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Kohlhammer Religionssensible Assistenz: Professioneller
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Kohlhammer Ausgeschlossen - Eingeschlossen: Die Evangelische
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Kohlhammer W. Denn Sie Wissen Was Sie Tun
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Kohlhammer Erschopfung Im Namen Der Kirche: Eine
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Kohlhammer W. Nachhaltigkeit
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Kohlhammer W. Ihre Stimmen Zahlen
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Kohlhammer W. Diakonische Theologie
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Verlag Herder Strukturwandel Der Kirche ALS Aufgabe Und Chance
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Verlag Herder Ihr Macht Uns Die Kirche Kaputt...: ... Doch Wir
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Brill Schoningh Mission Sitting Bull: Die Geschichte Der
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wbg Academic Klosterkultur an der Saar
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Oxford University Press English Episcopal Acta 36 Salisbury 12291262
Book SynopsisThis edition of over 200 documents issued by three different bishops contains a wealth of information on the religious, ecclesiastical and parochial life of the diocese of Salisbury, which comprised three counties (Berkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire).There is an increasing diversity of types of actum, including grants of indulgence and significations to the king of recalcitrant excommunicates. English Episcopal Acta 37, Salisbury 1263-1297 (978-0-19-726464-5) publishes a further 248 documents from this diocese.Trade Reviewa worthy addition to the indispensable and highly successful Acta project and a major contribution to our understanding of the thirteenth-century English church. * David Lepine, Southern History *
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Oxford University Press English Episcopal Acta 37 Salisbury 12631297
Book SynopsisThis edition of nearly 250 documents issued by six different bishops contains a wealth of information on the religious, ecclesiastical, and parochial life of the diocese of Salisbury, which comprised three counties (Berkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire).There is an increasing diversity of types of actum, including grants of indulgence and significations to the king of recalcitrant excommunicates. English Episcopal Acta 36, Salisbury 1228-1262 , (978-0-19-726463-8) publishes a further 202 documents from this diocese.Trade Reviewa worthy addition to the indispensable and highly successful Acta project and a major contribution to our understanding of the thirteenth-century English church. * David Lepine, Southern History *
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Oxford University Press English Episcopal Acta 43
Book SynopsisThe documents of the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield in the thirteenth-century reveal snapshots of everyday life in medieval Lancashire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire, from the monks who lost their books in a fire to the men who struggled to carry bodies for burial through floods and snow.Trade Reviewthis is an impressive addition to the series and will be enormously helpful to anyone working on thirteenth-century ecclesiastical administration or on Midland history. * Julia Barrow, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; THE ACTA
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John Wiley & Sons Where Is God
Book SynopsisIn an extended interview with Vatican expert Andrea Tornielli, Julián Carrón examines our current place in time to revive the essential core of Christian faith. Where Is God? discovers and rediscovers the contents of Christianity, asking how they can be witnessed again in a society that is not yet post-Christian, but potentially headed there.
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Columbia University Press When Women Become Priests The Catholic Womens
Book SynopsisIn an analysis that deftly unites feminist criticism, psychoanalysis, and Catholic theology, Kelley Raab explores the symbolic implications of women at the altar, providing rich insight into issues of gender, symbolism, and power.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Gender Reversal 3. Maternal Envy 4. Sacrifice 5. Christ as a Woman 6. Gender, Sex, and God 7. When Women Become Priests Appendix
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Indiana University Press Claiming Society for God Religious Movements and
Book SynopsisDiscusses how orthodox religions advance their religious and social agendasTrade ReviewWhile previous research has found that social movements are more likely to succeed when they espouse flexible ideologies, single-issue agendas, and willingness to compromise, Davis and Robinson find that the religiously orthodox movements they study have been successful without having any of these characteristics. By challenging conventional wisdom about these groups as well as their prospects for success, this book . . . wins a place among the best books in recent social movement scholarship. * Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *[A] succinct and persuasive continuation of Nancy Davis and Robert Robinson's well known work about religious movements and concern for the poor. The reader will find a carefully developed and clearly explained theory applied to four case studies of religious movements in the Abrahamic traditions. The book will be of interest and use to scholars of religion, civic life, activism, and the welfare