Stephen Bevans
Evangelism & Missions
“It is often remarked that missionary work and efforts of Christian unity are vitally linked. What Norman Thomas has shown in these pages is how very true this is. I don't know of any other source that treats the topic of missions and unity with comparable depth, clarity, and careful scholarship. This books is a gift to missiology.”
Participating in God's Mission
Evangelism & Missions
“A real milestone for missiology and ecclesiology in the North American context. . . . This is a book for all Christians in all North American churches to read and be challenged by, but it is particularly important for church leaders to pay it close attention.”
History & Biography
“In this volume, Tobias Brandner tells the story of Western Christianity to Asians. He himself is a Westerner, but his many years living and working in Asia have made him able to tell the story in ways Asians can understand and relate to. Brandner is a master storyteller. He makes history come alive. The book is filled with wonderfully engaging diagrams and illustrations that shed light on issues and events at every stage of the church's history in its first fifteen hundred years. It will be a valuable source for teachers and a valuable resource for its readers.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Recent theology and papal teaching have emphasized the importance of popular religiosity or popular piety in the expression of Christian faith. Pope Francis has even spoken of it as a locus theologicus or theological source (see Evangelii Gaudium 126). In this volume, Ambrose Mong reflects on the varieties of popular piety in Latin America, Asia, and Europe, noting that while it has definite dangers, it is ultimately a grace. The literature on popular piety is greatly enriched by this wide ranging and generous book.”
Reclaiming Mission as Constructive Theology
Theology
“"With amazing scholarship and breadth of learning, Paul Chung brings the missiological conversation home to our multicultural, multireligious, and postcolonial United States. Missiology for Chung is public theology; a missional church is a public church.”
Evangelism & Missions
“A model for discussion and teaching, and an impetus for missiological reflection and inter-religious conversation. It should become a classic text in the field, and all of us now stand in profound gratitude for it." - Lamin Sanneh Yale University, Divinity School "William R. Burrows has edited the kind of volume of commentary that Redemptoris Missio and Dialogue and Proclamation deserve--deeply appreciative, not uncritical, authored by thoughtful scholars, pastors, and missionaries who serve in all parts of the world...Required reading for theologians and missionaries in today's church.”
Evangelism & Missions
“This is a profoundly disturbing yet constructive book. It presents a devastating critique of the church's mission among Native Americans in the last 400 years, but offers as well a sober hope. If mission is to be engaged in at all, it must be done with profound respect, dialogue, and repentance--the true way of Jesus and his Spirit.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“The gospel imaged as a storm presents a disturbing but ultimately life-giving image of God's — and the church's — missional presence in our world. Like the raging wind and pounding rain of a summer storm, God's good news is a power that sweeps away dead branches of faith and floods cracked foundations of institutions. At the same time, though, it brings new freshness into our heavy, stagnant lives. The authors of this book do not mince words. If the church is to change it needs this disturbing gospel to cleanse it and give it life.”
The Arts as Witness in Multifaith Contexts
Evangelism & Missions
“William Dyrness and Roberta King have assembled an amazing collection of essays that speak of the power of art in making peace, contextualizing theology, and aiding in the evangelization of peoples. Ordinarily we speak of the dialogue of life, common witness, theology, and spirituality. This collection introduces another way of thinking about dialogue: the dialogue of beauty. The beauty of music, dance, poetry, and the visual is one that can transcend faiths and lead to a new way of experiencing how God's grace incarnates itself in human experience. This is a pioneer volume. I hope it begins to point to a new way of thinking about theology and mission.”
Theology
“Seminary “In this important book, Goheen channels his love and deep knowledge of Newbigin into a clear and compelling systematic reflection on the church as missionary. This is a must-read for every missiologist and ecclesiologist and for anyone who has been captivated by Newbigin’s generous spirit and powerful intellect. Today’s church and the church of the future must be missionary—the gospel demands it, and the world needs it. Leading us through Newbigin’s many works, Goheen shows how it is possible.”
