Intercultural Studies

Transcription

1 Inroducing Word Reigions A Chrisian Engagemen Inercuura Sudies Chares E. Farhadian This beauifuy designed, fu-coor exbook offers a comprehensive inroducion o he word s reigions, incuding hisory, beiefs, worship pracices, and conemporary expressions. Chares Farhadian, a seasoned eacher and recognized exper on word reigions, presens a nuanced, ecumenica perspecive ha enabes readers o appreciae boh Chrisianiy and he word s reigions in new ways. Inroducing Word Reigions highighs simiariies, dissimiariies, and chaenging issues for Chrisians and incudes significan seecions from sacred exs o enhance earning. Pedagogica feaures incude sidebars, chars, key erms, an exensive gossary, over wo hundred iusraions, and abou a dozen maps. Endorsemen You can coun on wo hings from his exceen inroducion: (1) reiabe informaion abou he word s reigions and (2) guidance in seeing ha informaion hrough a Chrisian ens. Chares Farhadian has given us a reigion ex for he weny-firs cenury: accurae, faihfu, respecfu, and compassionae. I now has a permanen pace on my bookshef. Terry Muck, Louisvie Insiue Inroducing Word Reigions Isam (i.e., governmen) ef an indeibe mark on Isam, for i was Uhman who ed he ask of gahering he reciaions of Prophe Muhammad ha had made heir way across he Isamic word hrough wriings on branches, eaves, eaher, bones, and differen sors of parchmen, deciphering which ones were auhenic and frauduen and desroying a inaccurae compiaions. Uhman s compiaion, which is considered a mirace by Musims, was known as he Uhmanic Codex and was esabished as he rue reciaion given o Prophe Muhammad, oherwise known as a-qur an (ieray, he reciaion ). Aah The cenra focus of he Qur an is Aah. The Arabic erm Aah comes from he confaion of he Arabic aiah, meaning he God (a is he definiive arice, and iah is god ). Map 9.2. Musims Crucia o undersanding his Arabic erm is he fac ha a-iah canno be puraized. In Arabic here is no such hing as a-iahs, even hough God, here is no god bu He he Living, he Sefsubsising, Eerna. No sumber can seize Him nor The Od Tesamen presens severa grammaicay he Engish does aow for he erms Gods or gods. The Arabic excamaion Aahu Akbar ( Aah is greaer or God is greaes ) seep. His are a hings in he heavens and on earh. names for God, incuding E (God, is known as he Takbir, a common Musim expression used in various conexs such as prayer, ceebraion, or imes of disress. Since Arabic Who is he ha can inercede in His presence expec srong ), Eohim (pura form of as He permieh? He knoweh wha (appeareh o His God), E Shaddai ( God Amighy ), creaures as) before or afer or behind hem. Nor sha is a Semiic anguage, ike Hebrew and Aramaic, i shoud no be hey compass augh of His knowedge excep as He E Eyon ( Mos High ), E-Oam surprising ha here are many simiariies beween he names for wieh. His Throne doh exend over he heavens and ( Everasing God ), E-Berih ( God God in his anguage famiy. he earh, and He feeeh no faigue in guarding and of he Covenan ), and E-Gibhor The Qur an procaims ha Aah is creaor, susainer, judge, and preserving hem for He is he Mos High, he Supreme ( Mighy God ). ruer of he maeria, human, and spiriua reams, guiding hisory (in gory). hrough a ong ine of prophes, such as Adam, considered he firs hp:// Qur an 2:255 prophe, Noah (Nuh), Abraham (Ibrahim), Moses (Musa), Jesus (Isa),.com/namesofgod Figure 9.7. Arabic scrip for and finay Prophe Muhammad. Aah is worshiped a he Qa abah in Prophe Muhammad od Musims o beieve ony in /e-compound.hm Aah Mecca as he high god over a pre-isamic gods. Aah o he excusion of a oher gods, for associaing (Unpubished manuscrip copyrigh proeced Baker Pubishing Group) (Unpubished manuscrip copyrigh proeced Baker Pubishing Group) Todd Johnson, Aas of Goba Chrisianiy, Universiy of Edinburgh Press. Used wih permission. June pp. coh $ Word Reigions Chares E. Farhadian (PhD, Boson Universiy) is professor of word reigions and Chrisian mission a Wesmon Coege. He is he edior of Inroducing Word Chrisianiy and Chrisian Worship Wordwide and he coedior of The Oxford Handbook of Reigious Conversion. He has done fiedwork in Souheas Asia and he Pacific, where he has invesigaed hemes of worship, socia hisory, and naion making. Texbook esources course hep for professors & sudy aids for sudens Undersanding Chrisian Mission Paricipaion in Suffering and Gory Sco W. Sunquis 464 pp. coh $ The Suffering and Vicorious Chris Toward a More Compassionae Chrisoogy Richard J. Mouw and Dougas A. Sweeney 128 pp. paper $ Serving God Gobay Finding Your Pace in Inernaiona Deveopmen Roand Hoksbergen 240 pp. paper $ Handbook of Reigion A Chrisian Engagemen wih Tradiions, Teachings, and Pracices Terry C. Muck, Harod A. Neand, and Gerad R. McDermo, eds. 832 pp. coh $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

