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How and why God loves us, God's good creation.

Aparte de los autores del Nuevo Testamento, ningún escritor ni pensador cristiano ha dejado en la vida y pensamiento de la iglesia a través de los siglos una hella que pueda compararse a la de San Agustín... fue a través de los ojos de Agustín que la cristiandad medieval de habla latina leyó las Escrituras y compriendió la fe. Cuando, mil años más tarde, aquella cristiandad occidental se dividió como resultado de la Reforma protestante, ambos ...

Theological education has always been vital to the Church's life and mission, yet today it is in crisis, lacking focus, direction, but also resources and even students. In the early Church, there is no doubt that to lead worship one had to be able to read and interpret the Bible. In order to lead, it was necessary to know at least something about the history of Israel and the work of God in the Gospels, and interpret that history, making it re...

Among New Testament writers, who is the best historian? Without a doubt, says Justo Gonzalez, it's Luke. Concerned about the particulars of people and events, Luke also gives readers the big picture, positioning the stories of Jesus not just in the history of Israel but in the history of humankind. Luke uniquely tells us the grand story of salvation -- then and now.Gonzalez skillfully highlights key themes in Luke's storytelling, including his...

Christian thought from the birth of Christ, to the Apostles, to the early church, to the flowering of Christianity, to now

Práctico diccionario teológico con los conceptos claves renovados de la teología, movimientos, corrientes, ideas y doctrinas.

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Breve indagine sull'"eresia" nei primi cinque secoli, periodo in cui la chiesa delle origini andava definendosi attraverso dibattiti teologici tanto cruciali quanto animati.In tale contesto, i primi "eretici" non erano attentatori della fede mandati al rogo da una pre-esistente chiesa ufficiale, bensì credenti le cui interpretazioni del messaggio di Gesù vennero poi escluse dalla dottrina che si andava affermando.

Gonzalez, one of today's best interpreters of church belief and history, answers questions crucial to understanding Christian belief: What are the core Christian doctrines? What are the historical contexts in which these doctrines first rose to prominence? How have they developed across the history of the church? and What claims do these doctrines continue to place on Christian belief and practice today? This Spanish translation of Gonzalez's ...

This volume in the popular For Today series, written by the highly respected theologian and author Justo González, explains the familiar Apostles' Creed in easy, accessible language. González explores not only what the Creed meant in the early centuries but also its ongoing importance and relevance for Christian faith and practice today.The For Today series was designed to provide reliable and accessible resources for the study and real life a...

The Know Your Bible series is written by knowledgeable scholars who avoid using unnecessary technical terms or an abundance of footnotes. The books are written at a high school reading level and address lay adults and beginning students. Scripture texts are from the two most commonly used Bibles in the Spanish-speaking world: the Reina-Valera Revisada and the Version Popular (Good News).

Few thinkers have been as influential as Augustine of Hippo, yet we easily forget he was a man of two cultures: African and Greco-Roman. Cuban American historian and theologian Justo González presents Augustine as a "mestizo" (mixed) theologian, using the perspective of his own Latino heritage to find in the bishop of Hippo a remarkable resource for the church today.

El objetivo fundamental es el de proporcionar a las instituciones educativas una obra más concisa y manejable para utilizar como libro de texto. Pero también aportar, a los creyentes en general, una obra más concisa y asequible que les proporcione la información precisa sobre la evolución histórica.

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Sympathetically and clearly, explaining the essential features of preaching from "the perspective of the oppressed", Justo and Catherine Gonzalez provide an excellent summary of what "liberation theology" is all about. They discuss the basis and backgound of liberation theology and explain the concept, dynamics, methods, and forms of liberation preaching.

One of the chief difficulties in studying the history of Christianity is the lack of prior exposure to the subject that students often bring with them. Struggling to keep up with the large numbers of names, dates, and places presented to them, it is easy for students to lose sight of the "big picture, " the broad sweep of movement and change that instructors most wish to communicate. Justo Gonzalez has written this book to help students gain j...

First published in 1989, Christian Thought Revisited offers an overview of three basic models of theology in Western Christianity. The purpose of this categorization is to help students understand the validity and application of all three models in the study of theology today. Gonzalez has updated the discussion on each model to include contemporary concerns.

Prolific author Justo Gonzalez takes us deeper into the idea that the Acts of the Apostles is really the Acts of the Holy Spirit. He inserts the text into its social context, discussing each verse in terms of its social, spiritual, and theological implications. This is a commentary ideally suited both to illuminating the book of Acts and to attuning readers to the on-going acts of the Spirit in our own time.

By looking at the wide variety of Hispanic Christian worship that exists within the Hispanic community, Alabadle! highlights the cultural, generational, and denominational elements that comprise the spectrum of Hispanic worship. Justo L. Gonzalez and seven other contributors provide an insightful look into the variety of worship styles that exist among numerous church traditions including Assemblies of God, United Methodist, Catholic, American...

En este volume, los autores se proponen eliminar la vision del cristianismo como una religion occidental y redescubrir su caracter mundial, fronterizo y transcultural. Asi muestran como la vitalidad de la fe Cristiana en los continents del sur y del este a principios de este siglo se convierte en un prisma para releer las teologias y practicas misioneras de antano.