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Transforming Fire

Imagining Christian Teaching

by Mark D. Jordan ...

Series series Theological Education between the Times (TEBT)
"We don't need books about teaching so much as books that teach ."Considering Jesus himself taught in a variety of ways—parable, discussion, miracle performance, ritual observance—it seems that there can be no single, definitive, Christian method of teaching. How then should Christian teaching happen, especially in this time of significant change to theological education as an institution?Mark ... Read more

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"We don't need books about teaching so much as books that teach ."Considering Jesus himself taught in a variety of ways—parable, discussion, miracle performance, ritual observance—it seems that there can be no single, definitive, Christian method of teaching. How then should Christian teaching happen, especially in this time of significant change to theological education as an institution?Mark
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Convulsing Bodies

Religion and Resistance in Foucault

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By using religion to get at the core concepts of Michel Foucault's thinking, this book offers a strong alternative to the way that the philosopher's work is read across the humanities. Foucault was famously interested in Christianity as both the rival to ancient ethics and the parent of modern discipline and was always alert to the hypocrisy and the violence in churches. Yet many readers have ... Read more

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By using religion to get at the core concepts of Michel Foucault's thinking, this book offers a strong alternative to the way that the philosopher's work is read across the humanities. Foucault was famously interested in Christianity as both the rival to ancient ethics and the parent of modern discipline and was always alert to the hypocrisy and the violence in churches. Yet many readers have
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Blessing Same-Sex Unions

The Perils of Queer Romance and the Confusions of Christian Marriage

by Mark D. Jordan ...

At most church weddings, the person presiding over the ritual is not a priest or a pastor, but the wedding planner, followed by the photographer, the florist, and the caterer. And in this day and age, more wedding theology is supplied by Modern Bride magazine or reality television than by any of the Christian treatises on holy matrimony. Indeed, church weddings have strayed long and far from ... Read more

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At most church weddings, the person presiding over the ritual is not a priest or a pastor, but the wedding planner, followed by the photographer, the florist, and the caterer. And in this day and age, more wedding theology is supplied by Modern Bride magazine or reality television than by any of the Christian treatises on holy matrimony. Indeed, church weddings have strayed long and far from
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Queer Callings

Untimely Notes on Names and Desires

by Mark D. Jordan ...

CHOICE: OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEFINALIST, THE RANDY SHILTS AWARD FOR GAY NONFICTION, THE PUBLISHING TRIANGLE AWARDSA passionate exhortation to expand the ways we talk about human sex, sexuality, and gender.Twenty-five years ago, Mark D. Jordan published his landmark book on the invention and early history of the category “sodomy,” one that helped to decriminalize certain sexual acts in the ... Read more

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CHOICE: OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEFINALIST, THE RANDY SHILTS AWARD FOR GAY NONFICTION, THE PUBLISHING TRIANGLE AWARDSA passionate exhortation to expand the ways we talk about human sex, sexuality, and gender.Twenty-five years ago, Mark D. Jordan published his landmark book on the invention and early history of the category “sodomy,” one that helped to decriminalize certain sexual acts in the
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The Stop Smoking Secret

by Mark Jordan ...

So you have decided to stop smoking! What an absolutely excellent decision! But do you know that there is a secret to stopping? Once you are taught this secret you will have at your disposal all the power, knowledge, skills and tools you need to become a lifetime ex-smoker! You will find it surprisingly easy to put down the cigarettes for good - even if you have failed many times before! This is ... Read more

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So you have decided to stop smoking! What an absolutely excellent decision! But do you know that there is a secret to stopping? Once you are taught this secret you will have at your disposal all the power, knowledge, skills and tools you need to become a lifetime ex-smoker! You will find it surprisingly easy to put down the cigarettes for good - even if you have failed many times before! This is
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Telling Truths in Church

Scandal, Flesh, and Christian Speech

by Mark D. Jordan ...

