{"title":"Anthropology","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-christians-pocket-guide-to-man","title":"A Christian's Pocket Guide to Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eGod's love for mankind and mankind's rejection of God is one of the major themes that runs through the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Creation to eternity, David MacKay traces the truth about man by what God has revealed about him in his Word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Mckay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275056472383,"sku":"9781527106406","price":5.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"against-god-and-nature","title":"Against God And Nature","description":"Without a proper understanding of sin, there can never be a proper understanding of the gospel. Sin is opposed both to God’s will and to nature, leaving us in need of God’s grace and redemption. This comprehensive exploration of the doctrine of sin looks at what the Bible teaches about sin's origin, nature, and consequences, engaging with historical and contemporary movements. Dealing with difficult issues such as original sin, angelic sin, corporate sin, greater and lesser sins, and more, this book ends with a discussion on divine grace, which is the only hope for the problem of sin.","brand":"Thomas H. McCall \u0026 J Feinberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275280933183,"sku":"9781433501173","price":27.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781433501173.jpg?v=1685924736"},{"product_id":"faith-that-indigenizes","title":"Faith That Indigenizes","description":"The growth of evangelicalism in Latin America, specifically among indigenous peoples, is changing the religious and cultural paradigms of the region. In this important work, Dr. Marcelo Vargas A. explores the interplay between Neo-Pentecostalism and Aimaran indigenous identity in La Paz, Bolivia, identifying how the integration of the two has led to social, political, and economic transformation. This study offers insight into the growing impact of the Neo-Pentecostal movement, both in Latin America and beyond, as well as the significant role of indigenous peoples in shaping the future of Christianity across the globe.","brand":"Marcelo Vargas A.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276238315839,"sku":"9781839735875","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10088882_LRG.jpg?v=1685941868"},{"product_id":"let-the-bones-dance","title":"Let the Bones Dance","description":"Contemporary Christian faith and practice tend to address spiritual, mental, and emotional issues but ignore the body. As a result, many believers are uncomfortable in their own skins. Shoop addresses this 'dis-ease' with a theology that is attentive to physical experience. She also suggests how worship services can more fully invite God to inhabit every part of a congregation- including their flesh and blood bodies. For when individual Christian bodies are allowed to flourish, so will the unified body of Christ.","brand":"Marcia W. Mount Shoop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45277133865279,"sku":"9780664234126","price":28.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10049717_LRG.jpg?v=1685956582"},{"product_id":"original-sin-and-the-fall","title":"Original Sin and the Fall","description":"What is this that you have done?Throughout the church's history, Christians have largely agreed that God's good creation of humanity was marred by humanity's sinful rebellion, resulting in our separation from God and requiring divine intervention in the saving work of Christ.But Christians have disagreed over many particular questions surrounding humanity's fall, including the extent of original sin, the nature of the fall, the question of guilt, how to interpret the narratives from Genesis, and how these questions relate to our understanding of human origins and modern science.This Spectrum Multiview book presents five views on these questions: Augustinian, Reformed, Wesleyan, Eastern Orthodox, and a Reconceived view. Each contributor offers both an articulation of their own view and responses to the other views in question. The result is a robust reflection on one of the most central—and controversial—tenets of the faith.","brand":"J. B. Stump","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45277762879807,"sku":"9780830852871","price":19.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9780830852871.jpg?v=1685965964"},{"product_id":"passionate-embrace","title":"Passionate Embrace","description":"Protestant ethics has often been associated with work and duty, excluding sensuality, sexuality and other pleasures. In an age of body worship as well as body loathing, Elisabeth Gerle explores new paths, embarking on a conversation with Martin Luther in dialogue with contemporary theologians on attitudes towards desire, ethics and politics. She draws on Eros theology to challenge traditional Lutheran stereotypes, such as the dichotomies between different forms of love, as well as between spirit and body.Gerle argues that Luther's spiritual breakthrough, where grace and gifts of creation became central, provides new meaning to sex and desire as well as to work, body and ordinary life. Women are seen in a new light û as companions, autonomous ethical agents, part of the priesthood of all. This had revolutionary consequences in Europe at the time, and it represents a challenge to contemporary theologies with a nostalgic appetite for austerity, asceticism and female submission. Luther's erotic and genderfluid language is a healthy challenge to oppressive political structures centred on greed, profit and competition. A revised Scandinavian creation theology and a deep sense of the incarnational mystery are resources for contemporary theology and ethics.","brand":"Elisabeth Gerle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45277878026559,"sku":"9780227176894","price":28.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9780227176894.jpg?v=1685966987"},{"product_id":"personality-and-worldview","title":"Personality and Worldview","description":"An Examination of Worldview, Worldvision, and the Soul by Dutch-Reformed Theologian J. H. Bavinck, Translated into English for the First Time Modern evangelicals differ on their concept of “worldview.” Many have varying definitions of it and some even consider it to be a wholly unhelpful term in understanding the world around them. This volume by Johan Herman Bavinck examines the relationship between the soul, each human’s unique personality, and worldview—acknowledging the importance of worldview while recognizing the dangers if worldviews are misapplied. Personality and Worldview by J. H. Bavinck, nephew and student of Dutch-Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck, creates a distinction between a worldvision (which all people have) and a worldview (which only few have in a mature and wise way). Profoundly influenced by the works of St. Augustine, Bavinck challenges readers to allow the gospel to reshape their worldviews and their personalities as they pursue godly wisdom. Translated into English for the first time by James Eglinton, Bavinck’s accessible prose, personal applications, and more will greatly serve pastors, students, and laypeople alike. • Foreword by Timothy Keller: Keller writes, “I could not be happier that Johan Herman Bavinck’s Personality and Worldview has been made accessible to the English-speaking world. It is an important work, perhaps even what we call a ‘game-changer.’” • Edited and Translated by James Eglinton: An expert scholar and author on the Dutch neo-Calvinist tradition • Introduction by the Editor: Provides an overview of the book and a brief introduction to Johan Herman Bavinck’s life • For Readers Who Enjoy Herman Bavinck: Works as a follow-up text to Herman Bavinck’s Christian Worldview","brand":"J. H. Bavinck \u0026 Jame Eglinton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45277908894015,"sku":"9781433584831","price":22.