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This book provokes thoughtful reflection, challenges unexamined assumptions, and invites ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue.\" --Patrick S. Franklin, Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics, Providence Theological Seminary Jason C. Robinson teaches philosophy at York and Wilfred Laurier Universities in Ontario, Canada, and is a coeditor of Philosophical Apprenticeships (2009), a collection of essays on continental philosophy in Canada. David A. Peck is a social-change consultant, the founder of SoChange, and a teacher at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. 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How do we foster deeper participation and decentralization of power rather than entrenched institutionalism? Drawing on insights from contemporary philosophy, contextual theology, and participatory culture, C. Wess Daniels calls for a revitalization of faith traditions. In A Convergent Model of Renewal he proposes a model that holds together both tradition and innovation in ways that foster participatory change. This convergent model of renewal is then applied to two case studies based in the Quaker tradition: one from the early part of the tradition and the second from an innovative community today. The model, however, is capable of being implemented and adapted by communities with various faith backgrounds. \"\"C. Wess Daniels, in A Convergent Model of Renewal, offers a fresh and creative approach to church transformation that respects both tradition and contemporary culture while charting a clear path forward. Through this highly original proposal, Daniels articulates a brilliant synthesis of old and new by way of remix, resistance, and deep, open participation. Applicable beyond the Quaker tradition, A Convergent Model of Renewal would benefit any faith community that looks to remain rooted in their tradition while dynamically responding to the global media culture of the twenty-first century. Highly recommended.\"\" --Ryan K. Bolger, Associate Professor of Church in Contemporary Culture, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA \"\"One of Quakers' great contributions to the Christian faith is their historical willingness to challenge tradition when justice is in question. By explaining Quaker reliance on the Holy Spirit and group discernment processes, Daniels details a way forward for any church when culture wars disrupt our unity and tarnish our hopes.\"\" --MaryKate Morse, author of Making Room for Leadership \"\"In this fine book, C. Wess Daniels locates hope for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in an open and convergent future, in which the best of its evangelical, liberal, and conservative traditions are blended with new energy and revelation. Daniels offers an impressive number of theories and case studies from 350 years of history that will provide much inspiration for those who are wanting to strengthen their Friends' meetings or churches, or to start new ones. Highly recommended reading for anyone seeking to revitalize their local church \"\" --Stephen W. Angell, Leatherock Professor of Quaker Studies, Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, IN \"\"Both the intellectual insights and Wess Daniels' own 'rare gift of empathy' make A Convergent Model of Renewal an important work by a young academic. The reading of early Friends as examples of remix and participatory community, along with the parallels of Freedom Friends Church as real-life examples of the theory, is deeply resonant with my experience and profoundly inspiring to me as a fellow participant-fan-apprentice within the Quaker tradition. The invitation is here to continue to remix his work, resist the passive culture of consumerism in church and academia, and move toward an inclusive, authentic, and thriving Quakerism in the twenty-first century.\"\" --Robin Mohr, Executive Secretary, Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas, Philadelphia, PA \"\"Read it, share it, wrestle with it, remix it--plant our future in the compost of faithfulness and failures past. Become an apprentice to this living tradition. Because the world needs the renewed witness of a people called 'Friends'--of a people who have truly come alive.\"\" --Noah Baker Merrill, Secretary, New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers), Worcester, MA C. Wess Daniels has a PhD from the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary an","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568910696735,"sku":"9781498201193","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201193_1536185.jpg?v=1769313317"},{"product_id":"the-christian-doctrine-of-the-divine-attributes-538193","title":"The Christian Doctrine of the Divine Attributes","description":"Cremer's short, energetic treatise on the divine attributes was admired by both Karl Barth and Wolfhart Pannenberg. Cremer chastises the speculative flights of traditional doctrines of the divine attributes and issues a resounding summons to a more exegetically, economically, and christologically grounded account. Known primarily as a biblical scholar for his Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek, precursor to the monumental TDNT, Cremer shows himself here also an able systematician, with a pastor's eye for the role played by doctrine in the life of congregational and individual faith. .\"\" . . [an] extraordinarily informative book.\"\" --Karl Barth \"\"Hermann Cremer, in particular, has rendered us a great service ... in his outstanding small book, Die christliche Lehre von den Eigenschaften Gottes, as the first to have pointed out the contrast between the traditional doctrine of the divine attributes and the idea of God in the Bible... . Twenty years ago, when I began to teach dogmatics, it was Cremer, too, who opened my eyes.\"\" --Emil Brunner \"\"This book merits more attention than has been given it in theological discussion.\"\" --Eberhard Jungel \"\"The most significant contribution of modern theology to the doctrine of the divine attributes.\"\" --Wolfhart Pannenberg Hermann Cremer (1834-1903) was a Protestant biblical scholar and theologian. From 1870 until his death Cremer taught at the University of Greifswald in northeastern Germany. He is known especially for his Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek. Robert B. Price is Associate Professor of Theology at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in La Mirada, California. 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Vocation in Christ examines the theology of vocation and reading Scripture among the Naga Christians in northeastern India, in conversation with Barth's theology of vocation. Social-scientific research is employed on congregations and Bible study groups to explore how the Naga Christians understand vocation and Scripture in light of their sociopolitical and religious context. This book serves as an introduction for Western readers of how vocation is understood from an Asian perspective and emphasizes the theme of vocation as Christian witness without accommodating to worldly values. It readdresses Barth's theology of vocation, which calls for a revitalization of Christian vocation in our contemporary situation. The primary claim of this book is that vocation is God's calling to obedience, and devotion to the love of God is reciprocal to the love of neighbor.