John Swinton
Biography
John Swinton wrote Dementia, Raging with Compassion, and Finding Jesus in the Storm.
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Church Leadership & Ministry
“With wisdom forged in the tensions of parenting, pastoring, and pilgrimage, Andrew and Kara Root offer a profound meditation on the spiritual necessity of surrender. Drawing on deep theological insight and lived experience, they uncover the illusions of control that shape our modern anxieties, and they invite us instead into the liberating posture of trust, resonance, and true presence. This book is a gift to all who seek to walk with God in the uncontrollable terrain of real life.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“How do we pray when belief itself feels fragile? In a world where certainty has crumbled and prayer often feels like an obsolete relic, Abiding in Amen offers a fresh vision of prayer--not as a means of control, but as an act of radical trust. Drawing on theology, philosophy, and lived experience, Wesley W. Ellis invites readers to rediscover prayer as abiding rather than striving, as resonance rather than performance. With deep pastoral sensitivity and intellectual rigor, this book speaks to those who wrestle with faith in an age of doubt, showing that true prayer is not about mastering techniques but about resting in the unshakable presence of God. This is a deep and encouraging book.”
“Endress offers a deeply moving and theologically rich reflection on the intersections of disability, caregiving, and faith. Through poignant storytelling and thoughtful analysis, Accompanying Disability challenges us to reimagine the sacred roles of accompaniment and care, revealing God’s presence in the complexities of everyday life. This is essential reading for anyone seeking a nuanced and compassionate exploration of caregiving as both a spiritual and transformative act.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Dave Nienhuis has written a remarkable book: honest, unsettling, and full of theological wisdom. And the Sea Was No More speaks with rare depth to the realities of trauma, anxiety, shame, and embodied suffering, while resisting the false comfort of simplistic religious answers. What emerges instead is a vision of faith shaped by lament, truth-telling, and the discovery of God’s presence in the very places where people often feel most abandoned. This is a deeply humane and profoundly Christian work. It will be of great importance to those going through suffering and to those who seek to accompany them with greater care, wisdom, and compassion.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Chaplaincy is a diverse and complex discipline. And rightfully so. People are diverse and complex. At heart, chaplaincy is a form of ministry that seeks to witness to God in a world that is being redeemed but remains filled with struggles, suffering, and joy. Beginning with the history of chaplaincy and moving on to explore the challenges of practicing in various contexts, this book captures well the intricate dimensions of chaplaincy as a vital form of ministry. This is an important, faithful, and hopeful book that provides an invaluable resource for theological educators, working chaplains, and anyone interested in ministry in a broken world.”
Science & Faith
“The delicate, sometimes tense conversations that go on between science and Christianity can be fascinating and creative, and sometimes dangerous and destructive. By bringing Christ to the centre of the conversations around creation, this book opens up fresh, challenging, and profound new perspectives. Focusing on Jesus creates vital theological space for reimagining creation and our place within it. This volume has transformative value for those who take the time to dwell within its message.”
Theology
“In a world shattered by violence and suffering, how does Christian theology bear witness to the wounds of trauma? Christ and Trauma is a groundbreaking collection that brings together leading theologians, philosophers, and pastoral voices to explore how trauma shapes our understanding of God, Christ, and the human condition. From Jesus as a victim of abuse to the impact of trauma on atonement theology, ecclesiology, and pastoral care, these essays challenge triumphalism and offer a theology that embraces the brokenness of the world while pointing toward hope. This volume is essential reading for those seeking a faith that does not turn away from suffering but meets it with depth, honesty, and theological integrity.”
Christianity and the Art of Wheelchair Maintenance
History & Biography
“Stephen Faller is a theologian of life. He is someone who understands that theology is deep, complex, and mysterious, but first and foremost it is something that is lived and that points towards that which we live for. In this wonderful book Stephen shares some deep insights into the nature of disability, the presence of God, and the nature of diversity and the good life. Beautifully winding together personal narrative and deep biblical and theological experience, he takes us on a wonderful and insightful journey into humanness. No one reading this book will emerge unchanged. This is an important contribution to disability theology.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This is a truly wonderful book — incisive, thoughtful, and profoundly disturbing. In powerful and moving ways Amy Laura Hall helps us to understand and recognize some of the darker recesses of American history. . . No one can read this book and remain unmoved. . . Conceiving Parenthood marks Amy Laura Hall as a scholar worth listening to.”
