• The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community, By Curt Thompson
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    The Soul of Desire

    Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

    by Curt Thompson
    Foreword by Makoto Fujimura

    Desire and beauty go hand in hand. But both our craving to be known and our ability to create beauty have been marred by shame and trauma, collapsing our imagination for what God has for us. Weaving together neuroscience and spiritual formation, psychiatrist Curt Thompson presents a powerful picture of what it means to be human.

  • A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers, By Ethan J. Brue and Derek C. Schuurman and Steven H. VanderLeest
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    A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers

    by Ethan J. Brue, Derek C. Schuurman, and Steven H. VanderLeest

    Technology and its power are both old and new—as is the wisdom needed to envision, design, and use it well. In this field guide for Christians studying and working in technology, case studies, historical examples, and personal stories encourage readers to ask harder questions, aspire to more noble purposes, and live a life consistent with their faith as they engage with technology.

  • Called to Care: A Christian Vision for Nursing, By Judith Allen Shelly and Arlene B. Miller and Kimberly H. Fenstermacher
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    Called to Care

    A Christian Vision for Nursing

    by Judith Allen Shelly, Arlene B. Miller, and Kimberly H. Fenstermacher

    As nursing and healthcare continue to change, we need nurses who are committed both to a solid understanding of their profession and to caring well for patients and their families. Offering a historically and theologically grounded vision of the nurse's call, this thoroughly revised third edition of a classic text includes practical features for educators, students, and practitioners.

  • Science and the Doctrine of Creation: The Approaches of Ten Modern Theologians, Edited by Geoffrey H. Fulkerson and Joel Thomas Chopp
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    Science and the Doctrine of Creation

    The Approaches of Ten Modern Theologians

    Edited by Geoffrey H. Fulkerson and Joel Thomas Chopp
    Afterword by Alister E. McGrath

    Exploring the theological reception of developments of modern science, this collection of studies from the Henry Center's Creation Project examines how influential modern theologians—from the turn of the nineteenth century through the present—have engaged the scientific developments of their times in light of the doctrine of creation.

  • Hurting Yet Whole: Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness, By Liuan Huska
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    Hurting Yet Whole

    Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness

    by Liuan Huska

    What is healing when our bodies suffer chronic illness? As Liuan Huska went through years of chronic pain, she questioned how the Christian story speaks to our experiences of pain and illness. Countering a gnosticism that pits body against spirit, Huska helps us redefine what it means to find healing and wholeness, even in the midst of ongoing pain.

  • Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age, By Jay Y. Kim
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    Analog Church

    Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age

    by Jay Y. Kim
    Foreword by Scot McKnight

    As our culture begins to reckon with the limits of a digital world, it's time for the church to do the same. In our efforts to stay relevant in our digital age, have we begun to move away from transcendence? Pastor Jay Kim grapples with the ramifications of a digital church, from worship and Christian community to how we engage Scripture.

  • Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy, By Gavin Ortlund
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    Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation

    Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy

    by Gavin Ortlund

    How might premodern exegesis of Genesis inform Christian debates about creation today? Pastor and theologian Gavin Ortlund retrieves Augustine's reading of Genesis 1-3 and considers how his premodern understanding of creation can help Christians today, shedding light on matters such as evolution, animal death, and the historical Adam and Eve.

  • Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters, By Sandra L. Richter
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    Stewards of Eden

    What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters

    by Sandra L. Richter

    Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible and the environment. Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society as well as in biblical theology, she walks readers through biblical passages and shares case studies that connect the biblical mandate to current issues. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns.

  • Embracing Evolution: How Understanding Science Can Strengthen Your Christian Life, By Matthew Nelson Hill
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    Embracing Evolution

    How Understanding Science Can Strengthen Your Christian Life

    by Matthew Nelson Hill
    Foreword by J. Richard Middleton

    Is it possible that adopting an evolutionary view of human origins can actually help us cultivate a relationship with God and a holy life? Bringing clarity to an often fraught conversation, Matthew Nelson Hill provides an accessible overview of evolutionary concepts and takes on common concerns about tensions with Christian theology.

  • How Reason Can Lead to God: A Philosopher's Bridge to Faith, By Joshua Rasmussen
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    How Reason Can Lead to God

    A Philosopher's Bridge to Faith

    by Joshua Rasmussen

    Do you value reason, science, and independent thinking, yet you hope there could be a greater purpose to the universe? Beginning with his own story of losing the belief in any ultimate purpose in life, philosopher Joshua Rasmussen builds a bridge to faith. Using only the instruments of reason and common experience, Rasmussen constructs a pathway that he argues can lead to meaning and, ultimately, a vision of God.

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