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“joyce mercer”

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  • Welcoming Children

    A Practical Theology of Childhood

    by Joyce Mercer ...
    This book develops a theology of childhood both from a theoretical basis in biblical theology (especially the gospel of Mark) and practical experience in children and youth ministry. Mercer builds on classical theologians such as Augustine, Calvin, Barth, and Rahner as well as modern feminist theologians such as Brock and Russell. She gains insights from pastoral theologians such as Capps and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Opening the Field of Practical Theology

    An Introduction

    by Joyce Ann Mercer, Dale P. Andrews, Sally A. Brown, Courtney T. Goto, Richard Osmer, Don C. Richter, Claire E. Wolfteich, Stephen Bevans, Tom Beaudoin, Hosffman Ospino, Andrew Root, Katherine Turpin ...
    Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to practical theology through an examination of fifteen different approaches—ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a.After an introduction to the field of practical theology and its broad range of practice today, the book features chapters written by leading experts in the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality

    Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions

    by Karen-Marie Yust, Vishal Agarwal, Arik Ascherman, Sherry H. Blumberg, Marcia J. Bunge, Elizabeth F. Caldwell, Kathy Dawson0, David C. Dollahite1, Adrian Gellel2, Roberta Louis Goodman3, Rita M. Gross4, Marcia Hermansen5, Monte Joffee6, Ruqayya Yasmine Khan7, Ilmee Hwansoo Kim8, Kevin E. Lawson9, Benny Liow0, Sumi Loundon1, Robin Maas2, Loren D. Marks3, Joyce Ann Mercer4, Yoshiharu Nakagawa5, Lori M. Noguchi6, Nicholas Otieno7, Shin-Kyung Park8, Nusaybah Ritchie9, Jeffrey K. Salkin0, Sandy E. Sasso1, Howard Schwartz2, Michael Shire3, Shoshana Silberman4, Melukote K. Sridhar5, Catherine Stonehouse6, Afeefa Syeed7, Pamela K. Taylor8, Michael Warren9, Yetkin Yildirim0, Aostre N.Johnson1, Venkatakrishna B.V. Sastry2, Richard C. Brown3, Ellen T. Charry4, Shabana Mir5, Evelyn L. Parker6, Débora B. Agra Junker7 ...
    Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers representing the world's major religious traditions, the book introduces new voices, challenges ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate

    by Justin Lee ...
    Newly revised and updated!An evangelical Christian examines the impact of sexuality, the LGBTQ+ movement, and the future of the church in this thoughtful, deeply researched guide to navigating and mending the social and political division in our families and churches.Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, Lee knew that he was called to a life in evangelical Christian ministry. But questions about his ... Read more

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  • The Good News Club

    The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children

    by Katherine Stewart ...
    In 2009, the Good News Club came to the public elementary school where journalist Katherine Stewart sent her children. The Club, which is sponsored by the Child Evangelism Fellowship, bills itself as an after-school program of "Bible study." But Stewart soon discovered that the Club's real mission is to convert children to fundamentalist Christianity and encourage them to proselytize to their ... Read more

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  • Generation to Generation

    Family Process in Church and Synagogue

    by Edwin H. Friedman ...
    Series series The Guilford Family Therapy Series
    This acclaimed, influential work applies the concepts of systemic family therapy to the emotional life of congregations. Edwin H. Friedman shows how the same understanding of family process that can aid clergy in their pastoral role also has important ramifications for negotiating congregational dynamics and functioning as an effective leader. Clergy from diverse denominations, as well as family ... Read more

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  • What Everyone Needs to Know Before They Grow Up!

    by Eddie Phillips ...
    Author Eddie Phillips uses well known biblical characters and stories to illustrate God's commonsense approach to handling problems and issues faced by today's youth. Presented in an entertaining and easy to understand manner, each life lesson is explained in a way that all pre-teens will be readily able to apply to their own lives. The end result is a better reference point from which young ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christ Alone---The Uniqueness of Jesus as Savior

    What the Reformers Taught...and Why It Still Matters

    by Stephen Wellum, Matthew Barrett ...
    Series series The Five Solas Series
    Professor of theology Stephen Wellum considers Christ's singular uniqueness and significance biblically, historically, and today, in our pluralistic and postmodern age. Christ Alone is a much-needed study and defense of the doctrine that provides coherency to the Christian faith.If the church is to proclaim the same Christ as the Reformers, we must understand and embrace solos Christus with the ... Read more

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  • Rational Mysticism

    Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment

    by John Horgan ...
    The author of The End of Science chronicles the most advanced research into such experiences as prayer, fasting, and trances in this "great read" ( The Washington Post).How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical experiences "work"? What induces and defines them? Is there a scientific explanation for religious mysteries and transcendent meditation? John Horgan investigates a wide ... Read more

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  • Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church

    by Preston Sprinkle, William Loader, Megan K. DeFranza, Wesley Hill, Stephen R. Holmes, Stanley N. Gundry, Zondervan ...
    Series series Counterpoints: Bible and Theology
    Unique among most debates on homosexuality, this book presents a constructive dialogue between people who disagree on significant ethical and theological matters, and yet maintain a respectful and humanizing posture toward one another.Few topics are more divisive today than homosexuality. Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church brings a fresh perspective to a well-worn debate. While ... Read more

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  • Loresmen

    book three of The Peleg Chronicles

    by Matthew Christian Harding ...
    Series Book 3 - The Peleg Chronicles
    In the third and final book of the Peleg Chronicles, Loresmen weaves the heroes of Hradcanny into a tapestry of danger, hope, and providence. They are pursued by their enemies in a society that increasingly departs from truth as it falls away from the one true God. They must defend their faith before the high counselor, tread carefully at the King's table, wield their weapons bravely in the arena ... Read more

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  • The Encyclicals of John Paul II

    An Introduction and Commentary

    by Richard A. Spinello ...
    Pope John Paul II was the second longest serving pope in history and the longest serving pope of the last century. His presence was influential not only to Catholics, but also throughout the world. The Encyclicals of John Paul II is the first book to focus in depth on the pope’s fourteen encyclicals, through which he communicated many of the key themes of his papacy.The first part of the book ... Read more

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