{"title":"Cascade Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eCascade Books is the theological imprint of Wipf and Stock, publishing accessible scholarship for pastors, students and thoughtful lay readers. The list covers biblical studies, theology, ethics and spirituality, often from authors exploring questions the larger publishers leave alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"finding-our-balance-463405","title":"Finding Our Balance","description":"Mainstream American Protestantism is suffering from an identity crisis. We are not fundamentalists, but it is easy to define ourselves in reaction to them. Paralyzed by the shock of a cultural turn toward skepticism, we are tempted to make allies of the skeptics, partly to distance ourselves from the religious right and partly to lay claim to credibility in a milieu in which it is okay to be spiritual but not to be religious. A consequence is that we find ourselves playing in the shallow end of the pool. The historic Protestant principle serves as an enabler when it privileges questioning over affirmation, causing us to lose the necessary balance between the two. American-style generic Protestantism as it has evolved does not have strong enough foundations to withstand cultural pressures. Discovering an identity worth being taken seriously will require revisiting the broad catholic and reforming tradition in order to find an authoritative rather than merely reactive voice. The challenge is theological, but not to academic theology. The challenge rather is to the theology that sustains the local congregation through teaching, certainly, but most pressingly through preaching and worship. 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In this excellent example of ecumenical theology, the author utilizes the resources of contemporary philosophy in an effort to shed some new light on centuries-old debates that perpetuate the division between the Christian churches. \"\"One of the most significant issues embraced in recent years by the joint international commission for this dialogue has been the difference in methodological and theological approaches to primacy in the Church. This book contributes to the ongoing discussion of this crucial topic.\"\" --from the Foreword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople \"\"A timely and important contribution to the ongoing theological dialogue between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Father Manoussakis discusses in depth some of the crucial theological and philosophical issues that have traditionally affected the relations between Eastern and Western Christianity and throws new light on them, enabling us to approach them in a constructive way.\"\" --John (Zizioulas) Senior Metropolitan of Pergamon, author of Being as Communion \"\"Manoussakis makes a significant and long-awaited contribution to the ecumenical dialogue between the two churches--a contribution that I expect to have a very considerable impact on the ongoing theological dialogue as well as on the academic fields of ecumenical theology in general. There is an urgent and immediate need for a book of this kind at this critical historical and intellectual juncture of dialogue between the major Christian churches. Manoussakis's intervention is patient, passionate, and prophetic.\"\" --Richard Kearney, author of Anatheism \"\"This author is uniquely situated, linguistically, culturally, philosophically, and theologically, not so much to solve problems which have separated sister churches for over a thousand years, as to dissolve them. This book, slender as it may be, is a blockbuster.\"\" --Mark Patrick Hederman, Abbot of Glenstal, Murroe, Ireland The Very Reverend John Panteleimon Manoussakis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross and Honorary Fellow at the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy of the Australian Catholic University. He is the author of God After Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic (2007) and editor of five volumes, and he has published over thirty articles in English, Greek, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568909975839,"sku":"9781498200424","price":40.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498200424_1098778.jpg?v=1769313277"},{"product_id":"the-god-who-kneels-432035","title":"The God Who Kneels","description":"The God Who Kneels is a meditative journey in John 13. The Apostle John opens the door and invites us into the upper room to relive the words and actions of Jesus. He writes us into the scene and gives us a seat at the table. On Thursday night, Jesus gave his followers two simple object lessons during the evening meal. He washed their feet and he broke bread. These two enduring acts go a long way in defining the mission of God and the body of Christ. They merge real hospitality and deep sacrament. The towel and the basin, and the bread and the cup, signify the essence of Jesus's kingdom strategy. The disciples missed the meaning of Jesus's message the first time around. Like them we need a fresh experience of the upper room to grasp the Savior's humility and glory. Less than twenty-four hours before the crucifixion Jesus offered his disciples a vivid parable of the atonement and a true picture of discipleship. This forty-day Lenten series is a close reading of the biblical text revealing the significance of the God who kneels for today's discipleship. \"\"In this richly textured study of John 13, Doug Webster takes us behind the closed door of the upper room and into the heart of the lavish love of Jesus for his disheveled disciples. This is a book for all Christians who want to walk with Christ on his way to the cross.\"\" --Timothy George, founding dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, AL \"\"This type of writing frees Doug Webster to do what he does best--enter the biblical text. He doesn't try to shoehorn in a thesis or particular hermeneutic. Rather he just invites you deeper and deeper into John's Gospel until you find yourself in the upper room, stunned to behold the Savior on his knees.\"\" --Craig Barnes, President, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ \"\"Doug Webster's strong, balanced, and nuanced exposition of John 13 caught me off-guard. These daily meditations made me feel like I was in the upper room dealing with the shallowness of my life and the penetrating reality of Jesus's humility and love. The Holy Spirit pushed me past cliched sermons and familiar platitudes and drove the message of the God who kneels deep into my soul.\"\" --Daniel Deaton, Captain, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy (retired) \"\"In a time when we seem to be awash in devotional resources of various styles and qualities, which fluctuate between those that emphasize simple practices and those that offer 'all too quick and easy' application, Doug Webster sets a high standard with his meditative theology, The God Who Kneels... . Each daily reading is brimming with insight, story, experience, and implication in the creatively layered way of John's Gospel.\"\" --Paul Johansen, Director of Discipleship and Care, Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Canada Douglas D. Webster is Professor of Pastoral Theology and Preaching at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568910369055,"sku":"9781498200998","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498200998_1100654.jpg?v=1769313300"},{"product_id":"heaven-hell-and-purgatory-05-in-pro-ecclesia-series-502715","title":"Heaven, Hell, . . . and Purgatory? (#05 in Pro Ecclesia Series)","description":"What is our destiny? The final end of humanity and the universe is a subject of perennial interest, especially for Christians. What are we promised? Will anyone finally be left out of God's intentions to bless humanity? What sort of transformation will be needed to enter the presence of God? These questions have been at the heart of Christian teachings about last things. The 2013 Pro Ecclesia Conference of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology focused such issues on the theme \"\"Heaven, Hell ... and Purgatory?\"\" The six essays in this volume cover a range of topics of interest to Catholic, Evangelical, and Orthodox theology. \"\"'What will happen to me when I die?' Stated thus baldly, the question sounds naive; but a theologian who has nothing to say to it is no theologian. Happily, the contributors to this volume are able to address it well in light of Scripture, reason, and church teaching. A wonderful, ecumenically informed resource for pastors, catechists, and just about anyone concerned with the topic of human destiny.