Christianity Books
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Gospel According to Peanuts
Book SynopsisWhile Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the Peanuts gang have enjoyed the kind of success most cartoon characters can only dream about--becoming pop culture icons of the highest order and entering the global consciousness practically as family members--Robert Short's The Gospel According to Peanuts also has found a place in...
£17.10
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Reverberations of Faith
Book SynopsisWith his typical interpretive coherence, Walter Brueggemann explores more than one hundred Old Testament themes--from "ancestors" to "YHWH." Providing much more than dictionary-style entries, Brueggemann acknowledges the deep interconnectedness of these themes as he explores their depth, complexities, and interrelationships. By reading across...
£38.95
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Word before the Powers An Ethic of Preaching
In this examination of the ethical significance of preaching, Charles Campbell provides both fresh insights into the relationship between preaching and ethics and a challenging moral vision for the contemporary church. Moving beyond a narrow focus on moral decision-making or social-issues sermons, Campbell argues that a particular...
£31.35
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Paul and the Stoics
Book SynopsisThis book seeks to do for the study of Paul and Stoicism what E. P. Sanders did for Paul and Judaism. Instead of making a brick-by-brick analysis, Troels Engberg Pedersen provides the first comprehensive building-to-building comparison of how the two religious/philosophical systems functioned. The book moves through the major letters of Paul...
£43.70
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition
Book SynopsisToo often pastoral care is uninformed by historical practice and is overly influenced by psychological theory and practice, according to Andrew Purves. At least one consequence of this is that it is often disaffiliated from the church's theological heritage. Purves examines Christian writers from the past who represent the classical tradition...
£21.85
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Visually Speaking Radio and the Renaissance of Preaching
Book SynopsisWhat can preachers learn from the art of radio broadcasting? How can preachers develop more imaginative patterns of speaking? Jolyon Mitchell analyzes religious broadcasting in Britain and America, exploring how the speaker can create pictures with words and engage listeners in multisensory ways. This book offers theological insights and...
£28.50
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Encountering Evil A New Edition Live Options in Theodicy
Book SynopsisEight prominent philosophers and theologians confront the problems posed by natural and human evil for theistic belief. Each thinker sets out his or her theodicy and its connections to current social and philosophical debates. The other contributors then offer critiques of each theodicy, to which its author subsequently responds. The result is...
£34.20
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Reading Biblical Narrative An Introductory Guide
Book SynopsisNarrator, characters, action, hero, quest, plot, time and space, entrances and exits--these are the essential components of all narrative literature. This authoritative and engaging introduction to the literary features of biblical narrative and poetry will help the reader grasp the full significance of these components, allowing them to enter...
£31.35
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Homiletical Plot Expanded Edition
Book SynopsisNow in reissue with a new foreword by Fred B. Craddock and afterword by the author, Eugene L. Lowry, The Homiletical Plot, Expanded Edition follows in the same solid tradition of its predecessor. Upon its release, The Homiletical Plot quickly became a pivotal work on the art of preaching. Instead of comments on a biblical passage, Lowry...
£23.75
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation New Testament Exegesis Third Edition
Book SynopsisBuilding on the belief that the task of exegesis is to understand the divine-human intention locked within the biblical text, Gordon Fee provides a lucid step-by-step analysis of exegetical procedures that has made New Testament Exegesis a standard textbook for nearly two decades. Now more than ever, with an updated, newly integrated...
£25.65
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Drama of Doctrine A CanonicalLinguistic Approach to Christian Theology
Book SynopsisObserving a strange disappearance of doctrine within the church, Kevin Vanhoozer argues that there is no more urgent task for Christians today than to engage in living truthfully with others before God. He details how doctrine serves the church--the theater of the gospel--by directing individuals and congregations to participate in the drama of...Trade Review"Vigorously argued, immersed both in Scripture and in the literatures of theology and philosophical hermeneutics, overflowing with provocative ideas, this is a book which both draws upon and furthers the contemporary renaissance of Christian doctrine. For anyone wanting to discover lively and generously orthodox Christian theology, this will be an excellent place to begin." --John Webster, Professor of Systematic Theology at King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Among his many books are 'Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch' and 'Holiness.'"
