The centrality and significance of love for much of ancient Judaism and Christianity are clear. But if there is a broad,......more
This book provides an historical overview of Palestine’s Christian communities and their role in the Palestinian nationa......more
Theodore of Sykeon is one of the archetypal holy men of the late Roman world, a person whose intense ascetic regime earn......more
Origen was one of the great thinkers of the third-century Church and the most influential of the Greek Church Fathers. H......more
In a decade, Francis has transformed Catholicism into a dynamic institution that openly deliberates on urgent questions ......more
Martina Vercesi explores the history of interpretation of one of the most disputed passages of the Book of Revelation, c......more
’What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What agreement is there between the Academy and the Church?’ Tertullian’s outburs......more
The margins of early modern bibles are filled with explanatory notes that have long been denounced as seditious, traitor......more
This volume demonstrates that by the time the public performance of classical drama ceased at the end of antiquity the i......more
This book discusses hagiographic, historiographical, hymnological, and theological sources that contributed to the forma......more
"An encyclopedic compendium of official resolutions and statements issued by the Baptist World Alliance through World Co......more
The Only Textbook on Safeguarding for Faith-Based Ministries and Seminaries Christians are called to care for the vulner......more
An exploration--and an affirmation--of the connection between the Church’s sacraments of initiation....more
Jesuits and Race examines the role that the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and exp......more
Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon. In this third volume of his three-volume Intercu......more
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Upon This Rock was written to support and encourage church leaders and church organizers. It also focuses on realistic a......more
Political assassinations. Sexual deviance. Extortion and cons. Mass genocide and torture. The history of the popes of th......more
New Churches: A Theology considers the theological issues and questions that surface from the starting of new churches i......more
An urgent argument for the centrality of Christian witness in the world....more
Political assassinations. Sexual deviance. Extortion and cons. Mass genocide and torture. The history of the popes of th......more
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A STORY THAT READS AS THOUGH IT WERE LIFTED FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS Prem Pradhan was a Hindu. And he was a soldier. A Gurk......more
On Easter Saturday, 1144, the body of a twelve-year old boy called William, a tanner’s apprentice, was found murdered in......more
The role of assistant pastor-or ministering in the middle-can feel pointless. Burnout, betrayal, or feelings of inadequa......more
The first census in 1836 of the region we now know as Victoria, revealed fourteen Catholics in the small village on the ......more
"A brilliant book." --The Times, Best of the Year "Heretic tells a moreish intellectual story and shakes up your underst......more
Charting the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care--not a cure--for our non-straight sisters an......more
Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and ’60s, Martin Luther King Jr.--in......more
While many formal theological institutions established and founded by Western missionaries are blessings, their limitati......more
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