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1 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Imagining the Kingdom How Worship Works New Reease James K. A. Smith Cutura Liturgies How does worship work? How exacty does iturgica formation shape peope? And how does the Spirit marsha the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith s three-voume theoogy of cuture, the author expands and deepens the anaysis of cutura iturgies and Christian worship he deveoped in his accaimed Desiring the Kingdom. Drawing on the work of Maurice Mereau-Ponty and Pierre Bourdieu, this book heps readers understand and appreciate the bodiy basis of habit formation and how iturgica formation both secuar and Christian affects one s fundamenta orientation to the word. Worship works by everaging one s body to transform his or her imagination, and it does this through stories understood on a register that is coser to body than mind. This has critica impications for thinking about the nature of Christian formation and the roe of the arts in Christian mission. Students of phiosophy, iturgica studies, and theoogy wi wecome this work as wi schoars, pastors, worship eaders, and Christian educators. It incudes anayses of popuar fims, noves, and other cutura phenomena, such as The King s Speech, Rise of the Panet of the Apes, David Foster Waace s Infinite Jest, the iphone, and Facebook. Endorsement A thought-provoking, generative refection on the imagination-shaping power of Christian worship practices. Smith describes and demonstrates how practices, perceptions, emotions, and thought interact and how together they can be shaped in cruciform ways. What an idea book for crossing boundaries among academic discipines and between the academy and the church. John D. Witviet, Cavin Institute of Christian Worship, Cavin Coege and Cavin Theoogica Seminary Praise for Desiring the Kingdom Christianity Today 2010 Book Award Smith shows in cear, simpe, and passionate prose what worship has to do with formation and what both have to do with education. This is an important book and one whose audience shoud be much broader than the merey schoary. Pau J. Griffiths, Duke Divinity Schoo In a wide-ranging essay, Smith reentessy pursues his case for broad notions of Christian education that are grounded in the embodied experience of worship.... Pastors and Christian educators aike wi benefit from a carefu study of this monograph and readers wi ook forward to [Smith s] upcoming voumes that promise to expand on this work. Pau Gabreath, Interpretation February pp. paper $ ebook: $ Phiosophy, Theoogy, Worship/Liturgy James K. A. Smith (PhD, Vianova University) is professor of phiosophy at Cavin Coege, where he aso serves in the department of congregationa and ministry studies. In addition, he is a senior feow of the Coossian Forum. He is the author or editor of many books, incuding the Christianity Today Book Award winners Who s Afraid of Postmodernism? and Desiring the Kingdom, and is editor of The Church and Postmodern Cuture series ( Desiring the Kingdom Worship, Wordview, and Cutura Formation James K. A. Smith 240 pp. paper $ Grand Entrance Worship on Earth as in Heaven Edith M. Humphrey 256 pp. paper $ A Pubic Faith How Foowers of Christ Shoud Serve the Common Good Mirosav Vof 192 pp. coth $ The Worship Architect A Bueprint for Designing Cuturay Reevant and Bibicay Faithfu Services Constance M. Cherry 320 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 21

2 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies New Reease Persona Jesus How Popuar Music Shapes Our Sous Cive Marsh and Vaughan S. Roberts Foreword by Tom Beaudoin Engaging Cuture Robert K. Johnston and Wiiam A. Dyrness, series editors Pop music is now an ever-present force shaping citizens in the West. Even at funeras, it is often requested over hymns. But how does popuar music work, and what roes does it pay for isteners who engage it? This new addition to the criticay accaimed Engaging Cuture series expores the theoogica significance of the ways pop music is istened to and used today. Cive Marsh and Vaughan Roberts show that popuar music is used by reigious and nonreigious peope aike to make meaning, enabing isteners to expore human concerns about embodiment, creating communities, and tapping into transcendence. They assess what is happening to Christian faith and theoogy as a resut. Persona Jesus incorporates case studies featuring noted music artists of our day incuding David Bowie, Michae Jackson, Sigur Rós, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and Lady Gaga and expores practica impications for the church, the academy, and daiy musica istening. It wi be of interest to professors and students of theoogy and cuture, reigious studies, and popuar cuture. Contents January pp. paper $ ebook: $ Popuar Cuture, Theoogy Cive Marsh (DPhi, University of Oxford) is senior ecturer and director of earning and teaching at the Institute of Lifeong Learning, University of Leicester. He is the author of many books, incuding Cinema and Sentiment: Fim s Chaenge to Theoogy and Theoogy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Critica Christian Thinking. Vaughan S. Roberts (PhD, University of Bath) is vicar of Coegiate Church of St. Mary in Warwick, Engand, and an active writer on topics of reigion and contemporary cuture. Foreword by Tom Beaudoin Introduction Part 1: Music and Reigion 1. Music in Context: Contemporary Discussion about Reigion and Popuar Cuture 2. Exporations in Affective Space: The Magisteria-Ibiza Spectrum 3. Acknowedging a Theoogica Interest: Popuar Music from Sin to Sacramentaity Part 2: Living by Pop Music 4. Pop Music in the Marketpace 5. Pop Music and the Body 6. The Tinge Factor: Popuar Music and Transcendence Today 7. Pop Music, Ritua, and Worship 8. What s on Your ipod? Cassics, Canons, and the Question of What Matters Part 3: Pop Music and Theoogy 9. The Discipine of Listening: How (and Why) What We re Doing with Music Matters Utimatey 10. Three Steps to Heaven? On Negotiating Meaning between Popuar Music and Christian Theoogy 11. Embodied Socia Rituas: Revisiting Theoogy through Popuar Music A Programmatic Postscript: Practica Consequences for Church, Academy, and Daiy Living Indexes Broken Haeujahs Why Popuar Music Matters to Those Seeking God Christian Scharen 192 pp. paper $ Kicking at the Darkness Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination Brian J. Wash 224 pp. paper $ Hip-Hop Redemption Finding God in the Rhythm and the Rhyme Raph Basui Watkins 176 pp. paper $ Resounding Truth Christian Wisdom in the Word of Music Jeremy S. Begbie 414 pp. paper $ EU rights: SPCK 22 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

3 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies The Mystery of God Theoogy for Knowing the Unknowabe New Reease Steven D. Boyer and Christopher A. Ha Mystery is one of the most overworked words in the Christian vocabuary, and yet it s essentia whenever we dare to speak about the God who is, as Luther says, both hidden and reveaed. This book is both an invitation to contempation and an exercise in humiity. Boyer and Ha bring together theoogy and spirituaity in a way that wi hep both seasoned traveers and new pigrims on the road of faith. Timothy George, Beeson Divinity Schoo, Samford University; genera editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture Righty understood, mystery is a powerfu and iberating theoogica reaity. Boyer and Ha skifuy expore the wonderfu truth of mystery, empoying such topics as the incarnation, savation, and prayer as exampes of how it works in the church s confession and practice. In these pages there is rea wisdom. Key M. Kapic, Covenant Coege This book is a gem. Boyer and Ha dispay the beauty of historic Christian orthodoxy in cear, eegant prose. Skifuy avoiding the twin pagues of arrogant rationaism and anti-inteectua irrationaism, they demonstrate the tremendous potentia of the concept of mystery to iuminate centra doctrines and practices of the Christian faith. Schoars, pastors, and students aike wi reap rich rewards from this outstanding contribution to contemporary evangeica theoogy. Jeffrey P. Greenman, Wheaton Coege This is a wecome voume: a ceary written, insightfu approach to a difficut theoogica topic. I especiay appreciated and earned from its taxonomy of mysteries and its idea that as a theoogica category, mystery shoud be understood in reveationa and dimensiona terms. Those terms nicey carify and thematize what s distinctive about a Christian understanding of mystery and do so in a way that wi resonate with many of the book s readers. Kevin Hector, The University of Chicago Divinity Schoo The Mystery of God is a refreshing chaenge to evangeicas to reject rationaistic approaches to faith whie at the same time earning humby from the Great Tradition. Boyer and Ha mine riches from the Fathers that wi hep their readers appreciate the beauty of the Triune God and the orthodox tradition in which he is found. Gerad R. McDermott, Roanoke Coege; coauthor, The Theoogy of Jonathan Edwards A fine Protestant theoogica treatment of mystery in theoogy is ong overdue, and Boyer and Ha have provided it. Roger E. Oson, George W. Truett Theoogica Seminary, Bayor University November pp. paper $ ebook: $ Theoogy Steven D. Boyer (PhD, Boston University) is professor of theoogy at Eastern University. Christopher A. Ha (PhD, Drew University) is chanceor of Eastern University and dean of Pamer Theoogica Seminary. He has authored a number of books, is an editor at arge for Christianity Today, and is associate editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series. An Exporation of Christian Theoogy Don Thorsen 480 pp. coth $ Christian Theoogy, 2nd ed. Miard J. Erickson 1,312 pp. coth $ Exporing Eccesioogy An Evangeica and Ecumenica Introduction Brad Harper and Pau Louis Metzger 336 pp. paper $ Union with Christ Reframing Theoogy and Ministry for the Church J. Todd Biings 192 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 23

