George Lindbeck is one of the most influential and important of post-war American theologians. His books and essays generate debate not only among his fellow Lutherans but also among other Christains as well as Jews and students of religions in the...

This work represents a statement of the importance for theology of eschatology - and of an eschatological theology which emphasizes the revolutionary effect of Christian hope upon the thought, institutions and conditions of life in the here and now.

The SCM Briefly series is a series of summarized texts that are commonly used on theology and philosophy A level and Level One undergraduate courses in the UK. As students are less likely today to come to these subjects with language experience, the...

This volume comprises a fresh English translation - accompanied by the corresponding Latin text - followed by a Commentary on, and interpretative essays about, the highly influential papal Encyclical Letter "Fides et Ratio" (1998), which...

This volume is intended to offer to philosophers, liturgists and theologians of different schools a forum for conversation on issues of liturgy and philosophy and to enable a greater appreciation of the wealth of theologies in current Catholic...

Key Points·(-15689) Access to a wide variety of source material with additional benefit of guiding commentary from a respected scholar in the area·(-15689) Covers material typical of an undergraduate course in Theological...

Preface By Gerald LoughlinOffers one of the best treatments ever given to the  importance for theology of narrative and story. The central contention of the book is that if Jesus as the parable of God,as well as Jesus'...

Preface By Stafan C ReifPerhaps the closest portrayal that we have of a genuinely historical Jesus. Freed from the burden of Christian doctrine or Jewish 'animus', here is a remarkable portrait by a renowned scholar of the NT, Jewish...

In a sympathetic and warmly empathic style, John V. Taylor tells of his encounters with many different African people, and reflects theologically on the conversations he has shared with people in a wide variety of circumstances.

This book collects together samples from the writings of key Pentecostals and charismatics going back about 100 years and, over a range of issues and practices, shows how they vary and how they have developed historically.