Philip Ruge-Jones

Biblical Humor and Performance

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The contributors introduce us to humor’s rhetoric, ancient and modern, theoretical and practical. They locate probable humor in multiple strands of the biblical traditions so that we see where it impacted audiences and the likely shape of that impact. As someone who believes that communities worth engaging always have a healthy sense of humor, I found this a fascinating expansion of our understanding of biblical communication events.”

Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Rhoads shows us the purposes he pursues in education (to strive for more authentic humanity, among other things), the specific values that support those purposes, and the many creative strategies he employed in his decades presiding in the classroom. Rhoads offers wisdom on the macro and micro dimensions of pedagogy and everything in between. This book helps me to become a better, more thoughtful, congregational teacher, but also a more faithful pastor and human being.”

Lived Vocation

Work, Money & Leadership

“Snyder shares the multifaceted lived experiences of real people at work, challenging our default understanding of the vocations of others. Meanwhile, he models how their witness unveiled for him the complexity of his own sense of vocation.”

ReEngaging ELCA Social Teaching on Abortion

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This book provides a perspective missing from conversations about abortion in Christian circles. Drawing upon foundational principles from the 1991 social statement, Riswold offers a concise, complex, articulate, and faithful plea that we trust the agency of those who are pregnant and support them as they make difficult decisions. The dangers of the current moment surpass those of three decades ago, calling for an even bolder response. This book shows us what it will look like when we trust women created in God’s image and practice personal, public, and political love for those neighbors.”

Rev.

The Messiah of Peace

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Boomershine's book is the fruit of a life of engagement with Mark's passion narrative in order to understand the impact it made on those who first heard it. This commentary is a bold plea for all of us to reconsider everything we thought we had figured out regarding the way this account functioned in the ancient world. . . . Those who have ears to hear this book's compelling claims will understand that this is not just one more commentary on Mark's gospel, but is a prophetic call for a whole new paradigm of biblical study.”