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  • Chrysostom's Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology, By Samantha L. Miller
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    Chrysostom's Devil

    Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology

    New Explorations in Theology

    by Samantha L. Miller

    For many Christians today, the notion that demons should play a role in our faith—or that they even exist—may seem dubious. But that was certainly not the case for John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued" early church preacher and theologian who became the bishop of Constantinople near the end of the fourth century. Indeed, references to demons and the devil permeate his rhetoric. ...

  • A Subversive Gospel: Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, By Michael Mears Bruner
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    A Subversive Gospel

    Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    by Michael Mears Bruner

    Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL) Book of the Year - Literary Criticism

    The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act.

    These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. ...

  • God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict, By Gregory A. Boyd
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    God at War

    The Bible and Spiritual Conflict

    by Gregory A. Boyd

    In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God. Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil and so are baffled but resigned when it occurs. ...

  • Knowing God Bible Study, By J. I. Packer
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    Knowing God Bible Study

    by J. I. Packer
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    Faithful. Triune. Beyond comparison. Triumphant over all. These words barely begin to describe the God we serve, yet he invites us to have a relationship with him. What could be more important than knowing this all-surpassing God?

    These five easy-to-use Bible studies, based on J. I. Packer's bestselling classic Knowing God, explore the character and actions of God ...

    Number of Studies: 5

  • Evolution and Holiness: Sociobiology, Altruism and the Quest for Wesleyan Perfection, By Matthew Nelson Hill
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    Evolution and Holiness

    Sociobiology, Altruism and the Quest for Wesleyan Perfection

    Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology

    by Matthew Nelson Hill
    Foreword by Darrel R. Falk

    Theology needs to engage what recent developments in the study of evolution mean for how we understand moral behavior. How does the theological concept of holiness connect to contemporary understandings of evolution? If genetic explanations of altruism fall short, what role should we give to environmental explanations and free will? Likewise, how do genetic explanations relate to theological accounts ...

  • Piercing Leviathan: God's Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job, By Eric Ortlund
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    Piercing Leviathan

    God's Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Eric Ortlund
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    One of the most challenging passages in the Old Testament book of Job comes in the Lord's second speech (40–41). The characters and the reader have waited a long time for the Lord to speak—only to read what is traditionally interpreted as a long description of a hippopotamus and crocodile (Behemoth and Leviathan). ...

  • Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, By Robert Chao Romero
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    Brown Church

    Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

    by Robert Chao Romero

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist

    Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new.

    For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition ...