Doctrine & Theology - General

Belief in God in the face of suffering is one of the most intractable problems of Christian theology. Many respond to the spiritual challenge of ev...

Postmodernity allows for no absolutes and no essence. Yet theology is concerned with the absolute, the essential. How then does theology sit within...

Interest in political theology has surged in recent years, and this accessible volume provides a focused overview of the field. Many are asking ser...

Evangelicalism, a vibrant and growing expression of historic Christian orthodoxy, is already one of the largest and most geographically diverse glo...

Feminist theology is a significant movement within contemporary theology. The aim of this Companion is to give an outline of feminist theology thro...

The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary reveals how understanding and living out of the oldest summary of Christian belief leads to ...

You recite it. But do you understand it?The ApostlesÕ Creed has united Christians from different times, places, and traditions. It proclaims eterna...

Cushroo Bejon introduces the theology of the book of Hebrews in this easy to read study guide which declares: God alone is the Author of Scripture;...

This practical resource will assist individuals and adult groups in church school classes, sessions, and retreats by clarifying some of the major t...

These three texts - The Sayings of Saint Macarius, The Virtues of Saint Macarius, and The Life of Saint Macarius of Scetis - provide insight into o...

Lengthy, heavy, theological tomes have their place, but sometimes we need a simple way of understanding the doctrine that is central to our faith. ...

This collection explores how the theological tradition of the social gospel, born within the social and cultural dislocations of late nineteenth-ce...

A Semiotic Approach to the Theology of Inculturation argues that though it is a difficult and delicate task, inculturation is still a requisite dem...

How freely can salvation be offered to people? How do Law and Grace find balance? What influence does federal theology have on the overall theologi...

No sooner have they mastered the basics than students of theology can quickly find themselves in over their heads. They are bombarded with claim an...

Dealing primarily with Proverbs 10-31, Westermann demonstrates how the wisdom literature evolved into a form of poetry that had greater universal a...

In this masterful examination of the Old Princetonians’ writings, Helseth turns the orthodox interpretation of their enlightenment rationalism on i...

The church is tired of seeing Christians act ungraciously toward one another when they disagree. Social media has added to the carnage. Christians ...

This excellent resource presents short, meaningful selections from major Reformed theologians of Europe, the British Isles, and America during the ...

This volume demonstrates a central conviction of the Reformed tradition--that theology must honor the historic witness of the church as catholic wh...

We are formed by the images we view. From classical art to advertisements and from news photos to social media, the images we look at mold our idea...

How can the arts witness to the transcendence of the Christian God? It is widely believed that there is something transcendent about the arts, that...

New from Best-Selling Author John Piper The providence of God is his purposeful sovereignty by which he will be completely successful in the achiev...

Although early church fathers recognized the different roles of Christ, John Calvin was the first to call attention to his distinct offices of prop...

“It is easy to sound prophetic from the margins; what we urgently need is to be prophetic from the center”Despite its centrality to the Christian f...

Abraham Kuyper believed that Jesus is King of all creation, making it absurd to distinguish between Christian life inside and outside the church. I...

Postcolonial Public Theology is a tour de force: a study in theological reflection in conversation with the most compelling intellectual discourses...

Perspective Criticism sets out a new methodology designed to help the reader of biblical narratives in which there is a character engaged in action...

The divide between the sacred and the secular life has dogged Christians for centuries. Even today, many Christians and church leaders still assume...

Gary Habermas’s On the Resurrection: vol. 1, Evidences commences his magnum opus. In this first volume, Habermas outlines his philosophical and his...

Gerhard explores the moral Law of God, revealed in Scripture and nature, as well as all other kinds of laws, such as the ceremonies and civil laws ...

Leading Old Testament theologian Walter Moberly probes what is necessary to understand and appropriate the Hebrew Bible as a fundamental resource f...

The discipline of Old Testament theology continues to be in flux as diverse approaches vie for dominance. Paul House serves as our guide—without be...

This series brings to a wide audience important new discoveries concerning relationships of women and men in the Bible, ancient Israel, early Judai...

The Nature of Doctrine, originally published in 1984, is one of the most influential works of academic theology in the past fifty years. A true cla...

My Theology: The world’s leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs. ‘I never expected to be a...

A short definitive account of Keith Ward’s theology, based on the philosophy of Personal Idealism. It records Ward’s views about God, revelation, t...