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A THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION History, Politics, and Salvation
(ORBIS BOOKS, 1928-02-03) GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ
This book is an attempt at reflection, based on the gospel and the experiences of men and women committed to the process of liberation in the oppressed and exploited land of Latin America. It is a theological reflection born of the experience of shared efforts to abolish the current unjust situation and to build a different society, freer and more human. Many in Latin America have started along the path of a commitment to liberation, and among them is a growing number of Christians; whatever the validity of these pages, it is due to their experiences and reflections. My greatest desire is not to betray their experiences and efforts to elucidate the meaning of their solidarity with the oppressed. My purpose is not to elaborate an ideology to justify postures already taken, or to undertake a feverish search for security in the face of the radical challenges that confront the faith, or to fashion a theology from which political action is “deduced.” It is rather to let ourselves be judged by the word of the Lord, to think through our faith, to strengthen our love, and to give reason for our hope from within a commitment that seeks to become more radical, total, and efficacious. It is to reconsider the great themes of the Christian life within this radically changed perspective and with regard to the new ques tions posed by this commitment. This is the goal of the so-called theology of liberation.1 Many significant efforts along these lines are being made in Latin America. Insofar as I know about them, they have been kept in mind and have contrib uted to this study. I wish to avoid, however, the kind of reflection that— legitimately concerned with preventing the mechanical transfer of an approach foreign to our historical and social coordinates—neglects the contribution of the universal Christian community. It seems better, moreover, to acknowledge explicitly this contribution than to introduce surreptitiously and uncritically The present for study a is based on a paper presented at the Encuentro National del Movimiento Sacerdotal ONIS, July 1968, in Chimbote, Peru, published by the MIEC Documentation Service in Montevideo (1969) with the title Hacia una teologia de la liberation. The original lecture was updated presentation SODEPAX, November 1969, at in the Cartigny, Consultation Switzerland, of and Theology published and as Development “Notes on organized a Theology by of Liberation,” in In Search of a Theology of Development: A Sodepax Report (Lausanne, 1970).
Creative Church Administration
(1965-03-17) Lyie E.Schailer
Why another book on church administration? In responding to that question it may be helpful first to review the changing emphases in church administration since the turn of the century. The first books to be published on church administration can be described simply as sharing experiences. They are to church administration, as we know it today, what reminiscences and autobiographies are to history. The value of these early efforts to systematize the experiences of a "successful" pastor should not be dismissed lightly, however. Their authors made several significant contributions, among them the sharing of "lessons from experience," the recognition that there were skills that could be transmitted from one person to another, and the focusing of attention on another dimension of the minister's work in addition to the traditional responsibilities of preaching, visitation, and evangelism.
Christian Counseling. A Comprehensive Guide
(Word Books Publisher, 1980-07-12) Gary R.Collins
This manuscript was completed and sent to the publisher exactly ten years after the completion of my first book. It is interesting for me to look back over a decade of writing to ponder how my work has changed and hopefully improved through the production of more than two dozen books. Some of these works have been well received and sold many copies; others have had less influence, but each has forced me to face the dis cipline, the long, lonely hours, and the risk of expressing ideas in print, where all can see, criticize, and sometimes applaud. I once asked Paul Toumier which of his many books was the best. “That’s easy,” he said with a twinkle in his eye—“the next one.” I can appreciate Toumier’s sentiments. I am not interested in judging whether this book will be better or worse than the next one, but I do know that this volume has been the most difficult to write and the most time- consuming. It is also the lengthiest of all my books. I hope it will also be the most helpful to date. In the following pages I have tried to summarize much of what we know about counseling methodology and about the major problems which peo ple face today. This book has been prepared as a resource tool for pastors and other Christian counselors, as a study guide for lay helpers, and as a textbook for use in seminaries and colleges. Besides being written for these audiences, this is the reading book for a multi-media resource en titled The Christian Counselor's Library. The library contains twenty- eight audio cassettes, a Counselor’s Manual, and counselee worksheets (besides this book), and was produced by Educational Products Division of Word, Incorporated, 4800 W. Waco Drive, Waco, Texas 76710. In the past decade of writing, I have never before felt the support and encouragement of so many people. Joey Paul and his colleagues at Word, Incorporated, first invited me to do this project, gave constant encourage ment, and waited more or less patiently through several delays as the work was completed. My secretary Marlene Terbush and my graduate assistants Charles Romig and James Beesley helped in innumerable ways as did a team of typists which included Kathy Cropp, Marilyn Secor, Lenore Scherrer, Sharon Regan, Nancy Fister and Lora Beth Norton. In addition each of the people who produced tapes made a significant contribution. Their names are listed elsewhere. Dr. Kenneth Meyer, Pres ident of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, my colleagues in the psy chology department, and my students all showed incredible flexibility 7 8 Preface and encouragement, allowing me to juggle my schedule to complete this project in the midst of a busy school year.
