In these pages, you’ll witness how acts of social and environmental justice, intertwined with mercy, have the potential to reshape lives, offering a vivid portrait of the profound impact of embracing the everyday God. As he reflects upon Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 25:34–40, Arnold challenges us to discover God’s presence in the most unexpected places and join in with where God is acting, whether
Packed with vivid, often deeply moving memories and evocative photographs, this book tells John's story against the backdrop of the developing National Children's Home. Throughout his life he has kept in touch with the home (now Action for Children) and is well placed to describe the changes in it's approach and some of the remarkable men & women who gave their lives for homeless children.
Preaching The Women of the Bible, Vol 2 • More unheard women’s voices from across the First and Second testaments • The authors both speak widely on homiletics, and in particular the importance of women’s voices in preaching • Together with volume 1 this will make up a major new resource which will be of use throughout all three years of the lectionary cycle
Trans Formations is not a book about trans and non-binary Christians it is a book by trans and non-binary Christians. Who we are, what we experience, and what we understand stretches beyond trans-apologetics to formative anthropological and theological notions without which the body of anthropological and theological knowledge is incomplete.
This experimental theological adventure imagines what might flow from a more thorough 'be-child-inf' og God. Aware that a child can be idealized, he selects particular characteristics of childness in order to disrupt God's omnipresence, opnipotence and omniscience.
What are the key questions of the First Letter of Peter, how does it offer questions and challenges for us today and ultimately how does it speak to readers 2000 years after it was composed? Justin Welby, Jennifer Strawbridge and Abigail Harries Martin develop the expositions offered by Archbishop Justin at the 2022 Lambeth Conference to explore the key themes from 1 Peter and draw out questions a
Feminist practical theology is bold in exploration of doctrinal themes in poetic and prayerful modes, characteristically collaborative and in search of alliances with other advocacy perspectives. In the UK, such commitments have been exemplified by Nicola Slee.
Whether through suspicion or ignorance, serious consideration of what Mary can teach us has been lacking in large swathes of the church for some time. Drawing on careful biblical exegesis, church history and ecumenical thinking, this book suggests how a serious understanding of Mary might influence our ethical thought, and considers some of the key theological tensions at the heart of the church's
Theology for the End of the World suggests that in responding to the deeply entwined systems of capitalism, racism and patriarchy we should stop trying to unearth a 'good version' of Christianity which stands opposed to these forms of violence and seek instead to reckon with the role that Christianity has played in making the world we now inhabit.
Perhaps, after all, the decolonising agenda isn’t extra baggage the church needs to carry on top of everything else. Perhaps, instead, it is the very heart of what the church should be about – disrupting, uncomfortable, and bringing about a kind of ‘holy anarchy’.