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  • Apostles of Rock

    The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music

    Apostles of Rock is the first objective, comprehensive examination of the contemporary Christian music phenomenon. Some see CCM performers as ministers or musical missionaries, while others define them as entertainers or artists. This popular musical movement clearly evokes a variety of responses concerning the relationship between Christ and culture. The resulting tensions have splintered the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Discussion in the College Classroom

    Getting Your Students Engaged and Participating in Person and Online

    by Jay R. Howard ...
    Keep students engaged and actively learning with focused, relevant discussionSecond only to lecture as the most widely used instructional strategy, there's no better method than classroom discussion to actively engage students with course material. Most faculty are not aware that there is an extensive body of research on the topic from which instructors can learn to facilitate exceptional ... Read more

    $32.00 USD

  • First Contact

    Teaching and Learning in Introductory Sociology

    The Introduction to Sociology course is usually the first contact that students have with the discipline of sociology. This course can determine whether students take other sociology courses or learn to use sociology in their lives as adults and citizens.First Contact identifies important issues facing instructors in introducing students to the sociological imagination. Drawing on the literature ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

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  • Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel

    A History of the American Prosperity Gospel

    by Kate Bowler ...
    How have millions of American Christians come to measure spiritual progress in terms of their financial status and physical well-being? How has the movement variously called Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It and Claim It, or simply prosperity gospel come to dominate much of our contemporary religious landscape? Kate Bowler's Blessed is the first book to fully explore the origins, unifying ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Why We're Not Emergent

    By Two Guys Who Should Be

    "You can be young, passionate about Jesus Christ, surrounded by diversity, engaged in a postmodern world, reared in evangelicalism and not be an emergent Christian. In fact, I want to argue that it would be better if you weren't."The Emergent Church is a strong voice in today's Christian community. And they're talking about good things: caring for the poor, peace for all men, loving Jesus. They're ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Know What I Mean?

    Reflections on Hip-Hop

    Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music and the culture that inspires it. Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Meet Generation Z

    Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World

    by James White ...
    Move over Boomers, Xers, and Millennials; there's a new generation--making up more than 25 percent of the US population--that represents a seismic cultural shift. Born approximately between 1993 and 2012, Generation Z is the first truly post-Christian generation, and they are poised to challenge every church to rethink its role in light of a rapidly changing culture.From the award-winning author ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mission Drift

    The Unspoken Crisis Facing Leaders, Charities, and Churches

    Without careful attention, faith-based organizations drift from their founding mission. It's that simple. It will happen.Why do so many organizations wander from their mission, while others remain Mission True? Can drift be prevented?In Mission Drift, HOPE International executives Peter Greer and Chris Horst share the results of their research into Mission True and Mission Untrue organizations and ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Sacredness of Questioning Everything

    Is Your God Big Enough to Be Questioned?

    by David Dark ...
    The freedom to question—asking and being asked—is an indispensable and sacred practice that is absolutely vital to the health of our communities.According to author David Dark, when religion won’t tolerate questions, objections, or differences of opinion, and when it only brings to the table threats of excommunication, violence, and hellfire, it does not allow people to discover for themselves ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Search to Belong

    Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups

    A practical guide for those struggling to build a community of believers in a culture that wants to experience belonging over believingWho is my neighbor? Who belongs to me? To whom do I belong? These are timeless questions that guide the church to its fundamental calling. Today terms like neighbor, family, and congregation are being redefined. People are searching to belong in new places and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Can You Hear Me Now?

    The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson

    "Before I wanted to write the world, I sought to right it," declares Michael Eric Dyson. As one of America's most visible, inspirational, and quotable public intellectuals, Dyson has weighed in on a vast array of issues. In his books and newspaper articles, over television and radio waves, and from podiums to pulpits, Dyson has brought awareness and insight to questions of culture, race, gender, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD