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John Chrysostom and African Charismatic Theology in Conversation: Salvation, Deliverance, and the Prosperity Gospel
Samantha L. Miller
This book puts John Chrysostom in conversation with deliverance ministries and the prosperity gospel in modern African charismatic Christianity. Samantha Miller argues that Chrysostom had a cosmology not unlike that present in the charismatic Christianity of the global south, where the world is populated by spirits able to affect the material world. Additionally, Chrysostom had plenty to say about suffering, demons, and prosperity. Through this conversation, issues of personal moral responsibility and salvation rise to the surface, and it is through these issues that modern Western and African Christians―theologians, pastors, missionaries, and laity―can perhaps have a conversation that gets past the question of a spirit-inhabited world and talk together about the saving work of Christ for the benefit of all the church.
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Reading Other Peoples’ Texts: Social Identity and the Reception of Authoritative Traditions
Ken Brown
This volume draws together eleven essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Greco-Roman religion and early Judaism, to address the ways that conceptions of identity and otherness shape the interpretation of biblical and other religiously authoritative texts.
The contributions explore how interpreters of scriptural texts regularly assume or assert an identification between their own communities and those described in the text, while ignoring the cultural, social, and religious differences between themselves and the text's earliest audiences. Comparing a range of examples, these essays address varying ways in which social identity has shaped the historical contexts, implied audiences, rhetorical shaping, redactional development, literary appropriation, and reception history of particular texts over time. Together, they open up new avenues for studying the relations between social identity, scriptural interpretation, and religious authority. -
Uncovering Calvin’s God: John Calvin on Predestination and the Love of God
Forrest H. Buckner
Although “God loves you” is a common summary of the central message of Christian teaching and preaching, a close reading of the Bible and attention to the Christian tradition will reveal passages of Scripture and Christian doctrines??particularly John Calvin’s doctrine of predestination??that seem to undermine confidence in God’s love for all people. For numerous theologians, including many within the Reformed tradition, the secret decree of Calvin’s God to save some and condemn others seems to undercut completely one’s assurance of salvation along with one’s ability to trust in and worship God. However, pastor and scholar John Calvin confidently spoke of God as a loving Father throughout his teaching and preaching.
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China Gothic: The Bishop of Beijing and His Cathedral
Anthony E. Clark
As China struggled to redefine itself at the turn of the twentieth century, nationalism, religion, and material culture intertwined in revealing ways. This phenomenon is evident in the twin biographies of North China’s leading Catholic bishop of the time, Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), and the Beitang cathedral, epicenter of the Roman Catholic mission in China through incarnations that began in 1701. After its relocation and reconstruction under Favier’s supervision, the cathedral―and Favier―miraculously survived a two-month siege in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Featuring a French Gothic Revival design augmented by Chinese dragon–shaped gargoyles, marble balustrades in the style of Daoist and Buddhist temples, and other Chinese aesthetic flourishes, Beitang remains an icon of Sino-Western interaction.
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Big Band Era: Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 58
Brent Edstrom
(Jazz Piano Solos). 25 swinging tunes in piano solo arrangements with chord symbols, including: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy * In the Mood * Opus One * Pennsylvania 6-5000 * Sing, Sing, Sing * Stompin' at the Savoy * A String of Pearls * Yes Indeed * and more.
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Christmas Standards: Singer's Jazz Anthology (High Voice)
Brent Edstrom
The Singer's Jazz Anthology is an exciting series that provides aspiring jazz vocalists and pianists with staples of the jazz repertoire. The singer's portion, matching the original sheet music, is paired with fresh, unique accompaniments arranged in an authentic jazz style and designed to enable the singer to sound like they're being backed by an accomplished jazz pianist. The accompaniments can be performed as written but include chord labels for pianists who are comfortable playing their own chord voicings. The included audio recordings of the printed accompaniments, performed by the series arranger, Brent Edstrom can be used by the vocalist in rehearsal or in performance.
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Christmas Standards: Singer's Jazz Anthology (Low Voice)
Brent Edstrom
The Singer's Jazz Anthology is an exciting series that provides aspiring jazz vocalists and pianists with staples of the jazz repertoire. The singer's portion, matching the original sheet music, is paired with fresh, unique accompaniments arranged in an authentic jazz style and designed to enable the singer to sound like they're being backed by an accomplished jazz pianist. The accompaniments can be performed as written but include chord labels for pianists who are comfortable playing their own chord voicings.
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Chrysostom's Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology
Samantha L. Miller
For many Christians today, the notion that demons should play a role in our faith―or that they even exist―may seem dubious. But that was certainly not the case for John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued" early church preacher and theologian who became the bishop of Constantinople near the end of the fourth century. Indeed, references to demons and the devil permeate his rhetoric. But to what end?