£47.50
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Jesus Judaism and Christian AntiJudaism Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust
Book SynopsisCurrent scholarship in the study of ancient Christianity is now available to nonspecialists through this collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in New Testament interpretation. While academic writing can be obscure and popular writing can be uncritical, this group of experts has striven to write as simply and clearly as...
£21.85
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Caiaphas Friend of Rome and Judge of Jesus
Book SynopsisThis highly engaging and readable book is a study of Joseph Caiaphas, a Jewish high priest of the first century and one of the men who sent Jesus to his death. Caiaphas is a valuable resource for scholars of ancient history and students of the Gospel of...
£34.20
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Making of American Liberal Theology
Book SynopsisIn this concluding volume of his magisterial trilogy, Gary Dorrien sustains his previous definition of liberal theology and his mixture of theological, philosophical, and historical analysis, while emphasizing the unprecedented diversity of liberal theology in the postmodern age. Dorrien argues that liberal theology has been in crisis for the...
£51.30
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Promise of the Spirit The William Barclay Library
Book SynopsisWilliam Barclay explores the doctrine of the Holy Spirit as presented in the Old Testament, the Gospels and the book of Acts. This reissue of an older Westminster Press title makes a welcome addition to the highly popular William Barclay Library series.The William Barclay Library is a collection of books addressing the great issues of the...
£16.00
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Preaching as Testimony
Book SynopsisBy exploring the historical, theoretical, and practical elements of the tradition of testimony, Anna Carter Florence seeks in this much-anticipated book to establish the historical and contemporary validity of women's preaching and to introduce testimony to a new generation of preachers and teachers. She begins with the stories of three women...
£30.40
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Paul Beyond the JudaismHellenism Divide
Book SynopsisThis volume does away with the traditional strategy of playing "Judaism" and "Hellenism" against each other as a context to understand Paul. This aim is reached in two ways: (1) in essays that display the ideological underpinnings of a "Jewish" and "Hellenistic" Paul in historical and modern scholarly interpretations of him, and (2) in essays...
£47.50
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Epistle to the Philippians 40th Anniversary Edition
Book SynopsisKarl Barth is known as one of the greatest Christian theologians of modern times. While Barth's writings are permeated by biblical citations and exegesis, there are only a few examples of Barth's interpretation of an entire biblical book. In this anniversary edition of The Epistle to the Philippians, Karl Barth's exposition of the book of...
£26.60
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Eastern Orthodoxy through Western Eyes
Book SynopsisIn the last decade, Eastern Orthodoxy has moved from being virtually unknown to Western Christians to being a significant presence on the religious scene in North America and Great Britain. In light of Orthodoxy's growing presence, this book will introduce Western Christians to the Eastern Orthodox vision of the Christian life by examining...
£32.30
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Seeing the Psalms
Book SynopsisWilliam Brown introduces a new method of exegesis, particularly for biblical poetry, that attends to the metaphorical contours of the Psalms. His method as proposed and demonstrated in this book supplements traditional ways of interpreting the Psalms and results in a fresh understanding of their original context and contemporary...
£31.35
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Heavenly Trumpet John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Interpretation
Book SynopsisArguing that all Pauline interpretation depends significantly on the ways in which readers formulate their own images of the apostle, Margaret M. Mitchell posits that John Chrysostom, the most prolific interpreter of the Pauline epistles in the early church, exemplifies this phenomenon. Mitchell brings together Chrysostom's copious portraits of...
£51.30
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. New Testament Ethics The Legacies of Jesus and Paul
Book SynopsisNeither Jesus nor Paul developed a formal ethical system, yet each left a moral legacy that forms the core of New Testament ethics. In this book, Frank Matera examines the ethic found in the teachings of Jesus and Paul. He explores the broad range of moral concerns found in these writings and finds an identifiable unity that underlies the...
£47.50
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Story of Romans A Narrative Defense of Gods Righteousness
Book SynopsisA. Katherine Grieb insightfully traces the argument of Paul's letter to the Romans and shows how it is grounded in the story of God's faithfulness to Israel. She draws together a number of crucial insights: the narrative character of Paul's thought, the apocalyptic message of his gospel, the depth of his engagement with Israel's Scripture, and...
