging scientific...
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Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places

by Michael Mather
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018

Pastor Mike Mather arrived in Indianapolis thinking that he was going to serve the poor. But after his church’s community lost nine young men to violence in a few short months, Mather came to see that the poor didn’t need his help—he needed theirs. This is the story of how one church...
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by John L. McLaughlin
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018

It can be a challenge to understand the Hebrew Bible’s wisdom literature and how it relates to biblical history and theology, but John L. McLaughlin makes this complicated genre straightforward and accessible. This introductory-level textbook begins by explaining the meaning of wisdom to...
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This Incredibly Benevolent Force

The Holy Spirit in Reformed Theology and Spirituality

by C. Van der Kooi
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018

A key refrain in Reformed theology is that God’s Spirit trumpets the message of salvation through Jesus Christ into every nook and cranny of the universe—but how? And in what way does this cosmic truth touch and shape the mundane reality of our lives and our world? In this distillation...
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Abraham

The Story of a Life

by Joseph Blenkinsopp
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015

In this discursive commentary Joseph Blenkinsopp explores the story of Abraham -- iconic ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- as told in Genesis 11-25. Presented in continuous discussion rather than in verse-by-verse form, Blenkinsopp’s commentary focuses on the literary and theological...
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Slavery's Long Shadow

Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity

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Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019

How interactions of race and religion have influenced unity and division in the church  At the center of the story of American Christianity lies an integral connection between race relations and Christian unity. Despite claims that Jesus Christ transcends all racial barriers, the most segregated...
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