state. . . . . Here, we find the strongest statement that cultural matters as much, if not more, than institutions, while not ignoring the complexity of these questions. This book is a welcome addition to the literature not only for its careful development and serious testing of theory, but also for the wealth of historical detail found in the case study chapters. * Contemporary Sociology *[A]dvances our understanding of the ideological complexity of these movements, the role of multifaceted organizational structure for bringing new activists into a movement, and the ways in which movements might overcome liabilities of ideological rigidity, multi-issue agendas, and distaste for compromise. . . It stands out as a model of comparative historical research in the breadth of its research on such disparate cases, as well as the tight integration of its data and analysis. -- Ziad Munson * Social Forces *[A] well-written and very engaging book that will help scholars and other[s] . . . understand a different side of these movements than is usually covered . . . It is easily accessible for a nonacademic audience, while being scholarly rigorous and offering important new theoretical insights into conservative religious movements. . . . should be read by social movement, religion, and political scholars alike. I would recommend it for use in a variety of classroom settings, including undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology of religion, the non-profit sector, and social movements. * Sociology of Religion *[C]ontributes to both political sociology and the sociology of religion in multiple ways. It challenges some of the main tenets of the social movement scholarship. It is a must-read for any scholar in any of these three subfields. Sociology as whole would benefit from further discussion of religion's potential to build alternative sources of power, domination, and struggle; and of the ambiguities, slipperiness, and multilayered nature of orthodoxy's caring, sharing, 'communitarian' face. -- Cohan Tugal * Social Forces *[T]he book's structure is simple, elegant, and cogent . . . It is essential reading for all scholars with interests in the interplay between religion, politics, and social welfare. * Journal of Contemporary Religion *Clearly, Davis and Robinson have written a thought-provoking book, one that is well researched and which should inspire debates among scholars of religion, social movements, politics, and social change. Given that the book is highly assessible and relevant to current events, the book deserves wide readership outside the academy as well. * Mobilization *I can think of no other recent book on orthodox movements that is as broad in its scope, rich and detailed in its narrative, well-grounded in its theory, and insightful in its analysis as Claiming Society for God. Sociologists should read this book as an antidote to the stereotyped, one-dimensional view of religiously orthodox movements so often found in today's popular media. * Review of Religious Research *[Claiming Society for God] contains a . . . sophisticated argument with relevance to those interested in religion, politics, social movements, and civil society.2015 * Politics and Religion *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction1. Contesting the State by Bypassing It 2. The Muslim Brotherhood: Building a State within a State in Egypt3. The Sephardi Torah Guardians: Penetrating the Israeli State to Circumvent It4. Comunione e Liberazione: Laying the Building Blocks of a Parallel Christian Society in Italy 5. The Salvation Army USA: Doing Good to Hasten the Second ComingConclusionNotesBibliography Index
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SPCK Publishing Greater Things The Story of New Wine So Far
Book SynopsisA celebration of all the work of the New Wine family, in conjunction with their 30th anniversary
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Yale University Press Philo of Alexandria
Book SynopsisThis first biography of Philo of Alexandria, one of antiquity's most prolific yet enigmatic authors, traces his intellectual development from Bible interpreter to diplomat in RomeTrade Review“It does not happen often that a book is published which has the potential to fundamentally change the paradigm of scholarship on its subject matter, but Niehoff’s intellectual biography...is certainly one of them.”—Eelco Glas, NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion“A lucid and, indeed, original encompassing reconstruction of Philo’s thinking...Provides a great service to further scholarship”—Angela Standhartinger, Journal for the Study of JudaismWon the Polonsky Prize for Originality and Creativity sponsored by Hebrew UniversityFinalist for the 2019 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, in the category of Jewish Philosophy “Maren Niehoff’s lucid and original account of Philo’s philosophical biography will speak to students of Judaism, Stoicism, Platonism, and Christianity more widely as a compelling case-study of intellectual exchange in a world united by empire.”—George R. Boys-Stones, Durham University "Niehoff offers a coherent interpretation of the development of Philo of Alexandria's thought that will be valuable for those interested not only in Diaspora Judaism but also in early Christianity and Greek and Roman philosophy."—Thomas Tobin, Loyola University Chicago “This is a bold and pioneering attempt to arrange the numerous works of Philo in a chronological sequence and on that basis to write an intellectual biography. All future attempts will be based on this book. In her outstanding accomplishment, Maren Niehoff also restores Philo to his Roman context, which is usually ignored.”—Shaye J. D. Cohen, Harvard University