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10089889_LRG.jpg?v=1685967338"},{"product_id":"the-ashgate-research-companion-to-theological-anthropology","title":"The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology","description":"In recent scholarship there is an emerging interest in the integration of philosophy and theology. Philosophers and theologians address the relationship between body and soul and its implications for theological anthropology. In so doing, philosopher-theologians interact with cognitive science, biological evolution, psychology, and sociology. Reflecting these exciting new developments, The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is a resource for philosophers and theologians, students and scholars, interested in the constructive, critical exploration of a theology of human persons. Throughout this collection of newly authored contributions, key themes are addressed: human agency and grace, the soul, sin and salvation, Christology, glory, feminism, the theology of human nature, and other major themes in theological anthropology in historic as well as contemporary contexts.","brand":"Joahua R. Farris \u0026 Taliaferro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279251497279,"sku":"9781138051560","price":44.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781138051560.jpg?v=1685979671"},{"product_id":"the-crook-in-the-lot","title":"The Crook In The Lot","description":"CROOK IN THE LOT ''Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which He has made crooked'' (Ecclesiastes 7:3) One's lot consists of all the things in life that God has allotted to a person. So if one sees rough and painful happenings in life, looking to second causes first will but stir up fretting and fuming. But a look at the first cause will remind us that it is God that has caused the crook in our lot, If He is to work all things to our good, He at times must put a kink in our plans. ''A man's heart plans his way, but Jehovah fixes his step'' (Pro. 16:9). Observe: 1. Whatever crook there is in our lot, it is of God's making. He has decreed all things in our lives, else how could He make all things work to our good? Each one has been allotted certain things, each of us differently; yet so as to make them work together. If between two saints, good for both of them. If between an unbeliever and a believer, the unbeliever's life works to the good of the believer. 2. What God sees fit to mar, no one will be able to mend his lot. When the course of events cross our plans, and God has done it, then only God can unloose the knot in our plans. 3. Everyone's lot in this world has some crook in it. Complainers are apt to make odious comparisons. Everyone feels for himself, when he is pinched, though others do not see it. Only God knows the pain allotted to each. 4. The crook in the lot came into the world by sin. It is owing to the Fall that sin entered the world. This crook in our lot inseparably follows our sinful condition, till dropping this body of sin we enter Heaven's gates. There was no personal sin in Christ, yet He was humiliated and suffered for the sins of others. All this was decreed of Him. Why not in our lives also? Boston (1676-1732) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and author.","brand":"Thomas Boston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279445156159,"sku":"9781589601239","price":7.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10046529_LRG.jpg?v=1685981815"},{"product_id":"the-future-of-partnership","title":"The Future of Partnership","description":"How should men and women and God relate to one another? Letty Russell's answer is 'partnership' understood in new ways as relationship rooted in the life story of Jesus.","brand":"Letty M. Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279535923519,"sku":"9780664242404","price":28.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10050367_LRG.jpg?v=1685983164"},{"product_id":"the-hunger-for-significance","title":"The Hunger for Significance","description":"Every human being wants to be treated with dignity and worth. When we aren’t respected, we suffer. Though it can be taken to a sinful extreme, this desire for respect isn’t wrong. In fact, it reflects a deep-down awareness that we are made in the image of God. We ought to be treated with honor and compassion—and, even more importantly, we ought to treat others the same way.Dr. Sproul’s reflections on dignity, image bearing, and respect get to the heart of our search for personal worth. What would it mean for us to truly love and honor one another, forsaking apathy, prejudice, and even hatred? By shedding light on the many obstacles to dignity—in the home, school, hospital, prison, church, and workplace—Sproul points us to new ways of loving and serving one another. As we value one another in these key fronts, the whole of human dignity is elevated.","brand":"R. C. Sproul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279603097919,"sku":"9781629957913","price":13.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781629957913.jpg?v=1685984102"},{"product_id":"the-wounding-and-healing-of-desire","title":"The Wounding and Healing of Desire","description":"Using refreshingly unconventional prose, rising theologian Wendy Farley has written a theological account of the human condition that delves into the deepest dimensions of the soul. Considering human life from the perspective of the wounding and healing of desire, with desire being that within us which longs for connection, home, and beauty, Farley presents a passionate, moving account of the human condition that draws strongly upon the Christian meditative and mystical spiritual traditions. In doing so, Farley shifts the traditional images of sin and redemption into images of healing and power. The result is a theological memoir that reaches into the human depths and draws forth a response of the soul--in courage, compassion, and delight.","brand":"Wendy Farley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280176701759,"sku":"9780664229764","price":26.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10050573_LRG.jpg?v=1685988687"},{"product_id":"theological-anthropology","title":"Theological Anthropology","description":"What does it mean to be human and to be made in the image of God? What does it mean to be a 'person'? What constitutes a human person? What does it mean to affirm that humans are free beings? And, what is gender? Marc Cortez guides the reader through the most challenging issues that face anyone attempting to deal with the subject of theological anthropology. Consequently, it addresses complexities surrounding such questions as: Each chapter explains first both why the question under consideration is important for theological anthropology and why it is also a contentious issue within the field. After this, each chapter surveys and concisely explains the main options that have been generated for resolving that particular question. Finally the author presents to the reader one way of working through the complexity. These closing sections are presented as case studies in how to work through the problems and arrive at a conclusion than as definitive answers. Nonetheless, they offer a convincing way of answering the questions raised by each chapter.","brand":"Marc Cortez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280190497087,"sku":"9780567034328","price":22.