Cathy Ross

Contextual Theology

Theology

“This is a superbly written book which clearly outlines the vital importance of engaging in contextual theology for our time. Matheny reviews the historical background to contextual theology as well as various approaches. He explains how it works in practice, why contextual theology is good theology, and why a healthy contextual theology will shape the future of theology by reviving biblical images and perspectives found in world Christianity. It is an accessible read and will be a very helpful resource for students, practitioners, and parishioners.”

Contextual Theology for the Twenty-First Century

Theology

“This volume offers thoughtful and sometimes provocative reflection on contextual theology for our era. Contextual theology is both critiqued and affirmed as the authors, who span a range of continents and contexts, wrestle with just how theology can be in dialogue with daily life. New agendas for engaging with culture, Christology, and theological education are also suggested. This collection of essays is indeed a stimulating and challenging read.”

Does God Love the Coronavirus?

Theology

“This is a wonderful conversation deeply rooted both in spirituality and in deep friendship. Bevans and Sedmak are not afraid to wrestle with many of the difficult issues that have been highlighted during the pandemic. The conversation is scholarly, accessible, and enriching, and offers us theology done imaginatively, finds beauty in imperfection, and urges us to practice a theology of relationship and vulnerability. It is a book which not only challenges our discipleship but also replenishes our spirituality.”

Reclaiming the Good News

Evangelism & Missions

“This book of essays testifies to the lived experience of a life dedicated to mission. John offers us thorough scholarship, attentiveness to both Scripture and context, and pertinent challenges for today with real life examples that help us to see theological ideas fleshed out. This is missiology at its best—figuring out how to live and communicate Gospel truths amidst the messy realities of daily life. This is also scholarship at its best because it emerges from a long life of faithful discipleship to Christ.”

Religious Identity and Cultural Negotiation

Theology

“This is a carefully researched book which is an important contribution to the field of migration studies. The reader will find their own identity challenged as they consider the construction of Christian identity alongside identities of departure, belonging, and displacement as experienced by the migrants whose stories are told here. I warmly commend this book for its creative use of the lens of migration to crack open questions of identity.”

Singleness and Marriage after Christendom

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“This is an excellent book that provides a helpful corrective and an innovative approach to much of the Christian literature on what it means to be human and to be family. Lina Toth offers a careful analysis of the historical context which opens up a myriad of other ways of being and doing family. This is framed around friendship as a personal, communal, and missional practice which challenges us to live out new ways of being family in our current individualized and often isolated Western contexts.”

The Book of Job and the Mission of God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a carefully researched and accessible book on why and how we can read Job with a missional lens. Tim Davy offers us a fresh approach with his missional reflection on Job. He also aligns it with our universal human experience as he explores questions of unjust suffering, lament, social justice, the nature of who God is, and the issue of poverty. This makes it a book for our times and will challenge some of our assumptions about both God and mission.”