Books from SCM Press
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Religion, Society and God: Public Theology in Action
By Richard Noake, Nicholas BuxtonSixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jewish mystics, among whom the key figure for me is Isaac Luria, who was born in 1534 in Jerusalem, understood that in every situation and rela- tionship there are sparks of goodness waiting to be ...
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SCM Studyguide: Liturgy, 2nd Edition
By Stephen BurnsMarjorie Procter-Smith is an Anglican (Episcopalian) theologian (who teaches at a Methodist seminary), who has developed some distinctively feminist approaches to liturgical study. When she writes about 'praying between the lines', ...
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Church in Life
By Michael MoynaghAs William Cavanaugh points out, receiving the bread and the wine is unlike consuming ordinary food. Christ's body and blood are not assimilated into our bodies, but vice versa. We are assimilated into Christ's body.
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Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies: A Reader
By William Kay, Anne E. DyerJones, B. P. (1995), An Instrument of Revival: The Complete Life of Evan Roberts 1878–1951, South Plainfield, NJ. ... in J. A. B. Jongeneel, C. van der Laan, P. N. Van der Laan, M. Robinson and P. Staples (eds), Pentecost, ...
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Do Small Groups Work?: Biblical Engagement and Transformation
By Anna CreedonBoth Roger Walton (2011, 2014) and Andrew Todd (2009, 2013) have identified the importance of mutual support, relationships and fellowship as key outcomes of small groups. Walton's research into 56 church communities in North East ...
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SCM Studyguide: Theological Reflection, 2nd Edition
By Stephen Pattison, Judith ThompsonTodd defines theology as 'a seeking to know God in a situation' and asserts that 'theological reflection is primary theology, not secondary'. Theological reflection does not simply apply a previous knowledge of God arrived at in ...
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Ecclesianarchy: Adaptive Ministry for a Post-Church Society
By John Williams'Littlemore Group' founded by Coakley and Wells (Martin and Coakley (eds), 2016). Coakley puts it like this: In an established church in particular, the dog-collared figure bears more weight of expectation and longing (or alternatively, ...
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Honey from the Lion: Christianity and the Ethics of Nationalism
By Gay DougBrown, C. G., Religion and Society in TwentiethCentury Britain, Harlow: Pearson Education, 2006. Brown, F. B., Good Taste, Bad Taste and Christian Taste, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Brown, S. J., Thomas Chalmers and the Godly ...
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Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor
By Jonny Baker, Cathy Rosslake. Is there any need for mission organizations or communities in today's world, and if so, how are they best organized to be dynamic and responsive so that they remain movements rather than bogged down as institutions?
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Out of Nothing: A Cross-Shaped Approach to Fresh Expressions
By Andrew DunlopDunlop proposes a theological foundation which goes to the heart of God's action in the world. Both accessible and critically engaged, the book will provide an important resource for both pioneers and for those studying pioneer ministry.
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Towards the Prophetic Church: A Study of Christian Mission
By John M. HullReinhold Niebuhr, a Lutheran pastor with a German background, was reading Weber during his Detroit ministry of the ... 25), while Paul Tillich, who did not come to the United States until 1933, was already familiar with Weber's work in ...
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What Do We Believe? Why Does It Matter?
By Jeff AstleyHick, J., 1976, Death and Eternal Life, London: Collins. Hick, J., 1985, Evil and the God of Love, London: Macmillan. Hick, J., 1993, The Metaphor of God Incarnate, London: SCM Press. Hick, J., 1995, The Rainbow of Faiths: Critical ...
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SCM Studyguide: Christian Doctrine
By Astley JeffKüng, H., 1977, On Being a Christian, ET Glasgow: Collins. Küng, H., 1993, Credo: The Apostles' Creed Explained for Today, ET London: SCM Press. Kvanvig, J. L., 1997, 'Heaven and Hell', in P. L. Quinn and C. Taliaferro (eds),A Companion ...
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Broken Bodies: The Eucharist, Mary and the Body in Trauma Theology
By Karen O'Donnell'For Steiner, God is the premise upon which speech is based, and the wager on meaning and understanding – which we all undertake in experiencing art – is in fact a wager on transcendence.'12 Indeed, Steiner opened his examination of ...
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Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil
By John SwintonLouisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. “A Bonhoeffer Sermon.” Translated by Daniel Bloesch. Edited by F. Burton Nelson. Theology Today 38 (1982): 469. ———. Discipleship. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003.
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SCM Core Text Christianity and Science
By John D. WeaverThe SCM Core Text, "Christianity & Science" provides an advanced introduction to the lively debate between the relative truth claims made by science and the absolute truth claims made by religions, and Christianity in particular.
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Feminist Trauma Theologies: Body, Scripture & Church in Critical Perspective
By Karen O'Donnell6 Garbarino and Bedard, 'Spiritual Challenges', 470, citing Bessel van der Kolk, 'Meaning and Trauma', paper presented at the Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology, University of Rochester, New York, October 1994.
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Pilgrims and Priests: Christian Mission in a Post-Christian Society
By Stefan PaasSpaans, Joke, Haarlem na de Reformatie: Stedelijke cultuuren kerkelijk leven 1577–1620, Den Haag, 1989. Stanley, Brian (ed.), Christian Missions and the Enlightenment, Grand Rapids, MI; Eerdmans, 2001. Stark, Rodney, The Rise of ...
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Broken Bodies: The Eucharist, Mary and the Body in Trauma Theology
By Karen O'DonnellBradshaw, Paul and Maxwell E. Johnson, The Eucharistic Liturgies: Their Evolution and Interpretation, London: SPCK, 2012. Brock, Rita Nakashima and Rebecca Ann Parker, Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search ...
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Dirt, Greed and Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and their Implications for Today
By William CountrymanI owe the phrase to Howard Miller of the University of Texas at Austin. 5. This, I have suggested, is the principal importance of the authority of the Bible for Christians. See my Biblical Authority, 70– 75. 6. Ibid., 54–58.