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9780567034328.jpg?v=1685988731"},{"product_id":"theologies-of-failure","title":"Theologies of Failure","description":"What does failure mean for theology? In the Bible, we find some unsettling answers to this question. We find lastness usurping firstness, and foolishness undoing wisdom. We discover, too, a weakness more potent than strength, and a loss of life that is essential to finding life. Jesus himself offers an array of paradoxes and puzzles through his life and teachings. He even submits himself to humiliation and death to show the cosmos the true meaning of victory. As David Bentley Hart observes, 'Most of us would find Christians truly cast in the New Testament mould fairly obnoxious: civically reprobate, ideologically unsound, economically destructive, politically irresponsible, socially discreditable, and really just a bit indecent.'\r\n\r\nBy incorporating the work of scholars engaging with a range of frameworks within the Christian tradition, Theologies of Failure offers a unique and important contribution to understanding and embracing failure as a pivotal theological category. As the various contributors highlight, it is a category with a powerful capacity for illuminating our theological concerns and perspectives, it frees us to see old ideas in a brand-new light, and helps to foster an awareness of ideas that certain modes of analysis may have obscured from our vision. Theologies of Failure invites readers to consider how both theology and failure can help us ask new questions, discover new possibilities, and refuse the ways of the world.","brand":"Roberto Sirvent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280197181759,"sku":"9780227177136","price":23.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"vulnerability-and-glory","title":"Vulnerability and Glory","description":"Disasters indicate the complex peril of earthly existence. Suffering and risk are global realities. Yet, the biblical depiction of persons and communities as 'earthen vessels' also suggests that vulnerable creatures can be strengthened to receive and bear the grace and glory of God. Culp demonstrates how vulnerability to devastation and to transformation is the very basis for life before God. The glory of God may be witnessed in resistance to inhumanity and idolatry, and expressed in delight and gratitude for the good gifts of life.","brand":"Kristine A. Culp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280765051199,"sku":"9780664235222","price":30.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10050619_LRG.jpg?v=1685995085"},{"product_id":"what-god-has-to-say-about-our-bodies","title":"What God Has to Say about Our Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does God have to say about our bodies? To modern secular culture, the human body is little more than a vehicle for free self-expression—our bodies belong to us, and we can do with them as we please.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this way, the prevailing culture has lost sight of the true significance of the body. Similarly, Christians also tend to underemphasise the significance of the physical body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn What God Has to Say about Our Bodies, Sam Allberry argues that the Bible has a lot to say about the body, and shows how the practical significance of Scripture’s teaching on this topic impacts how Christians should think and behave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganised around three categories—what God intended for the body (creation), the impact of sin on the body (fall), and how God will redeem the body (redemption)—the book provides believers with a balanced and accessible theology of the body as they seek to glorify God in everything they do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sam Allberry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45281212399935,"sku":"9781433570155","price":12.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781433570155.jpg?v=1685996713"},{"product_id":"are-people-basically-good","title":"Are People Basically Good?","description":"Surveys routinely show that a majority of men and women believe that people are basically good. In fact, the Bible reveals that mankind was indeed created good. And yet, we all know people who have hurt us or others. And we have likewise done what is wrong. So what changed? Why do people lie, cheat, and steal? In this booklet, Dr. R.C. Sproul explains how we became morally corrupt and just how deep our corruption is. We don’t merely make mistakes; we sin against a holy God. But although this is bad news, it’s not the end of the story. The Crucial Questions booklet series by Dr. R.C. Sproul offers succinct answers to important questions often asked by Christians and thoughtful inquirers.","brand":"R. C. Sproul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282066727231,"sku":"CQB25BP","price":2.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781642890600.jpg?v=1686002675"},{"product_id":"fossils-that-speak-out","title":"Fossils That Speak Out","description":"Saint shows how anthropological discoveries support creation rather than evolution. Clear and cleverly illustrated, this book is easily understandable to laypersons of high-school age or older.","brand":"Phil Saint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282532294975,"sku":"9780875524245","price":11.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9780875524245.jpg?v=1686011431"},{"product_id":"glorification","title":"Glorification","description":"How Sanctification Transforms Christians Into Glorified Beings Facing sin, suffering, and an uncertain future, it’s easy to become pessimistic, but believers in Christ know the best is yet to come. God promises that one day he will redeem his image bearers and renew the earth. Few books are written on the doctrine of glorification, but its promise of restoration brings urgent hope for Christ followers. In this addition to the Short Studies in Systematic Theology series, Graham A. Cole examines the concept of divine glory as well as God’s plan for redeeming individual believers, the church, and the universe. Identifying two phases of glorification—one in this life and a final transformation into Christlikeness—Cole defines the role of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the sanctification process. Through careful study of Scripture, he shows Christians how their future identity as glorified beings should impact their perspective today. • Thoughtful and Theological: Walks through the plotline of Scripture to explain redemptive history, the Trinitarian work of glorification, and the future of unbelievers • Thorough Introduction: Studies the Old and New Testaments to explain God’s divine glory, including the stories of Moses, Isaiah, and Ezekiel, as well as the topics of creation, the incarnation, transfiguration of Jesus, and the picture of the new earth in Revelation • Great for Theologians, Pastors, and Students: This concise study dives deep into an overlooked area of eschatology and includes suggested resources for further reading","brand":"Graham A. Cole","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282640691519,"sku":"9781433569555","price":11.