Eerdmans Publishing Spring 2024 Catalog

SPRING AND SUMMER 2024

Dear Reader,

We are awash in narratives of decline: Colleges are struggling. Seminaries are closing. Our culture is regressing into barbarism. Evangelicalism is self-destructing. Catholicism is either out of touch or too much in touch. Christianity’s historic hypocrisies have come into full hideous flower, and the stench is unbearable. Our young people, beyond disgusted, are abandoning the churches.

No footnotes needed: do we not all know, all too well, the evidence for these laments?

But as I review the pages of this catalog, I find copious evidence of something else. I find evidence of restorative hope (I’m borrowing a book title you’ll find inside), of defiant hope and active love (another book title).

In this catalog I find writers surveying the current scene—staring it right in the face—and standing up to offer testimonies to endurance, to perseverance, to recovery, to healing, to liberation, to the power of truth over falsehood. I find scholars and theologians mining resources from scripture and tradition in order to pass on the story of faith to new generations. Gifted verbal artists persevere in teaching readers how to hear, how to pray, how to lead. Ministers and other contemplative activists show how to carry on the work.

We hope these 56 catalog pages, pointing to 90 books containing 10 million words, will give you hope that decline and despair need not have the last word. We hope you will find here books that will renew your ability to believe, and above all, to love, and to lead others into loving, believing, and hoping. Let’s read and live into a narrative of ascent.

Sincerely,

James D. Ernest Executive Vice President, Editor-in-Chief

Commentary Series

Commentaries for Christian Formation

Hebrews

How can the Letter to the Hebrews help Christians grow in their faith?

Amy Peeler opens up the Letter to the Hebrews for Christians seeking to grow in their faith in this volume of Commentaries for Christian Formation. Her fresh translation and detailed commentary offer insights into Christology, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, and the letter’s canonical resonances. Peeler explains the letter’s original context, while remaining focused on its relevance to Christian communities today. Pastors and lay readers alike will learn how Hebrews helps them know, trust, and love God more deeply.

Amy Peeler is professor of New Testament and the Kenneth T. Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College. She also serves as associate rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Illinois. She is the author of Women and the Gender of God, You Are My Son: The Family of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews and the coauthor, with Patrick Gray, of Hebrews: An Introduction and Study Guide

“Amy Peeler’s Hebrews is lucidly, beautifully written, excelling especially in rich theological reflection and an uncommon depth of pastoral good sense. Committed followers of our Great High Priest rejoice! You will find here both an enjoyable read and much encouragement for enduring in the race of faith.”

—George Guthrie Regent College

Amy Peeler

The Book of Micah

James D. Nogalski

What is the balance between judgment and hope?

As a volume of the New International Commentary on the Old Testament, James D. Nogalski’s fresh commentary on Micah is academically serious and pastorally relevant. Nogalski explicates Micah’s major themes, including fidelity to Yahweh, abuses of power, and the intriguing juxtaposition of judgment and hope for God’s people. His commentary serves as the perfect companion for all those seeking to understand this essential prophet.

James D. Nogalski is the W. Marshall and Lulie Craig Professor of Old Testament at Baylor University. He is best known for his work on the prophets, especially the Book of the Twelve.

“James Nogalski’s commentary on the book of Micah is nothing less than a masterpiece of modern critical, historical, and theological exegesis. Nogalski takes his readers into the world of the ancient prophet and that of the later tradents of the book. At the same time, he exposes the enduring significance of the book’s message. This is a commentary as it should be.”

—Jakob Wöhrle Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

“The Book of Micah by James Nogalski will soon become the first commentary that scholars consult when studying this prophetic book. It offers a treasure trove of textual and historical insights that showcase the riches of Nogalski’s decades as a leader in the critical study of the Twelve.””

—Andrew T. Abernethy Wheaton College

SEE ALSO

The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon

knowledgeable and evangelical guide to Paul’s letters to the Colossians and to Philemon

With brilliant exegesis and sound practical insight, noted commentator Douglas J. Moo explicates the Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon, with an eye toward their application for readers today. Freshly revised and updated, this second edition remains methodologically sound, authentically evangelical, and pastoral in approach. Readers, whether scholarly, clerical, or lay, will find a wealth of biblical insights in these pages

Douglas J. Moo is professor emeritus of biblical studies at Wheaton College. His other commentaries include the NICNT volume on Romans and the PNTC volume on James.

Douglas J. Moo

Eerdmans Commentaries

Eerdmans has a longstanding reputation for publishing high-quality biblical commentaries utilized by pastors, scholars, and students alike. Eerdmans commentaries are renowned for their depth of analysis, accessible language, and wide range of theological perspectives and methodological approaches. There is an Eerdmans commentary series for everyone.

The New International Commentary on the Old Testament

NICOT

combines superior scholarship, an evangelical view of Scripture as the Word of God, and concern for the life of faith today. Each volume features an extensive introduction treating the biblical book’s authorship, date, purpose, structure, and theology. The author’s own translation of the Hebrew text and verse-by-verse commentary follow.

The New International Commentary on the New Testament

NICNT

combines rigorous, current scholarship with a focus on the application of Scripture to the life of faith. In NICNT volumes, renowned international contributors expound on rhetorical features of New Testament texts, the cultural settings within which they were written, and their theological significance for God’s people.

Commentaries for Christian Formation

CCF bridges the gap between reading Scripture and faith formation. CCF authors keep theological and ecclesial concerns at the forefront of their interpretive work, re fusing to drive a wedge between historically informed exegetical work and moral and pastoral concerns.

The Pillar New Testament Commentary

PNTC

seeks above all to make clear the meaning of the text of Scripture as we have it. Writers of the PNTC volumes interact with the most important contemporary issues yet avoid undue technical detail, blending exegesis and exposition, scholarship and pastoral sensitivity.

These and other commentary series are available in print, in various ebook formats, and through Bible software platforms like Logos, Accordance, and Olive Tree.

Languages and Textbooks

The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek

Judeo-Palestinian Greek Phonology and Orthography from Alexander to Islam

A pioneering, comprehensive study of the pronunciation of Judeo-Palestinian Koine Greek

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978-0-8028-7831-1 • 895 Pages • Hardcover

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How was New Testament Greek pronounced? Benjamin Kantor offers fresh answers to this question in The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek. As the first comprehensive phonological and orthographic study of Judeo-Palestinian Koine Greek, this book surveys thousands of inscriptions and papyri to determine historical pronunciation. Benjamin Kantor covers his cutting-edge methodology, the chosen sources, and their context before explaining the pronunciation of each Greek phoneme individually. Written for interested students and specialists alike, this guide includes both explicatory footnotes for novices and technical analysis for veterans.

Benjamin Kantor is preceptor in classical Hebrew at Harvard University. He was previously a research associate in biblical Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. He earned his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.

A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of

New Testament Greek

What did the apostles’ Greek sound like?

Benjamin Kantor

In A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, Benjamin Kantor explains how to pronounce Koine Greek authentically, seeking to improve students’ reading proficiency. Based on his magisterial monograph, The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, this primer gives students an overview of the basics of phonology before explaining the pronunciation of each Greek letter and phoneme individually. Perfect for classroom use, this guide explains Kantor’s innovative research accessibly and includes sample texts for reading practice.

Benjamin Kantor

Story, Ritual, Prophecy, Wisdom

Reading and Teaching the Bible Today

Mark W. Hamilton and Samjung Kang-Hamilton

Discover how studying the Bible can renew your church community

How do we teach the Bible in a way that makes a real difference in our students’ lives and our communities? With an eye toward spiritual formation, Mark W. Hamilton and Samjung Kang-Hamilton explore story, ritual, prophecy, and wisdom in the Bible, showing how these genres address real needs in the life of the church today. Combining multicultural sensitivity with ecumenical spirit, this guidebook is ideal for educators and pastors seeking to renew their own Christian communities through biblical education.

Mark W. Hamilton (PhD, Harvard University) holds the Onstead Chair in the College of Biblical Studies at Abilene Christian University, where he serves as professor of Old Testament. His other books include Slavery’s Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity

Samjung Kang-Hamilton teaches religious education at Abilene Christian University. Her research and teaching focus on the partnership between families and churches. She also works with children and adults in spiritual formation, especially multicultural and cross-cultural formation. She currently serves as the book review editor for the journal Restoration Quarterly.

An Introduction to the Making and Meaning of the Bible

Michael B. Shepherd

A comprehensive and orthodox guide to biblical origins and interpretation

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How did we get the Bible? How do we interpret it? And what does it mean for our lives today? Michael B. Shepherd introduces undergraduates and seminarians to these crucial questions in this reliable and thorough new textbook. An Introduction to the Making and Meaning of the Bible is the serious, evangelical introduction your students need and will reference for years to come.

Michael B. Shepherd is professor of biblical studies at Cedarville University. He has authored multiple academic books and articles and has taught courses in biblical languages, Old Testament, and Johannine literature.

“With astute exegesis and wise historical theology, Shepherd helps answer critical questions like: How did we get the Bible? How do we interpret the Bible? How does the Bible apply to our lives? This enlightening and inspiring book can help anyone who is exploring the Christian faith. It will also strengthen the faith of Christians and will equip Christian leaders to disciple others on these matters.”

—Tony Merida Pastor, Imago Dei Church, Raleigh, NC

“With scholarly insight and striking clarity, Shepherd captures the meaning of the Bible and the heart of the gospel. The Bible has been composed and preserved so that we can know the God of the Bible and His perspective of the world.”

—Jason K. Lee Cedarville University

Words Are Not Enough

Paratexts, Manuscripts, and the Real New Testament

Garrick V. Allen

An innovative study of the manuscript history of the New Testament, encompassing its paratexts— titles, cross-references, prefaces, marginalia, and more

How did the Bible come to be? In Words Are Not Enough, Garrick V. Allen argues that our exploration of New Testament origins must take account of more than just the text on the page. Allen traces the history of its manuscripts, including formatting, titles, prefaces, subscriptions, cross-references, marginalia, and illustrations. Along the way, he explains how anonymous scribes and scholars contributed to our framing—and thereby our understanding—of the New Testament. Students, scholars, and any curious reader will learn how the handwritten transmission of the sacred text can enrich our biblical interpretation.

