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Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life

Earth is changing in ways it hasn't for hundreds of thousands of years. At the same time, Christi...

Ducking Spears, Dancing Madly

Leadership among God's people is not a matter of easy answers or simple solutions. There is no fo...

A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament

This book has become a standard text in seminary and university classrooms. The purpose of this s...

Restorative Readings

The Bible has the unfortunate legacy of being associated with gross human rights violations as ev...

Rebel Voices: Monologues for Women by Women

Clean Break is a British theatre company set up in 1979 by two women in prison. It exists to tell...

Rebel Voices: Monologues for Women by Women

Clean Break is a British theatre company set up in 1979 by two women in prison. It exists to tell...

The De Sacramento Altaris of William of Ockham

The Predicament of the Prosperous

How can a church in the richest and most powerful nation on earth respond to the needs of the poo...

Hosea, Joel, and Amos

Often called the 'minor prophets', Hosea, Joel, and Amos are anything but that. Theirs are import...

A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament

First published in 1999, this text has become a standard in seminary and university classrooms. T...

The Rise of the Israelite Monarchy

What Does the Lord Require?

'Christian social concern requires not only that we ask what we should 'do' in a broken world but...