Julia Matallana Freedman writes about her experiences in finding the Episcopal Church in her search for healing, a journey many have made in this first quarter of the 21st century.
Laurie Brock demonstrates that observation of everyday life and objects can increase our knowledge of God and the spiritual realm, which is particularly important to contemplative people.
Shawn Strout is clearly and decisively on the side of preserving Holy Baptism as the sacrament of inclusion and Holy Eucharist as the sacrament of nourishment for Christ’s body.
The voice of a new generation of ecumenical theologians in the United States, Eugene Schlesinger provides a groundbreaking response to the past two generations of ecumenists.
Gladstone was a political colossus. He was also a committed and devout Christian, whose faith imbued every aspect of his personal, family, and public life.
This valuable collection of essays reflects a newer generation of diaconal studies that draw upon ecumenical and intercultural perspectives to promote a reenvisioned diaconate.
To David Zahl, “Grace is the Big Relief at the heart of Christianity. When grace is downplayed or qualified, faith turns into a project and then a burden.”
The extraordinary life, family, and ministry of Bishop Robin Chen is movingly revealed with a masterful use of historical documents, sermons, memories of friends, and family letters.
The presiding light in the 1630s was Archbishop William Laud. Thus a movement favoring railed altars and a polemical shift from anti-Puritanism to anti-Calvinism, is often called Laudianism.
Nigel Biggar delivers a damning tally of what he forthrightly labels the evils of the centuries-long British colonial enterprise meriting moral condemnation.
In this erudite, accessible book, Philip C. Almond recounts the efforts of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim writers to “create a coherent narrative” from the account of Noah and the Flood.
The authors write: “Modern British Christianity has dramatically declined in many ways. But it has also shown striking resilience. British Christianity has both grown and shrunk, died and risen again.”
The conviction that a deeper awareness of Middle Eastern culture unlocks layers of meaning in stories from and about Jesus stayed with Kenneth Bailey and shaped his lifelong work.
