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View book details for From Cells to Organisms
Re-envisioning Cell Theory
More than a history, From Cells to Organisms delves into the nature of scientific practice, showing that results are interpreted not only through the lens of a microscope, but also through the lens of particular ideas and prior philosophical convictions. …
Reaching Forever is Philip C. Kolin's ninth collection of poems, the sixth to focus entirely on spiritual poetry. Like the poet's most recent book, Benedict's Daughter: Poems (2017), the poems in this new collection are anchored in Scripture. Organized according …
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Essays from a Theological Journey
This book traces the intellectual journey of a Christian minister and theologian. Starting with his discovery of God through a love of the natural world, David Peel's encounter with thinkers from his Reformed tradition and extensive ecumenical involvement takes him …
In her debut collection, Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo depicts coming of age in a clergy household with playful and reverent ambivalence. The poems wrestle with sacred texts, family life, and sexuality with equal intimacy. Whether encountering the Eucharist, a cremation ghat, the …
View book details for Doing Therapy with Intercultural Couples
A Pastoral Theological Study of Premarital Counseling
Marital concord between couples from different racial and ethnic backgrounds is an issue that needs serious attention to bridge the vast chasms. America welcomes people from all over the world. People of all religions and ethnic backgrounds come here to …
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Finding Fidelity in Futility
The poems of Slade Nakoff beckon us to reach out, to seek, and to find, in this seemingly futile world of time. Come read the verses and search for yourself. You might find subjects of life and meaning here are …
View book details for Annual Review of Addictions and Offender Counseling, Volume V
New Directions in Research and Practice
Annual Review of Addictions and Offender Counseling, Volume V: New Directions in Research and Practice is the fifth volume in a series of peer-reviewed edited books sponsored by the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC), a division of …
How does Ultra-Orthodox Jewish literature describe the male body? What does the body represent? What is the ideal male body? This book is a philosophical-theological exploration of the different images of the male body in Ultra-Orthodox literature since the holocaust. …
View book details for Peace Be with You, Rest in Peace
Using Scripture to Address Spiritual Distress near the End of Life
Hospital and hospice chaplains are expected to assist individuals and families face the reality of their mortality via a gentle, calming presence. To the greatest extent possible, chaplains help people die with an awareness of being loved, of loving and …
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Discovering Joy and Purpose Through Christ in the Everyday Moments of Mom Life
As a stay-at-home mom, Alexandra used to wonder if her life really mattered. She would wake up each morning as a sense of purposelessness washed over her. That is, until she washed her face, opened up her Bible, and heard …
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Origins, Expansions, Emerging Realities
The diverse Baptist movement goes back to the separatist wing of English puritanism. The book first describes the history and missionary expansion of this movement. It then lays out its teachings on baptism, eucharist, and ministry, its commitment to religious …
We All Belong is a celebration of the worth and value of every life, which the poet offers as a bouquet to our Creator, who holds all of creation without exception in the divine embrace. The poems in this collection …
View book details for A Prologue to Studies in the Fourth Gospel
Its Independency, Issues, and Interpretations
The Fourth Gospel both blesses and betrays. It blesses readers who engage with its message, but it may betray those who read it nonchalantly. The notion that the Fourth Gospel is easy to understand is an enduring myth. This volume …
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Novellas, Short Stories, and a Parable
The stories in Suffer the Children dramatize a generation's mingled faith and doubt. "Suffer the Children," the title novella, follows the divergent faith journeys of three baby boomers raised in the same Presbyterian church through pivotal moments in their lives …
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Friendships and Intellectual Impairment
In the Gospels we encounter many people who were shunned by their society because they lived with some form of impairment. In stark contrast, Jesus embraces these people and offers compassion without condescension, relationship without ulterior motive, and provides them …
View book details for Evolution and Eschatology
Genetic Science and the Goodness of God
The genome revolution of the last twenty years has changed biology forever. It has provided stunning insights into the evolution of species (such as ours) and the development of new functional capabilities (such as placenta, brain, and immune networks). We …
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Daniel Berrigan in Memory and Reflection
Daniel Berrigan (+2016+) is most notorious for dramatic anti-war actions at a Catonsville draft board and a Pennsylvania nuclear weapons plant in the '60s and '80s. Indeed, with friends, he was practically devising what's been called "liturgical direct action." Berrigan …
View book details for The Psychological Anthropology of Wayne Edward Oates
A Downgrade from the Theological to the Therapeutic
Theological education has historically placed a strong emphasis on Scripture as the source of principle and practice for ministry. However, when it comes to the arena of counseling, this has largely not been the case. Focusing on the significant influence …
The post-Christendom era in the English-speaking world has seen a significant reduction in access to political power by the churches, a slow loss of their social and cultural influence, and a shredding of their moral standing from abuse scandals and …
Christine M. Panyard thought she was studying Michelangelo and Renaissance art, but she was actually being moved towards God. The gothic cathedral is a metaphor for spiritual development in Stalking Michelangelo, Finding God. Her story began outside the church, where …
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A Kristin Ginelli Mystery
Where Drowned Things Live describes the struggles of an untenured professor, Kristin Ginelli, as she tries to counsel a young woman student at her university and get her to reveal who is abusing her. Kristin fails, and the student is …
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A Disorderly Parable of the Song of Solomon
The world needs leaders who are prepared to dismantle injustice. Through the story told in the Song of Solomon, you will learn to use the one tool that heals both victim and oppressor: God's love. This once popular interpretation of …
Beginning with the immigration of the "Georgia Salzburgers," religious exiles from Europe, The Early History of the Lutheran Church in Georgia tells a story of faith and struggle that is deeply embedded in the religious and cultural life of the …
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My Life on Record
"If this book moves, I hope it moves in the way pop songs do. There will be a lot of talk about songs, but inasmuch as this is a book about listening to music, it's also about how listening to …
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Vistas and Horizons
What is the fruit of a searching dialogue between faith and reason? This book collects theological and philosophical perspectives on the richness of the faith-reason dialogue, including examples from literature, continental and analytic philosophy, worship and liturgy, and radical approaches …
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