4 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies New Reease Liturgy as a Way of Life Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship Bruce Eis Benson The Church and Postmodern Cuture James K. A. Smith, series editor Phiosopher Bruce Eis Benson expores how the arts inform and cutivate service to God, heping the church to not ony think differenty about the arts but aso act differenty. He contends that we are a artists, that our very ives shoud be seen as art, and that we shoud ive iturgicay in service to God and neighbor. Working from the bibica structure of ca and response, Benson rethinks what it means to be artistic and recovers the ancient Christian idea of presenting onesef to God as a work of art. Rather than viewing art as practiced ony by the few, Benson argues that we are a caed by God to be artists. He reenvisions art as the very core of our being: we are God s own art, and God cas us to improvise as iving and growing works of art. Benson aso examines the nature of iturgy and connects art and iturgy in a new way. Liturgy as a Way of Life wi appea to phiosophy, worship/iturgy, art, music, and theoogy students as we as those who are interested in engaging issues of worship and aesthetics in a postmodern context. Contents February pp. paper $ ebook: $ Phiosophy, Worship/Liturgy, Literature/Arts/Communication, Christianity and Cuture, Theoogy Bruce Eis Benson (PhD, Kathoieke Universiteit Leuven) is professor of phiosophy at Wheaton Coege. His areas of expertise incude contemporary French thought and phiosophy of art. He is the author of Graven Ideoogies, The Improvisation of Musica Diaogue, and Pious Nietzsche, and the coeditor of severa books, incuding Evangeicas and Empire. Introduction: The Art of Living 1. The Ca and the Response 2. Deconstructing the Discourse of Art 3. Improvising Like Jazz 4. On Not Being an Artistic Whore 5. Becoming Living Works of Art Index About the Series The Church and Postmodern Cuture series features high-profie theorists in continenta phiosophy and contemporary theoogy writing for a broad, nonspeciaist audience interested in the impact of postmodern theory on the faith and practice of the church. Aso in the Series Who s Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucaut to Church James K. A. Smith 160 pp. paper $ What Woud Jesus Deconstruct? The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church John D. Caputo 160 pp. paper $ GoboChrist The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn Car Raschke 176 pp. paper $ Whose Community? Which Interpretation? Phiosophica Hermeneutics for the Church Merod Westpha 160 pp. paper $ For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

5 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies The Economy of Desire Christianity and Capitaism in a Postmodern Word New Reease Danie M. Be Jr. The Church and Postmodern Cuture James K. A. Smith, series editor In this addition to the award-winning Church and Postmodern Cuture series, Danie Be approaches capitaism and Christianity as aternative visions of humanity, God, and the good ife. He engages the work of two important postmodern phiosophers, Gies Deeuze and Miche Foucaut, to iuminate the nature of the postmodern word that the church currenty inhabits. Be considers how the goba economy deforms desire in a manner that distorts human reations with God and one another. In contrast, he presents Christianity and the tradition of the works of mercy as a way beyond capitaism and sociaism, beyond phianthropy and wefare. Endorsements There is no getting around the cry for a just Christian economics in Be s argument, nor the vision for a virtuous capitaism participating in the divine economy of savation. Be s passion is prophetic, and this book screams out to be read in the new era of austerity that a of us are entering now. A revoution is needed, and it has to begin with a right discipining of desire. Graham Ward, University of Manchester Dan Be persuasivey demonstrates that every economy presupposes a theoogy because they share in common the production, distribution, and communication of desire. Using Deeuze and Foucaut, without being used by them, he diagnoses the formation of capitaist desire and compares it to God s eccesia economy. This is the most thoroughy researched and accessibe book on theoogica economics avaiabe today. Its breadth is impressive, its argument compeing. It deserves to be widey read and used at a eves in the university and church. Readers wi be richy rewarded. D. Stephen Long, Marquette University Contents Introduction: What Has Paris to Do with Jerusaem? 1. The Mutitude: The Micropoitics of Desire 2. Capita Desire: Capitaism as an Economy of Desire 3. What Is Wrong with Capitaism? 4. Capitaist Theoogy: The Agony of Capitaist Desire 5. Is Another Economy Possibe? The Church as an Economy of Desire 6. The Economy of Savation 7. Christian Economics 8. The Work of Mercy Concusion: Dishonest Weath, Friends, and Eterna Homes Index November pp. paper $ ebook: $ Christianity and Cuture, Phiosophy, Theoogy, Ethics Danie M. Be Jr. (PhD, Duke University) is professor of theoogica ethics at Lutheran Theoogica Southern Seminary and an ordained eder in the United Methodist Church. He is the author of Just War as Christian Discipeship and Liberation Theoogy after the End of History. The Poitics of Discipeship Becoming Postmateria Citizens Graham Ward 320 pp. paper $ EU rights: SCM-Canterbury Press Just War as Christian Discipeship Recentering the Tradition in the Church rather than the State Danie M. Be Jr. 268 pp. paper $ War and the American Difference Theoogica Refections on Vioence and Nationa Identity Staney Hauerwas 208 pp. paper $ Introducing Mora Theoogy True Happiness and the Virtues Wiiam C. Mattison III 432 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 25

6 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Now in Paper The Bibe Made Impossibe Why Bibicism Is Not a Truy Evangeica Reading of Scripture Christian Smith This important book has generated ivey discussion and debate. The paperback edition incudes a new afterword in which the author engages conversations stimuated by the coth edition. Praise for The Bibe Made Impossibe 2011 Jesus Creed Book of the Year Evangeicaism is cracking apart not because of theoogica drift to the eft but because the ony theoogy that can sustain a genuine evangeicaism is to use the ony word appropriate a cathoic theoogy. Many who were nurtured in American evangeicaism (as Christian Smith was) and now find it seriousy deficient (as Christian Smith does) seem to be those on whom the ight has dawned. Here is a genuiney evangeica cathoic understanding of scripture. Scot McKnight, Northern Seminary Bibicism remains one of the most entrenched and pressing probems facing the church. In his characteristicay ucid, direct, and fair-minded fashion, Christian Smith asks questions about bibicism that need to be answered. Smith aso begins to articuate an aternative, Christcentered approach to bibica interpretation that is supremey constructive a truy evangeica account of scripture. Dougas A. Campbe, Duke University Divinity Schoo Now Avaiabe 256 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Hermeneutics/Exegesis, Christianity and Cuture, Evangeicaism Christian Smith (PhD, Harvard University) is the Wiiam R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Socioogy and director of the Center for the Study of Reigion and Society at the University of Notre Dame, where he has been cited as an outstanding facuty member. He is the awardwinning author or coauthor of numerous books, most recenty What Is a Person? Rethinking Humanity, Socia Life, and Mora Good from the Person Up and Sous in Transition: The Reigious and Spiritua Lives of Emerging Aduts. His research focuses primariy on reigion in modernity, adoescents, American evangeicaism, and cuture. t Given the importance and infuence of evangeicaism in American reigion and cuture, this book is both a heathy corrective and a hopefu sign of positive deveopments within evangeicaism. Danie J. Harrington, SJ, America Ever the socioogist, Smith forces readers to confront and account for the stubborn fact that not everyone who ascribes supreme authority to what the Bibe says hears God saying the same thing. Even those, ike me, who are not persuaded by his truy evangeica aternative wi benefit from this strong dose of reaism about the way in which evangeicas actuay interpret and appea to the Bibe. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangeica Divinity Schoo I do not think that bibicism has been quite as destructive as Christian Smith describes it in this book (for exampe, among evangeicas there is very itte pervasive interpretive puraism in understanding John 20:31). Despite this reservation, I think Smith has written an extremey vauabe book. Athough his account of the probems besetting bibicism is devastatingy effective, his appea for a Christ-centered approach to scripture is wise, encouraging, and even more effective. Mark A. No, University of Notre Dame The Evoution of Adam What the Bibe Does and Doesn t Say about Human Origins Peter Enns 192 pp. paper $ Testing Scripture A Scientist Expores the Bibe John Pokinghorne 128 pp. paper $ USA, Canada, and Mexico ony (SPCK) A High View of Scripture? The Authority of the Bibe and the Formation of the New Testament Canon Craig D. Aert 204 pp. paper $ Evangeicas and Nicene Faith Recaiming the Apostoic Witness Timothy George, ed. 272 pp. paper $ For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

