Michael Welker

Citizenship in Heaven and on Earth

Theology

“This book is the first comprehensive historical-genetic analysis of Karl Barth's theological ethics from the beginnings of 'dialectical theology' to the late 'ethics of reconciliation' of the Church Dogmatics. It documents the fifty years within which Barth's ethics developed as well as a century of its reception. It traces the changes in Barth's concept of theological ethics and its contextual functions in a highly illuminating manner. Alexander Massmann's work is a most impressive achievement of critical thought and research. It will decisively inspire both international Barth research and fundamental research in ethics.”

Ecclesiology in Reformed Perspective

Theology

“This is a wonderfully clear and concise ecclesiology with an emphasis on the Reformations and the Reformed traditions. The book offers rich insights into the offices, the ministries, and the attributes of the church. It illuminates the importance of the sacraments and the relation between the church and the reign of God. It is ideal for study in church communities, schools, seminaries, and universities”

Good Tools Are Half the Job

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“This book aims at demonstrating the importance of the role of theology in chaplaincy and pastoral care. Its main title (Good Tools Are Half the Job) signals professional modesty as well as reflexive distance to its subject matter. Yet the fifteen pastoral presentations and theological meditations are most likely to move and illuminate their readers since they cover an immense span of what might be termed questions of life and death.”

Jesus the Spirit Baptizer

Theology

“A truly inspiring Christology by leading Pentecostal theologian Frank Macchia, who argues that Pentecost is the culminating event of Christ’s identity and mission. Macchia unfolds a Spirit-Christology that sheds new light on the saving and ennobling work of Jesus Christ and on the creativity of the triune God. This Christology provides rich nourishment for theological thought and Christian faith.”

Power, Value, and Conviction

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“William Schweiker presents a realistic multidimensional theory of the moral life. It has stayed fresh and been inspiring for twenty years since its first publication. A young classic in ethical theory!”

Resurrection in Retrospect

Apologetics

“This is a very subtle and illuminating book on the most complicated topics concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the resurrection hope in general. Biblical and extra-canonical witnesses, systematic reflections, and practical theological concerns are addressed alike with fruitful results. A profound, critical engagement with Tom Wright’s influential contributions to the topic provides a thread running through the book. However, Peter Carnley does not only offer valuable perspectives on the main topics of the resurrection. He also deals with burning questions about the nature of faith, the question of human immortality, and the eschatological existence in heaven.”

The Child in Christian Thought

Theology

“A seminal book on the history of Christian thinking on the child.”

The Loss and Recovery of Transcendence

“This is a deep and powerful book. Its theme is the loss of the sense of the presence of God in our culture. The book reflects on this loss in conversation with leading European and North American thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "Robertson succeeds in conceptualizing the great movements of thought of our time and illuminating them critically in their different characteristics. 'Scientific objectivism' and 'emancipatory subjectivism' become recognizable both in their opposition and in their relative affinity. They are grasped as two movements which have served to shut down our access to the Transcendent. "The book's real contribution however is not only diagnostic. In Gadamer, Whitehead, Lonergan, and some other leading contemporary thinkers, Robertson points to another, a broader way of thinking, which opens up a new access to the experience of the Transcendent and to the Knowledge of God. The book represents a programmatic attempt to overcome the traditional 'theism of dominance and control' and at the same time to make possible a new way of thinking about God. This new representation can take into account not only premodern but also postmodern consciousness.”

This Incredibly Benevolent Force

Theology

“Cornelis van der Kooi here presents an urgently needed contribution to a future Spirit-Christology and a christologically clarified doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Drawing from biblical sources and from Reformation and Dutch Reformed theology, he awakens new trust in God’s creative saving and ennobling work in the world of the twenty-first century.”