HOW GOOD PEOPLE MAKE TOUGH CHOICES Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living
(Perfectbound Choices, 1986-06-19) Rushworth M. Kidder
The seeds of this book were sown when, one warm summer afternoon at her home in Cos Cob, Connecticut, in 1986, I had a quiet, long, and thoughtful conversation with Barbara Tuchman. A historian of what she called “the small facts, not the big Expla nation,” she had twice won the Pulitzer Prize—and earned high praise for such books as A Distant Mirror, which used the fourteenth century and its Black Plague as a “mirror” for the twentieth century’s con fusions and violence. As a columnist and staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor, I was interviewing her for a series of articles based on the ideas of twenty-two leading thinkers around the world. Ultimately published as An Agenda for the 21st Century (MIT Press, 1987), this series sought to discover the major, first-intensity, high-leverage issues that humanity would have to address in order to negotiate the coming century successfully. As we talked, I asked her how, if she were a twenty-first-century historian looking backward, she would characterize our century. “I would call it an Age of Disruption,” she said. She warned of the nuclear threat. She called attention to environmental problems. But her central concern, she said, lay in “the real disruption in public morality.” “There have always been times when people have acted immor ally,” she continued. But what was new, she felt, was “the extent of public immorality making itself so obvious to the average citizen.”
A THEOLOGY OF RECONSTRUCTION Nation-building and human right
(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1992-11-30) Charles Villa -Vicencio
Only twenty years ago it was widely assumed that religion had lost its previous place in western culture and that this pattern would spread throughout the world. Since then religion has become a renewed force, recognised as an important factor in the modern world in all aspects of life, cultural, economic and political. This is true not only of the Third World, but in Europe East and West, and in North America. It is no longer a surprise to find a religious factor at work in areas of political tension. Religion and ideology form a mixture which can be of interest to the observer, but in practice dangerous and explosive. Our information about such matters comes for the most part from three types of sources. The first is the media which understand ably tend to concentrate on newsworthy events, without taking the time to deal with the underlying issues of which they are but symptoms. The second source comprises studies by social scientists who often adopt a functionalist and reductionist view of the faith and beliefs which motivate those directly involved in such situations. Finally, there are the statements and writings of those committed to the religious or ideological movements themselves. We seldom lack information, but there is a need often an urgent need - for sound objective analyses which can make use of the best contemporary approaches to both politics and religion. 'Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion' is designed to meet this need. The subject matter is global and this will be reflected in the choice both of topics and of authors. The initial volumes will be concerned primarily with movements involving the Christian religion, but as the series becomes established movements
Biblical Eldership au Ugernt call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
(Lewis & Roth Publisher, 1995-04-13) Alexander Strauch
I gratefully acknowledge the help of many dear Christian friends in writing this book. Special thanks is due to my editors, Stephen and Amanda Sorenson, and proofreaders, Barbara Peek and Maggie K. Crossett. Five special friends who have consistently encouraged me in this project through the years are Doyle Roth, Barney Visser, Craig Van Schooneveld, David J. MacLeod, and Paul B. Sapp. Above all, I thank my wife, Marilyn, whose personal sacrifice and support cannot be measured or duly praised
Christianity Through the Centuries a History of the Christian Church
(Zondervan, 1996-01-24) Earle E.Cairns
AN EXAMINATION OF available church history texts reveals that most of them reflect a particular denominational or theological bias. This text was written from a conservative, nondenominational perspective. A Christian philosophy of history underlies the presentation. Because one can never understand the history of Christianity effectively without some conception of the political, economic, social, intellectual, and artistic movements in each era of history, the events of church history are related to their secular environment. The treatment of persons, places, dates, events, ideas, and trends or movements in their proper temporal and geographical setting helps one grasp the flow of church history. I have given attention to the impact of Christianity on its times and to the mark of the times on Christianity. I have attempted to link information, understanding, and interpretation in a relevant synthesis that has value in the present. I am grateful that after forty years of the use of this text by both teachers and students in the classroom and by the Christian public its continued demand has made an extensive revision desirable and feasible. Constructive suggestions from several people have been most helpful in improving the accuracy and clarity of this work.