\"\" --Joseph L. Mangina, Professor of Theology, Wycliffe College Michael Root is Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America and Executive Director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France. James J. Buckley is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He has contributed to and edited (with Frederick Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun) The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (2007). He is associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568910467359,"sku":"9781498201056","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201056_1345783.jpg?v=1769313305"},{"product_id":"soul-mentoring-453820","title":"Soul Mentoring","description":"Soul Mentoring draws upon the wisdom of Gregory the Great (540-604) from his Pastoral Care, one of the most widely read books on mentoring from the ancient world. Those who walk in Gregory's steps will discover practical guidance for the journey into mentoring, including the formation of a mentor's soul, and wisdom in learning to care for others. Gregory describes mentoring as the art of arts, the highest creative endeavor we share together. Gregory has ancient wisdom applicable to mentoring in our time, both for mentors and mentees, friends and family, coaches and teachers, clergy and spiritual directors, among other people looking for guidance in the ancient art of caring for souls.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568910663967,"sku":"9781498201155","price":44.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201155_1134319.jpg?v=1769313314"},{"product_id":"forgiveness-a-theology-19-in-cascade-companions-series-453823","title":"Forgiveness - a Theology (#19 in Cascade Companions Series)","description":"Many endorse the idea of personal forgiveness without fully understanding its complexity and subtlety. This book is a careful and detailed theological exploration of personal forgiveness. It sets forgiveness in its ancient and biblical context, as well as drawing on contemporary debates among philosophers, psychological therapists, and international relations theorists. Forgiveness is written in a clear, accessible style for both the specialist and the non-specialist, and even the most difficult issues are clearly explained and their significance explored. Anthony Bash seeks to restore forgiveness to the center of Christian doctrine and practice, and to defend its place in personal and public life.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568910958879,"sku":"9781498201483","price":47.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201483_1134320.jpg?v=1769313326"},{"product_id":"1-3-john-worship-by-loving-god-and-one-another-to-live-eternally-502719","title":"1-3 John: Worship By Loving God and One Another to Live Eternally","description":"This book treats the three letters of John as a unified epistolary package. It proposes two new contributions to the study of 1-3 John. First, it presents new comprehensive chiastic structures for each of the three letters of John based on concrete linguistic evidence in the text. These chiastic structures serve as the guide for an audience-oriented exegesis of these letters. Secondly, it treats these letters from the point of view of their worship context and themes. Not only were 1-3 John intended to be performed orally as part of liturgical worship, but together these three letters exhort their audience to a distinctive ethical worship. In accord with the subtitle of this book, the three letters of John are concerned with giving their audience an experience of living eternally by the worship that consists of loving God and one another \"\"J. P. H. has made a distinctive contribution in his commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Based on his recognition that the three Epistles belong together in the context of worship in the community to which they were sent, he analyzes the Epistles into fifteen chiastic micro-structures which exhort the readers\/hearers to a distinctive worship of love of God and brother\/sister, thus revealing unity in literary complexity.\"\" --John Painter, Professor of Theology, St Mark's National Theological Center, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia \"\"John Heil opens up rich and compelling insights into these three letters by paying detailed attention to their micro- and macro-structures. His audience-oriented approach leads him to treat seriously the worship setting in which these letters were first heard and to show that they call for a distinctive ethical worship. He argues persuasively that true worship--involving loving God and loving one another so as to live eternally--is the main theme of these letters. Highly recommended.\"\" --Paul Trebilco, Professor of New Testament Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand \"\"This commentary joins some dozen other fresh and important Johannine Epistles's commentaries appearing in recent years. Heil's literary analysis is second to none in nuance; his articulation of the theory that 1-3 John were crafted to be read in worship deserves high marks for creativity. Heil also stresses these Epistles's ethical and relational aims. With Heil as guide, readers will discover in these familiar texts deep and provocative new angles of vision.\"\" --Robert W. Yarbrough, Professor of New Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO \"\"John Paul Heil's original contribution constitutes a welcome addition to recent studies that explore the literary design of the Johannine letters from aural and audience-oriented perspectives. His chiasm-based analyses offer fresh solutions to some of the letters's long-standing interpretive challenges. Heil's proposed reading strategy suggests theologically rich ways in which ancient worship communities may have heard and understood these fascinating documents.\"\" --Jeffrey E. Brickle, Professor of Biblical Studies, Urshan Graduate School of Theology, Florissant, MO John Paul Heil is Professor of New Testament at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is the author most recently of The Book of Revelation: Worship for Life in the Spirit of Prophecy (Cascade 2014).","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911155487,"sku":"9781498201605","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201605_1345823.jpg?v=1769313335"},{"product_id":"jesus-and-magic-freeing-the-gospel-stories-from-modern-misconceptions-502789","title":"Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories From Modern Misconceptions","description":"It has become standard in modern interpretation to say that Jesus performed miracles, and even mainline scholarly interpreters classify Jesus's healings and exorcisms as miracles. Some highly regarded scholars have argued, more provocatively, that the healings and exorcisms were magic, and that Jesus was a magician. As Richard Horsley points out, if we make a critical comparison between modern interpretation of Jesus's healing and exorcism, on the one hand, and the Gospel stories and other ancient texts, on the other hand, it becomes clear that the miracle and magic are modern concepts, products of Enlightenment thinking. Jesus and Magic asserts that Gospel stories do not have the concepts of miracle and magic. What scholars constructed as magic turns out to have been ritual practices such as songs (incantations), medicines (potions), and appeals to higher powers for protection. Horsley offers a critical reading of the healing and exorcism episodes in the Gospel stories. This reading reveals a dynamic relationship between Jesus the healer, the trust of those coming for healing, and their support networks in local communities. Horsley's reading of the Gospel stories gives little or no indication of divine intervention. Rather, the healing and exorcism stories portray healings and exorcisms. \"\"A brilliant rethinking and reframing of evidence that powerfully challenges some long-held assumptions in NT scholarship. Not all scholars will agree with every point but Horsley persuasively shows that the modern use of 'miracle' and 'magic' reflect the postbiblical history of those terms, and this work certainly lays to rest the thesis of 'Jesus the magician.'\"\" --Craig S. Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary \"\"Jesus was no 'miracle-worker' or 'magician' but a healer who encountered scores of the ill and the spirit-possessed, welcomed their trust in his power to heal, and mediating God's healing power, reintegrated them into society. His healings and exorcisms were perceived by his followers as manifestations of the direct rule of God in human community and key means for the renewal of Israel in opposition to the Jerusalem establishment. A must read for Bible translators and interpreters, as well as an eye-opener for students, preachers, and general readers.\"\" --John H. Elliott, University of San Francisco \"\"Horsley challenges the traditional understanding of Jesus's activity as miracles and\/or magic. Instead, he argues convincingly for a relational and contextual approach to analyzing the figures and scenes in the gospel healing and exorcism stories about Jesus. They make sense only in the concrete sociocultural context of Roman Palestine and Israelite tradition. This is Horsley at his critical best.