2 Inercuura Sudies Chrisianiy and Reigious Diversiy Carifying Chrisian Commimens in a Gobaizing Age Harod A. Neand Chrisianiy and Reigious Diversiy expores how reigions have changed in a gobaized word and how Chrisianiy is unique among hem. Harod Neand, an exper in phiosophica aspecs of reigion and puraism, offers a fresh anaysis of reigion in oday s gobaizing word. He addresses some cenra issues in undersanding reigion and reigions oday, chaenging common misundersandings of he concep of reigion isef and is reaion o cuure. He aso shows how paricuar reigious radiions, such as Buddhism, undergo significan change wih modernizaion, secuarizaion, and gobaizaion. Neand hen responds o issues concerning he pausibiiy of Chrisian commimens o Jesus Chris and he unique ruh of he Chrisian gospe in igh of reigious diversiy and disagreemen. The book concudes by considering basic principes for Chrisians iving as Chris s discipes in reigiousy diverse conexs. Combining heoogica resources wih insighs from hisory, reigious sudies, and phiosophy, Chrisianiy and Reigious Diversiy wi be usefu for professors and sudens in inercuura sudies, word reigions, and mission courses. Schoars, missionaries, and pasors wi aso benefi from his book. Endorsemen May pp. paper $ Apoogeics, Mission, Word Reigions, Theoogy Harod A. Neand (PhD, Caremon Graduae Universiy) is professor of phiosophy of reigion and inercuura sudies a Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo, where he aso direcs he PhD in inercuura sudies program. He is he auhor or coauhor of severa books, incuding Encounering Reigious Puraism: The Chaenge o Chrisian Faih and Mission, Dissonan Voices: Reigious Puraism and he Quesion of Truh, A Triniarian Theoogy of Reigions, and Buddhism: A Chrisian Exporaion and Appraisa. He is aso he coedior of Gobaizing Theoogy and Handbook of Reigion. There is no beer wrier oday han Harod Neand on how o hink abou Jesus in a goba, poscoonia word, especiay when i comes o episemoogy. Neand combines a passionae hear wih a keen mind. He has isened carefuy o he cacophonous wordwide discussion on hese quesions and has compeing hings o say abou how o beieve ha Jesus is he ony way o he Faher, whie a he same ime recognizing ha here is goodness and ruh among oher reigioniss. Gerad R. McDermo, coauhor of A Triniarian Theoogy of Reigions: An Evangeica Proposa Conens Inroducion Par 1: Reigion(s) in a Modern, Gobaizing Word 1. Rehinking Reigion(s) 2. Secuarizaion, Gobaizaion, and he Reigions 3. Buddhism in he Modern Word 4. Jesus in a Goba, Poscoonia Word Par 2: Chrisian Commimens in a Puraisic Word 5. Can A Reigions Be True? 6. On he Idea of Chrisianiy as he One True Reigion 7. Reigious Diversiy and Reasons for Beief 8. Living wih Reigious Diversiy as Jesus s Discipes From Every Tribe and Naion A Hisorian s Discovery of he Goba Chrisian Sory Mark A. No 224 pp. paper $ Reading a Differen Sory A Chrisian Schoar s Journey from America o Africa Susan VanZanen 144 pp. paper $ Caiming Abraham Reading he Bibe and he Qur an Side by Side Michae Lodah 238 pp. paper $ Chrisianiy a he Reigious Roundabe Evangeicaism in Conversaion wih Hinduism, Buddhism, and Isam Timohy C. Tennen 270 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

3 Inroducing Word Missions A Bibica, Hisorica, and Pracica Survey, 2nd ed. Inercuura Sudies A. Sco Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee Encounering Mission A. Sco Moreau, series edior In his voume, eading missionary schoars offer an engaging inroducion o he work of missions in he conemporary word. The auhors provide a broad overview of he bibica, heoogica, and hisorica foundaions for missions. They aso consider persona and pracica issues invoved in becoming a missionary, he process of geing o he mission fied, and conemporary chaenges a mission worker mus face. Sidebars, chars, maps, and numerous case sudies are incuded. This new ediion has been updaed and revised hroughou and feaures a fu-coor inerior. Praise for he Firs Ediion [This book is] no ony readabe bu aracive in ayou, broad in conen, baanced in perspecive, and in a eacher and suden-friendy forma.... The auhors succeed in sriking a baance beween he exremes of oversimpificaion in breviy and overoad wih deai, hus providing he idea exbook for an inroducory course on Chrisian word missions. This reviewer has used he ex in such a course and sudens have aso been enhusiasic. In his regard Moreau, Corwin, and McGee have commendaby achieved heir goa and me a genuine need. There is simpy no oher exbook ha compares wih i. Craig O, Triniy Journa ENCouN Er INg MIssI o Ns IN HIs o ry Expansion in he Premodern Era, AD of Assisi chose a ife of aposoic povery, a 1955, 150). Even he Saracens are mercifu and simpe ifesye reminiscen of Jesus and his discipes. Going from pace o pace o preach and age, compared wih hese men who bear he kind, said one wrier who described he pi- hep peope in heir needs, Cross of Chris on heir he Franciscans, aong shouders (Ware 1963, wih he Order of Preachers (he Dominicans, near Paris], he Lord coeced such grea unsuccessfu, he Cru- Through [Beria, Abbess a Chees 69). Though uimaey founded by Dominic), depended on he chariabe ing a egacy of suspicion fruis for he savaion of sous ha even sades succeeded in crea- from over he seas, he faihfu kings of conribuions of peope and bierness beween hey me. The subsequen he Saxons... asked her o send some Musims and Chrisians, Franciscan missionary of her discipes for he earning and hoy and among Chrisians dispersion incuded friars who wen o Norh in her, ha hey migh buid convens he presen day. insrucion hey heard were wonderfu hemseves, ha exiss o Africa, where many suffered maryrdom, and ury some Chrisians rec- of men and nuns in heir and.... Tha By he hireenh cen- he harves of sous in ha naion migh ohers who journeyed o ognized ha counering China (Moorman 1968, increase hrough her and be muipied Isam required diaogue ). by God s grace, she sen chosen women and persuasion. Francis Isam, he reigion and devou men. himsef ried unsuccessfuy o conver he suan of he sevenh-cenury prophe Muhammad, Jo Ann McNamara (McNamara, Haborg, and Whaey 1992, 286) was he Franciscan Ray- of Egyp. Neverheess, i had swep ike a firesorm across Arabia, Norh mond Lu who proved Africa, and much of he o be among he mos Midde Eas before exending ino cenra Asia, visionary sraegiss of mission. Born on he India, and finay o Indonesia and he Phiippines in he miennium ha foowed (Brockenean in 1235, jus nine years afer he deah of isand of Majorca in he wesern Medierramann, Permann, and Carmichae 1973, 45 70). Francis, Lu found his ca o missions hrough When he Arabs ( Saracens ) gained conro a vision of he crucified Savior. He dedicaed of he Hoy Land wih is pigrimage sies, his his ife o preaching o non-chrisians, especiay Musims. Lu wroe books in Arabic and promped he Crusades, which occurred beween 1095 and Wesern Chrisians saw regaining conro of he hoy paces in Paesine as a schoars. He aso encouraged missionaries o personay diaogued wih Musim and Jewish sacred duy. Ahough he crusaders beieved ha maser he Arabic anguage and Arabic phiosophy, and he appeaed o Chrisian ruers by fighing he Musim infides hey woud sore up for hemseves reasures in heaven, hey o esabish specia schoos for he raining of proved o be more adep a ooing on earh. missionaries. Tha church eaders isened o his Desrucion came o a who crossed heir pah: advice became eviden a he Counci of Vienna Musims, Jews, and even Greek Chrisians on ( ): The hoy Church shoud have an occasion. The Fourh Crusade (1202 4), yrannicay divered from is origina desinaion by a anguages, especiay hose of he infides abundan number of Cahoics we versed in he Veneians, proceeded wih he pundering [Musims], he counci decreed. Once hey of Consaninope, a ragedy ha earned he have earned and are sufficieny proficien in enduring enmiy of Greek Chrisians (Runciman hose anguages... hey wi be abe by God s 98 (Unpubished manuscrip copyrigh proeced Baker Pubishing Group) Texbook esources Aso in he Series grace o bear he frui which is hoped for and o presen he faih adequaey (Neuner and Dupuis 1991, ). Despie such nove ideas for missionary preparaion, he spiri of he imes remained confronaiona. On severa occasions when Lu raveed o Norh Africa o evangeize, one of his acics incuded hoding up a copy of he Ten Commandmens and hen announcing ha he prophe Muhammad had broken every one of hem. Though he gained severa convers, Map 6.1 Irish/Ceic and Briish missions o Europe, sixh o eighh cenuries his mehod faied o win he appause of oher Musims, and a mob soned him o deah in 1315 (Zwemer 1902, 108). Bu in anoher par of Africa he monk Taka-Haymano, known for piey and miraces in his minisry, preached wih success among pagan peopes. He reversed he Musim expansion and heped o ensure he surviva of Ehiopia as a Chrisian kingdom (Budge 1928, 911, ). (Unpubished manuscrip copyrigh proeced Baker Pubishing Group) 99 (Copyrigh Angus Hudson Ld./Three s Company) June pp. coh $ Mission A. Sco Moreau (DMiss, Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo) is associae academic dean and professor of inercuura sudies a Wheaon Coege Graduae Schoo. He is he edior of Evangeica Missions Quarery and has auhored, coauhored, or edied eeven books, incuding Evangeica Dicionary of Word Missions and Conexuaizaion in Word Missions. Gary R. Corwin (MA, Norhwesern Universiy) is a missioogis serving wih SIM Inernaiona (Serving in Mission) and is associae edior of Evangeica Missions Quarery. Gary B. McGee ( ) received his PhD from S. Louis Universiy and was disinguished professor of church hisory and Penecosa sudies a he Assembies of God Theoogica Seminary. course hep for professors & sudy aids for sudens Effecive Inercuura Communicaion A Chrisian Perspecive A. Sco Moreau, Evvy Hay Campbe, and Susan Greener 416 pp. paper $ Deveoping a Sraegy for Missions A Bibica, Hisorica, and Cuura Inroducion John Mark Terry and J. D. Payne 304 pp. paper $ Encounering Theoogy of Mission Bibica Foundaions, Hisorica Deveopmens, and Conemporary Issues Craig O and Sephen J. Srauss wih Timohy C. Tennen 416 pp. paper $ Chrisianiy Encounering Word Reigions The Pracice of Mission in he Tweny-firs Cenury Terry C. Muck and Frances S. Adeney 416 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

