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With an emphasis on the nature and importance of divine presence, "The Abiding Presence" provides a unique perspective on the overarching theology of Exodus drawing particular attention to God's revelation at the burning bush, Sinai, and the tabernacle.Exploring the rich theological themes that emerge from the final form of the narrative the commentary also reflects on how these themes were employed by New Testament authors in understanding the life and ministry of Christ.Bridging the gap between accessibility and scholarly rigour, this commentary offers an excellent tool for ordinands, students, teachers in higher education and preachers to engage with the theology of the book in its Old Testament context as well as how its message is revealed in the New Testament and continues to speak today.

Offers an introduction to the Radical Orthodox sensibility through sermons preached by some of those most prominent figures in radical orthodoxy including Stanley Hauerwas, Catherine Pickstock, John Milbank and Graham Ward. Accessible, challenging and varied, the sermons together help to suggest what Radical Orthodoxy might mean in practice.

Oneness considers the role monastic life plays within the life of the contemporary church.

Richard Sudworth's unique study takes as its cue the question of political theology and brings this burgeoning area of debate into dialogue with Christian-Muslim relations and Anglican ecclesiology.

Foundations of Pastoral Counselling offers a completely new approach to its subject through an integration of philosophical ideas, theological thought and psychotherapeutic psychology. The result is rich, multi-faceted and often surprising.

This textbook works towards presenting Christian spirituality as an ongoing dialogue between doctrine and experience, and asserts that Christian spirituality must reflect the idea of search. It features a number of pedagogical tools to aid the undergraduate such as questions for reflection, and guides to further reading.

This book contains a critical dialogue between practical theology and biblical hermeneutics and considers the role of emotional engagement and critical understanding in biblical interpretation.

The fascinating autobiography of the Dead Sea Scrolls expert who also embodies the journey of Jewish-Christian relations in the twentieth-century.

The second of this three-volume history of the churches in England covers the period from the Glorious Revolution to 1833, the year which marks the beginning of the Oxford Movement. It stands as an independent work, but takes up the story from where the first volume finished, and leads on to the third, due to be published in 1998.Six themes help to give the book coherence and structure. The first is the way in which the English religious scene became increasingly complex with the emergence or consolidation of High Churchmanship, Evangelicalism and Liberalism within the Church of England; the transformation into Nonconformity; the emergence of new denominations such as Methodism, the Catholic Apostolic Church and the Brethren, and the transformation in the status and standing of Roman Catholicism. The second is the extent to which the churches were able to come to tams with unprecedented urbanization and industrialization. The third is the origin, development, character and effects of the Evangelical revival. The fourth is the extent to which theProtestants in England contributed to the growing sense of Britishness among the population. The fifth is the emergence of overseas missionary work. The sixth is the increasing importance of such rivals and enemies of orthodox Christianity assecularization, rationalism, radicalism, Unitarianism, Socinianism and atheism.

A remarkable group of theologians come together to reflect on the impact of political, economic and social changes over the last thirty years on their lives and theologies.

Wisdom is both a theme in scripture and desirable in biblical interpretation and theology. In this text, it should prove a fruitful focus for 18 leading scripture scholars and theologians as they engage with key issues and texts dealing with scripture and theology.

Since the beginnings of Christianity, veneration of the Virgin Mary has played a fundamental role in the confession of the Christian faith. This fully illustrated book explores Marian devotion and its significance.

This book does not separate church history from the wider history of the world in which it is set, uses all available traces of the past to tell it's story, provides direct quotations from the written sources in translation. Vol 2 also available.

One of the classic works of Johannine scholarship.

The Radical Orthodoxy movement has made major contributions to the debate about the return to metaphysics in Christian theology and philosophy. This book challenges much of what is regarded as 'orthodoxy' in Barthian circles.

Brings together some of the scholarship associated with the sociological analysis of biblical texts into conversation with liturgists and historians of the first century.

For those on the borderline of Christianity, attracted by its traditions, myth, ritual and community but wary of pietism or dogmatic narrow-mindedness.

Characteristically scholarly examination of the origin and authorship of the Fourth Gospel, within the context of the community to which it relates. Skilful detective work traces the trail back to a figure who witnessed the death of Jesus in Jerusalem.

pologetic literature emerges from minority groups seeking to come to terms with the larger cultures within which they live. Its authors are not entirely at home in either thei r own groups or the larger society, and therefore their position is one with which many Christians today can sympathize. Professor Grant's new book looks at the first Christian apologists of all and the background to their message. After opening chapters discussing early Christian apologetic and its historical setting in the Roman empire, he looks in detail at Justin, Apollinaris of Hierapolis, Melito of Sardis, Athenagoras of Athens, Tatian, Theophilus of Antioch and other related figures including Celsus, Marcus Aurelius and the Gallican martyrs. He ends by tracing apologetic through the thi rd century and into the Middle Ages. Apologetic can be attractive to readers today, but the main theme of the book is that while there is a certain timeless character to the Christian apologists of the second century, they are deeply involved in the political and social struggles of their time and cannot be understood apart from the precise circumstances in which they are writing.

Written specifically for level 2 undergraduates, this textbook introduces readers to the extremely wide range of forms of religious thought, and the responses of religion to modern ideas, cultural phenomenon and events of the 20th century