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568910795039,"sku":"9781498201254","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201254_1142946.jpg?v=1769313320"},{"product_id":"the-necessity-of-witness-439134","title":"The Necessity of Witness","description":"The role of witness is a recurring theme in the work of Stanley Hauerwas: it is through enacting the truth in a world of lies, through seeking peace in a world of violence, that witnesses show who God is, who we are, and what the world is like. The Necessity of Witness is a study of Hauerwas and his fascinating but complex understanding of witness. Ariaan W. Baan argues that Hauerwas's approach makes a significant contribution to current debates in systematic theology on the relation between truth and life. Reading Hauerwas can be a precarious adventure. His rhetoric is overwhelming, but his argument is not always crystal clear and carefully formulated. With the help of semiotic and philosophical analysis and biblical exegesis, Baan articulates Hauerwas's intuitions, fills some of the gaps in his argumentation, and discloses hidden biases. The results of this analysis sometimes surprise. Baan notes that unexpected pericopes in Scripture such as Isaiah and Revelation support Hauerwas's account of witness, and concludes that his work offers insight into how in our late modern society such diverse groups as martyrs and pop stars offer implicit witness through their lives. \"\"Ariaan Baan does a great service to the discourse of Public Theology by offering a systematic theological discussion of the views of Stanley Hauerwas on the Christian practice of witness. His book ... sheds light on the quest to go public with Christian faith in pluralistic societies. And this entails, amongst others, that Christian engagement with public life does not imply that thicker theological convictions should be hid or left home.\"\" --Nico Koopman, Professor of Christian Ethics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa \"\"Ariaan Baan deftly navigates Stanley Hauerwas' indirect theological method and identifies an illuminating and persistent theme for understanding his articulations of truth, Spirit, and Church--his account of Christian witness as a 'testimony of life.' ... Baan's work makes a unique contribution to theology by developing a framework for examining and evaluating theological reflection on Christian witness.\"\" --Benjamin Cooper, Professor of Discipleship and Mission, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, MI \"\"This theologically reflected book uniquely presents 'the necessity witness' as a crucial element of Christian practice and living. Ariaan Baan unfolds the rich biblical traditions of witness in its systematic contours ... and the understanding of witness within the context of Stanley Hauerwas' work, the most pointed guide for the theological tradition of 'witness.'\"\" --Hans G. Ulrich, Professor of Systematic Theology, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany Ariaan Baan studied theology at the Protestant Theological University of the Netherlands. In 2014 he successfully defended his doctoral thesis. 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Through an exploration of some key metaphors and other figures of speech that the early church used to talk about this interesting but difficult topic, the author argues that the early church selected, modified, and utilized existing views on the subject of death in order to offer a distinctively Christian view of death based on what they believed the word of God taught on the subject, particularly in light of the ongoing story of Jesus following his death-his burial and resurrection. In short, the book shows how Christians interacted with the views of death in late antiquity, coming up with their own distinctive view of death.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911221023,"sku":"9781498201643","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498201643_1247643.jpg?v=1769313341"},{"product_id":"spiritual-being-becoming-463430","title":"Spiritual Being \u0026 Becoming","description":"It is reported that there are as many as 100 billion neurons that make up the human nervous system. This system is incredibly complex, and yet it is a fundamental part of what makes us who we are. Yet, there is far more to human beings than biology. Many academic disciplines study the human condition and there are many schools of thought within that study. We must also appreciate that the study of human nature did not begin in contemporary times. History, particularly Western Christian history, is full of texts that offer detailed explorations of the human condition. However, no consensus has yet emerged. Consensus or not, those working towards religious and spiritual formation are tasked with pursuing the transformation of their communities. This book is an attempt to provide some of the background to support this ministerial work. It seeks not only to offer a fuller understanding of some of the common views of human nature, but also insights into how we might utilize this knowledge in our ministries--ministries that strive towards the spiritual being and becoming of our world. \"\"With stellar scholarly work and profound pastoral sensibilities, Eric Kyle masterfully guides us through the perspectives of theologians, psychologists, mystics, neuroscientists, and many others whose deep curiosity about human beings, mystery, and the universe have driven them to try to answer questions of ultimate concern. Ultimately, Kyle weaves these many threads together into a fresh powerful model of Christian spiritual formation. This book offers a treasure-trove of possibilities for understanding, teaching, and engaging in the formation of the Christian spiritual life.\"\" --Andrew Dreitcer, Director of Spiritual Formation, The Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA \"\"An incredible resource Eric Kyle offers lucid overviews of the major theological and scientific theories of human nature, skillfully fitting them together into a single theological anthropology. He concludes with a fascinating transition from theory to practice, offering general guidelines to foster personal transformation in congregations and classrooms. Few authors on spiritual formation can rival Kyle's synthetic mind and grasp of the data.\"\" --Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA \"\"This innovative book explores spiritual formation through a fresh lens combining neuroscience, Western philosophy, and theological anthropology. The breadth of the book will keep readers gleaning something new from it time and again. Packed with theories, theorists, models, and charts, it takes what we know of spiritual formation and provides scholars and practitioners novel constructs to look at the field while the book's attention to context leaves the reader with the responsibility of appropriating those theories to their context.\"\" --Mark Chung Hearn, Director of Contextual Education, School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle University, Seattle, WA \"\"Thomas Aquinas would be proud. Spiritual formation has found a mind for the 21st century to systematize and synthesize the complex dynamics of human being and spiritual transformation. With the organizational clarity of an engineer and the commitment of a Dominican monk, Kyle distills wisdom from Western theology and modern science to create a unified model of human nature. This model is coherent, expansive, integrative, and practical. It sharpens our focus on how people are wired; and it offers a map for how to facilitate transformation. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam? Aquinas is beaming.\"\" --Frank Rogers Jr., Muriel Bernice Roberts Professor of Spiritual Formation and Narrative Pedagogy, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA Eric Kyle works at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, NE. 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In this monograph Ash offers a corrective to this practice by presenting a theology of revelation that explores the commonalities between various forms of revelation (world, written and spoken word, and Incarnate Word). Particularly aimed at theologians interested in theological method, Ash's study will also benefit people interested in faith and learning or interdisciplinary integration. Ash argues that evangelicals must strive to align more closely their affirmations and their practice. Her critique of current practices in theological method and integration, along with the proposed theology of revelation, are designed to help move the conversation forward. 