£27.55
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Teaching Ministry of Congregations Interpretation Bible Studies
Book SynopsisIn this important and groundbreaking book, Richard Osmer develops a practical theology of the teaching ministry. He begins by exploring the teaching ministry of the apostle Paul, identifying in Paul's letters to his congregations the core tasks of the teaching ministry: catechesis, exhortation, and discernment. Next he presents case studies of...
£38.95
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Nature of Biblical Criticism
Book SynopsisBiblical criticism faces increasing hostility on two fronts: from biblical conservatives, who claim it is inherently positivistic and religiously skeptical, and from postmodernists, who see it as driven by the falsities of objectivity and neutrality. In this magisterial overview of the key factors and developments in biblical studies, John...
£26.60
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Lydias Impatient Sisters A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity
Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theological topics in New Testament, such as the revelation of God and the daily life of the church...
£44.65
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Reformed Confessions Theology from Zurich to Barmen Columbia Series in Reformed Theology
In this volume, the internationally respected theologian Jan Rohls chronicles the dynamic tradition of Reformed confessions of faith from the sixteenth century through the first third of the twentieth century. He discusses theological themes and positions that have informed both the tradition in its entirety and also particular confessions...
£38.95
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. SecondCentury Christianity Revised and Expanded A Collection of Fragments
Book SynopsisThis revised and expanded edition of a book that first appeared in 1945 offers an inside look at the growth and spread of Christianity in the second century by providing source materials from pagan witnesses, Christian churches, and movements that became known as heretical. Reading these selections provides a first-hand sense of issues and...
£18.05
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Gospel according to Harry Potter
Book SynopsisA companion to the best-selling The Gospel according to Harry Potter: Spirituality in the Stories of the World's Most Famous Seeker, this ten-session study, appropriate for youth and adults, explores the religious themes that are prevalent in the popular series of children's books and films. Each session recommends scenes from the DVD and video...
£15.00
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Passion for God Theology in Two Voices
Book SynopsisComprised of four lectures and two sermons, Passion for God provides a unique look into the theological perspectives of renowned theologians Jurgen Moltmann and Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel, each a preeminent figure in the proliferation of contemporary theology in the twentieth...
£18.05
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. A Barclay Prayer Book
Book SynopsisSome of William Barclay's most beloved prayers and meditations, originally appearing in his Prayers for the Christian Year and Epilogues and Prayers, have been brought together in this collection. While some of the prayers were written for private use, and others for use in public, so personal was the stamp that Barclay put on them that it is...
£21.85
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. A Brief Guide to Philo
Book SynopsisThis is a compact introduction to the work of Philo (c. 20 BCE-50 CE), the important Jewish thinker and scriptural interpreter. Kenneth Schenck provides a guide for understanding Philo's complex works, a roadmap for topics and contents of Philo's writings, and a description of contemporary research so students can easily find their ways into...
£26.60
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Navigating Paul
Book SynopsisJouette Bassler, one of the foremost experts on Pauline theology, offers her wisdom and insight into the core of Paul's thought in this brief and accessible book. She focuses on major themes in Paul, such as grace, law, faith, righteousness, Israel, resurrection, and what it means to be "in Christ." Through each of these themes, she explores...
£22.80
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Genesis Revised Edition A Commentary The Old Testament Library
Book SynopsisThis volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Genesis.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international...
£55.10
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. A Short Introduction to Hermeneutics
Book SynopsisHermeneutics defines the rules used to search out the meaning of Scripture. Throughout church history, interpreters have approached biblical interpretation in different ways, using different tools and methods. This book conveniently and accessibly surveys major biblical interpreters and approaches to hermeneutics from the patristic period to...
£23.75
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Wondrous Depth Preaching the Old Testament
Book SynopsisEllen Davis is concerned by what she calls a "shallow reading" of Scripture--a reading of what we think we already know instead of an attempt to dig deeper for new insights and revelations. Wondrous Depth is a collection of essays in which Davis argues for a more engaged reading of Scripture that opens the reader up to new knowledge and...