7 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Understanding Spiritua Warfare Four Views New Reease James K. Beiby and Pau Rhodes Eddy, editors This iuminating book heps readers sort through the pethora of approaches to spiritua warfare. Positions exist in addition to the four expored here, but the range offered is informative and wi hep the reader sort through why he or she agrees or disagrees on various points. Anyone who wants to understand and hear the case for various positions shoud start here. Craig Keener, Asbury Theoogica Seminary Spiritua warfare shoudn t a Christians be engaged in it? And if it is indeed warfare, doesn t that mean there s a ot at stake? Or are some versions of spiritua warfare a paganization of the Christian gospe? There are many four views books on the market, but this one on spiritua warfare is one of the few that aby addresses important issues of goba Christian theoogica and practica concern. No seminary education is compete without it. Amos Yong, Regent University Schoo of Divinity Finay we have a theoogica, bibica, and mutidiscipinary assessment of spiritua warfare, a topic which continues to divide and inspire many Christians. Here is a resource which heps put the dominant hermeneutica and spiritua orientations in perspective. The choice of topic and contributors is bod and innovative and the editors introduction is briiant. Tak about a dynamic diaogue! Highy recommended. Vei-Matti Kärkkäinen, Fuer Theoogica Seminary; University of Hesinki, Finand Contents Introduction The Word Systems Mode, by Water Wink, edited by Gareth Higgins and Michae Hardin Response by David Powison Response by Gregory Boyd Response by C. Peter Wagner and Rebecca Greenwood The Cassica Mode, by David Powison Response by Water Wink and Michae Hardin Response by Gregory Boyd Response by C. Peter Wagner and Rebecca Greenwood The Ground-Leve Deiverance Mode, by Gregory Boyd Response by Water Wink and Michae Hardin Response by David Powison Response by C. Peter Wagner and Rebecca Greenwood The Strategic-Leve Deiverance Mode, by C. Peter Wagner and Rebecca Greenwood Response by Water Wink and Michae Hardin Response by David Powison Response by Gregory Boyd Indexes December pp. paper $ ebook: $ Theoogy, Spirituaity/Spiritua Formation James K. Beiby (PhD, Marquette University) is professor of systematic and phiosophica theoogy at Bethe University. Pau Rhodes Eddy (PhD, Marquette University) is professor of bibica and theoogica studies, aso at Bethe. Together they have coedited four successfu mutiview voumes, and each has authored or edited a number of other books. The Jesus Legend A Case for the Historica Reiabiity of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition Pau Rhodes Eddy and Gregory A. Boyd 480 pp. paper $ Across the Spectrum Understanding Issues in Evangeica Theoogy, 2nd ed. Gregory A. Boyd and Pau R. Eddy 352 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 27

8 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies New Reease Reading the Apostoic Fathers A Student s Introduction, 2nd ed. Cayton N. Jefford The Apostoic Fathers are criticay important texts for studying the first century of Christian history. Cayton Jefford, an expert on the Apostoic Fathers, offers an up-to-date introduction and companion to these diverse and fascinating materias. This new edition has been updated throughout and incudes a new chapter on the fragments of Papias. Endorsement Jefford has taken a compicated, diverse, and hoty debated coection of ancient Christian texts and made them inteigibe for a modern, uninitiated audience. But make no mistake. His revised and expanded handbook, a companion and tutor to have aong as one reads the Apostoic Fathers, is not simpistic. Jefford condenses and construes the critica issues and iterature in a manner that the beginning student wi find advantageous, and the expert insightfu. D. Jeffrey Bingham, Daas Theoogica Seminary Excerpt It is my hope that this voume wi serve as a quick and simpe introduction to a unique coection of eary Christian writings, the so-caed Apostoic Fathers.... December pp. paper $ ebook: $ Church History, Patristics Cayton N. Jefford (PhD, Caremont Graduate Schoo) is professor of scripture at Saint Meinrad Seminary and Schoo of Theoogy. He is the author of severa books, incuding The Apostoic Fathers and the New Testament and The Apostoic Fathers: An Essentia Guide. Other, more extensive surveys of the Apostoic Fathers are avaiabe, of course, but these are not designed to be as readiy expored by students who are new to the iterature, instead serving better the needs of speciaists in eary church history. The present book attempts to avoid some of the typica probems of many introductions. It originay was conceived with the input of students and is designed for those who read and work at the coege, seminary, or graduate eve. The book does not assume that the reader has any particuar knowedge of eary church history or any broad background in bibica studies or ancient Christian iterature. The goa of the introduction is to be cear and concise, easy to read, inteigibe, and suitabe for review in short periods of time as the student s schedue permits. The format of the book is designed to be convenient either for the cassroom setting or for individua study. A genera statement about the history and iterature of the Apostoic Fathers is provided at the beginning, foowed by ten chapters featuring the individua writings commony incuded among the Apostoic Fathers. The Apostoic Fathers Greek Texts and Engish Transations, 3rd ed. Michae W. Homes, ed. and trans. 832 pp. coth $ The Apostoic Fathers and the New Testament Cayton N. Jefford 288 pp. paper $ The Didache A Window on the Eariest Christians Thomas O Loughin 208 pp. paper $ USA, Canada, and Mexico ony (SPCK) Athanasius Peter J. Leithart 224 pp. paper $ For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

9 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Loving the Poor, Saving the Rich Weath, Poverty, and Eary Christian Formation Heen Rhee From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to dea with riches and care for the poor formed an important aspect of Christian discipeship. This carefu study anayzes the significance of weath and poverty in constructing Christian identity in the compex socioeconomic situation and cutura miieu of the eary Roman Empire. Endorsements An exceent and deepy informed study of eary Christian views of weath and poverty. Rhee s anaysis is especiay sensitive to the socia contexts of nascent Christian economic discourse. She presents a compeing and highy engaging anaysis of the roe that theoogies and practices of weath and poverty payed in shaping the emergence of a distinctivey Christian identity in the pre- Constantinian period. This book is essentia reading for anyone interested in eary and contemporary Christian understandings and practices of weath and poverty. I commend it highy to schoars and students aike, and I wi enthusiasticay use it in my own research and teaching. David J. Downs, Fuer Theoogica Seminary New Reease Heen Rhee s new book is the first in thirty years to provide an in-depth focus on responsibe Christian giving in second- and third-century Greco-Roman church communities and what that means for today. Historicay sensitive and accurate, Loving the Poor, Saving the Rich is a wecome pastora ca to affirm the physicaity of redemption and the grace of doing good. Susan R. Homan, author, God Knows There s Need: Christian Responses to Poverty In contrast to our modern word s way of taking about issues of weath and poverty, Rhee takes us back to a time when confronting weath and addressing the concerns of poverty were identity-forming experiences for the Christian church. Rhee s concusions yied some vauabe reminders that the word of eary Christianity invites the word of modern Christianity to ive more simpy. Brian Matz, Carro Coege Contents Introduction 1. The Socia, Economic, and Theoogica Word of Eary Christianity 2. Weath, Poverty, and Eschatoogy 3. Weath, Poverty, and Savation 4. Weath, Poverty, and Koinonia 5. Weath, Poverty, and Eccesiastica Contro 6. Weath, Poverty, and Christian Identity 7. Weath, Poverty, and Christian Response in Contemporary Society Index November pp. paper $ ebook: $ Patristics, Church History, Ethics Heen Rhee (PhD, Fuer Theoogica Seminary) is associate professor of church history at Westmont Coege and served as a pastor for a number of years. She speciaizes in eary Christian history, especiay second and third century Christian iterature, and is the author of Eary Christian Literature: Christ and Cuture in the Second and Third Centuries. Weath and Poverty in Eary Church and Society Susan R. Homan, ed. 320 pp. paper $ Apocayptic Thought in Eary Christianity Robert J. Day, SJ, ed. 304 pp. paper $ Retrieving Nicaea The Deveopment and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine Khaed Anatoios 352 pp. coth $ Stoicism in Eary Christianity Tuomas Rasimus, Troes Engberg-Pedersen, and Ismo Dunderberg, eds. 320 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 29