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At the end of The Distinctive Identity of the Church, the charge of sectarianism is discussed. It is argued that a missionary God sends the church to the world and, consequently, this sending should fundamentally determine its existence in the world. The book argues that the task that lies before the church in the Western world is not to bypass its distinctiveness with accusations of sectarianism, but to recapitulate an understanding of its own distinctiveness that should be seen as a precondition for its engagement in society. Such an ecclesiological position holds important potential for an understanding of the role of the church in pluralistic Western cultures.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568911876383,"sku":"9781498202077","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202077_1536135.jpg?v=1769313372"},{"product_id":"one-body-in-christ-ecumenical-snapshots-538194","title":"One Body in Christ: Ecumenical Snapshots","description":"Many feel that work for Christian unity or ecumenism is not especially urgent or important in the complexities of our contemporary world. So many different issues demand the attention of committed Christians--for example, responding to global crises in which people are suffering, developing strong moral stands on a variety of moral problems and challenges, etc. Such issues must remain of major importance to Christians. However, Christians form the one Body of Christ. If that Body continues to remain divided and fragmented, lacking in unity, concord, and harmony, then Christian witness will be singularly diminished. This book attempts to demonstrate the importance of Christian unity\/ecumenism by looking at important contributions of individual theologians and important texts\/events, mainly of the twentieth century. The use of this book may help theologians and pastors urge forward the practice of ecumenism so that in God's time divided Christians may all be one. \"\"How do the different Christian traditions understand the church? Owen Cummings's helpful little book brings together ecumenical 'snapshots' from Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian perspectives. The result is a useful step toward ecclesial reconciliation.\"\" --Thomas P. Rausch, T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA \"\"Far more than the series of 'ecumenical snapshots' that Cummings claims, his book offers a convincing and engaging discussion of the lasting importance of ecumenism in modern Christian thought. Tracing presentations of the importance and possibility of ecumenism from John Wesley through Vatican II to contemporary theologians, the book offers a hopeful picture of the past and future of a united church. One Body in Christ is essential (and enjoyable) reading for all those concerned for the future of Christianity.\"\" --Gary Macy, John Nobili SJ Professor of Theology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA \"\"This book is a gem. Owen Cummings is a knowledgeable, experienced theologian and a good communicator. He has chosen eight superb texts in which Christians from different traditions make profound points, and he draws out their relevance to the churches today as they relate to each other and to the twenty-first-century world. Through it all he manages to combine wisdom with a passion for the unity of the church in love and truth. The conclusion offers some excellent practical suggestions for using the book and the texts it talks about to help achieve that unity.\"\" --David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Owen F. Cummings is Academic Dean and Regents' Professor of Theology at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. He is the author of sixteen books and many articles in theological and pastoral journals. He is also a Roman Catholic permanent deacon of the Diocese of Salt Lake City.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568912040223,"sku":"9781498202152","price":47.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202152_1409107.jpg?v=1769313380"},{"product_id":"the-life-of-isabel-crawford-449106","title":"The Life of Isabel Crawford","description":"This biography of Isabel Crawford is a lively account of a feisty and fascinating Baptist missionary. Born in Canada in 1865, she had an independent spirit leading her to remarkable accomplishments in a life marked by obstacles. Her conversion at age ten created a lifelong commitment to Christian service. In her teens a near-fatal illness left her deaf, but nevertheless in 1893 she completed studies to become a missionary. Rejected for overseas service, she was assigned to a troubled Indian mission in Oklahoma. She began her work there with great reluctance but developed a lifelong bond with her beloved Kiowa converts. Her success as a woman missionary created friction with the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and she left the mission in 1906. Remaining committed to the Women's Home Mission Society, Crawford became a sought-after inspirational speaker for them and later served again as missionary, this time in western New York. She retired in 1930 and moved back to Canada in 1942. Crawford is buried, as she had arranged, at her Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma, mission. The biography is enriched by extensive use of Crawford's witty and perceptive descriptions of the extraordinary challenges and variety of experiences that marked her life.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568912171295,"sku":"9781498202220","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498202220_1124233.jpg?v=1769313385"},{"product_id":"pillars-in-the-history-of-biblical-interpretation-prevailing-methods-before-1980-volume-1-mcmaster-biblical-studies-seri-538195","title":"Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation : Prevailing Methods Before 1980 (Volume 1) (Mcmaster Biblical Studies Series)","description":"This two-volume set is part of a growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical interpretation. The ample introduction first sets key players into the story of the development of the major strands of biblical interpretation since the Enlightenment, identifying how different theoretical and methodological approaches are related to each other and describing the academic environment in which they emerged and developed. Volume 1 contains fourteen essays on twenty-two interpreters who were principally active before 1980, and volume 2 has nineteen essays on twenty-seven of those who were active primarily after this date. Each chapter provides a brief biography of one or more scholars, as well as a detailed description of their major contributions to the field. This is followed by an (often new) application of the scholar's theory. By focusing on the individual scholars and their work, the book recognizes that interpretive approaches arise out of certain circumstances, and that scholars are influenced by, and have influences upon, both other interpreters and the times in which they live. This set is ideal for any class on the history of biblical interpretation and for those who want a greater understanding of how the current field of biblical studies developed. \"\"In the first of two volumes dealing with modern biblical interpretation, the contributors examine the work of leading scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many of whom are surprisingly little known. With the benefit of hindsight and historical distance, they can assess the importance of the work that each of these men did and indicate how that has come to influence subsequent generations. This is an important addition to our understanding of a key period in the development of biblical studies, and will be of great use to students and teachers alike.\"\" --Gerald Bray, Research Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University Stanley E. Porter is President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament, as well as holder of the Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has written widely on most topics in New Testament studies, including the history of interpretation. His latest book is When Paul Met Jesus: How an Idea Got Lost in History. Sean A. Adams is Lecturer in New Testament and Ancient Culture at The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. 