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Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation

18 reviews
Miroslav Volf

Abingdon Press, 1996

The Cross, the Self, and the Other
Miroslav Volf has written a somewhat complex piece that in the end advocates non-violence in a world of violence. He writes as one who has been in the war zone of the Balkans and come out the other side. This book is important for what it has to say about justice, but more importantly love. Volf has had to deal personally with Serbian fighters who raped, pillaged, put in concentration camps, and ...

Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life

1 review

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001

Understanding why we do what we do
This is a book that I was almost guaranteed to love, and it did not disappoint. Among the authors are some of my favourite practical theologians from my seminary days (Miroslav Volf and Dorothy Bass, Craig Dykstra, Serene Jones, Kathryn Tanner, and L. Gregory Jones) as well as some voices who were new to me, but have are very welcome additions to my ongoing theological education. I am a firm ...

A Common Word: Muslims and Christians on Loving God and Neighbor

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008

The Future of Hope: Christian Tradition Amid Modernity and Postmodernity

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004

Over the last three decades a major cultural shift has taken place in the attitudes of Western societies toward the future. Modernity's eclipse by postmodernity is characterized in large part by the loss of hope for a future substantially better than the present. Old optimism about human progress has given way to uncertainty and fear. In this book scholars from various disciplines - theology, the social sciences, and the humanities - explore the ...

The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World

6 reviews
Miroslav Volf

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006

Volf Continues to Challenge - A Must Read
In a post Holocaust, post (this is ethonocentric, I know) 9/11 world the world, we are commonly called to Remember the wrongs, both terrible and minute, forever. The idea runs: If we forget, we disgrace the victim and allow the perpetrator to go free. But Volf, stirred deeply both by his own trying life situations and abiding faith in Christ, declares we should not allow this false form of ...

After Our Likeness: The Church As the Image of the Trinity (Sacra Doctrina)

4 reviews
Miroslav Volf

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997

Excellent actually
It is always a distinct pleasure when one comes across an author which one has not read before. Although I have perused articles by Dr. Volf before, this was the first occasion in which I really read his text. The fact that upon finishing this book I began to seek out more of his books is a sign that something he wrote really caught my attention. Maybe it is the fact that as one raised in what ...

Faith As a Way of Life: A Vision for Pastoral Leadership
Christian Scharen

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008

Foreword by Miroslav Volf Christian ministry is deeply concerned with proclaiming the transforming power of God's gift of faith in the daily lives of disciples. How is it, then, that Christian faith so often fails to be an orienting force that impacts every aspect of our lives? In Faith as a Way of Life Christian Scharen articulates a vision of pastoral leadership grounded in substantive faith language. He examines other powerful languages ...

God's Life in Trinity

Fortress Press, 2006

Jürgen Moltmann's distinctive insights in trinitarian theology — especially about the relations within God and God's presence in creation — are revolutionary for theology and set the stage for these further explorations. The esteemed group of contributors in this volume probes new ways of understanding the triune character of God. Among the contributors are: Nicholas Constas Sarah A. Coakley Harvey G. Cox Jr. Lyle Dabney David ...

Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work

2 reviews
Miroslav Volf

Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001

A Robust Theology of Work
Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale University Divinity School. As a native Croatian now living in working in the West, Dr. Volf has observed the world of work from many vantage points. Before making his case for a new theology of work, Dr. Volf lays a foundation based on the significance and historical transformation of work. Importance of Work ...

Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace

6 reviews
Miroslav Volf

Zondervan, 2006

Primer for Christians, Other Faiths or Even No Faith
This is a primer on the most gracious acts we can participate in: giving and forgiving. It is for Christians as well as those of other faiths or even no faith. The author sets out to explain first who is God and explains the difference between God's reality and his image. He then "...examines how to conceive of and live out two basic human practices, giving and forgiving." Dr. Volf admits ...

Fishing in the neighbor's pond: mission and proselytism in Eastern Europe.: An article from: International ...
Miroslav Volf

Overseas Ministries Study Center, 1996

This digital document is an article from International Bulletin of Missionary Research, published by Overseas Ministries Study Center on January 1, 1996. The length of the article is 6732 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: The issues ...

A Spacious Heart: Essays on Identity and Belonging (Christian Mission and Modern Culture)
Judith M. Gundry Volf, Miroslav Volf

Trinity Press International, 1997

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