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  • Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft, By Francis J. Beckwith
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    Politics for Christians

    Statecraft as Soulcraft

    Christian Worldview Integration Series

    by Francis J. Beckwith

    Politics is concerned with citizenship and the administration of justice--how communities are formed and governed. The role of Christians in the political process is hotly contested, but as citizens, Francis Beckwith argues, Christians have a richheritage of sophisticated thought, as well as a genuine responsibility, to contribute to the shaping of public policy.

    In particular, Beckwith addresses ...

  • Forgiving As We've Been Forgiven: Community Practices for Making Peace, By L. Gregory Jones and Célestin Musekura
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    Forgiving As We've Been Forgiven

    Community Practices for Making Peace

    Resources for Reconciliation

    by L. Gregory Jones and Célestin Musekura

    Christians are supposed to forgive others as we've been forgiven. But hearing the call to forgive is different from knowing how to practice forgiveness at home and in the world. Forgiveness is about more than the isolated acts and words of individuals. To forgive and be forgiven, we need communal practices and disciplines for a way of life that makes for peace.Greg Jones and Célestin Musekura describe ...

  • Counseling and Christianity: Five Approaches, Edited by Stephen P. Greggo and Timothy A. Sisemore
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    Counseling and Christianity

    Five Approaches

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    Foreword by Eric L Johnson
    Edited by Stephen P. Greggo and Timothy A. Sisemore

    What does authentic Christian counseling look like in practice?This volume explores how five major perspectives on the interface of Christianity and psychology would each actually be applied in a clinical setting. Respected experts associated witheach of the perspectives depict how to assess, conceptualize, counsel and offer aftercare to Jake, a hypothetical client with a variety of complex issues. ...

  • Christianity and Literature: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice, By David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet
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    Christianity and Literature

    Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice

    Christian Worldview Integration Series

    by David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet

    "What has Jesus Christ to do with English literature?" ask David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet in this insightful survey.

    First and foremost, they reply, many of the world's best authors of literature in English were formed--for better orworse--by the Christian tradition. Then too, many of the most recognized aesthetic literary forms derive from biblical exemplars. And finally, many great ...

  • Education for Human Flourishing: A Christian Perspective, By Paul D. Spears and Steven R. Loomis
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    Education for Human Flourishing

    A Christian Perspective

    Christian Worldview Integration Series

    by Paul D. Spears and Steven R. Loomis

    Education is arguably the foundation for human flourishing within any society. What do distinctively Christian educators have to contribute within the broad framework of public education found in pluralist societies of the West? How can Christianteachers make their voices heard within an increasingly hostile environment where technique and pragmatism are firmly entrenched and religious views are ...