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Still others advocate an ecclesiological interpretation of this phrase that views Paul referring to the new community formed around Jesus Christ. In As It Was in the Beginning, Mark Owens argues that the concept of new creation should be understood (like the gospel) within the realm of Paul's anthropology, cosmology, and ecclesiology. At the same time, he also argues that Paul's understanding of new creation belongs within an Urzeit-Endzeit typological framework, especially within 2 Cor 5-6 and Eph 1-2. This reading of new creation attempts to give due weight to the use of Isaianic traditions in 2 Cor 5:17 and Eph 2:13, 17. 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Writing from a Lutheran perspective, contributors from across the globe provide a fresh approach to preaching. These authors represent seasoned pastors and professors as well as young scholars. All are actively preaching and teaching God's word on a regular basis. This book covers a wide range of topics relating to preaching--from the scriptural background and hermeneutical issues to historical examples of notable preachers, and also practical guides to crafting and delivering a sermon. 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Although these churches had very different problems, they faced similar struggles: to articulate a faithful response to their concerns and to cope with the discord that threatened to tear their communities apart. Pastoral theologian Leanna K. Fuller shares these stories as a way of exploring the sources and dynamics of conflict in congregations. She argues that at the heart of such conflict lies anxiety triggered by encounters with difference. Bringing together resources from pastoral theology, psychodynamic theory, and social psychology, Fuller offers a theological reframing of conflict through categories of diversity, vulnerability, and hospitality--categories that, she argues, can encourage human beings to sit with the anxiety stirred by communal life and remain connected across differences. This reframing provides fertile ground out of which Fuller imagines concrete practices designed for conflicted communities and their leaders.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913088799,"sku":"9781498203371","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498203371_1143254.jpg?v=1769313433"},{"product_id":"spirit-filled-protestantism-holiness-pentecostal-revivals-and-the-making-of-filipino-methodist-identity-538615","title":"Spirit-Filled Protestantism: Holiness-Pentecostal Revivals and the Making of Filipino Methodist Identity","description":"In Spirit-filled Protestantism, Luther Oconer shows how holiness- and Pentecost-themed revival meetings called culto Pentecostal helped form the development of Methodism in the Philippines. He focuses on these revival meetings, their theological content, and the spiritual culture they helped perpetuate. The resulting narrative provides a rich rendering of both male and female American Methodist missionaries, their Filipino counterparts, and their followers that both celebrates and critiques them. Oconer also offers a unique perspective on Philippine Protestantism, which has often been dismissed for being too intellectual and formal. He defies the stereotype by demonstrating how culto Pentecostal revivals, with their emphasis on holiness and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, made Methodism the most innovative and successful of all Protestant denominations in the country prior to the Second World War. Accordingly, Oconer's treatment explains why Methodism provided a fertile seedbed for the emergence of the Manila Healing Revival and, consequently, the rise of Pentecostalism in the Philippines in the 1950s. A long-awaited volume on the history of Methodism in the Philippines, Spirit-filled Protestantism allows us to discern why Pentecostal impulses continue to shape Filipino Methodist identity in the twenty-first century. \"\"This groundbreaking historical study broadens our understanding of Methodism in the Philippines. Luther Oconer's portrayal of holiness revivalism in its social contexts illumines how the local and the global intersected. It shows how Filipinos, women missionaries, and other participants together crafted a vigorous and influential faith. I recommend this book very highly, as a fine contribution to the expanding field of World Christianity.\"\" --Dana L. Robert, Truman Collins Professor at Boston University \"\"Luther Oconer's book illuminates a hitherto unexplored side of the history of Methodism in the Philippines--how it was influenced by the culto Pentecostal. Hopefully, this new shaft of light will bring about a more benign understanding of culto Pentecostal as its misperceptions continue to cause cracks among the rank and file of Filipino Methodists. At the very least, Oconer's scholarly treatise should drive a more cerebral re-examination of the subject.\"\" --Reynato S. Puno, Former Chief Justice of the Philippines \"\"A profitable, engaging, readable, and well-researched tour through the American holiness world, tracking the holiness\/Pentecostal witness to India and thence to the Philippines. Filipino Methodism, Luther Oconer shows, was shaped and continues to be leavened by the culto Pentecostal. A must read for Methodists and especially United Methodists.\"\" -- Russell E. Richey, Dean Emeritus at Candler School \"\"Oconer's Spirit-Filled Protestantism is necessary reading for those interested in the development of Protestantism as a global phenomenon. This extremely engaging treatment traces the development of Philippine Methodism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Oconer's research recovers the historical and theological roots of culto Pentecostal revivalist missionaries, evangelists, and laity in the Philippines.\"\" --Dr. Scott Kisker, Professor at United Theological Seminary \"\"In Spirit-filled Protestantism, Luther Oconer revises and revitalizes the history of the arrival of American holiness revivalism into the Philippine Islands via Methodist Episcopal missionaries. Following revival practices and doctrines as they made their way into the islands behind the American military and alongside the larger colonial project, Oconer re-narrates a tired and simplistic one-way story of western religious imperialism into a stirring drama of pan-Pacific 'Holy Spirit revival.' Tracing the movement and subsequent reconstructions of holiness thought, practice, and performance through revivals in India that spread to the Philippines, Oconer provides a full and convincing portrayal of Filipino intellectual, e","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913252639,"sku":"9781498203609","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498203609_1409707.jpg?v=1769313440"},{"product_id":"mennonites-in-dialogue-451973","title":"Mennonites in Dialogue","description":"Ecumenical dialogue is not an end in itself. It serves as an indispensable instrument to overcome the divisive, mutual misinterpretations of the past. Ecumenical encounters pave the way toward healing painful memories and lead to a deeper understanding of the church's given unity, thus becoming a more credible witness of that truth. Mennonites in Dialogue is a collection of all conversation texts involving Mennonites on international and national levels, covering forty years of encounters with Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Reformed, Baptists, and Seventh-Day Adventists, among others. The texts illustrate growth in agreement as well as identify the remaining convictions that still divide. Several texts appear here for the first time in English. An introductory essay provides an overview of the motivations for dialogue, the challenges faced--both in the processes of dialogue and in their substance--as these conversations evolved, the achievements gained, and the prospects for the future. A detailed index enables a more effective comparison of the topics and issues throughout the collection. Mennonites in Dialogue is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the process of identity formation within the Christian tradition through encounter with the other, as well as a rich introduction to the theology of that global peace church--the Mennonites.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913285407,"sku":"9781498203630","price":139.