Stanley Hauerwas

Biography

Stanley Hauerwas wrote Hannah's Child.

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Theology

“Melanie Dobson's book is not only a compelling scholarly presentation of Aquinas's account of health as habit, but it is also a constructive presentation of the difference Christian convictions might have for how we understand health. This book will be of great interest to scholars of Aquinas and anyone who wants to think theologically about the challenges of health care.”

Heresies and How to Avoid Them

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Honoring God with Body and Mind

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“It is with great pleasure that I commend Steve Hoogerwerf’s book. It is obviously a book long in the writing. The argument—a description that itself commends the book—is pursued with a clarity and humanity unusual for those who write on this topic. This is a book about sexual behavior, but it is also a book that displays how ‘to do’ Christian ethics. Highly recommended.”

I Pledge Allegiance

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“New Testament scholar David Crump has the courage to write a book in Christian ethics that explores how Christians must learn how to negotiate a world in which they are no longer in control. One of the delights of this book is Crump’s careful and constructive use of the New Testament to help us see what it means for Christians to recover the radical character of an ethic of discipleship.”

If Jesus Is Lord

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Improvisation

Theology

“Wells provides us with skills for the imagination that we might live more faithful (and humorous) lives as Christians. This extraordinarily sophisticated book can be read for profit by those well schooled in the literature of theology and ethics, but more important, this book will satisfy those who hunger and thirst for an account of what it means to live as a Christian in our day.”

In the Aftermath

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“The sheer delight that David Bentley Hart's turns of phrase invite tempts me to agree with almost anything he writes — almost. Not since Newman have we had a theologian at once so erudite, profound, stylistically brilliant, and funny. His harsh judgments and outrageous opinions betray an irrepressible generosity of soul.”

In the Land of the Living

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Sentimentality threatens Christian speech. It is with gratitude we receive these litanies. Hopefully these acts of strong conviction will be widely used.”

Kierkegaard

History & Biography

“Stephen Backhouse’s Kierkegaard: A Single Life is an extremely useful book that makes Kierkegaard accessible to those just beginning to know him. Backhouse’s account of Kierkegaard’s life is exemplary but particularly useful is his summary of Kierkegaard’s works.”

Killing from the Inside Out

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Leaps of Faith

Preaching & Worship

“In one of these sermons Robert Dean remarks that the Gospel is simple but not simplistic. That insight also describes these well-wrought sermons. Dean has a gift for helping us see our lives storied by the story of the Bible. It is by no means clear in our time what a sermon should be, but Dean's sermons are clearly examples of what sermons should be--that is, serious but avoiding all forms of sentimentality.”

Learning to Sing in a Strange Land

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Prison in our society is just another word for abandonment and loneliness. But Wes and Marilyn Stevens refused to abandon their daughter when she went to prison. In this poignant and profound book, we are allowed to witness how the Psalms shaped their lives and their daughter's life as they learned to overcome the loneliness of being separated by prison. Hopefully, this book will be read, not only by those who have experienced what the Stevens family had to endure, but by anyone who wants to see the power of the Psalms for our lives.”

Letters from Abu Ghraib, Second Edition

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Letters to a Future Saint

Christian Living

“In this time of widespread unclarity, Brad East’s insightful letters help us see what being a Christian might look like. A fascinating book that helps us see the fascinating character of our faith.”

Living Well and Dying Faithfully

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Living with Coronavirus

Arts & Literature

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Look—I Am With You

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Born from a lifetime of being a Christian in the University, these meditations are a gift that professors and students will cherish.”

Loving Later Life

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Drawing on a profound account of love of self and neighbor, de Lange writes about the challenges associated with growing old in a way that is not only philosophically deep but also filled with wisdom that will help those like myself who are not sure how to grow old. This is a beautiful book.”

Mere Discipleship

Christian Living

“Prayer as laughter? Surely not, but yes. Lee Camp, in this entertaining and serious book, helps us see how and why prayer sometimes can and should be a form of laughter. We can laugh because Camp helps us see that the gospel, the good news, gives us good work that is a check against the danger of taking ourselves too seriously. Drawing on the work of John Howard Yoder, Camp provides an account of discipleship that counters the widespread assumption that what it means to be a Christian is believing twenty absurd propositions before breakfast. This book will not only be a helpful introduction for those unacquainted with Yoder’s work, but also for those who count themselves theologians.”