Kierkegaard has often been regarded as a gloomy thinker yet, as an evangelist, his aim was to discover the joy of the truth of Christianity. Both Kierkegaard's belief and his doubt in his own work wer
"Pyper enlists his Danish Socrates to come to grips with some of life's most perplexing problems. For example, the world is a buffet of pain and, suffering. How then can God command us to rejoice? Or
'Stranger Within' points out some of the consequences for European culture of the presence of an ‘Old Testament’ within the Christian scriptural tradition. There are many works that give an account of
After an introduction to the concept of the narrative character as reader, this book offers a theoretical discussion based on the work of Bakhtin, Austin and Ricoeur. In-depth readings of the stories
This volume explores a number of instances of unexpected but influential readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature, film, music and politics. The argument in all of them is that the effects
Children's Bibles are often the first encounter people have with the Bible, shaping their perceptions of its stories and characters at an early age. The material under discussion in this book not only
Who were the key Christian thinkers of the last 2,000 years? What impact have they had and do they continue to have on the thoughts and musings of modern-day Christian thinkers and philosophers? Key T
Encompassing the perspectives of Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox theologians, this comprehensive overview of Christian thought and teaching presents six hundred alphabetically organized entries tha