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HardbackGod and Soul Care
The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith
by Eric L Johnson
Christianity, at its heart, is a therapeutic faith—a theocentric form of soul care.God's therapeutic agenda begins in the perfect triune communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who created human beings to flourish by participating in his glory. But they are now alienated from God and subject to different forms of psychopathology—sin, suffering, and biopsychosocial damage. So God ...
PaperbackFoundations for Soul Care
A Christian Psychology Proposal
by Eric L Johnson
In this groundbreaking work of first-order scholarship, Eric Johnson makes a vitally important contribution to the field of Christian counseling. He first presents a detailed overview and appreciative but critical evaluation of the reigning paradigms in the field of Christian counseling, particularly biblical counseling and integration. Building on their respective strengths, he seeks to move beyond ...
PaperbackDefending Black Faith
Answers to Tough Questions About African-American Christianity
by Craig S. Keener and Glenn Usry
Craig Keener and Glenn Usry's highly acclaimed Black Man's Religion showed in impressive detail that Christianity and Afrocentricity can go together. Now they turn to specific, nitty-gritty questions put to the black church by non-Christians:
- Is everything good in Christianity plagiarized from traditional African religions?
- Isn't it intolerant to say Christ is the only ...
PaperbackSwing Low, volume 1
A History of Black Christianity in the United States
Swing Low Set
by Walter Robert Strickland
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
A Groundbreaking Portrait of African American Christianity
The history of African American Christianity is one of the determined faith of a people driven to pursue spiritual and social uplift for themselves and others to God's glory. Yet stories of faithful Black Christians have often been forgotten ...
HardbackSwing Low, volume 1
A History of Black Christianity in the United States
Swing Low Set
by Walter Robert Strickland
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
A Groundbreaking Portrait of African American Christianity
The history of African American Christianity is one of the determined faith of a people driven to pursue spiritual and social uplift for themselves and others to God's glory. Yet stories of faithful Black Christians have often been forgotten ...
PaperbackSwing Low, volume 2
An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States
Swing Low Set
Associate Editor Justin Clark, Yana Conner, and Courtlandt Perkins
General Editor Walter Robert StricklandA Groundbreaking Portrait of African American Christianity
The history of African American Christianity is one of the determined faith of a people driven to pursue spiritual and social uplift for themselves and others to God's glory. Yet stories of faithful Black Christians have often been forgotten or minimized. The dynamic witness of the Black church in the United States ...
HardbackSwing Low, volume 2
An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States
Swing Low Set
Associate Editor Justin Clark, Yana Conner, and Courtlandt Perkins
General Editor Walter Robert StricklandA Groundbreaking Portrait of African American Christianity
The history of African American Christianity is one of the determined faith of a people driven to pursue spiritual and social uplift for themselves and others to God's glory. Yet stories of faithful Black Christians have often been forgotten or minimized. The dynamic witness of the Black church in the United States ...
PaperbackHow Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
Early African Christianity
by Thomas C. Oden
Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe.If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived in Africa as a Western colonial import? How can Christians in Northern and sub-Saharan Africa, indeed, how can Christians ...
PaperbackSpiritual Care: A Guide for Caregivers
by Judith Allen Shelly
What did I do to deserve cancer?I don't understand it, but I can't seem to pray anymore. Why does God seem so far away?The idea of dying scares me. How can I cope?What do you say to a person in crisis? When illness or tragedy strikes, you may find yourself caring for a family member, friend or neighbor who asks you for answers to some of life's ultimate questions. How ...
PaperbackReading While Black
African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
by Esau McCaulley
Outreach Resources of the Year, Christianity Today Book Award, The Gospel Coalition Book Award
Biblical Interpretation from the Black Church Tradition
Growing up inthe American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despair and hope that marks the lives of some in the African American context. ...