Garrick V. Allen is professor of divinity and biblical criticism at the University of Glasgow. He has written dozens of academic articles, popular pieces, and multiple award-winning monographs, including The Book of Revelation and Early Jewish Textual Culture, which won a Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, and Manuscripts of the Book of Revelation, which won the Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship.

Dirt, Shame, Status

Perspectives on Same-Sex Sexuality in the Bible and the Ancient World

Thomas Kazen

Foreword by William Loader

A scholarly examination of same-sex sexuality in the Bible in the context of the ancient world

Analyzing a wealth of primary sources, Thomas Kazen brings biblical studies into conversation with the sexual norms and practices of the ancient world. Kazen examines references to sexuality through the lenses of power and subordination, honor and shame, and purity. Ultimately, he calls us to renegotiate the balance between our ancient heritage and contemporary values. Carefully researched and accessibly presented, Dirt, Shame, Status lends readers insight into the diverse cultural influences on the Bible.

Thomas Kazen is professor and chair of biblical studies at Stockholm School of Theology, University College Stockholm. He has authored numerous books and articles in English and Swedish, including Moral Infringement and Repair in Antiquity and Impurity and Purification in Early Judaism and the Jesus Tradition

SEPTEMBER 2024

978-0-8028-8335-3 • 224 Pages • Paperback $24.99 US • $33.99 CAN • £19.99 UK

SEPTEMBER 2024

978-0-8028-8434-3 • 224 Pages • Paperback

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That I May Dwell among Them

Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative Gary A. Anderson

What does Israel’s tabernacle mean for Christians today?

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The Tabernacle Narrative comprises passages in Exodus and Leviticus that detail the construction, furnishing, and liturgical use of the tabernacle. Gary Anderson shows how these passages shed light on indwelling and atonement both in ancient Israel’s theology and in Christian theology. God’s “indwelling” in the tabernacle offers a unique witness to the nature of incarnation, supplementing the story told in the gospels. Likewise, analysis of the purpose of sacrifice at the tabernacle deepens our understanding of Christ’s passion. Far from connoting penal substitution, sacrifice in the Old Testament demonstrates self-emptying as an antidote to sin. Theologians, pastors, and serious readers of the Bible will appreciate how Anderson’s canonical and literary analysis of the Tabernacle Narrative illuminates Christian theology.

Gary A. Anderson is Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Thought at the University of Notre Dame. His previous books include Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition; Sin: A History; and Christian Doctrine and the Old Testament: Theology in the Service of Biblical Exegesis.

“While careful and scholarly, Anderson’s prose is accessible and clear, and his book will be appreciated by clergy or scholars who wish to return ad fontes to enrich their study and contemplation of some of the core themes of the Christian faith.”

—The Living Church

“God’s presence in the temple and the meaning of the sacrifices offered there are among the most misunderstood, misrepresented, or neglected elements of biblical religion— and yet, as this extraordinarily perceptive, lucidly written, and well-argued book demonstrates, they are essential to understanding the Bible. Anyone interested in biblical theology would do well to ponder both the fascinating literary connections Anderson draws and the profound religious insights he develops.”

—Jon D. Levenson Harvard University

The Incomparable God

Readings in Biblical Theology

“My

Brent A. Strawn

Edited by Collin Cornell and M. Justin Walker

Lord! There is no one like you among the gods!”

That God is unlike anyone or anything else is a truth lodged deep within Christian Scripture. In The Incomparable God, Old Testament scholar Brent A. Strawn offers thoughtful insight into this theological mystery. This volume collects eighteen of Strawn’s most provocative essays on the nature of God, several of which are published for the first time here. Encompassing close readings of Scripture, biblical-theological argument, and considerations of praxis, The Incomparable God is essential reading for Old Testament scholars and students.

Brent A. Strawn is D. Moody Smith Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and professor of law at Duke University. He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Collin Cornell is assistant professor of Bible and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. M. Justin Walker is assistant professor of Old Testament and Christian ministry at Lee University.

The Destruction of the Canaanites

God, Genocide, and Biblical Interpretation Charlie Trimm

How can a good God command genocide?

In this short, accessible offering, Charlie Trimm provides the resources needed to make sense of one of the Bible’s most difficult ethical problems—the Israelite destruction of the Canaanites in the Old Testament. After surveying important background issues, Trimm explores four approaches to reconciling biblical violence: reevaluating either God, the Old Testament, the interpretation of the Old Testament, or the nature of the violence itself.

Charlie Trimm is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He is the coauthor, with Brittany Kim, of Understanding Old Testament Theology and the author of Fighting for the King and the Gods: A Survey of Warfare in the Ancient Near East and “YHWH Fights for Them!”: The Divine Warrior in the Exodus Narrative.

978-0-8028-7962-2 • 136 Pages • Paperback

Old Testament

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God’s Righteousness and Justice in the Old Testament

Jože

Krašovec

A semantic study of God’s righteousness and justice in the Hebrew Bible that draws exegetical, theological, and philosophical conclusions about the character of God and God’s relationship with humanity

Jože Krašovec undertakes the present study to put semantics into dialogue with exegesis and theology to investigate exactly how God’s righteousness and justice should be understood in the Old Testament. In the first part of the book, Krašovec analyzes occurrences of the Hebrew root sdq (meaning righteous) and synonyms, working systematically through the entire Old Testament canon. In the second part, he builds off this lexical study with a more broadly exegetical, theological, and philosophical exploration of guilt, punishment, mercy, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

Jože Krašovec is professor of biblical studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. A former president of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Krašovec is the author of numerous monographic studies and articles published in Slovene, English, German, French, and other languages.

Warrior, King, Servant, Savior

Messianism in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Texts Torleif Elgvin

An exegetical and diachronic survey of messianic texts from the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition up through the first millennium CE Warrior, King, Servant, Savior is an exegetical and diachronic survey of messianic texts from the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition up through the first millennium CE that maintains close dialogue with relevant historical research and archaeological insights. Internationally respected biblical scholar Torleif Elgvin recounts the development and impact of messianism, from ancient Israel through the Hasmonean era and the rabbinic period, with rich chapters exploring messianic expectations in the Northern Kingdom, postexilic Judah, and Qumran, among other contexts. For this multifaceted topic—of marked interest to Jews, Christians, and secular historians of religion alike—Elgvin’s handbook is the essential and definitive guide.

Torleif Elgvin is professor emeritus of biblical and Jewish studies at NLA University College, Oslo. With a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Elgvin has been involved in the official publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls since 1992. His other books include Gleanings from the Caves, a publication of scroll fragments and artifacts from the Judean Desert in the Oslo-based Schøyen Collection, and a groundbreaking book on the Song of Songs, The Literary Growth of the Song of Songs during the Hasmonean and Early-Herodian Periods.

978-0-8028-7818-2 • 383 Pages • Hardcover $44.99 US • $60.99 CAN • £ 36.99 UK

Introductions to the Old Testament and Early Judaism

Old Testament Survey second edition

The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament

978-0-8028-8250-9

William Sanford LaSor

David Allan Hubbard

Frederic William Bush

This textbook introduces students to the content, form, and background of the Old Testament, covering both linguisticliterary and social-historical matters. Authored by three beloved Fuller Seminary professors, this second edition of Old Testament Survey was updated in 1996 and is an evangelical classic.

Introducing the Old Testament

Robert L. Hubbard Jr. and J. Andrew Dearman

In this up-to-date, student-friendly text, Robert Hubbard and J. Andrew Dearman bring decades of scholarly study and classroom experience to bear as they introduce readers to the context, composition, and message of the Old Testament.

An Introduction to Early Judaism

second edition

978-0-8028-8016-1

James C. VanderKam

Based on the best archaeological research, this volume explores the history of Judaism during the Second Temple period (516 BCE–70 CE), describing the body of Jewish literature written during these centuries and the most important groups, institutions, and practices of the time.

The Apocalyptic Imagination

third edition

An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature

978-0-8028-7279-1

John J. Collins

One of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written, The Apocalyptic Imagination by John J. Collins has served for over thirty years as a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre.

Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinthians

Paul, Stoicism, and Spiritual Hierarchy

Timothy A. Brookins

A bold new reading of 1 Corinthians in light of Greco-Roman philosophy

Timothy A. Brookins unsettles common assumptions about the Corinthian conflict in this innovative monograph. Brookins’s exegesis of 1 Corinthians 1–4 shows that the Corinthian problem had roots in Stoicism rather than sophistry, as scholars have often assumed. His skillful analysis provides much-needed clarity on the context of a major epistle and on Pauline theology more broadly.

Timothy A. Brookins is professor of early Christianity at Houston Christian University. His previous books include Corinthian Wisdom, Stoic Philosophy, and the Ancient Economy and Reading 1 Corinthians

“Timothy Brookins makes his most robust case yet for the ‘Stoic thesis’ to explain the situation and the habitus reflected in 1 Corinthians 1–4 and thus, essentially, the rest of the letter. All who are seriously interested in 1 Corinthians must wrestle with his detailed exegesis and with his comprehensive proposal concerning the Christ-believing, ‘sub-Stoic school’ of the wise and spiritual in Corinth—its identity, origin, convictions, and relation to Paul.”

—Michael J. Gorman

St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore

Paul and Imperial Divine Honors

Christ, Caesar, and the Gospel

D. Clint Burnett Foreword by Pheme Perkins

How did the imperial cult affect Christians in the Roman Empire?

D. Clint Burnett examines copious evidence—literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological—to reconstruct Christian engagement with imperial cultic activity in the Roman Empire. Examining imperial divine honors in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Corinth, Burnett argues that early Christianity was not specifically antigovernment but more broadly countercultural, and that responses to this stance ranged from conflict to apathy. Burnett’s compelling argument adds much-needed nuance to common scholarly narratives about the first Christians’ relationship with the Roman Empire.

