Christian Theology/Apologetics Books

Constructs a Christology using the guru as a paradigm for understanding the person and work of Christ.

In Jesus Is My Uncle, Luis Pedraja examines Christology and the doctrine of God from a Hispanic perspective, emphasizing the role played by languag...

"This study explores the meaning of justification in the framework of Latin American theology of liberation, which is a particular way of doing the...

In Her Words  illustrates the contributions made to contemporary Christian theology by the increasing number of female theologians. Oden compiles s...

The author believes that United Methodists are sometimes reluctant to bring up the subject of religion with their friends and next-door neighbors. ...

Soul Theology distills the core beliefs that have provided and sustained a healing and balancing force in the black community throughout its histor...

In this book Alvin Padilla, Roberto Goizueta, and Eldin Villafañe bring together an impressive array of Hispanic scholars from across the theologic...

Of special focus in this reflective overview of Wesley's theological convictions is highlighting the practical-theological dynamics of Wesley's wor...

This first volume in the Abingdon Press series  Horizons in Theology  addresses the major concerns and questions for preaching as it intersects wit...

Explores how New Testament conceptions of God contribute to a contemporary constructive theology God in New Testament Theology  analyzes the variou...

Countering dire pronouncements of the irrelevance of African American institutions, Teresa L. Fry Brown celebrates the way African American women c...

Globalization is a catchword of our time, referring to the interdependence that affects us all. But we often meet globalization with extreme ambiva...

Look around at any gathering--whether it be a sporting event, a civic meeting, or a worship service--and you will likely see representatives of two...

The ecological crisis is a serious challenge to Christian theology and ethics because the crisis is rooted partly in flawed convictions about the r...

This leader's guide gives for each lesson: a purpose statement, Bible background, and sections on beginning the lesson, developing the lesson, conc...

Refreshing insights into popular, well-loved Scripture. Each lesson offers a biblical basis for facing life's decisions and encourages a deeper per...

This teacher book contains complete plans for 26 individual study sessions presented in biblical order. For each session, teachers are provided wit...

Evangelism has nothing to do with church size but everything to do with making disciples.  Evangelism is about introducing people to Jesus but also...

An anthology of writings of late-18th and early-19th century Methodist women. Writings of early Methodist women have compelling stories to tell. Th...

In a single, convenient volume, readers can now look up John Wesley's own statements of his theological beliefs. Reprinted from the 1954 work, A C...

Representative writings of early American Methodists illustrating their spirituality and lives. This book presents primary source material from the...

These new essays summarize the latest research by highly respected United Methodist scholars, exploring the distinctive doctrines and discipline of...

Christian doctrine, McClendon tells us, is no laundry list of propositions to be believed, but is rather an essential practice of the church. Doctr...

Think you know everything there is to know about the life that lies beyond this one? Think again. Think you know everything there is to know about ...

One of today's foremost theologians presents the case for embracing religious pluralism as integral to the Christian gospel. Religious pluralism is...

"We would be naive to think that we can hear these narratives with the same clarity that the first hearers did. An equal naivete, however, would b...

Characterizations of Jesus abound: “dying Savior,” “monk,” or “troublemaker,” for example.  But who is Jesus?  Who  was  Jesus—really?  By surveyin...

Offering proven strategies for communicating the gospel to people who are atheistic, agnostic, or "ignostic," the author presents a model of a cong...

Gain fresh insight into The United Methodist Church's teachings about the Holy Spirit. This 8-session study explores how the Holy Spirit produces a...

A comprehensive guide to the theology and practice of evangelism within the Wesleyan tradition. No one would deny that evangelism stands at the hea...

Challenging the church to break the yoke of middle-class captivity and join with Christ who lives among the poor and marginalized, Tex Sample addre...

A distinguished thinker ponders the meaning of Wesley's theology. John B. Cobb, Jr., draws on the historical, critical, and literary work that has ...

This provocative volume illuminates a dimension of John Wesley's theology that has received insufficient attention: his deep and abiding commitment...

In this excellent outline of Christian ethics, Robin W. Lovin achieves a balance between the questions and issues which form the core of the study ...

Fretheim presents here the Old Testament view of the Creator God, the created world, and our role in creation. Beginning with "The Beginning," he ...

This volume contains the edited versions of the major presentations made to the second Consultation on Theology and Evangelism, sponsored by the Fo...

Recent studies in the area of theology and gender have made some groundbreaking insights into the ways in which traditional theology influences--in...

When we stand at the Pearly Gates, God will not ask us what we believed but how we lived. The theology "de jour" originates with John Calvin, with ...

How Christian is evangelism? How biblical is it? In Call and Response: Biblical Foundations of a Theology of Evangelism, Walter Klaiber seeks answe...

Black Religious Experience  is an examination of the role Christian education has played in the African American community, as seen in the work of ...

Over the last thirty years African American voices and perspectives have become essential to the study of the various theological disciplines. Writ...

With theological and scientific expertise, Peters and Hewlett provide a careful and balanced analysis of the wide spectrum of debate between religi...

A fresh way to look at the ministry of The United Methodist Church. United Methodism is often accused of having an incoherent theological center. B...

This volume is intended to set in historical context the official United Methodist theological statements in the Disciplines of 1972 and 1988, and ...

The study of Christian ethics in North America has been profoundly influenced during this century by the work of H. Richard Niebuhr. That influence...

Recent years have witnessed a series of books, articles, and lectures raising serious questions about the Christian doctrine of the Atonement.   Wh...

This book helps beginning theological students grasp the basics of Christian theology. Consciously avoiding the perspective of one school of though...

Liberal/conservative and modern/postmodern concepts define contemporary theological debate. Yet what if these categories are grounded in a set of a...