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  • Isaiah and Imperial Context

    The Book of Isaiah in the Times of Empire

    Edited by Andrew Abernethy, Tim Bulkeley, Tim Meadowcroft, Mark G. Brett ...
    Interpreting Isaiah requires attention to empire. The matrix of the book of Isaiah was the imperial contexts of Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. The community of faith in these eras needed a prophetic vision for life. Not only is the book of Isaiah crafted in light of empire, but current readers cannot help but approach Isaiah in light of imperial realities today. As a neglected area of research, ... Read more

    $22.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Way of Holiness

    A Wesleyan Journey through Lent

    by Magrey deVega, Matt Rawle, Susan Robb, Mark Reynolds, Josh Scott, Brett Opalinski, Lahronda Welch Little ...
    Examine your path and choose the way of grace and holy love.John the Baptist, locked in prison, sent word to Jesus: "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?" It is a question that sounds like doubt. But The Way of Holiness: A Wesleyan Journey Through Lent reframes it as a question of direction--one worth asking yourself every week of the Lenten season: "Am I truly following ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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  • Indigenous Rights and the Legacies of the Bible

    From Moses to Mabo

    by Mark G. Brett ...
    Series series The Bible and the Humanities
    A Christian imagination of colonial discovery permeated the early modern world, but legal histories developed in very different ways depending on imperial jurisdictions. Indigenous Rights and the Legacies of the Bible: From Moses to Mabo explores the contradictions and ironies that emerged in the interactions between biblical warrants and colonial theories of Indigenous natural rights. The early ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Genesis

    Procreation and the Politics of Identity

    by Mark G. Brett ...
    Series series Old Testament Readings
    Combining insights from social and literary theory as well as traditional historical studies, Mark Brett argues that the first book of the Bible can be read as resistance literature.Placing the theological text firmly within its socio-political context, he shows that the editors of Genesis were directly engaged with contemporary issues, especially the nature of an authentic community, and that the ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Locations of God

    Political Theology in the Hebrew Bible

    by Mark G. Brett ...
    The Hebrew Bible is hardly what might be called a "unified" account of the national history of Israel. The texts, with their myriad genres and competing perspectives, show the forming and re-forming of Ancient Israel's social body in a number of geographical settings. The communities are shown in and out of political power. We read about in-fighting and peace, good kings and bad, freedom and ... Read more

    $122.39 USD

  • Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders

    A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions

    Edited by Brett Kuhn, Mark Aloia, Michael L. Perlis ...
    Series series Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional
    Sleep is a major component of good mental and physical health, yet over 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Edited by three prominent clinical experts, Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders is the first reference to cover all of the most common disorders (insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, parasomnias, etc) and the applicable therapeutic techniques. The ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Political Trauma and Healing

    Biblical Ethics for a Postcolonial World

    by Mark G. Brett ...
    How can Scripture address the crucial justice issues of our time? In this book Mark Brett offers a careful reading of biblical texts that speak to such pressing public issues as the legacies of colonialism, the demands of asylum seekers, the challenges of climate change, and the shaping of redemptive economies.Brett argues that the Hebrew Bible can be read as a series of reflections on political ... Read more

    $31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theology on a Defiant Earth

    Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene

    by Jonathan Cole, Peter Walker, Clive Hamilton, Lisa H. Sideris, Dianne Rayson, David Neville, Mark G. Brett, Clive Pearson, Canon Dr Scott Cowdell0, Stephen Pickard1, Christiaan Mostert2 ...
    Series series Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges
    Humanity operates like a force of nature capable of affecting the destiny of the Earth System. This epochal shift profoundly alters the relationship between humankind and the Earth, presenting the conscious, thinking human animal with an unprecedented dilemma: As human power has grown over the Earth, so has the power of nature to extinguish human life. The emergence of the Anthropocene has settled ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • 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

    $39.69 USD

  • Theological and Hermeneutical Explorations from Australia

    Horizons of Contextuality

    by Jione Havea, Mark G. Brett, Anita J. Monro, Chris Budden, Cristina Lledo Gomez, Cathryn McKinney, Stephen Burns, Rod Pattenden, Anne Elvey, Emmanuel Nathan0, Seforosa Carroll1, John G. Flett2, Clive Pearson3 ...
    Series series Decolonizing Theology
    This book presents theological, cultural, ecclesial, and hermeneutical explorations from a specific context—Australia. It invites reimagining of theology and hermeneutics against the horizons of indigeneity and sovereignty, contingencies of context, feminist theologies, multiculturalism and intercultural theologies, sexual abuse and ecclesial cover-ups, suicide and worship, tradition(ing)s and ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Cecil B. DeMille

    The Art of the Hollywood Epic

    by Cecilia de Mille Presley, Mark A. Vieira ...
    Colossal. Stupendous. Epic. These adjectives, used by movie companies to hawk their wares, became clichélong ago. When used to describe the films of one director, they are accurate. More than any filmmaker in the history of the medium, Cecil B. DeMille mastered the art of the spectacle. In the process, he became a filmland founder. One hundred years ago, he made the first feature film ever shot ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Was Earth Created Good?

    Reappraising Earth in Genesis 1:1–2:4a from a Samoan Gafataulima Perspective

    by Arthur John Wulf ...
    Was Earth Created Good? offers a reappraisal of Earth as presented in Genesis 1:1–2:4a from a Samoan gafataulima (accomplish/fulfill/capable) hermeneutical perspective. The inspiration for the study arose out of a personal dilemma concerning author Arthur John Wulf’s religious beliefs and the reality he is experiencing in the world today—specifically, the tensions between Earth’s perfect portrait ... Read more

    $3.99 USD