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  • What Clergy Do

    Especially when it looks like nothing

    by Emma Percy ...
    Clergy have a pivotal role in creating and nurturing church communities in which all people can grow up into Christ. This book explores the nature of that role by considering key similarities with the essential but often conflicting demands of motherhood. Like mothers, clergy need to preserve and hold people faithfully, while encouraging them to grow, take initiatives and become more confident and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future

    Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams

    by Jason A. Scorza, J. Michael Adams, Dame Glynis Breakwell, Angelo Carfagna, Inwon Choue, Ramu Damodaran, Elizabeth Davis-Russell, Emmet Dennis, Hassan B. Diab, Sheldon Drucker0, Allan E. Goodman1, Andrew Hamilton2, Neal King3, Fernando León-García4, James Alexander McWha5, Brendan O'Malley6, Alvaro Romo7, Toyoshi Satow8, Kakha Shengelia9, Michael Stevenson0, Ichiro Tanioka1, Uroyoán R. Walker-Ramos2, John Wood3, Nicholas Baldwin4, H.E. Ban Ki-moon5, Yong-seung (Stephen) Park6, Rev. Emma Percy7, Nigel Thrift8 ...
    This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.The highlight of the 50th Anniversary Meeting was an academic ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry

    by Emma Percy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology
    Drawing together original research which weaves together ideas from theology, philosophy, feminism and writing on mothering and child development, Emma Percy affirms and encourages aspects of good practice in ministry that are in danger of being overlooked because they are neither well-articulated nor valued. Offering a fresh look at parish ministry, this book uses a maternal metaphor to provide ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    by Dr Stuart Edser ...
    Is it possible to be both gay and Christian? This book explains, calmly and logically, that the two are not mutually exclusive. With the support of some of the finest scientific and theological minds, Dr Stuart Edser presents a compelling case for tolerance and acceptance, rejecting the traditional Christian view that gay people are either sick or sinful as a result of their sexual orientation. ... Read more

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  • Desiring the Kingdom

    Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

    by James Smith ...
    Series series Cultural Liturgies
    Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love.James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • God, Sexuality, and the Self

    An Essay 'On the Trinity'

    by Sarah Coakley ...
    God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The goal is to integrate the demanding ascetical undertaking of prayer with the recovery of lost and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Introducing Practical Theology

    Mission, Ministry, and the Life of the Church

    by Pete Ward ...
    This introduction to the field of practical theology reclaims a theological vision for the life and work of the church. Pete Ward dispels the myth that practical theology is a distraction from the "real" tasks of ministry or from serious academic theological work. He argues that practical theology is part of the everyday life of the church and that there are a variety of possible approaches, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The New Asceticism

    Sexuality, Gender and the Quest for God

    by Professor Sarah Coakley ...
    Sarah Coakley draws both liberal and conservative camps into a new and serious reflection on ascetical theology.Each chapter of The New Asceticism concentrates on a contentious issue in contemporary theology - the role of women in the churches, homosexuality and the priesthood, celibacy and the future of Christian asceticism - in an original thesis about the nature of desire which may start to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Living Mission Interculturally

    Faith, Culture, and the Renewal of Praxis

    by Anthony J. Gittins CSSp ...
    Our globalized world increasingly brings together people of many different cultures, though not always harmoniously. In recent decades, multinational companies have sought more efficient strategies for authentic intercultural collaboration. But in today's multicultural world-church, faith communities too—from local parishes to international religious communities—are faced with the challenge of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Invitation to Research in Practical Theology

    by Zoë Bennett, Elaine Graham, Stephen Pattison, Heather Walton ...
    Practical theology as a subject area has grown and become more sophisticated in its methods and self-understanding over the last few decades. This book provides a complete and original research primer in the major theories, approaches and methods at the cutting-edge of research in contemporary practical theology. It represents a reflection on the very practice of the discipline itself, its ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Catholic Priesthood

    by Coleman, Gerald D. ...
    The goal of this book is to uncover the meaning of "human formation and development" as it appears in the new fifth edition of the Program of Priestly Formation and The Basic Plan for the Ongoing Formation of Priests. This book is unique in its careful analysis of the depths of human formation for seminarians and priests. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sex and Virtue

    An Introduction to Sexual Ethics

    by John S. Grabowski ...
    Series Book 2 - Catholic Moral Thought
    "Grabowski offers a compelling rationale for the virtue of chastity that takes into account the sensibilities and challenges of the contemporary world" (Raymond Dennehy, Professor Emeritus, University of San Francisco)."A welcome addition to an often contentious literature," Sex and Virtue provides a theological foundation for consideration of the moral dimensions of human sexuality from a Roman ... Read more

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