Sheds light on the power of group Bible study for the ever-evolving shape of American Evangelicalism. This book draws on over nineteen months of ethnographic work with five congregations to better understand why group Bible study matters so much to Evangelicals and for Evangelical culture.
Sheds light on the power of group Bible study for the ever-evolving shape of American Evangelicalism. This book draws on over nineteen months of ethnographic work with five congregations to better understand why group Bible study matters so much to Evangelicals and for Evangelical culture.
This volume charts the shifting boundaries of Judaism from antiquity to the modern period in order to bring clarity to what scholars mean when they claim that ancient texts or groups are "within Judaism," as well as exploring how rabbinic Jews, Christians, and Muslims have negotiated and renegotiated what Judaism is and is not in order to form ......
Magic, Medicine, and Ritual and the Occasion of Paul's Letter to the Gal
In Witch Hunt in Galatia, Jeremy Wade Barrier reconstructs Galatians as part of Paul's effort to convince the Jews in Galatia to choose baptism through the "breath" (i.e. Spirit) of God over circumcision as a way to bring divine healing to their community.
How can Christians contribute to the debates about climate change and global warming? What ethical criteria do they bring to the conversation? How does the Bible figure in their deliberation? Carol Robb brings together the several dimensions of this one overarching issue of our lifetimes: hers is an ecological ethics in theological perspective, ......
This book takes a fresh look at New Testament prayers through the lens of ritual theory. The new perspective brings to light the cultural genius of New Testament authors and their communities as they engage in this embodied practice in order to navigate their relationships with one another and with God.
A Constructive Proposal on the Delay of the Parousia
The delay of the Parousia has vexed Christians since the final decades of the first century. This volume offers a critical, constructive, and interdisciplinary solution to that dilemma.
This book investigates whether or not the author of John could have crafted his Gospel with knowledge of the Synoptics. By comparing John's reuse of material in the Gospel and the Jewish Scriptures with passages in the Synoptic record, Wendy E.S. North concludes that John wrote his gospel with knowledge of the Synoptic texts at certain points.
"Scripture" is no longer an absolute. In the last two centuries, as Westerners have become more keenly conscious of the flatly historical character of their own biblical documents, they have also realized the normative function of scripture in other traditions. W. C. Smith's vastly erudite work asks how it is that certain texts have so seeped ......