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781433569555.jpg?v=1686013453"},{"product_id":"humanity","title":"Humanity","description":"John Hammett’s and Katie McCoy’s Humanity is built on four assumptions: that humans are creatures, that they can only be understood in light of the intentions of their Creator, that the Creator’s intentions are revealed in the pages of Scripture, and that humans enjoy a truly and fully human life only when they live in accordance with their created nature. Thus, this work seeks to offer a biblical perspective on human nature as designed by God.","brand":"John S. Hammett \u0026 Katie Mccoy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282841166143,"sku":"9781087730158","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10091431_LRG.jpg?v=1686016084"},{"product_id":"introducing-cultural-anthropology-2nd-edition","title":"Introducing Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition","description":"What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text.","brand":"Brian M. Howell \u0026 Jenel Paris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282871116095,"sku":"9781540961013","price":24.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781540961013.jpg?v=1686016640"},{"product_id":"on-the-human-condition","title":"On the Human Condition","description":"This valuable introduction brings together major themes in Greek Patristic anthropology- the image of God in the human being, the Fall from Paradise, and the human condition in the present life and in the age to come. St. Basil the Great addresses the questions posed by the human condition with characteristic clarity, balance, and sobriety.The volume begins with two discourses on the creation of humanity and a homily on the causes of evil, translated into English for the first time, and contains a new translation of a famous homily meditating on our human identity and experience. The volume also includes Letter 233 to Amphilochius of Iconium, St. Basil's spiritual son- a succinct and pointed discussion of how the human mind functions, the activity for which God created it, and how it can be used for good, evil, or morally neutral purposes. This letter complements the discussion of emotions in St. Basil's Homily against Anger, also included in this volume. Finally, the book includes excerpts from St. Basil's fatherly instructions to his ascetic communities, commonly known as the Long Rules, or the Great Asceticon.","brand":"St. Basil the Great","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45283575333183,"sku":"9780881412949","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-logic-of-the-body","title":"The Logic of the Body","description":"“Do not be anxious about anything.” When it comes to stress and worry, that's all we really need to say, right? Just repent of your anxiety, and everything will be fine.\r\n\r\nBut emotional life is more complex than this.\r\n\r\nIn The Logic of the Body, Matthew LaPine argues that Protestants must retrieve theological psychology in order to properly understand the emotional life of the human person. With classical and modern resources in tow, LaPine argues that one must not choose between viewing emotions exclusively as either cognitive and volitional on the one hand, or simply a feeling of bodily change on the other. The two “stories” can be reconciled through a robustly theological analysis.\r\n\r\nIn a culture filled with worry and anxiety, The Logic of the Body offers a fresh path within the Reformed tradition.","brand":"Matthew A. Lapine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45283875586367,"sku":"9781683594253","price":22.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781683594253.jpg?v=1686027860"},{"product_id":"theology-and-the-anthropology-of-christian-life","title":"Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life","description":"Both sociocultural anthropology and theology have made fundamental contributions to our understanding of human experience and the place of humanity in the world. But can these two disciplines, despite the radical differences that separate them, work together to transform their thinking on these topics? Robbins argues that they can. To make this point, he draws on key theological discussions of atonement, eschatology, interruption, passivity, and judgement to rethink important anthropological debates about such topics as ethical life, radical change, the ways people live in time, agency, gift giving, and the nature of humanity. The result is both a major reconsideration of important aspects of anthropological theory through theological categories and a series of careful readings of influential theologians such as Moltmann, Pannenberg, J³ngel, and Dalferth informed by rich ethnographic accounts of the lives of Christians from around the world. In conclusion, Robbins draws on contemporary discussions of secularism to interrogate the secular foundations of anthropology and suggests that the differences between anthropology and theology surrounding this topic can provide a foundation for transformative dialogue between them, rather than being an obstacle to it. Written as a work of interdisciplinary anthropological theorizing, this book also offers theologians an introduction to some of the most important ground covered by burgeoning field of the anthropology of Christianity while guiding anthropologists into core areas of theological discussion. Although theoretically ambitious, the book is clearly argued throughout and written to be accessible to all readers in the social sciences, theology, and religious studies interested in the place of religion in social life and human experience.","brand":"Joel Robbins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45283947807039,"sku":"9780198845041","price":30.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"wonderfully-made-1","title":"Wonderfully Made","description":"When it comes to thinking about our bodies, confusion reigns. In our secular age, there has been a loss of the body’s goodness, purpose, and end. Many people, driven by shame and idolatry, abuse their body through self-harm or self-improvement. How can we renew our understanding and see our bodies the way God does?\r\n\r\nIn Wonderfully Made, John Kleinig forms a properly biblical theology of our bodies. Through his keen sensitivity to Scripture’s witness, Kleinig explains why bodies matter. While sin has corrupted our bodies and how we think of them, God’s creation is still good. Thus, our bodies are good gifts. The Son took on a body to redeem our bodies. Kleinig addresses issues like shame, chastity, desire, gender dysphoria, and more, by integrating them into the biblical vision of creation.\r\n\r\nReaders of Wonderfully Made will not only be equipped to engage in current issues; they will gain a robust theology of the body and better appreciation of God’s very good creation.","brand":"John Kleinig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284759372095,"sku":"9781683594673","price":20.