José R. Irizarry

Charismata

Work, Money & Leadership

“At a time when entrepreneurial dispositions and technological advances foreshadow the waning of the professions as vessels of social value, including conventional forms of Christian labor, a recovery of new vocational language for today is almost a necessity. In Charismata, Ken Snodgrass embraces this task by reconsidering traditional concepts of vocation, tracing their historical roots in biblical traditions and theological discourse. In the end, the text is an invitation to people of faith, lay and clergy alike, to free vocation from the reductive boundaries of work and to enact our vocation by enhancing the use of our God-given talents and skills, our charismata, to embed meaning in our full human activity. Snodgrass’s book is an exercise in practical theology expounding how our daily endeavors enable participation in the life of the Spirit to further God’s purposes in the world. The call coming from this book is both timely and refreshing and, as such, it is a welcomed gift.”

Everything Good about God Is True

Christian Living

“Now and then, a nudging yet persistent voice reminds us that the ways we live out our faith commitments require both attention and reconsideration. With this book, Bruce Reyes-Chow becomes that voice, giving us not only new language to communicate traditional themes on the church's theological register, but an applied framework that allows those themes to become germane to one's faith imperatives and passions. From the first lines you will feel addressed by that voice, and I am convinced you will find the quality of its sound to be clear, honest, winsome, sharp, and defiantly hopeful.”

The Histories of the Latin American Church

History & Biography

“When considering the historicized story of Christianity as a global movement, there is no more intricate terrain than the Latin American expression of that story. In The Histories of the Latin American Church, the author provides a usable cartography to navigate the complex interactions between long-standing spiritual traditions, diverse ethnic and cultural groupings, contextual and universal exigencies, and politico-religious practices in the shaping of assorted representations of autochthonous Christian narratives and communities. The map of this vast continent has been made more comprehensible once again through the keen eye of a historian who is capable of pinpointing, through concise narrative and abridged charts, whatever is pertinent and indispensable to reenter the geo-religious landscape of a dynamic cristianismo that is still persistently emerging.”