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Real Presence: The Christian Worldview of C. S. Lewis As Incarnational Reality

6 reviews
Leanne Payne

Crossway Books, 1988

Payne as an interpreter of the spirituality of C.S. Lewis
In the REAL PRESENCE, Leanne Payne explains the spirituality of C.S.Lewis as revealed in his fiction and nonfiction writings. Payne is in part an interpreter of C.S. Lewis; in part a Christian apologist to the philosophical community; in part a spiritual director (telling us how to 'grow our own spiritual life'). She is also a minister in her own right - she has an international ministry of ...

Submerge: Living Deep in a Shallow World: Service, Justice and Contemplation Among the World's Poor

21 reviews
John B. Hayes

Regal Books, 2006

A Must Read
This is not just a book for someone considering urban ministry, or ministry to the poor. It is a book for any and every Christian. At a minimum this is a perspective book -- a mirror to hold up to your face and show the ease in which most of us in the west follow Jesus (and rarely have anything to say about how he has "shown up" in miraculous ways) and then just listen to what the Holy Spirit ...

Word Became Flesh, The: A Contemporary Incarnational Christology

3 reviews
Millard J. Erickson

Baker Academic, 1996

Very Detailed and Thorough Study of Christ
This book is a very detailed and thorough study of the history, theology, and person of Christ. Erickson goes into great detail about the councils which were formulated to combat heretical views of Christ. Further, Erickson discusses the various views, past and present, of Christ (i.e. liberation, existential, black, Universalist, feminists, etc.). The incarnation and the resurrection of Christ ...

Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching

3 reviews
Judith E. Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. Lingenfelter

Baker Academic, 2003

Fabulous overview of Cross-Cultural Teaching
There's lots of books out there on teaching, and lots of books on multiculturalism, but FINALLY a book that addresses each area from the other's perspective! This book deals with the nuts and bolts of different cultures, but it also comes from an academic perspective, including the research and citations to back it up. Written by two PhDs with the practical knowledge to back up the scholarship, ...

The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community (J-B Leadership Network Series)

18 reviews
Hugh Halter, Matt Smay

Jossey-Bass, 2008

The Tangible Kingdom
I found this book's content to be very challenging, going well beyond lifestyle evangelism. It has made me rethink my strategy for reaching those in and outside my circle who don't have faith in Christ.

Edward Irving's Incarnational Christology

1 review
David Dorries

Xulon Press, 2002

An excellent and insightful perspective
Dorries does an excellent job of settling an age-old Christological controversy through his thorough overview of the contributions of this relatively unknown Scottish theologian and pastor. His reading of the church fathers and the reformers adds credibility to the author's consideration of this central tenent of the historic Christian faith. A provocative and compelling read for enquiring and ...

Out of the Depths Have I Cried: Thoughts on Incarnational Theology in the Eastern Christian Experience

1 review
Philip Saliba

Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1979

Eis polla eti despota!
I bought this book at my church inspired partially due to His Eminence's current health crisis (may God grant him many years), and was absolutely moved by everything in it. Each sentence is more touching than the next, rooted deeply in faith and love and the experience of the living Christ. I found myself, despite my lack of time, wanting to read the book again and again. This is an excellent ...

The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith: The Incarnational Narrative as History

1 review
C. Stephen Evans

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

The Joy of Thinking (or 'Getting Your Brain "Buff"')
C. Stephen Evans 'The Historical Christ & the Jesus of Faith' is of importance not only to Christians of 'liberal' and 'conservative' bent, but to the unchurched thoughtful souls who wonder why the Jesus story matters. In an often rigorous, yet astonishingly accessible manner, Evans unfolds the difficulties facing post-modern humankind in our attempt to understand who Jesus was, and how we can ...

Incarnational Agents: A Guide to Developmental Ministry

1 review
John Cheyne

Woman's Missionary Union, 1996

Incarnational Agents -> Transformational Development
Incarnational Agents is an absolute "must read" for anyone involved in Transformational Community Development. Buy a copy for a friend, or an extra one to give away.

The Word Made Flesh: Towards an Incarnational Missiology

2 reviews
Ross Langmead

University Press of America, 2004

Incarnational Mission Today
Though incarnational mission, or "embodying the message," is a popular idea among Christians, it often comes under theological fire. Is it simply trying to follow the example of Jesus in our own strength? Is it arrogant for Christians to compare their mission with the incarnating mission of Jesus Christ? Is the idea of God-becoming-flesh sustainable today as a basis for Christian mission? This ...

A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, ...

120 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004

Perfect Timing!!
I found this book purely by accident(maybe) while searching for another. The title caught my eye first and upon closer inspection I decided this would be an interesting "read" given the place I was at in my own spiritual search. I found this book very educational and it is written as if I were listening to him personally. Brian did a great job of giving me insight into different religious ...

ANTIOCH: Incarnational Theology & Ministry, 2006

Lectures delivered at the Clergy Symposium of the Antiochian Christian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America

Divine Dialectic: Dante's Incarnational Poetry (Toronto Italian Studies)
Guy P. Raffa

University of Toronto Press, 2000

In this book, Guy Raffa offers a fresh reading of Dante's major literary works - the Divine Comedy and the Vita nuova - that combines central tenets of incarnational theology and dialectical thought to illuminate the poet's renowned ability to 'have it both ways' on issues that conventionally elicit an 'either/or' response. Viewing Dante as a poet of revision, not conversion, Raffa challenges a dominant paradigm in Dante criticism and takes full ...

In Other Words: Incarnational Translation for Preaching

1 review
Charles H. Cosgrove, W. Dow Edgerton

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007

From William B. Eerdmans
This exceptional book will be a rich resource for pastors wanting to reach their congregations in a fresh way. Rather than discussing preaching in general or even a specific approach to preaching, it focuses on a new way of engaging the biblical text for preaching. It combines the authors' critical acumen, creative imagination, and pastoral discernment to present contemporizing restatements of ...

Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies

1 review
Paul G. Hiebert, Eloise Hiebert Meneses

Baker Academic, 1995

A great resource for missions
In Incarnational Ministry, Heibert and Menses "use both theological and scientific insights to examine how we can best plant living churches in different types of societies" (pg. 14). They integrate theology and the social sciences in an effort to provide understanding of human societies and cultures so as to help motivate and guide church planting efforts in various societies. They argue that ...

Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships

15 reviews
Sherwood G. Lingenfelter, Marvin K. Mayers

Baker Academic, 1986

Great resource for any Christian
This book is one that I would recommend to any Christian who encounters someone from a different culture (hopefully that means all Christians). This book helps the believer to understand how to be more like Christ, who came to our world as a different culture. It helps the reader to recognize how our own culture is often deterministic of how we view others and how we act, even in things as ...

Passionate Intellect, The: Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education

1 review
Norman Klassen, Jens Zimmermann

Baker Academic, 2006

"All Truth is God's Truth," Wonderfully Contextualized
This book is explores the themes of whether, and how, Christians can develop a rich and passionate life of the mind. Although it is written for Christian students bound for university, it is useful for any Christian who is serious about the intellectual life. One of the authors' goals is to defuse the "warfare" mentality concerning faith and "secular" learning that some Christians, ...

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