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  • Diaconia in Contexts

    Regional Case Studies and Linking Perspectives

    Edited by Johannes Eurich, Beate Hoffman, Thorsten Moos ...
    Series series Regnum Studies in Mission
    Diaconia – the Christian practice of social service and care – plays a significant role in societies across the globe. Shaped by diverse contexts, it takes on a wide range of forms and purposes, organizational models and networks, and involves both professional and voluntary engagement. Its relationships with churches, as well as with public and private welfare systems, are equally varied. This ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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  • Compassion and Solidarity

    by Gregory Baum ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church -- together with the considerable opposition to it. He discusses why many Christians are becoming activists, turning their faith into deeds by working for the liberation of the poor, not only in South ... Read more

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  • Beyond the Modern Age

    An Archaeology of Contemporary Culture

    by Bob Goudzwaard, Craig G. Bartholomew ...
    The modern age has produced global crises that modernity itself seems incapable of resolving—deregulated capitalism, consumerism, economic inequality, militarization, overworked laborers, environmental destruction, insufficient health care, and many other problems. The future of our world depends on moving beyond the modern age.Bob Goudzwaard and Craig G. Bartholomew have spent decades listening ... Read more

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  • Diakonia as Christian Social Practice

    An Introduction

    Edited by Stephanie Dietrich, Knud Jørgensen, Kari Karsrud Korslien, Kjell Nordstokke ...
    Series series Regnum Studies in Mission
    The concept of diakonia has developed over the last decades, especially within the ecumenical movement, to a degree that may be characterized as a paradigm shift. Three main features characterize this change: First, the ecclesial dimension of diakonia is now strongly underlined. While diakonia earlier often was perceived as the activity of professional diaconal workers or agencies, it is now ... Read more

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  • Globalizing Theology

    Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity

    Edited by Craig Ott, Harold Netland ...
    One of the most powerful forces in the twenty-first century is the increasing phenomenon of globalization. In nearly every realm of human activity, traditional boundaries are disappearing and people worldwide are more interconnected than ever. Christianity has also become more aware of global realities and the important role of the church in non-Western countries. Church leaders must grapple with ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Jesus vs. Caesar

    For People Tired of Serving the Wrong God

    by Joerg Rieger ...
    When we observe a tension between Jesus and Caesar, we acknowledge that a fundamental tension remains at the heart of Christianity. When this tension is poorly understood, Christians face disastrous consequences. The tension is not between religion and atheism or secularism. Nor is it between organized religion and personal spirituality. The tension is located within the heart of Christianity ... Read more

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  • African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development

    Sustainable Development in Pentecostal and Independent Churches

    Edited by Philipp Öhlmann, Wilhelm Gräb, Marie-Luise Frost ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Development
    This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and contribute to the decolonisation of development.Fostering both overarching and comparative perspectives, ... Read more

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  • Church Planting in the Secular West

    Learning from the European Experience

    by Stefan Paas ...
    Series series The Gospel and Our Culture Series (GOCS)
    An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary EuropeIn this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe, and he explores successful and unsuccessful strategies in that post-Christian secularized context.Drawing in part on his own involvement with planting two churches in the Netherlands, Paas explores ... Read more

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  • The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism

    by Joel Robbins ...
    The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides a wide ranging and ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Vitality of Liberation Theology

    by Craig L. Nessan ...
    Series Book 3 - Missional Church, Public Theology, World Christianity
    The Vitality of Liberation Theology argues for the ongoing necessity of a liberating theology in a world of endemic poverty and economic globalization. Although some have declared liberation theology's demise, or even its death, Nessan articulates the imperative and logic of it for a new generation. Latin American liberation theology burst forth as the most original and compelling theological ... Read more

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  • Religion and Power

    by Jione Havea, Allan Aubrey Boesak, Mark G. Brett, Michael Jagessar, M.P. Joseph, Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi, Jooseop Keum, Deenabandhu Manchala, James W. Perkinson0, Y. T. Vinayaraj1, Jacqueline M. Hidalgo2, Joerg Rieger3 ...
    Series series Theology in the Age of Empire
    Religion has power structures that require and justify its existence, spread its influence, and mask its collaboration with other power structures. Power, like religion, is in collaboration. Along this line, this book affirms that one could see and study the power structures and power relations of a religion in and through the missions of empires. Empires rise and roam with the blessings and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Engaging Globalization

    The Poor, Christian Mission, and Our Hyperconnected World

    by Amos Yong, Bryant Myers, Scott Sunquist ...
    Series series Mission in Global Community
    Christianity Today Book Award WinnerOutreach **Resource of the Year (Multicultural)ASM (American Society of Missiology) Book of the Year Award**Globalization is speeding up our world, extending our relationships globally and bringing us closer together in positive and not-so-positive ways. The church and many Christians, however, remain largely unaware of its seductive power, resulting in a ... Read more

    $24.49 USD