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498203630_1130219.jpg?v=1769313441"},{"product_id":"heidegger-and-moral-realism-451975","title":"Heidegger and Moral Realism","description":"Is it possible to found a Heideggerian ethic around the notion of a relationship to being (Bezug zum Seyn)? Going against much of the Western tradition, Gupta considers if the being-relationship could result in a feeling or mystical experience that is the basis of ethics. Along the way, such an affective and embodied approach to ethics brings us into dialogue with a range of thinkers, such as Kant and Schweitzer. Further, it is suggested that an environmental philosophy is consistent with a Heideggerian ethics. Finally, recent research in the neurosciences is marshaled to at least show the plausibility of Heidegger's brand of moral realism as it is developed.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913482015,"sku":"9781498203784","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498203784_1130223.jpg?v=1769313448"},{"product_id":"apology-of-culture-463432","title":"Apology of Culture","description":"Contemporary philosophy and theology are ever more conscious of the fact that the model of relations between religion and culture developed in modernity is fundamentally flawed. The processes of the secularization of society, culture, and even religion are rooted in the dualistic vision of religion and culture introduced in the late Middle Ages. In seeking a way out, we need to explore domains of culture unaffected by Western European secular thinking. Russian thought is remarkably well prepared to formulate an alternative to secular modernity. Indeed, in Russian culture there was neither a Renaissance nor an Enlightenment. Eastern Christianity retained an integral patristic vision of human nature that had not been divided into separate natural and supernatural elements. These pre- and non-modern visions are now gaining exceptional value in the postmodern reality in which we find ourselves. The heritage of Russian Christian thought may serve as a source of inspiration for alternative approaches to religion and culture. In this respect, Russian thought may be compared with nouvelle theologie, Radical Orthodoxy, and other recent movements in Christian postsecular thought. For this reason it remains astonishingly contemporary.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913613087,"sku":"9781498203982","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498203982_1247689.jpg?v=1769313456"},{"product_id":"seeing-all-things-whole-463433","title":"Seeing All Things Whole","description":"Kagawa Toyohiko was one of the best-known evangelists and social reformers of the twentieth century. Founder of several religious, educational, social welfare, medical, financial, labor, and agricultural cooperatives, he was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1947 and 1948), and four times for the Nobel Peace Prize (1954, 1955, 1956, and 1960). Appealing to the masses who had little knowledge of Christianity, Kagawa believed that a positive interpretation of nature was a key missiological issue in Japan. He reasoned that a faith, which is rooted in the \"\"downward movement\"\" of Christ's incarnation, must support the scientific quest and meditate on the purpose or \"\"upward movement\"\" implicit in scientific findings. Through an anti-reductionist methodological pluralism that strives to \"\"sees all things whole,\"\" this \"\"scientific mystic\"\" employed a wide range of Japanese and Western cultural resources to assert a complementary role for science and religion in modern society. \"\"Focusing on Kagawa's scientific interest and its impact upon his thought, Hastings shows the famous Japanese Christian mystic, novelist, and political activist to have offered a prophetic vision of cosmic wholeness to a tragically divided modern world. In so doing, Hastings reclaims Kagawa's vision for our own troubled time.\"\" --Ann Astell Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame \"\"This is truly an excellent intellectual biography of a Japanese Christian who declares 'My religion is the life with the consciousness reconciled to the Creator of Heaven and earth in the mediation of Jesus Christ.' His unrestricted movement between science and religion is to be expected, because he sees all dimensions of life artfully interpenetrating each other within the arcs of evolutionary history and redemptive love.\"\" --Inagaki Hisakazu Professor of Philosophy, Tokyo Christian University, Japan \"\"Hastings offers a lucid intellectual biography of this great, controversial Japanese evangelist and social reformer. In a pluralistic and scientific age of Interstellar and quantum entanglement, Kagawa comes alive again in this volume and gives us a breathtaking glimpse of how all things hold together in Christ.\"\" --Paul Louis Metzger Professor of Christian Theology and Theology of Culture Multnomah University \"\"Drawing extensively on Japanese sources and scholarship, Seeing All Things Whole provides an insightful intellectual genealogy and analysis of Kagawa's thought and vision of the spiritual, social, and natural worlds. While this study explicates the relationship between Kagawa's mystical experience and his understanding of modern science, it also provide readers with a deeper understanding of his involvement in a wide-range of 'cosmic repair' activities--relief work in the slums and various forms of social and political engagement, for example--which occupied him to the end of his life.\"\" --Mark R. Mullins Professor of Japanese Studies University of Auckland, New Zealand Thomas John Hastings is Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International University Foundation in New York City. He was formerly Director of Research at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, and Professor of Practical Theology at Tokyo Union Theological Seminary while serving as a Presbyterian Church (USA) Mission Co-worker in Japan. He is editor of the recent translation of Kagawa's Cosmic Purpose (Cascade) and author of Practical Theology and the One Body of Christ.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913678623,"sku":"9781498204071","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204071_1247641.jpg?v=1769313460"},{"product_id":"christian-education-and-the-emerging-church-451978","title":"Christian Education and the Emerging Church","description":"All signs point to Christian education having lost its theological location and prominence in the life of the Western Protestant church. The Emerging Church movement, as an intentionally postmodern approach to ministry in the contemporary context, may, however, offer insights to reinterpret Christian education. This significant movement in today's church gives Christian education a new interpretive framework that is theologically located at an intersection of doxology and doctrine. In her examination of postmodern faith formation, Wendi Sargeant explores the importance of the Christian worshipping community as the most appropriate setting for Christian education. Practitioners and students will benefit from the ready-to-use teaching and learning matrix, and all those with interest in the formation of faith in themselves and others will draw much from the way Sargeant situates worship as the basis for enhancing Christian formation and ethos. \"\"Haunted by her young student's honest question, 'What is a church?, ' Australian educator Wendi Sargeant seeks answers from the field of Christian education and the emerging Christianity movement. Not content to distract her student with paper pinwheels, Sargeant articulates paradosis, doxa, dogma, and catechesis with a postmodern twang. Balancing an appreciation for the church as both a learning community and a worshipping community, this book provides detailed curriculum frameworks for use by Christian educators.\"\" --Aaron J. Ghiloni, author of John Dewey Among the Theologians Wendi Sargeant is a Minister with the Uniting Church in Australia, and Lecturer in Apologetics and Evangelism at Trinity College Queensland, Australian Catholic University at Brisbane, Australia.