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A Theological Guide to Calvin's Institutes: Essays and Analysis

1 review

P & R Publishing, 2008

A superb overview of a monumental work
Having first read The Institutes in 1978, I always wanted to have something that would help me over the rough spots. This book does just that. Each essay covers a portion of The Institutes and has been written by leaders in the field of Calvinistic studies. These scholars are sympathetic to Calvin but don't follow him blindly. In a few places they mildly disagree with him (but in an agreeable ...

The Art of Theological Reflection

2 reviews
Patricia Killen

Crossroad Classic, 1994

This book has provided an excellent foundation for students
I have used The Art of Theological Reflection with both graduate and undergraduate students in theology seminars. It has provided them with a method for engaging theological questions and readings out of their own experience of life and of the Christian tradition - however extensive that experience might be. The authors give examples throughout the text that effectively clarify the porocess they ...

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament

10 reviews
Gleason Archer, R.Laird Harris, ...

Moody Publishers, 2003

Satisfied for About 20 Years Using this Set
This is a great set. I got it about 20 years ago when it first came out, and, as a pastor of over 23 years, I say "Go for it!" Although I do not refer to this work every week, it comes in handy when I need to do a Hebrew word study. Because it is cross-indexed with Strongs, you can find the Hebrew words (and their definitions/expansions) without knowing a stitch of Hebrew. For practical ...

Modern Theological German: A Reader and Dictionary

5 reviews
Helmut W. Ziefle

Baker Academic, 1997

Useful, but get a grammar too
I need theological German for my future religious education, and I thought I would get a good start by buying this book. Included in the book is a very useful reader that starts off with simple Biblical texts and works up to more difficult German writers like Karl Barth. To the left of each page of German there are English helps. However, I needed more help than that could give me, so I had ...

Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms

11 reviews
Donald K. McKim

Westminster John Knox Press, 1996

Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
I have a few theological dictionaries. None of them are complete. This dictionary fills in gaps the others do not cover.

New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America (Religion in North America)
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

Indiana University Press, 1995

Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Pocket Dictionary)

7 reviews
Stanley J. Grenz, David Guretzki, ...

InterVarsity Press, 1999

A Small Gem
The Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms is a small, slim (122 pages) book which typically devotes five or six lines each to theological terms, major theologians, and theological movements and traditions. It need hardly be said that a book which tries to squeeze a world of theology into a mere 122 pages will have its limitations. Nonetheless, it is surprisingly comprehensive, and ...

A Handbook of Theological Terms: Their Meaning and Background Exposed in Over 300 Articles

7 reviews
Van A. Harvey

Touchstone, 1997

Essential
Don't start seminary without this. Before you master Greek & Hebrew, you have the language of theology to conquer. Profs only have so much time, and if half the words they use are flying over your head, this book is your new best friend. Don't try to take an Early Church History or Theology class without it!

Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings (w/ CD-ROM)

7 reviews

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2005

The Power and the Wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24)
This is an incredible volume and, in my opinion, a better introduction to Luther than "Selections From His Writings". It contains a number of his better-known works including the infinitely worthy "Smaller Catechism," the infamous "95 Theses," and the thesis chapters from his personal favorite, "The Bondage of the Will." Alongside these monumental works are set lesser-known, but equally ...

Christian Theological Tradition, The (2nd Edition)

2 reviews
University of St. Thomas, Catherine A. Cory, ...

Prentice Hall, 2002

A wealth of information from a critical but appreciative perspective
First, the other reviewer decided to pan the book based on the book using the terms BCE/CE rather than BC/AD in order to be more accessible in places to readers who are not Christian. Let that narrow-mindedness speak for the review. The book is a veritable wealth of information on Scripture and Christian history from a decidedly Catholic perspective. Each chapter is written by a national ...

Reenvisioning Theological Education: Exploring a Missional Alternative to Current Models
Robert J. Banks

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999

A top leadership theorist offers a compelling proposal for renovating the way religious education is practiced today. Christian colleges and seminaries have not been immune from the cultural influences shaping contemporary education. Challenging the conventional wisdom advanced by the educational debate during the last fifteen years, Robert Banks here builds an innovative new model of theological education based on how ministry formation took ...

Introduction to Theological German: A Beginner's Course for Theological Students

2 reviews
J. D. Manton

Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2004

Handy. Quaint. And quite charming.
Although I am just beginning the study of the German language, I have found this little volume very helpful. This is particularly the case due to the fact that I am interested in learning German in order to translate and crossreference academic works in theology and philosophy. My weakness as a reviewer is that I have not used other grammars or other sources as of yet and, as such, I do not ...

Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue

10 reviews
Edward William Fudge, Robert A. Peterson

IVP Books, 2000

It won't please everyone, but it's very good
As one would expect from a debate of this public nature, the two authors are not trying to persuade one another, they are trying to persuade the reader. I am biased, since I was already a conditionalist when I read the book. I will say, however, that I think Fudge's case is considerably better, even if not perfect. Peterson at times quite outrageously misrepresents the conditionalist view. For ...

Let Ministry Teach: A Guide to Theological Reflection (From the Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute)
Robert L. Kinast

Liturgical Press, 1996

Theological Aesthetics: A Reader

1 review

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004

theological aesthetics
This is an excellent resource for those who care about the visual arts and communities of faith. Somewhat intellectually advanced but well worth the effort.

The Theological Origins of Modernity
Michael Allen Gillespie

University Of Chicago Press, 2008

Exhuming the long-buried religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, Michael Allen Gillespie reveals in this landmark study that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Taking as his starting point the collapse of the medieval world, Gillespie argues that from the very beginning moderns sought not to eliminate religion but to support a new view of religion and its place in human life—and that they ...

Theological Reflections: Methods
Elaine Graham

SCM Press, 2005

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Volume I)

17 reviews

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964

Usually this is a very helpful tool
As a pastor who studies for sermons in the Greek text, there are times when I turn to Kittel's. It usually has a lot more information for a specific word than I need for whatever it is that I'm working on. Sometimes the entries are difficult to read, other times they are absorbing and one can spend a lot of time just reading. For example, on a common word that is studied, like AGAPE, Kittel's ...

Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice
Daniel J. Treier

Baker Academic, 2008

Theological interpretation of Scripture is a growing trend in biblical interpretation, with an emphasis on the contexts of canon, creed, and church. This approach seeks to bridge the gap between biblical studies and theology, which grew wide with the ascendancy of critical approaches to Scripture. Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture is the first clear, systematic introduction to this movement for students. The book surveys the ...

On Being Human: Essays in Theological Anthropology
Ray S. Anderson

Fuller Seminary Press, 1991

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