Persons: The Difference between `Someone' and `Something' (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)
By: Robert Spaemann
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An examination and defense of the concept of personality, long central to Western moral culture but…
Want to Read $ 27.99"It is, in fact, a great mistake to think we must suppress observations of human differences if we are to do justice to human dignity. The dignity of the person is not touched by such observations, for the dignity of human beings as persons is not an object of observation but of recognition."-Robert Spaemann, Persons: The Difference between `Someone' and `Something' (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)
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1. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
2. Christianity and Liberalism
By: J. Gresham Machen
4.33
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Machen's classic defense of orthodox Christianity establishes the importance of scriptural doctrine… read more
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"The truth is that if Jesus be merely an example, He is not a worthy example; for He claimed to be far more."-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
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"When we come to see that it was no mere man who suffered on Calvary but the Lord of Glory, then we shall be willing to say that one drop of the precious blood of Jesus is of more value, for our own s…"-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
"The sage of Nazareth may satisfy those who have never faced the problem of evil in their own lives; but to talk about an ideal to those who are under the thralldom of sin is a cruel mockery. Yet if J…"-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
3. On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers
By: Desmond M. Clarke , Friedrich Schleiermacher , Karl P. Ameriks , None , Richard Crouter
4.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
Detailed annotation clarifies this translation of a key document in early German Romanticism, which… read more
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4. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
By: Paul E. Miller
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of yo… read more
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5. Fundamentalism and American Culture
By: George M. Marsden
4.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religi… read more
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6. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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7. Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End
By: David Gibson
3.24
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Only by keeping the end in mind can a person truly learn how to live in the here and now. Living in… read more
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8. The Brothers Karamazov
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.37
Format: 796 pages, Paperback
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more
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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Joseph Frank , Alan Myers , Anna Brailovsky
4.21
Format: 667 pages, Paperback
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"The Russian soul is a dark place."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"She is passion embodied, a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
10. Evangelical Theology: An Introduction
By: Karl Barth , None
4.02
Format: 982 pages, Paperback
In this concise presentation of evangelical theology--the theology that first received expression i… read more
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11. American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism
By: None
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive history of modern American evangelicalism to appear in a generation, Americ… read more
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12. The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
By: Frances FitzGerald
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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13. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
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14. Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
By: Nancy R. Pearcey
4.59
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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15. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
By: Steven Pinker
4.20
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer… read more
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"Enlightenment humanism, then, is far from being a crowd-pleaser. The idea that the ultimate good is to use knowledge to enhance human welfare leaves people cold. Deep explanations of the universe, th…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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16. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
By: Andrew Wilson
4.51
Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition
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17. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age
By: Samuel James
4.44
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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18. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture
By: Christopher Watkin
4.55
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*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more
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19. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
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The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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20. A Praying Church: Becoming a People of Hope in a Discouraging World
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4.23
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21. A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New
By: Gregory K. Beale
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22. Embracing Complementarianism: Turning Biblical Convictions into Positive Church Culture
By: Graham Beynon
4.15
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23. Uncommon Unity: Wisdom for the Church in an Age of Division
By: Richard Lints
4.00
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Our world is facing increasing hostilities. Political and cultural differences rage, even among peo… read more
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24. All Things New: Revelation as Canonical Capstone (Volume 48) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
By: Brian J. Tabb
4.31
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
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25. An Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine
By: Joshua R. Farris
3.74
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In this thorough introduction to theological anthropology, Joshua Farris offers an evangelical pers… read more
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26. God's Many-Splendored Image: Theological Anthropology for Christian Formation
By: Nonna Verna Harrison
3.87
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27. Redeeming Our Thinking about History: A God-Centered Approach
By: Vern Sheridan Poythress
3.77
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28. Persons: The Difference between `Someone' and `Something' (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)
By: Robert Spaemann
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An examination and defense of the concept of personality, long central to Western moral culture but… read more
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29. What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church
By: Gavin Ortlund
4.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
These days many evangelicals are exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically-consc… read more
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30. Face to Face with God: A Biblical Theology of Christ as Priest and Mediator (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology)
By: T. Desmond Alexander
4.28
Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition
How can sinful humans approach a holy God? In the book of Hebrews, Jesus Christ is celebrated as th… read more
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31. T&T Clark Reader in Theological Anthropology
By: Michael P. Jensen
4.00
Format: 434 pages, Paperback
This reader guides students through this difficult topic, with seven chapters representing an in-de… read more
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