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568913907999,"sku":"9781498204309","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204309_1130220.jpg?v=1769313471"},{"product_id":"did-jesus-speak-greek-451979","title":"Did Jesus Speak Greek?","description":"Did Jesus speak Greek? An affirmative answer to the question will no doubt challenge traditional presuppositions. The question relates directly to the historical preservation of Jesus's words and theology. Traditionally, the authenticity of Jesus's teaching has been linked to the recovery of the original Aramaic that presumably underlies the Gospels. The Aramaic Hypothesis infers that the Gospels represent theological expansions, religious propaganda, or blatant distortions of Jesus's teachings. Consequently, uncovering the original Aramaic of Jesus's teachings will separate the historical Jesus from the mythical personality. G. Scott Gleaves, in Did Jesus Speak Greek?, contends that the Aramaic Hypothesis is inadequate as an exclusive criterion of historical Jesus studies and does not aptly take into consideration the multilingual culture of first-century Palestine. Evidence from archaeological, literary, and biblical data demonstrates Greek linguistic dominance in Roman Palestine during the first century CE. 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What is theologically at stake in Daniel's reconstructive interpretation is the human's existentially resonant relation with God and the christological revitalization of our symbolic and virtuous activity.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568914039071,"sku":"9781498204484","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204484_1130213.jpg?v=1769313478"},{"product_id":"believing-thinking-bounded-theology-451981","title":"Believing Thinking, Bounded Theology","description":"If theology at its best is knowing God and all things in the light of his reality, what is the nature of that knowledge? Of what can we be sure? Are there boundaries we must respect in pursuit of such understanding? To what extent can we know God, and what is the impact of that knowing? Little attention has been given in recent scholarship to the work of Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss pastor, professor, missionary, and theologian whose name is classed among the neo-orthodox thinkers of the last century. This lacuna is misleading, however, for his influence on modern theology persists. In Believing Thinking, Bounded Theology, Cynthia Bennett Brown explores the nature of and limits to theological thinking in Brunner's own work. What results from this study is an encounter with a thoroughly biblical, warmly pastoral, carefully intellectual, and insistently christocentric exposition of the Christian faith that remains relevant for theology and life today. \"\"Cynthia Brown writes with clarity and passion about Emil Brunner's enduring significance for Christian thinking. If Christian theology is to survive and flourish it needs to pay close attention to its purpose and methodology as well as its dogmatic content. Brown makes a strong case for Brunner as a guide for those claimed by both the need to be faithful to Divine Revelation and the demand to pay heed to contemporary human experience.\"\" --Richard Clutterbuck, Principal, Edgehill Theological College, Belfast \"\"Those of us who wonder whether theology today needs fewer and not more voices will make an immediate exception after reading Brown's volume. The author both rehabilitates this long-neglected theologian and persuades us that we neglect him today at our cost. With clarity and care, Brown reintroduces us to the thought of Brunner, once so influential on church and theology. We are edified and enriched.\"\" --Stephen Williams, Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological College, Belfast \"\"A leading Reformed theologian of the twentieth century, Brunner was widely read by pastors across the world. Although his influence has declined in recent years, his ability to combine dogmatic and apologetic theology is of contemporary relevance. In this accessible and sympathetic study, Brown offers an important scholarly reappraisal of Brunner that will be of much value to a theological generation less acquainted with his writings.\"\" --David Fergusson, Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College, University of Edinburgh Cynthia Bennett Brown is Honorary Lecturer in Systematic Theology in the Institute of Theology, Queen's University Belfast.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568914104607,"sku":"9781498204576","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204576_1130171.jpg?v=1769313482"},{"product_id":"christian-morality-465154","title":"Christian Morality","description":"Should society care about Christian morality? Are Christians out of touch with complex moral decision-making? Christian Morality: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Thinking about Contemporary Moral Issues provides readers with a framework for identifying and applying Christian moral principles to divisive issues. First, readers learn of the theological and philosophical foundations of Christian ethics. Two additional chapters explain how personal and social factors influence our capacity to think critically and Christianly about morality. Second, readers will learn about forming Christian moral judgments by seeing how different thinkers address six contemporary moral issues: abortion, same-sex relationships, equal treatment of men and women in the workplace, sex education, and racial bias in incarceration polices","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568914235679,"sku":"9781498204767","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498204767_1250642.jpg?v=1769313489"},{"product_id":"well-played-451985","title":"Well Played","description":"Should we allow performance-enhancing substances in competitive athletics? The first book of its kind, Well Played answers this question by urging us to a deeper appreciation for the purpose of sport. Giving special reference to performance-enhancing substances, Shafer challenges the incompleteness of the ethical arguments and contributes a Christian voice to the discussion. He initiates a theological conversation that is both scholarly and accessible, arguing that a distinctively Christian understanding of sport will have far-reaching implications for how we treat ethical issues like doping. The values, beliefs, and practices within the Christian tradition show an alternative that prioritizes humility and friendship, grace and gratitude over the win at all costs mentality that drives the use of performance-enhancing substances for a competitive advantage. This groundbreaking book ventures into new theological territory as it explores the intersections of theology, philosophy of sport, and the ethics of doping. Theologians, ethicists, and pastors, as well as coaches, athletes, and sports fans will benefit from this book's thoughtful reflection on how Christians can play well in the modern sports culture.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568914694431,"sku":"9781498205245","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498205245_1130173.jpg?v=1769313504"},{"product_id":"the-wheat-and-the-tares-463434","title":"The Wheat and the Tares","description":"In 1500 Christians knew that God gave them the church to shepherd believers toward salvation and that it was centered at Rome and ruled by a pope. Today, that church is but one of forty thousand Christian denominations, each with distinctive structures and doctrines. How did this happen? 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It argues in plain language, with illustrations and humor, that we cannot explain human nature without God, that men are miracles. --Elegant in his simplicity. Thoughtful in his consideration. Provocative in his arguments. Scientific, theological, philosophical, humorous, yet thoroughly Christian. Jim Howard logically builds an argument for deity and humanity's longing to know and be known by that One.