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Pastor and the Peopleby Lyle E. Schaller
Abingdon Press 2002; US$ 9.00How can the pastor and the congregation best forge a dynamic and productive partnership? What do the most successful churches do to maximize their effectiveness? more...
From Geography to Affinity by Lyle E. Schaller
Abingdon Press 2003; US$ 13.00Advocates the creation and support of affinity networks within denominations that allow congregations to choose more broadly the ways they will fulfill and extend their mission. more...
Synod on the Freedom of Conscienceby D.V. Coornhert; Gerrit Voogt
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 45.00The first complete English translation of Dirck Coornhert's 1630 Synod on the Freedom of Conscience, one of the most elaborate and powerful pleas for religious tolerance published in early modern Europe more...
From Tyndale to Madisonby Michael Farris
B&H Publishing Group 2007; US$ 24.99Farris traces the intricate history of religious freedom and its greatest heroes across centuries and continents to reveal the sacrifices made to secure the rights we enjoy today. more...
The Old Rectoryby Anthony Jennings; Clive Aslet
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 49.95Pevsner described the pairing of church and parsonage as a feature of the English village unparalleled on the Continent. John Betjeman saw the design of rectories and vicarages as highly influential on our architecture. Forsaken by the Church but coveted by the private buyer, this is the story of these quintessentially English houses, with their combination of fine architecture, charm and character, large gardens and often splendidly rural locations. The Old Rectory examines their history, their evolution through the centuries, their many and varied styles of architecture, and their place in our heritage. It also explores the contribution made to our culture by the clerical families who once occupied these houses, and the famous people and... more...
Freedom of Religionby A van de Beek; E.A.J.G. Van der Borght; B. P. Vermeulen
BRILL 2010; US$ 138.00The idea of freedom of religion was developed in Europe in the 16th and 17th century in the context of religious diversity as an alternative for religious wars. more...
The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Loveby Jonathan Leeman; Mark Dever
Crossway Books 2010; US$ 19.99An expert defense of how God's holy love is biblically, theologically, and practically represented to a watching world through the local church practices of membership and discipline. When the world speaks of "love," it often means unconditional acceptance. Many churches have adopted this mind-set in their practice of membership and discipline-if they have not done away with such structures entirely. "Yet God's love and God's gospel are different than what the world expects," writes Jonathan Leeman. They're centered in his character, which draws a clear boundary between what is holy and what is not. It's this line that the local church should represent in its member practices, because the careful exercise... more...
The Ministry Staff Memberby Douglas L. Fagerstrom
Zondervan 2009; US$ 14.99A comprehensive and practical handbook of stories, counsel, suggestions, and projects covering all the major responsibilities and relationships involved in serving as a staff member in today's church. more...
The Church in Councilby Norman Tanner
I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 92.00Councils have been of fundamental importance to the historical development of the Catholic Church. From the First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE to the reforming Second Vatican Council of 1962-5, the conciliar movement has more often than not represented the interests and prerogatives of the mass of the faithful: frequently - especially from medieval times - as a bulwark against the untrammelled supremacy of the Pope. Norman Tanner is arguably the outstanding scholar of church councils writing in English and his work provides an essential framework to our understanding of the development of Western Catholicism. In this volume, which assembles some of his best work on the topic, he reflects on the legacy of conciliarism, and shows how and why the... more...
Chalcedon in Contextby Richard Price; Mary Whitby
Liverpool University Press 2011; US$ 125.00This collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Its aim is to place Chalcedon in a broader context, and bring out the importance of the acts of the early general councils from the fifth to the seventh century, documents that because of their bulk and relative inaccessibility have received only limited attention till recently. This volume is evidence that this situation is now rapidly changing, as historians of late antiquity as well as specialists in the history of the Christian Church discover the richness of this material for the exploration of common concerns and tensions across the provinces of the Later Roman Empire, language... more...









