2265 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

Wesley Ellis exposes the harmful impact of developmental psychology in youth ministry, proposing a theological anthropology that frees us for deeper relationship with young people. Propelled by the conviction that we must see youth as beings rather than becomings, Ellis reorients us toward relational inclusion and away from rigid developmentalism.

End Time Politics shows how popular beliefs about God's impending judgment on the world--rooted in millenarian ideologies, Cold-War grandstanding, racial antipathy, and nuclear build-up--shaped an economic movement that led to white evangelicals' unflinching support of Donald Trump.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated such advancement that people ask if it should be granted the moral status of personhood. This book argues that this view assumes that personhood corresponds to how well one's thinking mirrors the biases, worldview, and intelligence of the middle class, relegating the poor to the status of "nonhuman.

Preaching to the Choir imparts practical and pastoral wisdom to church musicians in their vocation as choir directors. This updated second edition attends to recent challenges choir directors have encountered and provides guidance as they look to the future.

Keine Beschreibung.

In Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy, Samuel L. Boyd offers a new reading of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9. Using recent insights on the rhetoric of Neo-Assyrian politics and its ideology of governance as well as advances in biblical studies, Boyd shows how the Tower of Babel was not originally about a tower, Babylon, or the advent of multilingualism, at least in the earliest phases of the history and literary context of th...

Christian environmentalism's dominant traditions have for too long avoided decolonial thought's critical gaze. Reconsider the Lilies introduces readers to the ways environmental issues are shaped by dynamics of racism and colonialism and orients readers to Christian approaches to environmentalism that can move beyond that legacy.

With wit and practical guidance, spiritual coach Kevin Miguel Garcia helps us create a new spiritual practice after our faith has fallen apart. Garcia shows us how we can connect with the Divine already inside us and cultivate meaningful spiritual practices that help us heal from the past, tap into the present, and imagine a delicious future.

In this compelling exploration of what it means to be a Black woman pursuing higher education, Dr. Jasmine Harris moves beyond the "data points" to examine the day-to-day impacts of racism in education on Black women as individuals, the longer-term consequences to our personal and professional lives, and the generational costs to our families.

To participate in next Halloween's festivities with his family, Finn the ghost must first learn to face his fears.

Celebrates the different identities, personalities, talents, and gifts that make up a class of students.

Explores how each day can be a gift, even if its purpose is not immediately obvious.

Like conservative forces, progressive movements in American life have rooted themselves in the Bible. This book examines how abolitionism, 19th-century women's rights, temperance, and 20th-century civil rights movements marshalled scripture for their arguments. A final chapter looks at contemporary reform groups that draw from religious traditions"--

Losing a father can be a complex and confusing transition. Grief counselor and educator Harold Ivan Smith compassionately guides readers through their grief, from the process of dying through the acts of remembering and honoring a father after his death.

How to Love a Forest is a tender and fearless reimagining of what it means to care for forests, ecosystems, and each other in a changed and changing world. In this bracing, clear-eyed, yet hopeful work, forester Ethan Tapper asks: How do we use our incredible power to heal rather than to harm? What does it mean to truly love a forest?

Written by grief counselor Harold Ivan Smith, this book is for those who have loved and lost their mom. Drawing on personal and professional experience, Smith guides readers through grief, from death to burial to honoring the memory of their mother.

Fifty rollicking explorations of the art of joy. During midlife, joy can be both harder to come by and easier to find, but once you begin looking for it, you might just find it everywhere. Full of wit, heart, and reflective questions to help readers create their own joy documents, this book is a welcome companion for midlife transformation.

The Art of Spiritual Care across Religious Difference equips spiritual caregivers to offer competent care amid religious pluralism. This book presents theory and practices to help caregivers think reflexively about their own religious locations and how these locations impact relational dynamics with care seekers across diverse cultural contexts.

Unraveling Religious Leadership invites readers to reconsider foundational assumptions in Christian communities. Drawing upon decolonial frameworks and realities beyond white, eurowestern, modern ideals of who leaders are and what they do, this work pulls on the threads of colonialism and empire to create new possibilities for religious leaders.

Caribbean Lutherans tells the story of the Lutheran church in Puerto Rico from a Caribbean perspective. Rodriguez intersperses archival research with cogent commentary and personal accounts, highlighting the power and agency of Puerto Rican and West Indian Lutherans amid the multifaceted legacy of Euro-American missionary efforts on the island.