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Lynched
Sims, Angela D.
978-1-4813-0604-1Lynched chronicles the history and aftermath of lynching in America. By rooting her work in oral histories, Angela D. Sims gives voice to the memories of African American elders who remember lynching not only as individual acts but as a culture of violence, domination, and fear.  ...
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Sacred Terror
Cowan, Douglas E.
978-1-4813-0490-0Sacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportu...
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Understanding Bonhoeffer
Frick, Peter
978-1-4813-0900-4Bonhoeffer remains enigmatic--preacher, theologian, visionary, ethicist. The variety of his public roles and the breadth of his thought ensure that Bonhoeffer eludes even as he captivates.In this volume, Peter Frick seeks new dimensions of that complexity by tracing and then weighing the influence o...
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Collected Poems
O'Siadhail, Micheal
978-1-4813-0917-2Celebrated poet Micheal O'Siadhail knows desire, love, trust, and wonder. He also intimately knows sorrow, suffering, tragedy, and loss. His life and his poetry have always yearned for meaning and virtue despite, and in the midst of, life's pain.This collection of poems, spanning four decade...
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New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America
978-0-918954-92-3New nontraditional religious movements are the most likely groups to offend mainstream culture and the least likely to have representatives in government to ensure that their liberty is protected. These new religious movements are sometimes ostracized and subject to various forms of discrimination....
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Augustus H. Strong and the Dilemma of Historical Consciousness
Wacker, Grant
978-1-4813-0843-4At the end of the nineteenth century, Augustus Strong emerged as one of the most influential church leaders and theologians in America. But, as Grant Wacker reveals in this masterful study, Strong also proved to be as tragic a figure as he was influential.Strong was forced to choose between conceptu...
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Old Testament Yahweh Texts in Paul's Christology
Capes, David B.
978-1-4813-0791-8The earliest Christian communities engaged in bold and imaginative rereadings of their Scriptures—none more astounding and potentially inflammatory than of the passages that focus upon the name and nature of Israel’s God. In this volume, David B. Capes tracks the Apostle Paul’s use...
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A Time to Keep
Radner, Ephraim
978-1-4813-0946-2The miracle of birth and the mystery of death mark human life. Mortality, like a dark specter, looms over all that lies in between. Human character, behavior, aims, and community are all inescapably shaped by this certainty of human ends. Mortality, like an unwanted guest, intrudes, becoming a...
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China, Christianity, and the Question of Culture
Huilin, Yang
978-1-4813-0018-6Christian missionaries in China have been viewed as agents of Western imperialist values. Yang Huilin, leading scholar of Sino-Christian studies, has dedicated himself to re-evaluating the history of Christianity in China and sifting through intellectual and religious results of missionary efforts i...
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Becoming Friends of Time
Swinton, John
978-1-4813-0409-2Time is central to all that humans do. Time structures days, provides goals, shapes dreams—and limits lives. Time appears to be tangible, real, and progressive, but, in the end, time proves illusory. Though mercurial, time can be deadly for those with disabilities. To participate ful...
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