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How do persons come to faith in our time? Are they active seekers or brought in by others? Is it a journey? Or is it a more sudden conversion? Are spouses, relatives, and friends most important to the process? Do clergy matter? What sorts of values, practices, and lifestyles tend to change for those who newly come to faith? What are the differences among the various religious traditions in how one comes to faith? This book presents the finding...

How do persons come to faith in our time? Are they active seekers or brought in by others? Is it a journey? Or is it a more sudden conversion? Are spouses, relatives, and friends most important to the process? Do clergy matter? What sorts of values, practices, and lifestyles tend to change for those who newly come to faith? What are the differences among the various religious traditions in how one comes to faith? This book presents the finding...

Shows what it means to evangelize ethically in a multicultural climate, urging us to consider a new approach to understanding evangelism and our practice of it.

This Reader presents a cross-section of ecclesiological statements from across the centuries of the church's existence. It builds on the foundations of early Christian writings, illustrates significant medieval, reformation and modern developments, providing a representative look at the robust attention to ecclesiology that characterizes the contemporary period. This collection of readings offers an impressive overview of the multiple ways Chr...

A colourful, groundbreaking study of Jewish populations in Texas from late-sixteenth-century Spanish colonialism through the achievements of twentieth-century innovators

A collection of readings that offers an overview of the multiple ways Christians have understood the church to be both the 'body of Christ' and, at the same time, an imperfect, social and historical institution, constantly subject to change, and reflective of the cultures in which it is found.

This study examines the recent work of Latin American liberation theologian Juan Luis Segundo. The author evaluates Segundo's resources in order to develop a more adequate contemporary Christological method. Stone offers to Christian systematic theology new critical interpretations of the significance of Jesus for human liberation today. Contents: INTRODUCTION: The Problem of Method in Contemporary Christology, The Nature and Task of Christolo...

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This surprisingly comprehensive overview describes many often forgotten contacts and partnerships over more than 600 years between Basel, Switzerland and the evolving Church in England. The author brings together Wycliffe, the 1431 Council of Basel, Charles the Bold, the English King Henry VIII, Erasmus, the Reformation, the younger Hans Holbein, Zwingli, John Foxe and the refugees from Mary Tudor, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Basel's august Three K...

It offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the compassion of God, which Stone shows is evident throughout the scriptures and made real in the incaration and ministry of Jesus.

The authors of this volume argue that urban education is in urgent need of reform and that, although there have been plenty of innovative and even promising attempts to improve conditions, most have been doomed. The reason for this, they agree, lies in the failure of our major cities to develop their "civic capacity" -- the ability to build and maintain a broad social and political coalition across all sectors of the urban community in pursuit...

Centers evangelism on the church as a body of witness, reimagining the practice of evangelism from within a post-Constantinian, postliberal narrative of the church and world.

CRM in Financial Services gives a whole host of suggestions as to how companies can improve their CRM and achieve the anticipated return on investment. It shows how to avoid the main problems and challenge some of the conventional wisdom about what is happening in the financial services market.

A colourful, groundbreaking study of Jewish populations in Texas from late-sixteenth-century Spanish colonialism through the achievements of twentieth-century innovators

Drawing on their research involving urban pastors from across the United States, Bryan Stone and Claire Wolfteich identify and examine spiritual practices that foster excellence in urban ministry. After discussing the specific challenges facing urban pastors and presenting the kinds of excellence required of them, Stone and Wolfteich explore several practices that help sustain ministers working in urban contexts, such as cultivating holy frien...

From the powerful Shawshank Redemption to the classic comedy Oh, God! Stone uses movies and phrases of the Apostles' Creed to illustrate basic themes of theology and how they manifest themselves in popular culture.