-- --John Neihof, President, Wesley Biblical Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi --At a time when apologetics has become largely a technical conversation between academicians, Howard has given us a book designed to help the average lay person talk to their unbelieving friends about the deep questions they have about God and existence in a crazy world.-- --Harry Lee Poe, Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture, Union University --The Miracle of Man is an engaging and substantive presentation of the evidence for God from human nature. This fascinating volume has the integrity of a book born in the crucible of the author's personal life and written to address the needs of family and friends. It combines readability with the careful logic of a legal mind. [This book] will strengthen the faith of those who believe in God, and challenge the unbelief of skeptics. Highly recommended.-- --Gareth Lee Cockerill, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor of Biblical Interpretation and Theology, Wesley Biblical Seminary Jim Howard is an attorney in Edmonton, Kentucky, with thirty-six years of experience. He served one year as Judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. 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This book locates the starting point for answering this question in a placed perspective, and examines what G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, and Wendell Berry have to show us in this regard. These authors' rooted perspectives challenge us to see our communities and ourselves differently.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568915579167,"sku":"9781498206709","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498206709_1143137.jpg?v=1769313548"},{"product_id":"religion-and-violence-438670","title":"Religion and Violence","description":"The aim of Religion and Violence is to engage dialectically key symbols of religiously motivated violence through the insights of Bernard Lonergan. Sociologists and psychologists argue the link between religion and violence. Religion is viewed more as part of the problem and not part of the solution to violence. Bernard Lonergan's insights have helped the author arrive at a number of conclusions regarding the link between religion and violence. He argues that there is a difference between distorted religion and genuine religion, between authenticity and inauthenticity of the subject. Distorted religion has the capacity to shape traditions in ways that justify violence, while genuine religion heals persons, helps them make different moral decisions when confronted with situations of conflict, and aims to explore new ways of understanding themselves as shaping history toward progress. Further, Religion and Violence, while arguing from within the Catholic Christian tradition, nevertheless seeks to provide a number of categories that will speak to people from other cultural traditions. Since many of the examples of religious violence cited by commentators come out of the Islamic tradition, the author has evidenced and explored more authentic aspects of the Islamic tradition that would help provide a solution to violence. \"\"Drawing on Lonergan's normative framework, Arcamone explodes the myth that religion and violence are inextricably linked. He challenges studies of religion to move beyond merely empirical accounts to find the beating heart of religion in experiences of transcendent love and meaning. But this is also a challenge to all religions to engage in self-purification to address the distortions that promote violence. Only then can religion be a force for healing in a troubled world.\"\" --Neil Ormerod, Professor of Theology, Australian Catholic University \"\"Dominic Arcamone takes titans of religious thought--Rene Girard, Charles Taylor, and most significantly, Bernard Lonergan--and brings their insights to bear as he explores the relationship between religion and violence. It is at once an engaging, dialectical, and constructive piece of scholarship in which he examines symbols of cosmic war, martyrdom, demonization, and warrior empowerment. Arcamone's timely work offers a much-needed and highly nuanced framework that enables one to discern between authentic and inauthentic religious claims about violence.\"\" --Rohan Curnow, Academic Registrar, Professor Extraordinarius of Dogmatic Theology, Catholic Institute of Sydney \"\"Dominic Arcamone tackles the oft-avoided relationship between violence and religion with care, intelligence, and a genuine concern to effectively communicate complex ideas. Addressing the dangerous ideas of the attraction of violence and war and its influence on religious imagination, Religion and Violence critically examines notions of legitimate authority, justice, right intentions, and their cumulative impact on action ... Religion is the fruit of creativity born from sustained hard work. Truly a book for our times.\"\" --John Francis Collins, Acting Director, Catholic Enquiry Centre, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Dominic Arcamone works as a mission manager in health care. He has been a sessional lecturer for the Australian Catholic University since 2007 writing and teaching graduate and postgraduate courses in theological subjects. He has a BTh, MTh, MA (Counseling and Pastoral Care), DMin, and PhD. His theological reflection has been enhanced through integrating the insights of the Canadian philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan. Since the events of 9\/11, he has focused on the problem of religion and violence.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568915808543,"sku":"9781498206945","price":84.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498206945_1046615.jpg?v=1769313554"},{"product_id":"the-church-and-development-in-africa-second-edition-451990","title":"The Church and Development in Africa (Second Edition)","description":"In this book, Stan Chu Ilo offers an integral theology of development and a critical social analysis of different development theories and practices in the world, especially in Africa. Ilo offers a comprehensive biblical, anthropological, and theological foundation of the principles and praxis of Catholic social ethics from the Second Vatican Council to Pope Francis. Drawing from the social encyclical Charity in Truth, Ilo shows how Catholic social teaching responds to some of the challenging questions and concerns of our times in relation to human rights, ecology, globalization, international cooperation, development and aid, human and cultural development, business ethics, social justice, and the challenges of poverty eradication. He creatively applies these principles to the social context of Africa, and lays a groundwork for sustainable Christian humanitarian and social justice initiatives in Africa.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568916267295,"sku":"9781498207478","price":94.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498207478_1130162.jpg?v=1769313569"},{"product_id":"this-is-my-body-451993","title":"This is My Body","description":"The body of Christ. The body of the anorexic. The altered body. The mutilated body. The Eucharist. 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This Is My Body provides a collection of essays addressing the body from broadly Wesleyan, Christian, and philosophical perspectives, examining Wesley's engagement with the body, embodied epistemologies, the body and the Church, and the altered body in relation to Christian Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568916496671,"sku":"9781498207928","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498207928_1130186.jpg?v=1769313582"},{"product_id":"rediscovering-worship-451995","title":"Rediscovering Worship","description":"Many opinions contend in the church today for what constitutes true worship of God and how best it can be practiced. This collection of essays carries on a conversation between biblical scholars and church music practitioners. It begins with three studies investigating what we can learn about worship in the Old Testament, followed by essays on the teaching about worship in the Gospels, Epistles, and the book of Revelation in the New Testament. The church music practitioners featured in the book respond to each of these essays. The final essay by Wendy Porter takes a historical journey of theological reflection on Christian worship from the days of the early church, tracing worship developments in the Western church through the centuries to today. 