D. Clint Burnett is an independent scholar with research interests in early Christianity and Greco-Roman material culture. He holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from Boston College. His previous books include Studying the New Testament through Inscriptions: An Introduction and Christ’s Enthronement at God’s Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context.

“Imperial divine honors were everywhere in the Roman empire, but Burnett demonstrates that they were not everywhere the same. Burnett’s meticulous research is crucial for scholars like me who are prone towards overgeneralizations. He corrects common misconceptions about the Roman imperial cult with the precision accuracy of a surgeon, but also a good surgeon’s grace and gentleness. Clergy will benefit from Burnett’s broad insights, scholars from his encyclopedic knowledge.”

—Nijay K. Gupta Northern Seminary

978-0-8028-7257-9

New Testament

Gospel Media

Reading, Writing, and Circulating Jesus Traditions

Nicholas A. Elder

Contextualizing the gospels in ancient Greco-Roman media practices

Nicholas Elder updates our knowledge of the gospels’ media contexts in this myth-busting academic study. Carefully combing through Greco-Roman primary sources, he exposes what we take for granted about ancient reading cultures and offers new and better ways to understand the gospels.

Nicholas A. Elder is assistant professor of New Testament at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He is also the author of The Media Matrix of Early Jewish and Christian Narrative.

“Drawing upon the best recent scholarship, modern literary and critical theory, a wide array of ancient textual sources, and both common sense and statistical analysis, Elder ‘colorizes’ our sense of ancient gospel tradition within the world of ancient Mediterranean media, ably navigating its rich diversity. Gospel Media is an excellent book that builds on a cresting wave of scholarship on ancient media—reading, writing, textuality, and publication—in relation to gospel tradition and looks to synthesize a new paradigm that is to be taken seriously by future generations of scholars of the gospels and of ancient media more generally.”

—Matthew D. C. Larsen University of Copenhagen

Vivid Rhetoric and Visual Persuasion

Ekphrasis in Early Christian Literature

Edited by Meghan Henning and Nils Neumann

A major scholarly collaboration exploring vivid visual rhetoric in the New Testament

In this landmark collection, leading New Testament scholars come together to probe the purpose and import of ekphrasis in early Christian literature. Their essays cover vivid visual description in the gospels, epistles, Revelation, early martyr literature, and more in their historical contexts. Vivid Rhetoric and Visual Persuasion is a must-read for scholars of early Christianity and rhetorical criticism.

Meghan Henning is associate professor of Christian origins at the University of Dayton. Her previous books include Educating Early Christians through the Rhetoric of Hell and Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christianity.

Nils Neumann is professor of biblical theology at Leibniz University Hannover. His previous books include Armut und Reichtum im Lukasevangelium und in der kynischen Philosophie and Lukas und Menippos

“Henning and Neumann have assembled a stellar cast of contributors to illuminate the use of ekphrasis in the New Testament and other early Christian literature. With attention to reception history, the methods and criteria for identifying vivid visual rhetoric, and exegetical nuances, the essays in this volume not only describe the state of research but also significantly advance the study of ekphrasis in ancient Christian texts. I am not aware of another volume quite like this!”

—Christopher W. Skinner Loyola University Chicago

AUGUST 2024

978-0-8028-8274-5 • 384 Pages • Hardcover

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Studies in Luke, Acts, and Paul

C. Kavin Rowe’s keenest essays on Luke, Acts, and Paul, collected into one volume

How should scholars undertake New Testament interpretation? C. Kavin Rowe unfolds a careful, multidisciplinary approach across fifteen of his most incisive articles and chapters. Focusing on Luke, Acts, and Paul’s letters, this authoritative collection exemplifies how to enrich exegesis through historical inquiry, philosophical reasoning, and theological reflection. This volume is an indispensable addition to the libraries of scholars, students, and serious readers of Scripture alike.

C. Kavin Rowe is the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament and vice dean for faculty at Duke Divinity School. His previous books include Early Narrative Christology, World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the GraecoRoman Age, Leading Christian Communities, and Method, Context, and Meaning in New Testament Studies

Method, Context, and Meaning in New Testament Studies

C. Kavin Rowe

A masterful collection of essays in New Testament studies connecting Scripture, theology, and human life

What is the purpose of studying the New Testament, and how is it best approached? Esteemed professor C. Kavin Rowe explores these questions in sixteen incisive essays. With their interdisciplinary approach and relevance to human life, these essays show a holistic approach to New Testament studies. Scholars and students will be challenged by Rowe’s bold and insightful scholarship.

C. Kavin Rowe

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Christmaker

A Life of John the Baptist

James F. McGrath

Meet the real John the Baptist

For many, John the Baptist is a footnote in the gospels—Jesus’s unkempt forerunner. But if we look closer, John emerges as a fascinating and influential religious leader in his own right.

James F. McGrath turns his critical eye to overlooked details in Scripture and long-neglected sources to flesh out John’s life story and his far-reaching influence on the history of religion. This fresh look at the life of John the Baptist will fascinate any reader interested in John, Jesus, and their dynamic world.

James F. McGrath is Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University.

John of History, Baptist of Faith

The Quest for the Historical Baptizer

James F. McGrath

A groundbreaking historical-critical study of John the Baptist

The first study of its kind, this book sheds light on the historical John the Baptist and his world. James F. McGrath applies historical-critical methodology not only to the New Testament but also to the Mandaean Book of John, a holy text of the last extant gnostic sect. Bold in its claims yet careful in its methodology, McGrath’s pioneering monograph lends fresh insight into John, Jesus, and their world.

OCTOBER 2024

978-0-8028-8399-5 • 486 Pages • Hardcover $59.99 US • $80.99 CAN • £47.99 UK

Paul the Storyteller

A Narratological Approach

An incisive study of Paul’s use of stories and narratives in his letters

Paul is often thought of as a crafter of numerous and complex arguments, but some scholars, such as N. T. Wright and Richard Hays, have claimed that narratives are vitally important in his letters. Through careful examination of the texts, Christoph Heilig demonstrates that Paul is indeed a talented teller of stories— not only explicit narratives but also implicit stories. Students and scholars of the New Testament will welcome Heilig’s expert guidance through a hotly debated area of Pauline studies.

Christoph Heilig leads a research group at the University of Munich that focuses on the intersection between literary studies and biblical exegesis. His books include The Apostle and the Empire, Paul’s Triumph, and Hidden Criticism. His previous book on narratives in Paul (Paulus als Erzähler?) received a Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise.

Christoph Heilig

Trust in Atonement

God, Creation, and Reconciliation

Teresa Morgan

Teresa Morgan argues for understanding atonement as the restoration of trust between God and humanity through the trust and trustworthiness of Jesus Christ

Weaving together exegesis and theology, sociology and psychology, Morgan shows how trust saves both the sinful and the suffering. She also illuminates the role of trust in forgiveness and reconciliation between human beings. Students and scholars of the New Testament will find Morgan’s argument a welcome challenge to both classical and current leading frameworks of atonement.

Teresa Morgan is the McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale Divinity School.

Remarriage in Early Christianity

Against the grain of scholarly consensus,

A. Andrew Das argues that early Christians did not approve of remarriage after divorce

Das covers contemporary Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, the Gospels, Paul’s epistles, and ante-Nicene interpretation, seeking an exegetically sound answer to the question of remarriage. This bold study will challenge scholars and enlighten any Christian concerned with what Scripture has to say on this perennially relevant topic.

A. Andrew Das is the Niebuhr Distinguished Chair and professor of religious studies at Elmhurst University. He is the author or editor of over ten books in biblical studies, including Scriptures, Texts, and Tracings in 2 Corinthians and Philippians and Paul and the Stories of Israel: The Grand Thematic Narratives of Galatians.

A. Andrew Das

Biblical Studies and History of Interpretation

SEPTEMBER 2024

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The Future of Catholic Biblical Interpretation

Marie-Joseph Lagrange

and Beyond

Edited by James B. Prothro and Isaac Augustine Morales, OP

Notable Catholic interpreters of Scripture discern the guiding values of biblical interpretation at the brink of a new era for the church

What does the future of Catholic biblical interpretation look like? This volume collects essays by some of the most influential voices in Catholic biblical scholarship today. Covering a variety of topics, from the Old Testament to the New Testament and biblical theology, the essays are united by a common goal: to hear the word of God and proclaim and apply it within the church. Featuring diverse and authentically Catholic perspectives, The Future of Catholic Biblical Interpretation represents fresh purpose and direction for the church’s long and fruitful tradition of exegesis.

James B. Prothro is assistant professor of theology and sacred Scripture at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology.

Isaac Augustine Morales, OP is associate professor of theology at Providence College.

The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus

Edited by James Crossley and Chris Keith

The next generation of scholars charts new paths for continuing the quest for Jesus of Nazareth

After a decade of stagnation in the study of the historical Jesus, James Crossley and Chris Keith have assembled an international team of scholars to envision the quest anew. The contributors offer new perspectives and fresh methods for reengaging the question of the historical Jesus. Important, timely, and fascinating, The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus is a must read for anyone seeking to understand Jesus of Nazareth.

Chris Keith is research professor of New Testament and early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.

James Crossley is research professor in Bible, society, and politics at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.

Jesus and His Promised Second Coming

Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins

Tucker S. Ferda Foreword by Dale C. Allison Jr.

Most critical scholars take for granted that Jesus’s second coming was invented by his early followers. In Jesus and His Promised Second Coming, Tucker S. Ferda challenges this consensus. Ferda works backward through reception history to argue that the hope for the second coming originated in Jesus’s own grappling with the prospect of death and his conviction that the kingdom was near; he expected a return that would coincide with the final judgment and the end of the age within the space of a generation. Ferda’s bold and historically astute study breathes new life into a long-stagnant conversation.