4 Inercuura Sudies Now Avaiabe 240 pp. paper $ Mission, Word Reigions Our Goba Famiies Chrisians Embracing Common Ideniy in a Changing Word Todd M. Johnson and Cindy M. Wu Peny of books discuss he process of gobaizaion and he reaed spread of Chrisianiy o a corners of he word. Bu I don hink any oher book has presened hese sories wihin he framework of famiy he Chrisian famiy wordwide, and he broader human famiy. Our Goba Famiies is a houghfu, provocaive, and deepy rewarding book. Phiip Jenkins, Bayor Universiy; auhor of The Nex Chrisendom For years we have read saisics abou he rise of he goba church, bu here we have a sear inroducion o hese reaiies ha makes his phenomenon persona. Behind he numbers we are discovering he famiy of God in new and profound ways. A a ime when we ofen hear sories of how divided he word and he church is, i is refreshing o discover his deeper connecedness which is emerging in he church. Our Goba Famiies is he bes inroducion o goba Chrisianiy you wi find. I heariy recommend i. Timohy C. Tennen, Asbury Theoogica Seminary Word Reigions A Guide o he Essenias, 2nd ed. Thomas A. Robinson and Hiary P. Rodrigues One of he bes inroducory surveys of reigions ges beer in a second ediion wih revised and addiiona maerias, incuding quick-facs pages, secions on women, and more iusraions. This muiauhored ex mainains a remarkabe cohesive fuidiy and cariy ha is exremey accessibe and aracive. Is concise and we-srucured exposiion minimizes echnica jargon and sicks o ineresing essenia deais in a we-baanced deveopmen of hisory, beiefs, and pracices of major and minor reigious radiions. Ahough he book is ony hree hundred pages ong, he deph of discussion is significan and quie creaive for an inroducory overview. Enhanced by a subsania chaper on minor reigions and major subgroups, a fine inroducion o mehods of reigious sudies, a speing guide, and exceen summary sidebars, i aso makes avaiabe o insrucors exensive muipe-choice es quesions. Michae Soeber, Regis Coege and Universiy of Torono Todd M. Johnson (PhD, Wiiam Carey Inernaiona Universiy) is direcor of he Cener for he Sudy of Goba Chrisianiy and associae professor of goba Chrisianiy a Gordon-Conwe Theoogica Seminary. He is aso visiing research feow a he Insiue on Cuure, Reigion, and Word Affairs a Boson Universiy. Cindy M. Wu (MA, Gordon- Conwe Theoogica Seminary) has served in various church paning conexs. Gobaizing Theoogy Beief and Pracice in an Era of Word Chrisianiy Craig O and Harod A. Neand, eds. 382 pp. paper $ EU righs: IVP Leading Cross- Cuuray Covenan Reaionships for Effecive Chrisian Leadership Sherwood G. Lingenfeer 176 pp. paper $ Thomas A. Robinson (PhD, McMaser Universiy) is professor of reigious sudies and chair of he deparmen a he Universiy of Lehbridge in Abera, Canada. Hiary P. Rodrigues (PhD, McMaser Universiy) is professor of reigious sudies a he Universiy of Lehbridge. Boh auhors have wrien severa books. Inroducing Cuura Anhropoogy A Chrisian Perspecive Brian M. Howe and Jene Wiiams Paris 288 pp. paper $ Isam in Conex Pas, Presen, and Fuure Peer G. Ridde and Peer Coere 232 pp. paper $ Now Avaiabe 368 pp. paper $35.00 (maximum discoun 40%) Word Reigions Highy recommended for firs-year coege courses on word reigions. Michae DeRoche, Memoria Universiy of Newfoundand Texbook esources course hep for professors & sudy aids for sudens 40 For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

