Patrick T. Smith

A Prophet to the Peoples

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A Prophet to the Peoples brings together an extraordinary group of scholars and practitioners to engage and honor the life of an extraordinary person. It makes clear Paul Farmer’s legacy is not a simple isolated moment captured in time but was deeply informed by and an extension of a rich historical tradition of theological ethics. A Prophet to the Peoples reminds us that matters of global public health are matters of theological ethics—it will be of immense help to those working for health justice.”

Abortion Policy and Christian Social Ethics in the United States

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Mako A. Nagasawa’s Abortion Policy and Christian Social Ethics in the United States is a tough-minded, learned, and prophetic work of social history and political theology. . . . This book is a significant contribution to move some Christians from simply being reductionistic anti-abortion to more robustly pro-life.”

Bioethics and the Character of Human Life

Science & Faith

“Bioethics and the Character of Human Life brings together an interesting and thought-provoking collection of essays. As is typical of his work over the years, Meilaender’s reflections are characterized by analytical insight, candor, and theological attentiveness to deeply important ethical matters. Those of us interested in these issues must grapple once again with an important and enduring voice in the field of bioethics.”

Christian Ethics

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Hak Joon Lee informs, instructs, and inspires in this wide-ranging, challenging, and compelling text in Christian ethics. The work takes seriously the current context, contemporary political theologies of liberation, and Christian tradition. Christian Ethics: A New Covenant Model should be obligatory reading not only for theological ethicists but also for those who desire to live in and love the world faithfully as followers of Jesus.”

Crossover Preaching

Preaching & Worship

“Dr. Alcántara has truly produced a first-rate work of contemporary importance in Crossover Preaching by brilliantly drawing from one of the most significant preachers of the twentieth century, the luminary figure of Gardner C. Taylor. Not only will preachers and students of preaching benefit from Dr. Alcántara's work in order to minister to an intercultural church and society, but also, his analysis should have a positive contribution in shaping the future of seminary education and informing theological educators as they aim to prepare church leaders for intercultural witness to the world. The depth and breadth of scholarship in this book is impressive. It is bound to enlighten, challenge and inspire those who thoughtfully engage it and seek to apply it in their preaching and teaching ministries. I recommend that all who take the future of the twenty-first-century church seriously read it.”

Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice

Theology

“There is a deep interconnectedness of all aspects of God's good creation. Yet biblical tradition clearly reminds us that our relationships with one another, animals, and the environment are marred by a kind of brokenness. Moreover, those aspects of our social world that people are responsible for creating and maintaining too often reflect substantial economic inequities, oppressive political interactions, and systemic and institutional injustices. All of this reflects a way of being that is profoundly antithetical to a biblical vision of shalom. Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice is a welcomed collection of essays seeking to address these ways of relating by challenging some of us to rethink the way we approach the theological task. Comprising voices and perspectives from the global church and marginalized communities, it provides a way forward in theological methodology. It raises challenges that all of us must confront. There can be no walling off of these concerns as being someone else's problems. The book calls us to take the gospel challenge of liberation seriously. The church and Christians of goodwill should grapple with the contents contained herein.”

Introducing Apologetics

Apologetics

“[Taylor] employs the tools of analytic philosophy in a manner that is accessible to nonspecialists and integrates historical and biblical evidences in his defense of Christian faith. . . . Taylor is to be commended for envisioning the discipline of apologetics to be done within the context of Christian discipleship. . . . [The book] is irenic and balanced in its presentation of arguments. . . . Taylor covers a wide breadth of issues. . . . [The text] cover[s] many issues found in traditional introductory books on Christian apologetics. Yet, the text is distinct in that it goes beyond these familiar yet important matters to include discussions that have again emerged in contemporary philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, which was certainly refreshing to read. . . . Taylor has provided a very informative and thorough introductory textbook on Christian apologetics. It is certainly a welcomed addition to the field.”

Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed.

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In Kingdom Ethics David Gushee and the late Glen Stassen have served an entire generation of students in Christian ethics. This second edition continues to challenge our thinking about many of the enduring social issues of our time. It remains focused on an ethics of Jesus based primarily on the Sermon on the Mount and trace out the implications of Jesus’s teaching for our contemporary setting. In this substantial revision Gushee tackles these issues in ways that will challenge some conventional Christian thinking. The text, in places, will prove controversial to some readers. This edition of Kingdom Ethics will nonetheless drive all who read it to pursue greater depths of theological reflection and faithfulness in Christian discipleship on important matters facing our world.”

Religious Experience and the Knowledge of God

World Religions

“Netland provides a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of key debates, figures, and questions concerning the evidentiary force and epistemic implications of religious experience. The 'critical-trust' approach Netland adopts is sure to generate robust discussion among philosophers, theologians, mystics, and religionists. For those interested in the philosophical debates concerning the epistemology of religious experience, this book is essential reading.”

The Color of Compromise

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Some American evangelical Christians are often confused and sometimes frustrated by all the talk surrounding white supremacy and American Christianity. Some think that racism and its deleterious intergenerational, personal, psychological, social, institutional, and systemic effects are of the past and too often exaggerated in the present or that in a certain way American Christianity was somehow immune to this national spiritual and moral pathology. In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby has provided an account that reminds some of us and informs others of the sad demonstrably historical fact that the American American church intentionally perpetuated racial injustice socially and politically while attempting to undergird all of this theologically. The claim itself will no doubt make some uncomfortable. We must nevertheless come to grips with these realities. Others may even become defensive, yet this response must be resisted. For those who care about the collective witness of the American church, it is necessary that readers journey with Tisby through this treacherous landscape of American church history. This sordid history should not be hidden, downplayed, or explained away. It must be confronted. There cannot be a way forward without a profound truth telling. This is exactly what The Color of Compromise does. Those who are deeply concerned about the witness of the American church must read this book and pass it on to others. By looking back, The Color of Compromise pushes us to look forward to live out a courageous Christianity that is authentically grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

The Color of Compromise Study Guide plus Streaming Video

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Some American evangelical Christians are often confused and sometimes frustrated by all the talk surrounding white supremacy and American Christianity. Some think that racism and its deleterious intergenerational, personal, psychological, social, institutional, and systemic effects are of the past and too often exaggerated in the present or that in a certain way American Christianity was somehow immune to this national spiritual and moral pathology. In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby has provided an account that reminds some of us and informs others of the sad demonstrably historical fact that the American American church intentionally perpetuated racial injustice socially and politically while attempting to undergird all of this theologically. The claim itself will no doubt make some uncomfortable. We must nevertheless come to grips with these realities. Others may even become defensive, yet this response must be resisted. For those who care about the collective witness of the American church, it is necessary that readers journey with Tisby through this treacherous landscape of American church history. This sordid history should not be hidden, downplayed, or explained away. It must be confronted. There cannot be a way forward without a profound truth telling. This is exactly what The Color of Compromise does. Those who are deeply concerned about the witness of the American church must read this book and pass it on to others. By looking back, The Color of Compromise pushes us to look forward to live out a courageous Christianity that is authentically grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ.”