Daniel Castelo
History & Biography
“Finally! Many of us have been anticipating this book for years, knowing that Richard Steele would do an incredible job of handling his source material with expert care and consideration. The subgenre of ‘prisoners of conscience’ is such an important one to explore in our context, one where people’s opinions and endorsements are often ‘on sale’ to the highest bidder. Prisoners of conscience have actively shown throughout history with their very bodies that truth is worth suffering for. It is a precious affirmation of faith to be surrounded by a cloud of such witnesses. Steele faithfully and compellingly lifts up their voices for us to learn, be comforted, and ultimately challenged by their lives.”
Christian Understandings of Evil
Theology
“Christian Understandings of Evil is an important, orienting effort... Personally, I wish serious Christians of all types would read this text for a number of reasons. First, it would help disabuse a typical layperson from the many spurious accounts about evil, the devil, and other matters that simply are perpetuated by hearsay. Second, laypeople need to know that Christian doctrine does develop over time given the worldviews at work, the pressures at play, and the changing rationalities and questions people develop in particular settings. Third, given this book's hard work of narrating the ''historical trajectory'' of this theme, it can help set up an awareness of ''how we got here'' on these matters. ...the approach of the author is commendable, which is intentionally doctrinal and theological. Oftentimes on questions related to evil and suffering, philosophical theology overshadows doctrinal theology. Burns is quite intentional to keep the philosophical side of things in service to the doctrinal (which in this book takes the shape of historical survey similar to the approach of a Justo Gonzalez or Jaroslav Pelikan).”
Contextual Theological Interpretation
Theology
“Lim encourages us to take seriously a certain dissonance: The questions that biblical scholars typically ask are not usually the ones believers in the classroom and in the pew are asking. Involved in these questions is the recognition that contexts—both of authors and readers—matter for biblical and theological interpretation. Lim’s latest volume can help scholars, teachers, and students resolve features of this dissonance for the sake of promoting a more attentive, critical, and reverent way of engaging the sacred texts and traditions of Christianity.”
Drinking from the Wells of New Creation
Theology
“This book deserves a wide and favorable hearing by all those interested in the ways the gospel, qua gospel, can make a lasting and genuine difference in our world today.”
Theology
“A perpetual challenge within Christology and pneumatology is the prominent and early claim made by the Baptist in all four Gospels that Jesus was to baptize in the Spirit, yet this language is not picked up again until the beginning of Acts. How can we reconcile such prominence on the one hand and such blatant silence on the other? The answer lies in deliberate, extensive, and creative theological reflection that connects and reconnects all that we know in suggestive and illuminating ways. Few people can succeed at such a task. Frank Macchia not only can but does so masterfully. This book is a true gem, showing that Macchia is one of his generation’s most important and capable theologians.”
Theology
“McCall and Vickers have pulled off a significant achievement in this work, in that they have pursued a vision of systematic theology that makes sense for the Wesleyan theological tradition. Standard topics in the genre of systematic theology are covered here, which is helpful when students wonder how a ‘Wesleyan take’ would be similar to or different from other accounts. At the same time, one sees several emphases here that make this also a constructive piece. Therefore, it is a work that is both exhaustive and particular. Overall, students and scholars in the field will benefit tremendously from the effort expended here; it should have a long shelf life and make a contribution to generations of students and scholars who are seeking to think and speak out of a theological grammar with a Wesleyan accent.”
Theology
“This book holds a timely invitation to come on a particular journey, one that asks the question how it is that sacred Scripture has become something less than a text through which the Spirit manifests and speaks. That is but one part of the journey, however, because the book also provides us a way forward from this predicament. This work demonstrates a certain verve and facility with the relevant issues, and it is at once both accessible and seasoned. Educators and church leaders who find such a journey important for those they serve would do well to start with this volume.”
Theology
“Renewal Worship is a welcome addition to renewal studies by providing language categories—in short, a theology—for what people of the Spirit come to do so intuitively. At the same time, intuition can be shaped in different directions; therefore, this book can serve a larger purpose of providing not only a theology of renewal worship but also a logic that can keep it attuned to its character and aims. Pastors and worship leaders can especially benefit from its proposals.”
Theology
“This book is an achievement on many different levels. It represents a ‘coming of age’ of renewal traditions in the authors’ ability to offer a form of sophisticated, world-regarding catechesis. It would have been a game-changer for me as a young person, when I had critical questions about life that neither my public school nor my church youth group was helping me answer. I felt lost so many times, openly wondering if my church tradition could keep up with the longings I had to make sense of the world and my place within it. This book could have helped me then, and I am convinced it will significantly help many people today. If read widely, this book could be part of a generational turning point.”
Theology
“One of the theological dangers facing the English-speaking church is its over reliance on Christology, what can be called hyperchristocentrism, which means that Christ is emphasized to such a degree that Christian trinitarianism breaks down. What is needed in response to this situation are ways to make Christology more trinitarian, and this is what Sánchez helps achieve in this work. Sculptor Spirit emphasizes a Spirit Christology for its implications related to sanctification, spirituality, and the Christian life overall. Through its models and various examples from antiquity to the present, it is a reliable guide that I hope finds resonance with students, preachers, and teachers who are passionate to offer something substantive to a hungry church.”
Theology
“...Gabriel's contribution is a welcome addition to the growing literature in Pentecostal theology.”
The Saving Mysteries of Jesus Christ
Theology
“Unlike the Christ-related ‘babble’ that they mention overwhelms Christian publishing efforts, this beautiful work by Colón-Emeric and Gorman is deeply engaged with Scripture and fluently conversant (yet not overly technical) with pertinent Christological challenges. All of this is appropriate for a book explicitly steeped in the Wesleyan-Methodist heritage since so much of this tradition theologically relies on the salvific work of Christ. I cannot recommend this book enough, especially for beginning theology students and serious laypeople in church classes; mastering it will provide a solid basis for intellectual and spiritual growth.”
The Spirit and the Common Good
Theology
“In this creative, piercing, and wide-reaching work, Augustine argues that life in the Spirit is a life committed to the common good. That this claim is difficult to imagine for many who are committed to the Spirit's work of transformation shows how perilously truncated much pneumatological reflection is today. This book is sure to become a landmark in such areas as pneumatology, theological anthropology, and political theology for its constructive energy and penetrating insights.”
The Story of Latino Protestants in the United States
History & Biography
“People continue to associate Latino Christian identity as primarily Roman Catholic, but this work by Juan Martínez highlights it as also Protestant—and significantly so. Given how the story of Latino/a Protestants has been relatively understated, Martínez’s book fills a major void, exposing readers to large-scale developments, important nuances, and a host of figures, groups, and events. . . . A wonderful resource and a timely, reliable guide.”
This Incredibly Benevolent Force
Theology
“This collection of lectures represents a delightful exercise in pneumatological reflection. I say ‘delightful’ in part because it occasions a kind of joy, not simply because of its subject matter, but also because of its style and approach. . . . Refreshing and vitalizing.”
Theology
“In the spirit of 1 Peter 3:15–16, Frank Macchia offers us with this book a compelling account of the Christian faith from one of Pentecostalism’s most capable and talented theologians. This book is a genuine gift—a culminating achievement that reflects a lifetime of dedication, study, and prayer.”
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