\"\" --John J. Pilch, Johns Hopkins University Richard Horsley, Professor Emeritus at University of Massachusetts Boston, is author of numerous books on Paul, on the Gospels, and on the historical Jesus, including Jesus and Empire (2003) Jesus and the Powers (2011) and, more recently, Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing (Cascade Books, 2013).","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911319327,"sku":"9781498201728","price":43.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201728_1536965.jpg?v=1769313346"},{"product_id":"animals-are-not-ours-no-really-theyre-not-453824","title":"Animals Are Not Ours (No, Really, They'Re Not)","description":"Why should Christians care about animals? Is there a biblical basis for abstaining from eating animals? Is avoiding companies that use (and misuse) animals a viable way for Christians to better live out the message of God? In Animals Are Not Ours, Sarah Withrow King makes the argument that care for all of creation is no far-fetched idea that only radical people would consider, but rather a faithful witness of the peaceful kingdom God desires and Jesus modeled. This includes all living and breathing creatures that share this earth with us. King uses her decade-plus experience as a vegan, her seminary education, her evangelical Christian faith, and her years working with PETA to call Christians to examine how we treat and view the nonhuman animals with whom we share a finite planet.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911417631,"sku":"9781498201803","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201803_1134325.jpg?v=1769313351"},{"product_id":"elijah-yahweh-and-baal-426045","title":"Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal","description":"\"\"Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal is a masterpiece presented with authority by a twentieth-century accomplished and unsurpassed exegete. It is now translated by a disciple, whose elegant rendition sounds as if Hermann Gunkel had originally written himself the book in English.\"\" --Andre LaCocque, The Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL \"\"Written a century ago for a church audience eager to learn how the best scholarship of the day could illuminate one of the Bible's most absorbing stories, this little book shows Gunkel at the height of his powers of critical perspicuity, explanatory finesse, and reverent sensitivity, the ideal Bible study leader, at once learned, captivating, and devout... . Moreover, Gunkel encompasses his subject as few today could or would in such short scope, combining philological acumen, aesthetic appreciation, comparative perspective, and attention to communal folk tradition--his pioneer distinction--and constants of human religiosity. The translation includes astute notes by the editor and a helpful list of more recent resources.\"\" --Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Francisco, CA \"\"Hermann Gunkel, who died in 1932, is one of the greatest teachers and 'God-Fathers' of Old Testament study. He has taught us the most about the artistic, imaginative dimensions of the text. His interpretation of the Elijah narrative in this volume is a treasure that merits continuing attention. We may be grateful indeed to K. C. Hanson for bringing it to us in English, and to Wipf and Stock for its publication. Gunkel continues to be our teacher and 'God-Father' in wise shrewd reading of the text.\"\" --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA Hermann Gunkel (1862-1932) was Professor of Old Testament at the universities in Berlin, Giessen, and Halle, Germany. Among his major works in English are Genesis, Introduction to the Psalms, and Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911515935,"sku":"9781498201865","price":38.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201865_981289.jpg?v=1769313358"},{"product_id":"partakers-of-the-life-divine-463406","title":"Partakers of the Life Divine","description":"This volume is the first attempt to explore Charles Wesley's understanding of \"\"participation in the divine nature,\"\" often described by the church fathers as deification and\/or theosis, within the full spectrum of his prose and poetical compositions and in relation to many of the church fathers. While the Eastern Church has been the primary harbinger of the doctrine of deification from the patristic era to the present, Charles Wesley's theology illustrates that this emphasis is by no means absent in the West. Though patristic influences on Charles Wesley's thought are primarily through secondary sources such as the writings of Lancelot Andrewes and Richard Hooker, as well as through the influence of his brother John, this volume underscores prominent resonances with the church fathers. The extent of these resonances in Charles's theology as regards \"\"participation in the divine nature\"\" is so widespread in his writings that they form the matrix of his ideas of salvation, perfection, and holiness, all of which are intimately bound with life lived in and through the Eucharist. If taken seriously, Charles Wesley's ideas on \"\"participation in the divine nature\"\" will require a rethinking of the role of Wesleyan theology in spiritual formation and in ecumenical conversation. \"\"This volume is the fruit of decades of work by S T Kimbrough Jr. to bring serious consideration of Charles Wesley's theology into the conversation between Eastern and Western theologians over the themes of deification and participation in the divine nature. It provides a comprehensive survey of Wesley on these topics, and advances the discussion at several points. Highly recommended!\"\" --Randy L. Maddox, William Kellon Quick Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, The Divinity School, Duke University \"\"S T Kimbrough Jr. demonstrates exhaustively that mystical, sacramental union with God and participation in the divine nature is at the heart of Charles Wesley's thought and experience, parallel to the Fathers of the Eastern Church. This contrasts starkly with prevailing Protestant interpretations of Wesleyan thought. For Orthodox readers, the fact that Wesley's understanding was shaped entirely outside the boundaries of the Eastern Church may be akin to the apostle Peter's discovery that Gentiles could have the same experience of the Holy Spirit as the Jerusalem community did on Pentecost. Charles Wesley could thus be a bridge of shared spiritual life, looking toward the never-ending day of God's eternal kingdom, when 'Love, like death, hath all destroyed \/ Rendered all distinctions void: \/ Names, and sects, and parties fall; \/ Thou, O Christ, art ALL in ALL!\"\" --John A. Jillions, Chancellor Orthodox Church in America \"\"S T Kimbrough has made a jewel of a book out of his lifelong interest in the life of the churches and the historical traditions core to the greater ecclesiastical tradition. In this lively study he makes a bridge for readers between the spiritual traditions of the reformed world through Wesley and other luminaries, and the early Christian doctrines about redemption under the analogy of deification by grace.\"\" --John A. McGuckin, Professor of Byzantine History, Columbia University S T Kimbrough, Jr., is a Research Fellow of the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition of Duke Divinity School. He is the founder of The Charles Wesley Society and editor of its journal, Proceedings of The Charles Wesley Society. As author\/editor he has published numerous books on Charles Wesley, including Charles Wesley: Poet and Theologian and The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley (3 vols.).","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911548703,"sku":"9781498201896","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201896_1247647.jpg?v=1769313359"},{"product_id":"where-the-river-bends-453679","title":"Where the River Bends","description":"Myriad works discuss forgiveness, but few address it in the prison context. For most people, prisoners exist \"\"out of sight and out of mind.\"\" Their stories are often reduced to a few short lines in news articles at the time of arrest or conviction. But what happened before in the lives of the convicted? What has happened after? How have people in prison dealt with the harm they have caused and the harm they have suffered? What does forgiveness mean to them? What can we outsiders learn about the nature of forgiveness and prison from individuals who have both dealt and endured some of life's most painful experiences? Expanding on his MPhil dissertation Echoes from Exile (with Distinction) from Trinity College Dublin, Michael McRay's important new book brings the perspectives and stories of fourteen Tennessee prisoners into public awareness. Weaving these narratives into a survey of forgiveness literature, McRay offers a map of the forgiveness topography. At once storytelling, academic, activism, and cartography, McRay's book is as necessary as it is accessible. There is a whole demographic we have essentially ignored when it comes to conversations on forgiveness. What would we learn if we listened? \"\"[T]his book is important... . We cannot encounter these pages and remain unaffected. But what will happen to us if we listen to those we tend to ignore? This book is one way to find out. I encourage us all to listen.