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eBook-The Lutheran Handbook 2

Being a good Lutheran is twice as hard in today's world. That's why every good Lutheran needs the power of The Lutheran Handbook II. With twice the Lutheran...

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Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice

What impels a Mohandas Gandhi or a Martin Luther King, Jr.? How does religious experience animate a lifetime of dedication and drive for social justice? In...

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The Apostolicity of the Church: Study Document of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity

The Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity offers here a study-document opening fresh perspectives in ecumenical ecclesiology. To indicate further steps toward the visible unity of the Lutheran and Catholic churches, the commission s document treats the church s apostolic character in continuity with its original foundation, the apostolicity of its ordained ministry, and the means it has for maintaining faith and teaching in that truth which the apostles communicated once and for all to the churches.

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The Future of Creation: Collected Essays

In these essays, written during the fertile years between Theology of Hope and The Church in the Power of the Spirit, world-renowned theologian Jürgen...

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The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities

Robert M. Franklin provides first-person advice and insight as he identifies the crises resident within three anchor institutions that have played key roles in...

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Thomas Müntzer: A Tragedy of Errors

Rejected in the sixteenth century by both Protestants and Catholics, yet hailed by Marxist historians as a forerunner of the Marxist revolution, this volume...

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The Scandalous God: The Use and Abuse of the Cross

"Theology of the Cross" is an important site of religious reflection and controversy, especially today. Westhelle repeatedly uncovers the evasions...

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Sharing Food: Christian Practices for Enjoyment

Our everyday personal, familial, and communal practices of eating, says Jung, have the potential for making us more attentive to our life purposes, more attuned...

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Mission under Scrutiny: Confronting Contemporary Challenges

What is Christian mission in a world post-everything? This volume is a masterful rethinking of the problems and prospect of the Christian vocation to mission in...

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Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today

In today's theological landscape the significance of the cross has become strongly affirmed and radically questioned. This exciting volume gathers theologians...

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The Viability of a Sacrificial Theology of Atonement: A Critique and Analysis of Traditional and Transformational Views

In the traditional theology of sacrificial atonement scholars have represented Jesus' death on the cross as the ultimate redemptive sacrifice for the world. Repeated critiques of this traditional understanding have given rise to rise alternative understandings of Jesus' death on the cross. This book provides an analysis of the traditional theology of atonement and a commentary its the criticisms. It also provides an evaluation of Colin E. Gunton's contribution to the discourse.

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The Experience of God: Icons of the Mystery

In this beautiful meditation, Panikkar charts the paradoxes and possibilities of our experience of God. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from the Bible and...

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Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King: Commemorative Edition

In this first biography of Coretta Scott King, written by her friend Octavia Vivian, the reader meets a determined young girl who grew up in Alabama and worked...

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Beyond Prisons: A New Interfaith Paradigm for Our Failed Prison System

This strong indictment of the current prison system, undertaken by two respected experts on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee, traces the history...

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Pastoral Care and Counseling with Latino/as

The Latino population is a pastorally challenging polyculture. This diversity requires spiritual caregivers to approach every Hispanic individual with...

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God's Life in Trinity

Jürgen Moltmann's distinctive insights in trinitarian theology - especially about the relations within God and God's presence in creation - are...

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Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice, and the Domination System

Walter Wink's widely acclaimed trilogy from Fortress Press — Naming the Powers 0-8006-1786-X (1984), Unmasking the Powers 0-8006-1902-1 (1993), and...

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Preaching without Contempt: Overcoming Unintended Anti-Judaism

Marilyn Salmon's persuasive and practical work helps preachers to identify the ways that Christian preachers perpetuate the long tradition of Christian...

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Muslims and the Gospel: Bridging the Gap

The author's five decades of personal experience leads him to conclude that it is possible to be a witness to the Gospel and be a friend to Muslims at the same time. The author outlines key factors in the Muslim understanding of the Gospel, examines some bridges, and defines the art of sharing. He concludes by assessing the possibilities of such a mission.

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