10 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Now in Paper Now Avaiabe 304 pp. paper $28.00 (maximum discount 40%) ebook: $ Christianity and Cuture, Science and Reigion, Theoogy New Reease Essays on Reigion, Science, and Society Herman Bavinck; John Bot, editor; Harry Boonstra and Gerrit Sheeres, transators I have ong admired Bavinck as a major systematic theoogian, but in these essays I discovered a Bavinck I never knew. He moves easiy and briianty through adoescent psychoogy, conceptions of the unconscious, Isam, socia contract theory, evoutionary thought, phioogy, and aesthetics, to name ony a few of a broad set of topics. Here an amazing nineteenth-century Cavinist mind addresses with much wisdom a twenty-firstcentury inteectua agenda! Richard J. Mouw, Fuer Theoogica Seminary This book is an exceent exampe of how Christian theoogy integrates with other discipines. It is an outstanding source and resource, a mode for theoogica engagement, and impicity issues a chaenge for contemporary theoogians to carry on this task. Pastors, missionaries, educators, students, and others interested in the intersection of the Christian faith and cuture, the intersection of Christianity and creation, and the intersection of specia and genera reveation shoud read this book. Genn R. Kreider, Bibiotheca Sacra Christian Apoogetics, 2nd ed. Norman L. Geiser This new edition of a popuar apoogetics text has been updated throughout and incudes three new chapters. Praise for the First Edition Geiser is extremey erudite, possessing an astonishing weath of schoary knowedge, and dispays a remarkabe gift of superb organization and cear anaysis in aying out his materia.... I consider Christian Apoogetics the best textbook we have on behaf of conservative evangeica Christianity. Cark H. Pinnock, Christian Schoar s Review Destined to be a major textbook for evangeicas in apoogetics.... [It wi] hep a generation of readers and students faced with a tough-minded humanism to give cogent and carefu defense of the faith. F. R. Howe, Bibiotheca Sacra A vauabe addition to any student s ibrary. Michae Hi, Reformed Theoogica Review Herman Bavinck ( ) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theoogy at the Free University of Amsterdam in John Bot (PhD, University of St. Michae s Coege) is professor of systematic theoogy at Cavin Theoogica Seminary. This voume was transated under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Transation Society by Harry Boonstra and Gerrit Sheeres. Reformed Dogmatics Abridged in One Voume Herman Bavinck; John Bot, ed. 864 pp. coth $ Reformed Thought on Freedom The Concept of Free Choice in Eary Modern Reformed Theoogy Wiem J. van Asset, J. Martin Bac, and Roef T. te Vede, eds. 272 pp. paper $ Norman L. Geiser (PhD, Loyoa University of Chicago) has taught at top evangeica schoos for over fifty years and is distinguished professor of apoogetics and theoogy at Veritas Evangeica Seminary. He is the author of more than seventy books, incuding Christian Ethics. Christian Ethics Contemporary Issues and Options, 2nd ed. Norman L. Geiser 448 pp. paper $ Mere Apoogetics How to Hep Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith Aister E. McGrath 208 pp. paper $ February pp. paper $ Apoogetics 30 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

11 Mapping Modern Theoogy A Thematic and Historica Introduction Key M. Kapic and Bruce L. McCormack, editors Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies This outstanding coection of essays with contributions from eaders in the fied wi appea to schoars and students aike. The editors have managed to provide the reader with a genuine aternative to other textbooks. The essays are a exceent, setting a high watermark for other such symposia. It shoud quicky estabish itsef as a resource of choice for those wanting a comprehensive account of modern Christian theoogy that is aert to historica as we as systematic considerations. I highy recommend it. Oiver Crisp, Fuer Theoogica Seminary This intriguing voume fis a gap in teaching materias for theoogica students that has ong been noteworthy: it tackes the traditiona oci of systematic theoogy through the ens of modernity s particuar chaenges. Intended primariy for students in the Reformed tradition, this book wi prove to be an exceent textbook and focus for debate; the editors are to be congratuated on the quaity and insightfuness of the contributions. Sarah Coakey, University of Cambridge This coection of fifteen essays on key topics wi repay carefu study. Through examining the different ways in which the centra doctrines of the Christian faith have been handed under the pressures of modernity, it provides vauabe orientation for students of modern theoogy. Cear, informed, and insightfu, it deserves incusion on a reevant reading ists. David Fergusson, New Coege, University of Edinburgh A voume such as this is a wecome guide indeed to the contours of modern theoogy. Especiay vauabe is the organization of this book according to the cassica doctrina oci and centra concerns of the Christian theoogica tradition. An impressive ineup of schoars provides a sure guide to the ways each of these concerns has been treated within the context of modernity and demonstrates thereby the necessity of our striving, even if sometimes faiing, to te of the gospe in ways both responsibe to the tradition and aert to the reaities of contemporary cuture. Murray Rae, University of Otago An unusuay hepfu book. Ceary written, reiabe, and iuminating, it traces the deveopment of key Christian doctrines throughout the modern period, and in so doing offers a ucid introduction to modern theoogy. The best book of its kind. Highy recommended. Adam A. Neder, Whitworth University Now Avaiabe 432 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Theoogy Key M. Kapic (PhD, King s Coege, University of London) is professor of theoogica studies at Covenant Coege, where he has taught for over a decade. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of severa books, incuding The Devoted Life: An Invitation to the Puritan Cassics. Bruce L. McCormack (PhD, Princeton Theoogica Seminary; DrTheo hc, Friedrich Schier University) is Chares Hodge Professor of Systematic Theoogy at Princeton Theoogica Seminary. A word-renowned Barth schoar, he is a frequent writer and ecturer on topics of Reformed theoogy. Orthodox and Modern Studies in the Theoogy of Kar Barth Bruce L. McCormack 320 pp. paper $ A Key to Bathasar Hans Urs von Bathasar on Beauty, Goodness, and Truth Aidan Nichos, OP 128 pp. paper $ EU and Commonweath rights: Darton, Longman, and Todd Another Reformation Postibera Christianity and the Jews Peter Ochs 288 pp. paper $ Creator Spirit The Hoy Spirit and the Art of Becoming Human Steven R. Guthrie 240 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 31

12 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies The Space Between A Christian Engagement with the Buit Environment Eric O. Jacobsen Cutura Exegesis Wiiam A. Dyrness and Robert K. Johnston, series editors Eric O. Jacobsen (PhD, Fuer Theoogica Seminary) is senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of Sidewaks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith and numerous artices exporing connections between the Christian community, the church, and traditiona neighborhoods. Now Avaiabe 304 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Christianity and Cuture, Theoogy, Ethics Jacobsen sets himsef two goas: to get us to attend to urban space the space between the buidings in a city or viage and to expain why Christians in particuar shoud care about the quaity of urban space. He succeeds admiraby on both counts. Aong the way he aso introduces us to some of the most recent writings on urban space, and he offers a compeing expanation of why the urban space of our presentday American cities came to be as it is and why we shoud be dissatisfied with it. A fine contribution to an extremey important topic. Nichoas Woterstorff, Yae University; Institute for Advanced Studies in Cuture, University of Virginia Jacobsen, working from a Christ-centered perspective emphasizing both justice and generosity, articuates what reigious communities have to gain from traditiona towns and neighborhoods, and what they have to give. Highy recommended. Phiip Bess, University of Notre Dame Schoo of Architecture; author, Ti We Have Buit Jerusaem Sidewaks in the Kingdom New Urbanism and the Christian Faith Eric O. Jacobsen 190 pp. paper $ Everyday Theoogy How to Read Cutura Texts and Interpret Trends Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Chares A. Anderson, and Michae J. Seasman, eds. 288 pp. paper $ Postibera Theoogy and the Church Cathoic Conversations with George Lindbeck, David Burre, and Staney Hauerwas John Wright, editor John Wright (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is professor of theoogy and Christian Scriptures at Point Loma Nazarene University. He is aso senior pastor of The Church of the Nazarene in San Diego and author of Teing God s Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation. This voume centers on conversations with three of the most important North American theoogians in the ast haf of the twentieth century to examine the Roman Cathoic roots of postibera theoogy. The work not ony offers insight into the theoogians contingent histories but aso paces postibera theoogy within the broader stream of the great tradition of the church. Pau s New Moment Continenta Phiosophy and the Future of Christian Theoogy John Mibank, Savoj Žižek, and Creston Davis 256 pp. paper $ Endorsement Now Avaiabe 176 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Theoogy A powerfu and much-needed defense of Christian postiberaism as centra to the unity of the church cathoic.... Wright shows how the words of Lindbeck, Hauerwas, and Burre serve as best witness for the defense, and his own words briianty join theirs to the ressourcement of Congar and de Lubac.... Wright s book marks a new day (and new names) for postibera theoogy, now Protestant and Cathoic, and more urgent than ever. The book is amazing. Peter Ochs, University of Virginia The Priority of Christ Toward a Postibera Cathoicism Robert Barron 352 pp. paper $ For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