Tucker S. Ferda is assistant professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

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Jesus and Divine Christology

Brant Pitre

Since the beginning of the quest for the historical Jesus, scholars have dismissed the idea that Jesus could have identified himself as God. Brant Pitre challenges this widespread assumption and makes a robust historical case that Jesus did consider himself divine. Carefully explicating the Gospels in the context of Second Temple Judaism, Pitre shows how Jesus used riddles, questions, and scriptural allusions to reveal the apocalyptic secret of his divinity. Ultimately, Pitre argues that the origins of early high Christology can be traced to the historical Jesus’s words and actions. Scholars and students of the New Testament—and anyone curious about the Jewish context of early Christianity—will find Pitre’s argument a necessary and provocative corrective to a critically underexamined topic.

Brant Pitre is Distinguished Research Professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology. He has authored numerous books, including Paul, a New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology and Jesus and the Last Supper

The

Trials

of Jesus

Evidence, Conclusions, and Aftermath

Paul Barnett

The Gospels describe a complex chain of events from Jesus’s arrest to his crucifixion—interrogations from multiple high priests, a confrontation with Herod the Tetrarch, and finally Pontius Pilate’s unusual hesitancy leading to Jesus’s execution. Paul Barnett sheds new light on this crucial narrative, filling readers in on the four hundred years of history and geopolitics between Malachi and Matthew. With rich context and expert storytelling, The Trials of Jesus will intrigue and enlighten any serious reader of Scripture.

Paul Barnett is a New Testament scholar and Australian Anglican bishop. An expert in historical Jesus studies, he is also the author of Is the New Testament History? and the New International Commentary on the New Testament volume on 2 Corinthians.

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Scripture, the Genesis of Doctrine

Vol. 1 of Doctrine and Scripture in Early Christianity

Frances M. Young Foreword by David F. Ford

How did we get from Scripture to creed?

The first of two volumes exploring the emergence of doctrine in the early church, Scripture, the Genesis of Doctrine reframes the relationship between Scripture and Christian doctrine according to the intellectual context of the first few centuries CE. Frances M. Young situates the early Christians’ biblical hermeneutic within the context of GrecoRoman learning without espousing historical relativism. Ultimately, Young argues that the scriptural canon and the rule of faith emerged concurrently in the early Church, and both were received as apostolic. The perceived gap between the two may in fact be the product of our modern assumptions rather than an ancient reality. Nuanced and ecumenical, Young’s magisterial study holds widespread implications for not only patristics but also exegesis and systematic theology.

Frances M. Young is emeritus professor of theology at the University of Birmingham and a fellow of the British Academy.

“A masterful treatment of the interdependent relationship between Scripture and doctrine by a virtuoso of theology. Drawing upon decades of research into the ways in which exegetical practices and theological reflection developed in the early centuries, and occasionally revising earlier positions, Frances Young shows how the modern chasm between the two may be bridged, so opening a way, by a ‘postmodern turn,’ to a reinvigorated doctrinal reading of Scripture as a whole centered upon Christ.”

—John Behr University of Aberdeen

Scripture in Doctrinal Dispute

Vol. 2 of Doctrine and Scripture in Early Christianity

Frances M. Young Foreword by David F. Ford

Though widely accepted by Christians since the fifth century, the Trinity and the two natures of Christ seem to be unfounded in historical interpretations of Scripture. Frances M. Young tackles this apparent disconnect in a culmination of decades of biblical and patristic research. The second of two volumes, Scripture in Doctrinal Dispute illuminates the role of biblical hermeneutics in the debates that forged Christian dogma on the nature of God—in the well-known councils of the fourth century and beyond. This magisterial study holds widespread implications for not only patristics but also exegesis and systematic theology.

Shaman and Sage

The Roots of “Spiritual but Not Religious” in Antiquity

Michael Horton

The first volume of Michael Horton’s magisterial intellectual history of “spiritual but not religious” as a phenomenon in Western culture

In the first volume of his magisterial intellectual history, Michael Horton locates the roots of the contemporary “spiritual but not religious” movement in pre-Socratic antecedents of Platonism. Horton makes the case that the Orphic shaman represented a “divine self” that seeks to break free from physicality and become one with a panentheistic unity. Belief in divinity hiding in nature arose as an alternative to monotheism periodically throughout Western history. Horton’s sweeping three-volume set will be the authoritative work students and scholars consult to understand the “spiritual but not religious” tendency as a recurring theme in Western culture from antiquity to the present.

Michael Horton is J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California.

“Michael Horton illuminates our contemporary spiritual restlessness by examining its earliest roots in Western antiquity. Certain to become the authoritative history of our ageold quest to encounter ‘the divine self,’ Shaman and Sage explains how the most creative moments in our collective spiritual journeys did not come through contrite obedience to a power ruling from above. They emerged instead from the hunger to experience a power pulsing from within.”

—Robert C. Fuller author of Spiritual but Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America

Divine Generosity

The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology

Richard J. Mouw

A brief, accessible inquiry into the wideness of God’s mercy in Reformed theology

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How broad is the scope of salvation? To explore this topic, Richard J. Mouw draws on Scripture and a rich heritage of Calvinist theology. Mouw explains how Christians can affirm God’s justice while holding hope for the wideness of his saving mercy. For Reformed pastors, Divine Generosity serves as a biblically based, doctrinally sound guide to pressing questions about salvation.

Richard J. Mouw is the former president of Fuller Theological Seminary and former director of the Institute of Faith and Public Life. He has authored over twenty books and served as an editor of Reformed Journal.

“Will there be few who are saved? Richard Mouw opens the reader’s eyes to a Calvinism guided by a spirit of generosity. Or more precisely, to a God whose sovereignty and electing grace consist in a breathtaking salvific generosity.”

—Cornelis van der Kooi distinguished lecturer at Erasmus University, Rotterdam

“Here, as always, Mouw is thoughtful, gracious, and genuinely illuminating. He writes with an appealing reverence for God and respect for humanity. Warmly recommended!”

—Cornelius Plantinga senior research fellow in the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Gospel as Work of Art

Imaginative Truth and the Open Text

David Brown

A lushly illustrated, exploration of the imaginative truth of the gospel

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“In this beautifully illustrated and ambitious volume, David Brown convincingly argues that ‘reading’ the gospel through visual images indicates the inventive and imaginative nature of the gospel writers. Theologians, biblical historians, and art historians are challenged to consider this premise and rediscover the interconnectivity of word and image for today’s academic and Christian communities.”

—Heidi

J. Hornik, Baylor University

The legacy of the Enlightenment favors historical and empirical inquiry above all other methods for searching for truth. But this assumption constrains our theological explorations. Though the historicity of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection is important, it is not the only thing that matters. David Brown challenges us to expand our understanding of the gospel past source criticism and historical Jesus studies to include works of imagination. Reading Scripture in tandem with works of art throughout the centuries, Brown reenvisions the gospel as an open text. Scholars of theology and biblical studies, freed from literalism, will find new avenues of revelation in Gospel as Work of Art. This volume includes over one hundred color illustrations.

David Brown FRSE, FBA is an Anglican priest and British scholar of philosophy, theology, religion, and the arts. He has taught at the universities of Oxford, Durham, and St. Andrews.

“This is a big book with big ideas . . . Anyone interested in Christian theology—in what it has been and what it might become—must ponder Brown’s wide-ranging, historically learned, beautifully illustrated, thoughtprovoking pages. Even the most erudite will find an education here.”

—Dale C. Allison Jr. Princeton Theological Seminary

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The Disappearance of Ethics

The Gifford Lectures Oliver O’Donovan

The capstone lectures of esteemed ethicist Oliver O’Donovan

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Esteemed ethicist Oliver O’Donovan discusses the future of his field in The Disappearance of Ethics. Based on the 2021 Gifford Lectures, this book contends that contemporary ethics has lost its object (good), frontier (time), and agent (person). To recover the heart of ethics, O’Donovan integrates theological concepts such as creation, divine law, and justification to generate “existential wonder.” With characteristic warmth and scholarly precision, O’Donovan reinvigorates ethical argument with theological insight. Scholars and students of Christian ethics will find his capstone lectures equal parts provocative and inspiring.

Oliver O’Donovan is a fellow of the British Academy and professor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical theology at the University of Edinburgh. His other books include The Desire of the Nations, The Ways of Judgment, and Resurrection and Moral Order

“Characteristically wise, perceptive and learned, Oliver O’Donovan’s Gifford Lectures make a powerful case for a renewal of moral deliberation and reasoning in our time. Generated in the midst of lockdown, his reflections make a persuasive case for an ethical vision that is both rooted in context and shaped by our theological traditions.”

—David Fergusson University of Cambridge

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Biblical Theology

Essays Exegetical, Cultural, and Homiletical

C. Clifton

Black

Biblical Theology collects thirty of esteemed scholar Clifton Black’s essays in New Testament studies. Including four previously unpublished essays, these chapters cover a range of topics, from broadly conceptual, like defining biblical and New Testament theology, to more focused, like the meaning of death in the Letter to the Romans. Included also are shorter meditations on the intersections of popular culture and theology as well as homilies. Black’s keen mind and pastoral heart will inform and charm scholarly and lay readers alike.

C. Clifton Black is the Otto A. Piper Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary (1999–2024). He is an ordained elder in the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church and past president of the American Theological Society (2022–2023). He has written, edited, or collaborated on twenty books and has published more than two hundred essays, articles, and reviews.

Theopoetics in Color

Embodied Approaches in Theological Discourse

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein and Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch Foreword by Cláudio Carvalhaes

In this groundbreaking volume, a diverse team of theologians unlocks the liberative potential of theopoetics. Featuring unconventional and artistic forms of religious reflection, this collection shows how theology can become accessible when it reflects the experiences of marginalized people and communities. Scholars and students of theology and the arts will discover inspiring new methodologies and fresh ideas in these pages.

