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PaperbackNo Place for Abuse
Biblical Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence
by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark
Domestic violence is a leading cause of injury and death to women worldwide. One in five women around the globe is physically or sexually abused in her lifetime, and gender violence causes more death and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or war. Regrettably, the church is not immune to this problem; some studies suggest that incident rates of domestic violence ...
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As a continuation of its initiatives to learn from and amplify voices of color, InterVarsity Press hosted an African American Publishing Consultation June 8–10 at IVP's main office in Westmont, Illinois.
PaperbackThe Future of Open Theism
From Antecedents to Opportunities
by Richard Rice
Open theism has reached its adolescence. How did it get here? And where does it go from here?
Since IVP's publication of The Openness of God in 1994, evangelical theology has grappled with the alternative vision ofthe doctrine of God that open theism offers. Responding to critics who claim that it proposes a truncated version of God that fails to account for Scripture ...
PaperbackRethinking the Police
An Officer's Confession and the Pathway to Reform
by Daniel Eugene Reinhardt
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
A former officer grapples with the reality of our broken police culture
Our society has long been stuck in cultural and ideological battles about police brutality and the police force's broken relationship with our communities. Rethinking the Police promises to start a more hopeful conversation.
Daniel ...
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HardbackA History of Western Philosophy
From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism
by C. Stephen Evans
C. Stephen Evans Unpacks Western Philosophy's Greatest Minds and Movements
Plato. Aristotle. Augustine. Hume. Kant. Hegel.
These names and the philosophies associated with them ring through the minds of every student and scholar of philosophy. And in their search for knowledge, every student of philosophy needs to know the history of the philosophical discourse ...
PaperbackThe Spirit of Methodism
From the Wesleys to a Global Communion
by Jeffrey W. Barbeau
"I felt my heart strangely warmed."That was how John Wesley described his transformational experience of God's grace at Aldersgate Street on May 24, 1738, an event that some mark as the beginning of the Methodist Church.Yet the story of Methodism, while clearly shaped by John Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's hymns, is much richer and more expansive. In this book, Methodist ...
PaperbackC. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea
In Defense of the Argument from Reason
by Victor Reppert
Who ought to hold claim to the more dangerous idea--Charles Darwin or C. S. Lewis? Daniel Dennett argued for Darwin in Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Touchstone Books, 1996). In this book Victor Reppert champions C. S. Lewis.Darwinists attemptto use science to show that our world and its inhabitants can be fully explained as the product of a mindless, purposeless system of physics and chemistry. ...
PaperbackThe Integration Journey
A Student's Guide to Faith, Culture, and Psychology
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by William B Whitney and Carissa Dwiwardani
There are numerous models, theories, and resources on integrating psychology and the Christian faith. But practicing integration in the real world is something else entirely. To move from theory to practice, we need learning informed by experiences, reflection on those experiences, and feedback from others. This integration process is a lifelong journey.
William B. Whitney ...
HardbackThe Crucibles That Shape Us
Navigating the Defining Challenges of Leadership
by Gayle D. Beebe
Foreword by David BrooksWe often see setbacks and disasters as events that keep us from our best life. But they're really opportunities to grow in leadership.
The problem of suffering is a spiritual hurdle for many that disorients us and those we lead. Gayle D. Beebe tackles the existential crisis head-on, revealing that, although we are bewildered at first, these situations ultimately prepare us. ...