£26.60
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Romans in Full Circle A History of Interpretation Westminster Histories of Chris
Book SynopsisThe New Testament book of Romans has played an important role in the life of the church from the period of the early church and through to the present day. In this concise survey of the major theological changes associated with Paul's letter, Mark Reasoner focuses on its history and interpretation, particularly through the works of Origen...
£27.55
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology
Book SynopsisThe burgeoning field of postcolonial studies argues that most theology has been formed in dominant cultures, laden intrinsically with imperializing structures. An essential task facing theology is thus to "decolonize" the mind and free Christianity from colonizing bias and structures. Here, in this truly groundbreaking study, highly respected...
£30.40
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Seeds of Heaven Sermons on the Gospel of Matthew
Book SynopsisThis wonderful collection of sermons by renowned preacher, author, and speaker Barbara Brown Taylor is based on the Gospel of Matthew. Each of the fifteen sermons, three of them appearing here for the first time in print, is based on a reading from Matthew, including "Exceeding Righteousness" (Matthew 5:17-20), "The Problem with Miracles"...
£18.05
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Engaging the Bible in a Gendered World An Introduction to Feminist Biblical Interpretation An Introduction to Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Katharine Doob Sakenfeld
Book SynopsisIn this introductory textbook, some of the most widely respected scholars in the field introduce students to the methods, issues, and theoretical frameworks central to feminist biblical interpretation. In highly accessible essays, the book covers the history, achievements, and cutting-edge questions in the area of gender and biblical...
£35.15
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Character Ethics and the Old Testament Moral Dimensions of Scripture
Book SynopsisThroughout the Old Testament, the stories, laws, and songs not only teach a way of life that requires individuals to be moral, but they demonstrate how. In biblical studies, character ethics has been one of the fastest-growing areas of interest. Whereas ethics usually studies rules of behavior, character ethics focuses on how people are formed...
£35.15
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Biblical Theology Issues Methods and Themes
Book SynopsisIn this, the first overview of biblical theology in nearly thirty years, James K. Mead addresses the core issues of biblical theology essential to both Old Testament and New Testament study. Can we draw theological principles from Scripture? What methods will give useful results for theological exploration of biblical texts? Aptly synthesizing...
£38.95
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Lamentations
Book SynopsisThe Old Testament Library provides an authoritative treatment of every major and important aspect of the Old Testament. This commentary on Lamentations offers a fresh translation, discussing questions of historical background and literary architecture before providing a theologically sensitive exposition of the...
£35.87
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Old Testament World Second Edition
Book SynopsisWritten by two leading Old Testament scholars and widely used throughout the world, Philip Davies and John Rogerson's The Old Testament World describes the historical, social, and cultural setting in which the Old Testament was written and examines the major genres of literature that it contains. Ideally suited for college-level introductory...
£38.00
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. New Testament Theology Exploring Diversity and Unity
Book SynopsisIn this systematic, book-by-book exploration of the theology of each New Testament writing, Frank J. Matera explores theological diversity and unity in the writings of the New Testament. After an introduction to the history and method of New Testament theology, he explains and describes the theologies of the Synoptic, Pauline, and Johannine...
£51.30
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Triune God An Essay in Postliberal Theology
Book SynopsisIn this original, contemporary doctrine of the Trinity, William Placher places the history of theology in dialogue with postmodern philosophy and yields a provocative postliberal interpretation. Placher deftly connects a radical view of God's transcendence with a narrative Christology. His resulting thesis is twofold: first, the doctrine of the...
£25.65
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Touch of Transcendence
Book SynopsisHow far away is God? How different is God from human beings? This is the theological question of transcendence, and theology has long struggled to find answers that affirm a human relationship with God. In this provocative new work, Mayra Rivera's answer is that God is not within human grasp but is always within human touch. With a strikingly...
£29.45
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Groaning of Creation God Evolution and the Problem of Evil
Book SynopsisPain, suffering, and extinction are intrinsic to the evolutionary process. In this book Christopher Southgate shows how the world that is "very good" is also "groaning in travail" and subjected by God to that travail. Southgate then evaluates several attempts at evolutionary theodicy and argues for his own approach--an approach that takes full...
£30.40