Twelve Theological Dilemmas

Twelve Theological Dilemmas
Author: Gregory C. Higgins
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 138
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809132324

A fresh, impartial presentation of timeless theological questions that Christians have found puzzling, accompanied by equally differing and valid explanations for them. +

Christianity 101

Christianity 101
Author: Gregory C. Higgins
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809142088

Christianity 101 is an introductory text for college level courses in Christian theology. The text provides a history of Christian thought in each of the key areas of Christian theology and discusses the major debates and thinkers in the tradition.

Pressure Points

Pressure Points
Author: J. D. Payne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781418550745

Each generation of believers faces numerous challenges to the mission of the church. In Pressure Points J. D. helps us see how we can prevent these global issues from pushing the church off its biblical moorings, so we can absorb the pressures while responding in a way that remains faithful to the church's calling and mission.

Perspectives on the Formation of the Book of the Twelve

Perspectives on the Formation of the Book of the Twelve
Author: Rainer Albertz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2012-07-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 311028376X

The formation of the Book of the Twelve is one of the most vigorously debated subjects in Old Testament studies today. This volume assembles twenty-four essays by the world’s leading experts, providing an overview of the present state of scholarship in the field. The book’s contributors focus on questions of method, history, as well as redactional and textual history.

Where Do You Stand?

Where Do You Stand?
Author: Gregory C. Higgins
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781616436018

Eight Moral Issues Confronting Today's Christians, Gregory C. Higgins. Examines the particulars behind eight crucial moral issues of the day and challenges the reader to take a personal stand on them.

Back to the Future of the Roman Catholic Church

Back to the Future of the Roman Catholic Church
Author: Carmen J. Calvanese
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1630877697

This book explores the notion that the Roman Catholic Church risks imploding from within as a result of its inflexibility towards movements in favor of reasonable change and modernization. Attendance at Sunday Mass has dramatically decreased; the loss of the youth in these churches is a case in point. At the same time, the lack of vocations to the priesthood and religious life is at crisis proportions as is further evidenced by the closing of parishes and the curtailing of religious services including the rising phenomenon of "priest-less Parishes." Young men today--even if they aspire to the priesthood--experience both unrest and rejection at the continued demand of the Church's leadership that priests commit themselves to the lifelong discipline of celibacy. Back to the Future of the Roman Catholic Church addresses the root causes of the various developments that have provoked discontent with Church policies and defections from parish life on the part of those who appear to have lost faith in their hierarchical leaders at the highest levels of Church governance. Finally, this book probes the ways in which the Church can emerge from its crises to become, once again, faithful to its origins as founded by Jesus Christ.

The Tapestry of Christian Theology

The Tapestry of Christian Theology
Author: Gregory C. Higgins
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809141203

This unique and supremely readable textbook recounts the thought of nine influential twentieth-century theologians in the light of biblical narrative to better understand the Christian life. By drawing upon the achievement of major thinkers--Rosemary Ruether, Gustavo Gutierrez, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Rahner, Jurgen Moltmann, Hans Kung, Yves Congar, and Wolfhart Pannenberg--and rooting it within the rich fabric of its biblical context--Creation, Exodus, Conquest, Exile, the Incarnation, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, Pentecost and the End of Time--The Tapestry of Christian Theology traverses a landscape both historical and spiritual, one that traces and encourages a new understanding of both perspectives, and illumines a greater insight into our own lives. Here is a rigorous and wide ranging textbook for college theology courses, also suitable for the general reader.

Invitation to Christian Ethics

Invitation to Christian Ethics
Author: Ken Magnuson
Publisher: Kregel Academic
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0825434459

A comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics addressing today's most challenging moral issues Invitation to Christian Ethics is an indispensable guide for helping pastors, counselors, and everyday Christians navigate today's difficult moral questions. Readers will benefit from Ken Magnuson's survey of ethics from a biblical perspective as well as contemporary theories of moral reasoning. This survey is followed by twelve chapters devoted to some of the thorniest issues Christians encounter today, such as: Sexuality, including homosexuality, sexual identity, and gender Marriage and divorce Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies Abortion Physician-assisted suicide Race relations Creation care Capital punishment Just war, pacifism, and the use of lethal force Magnuson provides biblical insight into each topic and presents key moral considerations. He also answers specific, practical questions that arise and concludes with a summary of his recommended approach to each issue. Readers will learn how to grapple with difficult moral questions and will receive guidance for some of life's most challenging ethical conundrums. "Ethics will continue to be a line in the sand that separates Christians. In this volume, Magnuson gives us a biblically-based, logically-sound, historically-rooted, and future-aware guide that the church so desperately needs in the face of sexual revolution, moral relativism, and advancing technology." --Brian Arnold, President of Phoenix Seminary

Ministry Issues for the Church of England

Ministry Issues for the Church of England
Author: Gordon Kuhrt
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780715181225

This survey of unprecedented scope is designed to help the reader map their way through the thinking that has shaped present-day Anglican ministry. It contains a history of strategic developments and key reports and decisions, identifying the vital issues faced by the Church of England and offering informed suggestions for reform.

Christian Ethics

Christian Ethics
Author: Norman L. Geisler
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801038790

This update of a classic text evaluates contemporary ethical options and pressing issues of the day from a biblical perspective.