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The idea for Embracing the Past--Forging the Future: A New Generation of Wesleyan Theology came from our assessment that Wesleyan theology has yet to fully adapt to this changing landscape, and that the future of Wesleyan theology requires the bringing together of old and new voices.The difficult task of balancing between continuity and change--keeping up with the developments of our culture and staying true to the roots of our tradition--requires the dual focus of looking forward and backward simultaneously.In this volume, we have brought together contributions by young Wesleyan scholars (graduate students and junior faculty) as a way of illustrating and articulating a new generation of Wesleyan theology. These younger voices demonstrate the desire to push Wesleyan theology in new directions. Additionally, we have included contributions from senior scholars who have been doing important work and who have already made significant contributions to Wesleyan theology. This is not simply the old guard but the voices of scholars who continue to make a profound impact on Wesleyan theology.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568916857119,"sku":"9781498208437","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498208437_1130195.jpg?v=1769313606"},{"product_id":"two-can-play-that-game-manipulation-counter-manipulation-and-recognition-in-john-21-through-the-eyes-of-genesis-484038","title":"Two Can Play That Game: Manipulation, Counter-Manipulation, and Recognition in John 21 Through the Eyes of Genesis","description":"John 21 portrays seven disciples fishing all night yet catching nothing. In the morning, a shoreline stranger instructs them to recast their net. Surprisingly, the disciples fail to recognize him. After a miraculous catch and subsequent breakfast, however, there is no doubt as to who this stranger is. Jesus then questions Peter about his love and commissions him to feed Jesus' sheep. Using narrative criticism, Lowdermilk examines this recognition scene, asking, \"\"How would a reader, well acquainted with recognition and deception as portrayed in Genesis, understand John 21?\"\" He discards \"\"trickster\"\" terminology and argues that biblical recognition occurs within a context of \"\"manipulation.\"\" After proposing a detailed taxonomy of manipulation, he ventures further and argues for patterns in Genesis where manipulators are \"\"counter-manipulated\"\" in a reciprocal manner, ironically similar to their own behavior, providing a transforming effect on the manipulator. These findings, plus a careful examination of Greek diminutives, inform Lowdermilk's new reading of John 21:1-19. Peter withholds his identity as a disciple in John 18 and later Jesus actively withholds his identity in ironic counter-manipulation, mirroring Peter's denials. Jesus' threefold questioning of Peter continues the haunting echoes of Peter's earlier denials. Will it result in a disciple transformed? \"\"In the beginning, God created stories. Great stories keep readers on edge by way of thick plot lines, complex characters, manipulation of tricksters, and reversals that lead to tragedy or redemption. Lowdermilk likens recognition scenes (aha moments) of the Patriarchs in Genesis to the life of Peter in the Gospel of John. Spoiler alert: just when you think the show is over, Jesus the counter-manipulator appears out of nowhere and changes everything.\"\" --Martin Mittelstadt, Professor of New Testament, Evangel University \"\"By reading the characterization of Peter and Jesus in John against the background of the trickster motif in Genesis, Eric Lowdermilk demonstrates the importance of manipulation as a rubric for analyzing character interactions--which is especially appropriate for ancient literature produced in an agonistic society. This volume will be instructive for anyone working in Genesis and the Gospels, the dynamics of character interactions in ancient literature, the trickster motif, recognition scenes in Jewish and Christian literature, or the place of John 21 in the narrative of the Fourth Gospel.\"\" --R. Alan Culpepper, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University \"\"Lowdermilk proposes an insightful alternative to the trickster motif--that of manipulation and counter-manipulation. He demonstrates that this motif better represents biblical character development and more clearly highlights the plot function of the transformative potential of character interaction. Lowdermilk's careful, creative reading across testaments will be of interest to biblical narrative, rhetorical, and performance critics, as well as to all who delight in the story of the Bible.\"\" --Kathy R. Maxwell, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Palm Beach Atlantic University Eric Lowdermilk serves as Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies and Coordinator of the Orlando Ministry Program at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Orlando, Florida. He is the author of various writings in student affairs, a grounded theory study of the transformation of inner-city youth, and biblical studies.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568916889887,"sku":"9781498208468","price":94.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781498208468_1324705.jpg?v=1769313605"},{"product_id":"what-is-this-babbler-trying-to-say-451271","title":"What is This Babbler Trying to Say?","description":"This book is a collection of revised-and-updated essays about the Hebrew Bible written by a North American scholar over a period of several decades. Subdivided into three parts--Torah, Prophecy\/Apocalyptic, and Wisdom--these seventeen essays attempt to model for younger scholars and students what the discipline of biblical interpretation can look like, attending carefully to literary, historical, canonical, and comparative intertextual methods of investigation. \"\"For more than three decades, Michael Moore has shed light on the social worlds behind, and the imaginative worlds within and arising from, biblical texts. Moving from discrete exegetical problems to the life patterns of communities of faith, these essays model an approach to biblical scholarship that says to all, 'come and enjoy this for yourself.' We may all be grateful that Moore has invited us to share the fruits of his labors.\"\" --Mark Hamilton, Onstead Professor of Biblical Studies, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University \"\"Drawing upon the breadth and depth of his knowledge of ancient Near Eastern studies, modern biblical scholarship, and numerous methodologies, Moore traverses the range of genres within the Bible, yielding new understanding. The collection of essays exhibits uniformly philological, literary, and historical richness. Torrents of insights flow from these essays.\"\" --Joel Gereboff, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University Michael S. Moore (PhD, Drew University) teaches courses about the Hebrew Bible to students at Arizona State University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and the Arizona Research Center for the Ancient Near East (www.arcane-az.com), where he serves as Director. 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The authors reflect on fundamental questions concerning theory and method in ecclesiology in relation to concrete and actual research projects. Ecclesiology is dealt with as a systematic, empirical, historical, and liturgical discipline. Essays explore theology in South Africa as shaped by apartheid, liturgical theology, the diaconate in an ecumenical context, Free Church preachership, suburban ecclesial identity, medieval church practices, liturgical texts, church floor plans, and ecclesiology as a gendered discipline. Ecclesiology in the Trenches is a book for anyone who is interested and involved in ecclesiological research. It is also an example of a reflective approach to academic work. 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