Peter C. Phan

Jeanne Guyon’s Mystical Perfection through Eucharistic Suffering

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Madame Guyon provides a living example of a simple yet profound message, that anyone can establish a close relationship with God through contemplative meditation.”

Memento of the Living and the Dead

History & Biography

“If you wish to understand Latin American liberation theologies and the contexts in which they were developed, pick up this book and read it from cover to cover, as I did. You will see through Berryman's eyes and life and work the realities of the church in Central and South America, the political situation of this continent, and the military and economic entanglements of the US with the various countries of the southern hemisphere. Furthermore, the book could not be more opportune for our time, given the inhuman and immoral treatment of Latin American migrants by the current US administration. Pick up this book and read and you will be transformed.”

Nurturing Faith

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Nurturing Faith is no ordinary introduction to religious education. Comprehensive in scope and deeply rooted in the Bible and Christian theology, the volume discusses the nurture of faith in children, adolescents, and adults in modern and postmodern contexts. It promotes religious education as the formation of character and virtue in the Christian community. I most strongly recommend this book for use in theological schools and seminaries and to pastors working in the field. Edie and Lamport have produced practical theology at its best.”

Out of Galilee

History & Biography

“Only a scholar of Bryant's deep learning and splendid pedagogical skills would dare to pack in some 400 pages the entire development of Christian theology, and he does succeed brilliantly! Out of Galilee is highly readable and can serve as an excellent textbook for a course in Christian thought.”

Parables of Time and Eternity

Theology

“With his trademark theological learning, spiritual depth, and literary flair, Keith Ward has breathed new life into Jesus’ parables which have lost their sting for being too often turned into moral lessons for a bourgeois life. Focusing on their central theme, namely, the kingdom of God, Parables of Time and Eternity unfolds the multifaceted meanings of all the parables for the Christian life. After this book it is impossible to miss their demand for our conversion of mind and heart.”

Peter and Cornelius

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“By means of narrative criticism, Nguyen brings new insights to the understanding of one of the foundational events of the early church. His work is not only a signal contribution to biblical hermeneutics, marked by solid scholarship in both historical and rhetorical analysis, but also to the theology of Christian missions . . . I strongly recommend this book to people engaged in biblical and missiological studies.”

Pictures of the World

World Religions

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Planetary Solidarity

Theology

“An insightful, pathbreaking, and timely collection of female voices on the impact of climate justice on the ways we understand and articulate the fundamental Christian beliefs. The survival not only of humanity but also of the entire planet depends on how this vision of ‘planetary solidarity’ is put into practice. What an awesome challenge this book lays before us, believers and nonbelievers alike!”

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Power of Popular Piety

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Power of Popular Piety is one of those rare books that brings together a challenging and rich synthesis based on insights from both Western and Asian theological traditions on a long-neglected theme. . . Mong fortrightly tackles the issues of inculturation, syncretism, and superstition. Once again, Mong, a prolific theologian, puts us all in his debt with this timely and profound work.”

Reading the Bible in a Secular Age

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In this marvelous book, Julius-Kei Kato introduces readers, especially students—both Christians who have no familiarity with the Bible and the ‘nones’—to the Bible as literature and history and helps them discover their ancestors in Jesus and the writers of the New Testament. I most enthusiastically recommend Kato’s book, especially to those who style themselves as atheist and ‘none.’ They may be surprised to find their ancestors in the Bible!”

Reimagining Spirit

Theology

“With her book Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim seals her reputation as an authority on pneumatology. Here she goes further than two previous books by offering us a profound theology of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit under three images, namely—light, wind, and vibration. Dr. Kim succeeds splendidly in making the Holy Spirit real to Christian life, no longer an ethereal and abstract entity but the powerful and personal divine force moving and shaking us to work for climate, gender, and racial justice. I strongly recommend this book not only for theology courses but also for spiritual reading.”