5 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Spiriua Friendship Finding Love in he Church as a Ceibae Gay Chrisian Wesey Hi Wesey Hi s courageous, hough-provoking book seeks o recover friendship as a genuine ove in is own righ. A one eve, i is a hisoricay rooed and heoogicay nuanced essay ha opens up fresh perspecives on a opic ha is crucia bu oo rarey pondered. Bu a anoher eve, Spiriua Friendship beongs o he cassic genre of Chrisian confessiona auobiography, a genre ha can be raced back o S. Augusine; i is boh searing in is honesy and moving in is chasened hope for grace. This is a book ha chaenges a of us whaever our sexua experience or ongings may be o hink more ruhfuy abou he meaning of ove and he compex ways in which our communiies eiher sife or nurure i. Richard B. Hays, Duke Diviniy Schoo A remarkabe book. Drawing on a deep reservoir of bibica wisdom and heoogica imaginaion, Wesey Hi expores he possibiiies for a ruy Chrisian picure of friendship. And because his exporaion requires him o hink aso abou how his friendship boh conribues o and differs from he feowship ha a Chrisians share, he makes here a significan conribuion o he genera heoogy of he church as we. Here is a book everyone ineresed in Chrisianiy, and everyone ineresed in friendship, can profi from reading. Aan Jacobs, Honors Coege, Bayor Universiy Medieva monks expressed heir ove for one anoher wih wha o us is cringe-inducing inimacy, and no so ong ago Chrisians si enered forma bonds of friendship by aking vows ha sound ike marriage vows. We don do ha anymore, wih our commimen o uncommied freedom, our urnover habis, our sexuaizaion of everyhing and everyone, and our resignaion o oneiness. Wesey Hi s very persona book is an eegan, heoogicay rich pea on behaf of he ove of friendship ha uncovers fresh ways o improvise on a os Chrisian radiion of commied spiriua friendship. Peer Leihar, Theopois Insiue, Birmingham, Aabama Love is he mos compicaed hing in he word and even more so for gay and esbian Chrisians who have experienced a vocaion o ceibacy. Wih disarming frankness, Wesey Hi chars he oss of friendship from our word and mouns a compeing case for is recovery as a communay ceebraed form of Chrisian ove. Benjamin Myers, Chares Sur Universiy, Sydney Spiriua Friendship weaves ogeher Scripure, Chrisian hisory, ar, and persona experience. This is a porrai, no a reaise. I depics friendship s faws and faiures bu aso shows how friendship can bear spiriua frui and hep us buid up he kingdom of God. Wesey Hi chaenges us a o srenghen our own friendships and hose around us and offers guidance in hese asks from his own experience and from he Chrisian pas. Hones and poignan, Spiriua Friendship is ike a conversaion wih a good friend who has earned much from books bu more from oving and being oved by ohers. Eve Tushne, auhor of Gay and Cahoic: Acceping My Sexuaiy, Finding Communiy, Living My Faih Apri pp. paper $ Chrisianiy and Cuure, Ehics, Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Spiriuaiy/ Spiriua Formaion Wesey Hi (PhD, Universiy of Durham) is assisan professor of bibica sudies a Triniy Schoo for Minisry. He is he auhor of Pau and he Triniy: Persons, Reaions, and he Pauine Leers and he much-discussed Washed and Waiing: Refecions on Chrisian Faihfuness and Homosexuaiy. Hi is on he edioria board of and is a coumnis for Chrisianiy Today. He aso conribues o Books & Cuure and Firs Things. Generous Spaciousness Responding o Gay Chrisians in he Church Wendy VanderWa-Grier 288 pp. paper $ Mere Discipeship Radica Chrisianiy in a Rebeious Word, 2nd ed. Lee C. Camp 268 pp. paper $ Vunerabe Communion A Theoogy of Disabiiy and Hospiaiy Thomas E. Reynods 256 pp. paper $ Unamed Hospiaiy Wecoming God and Oher Srangers Eizabeh Newman 236 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

6 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion The Pasor as Pubic Theoogian Recaiming a Los Vision Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Srachan This is a imey, more han imey urgen book. Kevin Vanhoozer, one of our eading heoogians, proess he puing asunder of heoogy by American pasors. A grea chasm has opened up as pasors, more ofen han no, abandon heir vocaions as heoogians in heir congregaions for careers in which he secuar cuure cas a he shos. I was no aways his way. Vanhoozer and Srachan skifuy fashion insigh and discernmen o bring us back o wha he church ordained us o do. Eugene H. Peerson, Regen Coege, Vancouver; pasor emerius, Chris Our King Presbyerian (UPCUSA), Be Air, Maryand Preachers oday mus presen bibica ruh o peope who are more and more resisan o i. The skifu preacher mus undersand somehing of he hisory of ideas and he baseine cuura narraives of our day in order even o be comprehensibe o hem. No ony ha, bu preachers in our ciies mus ofen speak o peope from severa diverse word cuures a a once. I ve come o he concusion ha minisers need more robus heoogica educaion and raining han hey did when I came ino he minisry fory years ago. This book is an imporan, ringing ca for working pasors and preachers o exercise a higher eve of heoogicay informed eadership in our churches. Tim Keer, Redeemer Presbyerian Church, New York Ciy Augus pp. coh $ Theoogy, Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Chrisianiy and Cuure, Homieics Kevin J. Vanhoozer (PhD, Universiy of Cambridge) is research professor of sysemaic heoogy a Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo. He is he auhor of numerous books, incuding Is There a Meaning in This Tex? and The Drama of Docrine. Owen Srachan (PhD, Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo) is assisan professor of Chrisian heoogy and church hisory a Boyce Coege and Souhern Bapis Theoogica Seminary, where he aso direcs he Car F. H. Henry Insiue for Evangeica Engagemen and serves as a Feow wih he Cener for Pasor Theoogians. There s no much wrong wih he pracice of pasora minisry ha can be cured by a good dose of heoogica refurbishmen. This book gives srong impeus for consruing he work of he pasor as auhorized, energized, and sancified by he pasor s heoogica commimens. A spiried, Spiri-fied book. Wiiam Wiimon, Duke Diviniy Schoo; reired bishop, Unied Mehodis Church For years I have od sudens ha hey were oo smar for he academy, ha hey shoud srech hemseves wih he harder ineecua work of he parish. And here I hough I was being origina. Vanhoozer and Srachan show he origina and eschaoogica uniy of wo hings ha moderniy has ried o pu apar he via parish and he earned pasor. Jason Byassee, Boone Unied Mehodis Church, Norh Caroina; Duke Diviniy Schoo Everyday Theoogy How o Read Cuura Texs and Inerpre Trends Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Chares A. Anderson, and Michae J. Seasman, eds. 288 pp. paper $ Dicionary for Theoogica Inerpreaion of he Bibe Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed.; Craig G. Barhoomew, Danie J. Treier, and N. T. Wrigh, associae eds. 896 pp. coh $ The Rebirh of he Church Appying Pau s Vision for Minisry in Our Pos- Chrisian Word Eddie Gibbs 272 pp. paper $ Bibica Preaching The Deveopmen and Deivery of Exposiory Messages, 3rd ed. Haddon W. Robinson 256 pp. coh $ Canno expor o he UK 42 For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

