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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Chosen
Book Synopsis“The conflict is only ‘seemingly' beyond solution, because all historical-political problems have solutions, if there is enough courage, honesty, and steadfastness.â€� In Chosen?, Walter Brueggemann explores the situation in modern-day Israel that raises questions for many...Trade Review"I commend this book to all those struggling with these questions and all who are concerned for peace and Justice in the Land called Holy." --Dr. Mitri Raheb, President of Diyar Consortium and Dar al-Kalima University College in Bethleham, President of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and Senior Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethleham, Palestine "This important volume could be a "game changer" for pastors, congregational study, denominational policy, the academy, religious journals, and hopefully elected officials who continue to fail the Palestinians, Israelis, and their own constituents with decades of misguided Middle East policies." --Rev. Dr. Don Wagner, National Program Director, Friends of Sabeel-North America. "It is an evenhanded effort to enable a fresh conversation among all of us who share his unequivocal commitment to the strength and security of Israel with an equal commitment to a viable, secure future for the Palestinian community." - Rev. Vernon S. Broyles, III, Representative for Public Witness, Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) "Walter Brueggemann has done a great service to the Jewish people and to all who rely on the Hebrew Bible as a guide to life by demonstrating in this book that there is no straight line between these ancient holy texts and the oppression of the Palestinian people by an expansionist Zionist government in modern Israel. ? -- Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine: A Quarterly Jewish and Interfaith Critique of Politics, Culture and Society, chair of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, and author of Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation and Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy for Middle East Peace "No matter what you think about who God's chosen people are, Professor Brueggemann is clear and starkly honest in his assessment of the untenable nature of the modern State of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians...This book is a welcome refocusing of a faith lens that has been too often used in the past--especially in the context of the Israelis and Palestinians--to exclude and appropriate, rather than include and edify." --Dr. Peter Makari, Executive for the Middle East and Europe, Global Ministries of the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and author of Conflict and Cooperation: Christian-Muslim Relations in Contemporary Egypt. "This is a groundbreaking and terribly important book, because of the authority Brueggemann brings and because theological investigation is the key that will free Palestinians as well as Israelis from the current tragic impasse...As ever, Brueggemann's voice, his compassion, and his courage are a beacon, shining a light where it most needs to be shone." -- Mark Braverman, author, Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land, Executive Director, Kairos USA "This book is written for Christians and Jews who take seriously God's promises to Israel in the Hebrew Scripture but who are troubled by how contemporary Palestinians are being treated by modern Israelis...It is simply the best book on its subject that I have read. --Dr. Duncan Hanson, area supervisor for the Middle East, Europe and India for the Reformed Church in America "This may be the best guide yet to help the church talk about a matter of enormous importance for our generation." --Gary M. Burge, Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College & Graduate School and author of Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to Holy Land Theology. "Brueggemann offers an honest critique of a belief system that reduces faith to a self-serving ideology and warns against a Christian reading of the Bible that reduces it to an ideological prop for the state of Israel. While he does not critique the texts that are used to justify the oppression of the Palestinians, nor offer a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict based on justice and international law, I do think the book is very useful for American Christians to read and discuss." --Naim AteekTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2. God's Chosen People: Claim and Problem 3. Holy Land? 4. Zionism and Israel Q&A with Walter Brueggemann Glossary Study GuideIntroduction to the Study Guide Guidelines for Respectful Dialogue Session 1: Introduction and Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Session 2: God's Chosen People Session 3: Holy Land? Session 4: Zionism and Israel and Q&A with Walter Brueggemann Additional Questionsâ€"Based on “Q&A with Walter Brueggemann
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Living God and the Fullness of Life
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation I and II Thessalonians
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Westminster John Knox Press Walking Backwards to Christmas
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Names for the Messiah An Advent Study
Book SynopsisIn Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles--Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that...
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Westminster John Knox Press The Sign and the Sacrifice The Meaning of the Cross and Resurrection
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. How Luther Became the Reformer
Book SynopsisNo story has been more foundational to triumphalist accounts of Western modernity than that of Martin Luther, the heroic individual, standing before the tribunes of medieval authoritarianism to proclaim his religious and intellectual freedom, Here I stand! How Luther Became the Reformer returns to the birthplace of this...Trade Review"By contrasting the two Luthers, Helmer gives the reader greater insight into the man, his mind-set, and his goals. She presents a refreshing perspective that allows the reader to view Luther, the Reformation(s), Protestantism, and modernity in a new light—one without Luther as its prime mover. Moreover, she poses the question, what if the Catholic Church had embraced Luther's reforms (i.e., Luther as the Catholic reformer)—what, then, would be the fate of modernity? By skillfully situating Luther in his time, this book gives the reader a holistic view of his life and work, making it an excellent addition to the scholar ship on Luther and an essential book for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes." – Religious Studies Review * Religious Studies Review *
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Word Made Flesh
Book SynopsisMost theologians believe that in the human life of Jesus of Nazareth, we encounter God. Yet how the divine and human come together in the life of Jesus still remains a question needing exploring. The Council of Chalcedon sought to answer the question by speaking of one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in divinity...Trade Review“Pastors in the local church have a vocational obligation to think theologically. It is no accident that they are called teaching elders. Yet, with the press of other duties, theology is often neglected. The church suffers. Where to begin? This is a robust reengagement with the Incarnation through a retrieval of a ‘Chalcedonian theology without reserve.’ Ian McFarland, a Lutheran who now teaches at Emory University, is an able guide. This is real theology that enriches the mind and the spirit — the kind of food that makes for thoughtful pastors who preach and teach the gospel with depth.” – The Presbyterian Outlook * Presbyterian Outlook *
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Sabbath as Resistance New Edition with Study Guide
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Still Christian
Book SynopsisIn this provocative tell-all, David Gushee opens the door to the frictions and schisms of evangelicalism, tells his own story of leaving, and shows that you, too, can find a Christianity that is worth following.