Rising

History & Biography

“In case you wonder what Christian missions have produced in the six continents of the globe—how Christianity arrived and became an indigenous religion there—here is the book for you. Writing with his trademark clarity and engaging style, Daughrity offers an informative tour d'horizon of world Christianity that is the fruit of the best historical scholarship and the passion of a missiologist. It is a most rare combination of head and heart that makes this book a splendid textbook for a course on the history of Christianity and on contemporary theology of Christian mission.”

Setting Our Hearts upon the Deep

Theology

“A sequel to Passionate Deification, this new book by Henry Novello explores a rare theme in Christian theology: human and divine lament, that is, the faithful’s lament before God and God’s lament before people. Setting Our Hearts upon the Deep presents a deeply moving spirituality for our times when there is so much suffering and pain. I most strongly recommend it for meditative reading and classes on Christian spirituality.”

Sharing in the Divine Nature

Theology

“With his vast philosophical and theological scholarship and trademark lucid style, Professor Ward offers us a detailed exposition of the New Testament’s teaching on who the God of Jesus is. On this basis, Ward re-examines the dominant Aristotelian-based Western theology of God and finds it deeply wanting. As a ‘personal idealist,’ Ward articulates an alternative theology of God who has enabled humans to share in the divine nature. This God is a God of creative, redemptive, and sanctifying love. I enthusiastically recommend this book to all, beginning theology students as well as seasoned scholars.”

Spirit and Salvation

Theology

“With awe and admiration readers of this comprehensive and lucid book will no doubt link its author’s name with Thomas, Calvin, Barth, Moltmann, and other theological luminaries. After the completion of Kärkkäinen’s five-volume project, theology will not be the same.”

Strangers or Co-Pilgrims?

World Religions

“Only a theologian of S. W. Ariarajah's masterful command of the Christian tradition and decades of experience in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue can produce such a work as this. Comprehensive in scope yet focused on details, theologically balanced yet path-breaking, realistic yet hopeful in its assessment of future possibilities for interreligious understanding, the book is the fruit of a lifetime of profound scholarship and committed activities in the service of the Christian faith. An indispensable reference work on interfaith dialogue, it will be, I predict and hope, widely used and much appreciated.”

The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)

Theology

“Tan has put all of us, especially Western readers, in his debt with this comprehensive and insightful presentation of the teachings of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC). But only now, with Tan's book, can Western readers fully understand the challenges and possibilities of Asian Christianity. I proudly recommend this book to all.”

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit

Theology

“With exceptional pedagogical skills and communication dexterity, Grace Ji-Sun Kim brilliantly explains in a language accessible to the young generation the Christian doctrine of the Holy Spirit. She ranges across the Bible, history, feminist and ecological thought, and Asian philosophy of Chi and produces a rich and insightful theology of the Holy Spirit that will invigorate Christian life today. We older theologians can learn a thing or two from this younger and prolific theologian about new developments in pneumatology and how to communicate this doctrine powerfully and effectively.”

The Jesus Dialogues

World Religions

“If interreligious dialogue is a conversation that must be marked by deep respect, intellectual humility, honesty in acknowledging both similarities and differences among religions, and openness of mind and heart to truth wherever it is found, Brennan Hill's book is an exemplary and sure guide, as it exhibits these qualities to an uncommon degree. Embodying the fruits of lifelong research and writing, The Jesus Dialogues is an excellent book for undergraduate courses and adult formation seminars on world religions. For deep scholarship, sympathetic understanding, and accessible style, Hill's book is unrivalled.”

The Shape of Christian History

History & Biography

“Precious things come in small boxes, so this gem of a book, despite its petite size, packs in more than three decades of research and writing on the history of Christianity. It proposes a way of reading church history that is properly theological, in which the articles of faith regarding creation, incarnation, the cross, and resurrection function as beacons illuminating the meaning of history. Only a scholar of Sunquist's learning and wisdom can produce this tour de force. It must be required reading for all students of theology and church history.”