7 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Youh Minisry in he 21s Cenury Five Views Chap Cark, edior Youh, Famiy, and Cuure Chap Cark, series edior There are many phiosophies and sraegies ha drive oday s youh minisry. To mos peope, hey are variaions on a singe goa: o make faihfu discipes of young peope. However, digging deeper ino various programs, books, and conceps reveas subsanive differences among he approaches. In his muiview work, Chap Cark, one of he eading voices in youh minisry oday, brings ogeher a diverse group of eaders o presen major views on youh minisry exan. Conribuors and approaches incude: Fernando Arzoa Jr. presens he Eccesia Mode of Youh Minisry. The goa is o deveop a forma eaching sraegy as he cener of youh minisry nurure and discipeship. Arzoa (PhD, Fordham Universiy) is dean of he Coege of Ars and Sciences and associae professor of reigion a Nyack Coege. He is he auhor of severa books, incuding Toward a Propheic Youh Minisry. Greg Sier presens he Gospe Advancing Minisry Mode. The goa is o equip and aunch eenagers as maure beievers invesed in peer o peer evangeism minisry. Sier is founder and presiden of Dare 2 Share Minisries, which equips eenagers o reaionay share heir faih. A former pasor, church paner, and youh eader, Sier has rained over a miion eens and youh eaders in he as weny years and is he auhor of fifeen books. Ron Huner Jr. presens he Famiy Focused Youh Minisry Mode. Based on Deueronomy 6, he goa is o creae a discipeship mode where parens are he youh pasors and he church works aongside and rains hem. Huner is execuive direcor and CEO of Randa House, pubisher of D6 curricuum, and serves as direcor of he D6 Conference. He is curreny compeing his PhD a Daas Bapis Universiy and is he coauhor of Toy Box Leadership. Brian Cosby presens he Reformed Youh Minisry Mode. The goa is o equip parens o raise up chidren in submission o and under he eaching of ordained church eaders by means of he minisry of he Word, prayer, sacramens, service, and gospe communiy. Cosby (PhD, Ausraian Coege of Theoogy) is ead pasor of Wayside Presbyerian Church (PCA) on Signa Mounain, Tennessee, and visiing professor of church hisory a Reformed Theoogica Seminary, Aana. He is he auhor of more han en books. Chap Cark presens he Adopion Mode of Youh Minisry. The goa is o creae an environmen where every young person knows and experiences being cared for in an amos parena way as hey prepare o ener ino emerging aduhood. Offering a mode of criica hinking and respecfu diaogue, his voume provides a baanced, irenic approach o a opic wih which every church wreses. I gives readers he resources hey need o deveop heir own approach o youh minisry. Texbook esources Augus pp. paper $ Youh Minisry Chap Cark (PhD, Universiy of Denver) is associae provos for sraegic projecs and professor and chair of he youh, famiy, and cuure deparmen in he Schoo of Theoogy a Fuer Theoogica Seminary. He aso direcs he maser s eve and DMin programs in youh, famiy, and cuure and direcs he Suden Leadership Projec a Fuer. Cark has auhored or coauhored more han weny books, incuding Hur 2.0 and Sicky Faih. He is on he eaching eam of Harbor Chrisian Cener in Gig Harbor, Washingon, is presiden of ParenTeen and Harbor Hope Services, and is he former senior edior of YouhWorker Journa. course hep for professors & sudy aids for sudens Hur 2.0 Inside he Word of Today s Teenagers Chap Cark 288 pp. paper $ Teenagers Maer Making Suden Minisry a Prioriy in he Church Mark Canniser 288 pp. paper $ Foundaions for Youh Minisry Theoogica Engagemen wih Teen Life and Cuure, 2nd ed. Dean Borgman 320 pp. paper $ Spiriua Formaion in Emerging Aduhood A Pracica Theoogy for Coege and Young Adu Minisry David P. Seran and Chris A. Kiesing 288 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

8 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Divine Sex A Compeing Vision for Chrisian Reaionships in a Hypersexuaized Age Jonahan Gran Foreword by James K. A. Smih This is a book ha needed o be wrien. I pray ha i wi make is way ino he hands of no ony pasors and parens bu aso he wide array of hose eaders who care for he body of Chris in he weny-firs cenury. I speaks boh o hose who are singe and o hose who are married. And i is a mus-read for anyone working wih young peope oday; i shoud be read by youh pasors and universiy chapains as we as by sudenife divisions a Chrisian coeges and universiies. Absorbing Gran s insigh, anaysis, and consrucive argumen shoud no ony deepen how we are aking abou sex and discipeship; i shoud aso give us new inenionaiy abou he church as a formaive communiy, enabing us o ive ino a differen scrip ha is good news ha our sexua ives are hidden wih Chris in God. James K. A. Smih (from he foreword) Juy pp. paper $ Chrisianiy and Cuure, Ehics, Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion, Youh Minisry Jonahan Gran (ThM, Regen Coege, Vancouver) is he eader of S. Pau s Symonds Sree, one of he arges Angican congregaions in Ausraasia, ocaed in he hear of he ciy of Auckand, New Zeaand. Afer beginning his career in aw and invesmen banking, Gran pursued ordinaion raining in he Church of Engand, serving in pasora minisry a S. Mary s Bryanson Square, London. Excerp Ahough a number of infuenia Chrisian eaders have addressed issues reaing o sexuaiy, he church has ofen srugged o perceive and effecivey come o erms wih he significan mis-formaion of he sef ha occurs wihin he (pos)modern word. The common approach of eaching peope o ive according o Scripure, wihou giving due aenion o he formaive infuence of our cuura conex, unwiingy and ironicay succumbs o he modern iusion ha we can choose our own reaiy, argey free from exerna infuences. This myopic approach o cuura formaion runs he risk of incorporaing secuar assumpions abou human ideniy ino our modes of discipeship. Ahough his may be unineniona, i undermines he formaion of maure Chrisians who are abe o susain sexua pracices ha are faihfu o he Chrisian vision of ife.... Chrisian eaders end o use he Bibe as heir excusive source for framing Chrisian speaking and iving. Ye ony hrough a kind of hick descripion of our presen circumsances, being aenive o boh he word and he church, can we deepy undersand he hope of he gospe in redefining and reforming he sef wihin our compex imes. Undersanding he naure of he modern sef has enormous significance for spiriua eaders because i cus o he hear of Chrisian ideniy and mission wihin our cuure. Is Chrisian ideniy being formed by he church, or is i being formed by he cuure a arge? Ony once we ge o he roo of his issue can we effecivey pursue he ask of aowing God o reshape peope in he gospe. Sex and he iword Rehinking Reaionship beyond an Age of Individuaism Dae S. Kuehne 240 pp. paper $ Rea Sex The Naked Truh abou Chasiy Lauren F. Winner 192 pp. paper $ The Meaning of Sex Chrisian Ehics and he Mora Life Dennis P. Hoinger 272 pp. paper $ igods How Technoogy Shapes Our Spiriua and Socia Lives Craig Deweier 256 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