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781683594673.jpg?v=1686035685"},{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-theological-anthropology","title":"Introduction to Theological Anthropology, An","description":"In this thorough introduction to theological anthropology, Joshua Farris offers an evangelical perspective on the topic. Farris walks the reader through some of the most important issues in traditional approaches to anthropology, such as sexuality, posthumanism, and the image of God. He addresses fundamental questions like, Who am I? and Why do I exist? He also considers the creaturely and divine nature of humans, the body-soul relationship, and the beatific vision.","brand":"Joshua R. Farris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284864065855,"sku":"9780801096884","price":24.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9780801096884.jpg?v=1686036742"},{"product_id":"reenchanting-humanity","title":"Reenchanting Humanity","description":"The human race desperately needs to see humanity afresh. We have lost sight of the fact that God made mankind and gave them infinite dignity and worth. In this rigorously biblical and theological study of theocentric anthopology Owen Strachan engages with the major questions of the age, on themes like transgenderism, homosexuality and technology. What does it mean be have been made in the image of God, and to be a covenant people, a blood–bought church of sinners who personally testify to the grace of God that has renewed and reenchanted them?","brand":"Owen Strachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45285113430335,"sku":"9781527105027","price":29.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9781527105027.jpg?v=1686039258"},{"product_id":"embodied-hope","title":"Embodied Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eToo often the Christian attitude toward suffering is characterized by a detached academic appeal to God's sovereignty, as if suffering were a game or a math problem. Or maybe we expect that since God is good, everything will just work out all right somehow. But where then is honest lament? Aren't we shortchanging believers of the riches of the Christian teaching about suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Embodied Hope Kelly Kapic invites us to consider the example of our Lord Jesus. Only because Jesus has taken on our embodied existence, suffered alongside us, died, and been raised again can we find any hope from the depths of our own dark valleys of pain. As we look to Jesus, we are invited to participate not only in his sufferings, but also in the church, which calls us out of isolation and into the encouragement and consolation of the communal life of Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his own family's experience with prolonged physical pain, Kapic reshapes our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus, and brings us to a renewed understanding of—and participation in—our embodied hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelly M. Kapic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45285175591231,"sku":"9780830851799","price":19.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/10090078_LRG.jpg?v=1686039972"},{"product_id":"culture-in-a-post-secular-context","title":"Culture in a Post-Secular Context","description":"Is culture a theologically neutral concept? The contemporary experts on culture û anthropologists and sociologists û argue that it is. Theologians and missiologists would seem to agree, given the extent of their reliance on anthropological and sociological definitions of culture. Yet this appears a strange reliance given that presumed neutrality in the sciences is a consistently challenged assumption. It is stranger still given that so much theological energy has been expended on understanding and defining the human person in specifically theological as opposed to anthropological terms when culture is in some sense the expression of this personhood in corporate and material forms.This book argues that culture is not and has never been a theologically neutral concept; rather, it always expresses some theological posture and is therefore a term that naturally invites theological investigation. Going about this task is difficult, however, in the face of a long-term reliance on the social sciences that seems to have starved the contemporary theological community of resources for defining culture. However, rich subterranean veins for such a task do exist within the recent tradition, most notably in the writings of John Milbank, Karl Barth, and Kwame Bediako.","brand":"Alan Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45285273436479,"sku":"9780227174678","price":25.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/products\/9780227174678.jpg?v=1686040923"},{"product_id":"perspectives-on-the-historical-adam-and-eve","title":"Perspectives On The Historical Adam And Eve","description":"The question of the historicity of the biblical Adam and Eve remains a crucial issue for contemporary Christians. The range of Christian beliefs regarding the origin of humanity impacts their understanding of human identity, human uniqueness, and the human condition. Theologically, the historicity of Adam and Eve speaks to original sin, redemption, and God’s plan and purpose for humanity. Perspectives on the Historical Adam and Eve delves into the anthropological and theological dimensions that shape our understanding of humanity. In an essay-and-response model, four leading evangelical scholars examine the biblical teachings, scientific evidence, and theological and practical implications of each view. As part of the Perspectives series, this volume presents four distinct positions in dialogue, moderated by volume editor Kenneth Keathley and with an afterword by S. Joshua Swamidass: • the Non-Historical Adam and Eve View (Kenton L. Sparks) • the Mytho-Historical Adam View (William Lane Craig) • the Genealogical Adam and Eve Model (Andrew Loke) • the Recent Adam and Eve View (Marcus R. Ross) The essays and responses engage with contemporary research into the genealogical Adam and Eve and well as the advancing biblical studies of the Genesis narratives of Adam and Eve as part of the primeval history of Genesis 1–11. Professors, students, pastors, and interested lay readers are invited to join an ongoing and important conversation that has the power to shape their beliefs about human identity, redemption, and God's divine plan. The Perspectives series brings together scholars with multiple viewpoints on contested topics in biblical studies, theology, and ministry, allowing them to engage with each other’s ideas and arguments in a point-counterpoint discussion. From their different perspectives, the scholars address a myriad of questions surrounding complex issues, providing the reader with a broader and deeper understanding of the subject.","brand":"B\u0026H Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46667867226431,"sku":"9781087764900","price":20.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10095644_LRG.jpg?v=1704563823"},{"product_id":"ruined-sinners-to-reclaim","title":"Ruined Sinners To Reclaim","description":"Examining the Doctrine of Human Depravity in Scripture and throughout Church History For centuries, theologians have debated the doctrine of total depravity—the belief that people are wholly and naturally corrupt due to original sin. Reformed theology upholds this truth, acknowledging it to be essential for understanding the gospel and humanity’s need for a Savior. Ruined Sinners to Reclaim persuasively reaffirms the doctrine of total depravity from biblical, historical, theological, and pastoral perspectives, drawing on the debates of theologians throughout church history. Edited by David and Jonathan Gibson, this book features contributions from respected theologians—including Michael A. G. Haykin, Gray Sutanto, Garry Williams, Mark Jones, Daniel Strange, and R. Albert Mohler Jr.