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University of California Press Pillars of Faith
Book SynopsisAt the close of the twentieth century the United States was, by all accounts, among the most religious of modern Western nations. Pillars of Faith describes the diversity of tradition and the commonality of organizational strategy that characterize the more than 300,000 congregations in the United States, arguing that they provide the social bonds, spiritual traditions, and community connections that are vital to an increasingly diverse society. Nancy Tatom Ammerman follows several traditions--Mainline Protestant, Conservative Protestant, African American Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox, Jewish, Sectarian, and other religions--as they establish discernible patterns of congregational life that fit their own history, tradition, and relationship to American society. Her methodologically sophisticated study balances survey research with interviews conducted with people from ninety-one different religious traditions and ethnographic observations that yield new information on many dimensioTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Common Patterns and Diverse Streams: America's Communities of Faith 2. Building Traditions: Worshiping and Learning Together 3. Building Communities: Food, Fun, and Fellowship 4. Building Networks of Faith: Partners and Producers 5. Extending the Community: Serving the Needy, Saving Souls 6. Doing Good Together: Networks of Work in the World 7. Nurturing Traditions: Stories and Practices for Religious Pilgrims 8. Voluntary and Diverse Communities of Faith: American Congregations and American Society Appendices 1. Sampling and Measurement 2. Denominations Classified by Religious Tradition, Polity, and Denominational Structure Notes References Index
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University of California Press Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty
Book SynopsisShenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt.Trade Review"Lopez's volume is an essential counterpart to the current dialogue on wealth and poverty in late ancient Christianity." Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: "Rustic Audacity" 1. Loyal Opposition 2. A Miraculous Economy 3. Rural Patronage: Holy and Unholy 4. The Limits of Intolerance Conclusion Appendix A: The Chronology of Shenoute's Life and Activities Appendix B: The Sources List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Diagram for Fire Miracles and Variation in an
Book SynopsisWhat is the work that miracles do in American Charismatic Evangelicalism? How can miracles be unanticipated and yet worked for? And finally, what do miracles tell us about other kinds of Christianity and even the category of religion? This book deaks with these questions.Trade Review"A Diagram of Fire succeeds both as general theory and as finely drawn ethnography." * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS PROLOGUE INTRODUCTION: CLEARLY WRITTEN ON HIS FACE 1. VINEYARD TIME 2. INSTITUTIONS AND GOD'S AGENTS 3. A DIAGRAM FOR FIRE 4. TOLLE, LEGE: TALKING, READING, AND HEARING 5. THE LIVING ROOM SEMINARS: PEDAGOGIES OF THE SPIRIT, TYPIFICATION, AND ELABORATION 6. THE BODY, TONGUES, HEALING, AND DELIVERANCE 7. COLLAPSES, TRAVERSALS, AND INTENSIFICATIONS OF THE PART-CULTURE CONCLUSION: ON THE PROBLEM OF RELIGION AND ON RELIGION AS A PROBLEM NOTES WORKS CITED INDEX COMPLETE SERIES LIST
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Religion and Democracy
Book Synopsis100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private concern. Today, organised religion is still a powerful political force in most parts of the world. In many its political significance has grown.Table of Contents1. Foreward: David Marquand and Ronald L. Nettler (Mansfield College, Oxford). 2. Secularism?: John Keane. 3. Living with Difference in India: Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd Rudolph. 4. Religion and Democracy in Israel: Emanuele Ottolenghi. 5. Islam, Politics and Democracy: Mohamed Talbi and Islamic Modernism: Ronald L. Nettler. 6. Trajectories of Political Islam: Egypt, Iran and Turkey: Sami Zabaida. 7. American Fundamentalism and the Selling of God: Harold Perkin. 8. The Quiet Continent: Religion and Politics in Europe: Colin Crouch. 9. J.N.Figgis, Churches and the State: Paul Hirst. 10. Making the Christian World Safe for Liberalism: from Grotius to Rawls: Timothy Samuel Shah.
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Harvard University Press Americas Pastor
Book SynopsisMore than a conventional biography, Grant Wacker’s interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many, and how his uncanny ability to appropriate trends in the wider culture allowed him to transform his born-again theology into a moral vocabulary capturing the aspirations and fears of average Americans.Trade ReviewWacker’s style is clear and engaging, and Graham’s story has plenty to recommend it… What makes Wacker’s book not just readable but engrossing, however, is what it reveals about American evangelicalism. Many of evangelicalism’s most salient characteristics seem to inhere in the person and career of Billy Graham. -- Barton Swaim * Wall Street Journal *Excellent… It is not a biography, but rather a disciplined, admirably fair-minded effort to understand and explain how 20th-century American culture produced a figure like Billy Graham, and how Graham in turn helped to shape that same culture. -- Robert P. George * New York Times Book Review *Wacker has spent the better part of his career observing the battle over Graham’s legacy. His biography America’s Pastor is an exhaustive and judicious effort to settle this cultural obsession with Graham and assess his influence. Other scholars have written doorstop-size narrative accounts of Graham’s life, tracing events from his childhood on a North Carolina dairy farm through his massive revival campaigns and frequent visits to the White House. Wacker has produced a different kind of book. He has, it appears, read every work of scholarship about Graham, from the mightiest bestseller to the lowliest unpublished doctoral thesis. He has combed through a mountain of archival sources. The result is not a conventional biography, but a series of interpretive essays that evaluate Graham’s various roles in twentieth-century America, from ‘Preacher’ and ‘Entrepreneur’ to ‘Southerner’ and evangelical ‘Patriarch.’ The result is the most comprehensive and balanced analysis of Billy Graham ever published. -- Molly Worthen * The Nation *This is a major book by a major historian of American religion about a major religious figure in American history… [A] magnificently written and meticulously researched study of what Billy Graham meant at different times to Americans and what America meant to an evolving Billy Graham. -- Kenneth L. Woodward * America *It is required reading for anyone seriously interested in evangelicalism, 20th century American history, or the sociology of religion… For a thematic view of how Graham affected (and was affected by) American culture, Wacker’s book is unparalleled. And if you’re one of the many evangelicals under 40 who are only vaguely aware of how Graham shaped your world, you need this book. -- Ted Olsen * Christianity Today *[Wacker’s] writing is accessible and vivid. And he takes a great deal of care in fleshing out the nuances of Graham’s life and sketching the ways Graham emerged out of the fundamentalist movement and came to reshape the contours of American evangelicalism to the degree that he became a spokesperson for an American Protestantism committed to Jesus but tolerant and peaceful toward others. Neither do Wacker’s insights overlook criticism of Graham, especially in the area of race… Wacker doesn’t sugarcoat Graham’s shortcomings, but this is, for the most part, a sympathetic portrayal of a preacher who helped a subgroup of devout Christians move from the sidelines to the center. -- Yonat Shimron * News & Observer *A fascinating read for all who recognize Billy Graham’s unique and powerful ministry and wonder if we will see his like again. -- Martin Poole * Baptist Times *Beautifully written…[and] the best general study of the Billy Graham Phenomenon… America’s Pastor charts a parallel evolution in Graham’s social and political career, and with a parallel ideological structure. -- Mark Knoll * Books & Culture *Lively and learned… Highly readable. -- Stephen J. Whitfield * Chronicle of Higher Education *It is a major work that gives insight not only into the achievement of Billy Graham but into American history in the second half of the 20th Century. Graham’s flaws and his successes are fairly recorded. -- Paul Richardson * Church of England Newspaper *Unlike many accounts of Billy Graham’s life and ministry, Grant Wacker’s America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation does not construct a heroic fable, nor does he deconstruct the evangelist as a lumbering proselytizer… Wacker’s analysis of Graham’s strengths and weaknesses is thorough and fair… An iconic life that America’s Pastor captures so well. -- Robert L. Kehoe III * First Things *Wacker’s engaging, comprehensive, and sympathetic (although not uncritical) study of Graham’s multifaceted career is an admirable introduction both to Graham and to the evangelical movement he worked so hard to build. -- Walter Russel Mead * Foreign Affairs *[Wacker] adds to the voluminous Graham literature with a scholarly yet captivating narrative that situates Graham alongside King and John Paul II as the men most responsible under God for shaping our current spiritual climate, especially in the United States. -- Collin Hansen * The Gospel Coalition *Wacker’s examination of Graham’s place in U.S. politics and culture forms one of the most interesting, and at times surprising, aspects of his book… There is much in the book that even a reader with only a passing interest in modern religion will find interesting. -- David Woolner * Irish Times *Wacker, who admires Graham, though not uncritically so, examines the evolution that took place from the hell fire and brimstone preacher three-quarters of a century ago to the polished international communicator, renowned throughout the world… This book is an honest appraisal of the man himself and the organization of which he was a part. It’s thoroughly researched and worth reading. -- Paul Hulme * Methodist Recorder *What a book. I think it is hard for those of us who have lived in the Billy Graham era to recognize just how significant this time has been in the history of the church… This volume traces the life of Graham, and fits his ministry in the context of American cultural, political, and religious history. -- Russell Moore * Moore to the Point (blog) *Provides a judicious assessment of Graham’s six decades as a preacher, pastor, public figure, entrepreneur, southerner, and icon. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * The Oregonian *[Graham’s] legacy deserves as fine a book as this one. -- Peter Smith * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *This is a fascinating book which is hard to put down. Beautifully written, with humor and compassion as well as critical rigor… Exploring [Graham’s] steady but dramatic transformation makes absorbing reading and brought me hope for the rest of us. -- Ruth Allen * Reform *America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation is a timely cultural biography. One of the world authorities on the subject of American Evangelicalism, Wacker makes a strong claim for Graham’s historical importance. -- Jon M. Sweeney * The Tablet *Wacker examines not so much what Graham did as how he did it—a matter of manners and management as much as of vision and talent… Wacker’s procedure allows appreciation of how Graham affected the image of the modern southerner (he desegregated his crusades in 1954); helped shape the new evangelicalism out of fundamentalist, Pentecostal, and the older evangelical churches; and much more, primarily through embodying at their best the middle-class American culture and mores in which he was raised. Wacker doesn’t shrink, however, from showing how Graham’s fascination with presidential politics led him astray repeatedly while allowing that he was a genuine spiritual counselor to the presidents—Lyndon Johnson, in particular. If a great subject deserves a great book, Billy Graham has one. -- Ray Olson * Booklist (starred review) *The work of a church historian in his best form, this masterpiece presents a fine-grained study of America’s best-known preacher and his role in the shaping of mainstream Evangelicalism in the mid-20th century… Wacker’s close study gives readers a glimpse of Graham’s complexity, including the paradoxes that made him both beloved and controversial. -- B. W. Hamilton * Choice *A scholarly, analytical and sympathetic biography of the evangelist Billy Graham…We emerge with a more complete, nuanced understanding of Graham’s personality and ministry…Also shows us a profoundly authentic Graham, a true believer, a man who was not mercenary, who practiced what he preached, whose principal weaknesses might have been his name-dropping and hobnobbing with the rich and the powerful. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *Wacker’s analysis situates the salient elements of Graham’s remarkable success and longevity in the chaotic American social and religious consciousness of the 20th century…In the intersection of ego and message, Wacker excels at examining Graham’s complex public/private persona…A valuable look at the pastor of 20th-century American religious consciousness. -- Sandra Collins * Library Journal *In this elegantly written and compulsively readable account, Wacker…probes the ways that Graham touched so many so deeply while aiming to provide the moral voice for a nation. Interweaving biography with social and intellectual history, Wacker suggests that Graham’s brilliance shone brightly from his many facets—preacher, pastor, Southerner, and entrepreneur, among others—and so his hearers had many ways to see themselves reflected in him. In the end, Wacker points out that Graham’s pragmatic vision of an America that’s true to its ideals enabled him to adapt trends in the wider culture for his own evangelistic and moral-reform purposes. * Publishers Weekly *A striking and authoritative account of one of the most influential Americans of recent times. Wacker writes gracefully and offers a fund of astute insights. By exploring Graham’s background, his character, his beliefs, and his work, he reveals how Graham could move so comfortably among the powerful and at the same time always be able to speak effectively to so many ordinary people. Both Graham’s admirers and his critics will come away from America’s Pastor with a fresh appreciation of the man and his world. -- George M. Marsden, author of The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal BeliefGrant Wacker has given us a superb—and richly detailed—portrait of Billy Graham, presented in the context of a solid cultural and historical analysis of the era in which Graham served as the kind of religious leader we are not likely to see again. And all of this from a marvelous storyteller. Wacker’s deeply moving epilogue can stand alone as a model of inspiring prose! -- Richard J. Mouw, Professor of Faith and Public Life and former President, Fuller Theological SeminaryAmerica’s Pastor is a masterful study of the life and influence of Billy Graham. With power and grace, Grant Wacker explains who Graham was, how his message and organization developed, and why he came to exercise such extraordinary influence in America. It is the most incisive—and accessible—study of Billy Graham that has been written. -- Nathan O. Hatch, President, Wake Forest UniversityBilly Graham has finally gotten the book he deserves. Written by one of the finest American religious historians of our time, this book is as captivating as Graham himself: eloquent, incisive, witty, and empathetic. I couldn’t put it down. -- Catherine A. Brekus, author of Sarah Osborn’s World: The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early AmericaGrant Wacker brings his incomparable historical skills to illuminate an icon of American Protestant life. His treatment is at once deeply humane and extraordinarily learned, and he examines Graham’s foundational status with a breathtaking range and savvy. In these pages we come to know Graham, but more importantly, we gain profound insight into the broadest contours of U.S. religious life in the last half of the twentieth century. -- Laurie Maffly-Kipp, author of Setting Down the Sacred Past: African-American Race Histories
£32.36
Baker Publishing Group Help I Work with People Getting Good at
Book SynopsisBecoming a great leader is more about prioritizing self-awareness and people skills than innovative ideas and high levels of productivity. With his transparent and relatable storytelling, Chad Veach addresses three phases of becoming a quality leader, and urges you to lean in to your leadership potential regardless of your level of influence or experience.