9 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Darkness Is My Ony Companion A Chrisian Response o Mena Iness, rev. and exp. ed. Kahryn Greene-McCreigh Foreword by Jusin Weby, Archbishop of Canerbury Darkness is my ony companion. The words of he psamis rang hauningy rue for Kahryn Greene-McCreigh when she was in he dephs of her mena iness. In his brave and compassionae book, she confrons he difficu quesions raised by her srugge wih bipoar disorder. Does God send his suffering? Why, if I am a Chrisian, can I no rejoice? Wha is happening o my sou? Wih brua honesy, she ackes ofen avoided opics such as suicide, mena hospias, and eecroconvusive herapy. Greene-McCreigh offers he reader everyhing from poignan and raw gimpses ino he mind of a menay i person o pracica and forhrigh advice for heir friends, famiy, and cergy. The firs ediion has been recognized as one of he fines books on he subjec. This horoughy revised ediion incorporaes updaed research and adds anecdoa and pasora commenary. I aso incudes a new foreword by he curren Archbishop of Canerbury and a new aferword by he auhor. Praise for he Firs Ediion One of Pubishers Weeky s Top Ten Reigion Books of he Year for 2006 By means of persona sory, heoogica refecion, and pracica suggesions for caregivers, Greene-McCreigh akes readers ino her mind as she punges from franic ecsasy... o profound despair.... Wih firm bu never facie faih, she offers hope o Chrisians wih mena iness and undersanding o hose who ive and work wih hem. Pubishers Weeky (sarred review) [A] sensiive and profound work.... A of [Greene-McCreigh s] observaions are grounded in Scripure and he Chrisian radiion, and offer hope and hep o he increasing number of Chrisians who recognize ha her sory is heirs as we. L. P. Fairfied, Touchsone Theoogicay sound and medicay asue, his is a safe guide for hose who bae he darkness of mena iness and for hose who care abou hem.... Greene-McCreigh, an Episcopa pries, does wha is so desperaey needed in our herapeuic sociey she pracices psychoherapy under he auhoriy of Scripure. Roberson McQuikin, Chrisianiy Today Greene-McCreigh offers he church a generous gif wih his book of facs and faih, pain and hope, and powerfu winess o he presence of God, even and especiay in he dephs of darkness. Margare B. Adam, Angican Theoogica Review June pp. paper $ Psychoogy/Counseing, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion, Theoogy Kahryn Greene-McCreigh (PhD, Yae Universiy) is associae chapain a The Episcopa Church a Yae and he auhor of severa books, incuding Ad Lieram: How Augusine, Cavin, and Barh Read he Pain Sense of Genesis 1 3 and Feminis Reconsrucions of Chrisian Docrine: A Narraive Anaysis and Appraisa. She aso serves on he board of he Em Ciy Chaper of NAMI (Naiona Aiance on Mena Iness) and on he Paien and Famiy Advisory Counci of Yae-New Haven Psychiaric Hospia. This book is o be recommended.... [I offers] grea insigh ino a beiever s srugge wih mena iness. Susan J. Dunap, Inerpreaion Exporing Psychoogy and Chrisian Faih An Inroducory Guide Pau Moes and Donad J. Teinghuisen 304 pp. paper $ Dangerous Passions, Deady Sins Learning from he Psychoogy of Ancien Monks Dennis Okhom 240 pp. paper $ Be No Afraid Facing Fear wih Faih Samue Wes 224 pp. paper $ Brokenness and Bessing Towards a Bibica Spiriuaiy Frances M. Young 140 pp. paper $ USA, Canada, and he Phiippines ony For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

10 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Praying wih Pau A Ca o Spiriua Reformaion, 2nd ed. D. A. Carson Renowned New Tesamen schoar D. A. Carson cas beievers o rejec superficiaiy and revouionize heir ives by embracing a God-guided approach o prayer. The second ediion has been updaed o connec more effecivey wih conemporary readers. A sudy guide, DVD, and eader s ki are avaiabe hrough The Gospe Coaiion (hegospecoaiion.org). Praise for he Firs Ediion A manifeso for profound, oher-cenered, God-guided praying. Such prayer is no caugh up in he yranny of he urgen bu he urgency of he eerna. John R. Throop, Chrisianiy Today [This book] provides an exceen baance of bibica exposiion, heoogica refecion, and pracica advice on prayer.... The greaes need for churches oday is no educaion, evangeism, or programs bu a deeper knowedge of God. The book conribues o fiing ha need by assising hose who read i o a fuer ife of prayer. Mark A. Seifrid, Review and Exposior The reader is guided, geny ye persuasivey, owards a reformaion in persona deaings wih God. This exceen and imey book can be heariy commended. Edward Donney, The Banner of Truh Now Avaiabe 232 pp. paper $ Pauine Sudies, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion Previousy pubished as A Ca o Spiriua Reformaion D. A. Carson (PhD, Universiy of Cambridge) is research professor of New Tesamen a Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo. He is he auhor or edior of more han fify books, incuding Commenary on he New Tesamen Use of he Od Tesamen, The God Who Is There, and How Long, O Lord? Carson is one of he founders of The Gospe Coaiion and is an acive gues ecurer in academic and church seings around he word. [This] is a book wih rich insighs, boh exegeica and pasora, and shoud be read by a hose desiring o improve heir prayer ife, or more imporany hose who desire ha heir prayers migh conform o he paern ha God has provided in he apose Pau. Genn N. Davies, Reformed Theoogica Review Conens Inroducion: Negeced Prayer 1. Lessons from he Schoo of Prayer 2. The Framework of Prayer: 2 Thessaonians 1: Worhy Peiions: 2 Thessaonians 1: Praying for Ohers 5. A Passion for Peope: 1 Thessaonians 3: The Conen of a Chaenging Prayer: Coossians 1: Excuses for No Praying 8. Overcoming he Hurdes: Phiippians 1: A Sovereign and Persona God 10. Praying o he Sovereign God: Ephesians 1: Praying for Power: Ephesians 3: Praying for Minisry: Romans 15:14 33 Aferword: A Prayer for Spiriua Reformaion Indexes New Tesamen Commenary Survey, 7h ed. D. A. Carson 192 pp. paper $ Commenary on he New Tesamen Use of he Od Tesamen G. K. Beae and D. A. Carson, eds. 1,280 pp. coh $ EU righs: IVP How Long, O Lord? Refecions on Suffering and Evi, 2nd ed. D. A. Carson 240 pp. paper $ EU righs: IVP Knocking on Heaven s Door A New Tesamen Theoogy of Peiionary Prayer David Crump 352 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

