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Modern Chinese Theologies: Volume 3: Academic and Diasporic
The third volume in the series Modern Chinese Theologies expands the scope of "China" and Chinese theology. It addresses two distinct groups: scholarship by mainland Chinese academics, and the writings of Chinese-speaking theologians beyond China, including the diasporic Sinophone worlds of East and Southeast Asia.
$39.00
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The Identity and Mission of the Korean American Church
In this book, scholars of Korean American Protestant churches address key challenges concerning sociocultural and theological formation of identity and mission. The discussions are arranged in three areas: identity formation, missional and spiritual formation, and inter-cultural formation.
$36.00
Available July 2, 2024
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Obstacles to Stillness: Thoughts, Hindrances, and Self-Surrender in Evagrius and the Buddha
This book compares the "obstacles" to prayer discussed by the 4th-century monk Evagrius of Pontus with similar "hindrances" found in the scriptures of Buddhist tradition. Offering a fresh approach to Buddhist-Christian dialogue, Geiman focuses on the difficulties faced, and tools used, by both communities in their forms of contemplative practice.
$32.00
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Kabbalah as Literature: The Revolution of Interpretation
Kabbalah as Literature celebrates the mysterious complexity of the Kabbalah while demonstrating its inherent intertextual comprehensibility. In an age of algorithms that limit social interaction, this book offers a literary-theological worldview that champions an interplay of perspectives and promotes a true exchange of ideas.
$45.00
Available September 10, 2024
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Everyday Wisdom: Interreligious Studies in a Pluralistic World
Everyday Wisdom is an introduction for lived religion, interreligious studies, and interfaith engagement and leadership. Tying together the aims and learning objectives of interreligious-studies courses, the book proposes a framework for interreligious studies and interfaith leadership, aiming to be a core text in undergraduate and graduate study.
$45.00
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Israel: A Christian Grammar
Israel: A Christian Grammar proposes and defends the theses that the church and the synagogue together constitute Israel; that each is irrevocably promised intimacy with the same God; and that the synagogue should be understood by the church to be more intimate with that God than she is herself.
$28.00
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A Gospel for Workers: Cho Chi Song, Yeongdeungpo Urban Industrial Mission, and Minjung
This book introduces the life story of Cho Chi Song, from whom emerged three critical elements in Korean mission and theology: valuing workers, the urban industrial mission, and the platform for Minjung Theology. The subjects of this book were the sparks for Minjung Theology, which is still best known within Korea.
$32.00
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Modern Chinese Theologies: Volume 2: Independent and Indigenous
From the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements in the mission-church landscape of the early twentieth century, to the Calvinist Reformed movement in the contemporary Protestant church, this volume presents a selection of new studies on the theology of the church in China, concentrating on independent and indigenous Chinese churches.
$39.00
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World Christianity and Ecological Theologies
This volume showcases the intersection of religion and ecology, as approached by scholars of religious studies and theology in the Global South and the Global North. It points to what can be generated by these bodies of scholarship, engaged as dialogue partners to investigate new patterns of religious environmentalism.
$39.00
Available October 22, 2024
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In God's Presence: A Theological Reintroduction to Judaism
Alon Goshen-Gottstein offers a spiritual framework for understanding Judaism from its beginnings until today. Incorporating biblical, rabbinic, mystical, and philosophical sources, Goshen-Gottstein argues that Judaism is a religious tradition characterized by the effort to live within God's presence.
$40.00
Available October 29, 2024
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The Asianization of Christianity: New Models for Mission
The Asianization of Christianity is a catalyst to change the mission landscape of Asia by making the gospel more accessible to Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Animists, and others. It is hoped that a new generation of mission leaders will use these culturally specific principles to build bridges from the heart of God to the heart of Asian cultures.
$47.00
Available November 5, 2024
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Toward a Public Theology in Myanmar
This volume reflects the journey of a team from Myanmar and India listening and learning from each other. At a fundamental level, the book will trigger a rethinking of Mission in Myanmar in the context of re-imposed military rule.
$32.00
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Injustice and the Care of Souls, Second Edition: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care
Injustice and the Care of Souls, Second Edition, explores injustices in church and society and their impact on pastoral caregiving. The book offers pastoral and spiritual caregivers broader contexts, knowledge, and skills to respond effectively to marginalized people and to reflect on how their own social locations affect their work.
$39.00
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Alterity and the Evasion of Justice: Explorations of the “Other” in World Christianity
This volume considers overlooked "others" in the field of World Christianity. Contributors point to gender, sexuality, and race as themes ripe for exploration, while also identifying areas that have fallen outside the dominant World Christianity narrative, such as the Middle East and postcolonial indigenous and aboriginal theological expressions.
$36.00
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Psalms, Islam, and Shalom: A Common Heritage of Divine Songs for Muslim-Christian Friendship
The sacred text of the Psalms, along with musical tunes, provides a robust context for religious dialogue. This book proposes a creative strategy for building Muslim-Christian friendship by using the lyrical poetry of the Psalms translated into the vernacular and composed in culturally relevant music.
$24.00
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Faithful Economics: 25 Short Insights
Careful moral reflection and action are important across all of modern life, but they are especially critical in matters of economics. Faithful Economics is the ideal guide for navigating this complex arena and coming to a deeper understanding of how our faith and our economic lives intersect. The book is organized in twenty-five short lessons, each of which illuminates the issues, explains the questions, and leaves the reader with clarity and understanding.
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A Documentary History of Lutheranism: Volumes 1 and 2
This unique collection of excerpts from Lutheran historical and theological documents—many translated here for the first time—presents readers with a full picture of how the...
$37.25
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Introduction to World Religions, Third Edition
Exploring the world's religions This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions....
$69.00
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The Emergence of Judaism: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective
This brief survey text tells the story of Judaism. Through the lens of modern biblical scholarship, Christine Hayes explores the shifting cultural contexts--the...
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A Short Introduction to World Religions
This leading textbook for world religions is now available in a more concise version. Many of the features of Introduction to World Religions are retained...
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