Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today by Stephen B. Bevans; Roger P. Schroeder
$20.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: American Society of Missiology Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
$10.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
This feminist classic explores the ways in which women can read the Christian Bible with full understanding of both its oppressive and its liberating functions. In the substantial new Afterword to this edition, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza situates Bread Not Stonein relation to mainstream Biblical schol ...Show more
Ecclesiology in Context by Johannes A. Van der Ven
$18.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
Breaking the Fall: Religious Readings of Contemporary Fiction by Robert Detweiler
$14.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
Modern literary criticism has virtually neglected to interpret contemporary narrative fiction, poetry, and drama from a distinctly religious perspective. In this book, Robert Detweiler, the premier scholar of theology-based literary criticism, redresses this lack by presenting a clear and comprehensive ...Show more
Century of Protestant Theology by Alasdair I.C. Heron
$12.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: Century Of Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Part of the Century series - each book reviews and summarises the key developments in a particular branch of religious studies during the past century. Protestant theology did not begin a hundred years ago, but it is within the last century that so many significant developments have taken place. It is t ...Show more
Religion, Politics, Media in the Broadband Era by Alice Bach
$15.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: Bible in the Modern World Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Religion has gone public; and the much-discussed political pendulum has been swinging widely in its effort to keep up with the eruptions of faith swelling the broadband. Private faith finds very public outlets through the media's appetite for voices and choices. Faith-based networks have become media-sa ...Show more
The New Believers: Re-imagining God by Rachael Kohn
$14.00 NZD
Category: Religion
The New Believers analyses the contemporary spiritual trends, including - the quest for God in the Self, - the rise of Jesus the wise sage - the search for an ecological vision in the Bible - the celebration of the Goddess - the popularisation of Kabbalah - the scientific contribution to m ...Show more
Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love & Equality by John Shelby Spong
$16.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: good
The legendary Episcopal Bishop tells of his lifelong struggle to champion an authentic christianity based on love, not hatred.
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon by Stephen R. Prothero
$20.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
Jesus the Black Messiah; Jesus the Jew; Jesus the Hindu sage; Jesus the Haight-Asbury hippie: these Jesuses join the traditional figure of Jesus Christ in American Jesus, which was acclaimed upon publication in hardcover as an altogether fresh exploration of American history--and as the liveliest book a ...Show more
Ernst Troeltsch: His Life and Work by Hans-Georg Dreschler; Hans-George Drescher; John Bowden (Translator)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
Ernst Troeltsch, who was born in 1865 and died suddenly and prematurely in 1923, on the eve of a visit to Britain, is undoubtedly one of the most important theologians and philosophers of the twentieth century. Having suffered a loss of prestige with the eclipse of liberal theology after his death and t ...Show more
The Challenge of Islam: Encounters in Interfaith Dialogue by Douglas Pratt
$14.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
In this text, the author provides an introduction to Islam, explores the prospects for dialogue between Islam and Christianity, and discusses a number of pertinent issues ranging from matters of media-driven perceptions of Islam to thorny theological topics.