13 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Mark A. No (PhD, Vanderbit University) is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is one of the nation s most distinguished practitioners of American reigious history and is the author of dozens of books in this fied. Is the Reformation Over? An Evangeica Assessment of Contemporary Roman Cathoicism Mark A. No and Caroyn Nystrom 272 pp. paper $ EU rights: Paternoster The American Evangeica Story A History of the Movement Dougas A. Sweeney 208 pp. paper $ Robert Kob (PhD, University of Wisconsin) is Mission Professor of Systematic Theoogy emeritus at Concordia Seminary. He is the author of numerous books incuding The Genius of Luther s Theoogy and is coeditor of The Book of Concord (2000 transation). The Genius of Luther s Theoogy A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church Robert Kob and Chares P. Arand 240 pp. paper $ The Bondage of the Wi Martin Luther; J. I. Packer and O. R. Johnston, trans. 328 pp. paper $ Cannot export to the Commonweath Turning Points Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 3rd ed. Mark A. No This new edition of Mark No s cassic introduction to church history isoates fourteen key moments that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. This version incudes a new preface, updates throughout the book, revised further readings for each chapter, and two new chapters. Study questions are incuded. Praise for Previous Editions An informative and inspiring survey of the history of Christianity designed for the genera reader.... A thoughtfu introduction to the two miennia of Christian history. Richard V. Pierard, Church History No s emphasis on historica significance aows him to range we beyond the institutiona and doctrina matters that dominate traditiona church history surveys.... A vauabe text for... coege-eve, one-semester surveys of church history. James A. Patterson, Journa of Church and State Now Avaiabe 368 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Church History EU rights: IVP Luther and the Stories of God Bibica Narratives as a Foundation for Christian Living Robert Kob We think of Martin Luther as a great reformer, preacher, theoogian, and writer of oceanic breadth and depth. But he was aso a compeing master of the spiritua ife. In this engaging study, Robert Kob shows how Luther s spirituaity is rooted in the metanarrative of God s words and deeds conveyed through the sacred Scriptures. A major contribution both to Luther studies and to spiritua theoogy. Timothy George, Beeson Divinity Schoo; genera editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture Martin Luther was a great church eader and storyteer. Robert Kob is a great Luther schoar and churchman. Here we have the dream combination, as Kob offers an interpretation of Luther s theoogy which brings the Reformer s thought into diaogue with contemporary theoogy and church ife. A must read for a who, ike me, have earned so much from both men over the years. Car R. Trueman, Westminster Theoogica Seminary Now Avaiabe 208 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Historica Theoogy, Church History Search by discipine onine at 33

14 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies February pp. coth $ (maximum discount 20%) Commentaries, Historica Books, Church History USA and Canada ony (Mohr Siebeck) Now Avaiabe 256 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Phiosophy, Theoogy, Hermeneutics/Exegesis Bibia Americana, vo. 3 Joshua 2 Chronices Cotton Mather; Kenneth P. Minkema, editor At a time when the history of bibica exegesis and the roe of the Bibe in American cuture are being revisited, the Bibia Americana provides us with a commentary unequaed in size and scope by any other American. From these entries emerges another side of Cotton Mather than Saem witchcraft: a Mather of erudite earning, immersion in the Scriptures, and deep piety. This edition wi be of great use to schoars and speciaists, pastors and ay readers aike. Harry S. Stout, Yae University With the pubication of this impressive ten-voume set of Mather s Bibia Americana, a much truer picture is possibe of a major Puritan eader who (for a his admitted quirks and fauts) was a poymath in his earning, an omnivore in his reading, and a discerning critic in his bibica study. The set offers an iuminating portrait of Mather that is aso an open window to his times. Mark A. No, author, America s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincon The Fa of Interpretation Phiosophica Foundations for a Creationa Hermeneutic, 2nd ed. James K. A. Smith This edition provides updated interaction with contemporary hermeneutica discussions and responds to criticisms. Endorsements The first edition of James K. A. Smith s Fa of Interpretation cast a cear, sharp ight on the important topic of difference in interpretation, and the contribution he made to the theoogica understanding of hermeneutics has sti not been fuy appreciated. This second edition, with a new introduction and an added chapter that draws on Smith s further years of phiosophica, theoogica exporation, makes an even more powerfu caim for the attention of anyone concerned about the prospects for hermeneutics. A. K. M. Adam, University of Gasgow With the absence of an interpretive poice, in the first edition of The Fa of Interpretation, James K. A. Smith worried how to keep at bay the charge of reativism. This revised edition unambiguousy affirms the particuarity of the Nicene tradition as the ocae for genuine interpretation of Scripture. Hans Boersma, Regent Coege 34 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit Cotton Mather ( ), trained at Harvard and ordained in 1685, was a Puritan pastor and schoar at Boston. Kenneth P. Minkema (PhD, University of Connecticut) is the executive editor of The Works of Jonathan Edwards and of the Jonathan Edwards Center and Onine Archive at Yae University. Bibia Americana, vo. 1 Genesis Cotton Mather; Reiner Smoinski, ed. 1,360 pp. coth $ (maximum discount 20%) USA and Canada ony (Mohr Siebeck) Cotton Mather and Bibia Americana America s First Bibe Commentary Essays in Reappraisa Reiner Smoinski and Jan Stievermann, eds. 616 pp. paper $ USA and Canada ony (Mohr Siebeck) James K. A. Smith (PhD, Vianova University) is professor of phiosophy at Cavin Coege, where he aso serves in the department of congregationa and ministry studies. In addition, he is a senior feow of the Coossian Forum and the author or editor of many books. As Christ Submits to the Church A Bibica Understanding of Leadership and Mutua Submission Aan G. Padgett 176 pp. paper $ Defining Love A Phiosophica, Scientific, and Theoogica Engagement Thomas Jay Oord 240 pp. paper $

15 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Ronad J. Sider (PhD, Yae University) is president of Evangeicas for Socia Action and professor of theoogy, hoistic ministry, and pubic poicy at Pamer Theoogica Seminary. He is the author of many books, incuding Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scanda of the Evangeica Conscience. The War of the Lamb The Ethics of Nonvioence and Peacemaking John Howard Yoder; Gen Harod Stassen, Mark Thiessen Nation, and Matt Hamsher, eds. 240 pp. paper $ The Fathers of the Church A Comprehensive Introduction Hubertus R. Drobner; Siegfried S. Schatzmann, trans. 688 pp. coth $ The Eary Church on Kiing A Comprehensive Sourcebook on War, Abortion, and Capita Punishment Ronad J. Sider, editor The question of kiing has been a contested and debated issue from the eariest years of the church s history. May Christians serve in the miitary? Is abortion ever justifiabe? What of the question of capita punishment? Ron Sider has produced an invauabe handbook of primary source materia from an ancient Christian perspective that can serve the entire church we as we continue to face these thorny and often heartrending questions in a modern context. Christopher A. Ha, Eastern University In a time when vioent death is a too common and wars of choice are undertaken a too readiy, it is bracing to be reminded by this coud of witnesses from the eary church of the vaue that eary Christians paced on human ife and the severe judgments they issued on those who took it without cause. Harod W. Attridge, Yae Divinity Schoo Now Avaiabe 224 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Ethics, Church History, Patristics Robin M. Jensen (PhD, Coumbia University and Union Theoogica Seminary) is Luce Chanceor s Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship at Vanderbit University. She has authored severa books, incuding Face to Face: Portraits of the Divine in Eary Christianity and Understanding Eary Christian Art. A New Eusebius Documents Iustrating the History of the Church to AD 337 J. Stevenson and W. H. C. Frend, eds. 504 pp. paper $ USA and Canada ony (SPCK) December 2012 Creeds, Councis and Controversies Documents Iustrating the History of the Church, AD J. Stevenson and W. H. C. Frend, eds. 504 pp. paper $ USA and Canada ony (SPCK) Baptisma Imagery in Eary Christianity Ritua, Visua, and Theoogica Dimensions Robin M. Jensen What a gift Robin Jensen has given us. A schoar of Christian iturgy, doctrine, and art, Jensen presents the history of eary Christian initiation the way it was experienced as a unified whoe. This book is so cear and direct it can easiy serve as a soid introductory text; at the same time it is so thoroughy researched it wi serve schoars of eary Christian history, iturgy, and art for years to come. This much-wecome and much-needed voume is not to be missed. Todd Johnson, Fuer Theoogica Seminary To examine how eary Christians enacted, experienced, and refected upon baptism, Jensen utiizes an array of sources for her work: ritua texts, theoogica treatises, various genres of ancient iterature, and most importanty for this study the visua arts and the design and decoration of the ritua space. By drawing together the different types of textua and nontextua evidence, Jensen offers the reader a fuer picture of the sacrament s compexity. Karen B. Westerfied Tucker, Boston University Now Avaiabe 256 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Patristics, Worship/Liturgy, Church History Search by discipine onine at 35