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein is a Nigerian American creative and scholastic writer who teaches constructive theology and ethics as well as Black religious traditions at Brite Divinity School.

Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch is a womanist play facilitator and educator who teaches Christian education at Union Presbyterian Seminary.

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Imitating Christ

The Disputed Character of Christian Discipleship Luke Timothy Johnson

There’s a rift among Christians on a question central to our identity: what does it mean to imitate Jesus? For centuries, following Christ meant seeking personal sanctification. But for many Christians today, discipleship means working on behalf of the oppressed. Esteemed New Testament scholar Luke Timothy Johnson surveys devotional literature throughout history to seek the roots of this fissure. Drawing also on own his keen exegetical insights, he then puts forward a vision of discipleship that could revitalize Christian witness in the world today. Imitating Christ will inspire pastors and lay readers alike to rediscover our rich spiritual heritage.

Luke Timothy Johnson is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He won the 2011 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity. Johnson’s many other books include The Revelatory Body; Brother of Jesus, Friend of God; The Writings of the New Testament; and the two-volume work The Canonical Paul

Church and Ministry

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Gone for Good?

Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition

Edited

by Mark Elsdon Foreword by Willie James Jennings

Is your church facing the difficult decision to sell property?

This collection of essays sheds light on how church communities can transform their property to serve their neighborhoods. Mark Elsdon marshals a diverse team of pastors, scholars, developers, and urban planners to explore the spiritual and practical aspects of church property transition. Congregations and cities can take steps now to ensure a legacy directed toward communal good rather than private interests. Gone for Good? will be an invaluable guide in navigating these radical shifts in church life and ministry.

Mark Elsdon lives and works at the intersection of money and meaning as an entrepreneur, nonprofit executive, and speaker. He is the author of We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry. Mark holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Wisconsin School of Business. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his family.

Eight Million Exiles

Missional Action Research and the Crisis of Forced Migration

Christopher M. Hays Foreword by Robert Chao Romero

How researchers used Missional Action Research to make a real difference for displaced persons in Colombia

Christopher M. Hays explains how theologians, social scientists, pastors, and local partners combined efforts to support internally displaced persons in Colombia. The team’s Faith and Displacement project holistically addressed the mental health, economic empowerment, and spiritual care of survivors. Weaving survivors’ firsthand testimony with interdisciplinary theology, Eight Million Exiles offers a model for how to put academic research to use to serve those in need.

Christopher M. Hays is president of Scholar Leaders, a ministry dedicated to cultivating theological leaders from around the globe. He holds a PhD in New Testament studies from the University of Oxford. For eight years, he taught New Testament studies at the Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia in Medellín, where he also directed the Faith and Displacement project.

Word Made Fresh

An Invitation to Poetry for the Church

Abram Van Engen Foreword by Shane McCrae

Have you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?

In these joyful and wise reflections, Abram Van Engen shows readers how poetry is for everyone—and how it can reinvigorate our Christian faith. Intertwining close readings with personal storytelling, Van Engen explains how and why to read poems as a spiritual practice. Including dozens of poems from diverse authors, Word Made Fresh will inspire curious and thoughtful readers to see God and God’s creation in surprising new ways.

Abram Van Engen is Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities and chair of the English Department at Washington University in St. Louis. His other books include Sympathetic Puritans and City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism. Passionate about teaching poetry to a wider audience, he also hosts the podcast Poetry for All and directs the Carver Project, a Christian nonprofit that aims to connect university, church, and society.

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Wayfaring

A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care

A

Warren Kinghorn

Foreword by John Swinton

theologically and scientifically engaged

exploration of modern mental health care

As a theologian and practicing psychiatrist, Warren Kinghorn shares a Christian vision of accompanying those facing mental health challenges. Kinghorn reviews the successes and limitations of modern mental health care before offering an alternative paradigm of healing. Drawing on scientific evidence and the theology of Thomas Aquinas, Kinghorn reframes our understanding of mental health care from fixing machines to attending fellow wayfarers on the way to the Lord’s feast. With gentle guidance and practical suggestions, Wayfaring is an essential resource for pastors and practitioners as well as for Christians who seek mental health care.

Warren Kinghorn is a psychiatrist and theological ethicist whose work centers on the role of religious communities in caring for persons with mental health problems and on how Christians engage practices of modern health care. Jointly appointed to the faculties of Duke Divinity School and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Duke University Medical Center, he is codirector of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and practices psychiatry at the Durham VA Medical Center.

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Church and Ministry

The Good News of Church Politics Ross Kane

Rethinking politics in the light of God

Ross Kane has good news: church politics doesn’t have to be frustrating. In fact, it can even become a spiritual practice. From community service to advocacy, congregations can practice politics in ways that embrace our loving interdependence as members of the body of Christ. Church leaders, whether lay or clerical, will find The Good News of Church Politics an uplifting guide to modeling God’s reign in our world by loving our neighbors.

Ross Kane teaches theology and ethics at Virginia Theological Seminary, where he also directs their doctoral programs.

“Ross Kane offers a new way of looking at politics, as another form of human interdependence through which we can prayerfully and intentionally live out the Way of Love and make a difference in our world. This is an important work of reimagining that is needed in this deeply divided age.”

—Michael B. Curry presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church

“Ross Kane rightly speaks about how politics should be good news for the church. This helpful, concise book redeems the language and practice of politics in the life of the church.”

—Wes Granberg-Michaelson general secretary emeritus of the Reformed Church in America SEE ALSO

Inclusivity and Institutional Change in Education

A Theologian’s Journey

Colleen Mary Mallon, OP

Do you want to implement diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at your institution, but you don’t know where to start?

In this candid volume, Sr. Colleen Mary Mallon reflects on the challenges of implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at a predominantly white Catholic secondary school. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, her school was forced to reckon with its complicity in white supremacy. She shares how educating faculty, staff, administrators, and parents in Catholic Social Teaching equipped them to bring their actions—and the culture of the school—into alignment with their professed values. With its wealth of practical insights and discussion questions, Inclusivity and Institutional Change in Education will guide readers in effecting cultural change in their own institutions.

Colleen Mary Mallon, OP is a theologian, educator, and animator of mission formation. She holds a PhD in systematic and philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union and has taught systematic theology at the university level. She currently serves as a director of adult mission formation for the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose.

Faith and Life

Making Room

25th Anniversary Edition

Recovering

Hospitality as a Christian Tradition Christine D. Pohl

Hospitality is crucial to Christian ministry

Featuring a new preface and afterword by the author, this revitalized edition of Making Room introduces the theology of hospitality to a new generation. Christine Pohl combines rich biblical and historical research with experience in Christian communities, including the Catholic Worker, L’Abri, Good Works, Inc., and others. Readers will find a wealth of wisdom to revive authentic hospitality in their ministry.

Christine D. Pohl (1950–2023) was professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Asbury Theological Seminary. She authored numerous articles and books, most notably Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us and (with Keith Wasserman) Good Works: Hospitality and Faithful Discipleship.

“In a time in which many scholarly works are both hastily written and of dubious significance, Christine Pohl’s fine work on hospitality is quite the opposite on both counts. It will stand as the benchmark work on this subject for a long time to come. This is a work in ethical archaeology. Pohl digs through the centuries’ layers and discovers hospitality as a way of living out the Gospel that was once central to Christian experience but for several centuries has been marginalized. She argues convincingly that the church needs to recover the practice of hospitality, not only because it meets the needs of the poor but also for the church’s own sake.”

—David

P. Gushee in The Asbury Theological Journal

The Wise Leader

Leading and mentoring begins with wisdom

Chi

Foreword by Mark Labberton

Those leading or mentoring others, either as businesspeople or pastors, must rely on wisdom’s guidance to lead with purpose and meaning. With insights gleaned from Scripture and decades of leadership experience, Uli Chi helps readers build this crucial foundation. Full of substantive and practical reflections, The Wise Leader both forms young leaders and teaches experienced leaders how to pass on the torch meaningfully.

Uli Chi has spent his life practicing leadership in the intersection of for-profit and nonprofit businesses, the theological academy, and the local church. Chi serves as board chair of the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health System. He is vice chair and senior fellow at the De Pree Center and a fellow at the Center for Faithful Business at Seattle Pacific University. Chi serves on the faculty for Regent College’s MA in leadership, theology, and society.

“In this era with far too many examples of toxic leadership, The Wise Leader provides a very welcome and much needed antidote. I enthusiastically recommend this book to all who desire to serve more wisely and love more deeply.”

—Scott Hardman chairman of Alexander Hutton, Inc.

“An outstanding book about what it means to be a wise leader, written by someone who demonstrates personal and mutual leadership to his colleagues and friends.”

—Scott GriFFin

retired CIO of the Boeing Company and chief strategist of ProBonoPublico

Uli

Faith and Life

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Being Here

Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love Pádraig Ó Tuama

“What is prayer? It’s not a passport to heaven. If anything, it’s a way of seeing here, a way of being here.”

In Being Here, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares 31 collects crafted to invite readers into deeper engagement with their world. Presented alongside Scripture and illuminating literary texts, this collection of prayers and essays provides spiritual wayfarers a place to both rest and grow their capacity for curiosity, justice, and love.

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish poet and theologian best known for hosting the Poetry Unbound podcast from On Being. His recent books include Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World and Feed the Beast

“Pádraig’s prayers balance precision, spaciousness, heart, humor, doubt, and devotion in a way that feels at once impossible and also desperately needed. I am in love with his unsentimental orientation to the holy.”

—Nadia Bolz-Weber author of Accidental Saints

“Ó Tuama recalibrates the language of liturgy in a way that both contains and re-energizes ancient spiritual practices. Never have I been so grateful for—and enchanted with—the collect as a poetic form. I predict Being Here will become a classic of devotional literature.”