\"\" --Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, from the foreword \"\"Where the River Bends ... offers depth of insight and perspective that is rare yet essential if we are going to move to higher ground.\"\" --Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling The New Jim Crow \"\"Michael McRay shares the stories that should make the headlines, but usually don't... . [He] proves that our wounds have the power to hold us hostage to the past or to compel us to build a future where grace gets the last word... . Don't just read this book--let it move you to become an agent of mercy in a merciless world.\"\" --Shane Clairborne, activist, abolitionist, and author of Executing Grace and the best-selling Irresistible Revolution \"\"Michael McRay has written an extraordinary book. It tells the grand narrative of how justice, forgiveness from God, seeking and receiving forgiveness from others, and struggling with forgiving the self come together like a turbulent river. The origin of this particular river is in McRay's understanding of forgiveness, and McRay draws most heavily upon the superb theology and psychology of theologian Miroslav Volf, and peacemakers John Paul Lederach and Desmond Tutu. Then, fourteen prisoners' personal stories form 'tributaries' that arise from the turbulent river. Those stories recount crimes, address justice, and describe self-recrimination. It is forgiveness that often bends the flow of narrative into the grand narrative that forgiveness of self and others changes lives. This book could actually change your life.\"\" --Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Author of Moving Forward: Six Steps to Forgiving Yourself and Breaking Free from the Past \"\"This book stands tall among the tomes on forgiveness. McRay takes us deep into the souls of prisoners, who explain the hard work of releasing rage. Their stories make it clear: the recipe for forgiveness is not simple or easy. Yet the gritty work of letting go opens the door to freedom, even behind bars. Caution: reading these heart-wrenching stories may change your life.\"\" --Donald B. Kraybill, coauthor Amish Grace Michael T. McRay (MPhil, Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast) is a writer, advocate, adjunct professor, and storyteller. He served as a volunteer prison chaplain before being banned by the warden for organizing, is the cofounder of No Exceptions Prison Collective, and is founder and cohost of Tenx9 Nashville Storytelling. He is the author of Letters from \"\"Apartheid Street\"\" (2013).","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911581471,"sku":"9781498201919","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201919_1133674.jpg?v=1769313361"},{"product_id":"justice-calls-453825","title":"Justice Calls","description":"This collection of sermons adds compelling clarity to the growing chorus of Christian voices that are passionate about LGBTQ justice and equality--not in spite of their faith but precisely because of it. With a combination of pastoral sensitivity, scholarly insight, and courageous vision, these sermons are a must-read not only for LGBTQ people longing to know they don't have to deny their religious convictions in order to embrace their sexuality and\/or gender identity, but also for people of faith who wonder if they have to disregard the Bible in order to fully accept their LGBTQ neighbors, friends, and family members. This volume is an ideal resource for small groups, Sunday school classes, preachers, church leaders, and all people everywhere who are interested in recognizing how the rich resources in the Bible can be cultivated in order to celebrate--rather than condemn--LGBTQ friends and neighbors.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911745311,"sku":"9781498202015","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202015_1134316.jpg?v=1769313367"},{"product_id":"compassionate-presence-a-radical-response-to-human-suffering-472638","title":"Compassionate Presence: A Radical Response to Human Suffering","description":"Compassion plays a central role in the teachings of all world religions. Christianity in particular demonstrates its vitality through compassionate engagement with those suffering with Christ serving as a paradigm and source of motive power. These concrete acts of mercy and solidarity disclose God's intimate regard for the welfare of humanity. The purpose of this book is to affirm compassion as the pulsating heartbeat of Christian theology and praxis through the hermeneutical perspectives of brain science, psychology, and practical theology. More importantly, it offers readers specific compassion cultivation practices that will nurture the trait of compassion as a way of incarnating God's compassionate presence and response to a world marked with suffering of all kinds. \"\"Nolasco and MacDonald remind us that compassion is the vital center of the Christian life. They not only ground compassion theologically--they explain how it works neuro-physiologically. In a world all too prone to demonizing the other, their work comes as a healing grace, an act of compassion itself.\"\" --Frank Rogers, author of Practicing Compassion, and Compassion in Practice: The Way of Jesus Rolf R. Nolasco Jr. is Professor of Counseling Psychology at Providence Theological Seminary, Calgary, Alberta. He is the author The Contemplative Counselor: A Way of Being (2011). R. Vincent MacDonald is a registered psychologist in Alberta.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911778079,"sku":"9781498202039","price":43.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202039_1536507.jpg?v=1769313369"},{"product_id":"practicing-ministry-in-the-presence-of-god-436734","title":"Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God","description":"Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God presents a new paradigm for church ministry--one that is based on fundamental truths of the Christian faith such as the Trinity, union with Christ, and the \"\"already\"\" presence of the Holy Spirit in the church. This new paradigm can help busy pastors avoid \"\"burnout\"\" in the ministry and model Trinitarian, New Testament patterns of ministry to their people. Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God reflects the best of recent New Testament scholarship, sensitivity to the contexts of globalized postmodern cultures dominated by digital media, and practical applications for Christian life, discipleship, worship, and mission. \"\"Davis is one of the most important and influential theologians in today's evangelical world ... This book is an excellent example of his profound insights into the practice of ministry and provides us with inspirational correctives to the prevalent ways of doing ministry. Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God is filled with invigorating lessons for integrative ministry ... This is a must-read for every Christian minister.\"\" --Sung Wook Chung, Professor of Christian Theology, Denver Seminary \"\"Davis has set the table with a rich feast of theological expertise combined with genuine application to ministry. This set of essays will challenge, delight, and convict the reader. Settle in to a great theological meal here.\"\" --Jim Singleton, Associate Professor of Pastoral Leadership and Evangelism, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary John Jefferson Davis is Professor of Systematic Theology and Chair of the Division of Christian Thought at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Dr. Davis (PhD, Duke University) is the author of several well-known books, including Theology Primer; Foundations of Evangelical Theology; Evangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today; Frontiers of Science and Faith; Worship and the Reality of God; and Meditation and Communion with God, as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals. 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Their reluctance may be related to wounds given by the faithful--religious people they trusted, who said things like \"\"well, it wasn't rape\"\" or \"\"it's been thirty years--why is this such a big deal?\"\" Such responses from people with religious authority deepen victims' need to shrink into anxiety, depression, and self-degradation. This book offers you the tools needed to undertake caring ministry to adults suffering in the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse. Once you understand the scientific research on such topics as trauma memory, consequences of abuse, and forgiveness, you will appreciate how caring collaboration can create hope and healing. In these pages every reader will find helpful content that will take you from feeling out of your depth to knowing you are empowered to be an effective companion in God's transforming work in the lives of survivors of abuse. \"\"Push Back the Dark challenges us to understand childhood sexual abuse in order to empathize and walk as companions with those who have been victimized. It is an intensely personal account, supplemented by data and psychological science. It speaks directly to the church, imploring Christians to listen and help. It speaks to therapists, facilitating understanding of the particular issues faced by Christian clients.