16 Theoogica, Historica & Ethica Studies Imaginative Apoogetics Theoogy, Phiosophy and the Cathoic Tradition Andrew Davison, editor Foreword by John Mibank It is the true exercise of the imagination which induces a paradoxicay sober furor and guides and cautions our discursive judgement.... It is the vision of Christ, the God-Man who exercised for our redemption the supreme imaginative act of recreation here on earth. A true apoogetics negativey defends this imaginative action against assaut by positivey perpetuating its performance. It is this task which the authors of the present voume seek to renew in our time. John Mibank, University of Nottingham (from the foreword) Andrew Davison (DPhi, University of Oxford) is the tutor in doctrine at Westcott House, University of Cambridge. He has taught theoogy at St. Stephen s House, Oxford, is coauthor of For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions, and is joint editor of Lift Up Your Hearts. Introducing Apoogetics Cutivating Christian Commitment James E. Tayor 368 pp. coth $ This attractive voume encourages us to invite others into Christ s way of seeing the word and to step into the ife of a community where his new way of iving and oving can be found. It is an origina and inspiring contribution to the apoogetic task of the Church. Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry A Science and Reigion Primer Heidi A. Campbe and Heather Looy, eds. 240 pp. paper $ Now Avaiabe 198 pp. paper $25.00 (maximum discount 40%) ebook: $ Apoogetics, Phiosophy USA and Canada ony (SCM-Canterbury Press) God and Chares Dickens Recovering the Christian Voice of a Cassic Author Gary L. Coedge Coedge has written a serious, bracing, and inspiring book about one of the most underrated great writers in the Engish anguage. He shows ceary that Chares Dickens was a spendid exampe of what John Wesey caed an experimenta Christian, a man ess impressed by officia pieties and sanctimonies of reigious parties than by the hands-on, practica ove of Jesus himsef. This book shows ceary the power of the Law of Love at work in Dickens s masterfu character portraits, and vindicates the conviction of G. K. Chesterton that even Dickens s anti-cericaism or satire of fase piety is, as it was in Chaucer before him, the scandaized ire of a true over of the Way of the gospe. Dickens uphods a simpe imitation of Christ as the remedy for socia disorder and victimization, and Coedge convincingy shows how his work critiques a faied Christian practice and admonishes Christians to foow Christ more authenticay. David Lye Jeffrey, Bayor University Gary L. Coedge (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is an adjunct professor at Moody Bibe Institute and at Wash University. He is the author of Dickens, Christianity, and The Life of Our Lord and contributed severa artices to the New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bibe. Wende Berry and the Cutivation of Life A Reader s Guide J. Matthew Bonzo and Michae R. Stevens 208 pp. paper $ t Now Avaiabe 224 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Literature/Arts/Communication, Christianity and Cuture 36 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

17 Practica Theoogy, Spirituaity & Formation Effective Bibe Teaching, 2nd ed. James C. Wihoit and Leand Ryken In this new edition of a trusted cassic, two Christian education speciaists provide readers with the knowedge and methods needed to effectivey communicate Scripture s message. This edition has been updated throughout and expores the changed andscape of Bibe study over the past two decades. Readabe and interdiscipinary in approach, it wi hep a new generation of students teach in a purposefu and unified way. Endorsement For a quarter of a century, Wihoit and Ryken s Effective Bibe Teaching has been a great resource for heping ay Bibe teachers better understand how to study and teach God s Word in order to foster increased understanding, spiritua growth, and whoehearted obedience. In ight of evidence pointing at the imited impact of the Bibe in the ives of those who caim to ove and foow Christ today, this update is a much-needed and wecomed resource. It shoud be read widey and used to shape and deepen the teaching of the Bibe in a variety of settings incuding sma groups and Sunday schoos. Kevin E. Lawson, Tabot Schoo of Theoogy, Bioa University; editor, Christian Education Journa Praise for the First Edition From cover to cover, this book is packed fu with spot-on anayses of what makes poor teaching and concrete action steps to successfu teaching each time at bat. This book wi make The Yawner an extinct species in your cassroom. Howard G. Hendricks, Daas Theoogica Seminary New Reease What a cever idea! Here is a book on Bibe teaching combining the efforts of an outstanding Christian educator and a professor of Engish who has written severa books on Bibe study.... This book wi find its way into many coege and seminary casses as we as serving a strategic roe in the hands of Sunday schoo teachers and Bibe study eaders. Kenneth O. Gange, Bibiotheca Sacra Wihoit and Ryken have written in a ivey stye which is easy to read.... A very hepfu work, and I think it ikey that I sha refer to it in my own seminary teaching. Donad E. Gowan, Reigious Education September pp. paper $ ebook: $ Christian Education James C. Wihoit (PhD, Northwestern University) is the Scripture Press Professor of Christian Formation and Ministry at Wheaton Coege, where he has taught for thirty years. He has authored numerous books, incuding Spiritua Formation as if the Church Mattered. Leand Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor emeritus of Engish at Wheaton Coege and the author or editor of neary forty books, incuding Words of Deight: A Literary Introduction to the Bibe. Spiritua Formation as if the Church Mattered Growing in Christ through Community James C. Wihoit 240 pp. paper $ Becoming Whoe and Hoy An Integrative Conversation about Christian Formation Jeannine K. Brown, Cara M. Dah, and Wyndy Corbin Reusching 224 pp. paper $ Words of Deight A Literary Introduction to the Bibe, 2nd ed. Leand Ryken 544 pp. paper $ Listening to Chidren on the Spiritua Journey Guidance for Those Who Teach and Nurture Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May 200 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 37

18 Practica Theoogy, Spirituaity & Formation Now Avaiabe 240 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Practica Theoogy/Church Life, Psychoogy/Counseing, Christianity and Cuture t Speaking of Dying Recovering the Church s Voice in the Face of Death Fred Craddock, Dae Godsmith, and Joy V. Godsmith Foreword by Staney Hauerwas This book is written with a pastora heart and a prophet s voice. It is wise in the ways of caring for the dying and passionate in its cry for the church to remember its own christoogica narrative and, by doing so, to restore care for the dying into its gospe of care. Thomas G. Long, Cander Schoo of Theoogy, Emory University; author, Accompany Them with Singing: The Christian Funera This book offers a depth of wisdom on a universa and universay avoided experience: the act of dying. Speaking of Dying combines practica, pastora, and bibica refection on the care of the dying and does so without spirituaizing the terribe reaities of that experience. Use this book in a congregationa context, and it wi open up conversations you never thought possibe. Richard Lischer, Duke Divinity Schoo Mission in the Od Testament Israe as a Light to the Nations, 2nd ed. Water C. Kaiser Jr. Water Kaiser expains the missionary message of the Od Testament. This edition adds two new chapters, freshens materia throughout, expands the bibiography, and incudes study questions. Praise for the First Edition A much-needed resource for a... who want to understand God s missionary purpose for the church as found in the Od Testament. Chares Van Engen, Schoo of Intercutura Studies, Fuer Theoogica Seminary Fred Craddock (PhD, Vanderbit University) is a widey accaimed preacher and author, seected by Newsweek as one of the tweve most effective preachers in the Engish-speaking word. Dae Godsmith (PhD, University of Chicago) taught for severa years at McPherson Coege and at the Baptist Seminary of Mexico. Joy V. Godsmith (PhD, University of Okahoma) is associate professor and chair in communications studies at Young Harris Coege. A Liturgy of Grief A Pastora Commentary on Lamentations Lesie C. Aen 208 pp. paper $ Death and Afterife A Theoogica Introduction Terence Nichos 224 pp. paper $ Water C. Kaiser Jr. (PhD, Brandeis University) is president emeritus of Gordon- Conwe Theoogica Seminary. He previousy taught at Trinity Evangeica Divinity Schoo and at Wheaton Coege. Kaiser is active as a preacher, speaker, researcher, and writer and is the author of more than forty books. Aso by the Author Preaching and Teaching the Last Things Od Testament Eschatoogy for the Life of the Church Water C. Kaiser Jr. 208 pp. paper $ Now Avaiabe 128 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Mission, Bibica Theoogy A wecome contribution to the iterature that hopefuy wi correct popuar evangeicaism s soe reiance upon the New Testament for its mission theoogy. David K. Strong, Missioogy [This] wonderfuy accessibe introduction to and exporation of the missioogica promise-pan of God... woud serve we as a suppementa text in casses both on missions and the OT. Journa of the Evangeica Theoogica Society 38 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit The Majesty of God in the Od Testament A Guide for Preaching and Teaching Water C. Kaiser Jr. 176 pp. paper $

