Overview: In this comprehensive and systematic volume, renowned literary expert the author introduces readers to the specific themes, patterns, and techniques used by the biblical authors. A companion to the author's book, this practical guidebook will equip you to interpret each book of the Bible through the lens of its literary forms and features - helping you faithfully read, understand, an…
Overview: This book, a single-volume introduction to Luther's most influential, noted and important writings in the modern translations - including excerpts of his sermons and letters - presents Luther the theologian "steeped in the word of God, speaking to the whole church," even as it takes the reader straight to Luther the man, to his controversial Reformation insights, to his strongest con…
Overview: Despite the author's earlier theological achievements and writings, it was his correspondence and notes from prison that electrified the postwar world. The materials gathered and selected by his friend Eberhard Bethge in Letters and Papers from Prison not only brought the author to a wide and appreciative readership, especially in North America, but they also introduced to a broad r…
Overview: This book is a classic exposition of what it means to follow Christ in a modern world beset by a dangerous and criminal government. "Every call of Jesus is a call to death", the author wrote. His own life ended in martyrdom on April 9, 1945. Using the acclaimed Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English translation, this new edition features supplemental material from Victoria J. Barnett a…
Overview: This book is the culmination of the author's theological and personal odyssey. Using the acclaimed Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English translation and adapted to a more accessible format, this new edition features an insightful introduction by Clifford J. Green and supplemental material from Victoria J. Barnett. Though caught up in the vortex of momentous forces in the Nazi period, t…
Overview: This book research methods text is updated and streamlined by Johnny Saldana, author of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. This new edition presents the fundamentals of research design and data management, followed by five distinct methods of analysis: exploring, describing, ordering, explaining and predicting. Several data displays strategies from previous editions are …
Overview: This book by the author has established itself as THE introductory book on the basics of social research. It provides practical and straightforward guidance for those who need to conduct small-scale research projects as part of their undergraduate, postgraduate or professional studies. This brand new fifth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout and includes new m…
Overview: This concise introductory work explores the essentials of doing theological research and writing. It is a handy companion to assist persons as they begin and pursue theological education. It provides an overview of expectations that both various professors have shared and students have reported over many years as basic wisdom to foster quality theological work. It is a time-tested…
Overview: This book is for people working in ministry and mission who want to conduct research about what they do and the context in which they do it. The authors act as companions guiding readers through the process of doing research, the skills required and the ways of thinking theologically that shape research. By providing real examples as well as theory the authors encourage a realistic …
Outline : This book offers a third option, an affordable and accessible tool that walks students through the process. Its goal is to take students directly from a research assignment to a research argument - in other words, from topic to thesis.
Overview: The Apollos Old Testament Commnetary aims to take with equal seriousness the divine and human aspects of Scripture. It expounds the books of the Old Testament in a scholarly manner accessible to non-experts, and shows the relevance of the Old Testament to modern readers. Written by an international team of scholars, the commentaries are intended primarily to serve the needs of thos…
Overview: In this book, the first in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series, the author challenges the common assumption that the New Testament views sanctification as primarily a process. He argues that its emphasis falls upon sanctification as a definitive event, "God's way of taking possession of us in Christ, setting us apart to belong to him and to fulfil his purpose for us." Simply…
Overview: "The Power of Shame" masuk ke dalam diskusi kontemporer mengenai konsep malu, terutama malu dan hormat adalah bagian integral dari konsep masyarakat Indonesia. Teologi Kristen juga mulanya berasal dari orientasi malu, yang tentunya sesuai dengan konteks masyarakat Indonesia. Namun, dalam perkembangannya, pendekatan dunia Barat yang digunakan dalam penyampaian teologi, dan nanti diba…
Overview: This book presents eighteen commissioned articles on biblical exegesis in early Judaism, covering the period after the Hebrew Bible was written and before the beginning of rabbinic Judaism. The essays, all written by experts in the field, are arranged in seven categories: Hebrew Bible, Rewritten Bible, Qumran Literature, Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments, Wisdom Literature, Hell…
Overview: In this book, the author embarks on a dynamic investigation of the developmental history of orthodox theology and its impact on popular interpretations of the New Testament. Relayed in two parts, the first provides a panoramic view of Hellenic influence on the early Christian faith, while the second revisits biblical interpretation. Writing for both the dedicated Christian student …
Overview: What was Christianity to do with power? Why must Christians act as the voice of the voiceless? How can speaking of God in public to help to create new structures of justice and peace? Those are the central questions running through the author's latest book. Here the author demonstrates the many ways in which faithful interpretation of scripture can throw fresh light on the great …
Overview: The author's of this book is a landmark achievement - hermeneutically dexterous, biblically expansive and nourishing to mind, soul and proclamation.