\"\" --Mark Stanton, Psychologist; Provost, Azusa Pacific University \"\"Push Back the Dark is a most important and inspirational book, primarily for Christians, but applicable to people of all faiths for the truths it tells. With courage born of walking through the darkness, Dr. Altmeier uses her own history to accomplish the many objectives of this book. Her anger is palpable when describing the personal, pastoral, and institutional denial and betrayal that await most victims who disclose or otherwise exhibit symptoms. Yet, understanding and deep faith also shine through and provide a model for a faith-based restoration of self. This book belongs in the hands of all who work in pastoral and church settings. It sets a standard for what ought to happen to help those who have been most injured to overcome their shame and fear and to heal in connection to caring others.\"\" --Christine A. Courtois, Licensed Psychologist, (retired); Author of Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy \"\"This book is essential reading for clergy and lay people working to help survivors of childhood sexual abuse within the church. The author provides a courageous and well-integrated blueprint of psychological research, Biblical truth, and practical recommendations to assist the global Church in this mission.\"\" --Donald F. Walker, Tidewater Child and Family Behavioral Health; Coauthor of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy for Trauma Elizabeth (Betsy) Altmaier (BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, Ohio State University) is a psychologist and Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa. As a researcher, therapist, and educator, Betsy was influenced by her own life difficulties, as she experienced childhood abuse. She has published extensively in psychology, with seven books and more than one hundred chapters and articles. Experiencing God's healing in her own life has motivated her work in this book--translating psychological research by way of a biblical worldview to inform practical ministry.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911909151,"sku":"9781498202091","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202091_1324091.jpg?v=1769313374"},{"product_id":"toward-a-theology-of-psychological-disorder-502791","title":"Toward a Theology of Psychological Disorder","description":"How do Christians in the twenty-first century understand psychological disorders? What does Scripture have to teach us about these conditions? Marcia Webb examines attitudes about psychological disorder in the church today, and compares them to the scriptural testimony. She offers theological and psychological insights to help contemporary Christians integrate biblical perspectives with current scientific knowledge about mental illness. \"\"Toward a Theology of Psychological Disorder weaves scriptural, theological, historical, psychological, and other insight together to provide rich grounding for theological and practical reflection. Concern about the role of Christian communities amid the suffering caused by mental illness motivates Webb's exploration, and the book invites consideration of faithful responses. Congregations, clergy, family members, and those who suffer will find the book a thoughtful resource as they attend to the distress caused by psychological disorders.\"\" --Heather Hartung Vacek, Vice President for Academics, Dean of Faculty, Associate Professor of Church History, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary \"\"Webb's exploration of human fragility and limitation is set in a context of grace and goodness, within the story of God's redemptive love for human persons. Her integrative insights spring from cultural analysis, biblical story, individual narratives, theological and philosophical frameworks, and contemporary psychological science. She weaves all this together into much needed wisdom for all of us in churches, schools, and clinics. Throughout, her tender care for all who live with psychological disorders is evident.\"\" --Claudia DeVries Beversluis, Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Calvin College \"\"This is a head-on engagement with common cultural and religious beliefs about mental illness that harm and isolate rather than help and heal. By providing critiques to those perspectives on the basis of Scripture and theology, and by developing alternative biblical and theological foundations, Dr. Webb provides a guide that can be used time and again by clergy, counselors, people with psychological disorders, their families, and friends. Well done!\"\" --Bill Gaventa, Director, Summer Institute on Theology and Disability Marcia Webb has a Master of Divinity degree and a PhD in clinical psychology. 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Powerful streams of modern Western rationality reject the idea of agape. This has created a crisis of foundations in modern ethics and alienated us from love for all creatures. Working wholly within the bounds of reason, Agape Ethics joins an increasingly vibrant struggle to legitimate the spiritual reality of agape, to awaken people to its power, to clarify its ethical implications, and to validate our spiritual communion with all creatures in all creation. The result is a powerful, inclusive, and wholly reasonable defense of moral realism that should speak to all who are passionate about creating a maximally loving and good world. \"\"Agape Ethicswill be warmly welcomed by theologians, ethicists, philosophers, and all who have ever longed for a theory of morality and ethics that would be inclusive of both human and nonhuman life. Scholars will be pleased with Greenway's endeavor to paint a compelling portrait of the way modern science, philosophy, and theology have diminished the moral realm of life by their complicity with what he calls 'scientism, ' the claim that reality pertains only to that which science can explain. In short, Agape Ethicsis a creative venture from beginning to end, and the beauty of its eloquence will sustain the interest of all who are seized by its inclusive moral appeal.\"\" --Peter J. Paris, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor Emeritus, Christian Social Ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary \"\"Inspired by Emmanuel Levinas's moral philosophy, Greenway presents a thoughtful and plausible case for a new agape ethics (based in finding oneself 'seized by the faces of others') as a constructive alternative to the ethical relativism of postmodernity, the ethical extremism of religious radicals, and the ethical foundationalism of modernity.With its richness in spiritual sensibility, public relevance, and ecological potency, Agape Ethicsis an important achievement for Christian philosophical ethics.\"\" --Hak Joon Lee, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary \"\"Atour de forcein meta-ethics and philosophical spirituality.Agape Ethicsextends Emmanuel Levinas's insights on responsibility to the Other to all animals and builds a compelling case foragapeas an irreducible moral-spiritual reality.\"\" --Janet L. Parker, PhD, Senior Pastor, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Salem, Oregon \"\"Bill Greenway wants to awaken us to a primordial love that draws us into relationships of care for all creatures. Along the way he offers a valuable critique of modernity's scientismand rationalismthat drains the universe of mystery and ensconces the human as the sole locus of worth among all things.Arguing for a moral realism grounded inagape, Greenway offers us amoralvision of the infinite value of every creature that can, in turn, inform humanethicaldecision-making and action at a time when so much life on Earth is endangered. \"\" --Timothy H. Robinson, Lunger Associate Professor of Spiritual Resources and Disciplines, Brite Divinity School \"\"InAgape Ethics, Greenway skillfully engages philosophy, theology, ethics, and moral reasoning in a work that wades into the complex world in which we find ourselves: evermore aware of the beauty and complexity of the planet's eco-systems and inhabitants, while also aware of the difficult ethical challenges facing us as human actions threaten the planetary community. Williams' enlivening prose invites the reader in, equipping the reader with the tools to thin\"","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568912236831,"sku":"9781498202381","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202381_1309736.jpg?v=1769313388"},{"product_id":"the-christian-way-reality-or-illusion-440116","title":"The Christian Way-Reality Or Illusion?","description":"Is Christianity but a selection of stories, as some suppose, or is there more to it than that? Are its adherents guided by something real or simply following their own fancies? That there are communities of Christians is itself real enough, but is their mere existence its own justification? Events like the birth and death of Jesus are for the most part real enough, though they have been overlaid with stories that may at times be helpful symbolism but may also distract or distort. The very human way Jesus and his disciples followed during his ministry was also real enough, though again overlaid with interpretative material; however, the circumstances of his followers then varied, and those of Christian communities in succeeding generations differ still more. On the eve of his death Jesus sought to bind his followers together with one another and himself rather than offering them a way of otherworldly salvation. He may yet have expected such a salvation, as did the Apostle Paul, but it is more fruitful to follow the latter in seeing \"life\" to be gained in \"death,\" in a \"dying to sin,\" in this life. \"In this remarkable and important little book, the author, an eminent biblical scholar, honestly and clearly touches on some of the problems which many modern readers have with the Bible but finds clues there for understanding the message of Christianity and 'the Christian Way' as not requiring belief in the supernatural yet as offering salvation, not in some future life but now.