In retrospect it is difficult to accept that Western democracies implicitly supported, or at least tolerated, the legalized system of white supremacy in South Africa known as apartheid. Renate Pratt's new book, In Good Faith, explains why the Christian churches were among the fi…
At a time when already overworked clergy are being called upon by budget cutting politicians to do more for the poor, the sick, and the elderly, American churches are suffering persistent financial shortfalls. Why are American's churches in financial distress? Robert Wuthnow, a …
Main description: This monograph examines the problem of universally inclusive language in the book of Revelation and the resulting narrative tension created by narrowly exclusive language. Analysis is conducted by placing relevant texts within their literary-narrative context a…
Eberhard Jüngel is one of the world's most creative Christian thinkers. This is his first explicit examination of the relationship between theology and politics, between the church and state or, as he himself puts it, of 'the political existence of the Christian'. This examinati…
This updated edition of this title provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the history, theory, law, and comparative analysis of American religious liberty from the earliest colonial period through the most recent Supreme Court cases. The authors present balanced…
This book addresses the role of religion in the massive political changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989. In particular, it examines the role played by the East German church in that country's bloodless revolution. Drawing on his own research in East Germany and relyi…
The Desecularisation of the city : London's churches, 1980 to the present / David Goodhew and Anthony-Paul Cooper -- The demography of religion in London since 1980 / Eric Kaufmann -- The 2012 London church census / Peter Brierley -- Walking down the Old Kent Road : new black ma…
Aquinas's social and economic teachings -- Aquinas and economic thought -- From Aquinas to civil economy -- The Thomistic soul of civil economy. "This thought-provoking monograph connects the idea of civil economy in Italian economic thought to the work of Thomas Aquinas. Its m…