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University of British Columbia Press Healing Henan
Book SynopsisSet against a backdrop of war and revolution, this book brings sixty years of missionary nursing out of the shadows by examining how Canadian nurses shaped health care in the province of Henan and how China, in turn, influenced the nature of missionary nursing.Trade ReviewGrypma constructs a historical account of Canadian nurses’ work in China while exploring the interplay of professional nursing with issues such as religion, gender, culture, health, and nation. […] Supported with excellent documentation and evidence, Healing Henan is well-written and exciting reading, and it sheds new light on the significance of the efforts by nurses and doctors in a Chinese province. The book also provides the reader with a close view of the ambitions, struggles, and accomplishments of Canadian nurses in Henan, and it will appeal to anyone interested in the history of religious nursing. -- Anne Marie Overgaard * Nursing History Review, 2009 *The author, Associate Professor of Nursing at Trinity Western University, left no research stone unturned […]. Dr. Sonya Grypma brought to life the character and personality of the nurses, the nature and importance of their work, their length of service, and the impact of their work. There has been little written about nursing in China. Most history has been dedicated to individual profiles instead of unified efforts by a group of professionals. The author has changed that in this book. The publication should be of interest to students of Chinese history, nursing history, and especially to medical missionaries that are planning a clinic, hospital, or short-term medical team to an undeveloped field. -- William L. Capps * Missiology, An International Review *This ambitiously titled and carefully worked study by Sonya Grypma, a historian of nursing, documents a period in the history of medical missions in China involving Canadian nurses working in Henan who were members of the so-called North China Mission of the former Presbyterian Church (since 1925, the United Church) of Canada.[…] Grypma is to be thanked for lifting such a veil of forgetting, giving names and (by inserting photographs) faces to the otherwise anonymous nurses, Canadian mainly, but also Chinese. -- Christoffer H. Grundmann * International Bulletin of Missionary Research *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgmentsList of SpellingsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 The Gospel of Soap and Water, 1888-19002 Visions Interrupted, 1901-203 Modern Nursing at Last, 1921-274 Golden Years, 1928-375 Scattered Dreams, 1937-406 War Years, 1941-457 The Last Days, 1946-47Conclusion: Creating a Cloistered SpaceEpilogue: Return to Henan, 2003AppendicesAppendix 1: List of Missionary Nurses at North China MissionAppendix 2: List of WMS Nurses Who Resigned to be MarriedAppendix 3: Three Types of Missionary NursesAppendix 4: Missionary Nurse EducationAppendix 5: Summary of 1947 Confidential ReportNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press The YWCA in China
Book SynopsisThe YWCA arrived in China as a cultural interloper in 1899. How did activist Christian Chinese women maintain their identity and social relevance through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century? The YWCA in China explores how the Young Women's Christian Association responded to the needs of Chinese women and society both before and after the 1949 revolution ushered in a communist state. Western secretaries originally defined the Chinese YWCA movement, but successive generations of Chinese leadership localized its Western-defined organizational ethos. Over time, the Y became class conscious and progressive as Chinese women transformed it from a vehicle for moral and material uplift to an instrument for social action and an organizational citizen of China. And after 1949, national YWCA leaders supported the Maoist regime because they believed the social goals of the YWCA aligned with Mao's revolutionary aims. The YWCA in China is a fascinating investigatioTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Creating a YWCA Movement in China, 1899–19252 Making a Chinese Leadership, 1925–363 Seeking a Place in a Social Revolution, 1926–364 Claiming National Citizenship, 1937–485 Embracing the Maoist State, 1949–506 Cultivating a Socialist Mindset, 1951–57ConclusionGlossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
£73.80
Baker Publishing Group Growing Gods Church
Book SynopsisIt''s no secret that the evangelism methods of yesterday are not yielding the kinds of results they did in the 1970s and 1980s. So how are new Christians hearing the Gospel today? How are they finding churches? And what makes them stay at a church? The answers to these questions have the power to dramatically alter the way we do outreach. And Dr. McIntosh has them.Based on ten years of scientific research, Growing God''s Church shows pastors and church leaders how people are actually coming to faith in the 21st century. It covers factors such as our motive for ministry, the priorities churches set for themselves, the reality of churchless Christians, generational and gender-based differences in evangelism effectiveness, the name of your church, the influence of pastors, and much more. The appendix includes a copy of the survey that provides the basis for McIntosh''s arguments and an overview of the study is provided in the first chapter.
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Baker Publishing Group Transforming Culture 2nd ed.