\" --D. W. D. Shaw, Professor of Divinity emeritus, University of St. Andrews, UK \"Can a Christian way of life still make sense, when its otherworldly dimension becomes problematic? Sandy Wedderburn argues that it can. In an intense dialogue with the New Testament, he offers insightful guidance to those of us whose lives are firmly rooted in this world but who still search for meaning in the religious tradition.\" --Heikki Raisanen, Professor of New Testament Studies emeritus, University of Helsinki, Finland \"In this quest for what is 'real' in the Christian way, Sandy Wedderburn confronts the New Testament texts--gospels and letters--in a ruthlessly honest and rigorous way to identify what can, or should, be maintained by Christians in today's world. Critical in the best sense, this small book will provide powerful reading for those prepared to face the challenges encountered by all who take the NT and contemporary faith seriously.\" --Christopher Tuckett, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK Alexander Wedderburn is retired Professor of New Testament at the University of Munich and the author of Baptism and Resurrection (1987), The Reasons for Romans (1988), Beyond Resurrection (1999), A History of the First Christians (2004), Jesus and the Historians (2010), The Death of Jesus (2013), and The God of Jesus--Our God? 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In what way is our likeness to God realized in the whole of what we are? Can one overcome the traditional dissociation between intellect and affectivity by a renewed theory of love? In conversation with patristic and medieval authors (e.g., Irenaeus, Tertullian, Gregory of Nyssa, Maximus, Aquinas) and in dialogue with more recent interlocutors (Pascal, Ricoeur, Marion, Milbank, John Paul II), this work pursues a novel theological vision of the essential unity of our humanity.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568912466207,"sku":"9781498202640","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202640_1134322.jpg?v=1769313399"},{"product_id":"will-campbell-preacher-man-essays-in-the-spirit-of-a-divine-provocateur-464562","title":"Will Campbell, Preacher Man: Essays in the Spirit of a Divine Provocateur","description":"This collection of essays and sermons by Rodney Kennedy and Kyle Childress is focused on honoring the memory of Will Campbell--the prophet from the South who made a vocation of destroying sacred cows. 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This work of ressourcement has stood at the intersection of several disciplines and has unlocked the beauty of American Catholic life and thought. These essays, which are offered in honor of Portier's life and work, emerge from his vision for American Catholicism, where Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience are distinct, but interwoven and inextricably linked with one another. As this volume details, such a path is not merely about scholarly endeavors but involves the pursuit of holiness in the \"\"real\"\" world. \"\"This book celebrates the scholarly contributions of William Portier. Those who take the time to read it will surely join in the festivity, and in doing so they will discover what those of us who are familiar with his work have understood for a long time--that he is one of the most insightful living interpreters of American Catholicism. Readers will not only know why this is so, but they will see how as a gifted teacher and colleague he has enabled others to share and extend his insight.\"\" --Curtis W. Freeman, Research Professor of Theology, Duke University Divinity School \"\"Viewing the theological task as inherently historical, cultural, spiritual, and practical, Portier has called for a ressourcement rooted in the intrinsic unity between that intellectual task and the Christian life of discipleship. In so doing, he has demonstrated how, far from foreclosing the possibility of making broader theological claims, a truly 'American' Catholic theology--understood in its deepest, broadest sense--is actually the precondition for fruitfully contributing to the Catholic theological tradition. Combining interdisciplinary breadth with analytical depth, this collection of essays is a worthy testament to Portier's pioneering work. Like Portier's own writings, these essays will not only stimulate but also inspire.\"\" --Roberto S. Goizueta, Margaret O'Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology, Department of Theology, Boston College \"\"A fitting tribute to a stalwart of American Catholic theology! Fearless and full of wit, Portier's work unsettles the easy categories in which Catholic life in America is often framed. To read him is to be called to a fresh look, in a critical but integrated Gospel spirit. The editors are to be thanked for the present studies displaying the range and depth of this exemplary theologian's person and thought.\"\" --David L. Schindler, Editor, Communio; Gagnon Professor of Fundamental Theology, Pontifical John Paul II Institute, The Catholic University of America Derek C. Hatch is Associate Professor of Christian Studies at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. He is coeditor of Gathering Together (Pickwick Publications, 2013). Timothy R. 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Ellul incisively critiques these expressions, finding less common ground than is generally accepted and a pattern of conformism. The English edition of Islam and Judeo-Christianity includes a foreword by David Gill and Dominique North Ellul, and Alain Besancon's extensive foreword to the French edition of Islam and Judeo-Christianity (relocated to the appendices in this edition). The book also includes other writings on this theme by Ellul: Firstly, chapter 5 from Ellul's Subversion of Christianity where \"\"Islam is portrayed as a non-progressive, totalitarian religion, founded on the concept of divine right, and credited with having introduced into Christianity the idea of holy war.\"\" Secondly, Ellul's foreword to The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam written by Bat Ye'or (1985), which documents the conditions of Jews and Christians in Muslim society. 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Ellul on Islam is crisply theological, and provides some key insights into how Christians should respond to the high moral tone which Islam sometimes takes in the west... . It is a very useful addition to the Ellul corpus, enabling us to see how he combined orthodox Protestantism with a rich social engagement.\"\" --Peter Lineham, Professor of History, School of Humanities, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University Albany, New Zealand Bruce MacKay was born in South India, the son of Open Brethren missionaries and with his family moved to New Zealand in 1960. He has trained and worked as a landscape architect, recreation planner, and ecologist in New Zealand and the UK. He currently works in New Zealand as an ecologist. 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Along with the priest's words, For your penance ... this encounter is an icon of Catholic life. But does the script, and the practices it signifies, have any relevance beyond the confessional? In The Politics of Penance, Michael Griffin responds yes. He explores great figures of the Christian tradition--the early Irish monks, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Pope St. John Paul II--to offer surprising insights for social repair. 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As followers of Jesus Christ, those called to live in between the age that is and the age to come, Christians ask what it means to be part of the body of Christ, God's new creation from among the nations, in a world filled with other nations. \"\"Who--and whose--are we?