Confessions of a Circuit Rider
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Chaplaincy is a complex but vital discipline that seeks to bring spirituality to the center in the practices of various institutions. Much has been written about chaplaincy, but much less about the theology of chaplaincy. In this book, Stephen Faller, through personal reflection and solid theological work, guides us into the theological dimensions of chaplaincy and shows us the difference theology makes. This is an interesting and timely book.”
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
“Dementia is a complicated journey. It is one that we often fear as we anticipate it and wonder who will care for us and love us as we move into it. The church is a space of love within which Christians live out the beautiful truth that nothing can separate us from the love of God. In order to make the belief believable, we need a community who can live out that love and help us to live into it as we move on in our dementia journey. In this thoughtful, moving, and deeply practical book, Mary McDaniel Cail offers us maps, ways of thinking, and practical guides for the journey that can help us as individuals and communities to enable love, lament, and joy as we walk with one another along difficult roads. This is an important book that offers new and exciting possibilities for creating communities where everyone truly belongs.”
Disability and the Way of Jesus
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“I believe this book will make a difference.”
Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness
Evangelism & Missions
“Ben Conner is an important emerging voice within the field of disability theology. In this book he once again opens up fresh space for reflection on disability and how it relates to the theology and mission of the church. This is a significant book that not only reveals Conner as a top-notch practical theologian, but, if read and acted upon, will truly make a difference to church and society.”
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
“There is a tremendous beauty in listening to and engaging with theologies that emerge from people's experiences in the world; theologies from below. As people bring the rich and deep questions that come to us in the diversity of human experience, so we are forced to think and rethink our understandings of God, church, and world. In like manner to the ways in which we look at a diamond, each new question helps us to see a new angle and, sometimes, a new form of beauty alongside of deep sadness and loss. Tamara's story brings to us a theology from below. As we listen to her story; as we reflect on her situation, share her lament and brokenness alongside of her happiness and joy, so we come to know and understand both God and human beings a little more clearly. In a hypercognitive culture wherein our brains are assumed to contain all that we need to be ourselves, Tamara's story points to a different understanding within which our brains are put in their proper place, and the issue of who we are and where we are going is opened up to the fullness of the gospel in ways which are disconcerting and challenging, but always hopeful. If we read this book as a meditation on humanness we cannot put it down unchanged.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Chaplaincy is one of the most interesting and innovative forms of ministry. It finds its roots within the established church, but takes the ministry of care, compassion, and presence into the world in a diversity of healing ways. But what exactly is chaplaincy? What do chaplains do? Why should anyone care? In this interesting and timely book Alan Baker lays out the essence of the tasks of chaplaincy in a way that is clear, accessible, and open to a broad range of people inside and outside of faith communities. Anyone who wants to know about and understand the importance of chaplaincy should read this book.”
Science & Faith
“Genes of Eden brings Augustine’s doctrine of original sin into conversation with the emerging science of epigenetics in a way that is fascinating and enlightening. Luman R. Wing writes with intellectual clarity and pastoral acuity, showing how insights from molecular biology and theological ethics can illuminate the realities of addiction, inherited vulnerability, and the hope of redemption. A rare and valuable contribution to the science-theology dialogue.”
Apologetics
“There is much discussion these days, particularly among the so-called ‘New Atheists,’ as to whether religion is rational and worthy of serious consideration. What is lacking in these discussions is a serious philosophical account that critically explores the nature of rationality and moves beyond poorly thought through polemics, toward a credible, verifiable, and respectful viewpoint. Clark offers precisely such an account. Coming from the perspective of cognitive science of religion, he lays out a fresh and challenging new perspective on rationality and the nature of religion. Carefully and thoughtfully he puts the lie to some unhelpful understandings and misunderstandings about religion and religious experience and offers a new perspective that holds much promise.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
Theology
Walking with Jesus in Strange Places
Theology
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