Randy Alcorn 
If God Is Good 

This volume argues that the notion of “affections” discussed by Jonathan Edwards (and Christian theologians before him) means something very different from what contemporary English speakers now call …

Written with both passion and precision, God”s Spies is a work that will be welcomed by anyone interested in the vital interplay between poetry and religion. The authors represented, including …

This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of “spirits” ( tama or tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a …

In this book, Glenn Barenthin provides a new solution to a key question in the cognitive and evolutionary study of religion: why do humans cooperate? What led humans, uniquely among animals, to …

Justin Stratis explores the meaning of the biblical phrase ”God is love” through an examination of two quintessentially modern Protestant theologians: Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Barth. This …

Jarvis J. Williams argues that the Jewish martyrological ideas, codified in 2 and 4 Maccabees and in selected texts in LXX Daniel 3, provide an important background to understanding Paul”s …

The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a 20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marr …

This volume examines numerous Hebrew wordplays not identified and discussed in previous research, and the technique of the Septuagint translators, by offering another criterion of evaluation – …

Generically, theologically, and concerning content, Mark and Joseph and Aseneth are quite different. The former is a product of the nascent Jesus movement and influenced by the Greco-Roman Bioi …

How did the Christian Church originate, what journeys has it taken over two millennia, and how did it come to exist in its present, myriad forms? The answers to these questions form a tapestry of …