Esther E. Acolatse

Encountering Mystery

Philosophy

“If you need proof that the acts of God in the world or epiphanies are not relegated to the history of Israel in the Old Testament or the exploits of the apostles in the New Testament, this book is a must-read. In Encountering Mystery, Allison draws on his own experiences as well as that of numerous others who can testify to what can only be accounted for in Otto’s mysterium tremendum et fascinans. Make no mistake, these are not a bunch of uncritically engaged idle tales, for Allison has pondered all the possibilities attached to the assumed subjectivity of such events and can attest to what those who know, know: you cannot ‘unknow’ what you know without damage to the psyche. Simply put: the Real is still at work in the everydayness of people’s lives and is literally visiting with common people who will attend to the ways of the Spirit in the world. The stories of encounter in this book demonstrate at every turn, without exception, how God is revealing, empowering, calling all to faith and how all who are believing are seeing. And here is the indisputable part, we all have faith enough. Inspiring and humbling!”

Friendship with Christ

Christian Living

“A rich text that incorporates the appropriate corpus of works that speak to the subject at hand. This promises to be an important book, especially in our current anxious world where we are primed to see the other and even ourselves as enemies to our well-being. A return to friendship with God and the virtues that will emanate from the spiritual practices that Vissers proposes might return Christians to a joy-filled, peaceful life that can infect the rest of the world for good and God.”

Tough Gynes

Arts & Literature

“Here is a book to break hearts. It explodes the myth embedded in the national psyche of the virtue of violence and deftly turns our liberal feminist fantasies to ashes.”

Why Do the Nations Rage?

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Exploring both biblical antecedents and historical precedencies of nationalistic spirits over time, Ritchie calls attention to why nationalism is not only on the rise but also why it is seemingly irresistible—its source is what Ritchie names in unabashedly Pauline apocalyptic terms as the demonic powers of nations. Why do the Nations Rage? is a timely call to an increasingly demi-Christian culture, lured by this subtle idolatry, to beware. Eye-opening.”

Why We Pray

Theology

“The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, and he did. Even more now than then, the world needs prayer, and John Peckham has not only cogently offered us the biblical antecedents and exemplars for this primal human speech but also thoughtfully argued the theological and philosophical bases for prayer. From discussing simple prayers on our own behalf to prayers for catastrophic events to what might be termed ‘warfare prayer’ on a cosmic spiritual level, Peckham runs the gamut of possible philosophical arguments for and against the necessity of prayer—especially why a good, omniscient, and all-powerful God needs our prayers to act in any dimension at all.”

World Christianity, Urbanization and Identity

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In an age of fascination with AI and discussions about the posthuman future in light of the seemingly fragile ecosystem of existence, these essays prove the resilience of the human and how and why religion, especially Christianity, continues to be the wellspring of human identity and formation, even in urban areas where the risk of a false or fragmented--or even the loss of--identity is an oft inescapable possibility. Ultimately, one thing is clear: in many ways, in biblical parlance and on a scale of biblical proportion, each essay affirms that salvation comes to and from the City--the confluence of all peoples, there one finds the God of all the earth. This book is a doxological moment in world Christianity.”