Richard T. Hughes
History & Biography
“In this splendid biography, Douglas Foster presents Alexander Campbell as the complicated man he was—a man who defined himself as a simple, New Testament Christian, but whose view of the Christian religion was deeply shaped by the age in which he lived and by many of his less-than-noble characteristics. In the end, Campbell was a man whom history largely forgot but—as Foster makes clear—a man whose story says so much about the human condition that his life deserves to be known. Any biography that can paint such a highly nuanced portrait of its subject is a work of art, indeed.”
History & Biography
“In a book as wise and refreshing as it is compelling, Jack Reese grapples with the certain demise of Churches of Christ as we know them today and offers a genuinely biblical prescription for our ills: we must die before we can rise again. We must die to our schemes, strategies, and well-laid plans; die to our preoccupation with forms and structures; die to our worship of success; die to our penchant for control; and open ourselves to the Spirit of God, to grace toward those with whom we disagree, to vulnerability, and to living our lives as if the end were near. If those virtues sound strange and foreign, Reese has news for us. In a riveting account of the history so many of us have never known, he explains that these very virtues shaped Churches of Christ for many years and might give us life again if we have the courage to claim them. This is a book that should be read and studied in every congregation of Churches of Christ.”
Preaching & Worship
“Craig Watts illumines the radical difference between the Christian and American stories, commitments, and liturgies, and--by drawing on Scripture, theology, history, and current events--helps us see why there is no room for American nationalism in Christian worship. For the sake of the integrity of the church, every preacher and, indeed, every Christian in every church in America, should read and internalize this book.”
Called to the Life of the Mind
Discipleship & Christian Education
“A gem of a book. Reflecting on the rhythms that can sustain the evangelical scholar, Mouw works especially with `epistemic humility' on the one hand and `epistemic hope' on the other. . . . What a gift to evangelical scholars!”
History & Biography
“Because Christina Littlefield helps us see what we have not seen well before—the transnational dimensions of America’s civil religion—this book is crucial reading for anyone seeking to understand the intersection of religion and politics in the Western world. Littlefield’s incisive analysis helps us discern the deep moral ambiguities that inevitably plague efforts to build the kingdom of God around a nation, a race, or a particular civilization. This enormously stimulating book implicitly suggests another fruitful comparison—the extent to which the Christian Left of the late nineteenth century has paradoxically informed the civic faith of America’s Christian Right today.”
History & Biography
“Here is a book whose radical fidelity to the kingdom of God will shake you to the core. Drawing on the life and teachings of Will Campbell, Goode explains, for example, why Jesus 'was a traitor' whose 'Way is to commit treason,' and why there is finally no hope for principalities and powers like the PTA, the Pentagon, Communism, the Methodist Church, or the United States of America. If this book doesn't turn your world upside-down, then either you missed the point or you're not serious about following Jesus.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“Over the years no one has thought more deeply or written more perceptively about the relation of Christian faith to teaching, learning, and scholarship than Nicholas Wolterstorff. Likewise, no one has argued more persuasively that authentic Christian scholarship is not just a matter of cognition but, more than that, is scholarship placed in the service of peace and justice for humankind. Ranging over a period of twenty-five years, these essays will stretch your thinking, quicken your imagination, and deepen your commitment to the noblest purposes of Christian learning.”
History & Biography
“I have no words to convey the gentle power, the stunning beauty, the deep humanity, and the rich understanding of the Christian gospel embedded in this book. For while the suicide of Messer's mother takes us to the heart of the human condition, Messer's remarkable journey takes us to the heart of the gospel message--that God's compassionate grace can renew and transform us, even in the face of unspeakable loss.”
Latter-day Saint Theology among Christian Theologies
World Religions
“Knowing that in the past his church was a marginalized minority, often portrayed as a cult with little or nothing in common with orthodox Christian faith, Grant Underwood has spent a lifetime exploring how the Latter-day Saints fit into the history and theology of the larger Christian world. In this remarkable book, he addresses that question with scholarship of the highest order—well-informed, balanced, and gracious. This book embodies the insights of both the world-class scholar and the gentle and generous Christian that I have known Grant Underwood to be for many, many years.”
Letters from “Apartheid Street”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Here is a book as unflinchingly faithful to the Christian gospel as a book can possibly be.”
Christian Living
“What a book! Profoundly biblical and revolutionary in its implications, this is surely the finest statement on the meaning of Christian discipleship that I have ever read. If you are not prepared to have your assumptions challenged and your life turned upside down, then by all means, don’t read this book.”
History & Biography
“What forces converge to produce a life well lived? What makes someone loyal to roots, tradition, family, and friends? What drives someone to embrace the central themes of the Christian faith as the standard for living, loving, and working? Missouri Memories never pretends to address these questions. Still, those who know Tom will discover in these pages some answers to those questions as they encounter the forces that helped create this truly extraordinary man.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“I am thrilled with this volume. After a spate of books and articles exploring the secularization process in church-related higher education, here at last is a book that offers both hope for the future and a constructive program for institutions wishing to combine 'quality with soul.' Intellectually rigorous and theologically grounded in the Christian account of reality, this book will be used again and again in faculty seminars on faith and learning at Pepperdine University.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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