—to help readers understand the reality of our sinful nature, its debilitating effects, and the Holy Spirit’s role in salvation. This is the second book in the Doctrines of Grace series, which explores the central points of the Canons of Dort, providing a framework for understanding each doctrine in all its historical, biblical, theological, and pastoral richness. • Defends the Doctrine of Total Depravity: Including sin’s origin, spread, nature, and scope, as well as its effects on free will • Comprehensive: Explores theological ideas throughout church history, including from the patristic, medieval, Reformation and post-Reformation periods, and viewpoints of the Pelagians and Semi-Pelagians, Arminians, Rationalists, Romanists, and Evolutionists • Part of the Doctrines of Grace Series: Along with From Heaven He Came and Sought Her, this volume explores a central tenet of Reformed theology • Well-Researched: Includes contributions from Michael A. G. Haykin, Mark Jones, Lee Gatiss, Mark D. Thompson, Gray Sutanto, Douglas Sean O’Donnell, Daniel Strange, David Wells, R. Albert Mohler Jr. and more","brand":"David Gibson \u0026 Jonatha Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042922905919,"sku":"9781433557057","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10096126_LRG.jpg?v=1697015818"},{"product_id":"born-bad","title":"Born Bad","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal sin and the making of the western mind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its declining popularity among Christians, the belief that we are all innately sinful retains a firm grip on Western consciousness and culture – even in the writings of avowed atheists such as Marx, Freud and Richard Dawkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to the doctrine of original sin, all humans are born bad and only God’s grace can bring salvation. James Boyce shows how these ideas have shaped the Western view of human nature, and how the belief that we are all innately sinful retains a firm grip on Western consciousness and culture – even in the writings of avowed atheists such as Marx and Freud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Bad traces a fascinating journey from Adam and Eve all the way to Adam Smith and Richard Dawkins in this sweeping story of a controversial idea and its remarkable influence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Boyce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49497756795199,"sku":"9780281076024","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/988168_LRG.jpg?v=1721256173"},{"product_id":"making-sense-of-man","title":"Making Sense of Man","description":"Poythress uses multiple biblical perspectives to address the origin of humanity, the image of God, body and soul, the creational covenant, free agency, human sexuality, and other truths about humanity.","brand":"Vern S. Poythress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49815239885119,"sku":"9798887790381","price":40.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10102167_LRG.jpg?v=1727967010"},{"product_id":"embodied-holiness","title":"Embodied Holiness","description":"As embodied, soul and body beings, Christians are commanded to glorify God in our bodies (1 Cor 6:20) and called to obedience in both spiritual and physical matters. Still, the overarching Christian tendency is to misunderstand embodiment, which often manifests in elevating the soul and devaluing the body. This hierarchical thinking reveals itself in activities that downplay the body s worth, a longstanding issue with Gnostic roots that Paul tackled in the Corinthian church. His countermeasure against the licentious behavior of these anti-body believers was to highlight Trinitarian involvement with the body. This view was meant to correct misconceptions about the body s value and provide a foundation that prescribes God-honoring behaviors. By this same foundation today, believers can confront body-neglecting behaviors within the church and body-denying beliefs in the culture, all of which are rooted in neo-Gnosticism. Therefore, this book will consider a variety of arguments to build the case that the body matters to God, a fundamental recognition that drives his children towards embodied holiness as lights in a disembodied, dark world.","brand":"B\u0026H Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55056796057983,"sku":"9781430093947","price":20.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10105223_LRG.jpg?v=1738280449"},{"product_id":"gregory-of-nyssa-on-the-hexaemeron","title":"Gregory of Nyssa: On the Hexaemeron","description":"This book presents Gregory of Nyssa's On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron) as a specimen of Early Christian philosophy. It comprises Gregory of Nyssa's text in its Greek original accompanied by a new English translation, and seven accompanying essays by international specialists from diverse backgrounds. Each essay focuses on a section of the text and the arising philosophical issues. The essays complement each other in offering multiple perspectives on how Gregory's text may be approached philosophically and positioned in relation to other, more or less contiguous, philosophical theories, including the early Greeks Anaxagoras and Empedocles, Aristotle, and the Stoics. Rather than presenting a definite and exhaustive state of the art study of Gregory's text, this volume aims to open new pathways for research into In Hexaemeron.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55103329239423,"sku":"9780198897088","price":76.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10105880_LRG.jpg?v=1739533759"},{"product_id":"you-are-not-your-own-1","title":"You Are Not Your Own","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;You are your own, and you belong to yourself.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;This is the fundamental assumption of modern life. And if we are our own, then it's up to us to forge our own identities and to make our lives significant. But while that may sound empowering, it turns out to be a crushing responsibility—one that never actually delivers on its promise of a free and fulfilled life, but instead leaves us burned out, depressed, anxious, and alone. This phenomenon is mapped out onto the very structures of our society, and helps explain our society's underlying disorder.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;But the Christian gospel offers a strikingly different vision. As the Heidelberg Catechism puts it, I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. In \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;You Are Not Your Own\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, Alan Noble explores how this simple truth reframes the way we understand ourselves, our families, our society, and God. Contrasting these two visions of life, he invites us past the sickness of contemporary life into a better understanding of who we are and to whom we belong.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alan Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55169975681407,"sku":"9781514010952","price":12.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"who-am-i-6","title":"Who Am I?","description":"A correct, biblical view of self should radically transform us. Thomas shows us that to overcome sin in our day-to-day lives we must grasp the fact that in Christ we have died to sin just as our union with Him in His resurrection enables us to live holy lives.","brand":"Robert L. Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302652850559,"sku":"9781857925197","price":10.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/107871_LRG.jpg?v=1761701667"},{"product_id":"cultural-anthropology","title":"Cultural Anthropology","description":"This important resource covers such topics as anthropology and missions; man, culture, and society; verbal and nonverbal communication; technology and economics; and anthropology and the Bible. It is designed for classroom use with diagrams, discussion questions, and suggested readings.","brand":"Stephen A. Grunlan \u0026 M Mayers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56363390894463,"sku":"9780310363811","price":15.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/266803_LRG.jpg?v=1762478973"},{"product_id":"christological-anthropology-in-historical-perspective","title":"Christological Anthropology In Historical Perspective","description":"Many theologians begin their discussion of the human person by claiming that in some way Jesus Christ reveals what it means to be truly human, but this often has little impact in the material presentation of their anthropology. Although modern theologians often fail to reflect robustly on the relationship between Christology and anthropology, though this has not necessarily been the case throughout church history. In Christological Anthropology in Historical Perspective, Marc Cortez looks at the ways several key theologians Gregory of Nyssa, Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karl Barth, John Zizioulas, and James Cone have used Christology to inform their understanding of the human person. Based on this historical study, he concludes with a constructive proposal for how Christology and anthropology should work together to inform our view of what it means to be human.\"","brand":"Marc Cortez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56363844370815,"sku":"9780310516415","price":22.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/274828_LRG.jpg?v=1762508514"},{"product_id":"humanity-and-sin","title":"Humanity and Sin","description":"Sin may seem like an outdated concept these days, but its consequences remain as destructive as ever. Robert Pyne explores sin's overarching effect on creation and our world today.","brand":"Robert Pyne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382868521343,"sku":"9780849913723","price":23.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/376376_LRG.jpg?v=1762911720"},{"product_id":"did-adam-and-eve-really-exist","title":"Did Adam And Eve Really Exist?","description":null,"brand":"C. John Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56434419073407,"sku":"9781433524257","price":13.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/487421_LRG.jpg?v=1763518930"},{"product_id":"body-soul-and-life-everlasting","title":"Body, Soul And Life Everlasting","description":"This widely acclaimed study of biblical anthropology is available once more along with a substantial new preface by the author. Fully engaged with theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions on the nature of human persons and, their destiny beyond the grave, John Cooper's fascinating defence of \"holistic dualism\" remains the most satisfying and biblical response to come from the monism-dualism debate. First published in 1989, Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting is required reading for anyone interested in the mind-body question.","brand":"John W. Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56440686281087,"sku":"9780851114743","price":16.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/495124_LRG.jpg?v=1763571293"},{"product_id":"what-about-the-soul","title":"What about the Soul?","description":"Everyone knows about the rocky relationship between science and theology brought about by the revolutionary proposals of Copernicus and Darwin. Fewer people know about an equally revolutionary scientific innovation that is currently under way among neurobiologists. This revolution in brain research has completely rewritten our understanding of who we are. It poses fundamental challenges to traditional Christian theology. According to the scientific worldview that now dominates, it is no longer necessary to speak of a soul or spirit as distinct from the functions of the brain. Nor is it possible from the scientific point of view to biologically distinguish humans from animals. How then, are we to answer the fundamental theological question? Who am I? What am I doing here? Why do I do what I do? In more classical theological terms, what does it mean to be saved? How am I responsible for my behavior? What is the meaning of resurrection? What happens when I die? Contributors: Bill T. Arnold, D. Gareth Jones, Joel B. Green, Patrick D. Miller, Charles E. Gutenson, Stuart L. Palmer, William Hasker, Michael Rynkiewich, Virginia T. Holeman, Lawson G. Stone, Malcolm Jeeves.","brand":"Joel B. Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56507838103935,"sku":"9780687023455","price":40.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/872776_LRG.jpg?v=1764730727"},{"product_id":"being-human-being-church","title":"Being Human, Being Church","description":"Our conception of human personhood deeply impacts our understanding and practice of community and church. In this rigorous work Franklin argues that ecclesiology needs to be informed and shaped by a robust theological anthropology.","brand":"Patrick S Franklin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56511138464127,"sku":"9781842278420","price":27.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/902332_LRG.jpg?v=1764778180"},{"product_id":"image-of-god-in-an-image-driven-age","title":"Image of God in an Image Driven Age","description":null,"brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56543815565695,"sku":"9780830851201","price":21.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10028942_LRG.jpg?v=1765317038"},{"product_id":"the-fall-and-redemption-of-conscience","title":"The Fall and Redemption of Conscience","description":"Conscience from creation to new creation. The God who created conscience is Father, Son, and Spirit. Thus, conscience is properly understood in relation to our Triune God and his work in the world?the Father's creation, the Son's redemption, and the Spirit's perfection. In The Fall and Redemption of Conscience, Andrea Ferrari explores conscience in Trinitarian and redemptive-historical contexts. Ferrari draws from Scripture and theologians of the past?particularly John Calvin and John Webster?to build a comprehensive theology of the human experience in relation to God. Conscience is a covenantal awareness and vocational responsiveness. As such, conscience is how we recognize our lives and responsibilities as created and redeemed beings in covenant with God. The book includes a foreword by Paul T. Nimmo.","brand":"Andrea Ferrari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56589497041279,"sku":"9781683598725","price":27.