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Acts
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Matthew
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Everyday Connections
Trade Review“What a rich devotional! Scripture—beribboned with trenchant questions, goading insights, invitations to sit, to pray, to write. Invitations to read Zora Neale Hurston and W. H. Auden. Yes, please!” -Lauren F. Winner, author of Wearing God “Offering excerpts from the biblical text and the Connections commentary series, questions for deeper reflection, lectio divina, and space for personal reflection and thoughts, Everyday Connections provides a rich and essential resource to strengthen and support your spiritual and devotional practice.” -Song-Mi Suzie Park, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary “Given the richness of this devotional companion to the Connections Commentary, I can’t imagine it sitting on your shelf unused! Designed with simplicity yet filled with depth, it is a resource that will help you engage scripture and life both more fully and more joyfully. The flexibility built into its use—individually, in small groups, and in relation to worship—give this guide longevity well beyond a particular lectionary year.” -Marjorie Thompson, author of Soul Feast “In days of great tumult and stress, the guided meditations on Scripture and the prompts to prayer collected in Everyday Connections are a welcome balm and generous call to heed God’s voice in the everyday life of those of us who yearn to follow Jesus. In days of joy and hope, this same book invites believers to praise a God whose word shows us the way of faithfulness and whose grace is ever abounding.” -Eric D. Barreto, Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary “Everyday Connections leads readers through the spiritual practice of centering our heads and hearts in faithful reflection and connection. It resources the writings of the bible as well as the broader spiritual and intellectual resources of the Christian tradition, inviting us to link Christian wisdom, images, and teachings to the lived experiences of our communities and the communities of others. I commend this resource to pastors, chaplains, laypeople, and teachers engaged in the hermeneutical task of rendering biblical texts meaningful for our contemporary realities. If you seek to cultivate fresh engagement with the bible, communities, the Christian lectionary calendar, and the self and to have fresh voices accompany you along the way, this resource can guide you in that endeavor.” -Shively T. J. Smith, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Boston University
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Everyday Connections
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Pilgrams Compass Finding and Following the God We Seek
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Trauma and Grace 2nd Edition
Book SynopsisThis substantive collection from noted scholar Serene Jones explores recent work in the field of trauma studies. Central to its overall theme is an investigation of how individual and collective violence affect ones capacity to remember, to act, and to love; how violence can challenge theological understandings of grace; and even how the...
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. A Bigger Table Expanded Edition with Study Guide Building Messy Authentic and Hopeful Spiritual Community
Book SynopsisThis new edition includes a small-group study guide complete with ideas for exploring A Bigger Table in a congregation-wide sermon series and program along with a new foreword by Jacqui Lewis and new afterword by the author to explore the challenges of living out the bigger table when voices of hate and exclusion seem stronger and louder than ever.
