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Poor Technology: Artificial Intelligence and the Experience of Poverty
Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated such advancement that people ask if it should be granted the moral status of personhood. This book argues that this view assumes that personhood corresponds to how well one's thinking mirrors the biases, worldview, and intelligence of the middle class, relegating the poor to the status of "nonhuman."
$46.00
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A Gospel for Workers: Cho Chi Song, Yeongdeungpo Urban Industrial Mission, and Minjung
This book introduces the life story of Cho Chi Song, from whom emerged three critical elements in Korean mission and theology: valuing workers, the urban industrial mission, and the platform for Minjung Theology. The subjects of this book were the sparks for Minjung Theology, which is still best known within Korea.
$32.00
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The Apocryphal Sunday: History and Texts from Late Antiquity
The overriding importance of Sunday as a Christian feast day is emphasized by many apocryphal and pseudepigraphic texts from Late Antiquity, above all the broadly received Letter from Heaven. This volume presents versions of this letter together with other texts, partly based on a new edition, including introduction, translation, and commentary.
$49.00
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Christians and War: A Brief History
James Reimer's thoughtful survey of Christian teachings and practices on issues of war, violence, and the state takes readers from classical Greco-Roman times to postmodernity. Reimer encourages readers to think about difficult subjects and to hold their own position that promotes both peace and justice.
$16.00
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Creation and Emotion in the Old Testament
Humans have emotional engagements with the natural world, such as fear of snakes and awe at the Grand Canyon. Biblical writers deploy creation to shape the emotions of the audience and motivate specific behaviors. This book analyzes how writers use language about creation to conjure emotions.
$38.00
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Jewish Paideia: Education and Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora
Jewish Paideia examines the diverse and complex views on education in the Hellenistic and early Roman Diaspora and how these understandings of education were inextricably bound to continually evolving constructions and reshapings of self- and communal identity.
$49.95
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Toward a Public Theology in Myanmar
This volume reflects the journey of a team from Myanmar and India listening and learning from each other. At a fundamental level, the book will trigger a rethinking of Mission in Myanmar in the context of re-imposed military rule.
$32.00
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Bearing Witness: The Wounds of Mass Trauma at Memorial Museums
Bearing Witness is a poignant account of the global movement to commemorate the dead at memorial museums. Dr. Stephanie Arel offers an insightful look into the professional lives of those who remember and an inspiring argument for tenderness when tending the wounds of mass trauma.
$28.00
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Paragon of Excellence: Luther's Sermons on 1 Peter
Ngien demonstrates that, for Martin Luther, the apostle Peter stood alongside John and Paul as a preacher of "the genuine and pure gospel." Luther's sermons on 1 Peter illustrate the range and depth of the reformer's mature theological thought. Peter's epistle stands as what Luther considered one of the "foremost books" of the New Testament.
$32.00
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Pilgrim Journey: Instruction in the Mystery of the Gospel
In Pilgrim Journey, Curtis W. Freeman guides newly baptized Christians to discern the mysteries of the gospel. It is a sequel and companion volume to Pilgrim Letters: Instruction in the Basic Teaching of Christ (Fortress, 2020).
$26.00
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Alterity and the Evasion of Justice: Explorations of the “Other” in World Christianity
This volume considers overlooked "others" in the field of World Christianity. Contributors point to gender, sexuality, and race as themes ripe for exploration, while also identifying areas that have fallen outside the dominant World Christianity narrative, such as the Middle East and postcolonial indigenous and aboriginal theological expressions.
$36.00
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Paul: The Man and the Myth, Revised and Expanded Edition
A revision of the award-winning Paul: The Man and the Myth. This new volume offers thorough editorial updates, revised and expanded argument, and a new chapter on the earliest interpreters of Paul and their engagement with his legacy, including a fresh treatment of Mark as one of the earliest gospel interpreters of Paul, if not the earliest.
$45.00
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Reconsider the Lilies: Challenging Christian Environmentalism's Colonial Legacy
Christian environmentalism's dominant traditions have for too long avoided decolonial thought's critical gaze. Reconsider the Lilies introduces readers to the ways environmental issues are shaped by dynamics of racism and colonialism and orients readers to Christian approaches to environmentalism that can move beyond that legacy.
$34.00
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Leading While Black: The Intersectionality of Race, Leadership, and God
Through conversations and deep attention to the lived experience of leaders, Torrance Jones explores the intersectionality of these three worlds--Black, Christian, and leader--and inspires Black Christians to lead from the context of all that they are.
$23.99
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Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy
In Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy, Boyd shows how one of the most familiar stories from the Bible, the Tower of Babel, has been misinterpreted for millennia. He offers a new interpretation, and also examines how the story has shaped politics and intellectual culture to the current day.
$39.00
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The Faithfulness of Pluralism
The Faithfulness of Pluralism is an introduction to religious pluralism for a better understanding of its history and value. The book demonstrates how Christians can respond to religious diversity in faithfulness to scripture and tradition. It also outlines nine religious traditions and what each has to teach committed Christians today.
$19.99
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Beauty Is a Basic Service: Theology and Hospitality in the Work of Theaster Gates
The book argues that the projects of Chicago artist Theaster Gates are theological sites, places to encounter God and his truth concerning place, people, and things. By exploring Gates's practices, attention is drawn to God's own work of care, reconciliation, and vivification. Hence, Gates' hospitality points to God's hospitality.
$32.00
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Open: Unorthodox Thoughts on God and Community
This book boldly articulates an open theology--progressive approaches that promote unorthodox theological reflection and the creation of inclusive communities. Brad Braxton outlines Christianity's capacity to foster healing, hope, and restorative justice through embracing pluralism and radically inclusive love.
$24.00
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Christ and the Christian Life: Two Essays from Christian Dogmatics
Presented independently are the two loci by the author from Christian Dogmatics. In The Work of Christ, Forde examines "what God did in Jesus Christ" In Christian Life, he undertakes justification and sanctification. For students and scholars alike, this assembly of Forde's early work will broaden the impact of his thought for a new generation.
$25.00
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The Trinity and the Spirit: Two Essays from Christian Dogmatics
Presented independently are the two loci by the author from Christian Dogmatics. In The Triune God, Jenson examines the Doctrine of God and in The Holy Spirit, he undertakes Pneumatology. For students and scholars alike, this assembly of Forde's early work will broaden the impact of his thought for a new generation.
$25.00
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