In this New Explorations in Theology volume, Samantha Miller examines Chrysostom's theology and world, both of which were imbued with discussions about demons. For Chrysostom, she contends, such references were employed in order to encourage Christians to be virtuous, to prepare them for the struggle of the Christian life, and ultimately to enable them to exercise their will as they worked out their salvation.
Understanding the role of demons in Chrysostom's soteriology gives us insight into what it means to be human and what it means to follow Christ in a world fraught with temptation and danger. In that regard, Chrysostom's golden words continue to demonstrate relevance to Christians in today's world.
Featuring new monographs with cutting-edge research, New Explorations in Theology provides a platform for constructive, creative work in the areas of systematic, historical, philosophical, biblical, and practical theology.
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Private Schools and Student Media: Supporting Mission, Students, and Community
Erica Salkin
Private Schools and Student Media: Support Mission, Students, and Community explores the activities of student media outlets, content creators and advisers in K–12 private schools in the United States. The unique nature of private schools, separate from government funding but not all government oversight, creates its own opportunities and challenges for students seeking their own outlets to pursue questions, answers and voice. Through surveys and content analysis of schools, student media advisers and student media work, Erica Salkin explores the reality of censorship in private schools―where the First Amendment does not play the same role as in public schools―and the perspectives of teachers who dedicate time, effort, and expertise to make the learning laboratory of the student newspaper or yearbook a reality. Ultimately, this book proposes that student media can be a significant asset to a private school’s mission, students, and school community: to prepare young people for lives of service and good citizenship. Scholars of communication, media studies, journalism, and education will find this book particularly useful.
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Eyes to See: Bible Study
Bendi Benson Schrambach
Selah Award Finalist (2022), Eyes to See Bible Study invites women to press into the One who knows and loves them by name. Reflecting on themes raised in the companion text, Eyes to See: Experiencing God's Wonders in All of Life's Seasons, this eight-week study will strengthen and encourage the faithful. As with the spiritual memoir, this study aspires to bless women with a bigger picture of God and his love for them.
The workbook format invites women to look up and record Scripture, meditate on what God is showing them, and record prayers of response. Investigating such topics biblical prophecy, the power of the tongue, worship, the Holy Spirit, gratitude, and trusting God with what we cannot control, this study is a great resource for churches, women's groups, and individuals seeking eyes to see the blessings all around us. -
Eyes to See: Experiencing God's Wonders in All of Life's Seasons
Bendi Benson Schrambach
Christian Indie Award finalist (2022), "Eyes to See" takes the form of 40 vignettes exploring the reality of God's presence in all of life's seasons―from adolescence and college to marriage, motherhood, and work. Diverse anecdotes celebrate the beauty, the lessons, the wonders bountifully placed within the folds of life. The book points to miracles great and small―evidence of God's love, God's omnipotence, and God's creational power. Readers are invited along for a personal journey made full with divine moments of friendship, nature, family, love, parenthood, and grief.
These meditations aim to encourage others to become aware of God's quiet presence in their own lives. In our hyper-fast, hyper-connected world, is there a skill more important than learning to slow down and cultivate an awareness of God's nearness to us amidst the ordinary experiences of life? God "winks" at all of us, and miracles have always lain before us. We need only have eyes to see. -
Reading Scripture as the Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Hermeneutic of Discipleship
Derek W. Taylor
Although the practice of reading Scripture has often become separated from its ecclesial context, theologian Derek Taylor argues that it rightly belongs to the disciplines of the community of faith. He finds a leading example of this approach in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who regarded the reading of Scripture as an inherently communal exercise of discipleship.
In conversation with other theologians, including John Webster, Robert Jenson, and Stanley Hauerwas, Taylor contends that Bonhoeffer's approach to Scripture can engender the practices and habits of a faithful hermeneutical community. Today, as in Bonhoeffer's time, the church is called to take up and read.
Featuring new monographs with cutting-edge research, New Explorations in Theology provides a platform for constructive, creative work in the areas of systematic, historical, philosophical, biblical, and practical theology.
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Ruled Reading and Biblical Criticism
Matthew T. Bell
In Ruled Reading and Biblical Criticism, Matthew T. Bell contends that the gulf in interpretive priorities between ancient and modern readers has been exaggerated and that careful study of early Christian reading practices suggests that it is both possible and productive to re-contextualize early Christian “ruled reading” for a postmodern setting.