11 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Sco McKnigh (PhD, Universiy of Noingham), professor of New Tesamen a Norhern Seminary, is a word-renowned schoar, wrier, and speaker. He is he auhor or edior of fify books and his bog, Jesus Creed, is one of he mos popuar and infuenia evangeica bogs. Church in he Presen Tense, wih DVD A Candid Look a Wha s Emerging Sco McKnigh, Peer Roins, Kevin J. Corcoran, and Jason Cark 176 pp. paper $ The Forgoen Ways Reacivaing he Missiona Church Aan Hirsch 304 pp. paper $ Behany Hanke Hoang (MDiv, Princeon Theoogica Seminary) is he direcor of he Insiue for Bibica Jusice a Inernaiona Jusice Mission (IJM) in Washingon, DC, a human righs agency. She reguary speaks on behaf of IJM. Krisen Deede Johnson (PhD, Universiy of S. Andrews) is associae professor of heoogy and Chrisian formaion a Wesern Theoogica Seminary in Hoand, Michigan. Journey oward Jusice Persona Encouners in he Goba Souh Nichoas P. Woersorff 272 pp. paper $ Chrisians a he Border Immigraion, he Church, and he Bibe, 2nd ed. M. Danie Carro R. 208 pp. paper $ Kingdom Conspiracy Reurning o he Radica Mission of he Loca Church Sco McKnigh Kingdom Conspiracy is one of he mos imporan and imeies works o be wrien in recen years. McKnigh brings much-needed cariy o wha kingdom of God means and doesn mean and how i reaes o he church and is mission. This is a book ha needs o be read by everyone schoars and aypeope aike who wans o undersand and consiseny ive ou wha i means o be a foower of King Jesus. Gregory A. Boyd, Woodand His Church, S. Pau, Minnesoa; auhor of Repening of Reigion and Benefi of he Doub Evoking kingdom anguage has become he new vogue among missiona communiies amos as in vogue as he word missiona isef. Wih prescien anaysis and pasora insigh, Sco McKnigh succeeds in providing a scripura and heoogica ex for hose who have heard he word so ofen bu faied o hink hrough is meaning. Soong-Chan Rah, Norh Park Theoogica Seminary; auhor of The Nex Evangeicaism The Jusice Caing Where Passion Mees Perseverance Behany Hanke Hoang and Krisen Deede Johnson Over he pas decade, jusice movemens have been growing o aboish abor savery, end sex rafficking, figh for hose who suffer vioen oppression, and address he grinding povery ha is inexricabe o he uer vunerabiiy of he poor. Evangeica ineres, in paricuar, has been on he rise. Bu reacions can a oo easiy range from impusive fis of acivism wihou rue undersanding o parayzing despair. In The Jusice Caing, wo auhors wih firshand experience in he jusice movemen encourage readers o ground heir ca o jusice in sound bibica and heoogica eaching as hey engage wih he mos criica goba needs of our ime. The auhors connec jusice o Scripure, he characer of God, and he ong radiions and pracices of he church so ha passion mees perseverance and jusice becomes an enduring and inegraed par of our ife and faih. Now Avaiabe 304 pp. coh $ Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Chrisianiy and Cuure, Evangeism February pp. coh $ Chrisianiy and Cuure, Ehics, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion USA and Canada ony For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

12 Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion The Drama of Living Becoming Wise in he Spiri David F. Ford This is a our de force. We a ake par in he drama of iving, and Ford s wisdom shapes our engagemen wih is dephs and funess. This exraordinary book draws on he riches of his own experience, conemporary poery, and he myserious Gospe of John. I boh expores he compexiies of daiy ife and inspires wise and creaive responses. Michea O Siadhai, award-winning poe David Ford here combines a reaise in individua and socia anhropoogy wih a reading of he Fourh Gospe in order o assis us whie we join him in he search for wisdom in he drama of iving. The inerweavings among he hemes are furher srenghened by frequen ciaions in verse from he Irish poe Michea O Siadhai. Aogeher his is a book ha may propery engage he aenion of heoogica and humanisic readers aike. Geoffrey Wainwrigh, Duke Universiy David F. Ford (PhD, Universiy of Cambridge) is Regius Professor of Diviniy and direcor of he Cambridge Iner-Faih Program a he Universiy of Cambridge. He is aso a Feow of Sewyn Coege and he auhor or edior of more han fifeen books, incuding The Shape of Living. The Shape of Living Spiriua Direcions for Everyday Life, 2nd ed. David F. Ford 208 pp. paper $ USA and Canada ony Living ino Focus Choosing Wha Maers in an Age of Disracions Arhur Boers 250 pp. paper $ Now Avaiabe 240 pp. paper $ Lieraure/Ars/Communicaion, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion Canno expor o he EU Now Avaiabe 144 pp. paper $ Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion Presence and Encouner The Sacramena Possibiiies of Everyday Life David G. Benner Foreword by Richard Rohr, OFM Wih his rademark bend of schoarship and accessibiiy, psychoogica insigh and spiriua deph, David Benner has done i again. Presence and Encouner goes o he hear of spiriua formaion and direcion awareness of Divine Presence. Wheher in Eucharis or casua encouner, i is awakening o Presence ha makes encouner possibe. Gary W. Moon, Marin Insiue and Daas Wiard Cener, Wesmon Coege; auhor of Appreniceship wih Jesus In Presence and Encouner David Benner provides a simpe bu profound guide o experiencing he presence of Chris (even in absence) in everyday ife. Every day hods sacramena possibiiies if ony we earn by God s grace o be presen and o auhenicay encouner and diaogue wih each oher and wih God. I highy recommend i! Siang-Yang Tan, Fuer Theoogica Seminary; auhor of Counseing and Psychoherapy: A Chrisian Perspecive 48 For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi David G. Benner (PhD, York Universiy; posdocora sudies, Chicago Insiue of Psychoanaysis) is an inernaionay known deph psychoogis, spiriua guide, and persona ransformaion coach. He is a facuy member of The Rohr Insiue s Living Schoo for Acion and Conempaion, where he serves as a maser eacher, and has auhored or edied more han weny books. Aso by he Auhor Soufu Spiriuaiy Becoming Fuy Aive and Deepy Human David G. Benner 208 pp. paper $ Spiriuaiy and he Awakening Sef The Sacred Journey of Transformaion David G. Benner 256 pp. paper $