Book SynopsisRevised edition gives readable case studies, more material on conflict resolution and specific applications on how to transform culture from the mission field.Table of ContentsPreface1. Transferring or Transforming Culture?2. A Model for Analysis of Social Order3. Property: The Silent Enemy of Church Growth4. Labor and Productivity: Divisive Values in Mission5. Generosity and Exchange: The Stone of Stumbling in Interpersonal Relationships6. Authority and Family: The Foundation of Social Order7. Authority and Community: The Context of Local Churches8. Disputes, Conflicts, and Communication: To Command or to Serve?9. Transforming Culture References Scripture Index Subject Index
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Baker Publishing Group Effective Generational Ministry
Book SynopsisOffers cutting-edge research and biblical analysis of three generations so churches can minister more effectively within and across generational lines.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Boomers at Large2. Boomers in Light of the Bible3. Priorities for Ministry with Boomers4. Generation X: The Lost Middle Child5. Xers in Light of the Bible6. Priorities for Ministry with Xers7. Millennials: Apple of the Eye8. Millennials in Light of the Bible9. Priorities for Ministry with Millennials: Getting in the GameConclusionIndexes
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Baker Publishing Group HighImpact Teams
Book SynopsisNo matter how big an organization, we all do ministry with a team, whether paid or volunteer. Anyone who has been part of a great team knows it''s something special. When there is good chemistry, everyone is operating from their sweet spot, the objectives are clear, and kingdom progress is being made, it is incredibly fulfilling and fun.On the flip side, we''re painfully aware what happens when there is dysfunction in the team--stress, tension, politics, and posturing. It''s not much fun for anyone, and we end up squandering our divine assignment.Lance Witt, founder of Replenish ministries and a former executive and teaching pastor at Saddleback Church, knows what it takes to keep teams functioning at the highest level of impact. He shows leaders how to build next-level teams that are spiritually, emotionally, and relationally healthy and productive and high-performing. Short, to-the-point chapters make the book easy to digest and the perfect resource for you
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Baker Publishing Group Churches That Make a Difference
Book SynopsisChurches over the past generations have been weakened by a failure to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of their communities. Many have adopted a narrow vision, focusing on only one aspect of ministry. But in today''s environment of faith-based opportunities many Christians are eager to start reaching out to their world with both Good News and good works, and therefore they are searching for appropriate ways to integrate both into their ministry. In Churches That Make a Difference, best-selling author Ron Sider and his coauthors give those involved in community outreach a comprehensive resource for developing holistic ministry--a balance of evangelism and social outreach. Illustrations and helpful organizational tips detail the how-to''s of an effective holistic ministry. Case studies that show how different churches across the United States reach out to their communities provide a variety of ideas and practical applications. User-friendly tools are incl
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Baker Publishing Group Cultural Insights for Chr Leaders
Book SynopsisA well-respected leader in the worlds of missiology and higher education helps readers become students of culture who can then contextualize what they learn for their own organizational settings.Table of ContentsContentsSeries PrefaceIntroduction1. Thinking Missiologically: Implications for Leadership and Organizations2. Culture and Human Nature: The Complex Unity of Human Organizations3. Caring about Members and Others as People: Notions of Self and Others4. Learning Culture Naturally: Imitation and Rituals5. Authority and Culture: Whom Do You Trust?6. Intercultural Realities: Four Worlds of Christian Organizations7. Leading in Context: Cultural Influence and Intercultural Leadership8. Responding Missionally: Learning into PracticeIndex
£16.19
University of Pennsylvania Press Gods Internationalists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"God's Internationalists is a fascinating new narrative about American evangelicals and politics in the 20th century . . . [T]his is an important book that complicates our understanding of how evangelicals came to see social issues as a key part of their Christian witness." * Christianity Today *"[A] nuanced exploration of evangelical humanitarianism through the work of World Vision . . . Through vivid storytelling and layered contextual analysis, King presents a rich organizational history of World Vision that is nothing short of a page turner . . . God's Internationalists is essential reading for anyone interested in how large religious non-profit organizations that operate within a broader field negotiate religious identity." * Review of Religious Research *"If history is fundamentally about story, King succeeds here. Against all odds, he manages to make the history of this bureaucratic behemoth a rollicking tale of one man's strength and weakness-and an organization's fascinating response to the chastening of decolonization, Vietnam, and famine in Ethiopia . . . [T]his book succeeds because the story of World Vision matters . . . {It] may be one of the most necessary interventions in American evangelical historiography in many years." * Patheos/The Anxious Bench *"While institutional histories can take on a narrow quality, God’s Internationalists situates World Vision amid a wider cultural and religious context. King’s work convincingly depicts a brand of evangelical internationalism…King’s history provides a fruitful contribution to better understanding the internationalist dimension of twentieth century evangelicals within the United States." * Church History *"David P. King constructively upends long-standing narratives of modern evangelicalism's development in the twentieth century that tend to emphasize its politicization on American soil. Offering a refreshingly nuanced reading of World Vision, he uses the organization's history to illustrate how modern evangelicalism's work abroad unfolded independently of domestic political developments dictated by the Religious Right. Along the way, he raises intriguing and important claims about the nature of church-state relations, secularization, and religion and public life in contemporary America." * Darren Dochuk, University of Notre Dame *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Bob Pierce Becomes Evangelicals' Global Ambassador Chapter 2. Opening Americans' Eyes to a New World Chapter 3. A Growing Organization and the Evolving Identity of American Evangelicalism Chapter 4. Between Missions and Humanitarianism in a Decade of Upheaval Chapter 5. Taking Domestic Debates of God and Country Overseas Chapter 6. World Vision Internationalizes Chapter 7. Evangelical Relief and Development Chapter 8. A Changing World Vision: A Changing Evangelicalism? Chapter 9. World Vision and the New Internationalists Epilogue Notes Index Acknowledgments
£35.10
The Catholic University of America Press Robert of Arbrissel
Book SynopsisGathering the major medieval sources for the first time, this work traces Robert of Arbrissel's multifaceted life from humble origins to dramatic death and burial. The book consists of two biographies, Robert's surviving letter, an account of Robert's preaching and two critical letters.