Is the reform we have seen in the wake of the pedophilia scandals in the Catholic Church meaningful? Have our conversations about the causes of these scandals delved as deeply as they need to? For those questioning the relations between hierarchical power, secrecy, and sexuality in institutional religion, Mark D. Jordan's eloquent meditations on what truths about sexuality need to be told in ... Read more

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Is the reform we have seen in the wake of the pedophilia scandals in the Catholic Church meaningful? Have our conversations about the causes of these scandals delved as deeply as they need to? For those questioning the relations between hierarchical power, secrecy, and sexuality in institutional religion, Mark D. Jordan's eloquent meditations on what truths about sexuality need to be told in
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Teaching Bodies

Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas

by Mark D. Jordan ...

In Teaching Bodies, leading scholar of Christian thought Mark D. Jordan offers an original reading of the Summa of Theology of Thomas Aquinas. Reading backward, Jordan interprets the main parts of the Summa, starting from the conclusion, to reveal how Thomas teaches morals by directing attention to the way God teaches morals, namely through embodied scenes: the incarnation, the gospels, and the ... Read more

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In Teaching Bodies, leading scholar of Christian thought Mark D. Jordan offers an original reading of the Summa of Theology of Thomas Aquinas. Reading backward, Jordan interprets the main parts of the Summa, starting from the conclusion, to reveal how Thomas teaches morals by directing attention to the way God teaches morals, namely through embodied scenes: the incarnation, the gospels, and the
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The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm

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This chilling true crime history reveals the story of a young woman in nineteenth century rural Ohio who poisoned her family for love.It was a cold and rainy day in Ohio's Pleasant Valley in the spring of 1896, one that began like any other for the Rose family. What they didn't know was that young Ceely Rose was brooding. She'd been told to forget her obsession with handsome Guy Berry. She'd been ... Read more

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This chilling true crime history reveals the story of a young woman in nineteenth century rural Ohio who poisoned her family for love.It was a cold and rainy day in Ohio's Pleasant Valley in the spring of 1896, one that began like any other for the Rose family. What they didn't know was that young Ceely Rose was brooding. She'd been told to forget her obsession with handsome Guy Berry. She'd been
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Dog Tag #6

by Mark Russell, JP Jordan ...

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The Hibakusha. The war in Europe over, Tom is sent to the Pacific to cover what he believes will be the Allied invasion of Japan. But fate intervenes and he is suddenly given a different, but just as harrowing story to tell. ... Read more

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The Hibakusha. The war in Europe over, Tom is sent to the Pacific to cover what he believes will be the Allied invasion of Japan. But fate intervenes and he is suddenly given a different, but just as harrowing story to tell.
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Dog Tag #5

by Mark Russell, JP Jordan ...

Series Book 5 - Dog Tag
Castle Itter.A fictional retelling of the true story of the siege of Castle Itter. In the waning days of the war, a small force of American soldiers is tasked with defending Castle Itter from hundreds of SS troops. The German soldiers inside the castle cast their fate with the Americans. The only battle of the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side. ... Read more

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Castle Itter.A fictional retelling of the true story of the siege of Castle Itter. In the waning days of the war, a small force of American soldiers is tasked with defending Castle Itter from hundreds of SS troops. The German soldiers inside the castle cast their fate with the Americans. The only battle of the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side.
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Dog Tag #4

by Mark Russell, JP Jordan ...

Series Book 4 - Dog Tag
Loyalty Police.As Tom's unit pushes into Germany, they confront another problem: the SS loyalty police left behind to prevent locals from surrendering to American forces. Tom has to play detective to uncover all the loyalty police. ... Read more

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Loyalty Police.As Tom's unit pushes into Germany, they confront another problem: the SS loyalty police left behind to prevent locals from surrendering to American forces. Tom has to play detective to uncover all the loyalty police.
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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

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"What makes this work so exciting is not simply its content . . . but its revolutionary challenge to . . . Western culture's most familiar moral assumptions." — NewsweekJohn Boswell's National Book Award–winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay ... Read more

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"What makes this work so exciting is not simply its content . . . but its revolutionary challenge to . . . Western culture's most familiar moral assumptions." — NewsweekJohn Boswell's National Book Award–winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay
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