Amos Yong

For Freedom or Bondage?

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Acolatse's proposals provide a holistic and dialogical model for pastoral care, one that engages with the ecumenical tradition and is informed by interdisciplinary analyses, while also expertly reappropriating global South perspectives, sensibilities, and cosmologies. May an increasingly Pentecostal and charismatic world Christianity take heed.”

Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Restoration

Theology

“Pentecostal perspectives on forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration?! Yes--finally--those claiming a Spirit-filled Christian life are following in the steps of the Spirit-anointed Christ to engage a world in need of good news that forgiveness and reconciliation apply not only to individual hearts but to people groups and communities as well. A must-read not only for Pentecostals but for all who also yearn to experience and see the fullness of the Spirit of Christ!”

From Aldersgate to Azusa Street

History & Biography

“From Aldersgate to Azusa Street is a panoramic survey of the lives and times of Wesley and his descendents once and twice-removed. The result is a fascinating biographical history of the emergence of world Christianity. The important contributions of these men and women make this an essential text for teachers and students of Wesleyan, Holiness, and Pentecostal movements.”

Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?

Christian Living

“Finally, a book long overdue but timely, given the emergence of Pentecostals and Charismatics in the theological academy! For laypersons in the pew who are a part of these movements, Nañez opens up the possibility of cultivating the life of the mind in a way that does not quench the Spirit. A must read for all first-year undergraduates at institutions that cater to Pentecostal-Charismatic constituencies.”

Generous Orthodoxies

Theology

“Orthodoxies! In the plural? Perhaps somewhat like what happened on the day of Pentecost when there was a kind of amazement that the wondrous works of God were indeed pronounced even while there was perplexity about ‘what does this mean?’ These pages also reverberate with dogmatic, philosophical, and contextual witnesses to the ecumenical soundscape of the twenty-first century, announcing that there are fresh opportunities to engage the truth claims of Christian doctrine amid the challenges of our post-colonial and post-Christendom world.”

Genes of Eden

Science & Faith

“If the science of epigenetics sheds new light on the biblical doctrine of original sin and Augustinian traducianist perspectives on the human soul and psyche, then Dr. Luman Wing is our diagnostician and Genes of Eden may be a trigger that opens up new(robiological) pathways of sanctification and redemption for us ailing and addicted humans! This book deserves a wide readership among theologians and Christians interested in how contemporary scientific advances (especially even if not only on the human genome) can inform our faith.”

Global Gospel

Christian Living

“Masterfully interweaves historical narrative and theological analysis, demographic data and trends, and the best scholarship in the field.”

Glocal

Christian Living

“In many respects, the Great Commission in the twenty-first century remains more a set of problems to be resolved than a task to be achieved. Rick Love both explains why the challenges exist and how to begin reconceiving Christian witness afresh. Some evangelicals will think he has gone too far in reconstructing mission, others will think he has not gone far enough in deconstructing it. It is precisely a book’s capacity to elicit both kinds of responses that mark Glocal as a must-read for anyone with any stake in these issues in the present time.”

God and Gravity

Science & Faith

“Readers fulfill at least the following roles: (1) introduce a prolific thinker to new audiences in one place; (2) cover the gamut of such a thinker's oeuvre in ways that enable comparative and analytical perspective on the parts in relationship to the whole and vice-versa; and (3) provide a vista for the evolution of an important and influential set of ideas vis-.-vis the shifting contexts being navigated. God and Gravity meets these objectives, in particular situating Philip Clayton’s three-decades-plus engagement with the science-and-theology conversation against what manifests gradually as a triadic backdrop that includes the emerging church grappling with developments in the theological academy and the field of philosophy of science. Those new to the intersection of these three spheres seeking orientation will benefit from this volume even as it serves as a handy reference for seasoned scholars and theologians wishing to engage Clayton’s achievements.”

God’s Empowered People

Theology

“The passion that is the hallmark of Pentecostal spirituality comes through palpably in this book: a passion for the church, for bridging the academy and the pew, for people with disabilities and for their place among the people of God, for local pastors and their congregations, and, most importantly, for American laypeople across the spectrum and for all that they might achieve by the Spirit of God. Beware: laywomen and men who pick up this accessible book will surely catch the fire of Fettke's contagious fervor! And good thing too since the world is surely ready for the ministry of God's empowered people.”

GraceQuest

History & Biography

“GraceQuest does not sentimentalize the lifelong journey through suffering and disability. But its rawness mediates the divine grace sure to touch and transform the hearts of many readers, even as its authenticity will encourage those who find themselves in similar circumstances.”

Grassroots Asian Theology

Theology

“Only Simon Chan can register Pentecostal perspectives in substantive conversation with Catholic and Orthodox traditions amidst Asian religio-cultural realities with surprising results about not only the retrieval of classical or historic Christian teachings but also with new points of contact and invited adjustments to established categories and frameworks of thinking. Grassroots Asian Theology is methodologically exemplary in suggesting a theology that is both fully Asian and ecumenical in the biblical sense.”

Habits of Hope

Discipleship & Christian Education

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Heaven and the Popular Imagination

Theology

“Allen's book will not only prompt our imagination about heaven but also suggest how engagement with popular culture can enrich theological reflection; intriguingly, if theologians—of heaven, but of other topics and in general too—follow Allen's methodological lead, theology itself might also become more popular and even have a wider cultural impact than it currently does.”

Holiness as a Liberal Art

Theology

“Castelo and his colleagues at Seattle Pacific University show us resources . . . for reconsidering long-standing, evangelical discussions regarding faith-learning integration. Holiness as a Liberal Art is a catalyst for that task.”

Human Difference

Christian Living

“Thank God for Rafi Barron whose life has spurred his father to think deeply out of his combined Jewish and Christian set of commitments about the difference that proximity makes, and how being close to those who are different from us invites another posture of welcoming that much of conventional culture often otherizes. God's gift through Rafi in these pages includes probing reflections on the Bible and invitations to consider questions that we might not otherwise take up. Thanks be to God, and to Rafi!”

Husbands Should Not Break

History & Biography

“This no-holds barred account from one of the most brilliant theologian-surfers from Down Under, who woke up from an accident as a quadriplegic, will clear away stereotypes about disability, inspire faith from the perspective of a chair, and challenge sloppy thinking about some of the most intractable conundrums. Don't pick up this book unless you are ready to be moved, infuriated, and interrogated all at the same time.”

Inspired

Theology

“Jack Levison probably considers himself neither a prophet nor the son of one. Yet he does what prophets do — identify the presence and activity of the spirit of God in the world and then discern with remarkable clarity the implications such work can and should have for our future. Inspired, aptly titled, will not only inform readers about the spirit but activate, nurture, and enable a spirit-filled way of life, learning, and virtue.”

Inspired Imperfection

Apologetics

“How do we read and trust a supposedly sacred book when its contradictions and moral ambiguities are so apparent? For all who struggle with these questions, this book is for you. Gregory A. Boyd's theological sojourn has imbibed various communities, experiences, and theological paradigms, all evident in these pages about his life-long grappling with Scripture.”

Intersecting Realities

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Lee and his colleagues here not only name the oftentimes very painful realities confronted by young Asian Americans, but also provide concrete practical guidelines for navigating a racialized North American world. What is additionally potent for use in CCCU-affiliated institutions and theological seminary classes devoted to race and ethnicity is the vision of scriptural and covenant faithfulness that provides a sure ground upon which to tread in walking out the unavoidably ambiguous choices demanding navigation, and in persisting through the messy outcomes that will follow in our real world. The way forward will not be easy anytime soon, but that is why those serving in and ministering to the present generation of Asian American Christian communities ought to read Intersecting Realities.”