—Jamie Quatro author of Fire Sermon

Beauty Is Oxygen

Finding a Faith That Breathes

Wesley Vander Lugt Foreword by Sho Baraka

Beauty is oxygen because it comes from the lungs of God

Isolating individualism, rank injustice, and everyday monotony threaten to suffocate our souls. But Wesley Vander Lugt shows how beauty can breathe life back into us. Written in a graceful cadence that invites readers to turn these pages slowly, Beauty Is Oxygen weaves together theological reflection, poetry, cultural criticism, and Scripture. Throughout, Vander Lugt shows how beauty can break us out of self-centered malaise, promote healing and hope for our broken world, and reenchant our lives.

Wesley Vander Lugt teaches theology and directs the Leighton Ford Center for Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has also served as lead pastor of Warehouse 242 in Charlotte and theologian in residence at First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa.

Holy Hell

A Case against Eternal Damnation Derek Ryan Kubilus

Derek Ryan Kubilus thinks most Christians have hell all wrong. Arguing that eternal torture is contrary to God’s nature, Kubilus offers an alternative understanding of hell—a temporary and holy rehabilitation, reconciling all creation in Christ. Instead of preaching fear, Kubilus shares a vision for a church that serves all people with compassion, wherever they are in their journey toward Christ.

Derek Ryan Kubilus is an ordained elder serving in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is also a member of the Order of Saint Luke and an amateur podcaster. He currently serves the First United Methodist Church of Ashland, Ohio.

“We keep needing to be reminded that, instead of the God we feared we had, Jesus Christ offers us the God we didn’t know, a God who seems determined not to rule in eternity without us. Pastor Kubilus does a wonderful job of helping us discover once again the God who, though we may deserve hellish punishment, loves us in Jesus Christ so that we might let ourselves be loved eternally. A wise, funny, pastoral, vibrantly good news book. Hell? No!”

—Will Willimon professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School

Faith and Life

Humility

Rediscovering the Way of Love and Life in Christ

Michael W. Austin Foreword by David P. Gushee

Amid culture wars and church division, Michael W. Austin calls us back to the authentic Way—following Christ in humility and love

Austin guides the reader through spiritual disciplines to aid in the formation of this virtue, from praying the Psalms to building healthy communities. For Christians seeking transformative union with God, in their souls and society, Humility is the ideal companion.

Michael W. Austin is professor of philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University and senior fellow of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute. He has published twelve books, most recently QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories and God and Guns in America.

“Mike Austin’s Humility is about eternal things while very much in the present. Political polarization, social media fights, church hypocrisy—such current issues are tackled through recourse to ancient wisdom regarding humility and love. While humility and love are ‘often overlooked, undervalued, and even disregarded,’ Austin demonstrates their centrality to the Christian faith. They are cobelligerents in the up-and-down, rough-and-tumble process of becoming more Christlike, Austin points out; Jesus showed us ‘the Way’ in his own life, death, and resurrection. Readers frustrated with our current cultural and political climate will find much to gain by reading Humility. It would also be an excellent choice for small groups and book clubs.”

—Napp Nazworth executive director of the American Values Coalition

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Holy Ghosted

Spiritual Anxiety, Religious Trauma, and the Language of Abuse

Tiffany Yecke Brooks

How to recognize the tactics of spiritual abuse—and save your faith

Tiffany Yecke Brooks equips readers to understand and name tactics of spiritual abuse and manipulation. Each chapter covers a different method of control found in toxic religious communities— including legalism, indoctrination, praise, and fear—and how to identify and respond to it in a healthy way. Weaving together interviews with diverse Christians and her own experience, Brooks empowers readers to trust their intuition, seek truth fearlessly, and love God and neighbor without restraint or fear.

Tiffany Yecke Brooks is the lead or contributing author on more than two dozen books, including Gaslighted by God: Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith. A popular speaker for student groups, faith conferences, and academic lectureships, Brooks holds a PhD in American and Dramatic Literature from Florida State University. She has taught literature and writing at the university level.

“Religious trauma isn’t a fad—it’s a painful reality for an ever-increasing number of Christians. Tiffany does a beautiful job of helping readers understand what it is, why it’s so hard to recover, and where to begin your healing journey.”

—Angela Herrington founder of The Deconstructing Faith Summit

Faith and Life

Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself

Angela

J. Herrington Foreword by David Hayward

How to heal religious trauma by releasing harmful beliefs

Lively and empathetic, Angela J. Herrington shows you how to begin healing religious trauma through deconstructing your faith. This concise and actionable handbook will guide you in vulnerable exploration and help you release unhealthy beliefs that harm you and others. Begin your healing journey with Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself

Angela J. Herrington helps those deconstructing their faith heal from their religious trauma and cultivate healthy spirituality. She is a Lark’s Song Certified Life Coach and holds a BA in biblical studies from Indiana Wesleyan and an MA in leadership from Wesley Seminary

“ When I started my deconstruction process more than twenty years ago, I felt completely alone. No one was talking about this stuff, and raising a question got you dirty looks or worse! What I would have given for a guide like this one! Angela Herrington has written a comforting and beautiful balm for the soul. For all who are wrestling, wondering, and wandering in what feels like the barren wasteland of deconstruction, this is the companion for you. This guide will comfort your fears, welcome your questions, and let you know you are not alone.”

—Shannon T. L. Kearns author of In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture

Miracles for Skeptics

Encountering the Paranormal Ministry of Jesus Frank G.

Honeycutt

Are the miracle stories in the Bible actually true?

Are the miracle stories in the Bible actually true? Frank G. Honeycutt avoids literalizing or rationalizing Jesus’s miracles in Miracles for Skeptics. Drawing out the deeper truths in weird biblical incidents—from the wedding at Cana to the casting out of demons—Honeycutt shows how “unbelievable” stories can enrich the life of faith. Pastors seeking thoughtful resources and any inquisitive reader will find a wealth of pastoral insight and scriptural wisdom in Miracles for Skeptics

Frank G. Honeycutt holds a DMin in preaching from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and has over thirty years of experience in parish ministry in the Virginia and South Carolina synods of the ELCA. He is the author of several books and numerous articles in periodicals including The Living Lutheran, Journal for Preachers, and the Christian Century

“In Miracles for Skeptics, it is Frank Honeycutt’s willingness to acknowledge doubt that makes his message of faith all the more powerful. He is a gifted writer, and his words and wisdom are much needed in our troubled world.”

—Ron Rash Western Carolina University

“As a Methodist with the impulse to believe and the inclination to be skeptical, I found Miracles for Skeptics most enlightening. Frank Honeycutt instructs and delights in equal measure, enriching thought-provoking biblical commentary with his experiences as a pastor, hiker, cyclist, reader, and author.”

—Gil Allen Furman University

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Wisdom from the Witch of Endor

Four Rules for Living

Tikva Frymer-Kensky

Foreword by Adele Reinhartz

Four simple rules, amazing results—how wisdom from an overlooked biblical hero can change your life

Tikva Frymer-Kensky shows readers how a seemingly minor story in the first book of Samuel can teach them key lessons to dramatically improve their lives. A medium helps King Saul, even though he had outlawed her craft. In doing so, she shows determination, excellence, caution, and benevolence. These four qualities of the “witch” of Endor will bring you success, even when the whole world stands against you. Join Tikva as she guides you to embrace the wisdom of a little-known hero from the Bible—and see how it leads you to the life you were meant to live.

Tikva Simone Frymer-Kensky (1943–2006) was professor of Hebrew Bible and history of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She was the author of several books, including the award-winning Reading the Women of the Bible

Exploring the Paranormal

Miracles, Magic, and the Mysterious

R. Alan Streett

Foreword by James F. McGrath

A personal exploration of questions surrounding psychic healing, séances, astral projection and more

After an injury threatened his chances of signing a professional baseball contract, R. Alan Streett sought help from Olga Worrall, a world-famous psychic healer. This encounter set in motion his lifelong search for the origin and nature of psychic phenomena. Were they natural or supernatural? From God, or from the devil? Were they mentalists’ tricks, or feats of the subconscious mind? Exploring the Paranormal is a helpful guide for all who wish to understand the varied forms of spirituality that are so popular today.

R. Alan Streett is senior research professor emeritus of biblical theology at Criswell College in Dallas, Texas.

Irreverent Prayers

Talking to God When You’re Seriously Sick

Elizabeth Felicetti and Samantha Vincent-Alexander

When you’re seriously sick, you need more than psalms and sentimentality. You need to tell God how you really feel. With vulnerability and wry humor, Elizabeth Felicetti and Samantha Vincent-Alexander share the prayers they wish they had when they were ill: thanksgiving for one-size-fits-all hospital underwear, curses against Tylenol, frustrated appeals when well-wishers call you brave or inspiring. At once faithful and brutally honest, this unconventional prayerbook helps readers access a deeper relationship with God in raw times—and offers them a place of solidarity and spiritual rest.

Elizabeth Felicetti is the rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, and the author of Unexpected Abundance: The Fruitful Lives of Women without Children

Samantha Vincent-Alexander is the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and a coauthor of Grace in the Rearview Mirror

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The Power of Sharing

Stories of Hope, Love, Support, and Healing from i understand

Edited by Vonnie Woodrick Foreword by Doug Meijer

In The Power of Sharing, members of the i understand community, an organization dedicated to brain health and suicide prevention, open up about how mental illness has touched their lives. Challenging the stigma around mental health, over a dozen brave authors share their truth in these pages. Readers will find comfort and companionship in their stories of pain, difficult choices, betrayal, grief, and heartache.

Vonnie Woodrick is the founder of i understand, a nonprofit organization created in 2014 in loving memory of her husband Rob, who lost his battle with depression in 2003. Woodrick is passionate about comforting those affected by suicide and changing the conversation around mental health. She has previously been published in Woman’s World and is a monthly contributor to Women’s Lifestyle Magazine

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Letters to a Future Saint

Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry

Brad East

In these letters, a fellow pilgrim addresses future saints: the bored and the distracted, the skeptical and the curious, the young and the spiritually hungry. Interweaving Scripture, poetry, and theological writings, Letters to a Future Saint educates readers in the richness of the Christian tradition. Moreover, this earnest volume offers young people—who may be largely uninformed of the depths of faith despite having been raised in Christian homes—an invitation into the life of the church and into a deeper relationship with God.