\"\" There is no easy answer, no time at which Christians got it completely right. Yet such questions must be addressed, and the stakes are high. Matters of war and peace, exclusion and inclusion, who starves and who does not, the credibility of the gospel itself--all are caught up in the whirl of identities, allegiances imposed or refused, and questions about what \"\"the church\"\" might possibly mean in such circumstances. In this book, a distinguished group of scholars from five continents asks, \"\"How can the church respect the diversity of its members--many nations, cultures, and communities--while maintaining a coherent witness to the kingdom of God that is not undermined by more parochial ideologies or priorities?\"\" \"\"Theologians influenced by Stanley Hauerwas are often derisively asked, 'Where is this church of yours?' Budde's book shows that one answer is to look no further than the Catholic Church. As a Protestant theologian, I am often envious of a Church that perennially sits astride national and ethnic boundaries. And, as these eminent theologians make clear, the legacy of Catholicism's resistance to nationalism is not unmixed. It would be enough for this volume to showcase the important work of the Center for World Catholicism at DePaul. These ambitious essays go a good deal further. Their beauty will reshape your view of what the church is and could be.\"\" --Jason Byassee, Butler Chair in Homiletics, Vancouver School of Theology \"\"In The Borders of Baptism, Michael Budde challenged US Catholics to take seriously the political and practical implications of our usually rote and casual claim--that Jesus is Lord--challenging Catholics to identify the idolatries that shape our lives and to understand the church as our primary location of identity and allegiance. In Beyond the Borders of Baptism, Budde is joined by a chorus of rigorous, theological analysts who explore, challenge, and complexify these claims from diverse global locations, rooting the question in historical contexts and bringing alive the textures of the constant negotiations between the body of Christ and the myriad political and cultural formations in which the church finds herself. This mosaic of analyses elucidate important theoretical questions, provide important examples of ecclesial failure, and converge toward an understanding of these border negotiations as eucharistic--kenotic, exploding tired binaries, and allowing the endlessly creative interruption of God's grace in histories to transform the reified loci we consider natural. Beyond the Borders of Baptism is a must-read for those interested in ecclesiology, Christian formation, and taking discipleship seriously.\"\" --M. Therese Lysaught, Professor, Associate Director, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Michael L. Budde is Chair and Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of Political Science at DePaul University, where he is also Senior Research Professor in the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology. 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He begins by introducing us to the Succession Principle: What we bring to leadership is important. What we do in leadership is more important. What we leave from our leadership is most important of all. Once our priority shifts from success to succession, the door is open to read John 17 as the Prayer of Succession for Jesus. In this final report, Jesus transfers to his disciples and to us the same enduring trust, transforming truth, and unifying love that he has received for leadership from his Father. With these legacies come specific gifts of succession to complete our task, develop disciples, advance the kingdom, and see the fulfillment of Christ's promise, \"\"Greater things than these shall you do.\"\" Succession in the spirit of Christ, then, is written not in terms of success, but in the seamless transition of sustainable gifts culminating in the gift of greater things. \"\"He's done it again. David McKenna has penned yet another compelling work that leaders of every stripe need to read and re-read. For all who wish to seal the investment, effort, and influence of your leadership years against the tarnish and corrosion of a poorly-handled transition, this book is for you.\"\" --Jodi Detrick, former columnist, The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA \"\"McKenna does a masterful job of placing the concept of succession planning squarely where it belongs--as a priority for any leader and manager of an organization seeking to not only improve operations and performance but to sustain its mission. I know I would have benefited by having the tools and concepts articulated by McKenna at my fingertips as I entered various leadership roles.\"\" --Dan Martin, President, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA \"\"After serving more than one hundred man-years on boards, I confess that kingdom resources are consistently wasted by the lack of leadership succession planning, poorly executed leadership transitions, and mistakes in leadership choices. David McKenna clearly articulates the succession challenge facing ministries and beautifully provides a pathway to provide God-honoring leadership continuity.\"\" --Dan Busby, President, Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, Winchester, VA INSIDE BOOK: \"\"This book feels like what Dave McKenna would say to each of us if we had the privilege of having him coach us in the prime of our ministry leadership.\"\" --R. Blake Wood, Lead Pastor, First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA \"\"I followed David as president of Asbury Seminary. No stone was left unturned in his work for an effective succession. This book is a proven, practiced witness and I am the grateful recipient of the incarnation of this witness.\"\" --Maxie Dunnam, Chancellor, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY \"\"Dave, my friend and presidential predecessor, shares deeply from his own experiences in life and from a wealth of godly wisdom. It is with joy that I commend this book to those who need strengthening in their leadership, as well as to those who need to prepare their hearts and minds to become leaders.\"\" --David Le Shana, President emeritus, George Fox University, Newberg, OR \"\"A great blend of sound leadership theory fleshed out with wonderful practical examples from his decades of leadership experience in a broad arena of educational, civic, and church environments.\"\" --Alvin Austin, President emeritus, LeTourneau University, Longview, TX \"\"David McKenna has invested his life in Christian higher education and in the lives of hundreds of young leaders. His book is filled with tremendous insights from a servant leader who has blessed so many with encouragement and friendship.\"\" --David Goodnight, Chair, Friends of Immanuel University, Seattle","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568914301215,"sku":"9781498204798","price":47.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204798_1090846.jpg?v=1769313492"},{"product_id":"beware-the-evil-eye-volume-2-455641","title":"Beware the Evil Eye (Volume 2)","description":"In the present volume, Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity--the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an Evil Eye belief complex becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye--human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets--is essential to an understanding of the literary references to the Evil Eye. This volume, along with chapter 2 of volume 1, sets and illuminates the context for examining Evil Eye belief and practice in the Bible and the biblical communities (the focus of volume 3).","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568914563359,"sku":"9781498204996","price":99.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204996_1142806.jpg?v=1769313500"},{"product_id":"beware-the-evil-eye-volume-3-465151","title":"Beware the Evil Eye (Volume 3)","description":"The Evil Eye is mentioned repeatedly throughout the Old Testament, Israel's parabiblical writings, and New Testament, with a variety of terms and expressions. 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Scholars and church leaders have studied it for more than two decades, producing dozens of books and articles on it. Considering the widespread popularity of the prosperity movement and the attention it is given by its critics, Brogdon asks, Is prosperity preaching the new Pentecostal message? In order to answer this question, one has to examine the prosperity movement as a Pentecostal movement instead of a Word of Faith movement that is a revised form of New Thought metaphysics and Science of Mind. Brogdon provides an introduction to the prosperity movement as a Pentecostal movement. He asks important questions in the study of the prosperity movement, such as who popularized prosperity teaching, Oral Roberts or Ken Hagin? Do all Pentecostals agree with the prosperity doctrine? Is prosperity teaching good news to the poor? Has prosperity replaced the emphasis on the Holy Spirit? 