19 Practica Theoogy, Spirituaity & Formation Roand Hoksbergen (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is professor of economics and internationa deveopment at Cavin Coege, where he aso serves as director of the Internationa Deveopment Studies program. He has aso worked for the Christian Reformed Church Word Reief Committee. Cutura Inteigence Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Muticutura Word David A. Livermore 288 pp. paper $ Serving God Gobay Finding Your Pace in Internationa Deveopment Roand Hoksbergen A wonderfu combination of exceent schoarship, gripping stories, and practica wisdom. A wise, indispensabe guide for those contempating working in deveopment. Ron Sider, author, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger; president, Evangeicas for Socia Action What does a career in internationa deveopment ook ike, and how does one prepare for such a career? If those are questions you ve ever asked, I strongy recommend that you read this book. Steve Runde, Bioa University; editor, Economic Justice in a Fat Word: Christian Perspectives on Gobaization Christianity Encountering Word Reigions The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-First Century Terry Muck and Frances S. Adeney 416 pp. paper $ A source of wisdom, counse, inspiration, and insight for those who fee caed to the fied of internationa deveopment. It provides an invauabe service to the Christian deveopment community and beyond, and shoud be required reading for a those engaged in prayerfu discernment about their invovement in issues of poverty and justice at the internationa eve. David Bronkema, Internationa Deveopment Programs, Eastern University Now Avaiabe 240 pp. paper $ ebook: $ Mission, Ethics Ryan K. Boger (PhD, Fuer Theoogica Seminary) is associate professor of church in contemporary cuture at the Schoo of Intercutura Studies and academic director of the master of arts program in goba eadership at Fuer Theoogica Seminary. He coauthored Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Communities in Postmodern Cutures. The Missiona Church in Perspective Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation Craig Van Geder and Dwight J. Zscheie 208 pp. paper $ A Light to the Nations The Missiona Church and the Bibica Story Michae W. Goheen 256 pp. paper $ The Gospe after Christendom New Voices, New Cutures, New Expressions Ryan K. Boger, editor Emerging church movements are an increasingy goba phenomenon. Unti now, many of the voices from these movements have gone unheard. This voume assembes some of the most innovative church eaders from around the word to share candid insider stories about how God is transforming their communities in an entirey new era for the church. Continuing the themes that Ryan Boger and Eddie Gibbs estabished formay in their criticay accaimed Emerging Churches, The Gospe after Christendom situates new church movements within this rubric. It expores what is currenty happening in innovative church movements in continenta Europe, Asia, and Latin America and in African American hiphop cutures. Featuring an internationa cast of contributors, the book expores changes occurring both in emerging cutures and in emerging and missiona churches across the gobe. It incudes an afterword by Eddie Gibbs. November pp. paper $ ebook: $ Eccesioogy, Practica Theoogy/Church Life Search by discipine onine at 39

20 to the Academy New Reease Of Games and God A Christian Exporation of Video Games Kevin Schut Foreword by Quentin J. Schutze Video games are big business, generating biions of doars annuay. The rise of this cutura phenomenon raises a host of questions: Are some games too vioent? Do they hurt or hep earning? Do they encourage escapism? How do games portray gender? Much of the discussion has acked a Christian perspective. In this book, Kevin Schut draws on his extensive research of games and Games Studies theory to offer a ivey, baanced, and informed Christian evauation of video games and video game cuture. An enthusiastic gamer himsef, Schut experty engages a variety of issues and encourages readers to consider both the peris and the promise of this major cutura phenomenon. Readers engaged in contemporary Christian refection on media, technoogy, and popuar cuture wi vaue this work. It wi aso work we as a suppementary text in media, communication studies, and popuar cuture courses. The book incudes a foreword by Quentin J. Schutze. Kevin Schut (PhD, University of Iowa) is associate professor and chair of the department of media and communication at Trinity Western University. His research uses video games to investigate the intersection of communication, technoogy, and cuture. He has pubished artices or chapters on video games and history, games and mythoogy, and evangeica invovement with video games. t New Reease January pp. paper $ ebook: $ Popuar Cuture, Youth Ministry September pp. paper $ ebook: $ Popuar Cuture, Literature/Arts/Communication, Spirituaity/ Spiritua Formation Previous edition pubished as Foowing Gandaf t A Hobbit Journey Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tokien s Midde-earth Matthew Dickerson In this thought-provoking book, Matthew Dickerson shows how a Christian wordview and Christian themes undergird Tokien s Midde-earth writings and how they are fundamentay important to understanding his vision. This revised and expanded edition incudes new materia on torture, socia justice, and the importance of the body. Endorsement What are the costs of miitary victory? Is mercy sometimes too expensive? Can torture ever be justified? Are there any mora absoutes in a word of competing faiths and cutures? A Hobbit Journey traces these and many other issues through their surprisingy detaied presentation in Tokien s fiction. If anyone shoud sti doubt Tokien s appicabiity and reevance to the twenty-first century, this is the book to put in their hands. Thomas Shippey, author, J. R. R. Tokien: Author of the Century Matthew Dickerson (PhD, Corne University), a frequent speaker on Tokien, is professor of computer science and environmenta studies at Middebury Coege. He directs the New Engand Young Writers Conference at Bread Loaf and is the author of From Homer to Harry Potter and The Mind and the Machine. Aso by the Author From Homer to Harry Potter A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy Matthew Dickerson and David O Hara 272 pp. paper $ For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

21 On God s Side What Reigion Forgets and Poitics Hasn t Learned about Serving the Common Good Jim Wais My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God s side. Abraham Lincon Lincon ed America through one of the most tumutuous times in the nation s history. Reading his words today, it is cear there is sti much to earn concerning what it means to be on God s side. Bestseing author, pubic theoogian, and eading Christian activist Jim Wais speaks directy into the current context, reveaing the spiritua compass needed to effect asting change in churches, society, poitics, and the economy. He expains how the good news of Jesus transforms not ony individua ives but aso pubic ives. Jesus s gospe of the kingdom of God heps Christians recover a persona and socia commitment to the common good and shows them in concrete ways how to be both personay responsibe and sociay just. On God s Side seeks to move beyond the current media and poitica warfare and bring together a divided country. Wais expores how Jesus s agenda can serve the common good, what it takes to sustain a ifeong commitment to socia justice, and how reading the Bibe as we as the cuture can shape ives for genuine transformation. to the Academy New Reease Excerpt This is the rue of most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namey, the seeking of the common good... for nothing can so make a person an imitator of Christ as caring for his neighbors. John Chrysostom (ca , emphasis added) Our ife together can be better. In our shaow and sefish age, it s time to hear and heed a ca to a different way of ife. And the way to do that is to recaim a very od idea caed the common good. Jesus did that and caed it the kingdom of God a new order of iving in sharp contrast to a the poitica kingdoms of this word.... This book is about how we might recaim the negected common good and how faith might hep, instead of hurt, in that important task. In other words, how might our pubic ife be made better even transformed or heaed if our reigious traditions practiced what they preached? Starting in its members ives, its famiies decisions, its own work and vocations, the mission of its churches, synagogues, and mosques, and its coective witness, the faith community s infuence must be put at the service of this radica neighbor-ove ethic that is both faithfu to God and serves as the foundation for the common good. That is theme and purpose of this book. February pp. coth $ ebook: $ Pubic Affairs, Spirituaity/Spiritua Formation, Ethics Jim Wais is president and CEO of Sojourners and editor in chief of Sojourners magazine. He teaches at Georgetown University and has taught at Harvard University. He is a bestseing author, pubic theoogian, nationa preacher, socia activist, and internationa commentator on ethics and pubic ife. Wais has written ten books, incuding the New York Times bestseers God s Poitics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn t Get It and The Great Awakening. He is a frequent speaker in the United States and abroad and has written for major newspapers. t Christians and the Common Good How Faith Intersects with Pubic Life Chares E. Gutenson 192 pp. paper $ Search by discipine onine at 41

