Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co : 425 books
Inspired
The Holy Spirit and the Mind of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Eugene Peterson calls Jack Levison ‘the clearest writer on the Holy Spirit that I have known.’ In this book Levison speaks a fresh prophetic word to the church, championing a unique blend of serious Bible study and Christian spirituality.
With rich insight, he shows Christians of any church...
by D.H. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Select ancient Christian writings on the Gospel of Matthew
The Church’s Bible series brings the rich classical tradition of biblical interpretation to life, illuminating Scripture as it was understood during the first millennium of Christian history. Compiled, translated, and edited by leading...
Power and Purpose
Paul Ramsey and Contemporary Christian Political Theology
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Not long ago, Paul Ramsey (1913-1988) was a leading voice in North American Christian ethics. Today, however, his intellectual legacy is in question, and his work is largely ignored by current scholars in the field. Against the tide of that neglect, Adam Edward Hollowell argues in Power and Purpose...
The Touch of the Sacred
The Practice, Theology, and Tradition of Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
All over the world Christian communities meet on Sunday morning for worship. But what really happens during a worship service? How do worshipers participate in the service? What does it mean to sing, pray, and celebrate the Lord's Supper together? What do worshipers do when they listen to a sermon?
In...
Pagans and Christians in the City
Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very...
On Secular Governance
Lutheran Perspectives on Contemporary Legal Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
This volume puts forth an unprecedented, distinctive Lutheran take on the intersection of law and religion in our society today. On Secular Governance gathers the collaborative reflections of legal and theological scholars on a range of subjects — women’s issues, property law and the environment,...
A Gathering of Larks
Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day Pilgrim
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Who was Saint Francis? Today he is most often a sweet ceramic statue in a garden, a sentimentalized romantic figure. But A Gathering of Larks, containing forty personal letters from Abigail Carroll to Francis, reveals him to be a complex man who lived a fascinating life of radical faith.
These...
Bioethics
A Primer for Christians, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2013
In the face of continuing advances in medical research and treatment, bioethics remains a serious ongoing social concern. For nearly two decades Gilbert Meilaender’s Bioethics has offered discerning Christian guidance on a wide range of pressing issues in medical ethics.
Now in its third...
Divine Covenants and Moral Order
A Biblical Theology of Natural Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
This book addresses the old question of natural law in its contemporary context. David VanDrunen draws on both his Reformed theological heritage and the broader Christian natural law tradition to develop a constructive theology of natural law through a thorough study of Scripture.
The biblical...
by Angelo Scola
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
This book explores the philosophical, legal, and theological roots of Western multiculturalism, that is, the encounter and coexistence of different cultures within a liberal society. Rather than concerning themselves with the particulars of cultural dialogue, the authors of this volume go deeper and...
Paul
An Apostle's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Douglas Campbell has made a name for himself as one of Paul’s most insightful and provocative interpreters. In this short and spirited book Campbell introduces readers to the apostle he has studied in depth over his scholarly career.
Enter with Campbell into Paul’s world, relive the story...
Framing Paul
An Epistolary Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
All historical work on Paul presupposes a story concerning the composition of his letters -- which ones he actually wrote, how many pieces they might originally have consisted of, when he wrote them, where from, and why. But the answers given to these questions are often derived in dubious ways.
In...
Sacred Sense
Discovering the Wonder of God's Word and World
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
All too often Scripture is read only to find answers to life’s perplexing questions, to prove a theological point, or to formulate doctrine. But William Brown argues that if read properly, what the Bible does most fundamentally is arouse a sacred sense of life-transforming wonder.
In this...
Written to Be Heard
Recovering the Messages of the Gospels
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
Recovers the lost messages of Mark, Matthew, Luke-Acts, and John for people today
The words of the gospels were meant to be heard. While we can still appreciate the construction and grasp some understanding when we read, we miss much of the message because we’re working in the wrong medium....