World Religions
“What professors of theology are saying “One of the few works I have encountered that offers a sustained reflection on the church’s essential and constitutive missionary nature. A genuine breakthrough in ecclesiology.”
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The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
Theology
“For over twenty years, Tan has been a keen observer of this groundbreaking collaboration of bishops in Asia and has written extensively and insightfully about it. In this new book, he celebrates the FABC's vision of a new, intersectional method of theologizing and its ongoing commitment to its influential idea of the church's mission as a 'triple dialogue.'”
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
“This lovely book is the result of the wisdom and gentleness that are fruits of a life lived honestly and lovingly, and fruits as well of the deep suffering that only loving and honesty can bring. Readers will feel themselves blessed that Kevin McClone has been able to share so much of his own life's journey in a way that both inspires and challenges them, and leads them to the joy that he himself has found.”
Arts & Literature
“From the very first page, this beautiful and reflective book makes your mouth water. But, as the saying goes, 'hunger makes the best sauce' as Antonio Sison goes on to nourish your eyes, mind, heart, and soul. This is the work of a sensitive theologian, a talented artist, and a connoisseur of simple pleasures who finds beauty and meaning even in the most unlikely places.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
Foreword
“The Surprising African Jesus is a real treasure. Afua Kuma’s prayers are powerful, sometimes violent, but at other times deeply heartfelt, tender, and beautiful. I couldn’t help thinking, as I was rereading them, that they make up a genuine African psalter. . . . Readers can only be grateful for Jon’s beautiful, rhythmic translation, but especially for Afua’s vivid African imagination and shining faith.”
Toward a New, Praxis-Oriented Missiology
Evangelism & Missions
“I am deeply honored that Rosalia Meza has studied my work on prophetic dialogue so thoroughly, so appreciatively, and so accurately; and I am honored as well to be paired in this important study with the work of the great Paulo Freire. Understanding mission as prophetic dialogue captures well the dynamic of speaking of and incarnating our participation in God’s work for the life of the entire created world. Understanding mission as helping raise people’s consciousness of their own power is how prophetic dialogue works in practice. Rosalia Meza has helped us all in deepening our appreciation of these truths in a clear, convincing, and creative way.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“"This is a truly amazing book. Using the method of mutually critical correlation between modern and postmodern anthropologists on the one hand and Catholic Theology on the other, Colleen Mallon takes ecclesiology and missiology in a new and exciting direction. Her work is clear, expansive, and passionately faith-filled.”
Evangelism & Missions
“In conference after conference, in conversation after conversation, the question inevitably surfaces: Should we abandon the word mission? This is the question that Michael Stroope asks in this volume. His answer is affirmative. Perhaps the word mission has run its course, and in its place we should substitute the phrase 'pilgrim witness to the kingdom.' Not everyone will agree, and not everyone will fully accept the new language that he proposes. Nevertheless, Michael Stroope has taken the risk of a frank discussion and a fresh proposal. This work should provoke a lively and creative debate, one that will no doubt transcend the present impasse.”
Arts & Literature
“Ambrose Mong’s tales of priests in these pages never glorify the priesthood in a way that takes away their humanity. Whether in real life or in classic fiction, these are men who are larger than life, but always human, always struggling, always growing in their baptismal identity as sacraments of God’s love in our world. In a church wracked with scandals of clerical abuse and continuing clericalism, this is a book of inspiration and hope.”
Theology
“Karkkainen's systematic theology, while firmly rooted in the evangelical theological tradition, is wonderfully and warmly ecumenical, frankly Christian but still open to the insights and practices of other religious ways, and widely inclusive of Christian thinkers from all contexts and cultures. This is a new kind of theologizing, one done in a postmodern key yet remaining faithful to the treasures of our premodern and modern past. Karkkainen's breadth of scholarship is amazing. I will await the next three volumes in this groundbreaking project with considerable impatience.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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