Christian Theology/Apologetics Books

Biblical texts create worlds of meaning, and invite readers to enter them. When readers enter such textual worlds, which are often strange and comp...

This book describes and examines the Wesleyan attitude toward and programs with the poor from the time of John Wesley to the present. The chapters ...

Commissioned by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for use in United Methodist doctrine/polity/history courses. Runyon sets Wesley...

This book theorizes that there was probably more to both the beginning and the ending of Mark's Gospel than we currently have in our Bible. It was ...

The Many Faces of Christology surveys the landscape of traditional and contemporary thought about Jesus. Inbody first grounds his survey in a conci...

There are, it seems, as many definitions of the term "evangelism" as there are people doing the defining. For some, it means proclaiming the gospel...

Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather...

In  The Children of Israel , Danna Nolan Fewell explores how imaginative readings of selected scriptural texts might raise adult consciousness and ...

When it first appeared in 1986, James McClendon's  Ethics  laid claim to two compelling theological ideas. First, that a highly distinctive theolog...

In Stewards of Life, Sondra Ely Wheeler presents a compact, basic introduction to the language and principles of contemporary bioethics. Perhaps mo...

A trustworthy guide to the rich and perplexing symbolism of the Book of Revelation. The Bible contains passages of great beauty and comfort and som...

One of the most surprising developments in contemporary Methodist theology is the degree to which leading Methodist and Wesleyan systematic theolog...

An introduction and significance of one of the twentieth century's most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr. Abingdon Pillars of Theology  is...

This book tells how the contemporary church can reclaim its ancient witness through hands-on ministries with the unchurched. When it comes to trans...

Karen Lebacqz here offers a logical yet eminently human framework for ethical decision making. Quoting and clarifying the thoughts of the field's ...

This companion to  Practical Divinity, Volume 1: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition  enlivens and contextualizes the discussion of the Wesleyan the...

The modern apologetic enterprise, according to Myron Penner, is no longer valid. It tends toward an unbiblical and unchristian form of Christian wi...

This volume is a revision of Langford's earlier work, Practical Divinity: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition (Abingdon Press, 1983). The major feat...

A major study of John Wesley's political ethics and an attempt to reformulate a Wesleyan orientation to political thinking by drawing the political...

A highly engaging essay that will draw students into a conversation about the vital relationship between philosophy and theology. In this clear, c...

These 32 essays (over 500 print pages) accent United Methodism in the United States and the traditions contributory to it. They provide new perspec...

Out of Every Tribe and Nation  demonstrates how ethnic minority perspectives can enrich the church's understanding of a variety of its traditional ...

Moves beyond a purely descriptive approach to the study of Scripture into a genuine and faithful application of the message of Scripture to questio...

An up-to-date and expanded version of a trusted textbook. The New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology brings the information up to date ...

Music and Theology will be a volume in the Horizons in Theology series. It will offer a relatively brief but highly engaging essay on the major con...

Wesleyan Beliefs  examines foundational beliefs as expressed in the works of John and Charles Wesley in formal doctrinal statements adopted by Wesl...

"Mission" has become, for many North American Christians, an ambiguous and often uncomfortable term. To many it brings to mind a past in which west...

In this concise, accessible book, Dr. Ted Campbell provides a brief summary of the major doctrines shared in the Wesley family of denominations. Wr...

The thoughts and beliefs of John Wesley and the Early Methodist traditions are frequently related to recent progressive tendencies in theology. The...

In 1968, the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) churches merged to form The United Methodist Church. More than forty years later, many...

The title of this volume is as old as the Wesleyan movement and apt for the very latest Methodist theological self-designation.  Marks of Methodism...

An in-depth look at Christian theology through Hispanic eyes. It weaves the doctrinal formulations of the early church on creation, the Trinity, an...

This important reference work presents critical, analytical, and interpretive essays on more than ninety figures who have been particularly importa...

Living Grace  is the most comprehensive expression of systematic theology for United Methodism to appear in the 1990's. Its authors, Bishop Walter ...

Stephen Breck Reid maintains that every reader of the biblical text views it through the lens of other contexts. That is to say, communal narrative...

Explores Tillich's influence as a groundbreaking thinker who illuminated the boundaries between philosophy and theology Abingdon Pillars of Theolog...

Explores Kierkegaard's study of the power of mass culture to influence and shape faith Abingdon Pillars of Theology  is a series for the college an...

A study of the Wesleyan tradition in the light of current theological debate. Issues of vital importance and interest to contemporary Christians a...

The public theology of the Wesleyan tradition is best understood as moral theology rather than as philosophical and applied ethics. Long asserts th...

This book traces the history of the biblical idea of the Kingdom of God and suggests its contemporary relevance. “To grasp what is meant by the Kin...

Despite wide acceptance of the "Wesleyan quadrilateral", significant disagreements have arisen in both academic and church circles about the degree...

John Wesley remains a seminal figure, not only for "the people called Methodist, " but also within the larger Protestant tradition. Understanding h...

This eye-opening dialogue between a rabbi and a Christian scholar challenges Jews and Christians to examine their misconceptions and prejudices abo...