Basics of Christian Education
(Chalice Press, 2000-04-13) Karen B.TYE
This work has been several years in the making. Its roots, in fact, stretch far beyond the moment when the first words were put on the page. The seeds were planted long ago and nourished by my childhood community of faith, First Christian Church of Richmond, Indiana. I am grateful to the teachers and members of that community who nurtured my love and passion for the church. The seeds were nourished in adulthood by many who provided support and encouragement. I am particularly grateful to my friend and former pastor, Steve Jones, without whose challenging words I might never have answered my call to teach, and to my mentors in my doctoral work-Dr. Charles Melchert, Dr. Ronald Cram, and Dr. Sara Little-who broadened my vision and modeled for me the importance of critical thinking for the educational ministry of the church. I also want to express my thanks to those who have read and commented on drafts of this work, especially Bob Fulbright, Kim Coffing, and my good friend and colleague from Australia, Dr. Christine Gapes. A word of thanks is due my faculty colleagues, the administration, and the board of directors of Eden Theological Seminary for their willingness to grant the sabbatical time that facilitated my writing efforts. Finally, two groups receive my deepest and heartfelt gratitude. First, my husband, Brent Dodge, and my children, David and Kathy Brock, whose continuing support and belief in me have been a sustaining presence throughout the twists and turns of this journey. And last, my students, past and present, who have been my research colleagues as they have engaged the ideas presented in this book and have provided helpful and encouraging reflections as the work evolved. I couldn't have done it without you
Biblical Preaching the Development and Delivery of Expository Messages
(Baker Academic, 2001-09-14) Haddon W.Robinson
Christian Theology
(Baker Academic, 2001-09-17) Millard J.Erickson
A quarter century ago, concerned about the lack of a truly suitable introductory systematic theology textbook, I urged several leading evangelical theologians to write such a book. All agreed regarding the need, but each declined to undertake such a project. Finally, I resolved that I would have to write it myself, and proceeded to do so. The reception that the first edition received confirmed that it was meeting a need of others as well. Soon several other theologians penned similar textbooks, so that we now have more than a dozen fine evangelical introductory systematic theology books, any of which I would be pleased to use in teaching a survey of systematic theology. As the theological scene continued to change, I found it desirable to revise my original textbook in the 1990s. The translation of Christian Theology into numerous Asian and European languages was a surprising but gratifying development.
DISCIPLINES of a GODLY WOMAN
(Crossway Books, 2001-11-15) BARBARA HUGHES
I would like to thank the women of College Church, whose faith and practice of the Gospel have been my inspiration for over twenty years; our Australian friends Lois Hagger, Peter and Christine Jensen, Phillip and Helen Jensen, John and Moya Woodhouse, and John Chapman, whose teaching has had a profound influence in my life—they are faith ful and valiant for the Gospel; Annette LaPlaca and Lila Bishop, my edi tors, whose good humor and patience made this book a reality; my brother Wil and his dear wife, Lorraine, who persistently encouraged me to “keep typing”; Lane and Ebeth Dennis, for their long-term commit ment to Christian publishing and their loving friendship; my husband Kent. Chapters 4, 5, 6, 10, 15 and 16 are adapted from his book Disciplines of a Godly Man, and beyond that, his words of instruction and teaching are interwoven throughout the pages of this book. His life validates the truth of his teaching.
