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"A biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins's life highlighting the role of his faith in his writing"--

"A reevaluation of biblical historicity, truth, and morality based on recent archaeological findings"--

In The Land and Its Kings biblical scholar Johanna van Wijk-Bos accompanies the reader across a large sweep of the story of Israel, from the end of King David's reign through the fall of Jerusalem approximately 400 years later. She views these memories of Israel's past, as they are woven together in Kings, from the perspective of the traumatic context of postexilic Judah. Van Wijk-Bos writes as a scholar of the Bible with deep commitments to feminism and issues of gender within patriarchal structures and ideologies. The voices and presence of women in the accounts receive special attention. As in the previous volumes of A People and a Land, van Wijk-Bos offers a close reading of the Hebrew text in translation to reacquaint readers with the path taken by Israel as the people embraced a form of monarchy, subsequently compromised their allegiance to God, and were ultimately exiled from the land. She presents the multiplicity of voices which the collectors of this material let stand as an essential part of the complex history of their community. Van Wijk-Bos invites readers to enter into the text with questions and to find a way forward to draw closer to the presence of the Most Holy.

"An overview of the New Testament as a collection of texts that proclaims Jesus as the messiah"--

"A religiously focused biography of Howard Thurman, one of the most significant progenitors of the Civil Rights movement"--

"A historical survey of African American Pauline hermeneutics from the 1700s to the mid-twentieth century"--

"Homiletic theology that reclaims the preacher's particular, embodied identity in proclaiming the Word of God"--

"A study of ethnic identity construction in Christianity and Judaism focused on New Testament texts"--

After a lifetime of work that earned him the appellation "Dean of Evangelical Scholarship," F. F. Bruce's legacy of defending the historical reliability of the New Testament and explicating its meaning remains influential today, and rightly so. This collection of three commentaries in one volume--Bruce's final study of Paul's writings--represents his legacy well. It was met with immediate acclaim upon publication in 1984 and an Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion award the following year. In these pages--now Bruce's third volume in the Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries series--this giant of twentieth-century biblical studies speaks still.

"A biblical and theological study of the Christian Eucharist in relation to its roots in Israelite theology, especially with regard to the temple"--

"A concise introduction to Judaism-including its history, beliefs, and practices-geared toward an American evangelical audience"--

"Theocentric scholarly dialogues on creation care"--

"Explores passages from the book of Isaiah through the two Christian lenses of the liturgical season of Advent and the ethical obligation of love toward the Jewish neighbor"--

"An interdisciplinary assessment of the phenomenon of spiritual healing"--

"A commentary on the book of Ephesians, including both close textual reading and engagement with relevant scholarly debates"--

In this poignant story, a girl finds it funny when her classmate starts blushing on the school playground. Her friends laugh along with her, but one student takes the teasing too far. Torn between her sympathy for her classmate and her fear of the bully, the girl must make a difficult choice. This heartfelt book will inspire readers to find the courage to take a stance against bullying and show compassion towards others.

"Humorous poems spotlight hooved creatures from around the world, including Siberian musk deer, African gerenuks, and South American vicuänas"--

"A commentary on the book of Amos, combining a detailed reading of the Hebrew text with an eye to its historical background and current relevance"--

The first in a two-volume work providing a framework for understanding the life and thought of the apostle Paul.

A historian's discerning, critical take on current American politics"Believe me" may be the most commonly used phrase in Donald Trump's lexicon. Whether about building a wall or protecting a Christian heritage, the refrain has been constant. And to the surprise of many, a good 80 percent of white evangelicals have believed Trump--at least enough to help propel him into the White House.Historian John Fea is not surprised, however--and in these pages he explains how we have arrived at this unprecedented moment in American politics. An evangelical Christian himself, Fea argues that the embrace of Donald Trump is the logical outcome of a long-standing evangelical approach to public life defined by the politics of fear, the pursuit of worldly power, and a nostalgic longing for an American past. Now in paperback and as insightful as it is timely, Fea's Believe Me challenges Christians to replace fear with hope, the pursuit of power with humility, and nostalgia with history.

Church reimagined for a new day Katie Hays, planter-pastor of Galileo Church, shares the story of departing from the traditional church for the frontier of the spiritual-but-not-religious and building community with Jesus-loving (or at least Jesus-curious) outsiders. Now well-established, Galileo Church "seeks and shelters spiritual refugees" in the suburbs of Fort Worth, Texas--especially young adults, LGBTQ+ people, and all the people who love them. Told in funny, poignant, and short vignettes, Galileo's story is not one of how to be cool for Christ. Like its founder, Galileo is deeply uncool and deeply devout, and always straining ahead to see what God will do next. Hays says curiosity is her greatest virtue, and she recounts how her curiosity led her to share the good news with people who are half her age and intensely skeptical. If you are all-in with Jesus but have trust issues with church, We Were Spiritual Refugees will give you hope for finding a community-of-belonging to call home.

"Compiles a wide range of texts-from fiction, social science, philosophy, and ancient poetry-related to questions that arise for those who are trying to decide what to do with their lives"--