Overview: This book presents the figure of Paul in all his complexity, with his blend of common and unusual Jewish beliefs and a faith in Christ that brought him into conflict with the socioreligious scene around him. The author elucidates how Paul was variously perceived - as a religious deviant by Jews, as a divisive figure by Jewish Christians, as a purveyor of dubious philosophy by Greeks,…
Overview: Leading Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author argues that the church has lost touch with the revolutionary nature of the cross. Most christians have been taught a reduced message that the death of Jesus was all about "God saves me from my 'sin' so that I could 'go to heaven'." According to the author, this version misconstrues why Jesus has to die, the nature of ou…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: This book, is a complete revision of the monumental 1967 edition and of its 1996 Supplement. The ten-volume set presents readers with the finest classic entries from the first edition, along with hundreds of new entries written by the world's premiere philosophers and philosophical scholars. Including expansive coverage of traditional and enduring topics - like Aristotle, the Greek…
Overview: In this book, the author explains how to preach so that the powerful message of the Bible penetrates the daily lives of your congregation. While we need to be intimately acquainted with Scripture, we also need to understand the context which we preach. Some preach sermons firmly grounded in Scripture, but the message will fall flat if it is not contextually applied. Others excel at…
Overview: This book is the fruit of the first ever interdisciplinary international scientific conference on Mathew's story of the Star of Bethlehem and the Magi, held in 2014 at the University of Gronigen, and attended by world-leading specialists in all relevant fields: modern astronomy, the ancient near-eastern and Greco-Roman worlds, the history of science, and religion. The scholarly discu…
Overview: This book of the author presents a comprehensive defense of the thesis that the Synoptic Gospels present Jesus not as divine but as an idealized human figure. Counterbalancing the recent trend toward early high Christology in such scholars as Richard Bauckham, Simon Gathercole, and Richard Hays, the author thoroughly unpacks the humanity of Jesus as understood by Gospel writters wh…
Overview: This nonpartisan handbook explains that we need to develop habits of wise reflection if we are to engage faithfully with our political communities. To do so, we need to identify the key commitments of our faith that connect with contemporary public issues, understand the roots of those commitments, and learn what sorts of questions to ask when applying those values to the concrete r…
Overview: A fresch scholarly look at the apostle Paul and his significance in the early church and beyond. Long overshadowed by the apostle Paul, Peter has received increased scholarly attention of late. Building on that resurgence of interest, nineteen internationally prominent scholars of early Christian history examine and reassess the historical Peter and his significance, offering a com…
Overview: Lutheran theology is joyous spirituality, that fully appreciates the beauty of the world and is deeply affective by nature, cherishing the human emotions and imagination. This is the view that is opened by theology of music. Music was for Luther an excellent gift of God that was close to theology. This study examines the depths of this notion and attests the theological significan…
Overview: This book begins to delve into this relevant and contemporary subject through methodological reflection on the commands, purposes, values, and virtues of Christian life in today's context. To address these factors, an integrative approach to ethics is proposed, borrowing from classical ethical models such as a consequential ethics, principle ethics, virtue ethics, and value ethics. …
Overview: In autumn 1525, the author wrote this book as a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam's On Free Will. The author's treatise is important on four accounts: First, the author wanted to show his own humanist education. Second, against Erasmus, who had maintained that the question of free will could not be decided just on the basis of the Bible, the author stressed t…
Overview: In the author book, set forth a reconsideration of the sacramental Christian life that centered on the Word. His thesis is that the papacy had distorted the sacraments with its own tradition and regulations, transforming them into a system of control and coercion... Yet the author does not replace one tyranny for another; his argument for a return to the biblical understanding of t…
Overview: - Presents a fresh overview of the theology, method, and influence of the initiator of the Reformation - Includes a detailed exploration of Luther's thought from a wide variety of perspective and approaches, providing analysis of Luther's hermeneutics, doctrinal teaching, social thought, and impact on subsequest eras - Seeks to engage Luther's views within contemporary contexts,…
Overview: This series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important, otherwise unavailable texts - English-language texts and translations that have fallen out of print, new translations, and collections of significant statements about problems and themes of special importance - in an easily accessible form. Volumes in the series will ena…