Brad East is associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University. He is also the author of The Church: A Guide to the People of God, The Church’s Book: Theology of Scripture in Ecclesial Context, and The Doctrine of Scripture. His essays have been published in numerous academic journals as well as the Christian Century, Christianity Today, Commonweal, First Things, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Point, and more.

Religion and Society

Restorative Hope

Creating Pathways of Connection in Women’s Prisons

How theological education can engender life-giving hope for incarcerated women

Sarah F. Farmer amplifies the voices of incarcerated women as they strive for hope and agency. Incorporating artistic expression and awareness of justice, she shows how theological education can help cultivate the resilience and connection that women describe as life-giving in and after prison. Educators and theologians seeking to serve those in prison will find a wealth of firsthand perspectives and practical resources in these pages.

Sarah F. Farmer is associate director at the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Prior to that, she served as associate professor of community development and practical theology at Indiana Wesleyan University. As a practical theologian, she teaches classes in community development, faith formation, youth ministry, and transformative pedagogy. Her courses connect with local nonprofits to encourage students to serve their community.

“Restorative Hope is an unparalleled treatment of the complicated and often harsh and hopeless realities of women in and returning from prisons. Farmer carefully and critically holds together rigorous scholarly engagement and the stories of the women she interviewed. She invites all of us to hope as she centers these women’s images of hope and resilience even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and structures that were designed to render them hopeless.”

—Almeda Wright Yale Divinity School

Sarah F. Farmer

Cultural Sanctification

Engaging the World like the Early Church

How to keep faith in a culture hostile to Christianity

Stephen O. Presley

Stephen O. Presley shows us how to keep faith in a secular culture, using the early church as a model. Amid a pagan culture that regarded their faith with suspicion, early Christians founded a religious movement that transformed the ancient world. By following in their footsteps, we can sanctify our world through social witness.

Stephen O. Presley is senior fellow for religion and public life at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy and associate professor of church history at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the author of The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1–3 in Irenaeus of Lyons as well as numerous articles and essays that look to retrieve ancient wisdom for modern Christians.

“Presley helps us see an attractive, godly, and productive way forward that provides a strong remedy for the bitterness and discouragement many Christians feel today as they survey their cultural landscape.”

—David

VanDrunen Westminster Seminary California

“Erudite but clearly and engagingly written, Cultural Sanctification is informative, insightful, even inspiring, and it culminates in the Christian virtue so desperately needed today—hope.”

—Steven Smith University of San Diego

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The Concept of Woman

A Synthesis in One Volume

Sister Prudence Allen, RSM

Foreword by John C. Cavadini

A comprehensive account of women in Western thought, from ancient Greece, through the Middle Ages, to today

Surveying philosophers and theologians from ancient Greece to today, Sister Prudence Allen traces the development of integral gender complementarity—a doctrine that affirms the equal dignity of men and women and the synergetic relationship between them. This synthesis of her three-volume magnum opus is the ideal textbook for classes on gender in Catholic thought.

Sister Prudence Allen, RSM is a retired professor of philosophy at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, Colorado and professor emerita at Concordia University, Montreal. She is the author of The Concept of Woman, published in three volumes: The Aristotelian Revolution, 750 BC–AD 1250; The Early Humanist Reformation, 1250–1500; The Search for Communion of Persons, 1500–2015

This Is Going to Hurt

Following Jesus in a Divided America

Bekah McNeel Foreword by Frank Schaeffer

“If you see me at a party and I’m speaking, you need to come rescue the person I’m talking to, because they are not having a good time. Or better yet, I would like to invite you, the reader, into the corner with me to talk about the story I write over and over again: People are suffering.”

Bekah McNeel analyzes the narratives surrounding six hot-button issues—immigration, COVID, abortion, critical race theory, gun violence, and climate change. For each topic, she exposes how “us versus them” thinking leads us to turn a blind eye to injustice. She also offers an alternative perspective on each issue, based on a sensitive reading of the gospel. Humorous and insightful, This Is Going to Hurt offers a breath of fresh air for readers seeking a nuanced and authentically Christian mode of political engagement.

Bekah McNeel is a journalist, wife, and mother of two. Her work has appeared in Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, The Texas Tribune, ESPN’s The Undefeated, The Christian Science Monitor, Texas Public Radio, and elsewhere. In addition to pieces about parenting, she writes about education, immigration, and faith communities as well as the occasional op-ed calling the American evangelical church to lay down its idols of White supremacy and patriarchy.

Ministers of Propaganda

Truth, Power, and the Ideology of the Religious Right

Scott Coley exposes the inner working of the religious right’s propaganda—and how Christians can resist it

JUNE 2024

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Scott M. Coley

Scott Coley trains a critical eye on the fusion of evangelicalism and right-wing politics in Ministers of Propaganda. This timely volume unravels the propaganda and biblical prooftexting that support Christo-authoritarianism: an ideology that presses Christian theology into the service of authoritarian politics. Coley’s historically informed argument shows how the orthodoxy of the religious right is not as unchanging as its leaders would have us believe—and he explains how Christian love of neighbor can rob the propaganda of its power.

Scott M. Coley is a lecturer in philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University. His research interests include philosophy of religion, moral epistemology, and political philosophy.

“Bringing a philosophical scalpel to evangelical truth claims, Scott Coley demonstrates with devastating precision how much of what passes as ‘biblical’ can better be understood as propaganda, as the deliberate obfuscation of reality in the interest of propping up self-serving hierarchies of authority and submission. Witty, hard-hitting, and engaging, this book is for those already alarmed by evangelicals’ authoritarian proclivities, but also for evangelicals themselves, for those genuinely invested in pursuing what is good and true.”

—Kristin Kobes Du Mez New York Times bestselling author of Jesus and John Wayne

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Defiant Hope, Active Love

What Young Adults Are Seeking in Places of Work, Faith, and Community

Edited by Jeffrey F. Keuss

Cutting-edge social science research into what young adults want out of a faith community

Purpose and meaning, healing and growth, community and fellowship—these values have traditionally been found in church. Though they are leaving the pews in droves, young adults are still seeking these spiritual benefits. Based on five years of qualitative and quantitative research, Defiant Hope, Active Love offers practical recommendations for making faith communities more hospitable to the next generation. This groundbreaking book encourages church leaders to let go of nostalgia for old ecclesiological norms and embrace something new, inclusive, and authentic.

Jeffrey F. Keuss is professor of Christian ministry, theology, and culture at Seattle Pacific University, where he also previously served as director of the University Scholars Honors Program and associate dean of graduate studies for the seminary. He is the author of numerous books on theology and culture, including The Just University: Paul Ricoeur and the Hope of Higher Education

Rebirth of a Nation

Reparations and Remaking America

Joel Edward Goza Foreword by William J. Barber II

Joel Edward Goza dismantles the deep-seated myths that perpetuate white supremacy—and makes the case that reparations are necessary to heal America’s racial wounds and live up to our democratic ideals

In Rebirth of a Nation, Joel Edward Goza makes the case that reparations are necessary to realize racial justice and restore our democracy. In a narrative-driven historical survey, Goza exposes lesser-known aspects of our racist past, drawing a clear line from slavery to Jim Crow to the destruction of Black lives today. But Rebirth of a Nation is not merely about accountability. It is also about hope. Goza shows that by embracing a process of reparations and the wisdom of the Black Freedom Movement, we can place the United States on a path of healing.

Joel Edward Goza is a writer, speaker, and community advocate. He is professor of ethics at the HBCU Simmons College and teaches in Kentucky prisons. Before focusing on writing and teaching, Joel worked in urban redevelopment and community activism for over a decade in Houston’s Fifth Ward. He is also the author of America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics and contributes to The Hill, Salon, and Religion News Service

Another Gospel

Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity

Joel Looper

Joel Looper offers his fellow evangelicals a theological rationale for resisting Christian nationalism

Though evangelicals emphasize fidelity to the gospel above all else, many have fallen in step with a “different gospel”—that of Christian nationalism. Analyzing Scripture, church history, and current events in the United States and Russia, Joel Looper argues that the nation has supplanted the church as evangelicals’ primary allegiance. He also shows how we can revive the traditional Christian vision of community, drawn together by the Holy Spirit. Thoughtful and balanced, Another Gospel offers readers a way out of the rut of a well-worn argument—and a way forward for the American church.

Joel Looper teaches at Baylor University and serves as coordinator for Shalom Mission Communities, a network of international Christian communities. He is also the author of Bonhoeffer’s America: A Land without Reformation

American Christian Nationalism

Neither American nor Christian

Michael W. Austin Foreword by Marlena Graves

Michael W. Austin shows how nationalism is contrary to American values and Christian virtues— and offers us a better form of civic engagement

In this brief, thought-provoking book, Michael W. Austin turns his keen mind for ethics toward the crisis currently facing our democracy: the rise of American Christian nationalism. Austin first accessibly explains the meaning and history behind nationalism. He then systematically shows how the ideology contradicts American values like liberty, equality, and justice as well as Christian virtues like humility, faith, hope, and love. Ultimately, he argues that the Beloved Community, first developed by Martin Luther King Jr. and others, offers a better model for an authentically Christian and American community. Readers frustrated by partisan discord will find a faithful guide in Austin’s thoughtful volume.

Michael W. Austin is Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University and Bonhoeffer Senior Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College. He has published twelve books, including Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life, Humility and Human Flourishing, and his latest, God and Guns in America

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A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriachy Cait West

A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece together a future on your own terms.