22 to the Academy New Reease Just Poitics A Guide for Christian Engagement Ronad J. Sider Noted theoogian Ron Sider offers a bibicay grounded, factuay rooted, Christian approach to poitics that cuts across ideoogica divides. This edition incudes a new introduction and revisions throughout. Ronad J. Sider (PhD, Yae University) is president of Evangeicas for Socia Action and professor of theoogy, hoistic ministry, and pubic poicy at Pamer Theoogica Seminary. He is the author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scanda of the Evangeica Conscience. Aso by the Author Endorsements Ron Sider once again proves that he is one of our country s most important pubic theoogians. Tacking the most pertinent debates of the day, Just Poitics offers a bueprint for how evangeicas can be poiticay active in a bibicay coherent, spirituay mature, and pubicy refective way. Jim Wais, president and CEO, Sojourners Just Generosity A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America, 2nd ed. Ronad J. Sider 352 pp. paper $ Drawing on his extensive schoary research and his ifetime of activism, Sider provides a scenario that can assist Christians who want to responsiby impement bibica principes in the decisions of government. He writes with carity and conviction. This book deserves praise! Tony Campoo, Eastern University September pp. paper $ ebook: $ Pubic Affairs, Ethics Previousy pubished as The Scanda of Evangeica Poitics t New Reease Serving with Eyes Wide Open Doing Short-Term Missions with Cutura Inteigence, updated ed. David A. Livermore Foreword by Pau Borthwick This new edition incudes an updated cutura inteigence mode, added practica steps and best practices for improving the effectiveness of short-term missions, enhancements based on reader input, and revisions throughout. Praise for the First Edition A deep and rich resource that wi not ony enhance our perspective of short-term missions in genera, but wi hep us and those we ead to grow as gobay oriented foowers of Jesus Christ. This is a ong way from a simpistic how-to handbook, but a chaenging, we-supported, and carefuy crafted too that wi transform your missions and service ministries into opportunities for ifeong growth in service in the kingdom of God. I wi be using this book in casses for years to come. Chap Cark, Fuer Theoogica Seminary David A. Livermore (PhD, Michigan State University) is president and partner at the Cutura Inteigence Center and a visiting research feow at Nanyang Technoogica University in Singapore. He spent twenty years in eadership positions with nonprofit organizations around the word, has taught at various universities, and is a frequent speaker. D February pp. paper $ ebook: $ Mission A hepfu text that shoud be widey used, from oca youth ministry groups to seminary cassrooms. Terry Linhart, Bethe Coege (Indiana) 42 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit

23 to the Academy Richard L. Schutz (PhD, Yae University) is the Banchard Professor of Od Testament at Wheaton Coege. He is a reguar contributor to schoary journas and theoogica and bibica dictionary projects. How to Read the Bibe in Changing Times Understanding and Appying God s Word Today Mark L. Strauss 288 pp. paper $ Out of Context How to Avoid Misinterpreting the Bibe Richard L. Schutz Athough most American househods own at east one Bibe, use of the Bibe varies significanty. Ony a sma percentage of Americans go beyond merey reading Scripture and actuay study it. And even among those who study it, ignorance about its contents is widespread. Richard Schutz beieves the misinterpretation and misappication of bibica texts amounts to a crisis of interpretive mapractice. In Out of Context he uses contemporary exampes to expain how the process of bibica interpretation and appication can go wrong and how to get it right. Schutz introduces readers to the important concepts of context, word meaning, and genre and the differences between the word of the Bibe and the contemporary word. He argues that bibica texts find their intended voice and genuine authority when they are propery interpreted. Students of the Bibe who deve into the fascinating word of bibica interpretation wi find their Scripture reading enhanced. November pp. paper $ ebook: $ Hermeneutics/Exegesis D Wiiam Neson (PhD, Harvard University) is professor of Od Testament at Westmont Coege in Santa Barbara, Caifornia. He has pubished severa entries in the Oxford Companion to the Bibe and coedited an anthoogy of ancient Near Eastern texts. Aso in the Series Jeremiah, Lamentations Tremper Longman III 432 pp. paper $ UK rights: Paternoster Danie Wiiam Neson Understanding the Bibe Commentary Series Wiiam Neson s section-by-section commentary on Danie is the newest voume in the Understanding the Bibe Commentary Series. This user-friendy series heps readers navigate the sometimes difficut terrain of the Bibe. These voumes break down barriers between the ancient and modern words so that the power and meaning of the bibica texts become cear to contemporary readers. The contributors tacke the task of interpretation using the fu range of critica methodoogies and practices, yet they do so as peope of faith who hod the text in the highest regard. Isaiah John Godingay 408 pp. paper $ UK rights: Paternoster January pp. paper $ ebook: $ Commentaries, Prophets UK rights: Paternoster D Search by discipine onine at 43

24 to the Academy New Reease Emergence Christianity What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters Phyis Ticke What a fascinating read! Phyis Ticke tackes Emergence Christianity once again. In this voume, she takes the conversation further, fiing in a the detais and answering the who, what, where, why, and how of the movement. Never in one voume have I seen such a diverse set of Christian movements not ony isted but anayzed for their meaning as it reated to the bigger picture. Throughout her work Ticke heps make a vast amount of stories inteigibe, and she seems to do it effortessy. As we have come to expect, Ticke has done her homework, and the resut is a unique contribution to the conversation about what Christianity has and wi become in the twentyfirst century. Ryan Boger, Fuer Theoogica Seminary September pp. coth $ ebook: $ Christianity and Cuture, Practica Theoogy/ Church Life Phyis Ticke, founding editor of the reigion department at Pubishers Weeky, is the author of more than two dozen books. A ector and ay eucharistic minister in the Episcopa Church, she hods the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from both Berkeey Schoo of Divinity at Yae University and from North Park University. New Reease New Reease The Shaping of Things to Come Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church, rev. and updated ed. Michae Frost and Aan Hirsch This new edition of a missiona cassic presents a cear understanding of how the church can change to face the unique chaenges of the twenty-first century. It has been thoroughy revised and updated. Praise for the First Edition [The authors ] contribution brings an in-depth theoogica refection as we as providing a broad scope informed by their extensive reading in theoogy, cuture, and mission as we as their on-site visits to missiona churches in the USA and the United Kingdom. Their contribution to the iterature is as substantia as it is engaging. Eddie Gibbs, Fuer Theoogica Seminary The Conviction to Lead 25 Principes for Leadership That Matters Abert Moher Cutures and organizations do not change without strong eadership. Abert Moher was the driving force behind the transformation of Southern Seminary into a thriving evangeica seminary at the heart of the Southern Baptist Convention. Since then he has been one of the most prominent voices in evangeicaism. Using his own experiences as we as exampes from history, Moher demonstrates that rea eadership is a transferring of conviction to others, affecting their actions, motivations, intuition, and commitment. This introductory eadership book examines what a eader needs to know, do, and be in order to effect change. February pp. paper $ ebook: $ Practica Theoogy/Church Life, Mission D Michae Frost is vice principa of Moring Coege in Sydney, Austraia, and founding director of the Tinsey Institute at Moring Coege. He is the author of severa books. Aan Hirsch is founding director of Forge Mission Training Network. He eads a earning program caed Future Traveers and is the author of numerous books, incuding The Forgotten Ways. D November pp. coth $ ebook: $ Practica Theoogy/Church Life Abert Moher is president of the Southern Baptist Theoogica Seminary, the Southern Baptist Convention s fagship schoo. He is a radio personaity, bogger, and sought-after commentator. 44 For the most compete and updated information on these tites, visit 8

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