Modern prejudice holds that ancient Christian interpretation was relatively unconcerned with history and concomitantly determined to foist extrascriptural doctrinal commitments onto scripture, silencing those layers of scripture’s meaning that modern criticism has been most concerned with uncovering. In this book, Bell argues that, when the ethos and theology of reading in the early Church are taken into account, premodern interpretive priorities turn out to be less implausible than the modern world has believed them to be. Through close reading of ancient Christian texts, Bell outlines an ontology of scripture wherein the relationship between early Christianity’s “Rule of Faith,” on one hand, and its scriptures, on the other, was expressly constructed as a hermeneutical spiral, the slant of which was designed to attend to and be edified by textually mediated conundrums and intellectual provocations. Viewed along that spiral, the Church’s Rule was as “scriptural” as the Church’s catalog of scriptures was “ruled.”
This book will be welcomed by academics who study early Christianity and scripture, as well as scholars interested in reconsidering Christian hermeneutical questions for a postmodern age.
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Jazz Fusion: Jazz Piano Solos Volume 54
Brent Edstrom
For piano solo; includes chord symbols. Chameleon -- Feels so good -- 500 miles high -- Mercy, mercy, mercy -- Portrait of Tracy -- A remark you made -- You know what I mean -- and more.
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Jazz Standards: Unique, Distinctive Piano Arrangements of 20 Classics
Brent Edstrom
Looking to add some variety to your playing? Check out the Creative Piano Solos series that provides innovative and interesting twists on favorite songs for the intermediate to advanced player. This volume features 20 jazz standards reimagined: All the Things You Are * Blue Skies * But Beautiful * Georgia on My Mind * Here's That Rainy Day * The Lady Is a Tramp * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * Skylark * Someone to Watch Over Me * That's All * The Very Thought of You * What'll I Do? * and more.
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Pat Metheny: Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 57
Brent Edstrom
24 songs from this legendary guitarist and composer beautifully arranged for jazz piano solos! Includes: Always and Forever * Antonia * Are You Going with Me? * Better Days Ahead * First Circle * Have You Heard * In Her Family * (It's Just) Talk * James * Last Train Home * Letter from Home * The Longest Summer * Make Peace * A Map of the World * Mas Alla * Minuano (Six-Eight) * New Year * Phase Dance * Question & Answer * The Road to You * Sirabhorn * So May It Secretly Begin * Sometimes I See * Unity Village. Includes chord names.
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Ring by Spring: Dating and Relationship Cultures at Christian Colleges
Stacy Keogh George
The phrase “ring by spring” is used to describe students’ desire to find a partner and become engaged before they graduate college. From where does this pressure come? Who is most impacted? What are the consequences of this culture? This book begins to explore this complicated dynamic that is unique to Christian colleges by describing the experiences of Christian college students and alumni. The author provides additional thoughts on how to support students overwhelmed by this culture, and how to foster positive relationships of all kinds on college campuses that too often make romantic relationships too serious too quickly.
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Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya's HIV-Prevention NGOs
Megan J. Hershey
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are ubiquitous in the Global South. Often international in origin, many attempt to assist local efforts to improve the lives of people often living in or near poverty. Yet their external origins often cloud their ability to impact health or quality of life, regardless of whether volunteers are local or foreign.
By focusing on one particular type of NGO—those organized to help prevent the spread and transmission of HIV in Kenya—Megan Hershey interrogates the ways these organizations achieve (or fail to achieve) their planned outcomes. Along the way, she examines the slippery slope that is often used to define “success” based on meeting donor-set goals versus locally identified needs. She also explores the complex network of bureaucratic requirements at both the national and local levels that affect the delicate relationships NGOs have with the state. Drawing on extensive, original quantitative and qualitative research, Whose Agency serves as a much-needed case study for understanding the strengths and shortcomings of participatory development and community engagement. -
Assembled for Song: An Anthology of New Hymns, Volume 2
Benjamin Brody
A place called home -- Abba, deliver them from evil -- Ask the complicated questions -- Build a longer table -- Can weeping for our planet be enough -- Can you feel the seasons turning -- Christ is the truth, the way -- Christ Jesus, the way, beginning and end -- Come now, o God, when our love is forsaken -- Commonwealth is God's commandment -- Draw the welcome circle wider -- Faith of our Mothers -- For faithful friends who share God's love -- Free us, God from past mistakes -- Glory to God! your gift of song -- God of creation who slept in the straw -- God for our world we sing -- God, you make all water holy -- God's love is boundless -- God's perfect love casts out all fear -- Has Jesus stood in front of me -- Hope is a seed -- In words of truth -- Let our vocation be love -- Let speeches fall silent -- Like the rain from heaven -- Lord, hear our lenten prayer -- O source of all knowledge -- On the cross, the world's salvation -- Peace to you, my loved ones -- Prophets first spoke the Gospel story -- Remember and imagine -- Risen Jesus, promised presence -- Rising from the water -- Speak, wooden cross -- Stay, my child -- The church has here commissioned us -- The day that followed Jesus' birth -- The first time that death came for Jesus -- The God of Sarah praise -- Though the fig tree does not blossom -- To you who bow -- Two young women watch each other -- What sort of ride would be fit for a king -- When Jesus prayed upon the mountain's height -- When the gifts of God surprise us -- Where are the voices for the earth -- Who would know the mind of Jesus? -- Wine at a wedding -- With sweetest music, angels sing -- Composers, authors and sources -- Metrical index -- Tune index -- Title index
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I Believe in God Almighty: For SATB Voices, Solo, Assembly, and Piano
Benjamin Brody
This gospel hymn concertato arrangement of Brody's first published hymn tune COLBERT, is a wonderful match for Sylvia Dunstan's powerful paraphrase of The Apostle's Creed. The choir and soloist bookend the hymn, in addition to supporting the singing of the assembly.