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The even better news is that those of us within the church can join this changemaking celebration and discover creative new ways God can use our mustard seeds to make a more remarkable difference than we ever imagined possible. In this book Tom Sine offers practical ways you can join those who are creating their best communities, their best world, and in the process their best lives. Sine shows that in a world changing at warp speed, following Jesus is a design opportunity. It is not only an opportunity to design innovative ways to make a difference but also an opportunity to create lives with a difference, in the way of Jesus, that are simpler and more sustainable--and to throw better parties along the way. 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Taken together, however, this collection amounts to an articulation of Brueggemann's distinctive approach to theological interpretation of the Old Testament. Already in his major volume on Old Testament theology, Brueggemann proposed a dynamism of tension, dispute, and contradiction as the text of ancient Israel sought to give voice to the mystery of God as a sustaining and disruptive agent in the life of the world. Over a long period of time, this collection reflects the author's growing clarity about the task of Old Testament theology. It further reflects on the nature of the biblical text and the way in which the God who inhabits the text runs beyond all of our attempts to define and explain. These essays reflect not so much on methodological issues, but take up the substantive questions that regularly occupied these ancient text-makers. \"\"This book collects several eloquent, eminently readable essays by Walter Brueggemann that 'lay display' his interpretive approaches to Old Testament theology. The book can serve both as introduction to his theological legacy and to his work as a public theologian during many battles of our times. Using language that never fails to engage, he illuminates texts, the world, and relationships between the two.\"\" --Kathleen M. O'Connor, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament emerita, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA \"\"The present collection of essays by Walter Brueggemann, handily edited by K. C. Hanson, is most welcome. All of the essays originally appeared in Festschriften, which means they are often hard to locate or track down. Readers will be very happy, as am I, to have them gathered together in one place, especially since each essay, and the collection as a whole, is vintage Brueggemann.\"\" --Brent A. Strawn, Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA \"\"The proper subject of the discipline of Old Testament theology is the God of the Old Testament. The role of the Old Testament theologian is to interrogate the living text of the Old Testament relentlessly and passionately, so that its living God might be sought out, brought out, and thought about. No scholar of the last generation has exhibited more constancy in this high calling than Walter Brueggemann, who has been steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work and word of the Lord. These essays offer a profoundly renewing gift to the field of Old Testament interpretation from one of the finest practitioners of Old Testament theology.\"\" --Rolf Jacobson, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. 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The phrase of the title, \"\"all flesh,\"\" in the flood narrative of Genesis 9, refers to all living creatures who are in covenant with God--human beings, animals, birds, and fish--as recipients of God's grace, as dependent upon Gods' generosity, and as destined for praise and obedience to God. The insistence on the materiality of life as the subject of the Bible means that the hard issues of economics and the demanding questions of politics are front and center in the text. So the Pentateuch pivots around the exodus narrative and the emancipation from an unbearable context of abusive labor practices. In like manner the prophets endlessly address such questions of social policy, and the wisdom teachers reflect on how to manage the material things of life and social relationships for the well-being of the community. This accent, pervasive in these essays, is a powerful alternative and a strong resistance against all of the contemporary efforts to transcend (escape!) the material into some form of the \"\"spiritual.\"\" All around us are efforts to find an easier, more harmonious faith. This may be evoked simply because life is \"\"too hard,\"\" or more ominously because of a desire to shield economic, political advantage from the inescapable critique of biblical faith. Such a temptation is a serious misreading of the Bible and a serious misjudgment about the nature of human existence. Thus the Bible addressed the most urgent issues of our day, and refuses the \"\"religious temptation\"\" that avoids lived reality where the power of God is a work. Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. 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In hosting these words that lie at the crux of the gospel, Brueggemann unearths surprising news of life amidst the evidence of death. This truth-filled meditation will make a wondrous companion on the pilgrim's journey through Holy Week to Easter.\" --Edwin Searcy, University Hill Congregation, Vancouver, BC, Canada Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. 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Exegesis as a Theological Discipline 2. Listening To and Listening For Part 2: The Presence of the Prior Word 3. Challenged by the Greek Precedent 4. Energized by Jewish Beginnings 5. Paul: Problem and Promise 6. Death and Afterlife in the New Testament Part 3: The Word as Criterion 7. The Penetrating Word 8. Scripture and Canon 9. The Gospel's Promise of Salvation Part 4: A Word for Bearers of the Word 10. Our Identity's Dimensions 11. A Word for Us Theologians 12. Is There Good News for Ministers Too? 13. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Knowledge Part 5: The Word Borne 14. Summoned to Christian Unity 15. King Jesus? 16. Are You the Coming One? 17. Promise and Hope '\"\"Repentance, ' observes Leander Keck, 'is the discipline of turning the life Godward and holding it steadily into the wind.' This book testifies to a life and profession of such graced discipline. Palpable on every page are the integrity of Christian faith and the scholar's accountability to God. Echoes of the Word they may be--but their sonority outweighs the babbling of contemporary biblical exegesis and theological interpretation.\"\" --C. Clifton Black, Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ \"\"For more than a half a century, Lee Keck has combined first-rate NT scholarship, theological acumen, and a passion for the church. Keck's dialogue between historical critical inquiry and the contemporary relevance of the biblical text is as important for those who feel little need to take the biblical text seriously as it is for those who refuse to recognize its limits. This collection of addresses and sermons is exemplary in demonstrating how scholarship can serve the church. I endorse it whole-heartedly.\"\" --Gregory Sterling, The Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT \"\"The longer I've practiced ministry, the more I've looked for resources like Echoes of the Word: this collection of essays and sermons which speaks to heart and head alike; from which I can learn, be encouraged, and be challenged; written with extraordinary scholarship and near-poetry by one who both critically studies and passionately lives his faith. Keck has given us a unique gift, gathered from a life of teaching and leadership. Treasure it!\"\" --Natalie Hanson, pastor, Christ First UMC, Jamestown, NY Leander Keck is Professor of Biblical Theology Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. He is author of numerous published works, including Who Is Jesus?, Paul and His Letters, Romans, The Church Confident, The Pauline Letters, and A Future for the Historical Jesus. 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This particular volume is an ideal introduction to Nevin, Schaff, and company, even as it should also stimulate wider appropriation of these important voices from the past.\"\" --Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame, author, America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln \"\"The Mercersburg theologians, seeking a church that would be at once catholic, evangelical, and reformed, remain relevant today for their recovery of biblical, patristic, and Reformation themes, unified by then-new currents in German thought. These essays on Christology, ably edited by William Evans, give us insight into the heart of their theology.\"\" --Eugene TeSelle, Vanderbilt University \"\"This masterful introduction is a most welcome addition to the growing body of literature on Mercersburg Theology. Evans presents its key figures and themes with a perceptive eye to their relevance to both historical and contemporary theological concerns. 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