Outline: The biblical story is about more than sin and salvation. It is about the creator's purposes and the fulfillment of those purposes in the climatic revelation of God's glory in Sabbath with creation. Christ Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the one through whom all things are created and all things are fulfilled. We are creatures made in God's image, called to develop and govern the eart…
Outline: What has liturgy to do with life? The Sacred with the Secular? This study proposes that the liturgy calls us, in the words of Aidan Kavanagh, to do the world as the world was meant to be done." The sacramental liturgy of the Church and the personal liturgy of our lives should be as a seamless garment. Consecrating the World continues David Fagerberg's exploration of the Church's lex o…
Overview: Anda ingin memahami Perjanjian Baru? Mulailah dengan inkarnasi -- kebenaran yang jauh melampaui Natal. Keajaiban inkarnasi Yesus menyentuh kebenaran-kebenaran yang mendalam, berbicara tentang natur Tuhan dan kemanusiaan itu sendiri. Penulis menunjukkan bagaimana Alkitab secara konsisten menyokong inkarnasi sebagai fakta yang aktual. Ia juga mendeskripsikan upaya gereja mula-mula …
Overview: Apakah Anda merindukan surga? Banyak orang Kristen sebenarnya berpegang pada kepercayaan yang samar tentang kehidupan setelah kematian. Mereka memang meyakini bahwa sama seperti Kristus bangkit dari kematian, semua yang dipersatukan dengan Dia dalam iman yang dibangkitkan secara jasmaniah untuk menikmati upah yang kekal. Tetapi apakah artinya ini? Bagaimanakah orang mati akan diban…
Outline: If that sounds like you, here is the help you've been looking for. Richard L. Pratt, Jr., knows the burdens many of us carry because of inadequate prayer lives. In this instructive yet often entertaining book, he offers clear biblical direction on how to pray more effectively. With remarkable care and balance he discusses key issues: from fascination with God to honest confession of ou…
Outline : Calvinism was a movement of major importance in Europe and North America during the early modern period, leaving an enduring stamp on western civilization. Its character, course, and consequences have long been the subjects of controversy, but new evidence and many specialized studies emerging in recent years now allow much greater precision in the study of the movement. In this bo…
Outline : Why Does John Calvin Matter for the Twenty-First Century? Calvin for the World offers a fresh evaluation of Jon Calvin's theological and political thought, showing how his theological legacy impacted the formation of the modern world, its worldview, and its social institutions and why Calvin remains a valuable theological interlocutor for those interested in advancing the work of soci…
Outline : C alvinisme memiliki perjalanan panjang dalam sejarah kekristenan, tidak hanya di Eropa, tetapi juga di berbagai belahan dunia lain, termasuk Indonesia. Buku bunga rampai berjudul Masihkah Benih Tersimpan?: Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia dan Calvinisme ini hadir untuk menelusuri, menganalisis, dan merefleksikan cara benih Calvinisme yang ditanam melalui berbagai jalur sejarah, institusi, …
Outline : Mid-nineteenth-century America was a vibrant period marked by charismatic leaders who produced new sacred writing. This book explores the lives and works of Mormon founder Joseph Smith Jr., Methodist revivalist Phoebe Palmer, and Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, focusing on how their textual productions contributed to a diverse discourse community grappling with a perceived loss…
Outline : A Companion to Comparative Theology offers a unique survey of a rapidly developing field of modern theology in 32 chapters coordinated by five editors. Its first part discusses some of the main historical developments in theology and religious studies before 1985 that are relevant for understanding contemporary approaches in comparative theology. The main part of the companion traces …
Outline : Although Third World liberation theology is often viewed as a monolithic religious expression, it is in reality a richly varied phenomenon, as diverse as are the continents from which it springs. A companion to Third World Liberation Theologies: An Introductory Survey, this volume, judiciously edited by Deane William Ferm, brightly illustrates this diversity, bringing together represe…
Outline : The theme of The Book of Job is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight. Now The Book of Job has been rendered into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the Tao Te Ching have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the…
Outline : This book is a basic introduction to the thought of one of the world's outstanding religious figures. Carefully chosen both for accessibility and as an overview of Wilfred Cantwell Smith's thinking, these nine selections on world religions move gracefully through a wide range of concerns. Part One, Religious Diversity and Truth, highlights the continuing tension between the poles of…
Outline : African Christian theologies aim to contextualise the gospel in African cultures, yet they also have much to offer to the development of systematic theology elsewhere. In this book the responses of Barth and of Pannenberg to the question of how God is related to the world are analysed and then re-formulated. This is done through interaction with the themes of community, life and co-cr…
Outline : This groundbreaking work presents a stimulating and perceptive rethinking and restating of five basic Christian doctrines in the light of "liberation theology." As Dr. Migliore explains, "The theology of liberation is a challenge to Christians everywhere. It should be neither ignored nor dismissed as a passing theological fad. The ecumenical church should welcome this challenge to mov…
Outline : A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.
Outline : Buku ini berisi informasi tentang upaya penerjemahan Alkitab ke dalam bahasa-bahasa daerah di Indonesia yang diawali dengan penerbitan Injil Matius dalam bahasa Melayu pada tahun 1629 dan terus berlanjut hingga abad ke-20. Tampak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara ketersediaan terjemahan Alkitab dan perkem-bangan umat Tuhan. Selain itu, sejarah memperlihatkan bagaimana upaya penerjem…
Outline : This unique book embodies one of the most comprehensive works ever writ-ten on the theme of prayer. It not only summarizes all the prayers of the Bible, giving a brief exposition of every prayer mentioned from Genesis through Revelation, but also analyzes what each book of the Bible has to say concerning prayer and its role in human life and history. Dr. Robert G. Lee, former Presiden…
Outline : All the Men of the Bible, the most unique source book on the subject of Bible characters ever published, is a monumental achievement to benefit Christians who want to have information on Biblical characters at their fingertips. Dr. Lockyer has given us a spiritual classic that will never lose its value and interest. The Bible contains more than three thousand named men, all of whom ar…
Outline : Says Professor F. F. Bruce in his foreword, "Dr. Lockyer, out of his long experience and ripe wisdom, has written a book which will help many to under-stand the cardinal doctrines of the Chris-tian faith. It will not take the place of the Bible, but will prove of greatest use to those who study it along with an open Bible. The Bible, as it recites the mighty and self-revealing account…
Outline : GEREJA YANG BERDOA Bagaimana doa dapat menghidupkan kembali gereja saudara dan meruntuhkan tembok pemisah di antara gereja dan masyarakat sekitar saudara. Merubah doa retorik menjadi doa yang aktif, betapa pentingnya bagi gereja mengerti kebenaran tentang doa yang efektif. Belajar Mendengar suara Tuhan. Kita tak mungkin mengalami janji-janji Tuhan kecuali kita tahu/mengenal kehendak …
Overview: Perintah terpenting dalam Kekristenan adalah untuk mengasihi. Pertama-tama untuk mengasihi Tuhan, yang adalah Kasih itu sendiri, juga untuk mewujudkannya dalam kasih kepada sesama manusia dan segala makhluk yang diciptakan Tuhan. Di dalam menaati perintah bahagia ini kita akan berjumpa dengan diri kita yang sebenarnya, dengan kelumpuhan dan keengganan untuk mencinta - tetapi sekalig…
Outline: If that sounds like you, here is the help you've been looking for. Richard L. Pratt, Jr., knows the burdens many of us carry because of inadequate prayer lives. In this instructive yet often entertaining book, he offers clear biblical direction on how to pray more effectively. With remarkable care and balance he discusses key issues: from fascination with God to honest confession of ou…