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Primary Source Collections in the Pacific Northwest: An Historical Researcher's Guide
Nancy A. Bunker
Primary source collections from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington are described and evaluated. Covering a broad cross-section of libraries, museums, historical societies, and government archives this book provides a detailed look at 175 institutions and their collections. Descriptive entries cover contact information, facilities, material types, and multiple subject indexes to the holdings. Discusses the nature of archival research and lists digital resources and Web sites of interest to historians. The perfect tour guide for scholars engaged in writing about the history of the Pacific Northwest and related national topics.
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What the Sky Lacks
Thom Caraway
With an unwavering ascendancy of the austere, Thom Caraway’s What the Sky Lacks explores the negative capability of uncertainties and mysteries in a landscape of ruthless severity and elusive beauty, “a world built of unknown language.” While witnessing the stark refuge of cottonwood shelterbelts on a field’s ragged periphery, listening to the tender weight of empty freight cars rolling through the night, or recounting the dream of a wrecker wherein human warmth exists only in the transient sounds of strangers, a soul transforms into “an instrument of pure light, a circular machine of illumination.” The spiritual discipline of recognizing beauty in a world of desolation emerges sheer, unadorned as the rugged territories in the northern badlands obliterated by merciless blizzards, unburnished yet dazzlingly beatific in wintry ruminations of a faith weathered out of wreckage. Instead of hungering for uneasy solace, this enduring poet vows, “We’ll rename the world.” (Karen An-hwei Lee)
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China’s Last Jesuit: Charles J. McCarthy and the End of the Mission in Catholic Shanghai
Amanda C. R. Clark
This pivot chronicles the life of Charles McCarthy, a San Francisco native and Jesuit missionary to China, and tells the unique and compelling story of a young man who experienced confinement under the Japanese occupation, followed shortly by imprisonment by the Chinese Communists in the 1950’s. Through a study of McCarthy’s unique epistolary exchanges, it considers the intellectual life of a Catholic missionary, his ongoing fight for equal citizenship rights, illustrating how American Catholic missionaries in Maoist-era Shanghai navigated the social tensions of a nation-state in turbulent transition. This narrative explores Jesuit strategies of resistance and persistence in an era of oppression, and ideological and religious conflict as those sent to fill the missionary spots left by European men lost in the World Wars were caught up in China’s mid-century political upheavals.
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Catholicism and Buddhism: The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of Jesus and Buddha
Anthony E. Clark
The recent tide of books comparing Christianity and Buddhism has centered mostly on similarities. The Dalai Lama, for example, provided his opinions on Christianity in a popular book, The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (1996). Other writers have equally sought to describe these two traditions as "two paths to the same place." Finding these approaches overly simplified, Anthony Clark confronts the distinctions between Buddhism and Catholic Christianity, acknowledging areas of confluence, but also discerning areas of abiding difference. Clark provides here a Catholic view of Buddhism that avoids obfuscations, seeking clarity for the sake of more productive dialogue.
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Best Smooth Jazz: Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 50
Brent Edstrom
(Jazz Piano Solos). 21 smooth jazz selections in piano solo arrangements with chord symbols. Includes: After Hours (The Antidote) * Bossa Baroque * Cause We've Ended As Lovers * Feels So Good * Forever in Love * Isabella * Maputo * Prototype * Rise * Shaker Song * Smiles and Smiles to Go * Wishful Thinking * You Make Me Smile * and more.
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