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Christianity and democratisation
Manchester University Press 2009; US$ 95.00This book examines the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratisation that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades. It offers a historical overview of Christianitys engagement with the development of democracy, before focusing in detail on the period since the 1970s. Successive chapters deal with:... more...
Shopping
Fortress Press 2010; US$ 14.99What could be more mundane or less religious than shopping? Yet shopping asks us to choose our values and weigh the good in everyday terms. It also brings us instantly in contact with the myriad relationships and labor of people all over the world who have grown, harvested, or crafted the food, clothes, and other items with which we sustain and adorn... more...
On God's Side
Baker Publishing Group 2013; US$ 21.99Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better. In this timely and provocative book, he shows us how to reclaim Jesus's ancient and compelling vision of the common good--a vision that impacts and inspires not only our politics but also our personal lives, families, churches, neighborhoods, and world. more...
Abiding
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 15.99Abiding is not a word we have much use for in everyday conversation. Yet Ben Quash shows that this one concept is central to the Christian life. Abiding, as Quash demonstrates, has the sense of full personal commitment, a quality of solidarity that ?waiting? just cannot convey. It speaks of the centrality of order, consistency and continuity in the... more...
Contending for the Faith
University of New Mexico Press 2002; US$ 29.95Examines how a southern evangelical denomination was able to become the second largest religious body in a region characterized by cultural, racial, and religious pluralism; and the effect this had on their structure and beliefs. more...
The Queer God
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 47.95There are those who go to gay bars and salsa clubs with rosaries in their pockets, and who make camp chapels of their living rooms. Others enter churches with love letters hidden in their bags, because their need for God and their need for love refuse to fit into different compartments. But what goodness and righteousness can prevail if you are in... more...
The Market Economy and Christian Ethics
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 58.00Peter Sedgwick explores the relation of a theology of justice to that of human identity in the context of the market economy, and engages with critics of capitalism and the market. He recommends that the churches remain part of the debate in reforming and humanising the market economy. more...
A Theology of the Built Environment
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 30.00This is the first book to reflect theologically on the built environment as a whole. Drawing on a wide range of both theological and social-scientific sources, Tim Gorringe explores Christianity in its urban settings, focusing on the use of space, design, architecture, and town planning to make a theological critique. more...
Politics, Theology and History
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 38.00This important book poses acute questions about the basic moral foundations of liberal societies. Lord Plant focuses on the role of religious belief in argument about public policy in a pluralistic society. The book discusses the place of religious belief in policy formation and identifies relevant issues of Christian concern. more...
Understanding Theology and Popular Culture
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005; US$ 38.95Understanding Theology and Popular Culture is one of the first books to give an overview of the key issues and methods in this field of study. Provides a detailed introduction to key theories and debates in popular cultural studies Presents a reasoned argument about the distinctive contribution that theology can make to the study of popular culture... more...









