A Stranger in the House of God

A Stranger in the House of God
Author: John Koessler
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2009-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310864216

Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

Jesus and Personality Theory

Jesus and Personality Theory
Author: James R. Beck
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1999-01-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830819256

James Beck looks at prominent themes in the teaching and ministry of Jesus and how they relate to the five major traits of human personality.

Theology and Psychology

Theology and Psychology
Author: Fraser Watts
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351723669

This title was first published in 2002: Many people are now interested in the relationship between religion and science, but links between Christian belief and psychology have been relatively neglected. This book opens up the dialogue between Christian theology and modern scientific psychology, approaching the dialogue in both directions. Current scientific topics like consciousness and artificial intelligence are examined from a religious perspective. Christian themes such as God's purposes and activity in the world are then examined in the light of psychology. This accessible study on psychology and Christian belief offers students and general readers alike important insights into new areas of the "science and religion" debate.

Karl Barth's Christology

Karl Barth's Christology
Author: Charles T. Waldrop
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2016-04-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 311082342X

Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed

Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Alan J. Spence
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2015-07-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567666131

Today Christology is of concern to both New Testament scholars and theologians alike and continues to provoke debate within the Church. Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation. After a brief introduction providing a basic definition of Christology, this historical background provides an essential foundation on which to outline later developments in Christology. Alan Spence then considers the Quest for the Historical Jesus, the work of the major theologians in this area including Barth and Schleiermacher, and from the present day, N.T. Wright and Pannenberg, and explores the contemporary arguments within the field of Christology.

A Study in Christology

A Study in Christology
Author: Herbert Relton
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2002-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1579109667

Christology and Ethics

Christology and Ethics
Author: F. LeRon Shults
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2010-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802845096

This book brings together leading theologians and ethicists to explore the neglected relationship between Christology and ethics. The contributors to this volume work to overcome the tendency toward disciplinary xenophobia, considering such questions as What is the relation between faithful teaching about the reality of Christ and teaching faithfulness to the way of Christ? and How is christological doctrine related to theological judgments about normative human agency? With renewed attention and creative reformulation, they argue, we can discover fresh ways of tending to these perennial questions.