In Rift, Cait West tells a harrowing story of chaos and control hidden beneath the facade of a happy family. Weaving together lyrical meditations on the geology of the places her family lived with her story of spiritual and emotional manipulation as a stayat-home daughter, West creates a stirring portrait of one young woman’s growing awareness that she is experiencing abuse. With the ground shifting beneath her feet, West mustered the courage to break free from all she’d ever known and choose a future of her own making. A remarkable literary debut, Rift offers a personal perspective on the fraught legacy of purity culture and recent reckonings with abuse in Christian communities.

Cait West is a writer and editor based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her work has been published in The Revealer, Religion Dispatches, Fourth Genre, and Hawai‘i Pacific Review, among others. She serves on the editorial board for Tears of Eden, a nonprofit providing resources for survivors of spiritual abuse.

“In this beautifully crafted memoir, Cait West offers readers an intimate glimpse into growing up and coming of age in a world defined by Christian patriarchy. Written with unusual sensitivity and unflinching honesty, hers is a story of aching loss and gritty resilience, of brokenness, beauty, and hope.”

—Kristin Kobes Du Mez, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

“In Rift, Cait West has given us a rare gift: a chance to see behind the curtain of the Christian patriarchy movement’s smiling faces and witness the personal devastation the movement has wrought in the lives of so many young people, especially girls. This is a harrowing yet deeply necessary book about a family’s descent into radicalization— and West is a skilled narrator and courageous guide.”

—Ryan Stollar, author of The Kingdom of Children: A Liberation Theology

Academically Speaking

Lessons from a Life in Christian Higher Education

Rick Ostrander Foreword by George M. Marsden

What is the world of Christian higher education really like? With thirty years of experience in Christian academia, Rick Ostrander provides an insider’s perspective on the field and its future. His experiences offer readers insight into how Christian colleges can flourish in an age of uncertainty. Rick Ostrander serves as executive director of the Michigan Christian Study Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He previously served as vice president at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and in leadership positions at Westmont College and Cornerstone University. A graduate of Moody Bible Institute and the University of Michigan, Ostrander earned his PhD in history at the University of Notre Dame.

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A Quilted Life

Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter

Catherine Meeks Foreword by Michelle Miller

Today, Catherine Meeks is a national leader of racial healing and an esteemed retired professor of African American studies. In A Quilted Life, she describes the adventures and adversity she encountered on her path to becoming an empowered voice for change. Readers will leave its pages enriched by Meeks’s unique perspective and insight.

Catherine Meeks recently retired as executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. She is also the retired Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies at Wesleyan College. A sought-after teacher and workshop leader, Meeks works with people who have been marginalized because of economic status, race, gender, or physical ability as they pursue liberation, justice, and a more abundant life.

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Behind the Smile

Fourteen Surprising Lessons from My Life

Doug Meijer

Doug Meijer is best known as the cochairman of the superstore chain Meijer. In this candid memoir, he pulls back the curtain on his seemingly happy image to share his struggles with family, work, and health—and what they taught him about life: There is no secret to survival. Ask for help. Practice gratitude. With refreshing vulnerability and warmth, Meijer extends a hand to readers who may be in a similar place.

Doug Meijer is a philanthropist and former cochairman of the US supermarket chain Meijer.

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One Lost Soul

Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation

A Prairie Faith

The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

John J. Fry Foreword by Mark A. Noll

What role did Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Christian faith play in her life and writing?

John J. Fry shines a light on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s quiet faith in this unique biography. Fry surveys the Little House books, Pioneer Girl, and Wilder’s lesser-known writings, including her letters, poems, and newspaper columns. Analyzing this wealth of sources, he reveals how Wilder’s down-to-earth faith and Christian morality influenced her life and work.

John J. Fry is professor of history, dean of faculty, and director of Foundations at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois. He is the author of The Farm Press, Reform, and Rural Change, 1895–1920 and the editor of Almost Pioneers: One Couple’s Homesteading Adventure in the West

Daniel Silliman

In this riveting biography, Daniel Silliman paints a provocative spiritual portrait of Richard Nixon

Cutting to the heart of Nixon’s tragedy, Silliman argues that Nixon wanted to be loved by God but couldn’t figure out how. This profound theological struggle underlay his successes and scandals, his turbulent political career, his historychanging victories, and his ultimate disgrace. A historical page-turner, One Lost Soul will surprise and absorb anyone who likes a good story.

Daniel Silliman is the news editor for Christianity Today. He earned a doctorate in American studies from Heidelberg University in Germany and has taught US history and humanities at Heidelberg, Valparaiso University, and Milligan University.

AUGUST 2024

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Dancing in My Dreams

A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner

Ralph H. Craig III

If you don’t know Tina Turner’s spirituality, you don’t know Tina

In this groundbreaking biography, Ralph H. Craig III traces Tina Turner’s journey from the Black Baptist church to Buddhism and situates her at the vanguard of large-scale movements in religion and pop culture.

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We Will Be Free

The Life and Faith of Sojourner Truth

Nancy Koester

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Sojourner Truth’s powerful voice calls to us through this evocative narrative of faith in action

Though born into slavery, Sojourner Truth would defy the limits placed upon her as a Black woman to become one of the nineteenth century’s most renowned female preachers and civil rights advocates.

Strength for the Fight

The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson

Gary

Scott Smith

How faith sustained Jackie Robinson as an athlete and an activist

Jackie Robinson knew he was not going to be welcomed into America’s pastime with open arms. He later said that his faith in God had sustained him—giving him the strength he needed to play the game he loved at the highest level without retaliating against the abuse inflicted upon him by opposing players and fans.

Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel

Jonathan Root

In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick.

A new car was just one of many miracles the young, broke preacher learned to expect, as Oral Roberts would go on to build an evangelistic ministry worth millions of dollars, a medical complex, and a university. How do we interpret the life of a man who seemed to combine rampant consumerist excess with a sincere devotion to the gospel?

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Jingjiao

The Earliest Christian Church in China

Glen L. Thompson Foreword by Samuel N. C. Lieu

A balanced, accessible, and thorough history of Jingjiao, the first Christian church in China

Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of Jingjiao, the first Christian church in China, planted by Persian missionaries traveling the Silk Road. Thompson covers the church’s flourishing during the Tang dynasty, its twelfth- to fourteenthcentury revival, and its controversial modern rediscovery. As the most up-to-date and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology.

Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website.

“ When and how exactly did Christianity reach China? Was it really brought by Western imperialists or opium sellers? What and how do Jingjiao (Luminous Teaching) and the Syriac-speaking church contribute to Chinese Christianity? In this volume, church historian Dr. Glen Thompson offers a fascinating narrative that uncovers an important piece of history, addressing these questions and providing a corrective to frequent misunderstandings of the origin of Christianity in China.”

—Chloe T. Sun, Fuller Theological Seminary

Reviving the Ancient Faith

third edition

The Story of Churches of Christ in America

Richard T. Hughes and James L. Gorman

A balanced, well-documented history of the Churches of Christ in America

James L. Gorman’s fresh edition of Richard T. Hughes’s classic work, Reviving the Ancient Faith, illuminates the Church of Christ movement started by Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell in the nineteenth century. The Churches of Christ are best known for their attempt to restore a primitive and nondenominational Christianity. The authors trace the movement’s sociological transformation into a denomination from the 1830s into the twentieth century. Balanced and well-documented, Reviving the Ancient Faith is the perfect textbook for classes on the history of the Churches of Christ.

Richard T. Hughes is scholar in residence at Lipscomb University. He is the author of several books, including Myths America Lives By: White Supremacy and the Stories That Give Us Meaning and The Churches of Christ: Student Edition

James L. Gorman is associate professor of history at Johnson University in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is also the author of Among the Early Evangelicals: Transatlantic Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Machen’s Hope

The Transformation of a Modernist in the New Princeton

Richard E. Burnett

Foreword by Mark A. Noll

The first critical biography of J. Gresham Machen, examining the full arc of his intellectual career

J. Gresham Machen is known as a conservative hero of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. But was he always so staunchly antimodernist? Richard E. Burnett examines Machen’s life and career, focusing on the intellectual formation of his first forty years rather than the struggles and achievements of his last fifteen years. Burnett’s nuanced narrative of Machen’s intellectual arc will challenge scholars’ assumptions about Machen and his era.

Richard E. Burnett is executive director and managing editor of Theology Matters. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) and was formerly professor of systematic theology at Erskine Theological Seminary. His previous books include Karl Barth's Theological Exegesis: The Hermeneutical Principles of the Römerbrief Period

History & Biography

Eerdmans History Bestsellers

Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism

A Documentary History of Religion in America

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Heath W. Carter and Laura Porter, editors

An engaging, balanced, coherent history of American evangelicalism from its origins as a small movement to its status as a central player in the American religious story.

Heath W. Carter is associate professor of American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and series editor of Library of Religious Biography.

Laura Rominger Porter holds a PhD in history from the University of Notre Dame and is an independent scholar based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll and Heath W. Carter, editors

With more than a hundred illustrations and a rich array of primary documents ranging from the letters and accounts of early colonists to tweets and transcripts from the 2016 presidential election, A Documentary History of Religion in America is an essential text for readers who want to encounter firsthand the astonishing scope of religious belief and practice in American history.

Edwin S. Gaustad (1923–2011) was professor emeritus of history and religious studies at the University of California, Riverside.

Mark A. Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame.

The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism

How the Evangelical Battle over the End Times Shaped a Nation

Daniel G. Hummel Foreword by Mark A. Noll

Daniel G. Hummel illuminates how dispensationalism, despite often being dismissed as a fringe end-times theory, shaped Anglo-American evangelicalism and the larger American cultural imagination.

As the first comprehensive intellectual-cultural history of its kind, The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism is a must-read for students and scholars of American religion.

Daniel G. Hummel is a historian of US religion and the author of Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations.

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Abraham Lincoln Redeemer President Second Edition

Allen C. Guelzo

The story of Abraham Lincoln’s faith and intellectual life—updated and revised with a new preface—from the three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize and best-selling Civil War–era historian Allen Guelzo.

Allen C. Guelzo is senior research scholar in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University and the director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship for Princeton’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

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