In the past week 269 titles were added to the library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on the link for more information.
Daring to share: multi-denominational congregations in the United States and Canada /Sandra Beardsall, Mitzi J. Budde, William P. McDonald.
This title tells the stories of multi-denominational congregations, investigates their practices, and proposes a fresh vision of church for the twenty-first century.
Finding favor: God’s blessings beyond health, wealth, and happiness /Brian Jones.
Deep down everyone wants God’s best for their lives―also known as God’s favor. The author weaves together stories and Scripture to help readers find God’s favor in their own lives.
Homeland insecurity: a hip hop missiology for the post-Civil Rights context /Daniel White Hodge.
This title explores the contours of post–civil rights contexts and focuses on Hip Hop theology as a framework for radical engagement of emerging adult populations. The author critiques the impaired missiology of imperialist and white supremacist approaches to modern, urban short-term missions.
A lens of love: reading the Bible in its world for our world /Jonathan L. Walton.
This title aims to assist Christians to read and interpret the Bible morally and confidently as they engage society’s pressing issues. The author provides interpretive tools to help understand the context of the Scriptures to engage the richness of the Bible.
Living gently in a violent world: the prophetic witness of weakness /Stanley Hauerwas.
This title explores the contours of a countercultural community that embodies a different way of being and witnesses to a new order, one marked by radical forms of gentleness, peacemaking, and faithfulness.
Now that you’re a youth leader: how to handle the challenging yet rewarding first years of youth ministry /Jeremy Steele.
This title answers real questions posed by beginning youth ministers and addresses all the nuts-and-bolts of everything from counseling a teen to preparing a budget.
Spiritual care for allied health practice: a person-centered approach /edited by Lindsay B. Carey, PhD and Bernice Mathisen, PhD; foreword by Harold G. Koenig, RN, MD.
This textbook explains why it is so important for any allied health professional (AHP) to be involved in, or assist with, the provision of spiritual care for patients and how to do so. Each chapter addresses a specific field of allied health practice.
Training preachers: a guide to teaching homiletics /edited by S.M. Gibson.
This title shows teachers of homiletics how to educate preachers to skillfully and effectively present God’s word to their congregations.
Transforming: the Bible and the lives of transgender Christians /Austen Hartke.
This title provides access into an underrepresented and misunderstood community and will change the way readers think about transgender people, faith, and the future of Christianity.