13 Andrew Roo (PhD, Princeon Theoogica Seminary) is Carrie Oson Baason Chair of Youh and Famiy Minisry a Luher Seminary. He is he auhor of numerous youh minisry books, incuding The Chidren of Divorce, and he coauhor (wih Kenda Creasy Dean) of The Theoogica Turn in Youh Minisry. The Chidren of Divorce The Loss of Famiy as he Loss of Being Andrew Roo 192 pp. paper $ Pracica Theoogy, Spiriuaiy & Formaion Bonhoeffer as Youh Worker A Theoogica Vision for Discipeship and Life Togeher Andrew Roo Bonhoeffer as Youh Worker reads ike he abor of ove ha i is, inroducing Bonhoeffer as a feow pasor who shares your passion for young peope s journey of faih and your convicion ha Chris s church shoud receive youh wihou using hem. Andrew Roo is a his bes here, warmy inroducing us o an od friend who we didn know knew us so we. Kenda Creasy Dean, Princeon Theoogica Seminary; auhor of Amos Chrisian: Wha he Faih of Our Teenagers Is Teing he American Church and A More Exceen Way: Wha Youh Minisry Can Teach Theoogica Educaion If We Le I Cuura Ineigence Improving Your CQ o Engage Our Muicuura Word David A. Livermore 288 pp. paper $ J. Todd Biings (ThD, Harvard Universiy Diviniy Schoo) is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theoogy a Wesern Theoogica Seminary in Hoand, Michigan. He is he auhor of severa books, incuding he Chrisianiy Today Book Award Winner Union wih Chris and Cavin, Paricipaion, and he Gif, winner of a 2009 John Tempeon Award for Theoogica Promise. I read everyhing Andy Roo wries, and I hope you do he same. Andy sheds new igh on one of my heoogica heroes, iuminaing Bonhoeffer s imeess power o shape your undersanding of boh minisry and our faih isef. Kara Powe, Fuer Youh Insiue, Fuer Theoogica Seminary Roo makes a houghfu and compeing conribuion boh o Bonhoeffer sudies and youh minisry. Pubishers Weeky Now Avaiabe 224 pp. paper $ Youh Minisry, Theoogy, Pracica Theoogy/Church Life Rejoicing in Lamen Wresing wih Incurabe Cancer and Life in Chris J. Todd Biings Courageous, reveaing, someimes raw his book reminds us ha amen is an ac of faih and ha faih is a communa reasure. Biings s esimony is ha ove is sronger han deah. Unforgeabe! Corneius Paninga Jr., auhor of Engaging God s Word Union wih Chris Reframing Theoogy and Minisry for he Church J. Todd Biings 192 pp. paper $ A Liurgy of Grief A Pasora Commenary on Lamenaions Lesie C. Aen 208 pp. paper $ Weaving heoogica and scripura refecion hroughou he narraive of his srugge wih cancer, Todd Biings gracefuy modes how o read one s ife in igh of Scripure and Scripure in igh of one s ife. Here here is no simpisic moraizing bu a persiseny quesing winess o a God who is presen in he mids of ife-changing sorrow. To read wih Todd is o join him in srugge and faih, doub and hope, amen and praise. Marianne Meye Thompson, Fuer Theoogica Seminary Rejoicing in Lamen is a profound winess o he gospe. I can hardy find words o express is ineigence, honesy, and richness. Gerad L. Siser, Whiworh Universiy; auhor of A Grace Disguised and A Grace Reveaed Now Avaiabe 224 pp. paper $ Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion, Theoogy, Psychoogy/Counseing For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

14 o he Academy Danie Ronad W. Pierce Teach he Tex Commenary Series Mark L. Srauss and John H. Waon, series ediors Augus pp. coh $ Commenaries, Prophes Ronad W. Pierce (PhD, Fuer Theoogica Seminary) is professor of bibica and heoogica sudies a Tabo Schoo of Theoogy, Bioa Universiy. He has ed numerous academic sudy ours o Israe and Paesine and is he auhor of many arices and books. Psams, vo. 1 Psams 1 72 C. Hasse Buock Teach he Tex Commenary Series Mark L. Srauss and John H. Waon, series ediors Augus pp. coh $ Commenaries, Wisdom/Poery C. Hasse Buock (PhD, Hebrew Union Coege) is Frankin S. Dyrness Professor Emerius of Bibica Sudies a Wheaon Coege. He is he auhor of An Inroducion o he Od Tesamen Poeic Books and Encounering he Book of Psams. Teach he Tex Commenary Series Now Avaiabe in he Series Few commenaries hep he reader move beyond sudy o houghfu appicaion, and fewer si move beyond appicaion o eaching. Tha s why I am hried wih he Teach he Tex Commenary Series. Pasors and eachers are going o ove his series. I highy recommend i. George H. Guhrie, Union Universiy Teach he Tex is he kind of commenary I have waned for a ong ime. I deas wih he kinds of quesions ha busy pasors have o ask and answer in order o preach he Scripures every week. I commend i o hose of you who are in ha kind of minisry. Haddon Robinson, Gordon-Conwe Theoogica Seminary 1 & 2 Samue Rober B. Chishom Jr pp. $39.99c Job Danie J. Eses pp. $29.99c Eccesiases and Song of Songs Edward M. Curis pp. $29.99c Mark Gran R. Osborne pp. $39.99c Luke R. T. France pp. $39.99c Romans C. Marvin Pae pp. $39.99c 1 Corinhians Preben Vang pp. $29.99c Reveaion J. Sco Duva pp. $39.99c D 50 For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

15 o he Academy Jeannine K. Brown (PhD, Luher Seminary) is professor of New Tesamen a Behe Seminary in San Diego. She is he auhor or edior of numerous books and arices, incuding Scripure as Communicaion, Becoming Whoe and Hoy, and The Dicionary of Jesus and he Gospes (2nd ed.). Aso by he Auhor Scripure as Communicaion Inroducing Bibica Hermeneuics Jeannine K. Brown 320 pp. paper $ Becoming Whoe and Hoy An Inegraive Conversaion abou Chrisian Formaion Jeannine K. Brown, Cara M. Dah, and Wyndy Corbin Reusching 214 pp. paper $ Mahew Jeannine K. Brown Teach he Tex Commenary Series Mark L. Srauss and John H. Waon, series ediors Jeannine Brown is an exceen seecion o wrie his commenary on he Gospe of Mahew. Her widey respeced schoary experise in Mahean sudies is combined wih experienced eaching skis o provide sound commenary and guidance for readers who wan o undersand and communicae in a profound ye pracica way he reasures of he Gospe of Mahew. An ousanding conribuion. Michae J. Wikins, Tabo Schoo of Theoogy, Bioa Universiy [Brown offers] exper assisance on undersanding Mahew s Gospe for eaching and preaching. The srengh of his commenary is is aunemen o he sory Mahew es, is concise summaries of secions, brief discussions of he key exegeica and heoogica eemens, and suggesive promps for communicaing he message oday. Mahew roos he sory of Jesus od by he Firs Evangeis in is firs-cenury conex bu, more imporany and uniquey, provides cear guidance for bibica communicaors o imagine how o embody he sory anew in he weny-firs-cenury church. Joe Wiis, Norh Park Universiy Apri pp. coh $ Commenaries, Gospes/Acs D Bi Donahue (PhD, Universiy of Norh Texas) is associae professor of pasora heoogy a Triniy Inernaiona Universiy and he auhor of more han a dozen books. He is former direcor of eadership deveopmen and group ife for he Wiow Creek Communiy Church and Associaion. The Irresisibe Communiy An Inviaion o Life Togeher Bi Donahue Foreword by Henry Coud Jesus creaed an irresisibe communiy wih his discipes a deep, ife-changing communiy marked by grace and uncondiiona ove. Using he upper-room narraive and engaging sories, Bi Donahue shows readers how o buid enduring reaionships and vibran communiies where everyone finds a pace o beong, ive fuy in he ruh, and serve ohers wih joy. This book wi appea o church eaders ooking for a bibica mode for heahy communiies and a who desire inimacy wih God. Augus pp. paper $ Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion D For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi