Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
Biography
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda wrote Resisting Structural Evil, Building a Moral Economy, and Healing a Broken World.
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Theology
“In Before Nature, Paul Santmire weaves together theologies of nature, both ancient and new, which he persuasively employs to re-frame our understanding of humanity's vital—and humble—role as co-creator and servant. Engaging scientific criticism and illumined by 'fragile faith,' Dr. Santmire journeys into the origin of all things in God as Trinity: Giver, Gift, and Giving. In a narrative combining elements of theological reflection, pastoral experience, and memoir, Santmire calls readers to own their role of theologian/creation-partner through prayer and action. An invitation to vulnerability, wonder, and hope, Before Nature is an inspiring and moving challenge to living in God’s present—in an ‘era of twilight.'" —Br Jonathan Maury Society of Saint John the Evangelist "With grace and wisdom, Paul Santmire draws the reader into intimate, intriguing conversation culminating in an earthy spirituality of nature grounded in historic Christian traditions and in his lifelong journey of encountering God in Earth’s creatures and elements. Santmire is an artist of words. His accessible lucid prose and delightful imagery guide the reader on a critical and deeply appreciative walk through Christian understandings of God both beyond and within the created world. All is couched in courageous unflinching accounts of his spiritual journey in its fragile beauty and brokenness. His final gift to the reader is an invitation to encounter God in creation by singing the ancient Trinity Prayer as a life-giving spiritual practice. Against the lure of cosmic despair prevalent in the church and broader society, Santmire weaves a vision of cosmic hope; all of creation is destined toward ultimate fulfillment. This will become a classic of earth-honoring spirituality.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Caryn Riswold's book is a masterpiece in the rare art of distilling complex intellectual histories into lucid accessible narratives, and articulating complex ideas with clarity. This work reveals Riswold's sophisticated intellect and her agility in feminist thought, Christian theology, and the interplay between them. The reader will enter a strikingly honest, daring, fruitful, and spirited conversation between feminism and Christianity. Riswold highlights the rich diversity within each and illumines their shared commitment to a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Craig Nessan has created a vital resource for the church. It is a thorough, deeply faithful, insightful, and vibrant exposition of Lutheran ethics as an emancipatory mode of being people of God. Particularly important are his clear differentiation between conventional meanings of freedom and a Lutheran Christian understanding of freedom and his concise argument that Luther’s teachings about two kingdoms—often misinterpreted to justify separation of religion from political engagement—call Christians to political engagement in service of the neighbor. This book will be invaluable in both classroom and congregation!”
Ivan the Fool and Three Shorter Tales for Living Peaceably
Fiction
“A rare gem! This small book draws one into the sacred wisdom of the holy fool. Readers will savor kernels of life-giving insight, will find the soul smiling at truths it always knew but had forgotten, and will gain more power for the art of living rightly on this good Earth.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This is a marvelous and urgently needed book! Read it. Honest, courageous, faithful, theologically profound, politically savvy, and artfully written, it will direct our vital energies into redemptive, lifesaving, and hope-infused action toward a world in which all may flourish. O'Brien's brilliance shines light on pathways into a future where life together is grounded in cooperation, mercy, and renewable equitable energy, a future no longer dominated by fossil fuel industries and the myths that sustain them. This book is a healing gift!”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“The brilliance and prophetic wisdom that mark Melanie Harris’s work abound in this book. It is a wellspring of deeply rooted soul-sustenance for the uncharted journey toward a world where Earth and earthlings may flourish. Ecowomanist wisdom guides the reader to weave contemplative practice into transformative power for earth justice as social justice. Brave and tender words light the way. Drink from this luminous volume to water your soul, illumine your connection to all that is, and ignite enduring courage for the collective sacred work of ecological social healing that is the great spiritual and moral calling of our time in history.”
ReEngaging ELCA Social Teaching on The Church in Society
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This exquisitely clear and readable book is a must read for any who hunger to understand more fully the rich Lutheran heritage of faithful engagement in civic life. Portraying that heritage through the lens of the ELCA’s founding social statement, Childs reveals distinct gifts that Lutheran theologies bring to the church’s witness in public life. Readers will relish the deep gospel roots of public witness as perceived in Lutheran tradition, and the life-giving dynamic of justice inherent in Jesus’ call to neighbor-love as Lutheran theologies at their best understand that calling.”
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Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Sheryl Johnson’s book is a shining gift to the North American church of our day. It is a prophetic, pragmatic guiding light for faith communities who hunger to align their practices—including financial practices—with their faith in a God who is bringing life in its fullness to all. With crystal clarity and compassionate wisdom, Johnson invites congregations and denominations to root practices regarding money—raising, spending, saving, redistributing it—in faith. She guides the reader through a journey into church finance through a lens of spiritual integrity and liberation. The journey is theologically rooted and spiritually inspired, and it profiles congregations that are working to align finances with their faith commitments. This delightfully conversational book will enable the church to move more fully into its vocation, practice the gospel, and live incarnationally. Read this book! It is invaluable.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“With clarity, nuance, and verbal artistry, Sharon Delgado's Shaking the Gates of Hell offers invaluable guidance to all who seek moral-spiritual wisdom, vision, and power for resisting the demands of the corporate- and finance-driven global economy and forging more equitable and ecological alternatives. Her piercing analysis comes with a moving invitation to join with Jesus in his unrelenting and compassion-driven resistance to systemic powers that thwart God's gracious gift of life in its fullness for all. Holy hope and honesty ring throughout this powerful volume. It is a sign of abiding love and commitment to justice and will nurture both in its readers.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“A splendid chorus of voices beckoning the church out of captivity to mammon in its contemporary forms, and into holy terrain—the terrain of church experiencing the sacred, proclaiming a healing and liberating gospel in word and deed, and cultivating life-giving community. For all who love the church and sense danger lurking where financialized capitalism as culture infiltrates its life and being, this inspiring, daring, and faithful book will be a goldmine of insight for entering a more faithful future.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“These letters speak beauty--the beauty of searing truth spoken, the beauty of a heart burst open in delight and lament, the beauty of words crafted with exquisite grace. Here we breathe wonder, piercing honesty, and profound hope. This is poetry in prose form, science in the garb of wonder, and prayer as life's gratitude. The Planet You Inherit is culminating testimony of a profoundly wise theologian, mystic, artist, and lover of life.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Rieger provides trenchant analysis of the stark power differentials inherent in neoliberal capitalism that enable a few to maximize profit at terrible expense to the many and to Earth's ecosystems. In response he calls for a 'deep solidarity' based on the labor and collective agency of working-class people. Of tremendous value are his insistence that privilege does not always equal power, his locating the roots of climate change in the structures of capitalism as a way of life, and his honest inquiry into the roles of theology in either maintaining or undermining oppressive power. This text deftly weaves stark critique together with pragmatic and visionary possibility.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Ched Myers and the team of young authors he has assembled offer in this volume a Spirit-inspired, theologically grounded call to action that is filled with passionate hope.”
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