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10112260_LRG.jpg?v=1765987138"},{"product_id":"the-sexual-reformation","title":"The Sexual Reformation","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the Reformation, Protestants have confessed that the church is reformed and always reforming. But do we really believe this? Why, then, are we so shocked to hear that the church itself needs a sexual reformation? That the church has been fighting to uphold biblical distinction between the sexes against a culture that is rapidly and aggressively challenging this, is certainly one reason. But in trying to be faithful to the beauty of God's design for man and woman, the church has instead latched onto a pagan, Aristotelian concept of man and woman--that woman is by nature inferior to man--which robs us of the dignity of personhood as man and woman created in the image of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the evangelical teaching on the sexes is based on cultural stereotypes and an unbiblical ontology of male authority and female subordination. While some try to correct this, they often flatten the meaningful distinctions in the feminine and masculine gift. We end up missing the beautiful message that our bodies, and our whole selves as men and women, tell: the story of the great joy in which Christ received his gift of his bride, the church. Having taken on flesh, he is bringing her to the holy of holies, ushering her behind the veil, and securing communion with his bridal people in sacred space. He gave himself as the ultimate Gift and he loves us to the end. We see this highlighted in the book placed right in the middle of our Bibles. The Song of Songs enfleshes our hope as it poetically sings the metanarrative of Scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Aimee Byrd invites you to enter into the Song's treasures as its lyrics reveal a typology in God's design of man and woman, one that unfolds throughout the canon of Scripture. The meaning of man and woman extends beyond biology, nature, and culture to give us a glimpse of what is to come. Our bodies are theological. They are visible signs that tell us something about our God. This often-ignored biblical book has much to teach us about Christ, his church, man, and woman. It teaches us the whole point of it all. And what it teaches us is not a list of roles and hierarchy, but a love song. We are ripe for a sexual reformation in the church, and recovering a good theological anthropology is imperative to it. We desperately need to peel away the Aristotelian mindset of man and woman that still pervades much of the teaching on gender and sexuality in the church today.?The Holy Spirit is speaking to us in his Word to bring about a sexual reformation. He invites us to sing an eschatological song. In doing so, we find ourselves in it. We participate in it. We find beauty in it. We persevere by it. It changes us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aimee Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56597331640703,"sku":"9780310125648","price":11.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10086657_LRG.jpg?v=1766142497"},{"product_id":"humanity-matters","title":"Humanity Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumanity Matters: Re-enchanting Homo Sapiens confronts the deep crisis of identity facing modern society.Secularism has increasingly caused people to forget their God-given value, but Andrew Fellows argues that recovering a Christian view of personhood offers a compelling and life-affirming alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew unveils the richness of a biblical anthropology - a vision that restores dignity, meaning and hope for humanity. He invites believers and seekers alike to consider how the truth contained in the Bible could uniquely satisfy humanity's deepest longings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThoughtful, timely and accessible, Humanity Matters is essential reading for anyone yearning to reclaim the wonder of what it means to be truly human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Fellows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56716279808383,"sku":"9781789746426","price":18.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10112795_LRG.jpg?v=1767962310"},{"product_id":"track-a-students-guide-to-humanity","title":"Track: A Student's Guide To Humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreated for God\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes human beings unique? And what is our relationship to the God who made us? In \u003cem\u003eTrack: A Student’s Guide to Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e, John W. Tweeddale helps students explore the Bible’s teaching about who we are as creatures made to know, worship, and depend upon our Creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for teenage and college-aged readers, this accessible guide explains that being human is fundamentally about our relationship with God. From the beginning, men and women were created in His image—designed to live under His authority, enjoy His presence, and reflect His character in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the Bible also explains why that relationship has been fractured. Sin has disrupted humanity’s fellowship with God, leaving people searching for meaning, identity, and hope in all the wrong places. By tracing the story of Scripture, Tweeddale shows how God graciously works to restore what was lost, ultimately through Jesus Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis booklet helps students:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand humanity as God’s created and dependent creatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee what it means to bear God’s image\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognize how sin has damaged our relationship with God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover how Christ restores fellowship with our Creator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn to live in humility, worship, and obedience before God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear and thoughtful, this guide helps students see that the most important truth about humanity is our relationship with the God who made us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John W. Tweeddale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57424741007743,"sku":"9781527114968","price":4.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10114585_LRG.jpg?v=1777385733"},{"product_id":"introducing-cultural-anthropology","title":"Introducing Cultural Anthropology","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the role of culture in human experience? How do we study it? This introductory cultural anthropology textbook helps readers explore and understand this crucial discipline from a Christian perspective. The third edition adds student engagement activities and has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to Christian concerns, such as cultural relativism, missions, and scriptural reflection. It represents the authors' years of experience in the classroom (more than 40 years combined) and offers a fresh, contemporary approach. Each chapter includes objectives, text boxes, terms, and discussion questions, and plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpdated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's textbook eSources, including a test bank, chapter slide-deck presentations, chapter outlines, chapter-specific engagement activities, and flashcards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brian M. Howell \u0026 Jenel Paris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439948243327,"sku":"9781540969798","price":26.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8883\/6671\/files\/10114774_LRG.jpg?v=1777568450"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.aslanchristianbooks.com\/collections\/anthropology.oembed","provider":"Aslan Christian Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}