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Whence and Whither
Book SynopsisFrom one of our most gifted writers and thinkers about death and the meaning of living comes a collection of writings about what comes next. Thomas Lynch, funeral director, poet, and author of the National Book Award finalist The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, has an uncanny knack for writing about death in ways...Trade Review“These essays are from one of our greatest living writers, nearing the end of a productive career and a fruitful life, looking back, and ahead, at what’s to come.” —The Englewood Review of Books * Englewood Review of Books *
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Letters to Timothy Titus and Philemon New Daily Study Bible
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Westminster John Knox Press A ThreeDimensional Jesus
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Grace Abounds
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Womanist Midrash Volume 2
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Moral Man and Immoral Society A Study in Ethics and Politics
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Westminster John Knox Press Preaching the Word
Book SynopsisThe constant evolution of biblical scholarship has left the average pastor relying on interpretive methods learned in distant seminary years. In Preaching the Word, Karoline Lewis surveys developments in biblical studies and uses the Gospel of John to demonstrate how recent interpretive tools and methods can be applied to preaching.Trade Review"Karoline Lewis once again demonstrates why she is one of the nation's preeminent preachers and professors of the craft we call "preaching." Lewis's book beautifully frames diverse approaches to homiletics with sensitivity and passion, expanding the reader's knowledge, the practitioner's depth, and the layperson's understanding of this often-misunderstood art form. This text is a welcome addition to the canon of homiletics and rhetoric." - Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, and Professor of Homiletics, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University "Try to find another book like this. Ever the teacher, Lewis introduces preachers to a range of life-giving interpretive practices few mainline preachers know what to do with while modeling their usefulness. This book can bring joy and power to your preaching.” - Greg Carey, Professor of New Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary "Just as diverse as the historical, cultural, and linguistic sources of the Bible are, so are the ways to interpret it. Karoline Lewis, the homiletical hermeneut, is an expert guide to the various approaches to biblical interpretation for the purpose of preaching. More than a summary of each approach and exploring its homiletical impact, Lewis offers readers a generous, humble reading of how 'the other' interprets Scripture to humanize those who have often been dehumanized in the wider society. I can think of no other better biblical scholar-preacher to invite us on this liberating tour of love for God, neighbor, and the pulpit." - Luke A. Powery, Dean, Duke University Chapel, and Associate Professor of Homiletics, Duke Divinity School "Karoline Lewis’s clarity and warmth shine in her careful mapping of urgent conversations in the homiletic field. That alone is worth the price of admission. But the real treasure of Preaching the Word is the delight it takes in John’s Gospel. Lewis turns the biblical text like a prism, showing us the value of the approaches that she describes through scriptural engagement. Her insights will keep me turning to this book again and again." - Jerusha Matsen Neal, Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Duke Divinity School "As methods and approaches in biblical studies have proliferated, keeping up with all these developments is a full-time job! Karoline Lewis does not just summarize these emerging approaches for busy preachers. Instead, she models how preachers can learn from and be formed by these diverse approaches with care, thought, and respect. In these ways, preachers will find in this book a transformative path toward richer and more faithful proclamation of the gospel." - Eric Barreto, Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary "This timely book by seasoned preacher and homiletics professor (and Johannine scholar) Karoline Lewis will help preachers and seminary professors alike. The format of the book makes it easy to use. Each chapter introduces the reader to a particular approach in biblical interpretation that has arisen in the past fifteen years, uses a passage from John to illustrate the power of the approach to yield fresh insights, and connects it all with proclamation for those of us living in real bodies in the real world, a world marked by divinely designed diversity and the possibility of healing and hope. I especially appreciated her attention to trauma-informed interpretation and preaching, one of the newest approaches. Lewis invites us into a conversation marked by humility and curiosity; she hopes that the first question asked when we finish the book is "Who else?" Whose voice is not reflected in the book? Rather than pronouncing the authoritative last word on the subject, she is cultivating in us a habit of always seeking to move beyond our own limited view and experience. Lewis’s book will energize those who are weary, curious, or both." - Jaime Clark-Soles, Professor of New Testament, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
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Westminster John Knox Press The Spirit of Hope Theology for a World in Peril
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Unwavering Holiness
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Daily Feast Year B Feasting on the Word
Book SynopsisEach day of the week contains Scripture passages for the coming Sunday from the Revised Common Lectionary, excerpts from the commentaries for reflection, a response, and a prayer. Additional material is provided for each Sunday.
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Westminster John Knox Press Revelation
Book SynopsisIn this volume of the Belief series, Amos Yong analyzes the message of Revelation to its earliest readers and speaks to its ongoing meaning for believers today.
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Scripting a Sermon
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Meeting Jesus on the Road
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Appreciate These Things
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Accompanying Disability
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Shaping of Black Identities
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation A Preachers Guide to Topical Sermon Series
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation A Brief Guide to Ministry with Lgbtqia Youth
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Presbyterian Publishing Corporation From Jesus to the Church
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Origin of Satan
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group So Close to Heaven Vintage Departures The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
Book SynopsisA travelogue of Bhutan and its neighbors in the Himalayas that introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity. For anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism, it's essential reading (Washington Post Book World).For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism.
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Alfred A. Knopf My Many Colored Days
Book SynopsisAccompanying a manuscript Dr. Seuss wrote in 1973, was a letter outlining his hopes of finding a great color artist who will not be dominated by me. The late Dr. Seuss saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color. The quest for an artist finally ended—after the manuscript languished for more than two decades—at the paint brushes of husband-and-wife team Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher whose stunning, expressive paintings reveal such striking images as a bright red horse kicking its heels, a cool and quiet green fish, a sad and lonely purple dinosaur, and an angrily howling black wolf. Using a spectrum of vibrant colors and a menagerie of animals, this unique book does for the range of human moods and emotions what Oh, the Places You'll Go! does for the human life cycle. Here is a wonderful way for parents to talk with children about their feelings. With Johnson and Fancher's a
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Abingdon Press Using Scripture in Pastoral Counseling
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Abingdon Press Lord Teach Us Lords Prayer and the Christian Life
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Abingdon Press 101 Great Games for Infants Toddlers and Preschoolers
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Abingdon Press The Letters of Paul Interpreting Biblical Texts series
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Abingdon Press Scripture Discernment Decision Making in the Church
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