£17.06
Fordham University Press Prophecy and Diplomacy The Moral Doctrine of
Book SynopsisStemming from two conferences, held in 1994, and 1996, Prophecy and Diplomacy: The Moral Doctrine of John Paul II explores the general orientations and the specific applications of the moral teaching of Pope John Paul II.
£27.90
Kregel Publications,U.S. Protecting Your Church Against Sexual Predators
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£13.29
SPCK - Kregel Associate Pastors Ministry from the Middle
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£15.19
Kregel Publications,U.S. Church Revitalization A Pastoral Guide to Church
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£16.19
Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Convent Paradise
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMeredith Ray and Lynn Westwater have done an excellent job reworking Tarabotti’s labyrinthine, often page-long sentences, skillfully breaking them into readable, truly eloquent English equivalents. The notes supporting the translation are very thoroughly researched, extensive and insightful. The introduction is an indispensable guide to Tarabotti’s account of convent life. —Elissa Weaver, Professor Emerita of Italian Literature, University of Chicago"Meredith Ray and Lynn Westwater have done an excellent job reworking Tarabotti’s labyrinthine, often page-long sentences, skillfully breaking them into readable, truly eloquent English equivalents. The notes supporting the translation are very thoroughly researched, extensive and insightful. The introduction is an indispensable guide to Tarabotti’s account of convent life." -- Elissa Weaver, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsIllustrations xviiAbbreviations xixAcknowledgments xxiIntroduction 1The Other Voice 1Convent Paradise and Convent Life in Seventeenth-Century Venice 2The Convent of Sant’Anna 9The Contours of Monastic Life 16Composing from the Convent 31Tarabotti’s Literary Works 31Publishing Convent Paradise: Context and Paratext 34Reading Convent Paradise 44In Dialogue with Saint Augustine 44Style and Rhetoric in Convent Paradise 47Sources for Convent Paradise 50Reception and Afterlife 52Editors’ Note 60Convent Paradise 65Paratext: Dedication, Letters, and Poems 67Soliloquy to God 81Arcangela Tarabotti to the Reader 111Book One 115Book Two 163Book Three 201“The Archangel: Idyll” and Other Poems 245Bibliography 259Index 277
£41.80
MP-MQU Marquette University Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement
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£24.71
Crossway Books Why We Belong
Book SynopsisDenominations, although often maligned, are important for the continued health and vitality of the church. Contributors from a variety of evangelical traditions share their personal stories for the sake of unity across denominational lines.
£16.19
Crossway Books Built upon the Rock
Book SynopsisPart of the 9Marks Healthy Church Study Guide series, this study examines key biblical images of the church to help participants discover what the church should look like and how it should operate.
£8.07
Crossway Books Guarding One Another
Book SynopsisPart of the 9Marks Healthy Church Study Guide series, this study examines key New Testament texts on church discipline and explains how to practice it in love.
£8.07
Crossway Books The Unfinished Church
Book SynopsisPastor Rob Bentz helps individuals and small groups grasp the importance of the local church for the Christian life through engaging anecdotes, powerful reflections on Scripture, and instructive lessons from church history.
£10.44
Temple University Press,U.S. One Faith Two Authorities
Book Synopsis While female religious have grown to possess a sense of personal authority in issues impacting the laity, and have come to engage in social-issue-oriented activities, religious institutions have traditionally viewed men as the decision-makers. One Faith, Two Authorities examines the tensions of policy and authority within the gendered nature of the Catholic Church. Jeanine Kraybilllooks at the influence of Catholic elites—specifically within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious—and their opinions on public policy and relevant gender dynamics with regard to healthcare, homosexuality, immigration, and other issues. She considers the female religious’ inclusive positions as well as their opposition to ACA for bills that would be rooted in institutional positions on procreation, contraception, or abortion. Kraybill also systematically examines the claims of the 2012 Doctrinal Assessment agains
£52.70
Temple University Press,U.S. One Faith Two Authorities
Book Synopsis While female religious have grown to possess a sense of personal authority in issues impacting the laity, and have come to engage in social-issue-oriented activities, religious institutions have traditionally viewed men as the decision-makers. One Faith, Two Authorities examines the tensions of policy and authority within the gendered nature of the Catholic Church. Jeanine Kraybilllooks at the influence of Catholic elites—specifically within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious—and their opinions on public policy and relevant gender dynamics with regard to healthcare, homosexuality, immigration, and other issues. She considers the female religious’ inclusive positions as well as their opposition to ACA for bills that would be rooted in institutional positions on procreation, contraception, or abortion. Kraybill also systematically examines the claims of the 2012 Doctrinal Assessment agains
£19.79