DISCIPLINES of a GODLY WOMAN
(Crossway Books, 2001-11-21) BARBARA HUGHES
I would like to thank the women of College Church, whose faith and practice of the Gospel have been my inspiration for over twenty years; our Australian friends Lois Hagger, Peter and Christine Jensen, Phillip and Helen Jensen, John and Moya Woodhouse, and John Chapman, whose teaching has had a profound influence in my life—they are faith ful and valiant for the Gospel; Annette LaPlaca and Lila Bishop, my edi tors, whose good humor and patience made this book a reality; my brother Wil and his dear wife, Lorraine, who persistently encouraged me to “keep typing”; Lane and Ebeth Dennis, for their long-term commit ment to Christian publishing and their loving friendship; my husband Kent. Chapters 4, 5, 6, 10, 15 and 16 are adapted from his book Disciplines of a Godly Man, and beyond that, his words of instruction and teaching are interwoven throughout the pages of this book. His life validates the truth of his teaching.
Courageous Leadership
(Zondervan, 2002-02-10) BILL HYBELS
As any true leader would expect, it took a team to turn the idea of this book into reality. Valerie Bell did all the heavy lifting in the early days of this challenge. Not only did she pore over hun dreds of pages of handwritten sermon notes, but she also listened with a writer’s ear to new leadership talks I tried out in various settings. She deserves the credit for giving shape to the content of this material. My wife, Lynne, the best editor I have ever known, agreed to do the final edit of the manuscript in exchange for household improvements we should have made long ago. The deal was a no-brainer. My assistant, Jean, always winds up playing a major part in everything I do, and this project was no exception. Jim and Chris Holden provided us with a place to write when it looked like the deadline was going to push our family over the edge. Jim Mellado kept his arm around me, reminding me that this book would really help church leaders. And what can I say about the congregation who has allowed me to stumble and bumble my way toward some degree of leader ship maturity? I owe Willow Creek Community Church a debt I will never be able to pay. It lives out the Acts 2 dream better than any church I have ever seen anywhere in the world. To have been its pastor for twenty-seven years has been an honor for which I have thanked God every single day.
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
(Zondervan, 2003-02-03) William D Mounce
Cummunication for Change
(Multnomah Books, 2003-08) Andy Stanley; Lane Jones
Most Christians can remember who was speaking the first time they heard the Scriptures taught in a way that captured their attention and created a hunger for more. For Lane and me, it was the same person. My dad. This book would not be possible apart from his influence. We would also like to thank our wives, Traci and Sandra. Specifically, we are grateful for their words of encouragement following messages where it might have been difficult to find anything encouraging to say. As always, we are grateful to Multnomah Publishers for their partnership and commitment to the local church. To our editors, Brian Thomasson and David Webb, thanks for your insight and patience.
Educational Leadership Personal Growth for Professional Development
(SAGE Publications, Inc, 2004-04-16) Harry Tomlinson
There have been a significant number of books published which have focused on professional development for leaders in schools and teachers, particularly in the context of performance management. Though this book takes account of these, the focus is initially very much on personal development through self-under standing and self-management because this has to be the basis for profound pro fessional development. These provide a context for a distinctive understanding of the emotional intelligence which it is now widely recognized is central to leader ship effectiveness. The case is made for greater use of 360-degree feedback to pro vide a fuller self-understanding than more traditional feedback processes. The increased understanding of the significance of functioning of the brain and mind and its application to accelerated learning, increasingly used with children in schools, takes the argument forward. Neurolinguistic programming, a means of personal development widely used in business but less widely in schools is recommended as a means of modelling excellence. Creativity is now understood as essential to school leadership and this chapter presents an alternative explo ration of what this means from a wider practical and theoretical context. Personal effectiveness depends on managing your own stress and time but this does take place in a more complex and intense context where careers are changing and require new competencies. These can be provided by training, coaching and men toring, which are practised in schools, but the suggestion here is that they should be developed much more widely. Teams, groups and working parties are contexts for decision-making but provide opportunities also for insightful learning. The chapter on leadership explores leadership outside the educational context to pro vide a different challenge for learning. The chapter on performance management explores rewards, both psychological and financial, the latter using evidence from educational contexts in the USA where there is experience to provide high-qual ity evidence. The ethical and values dimension, with implication for vision and mission, particularly focuses here on the practice associated with gender issues. At the school level the concluding chapters again seek challenging evidence from outside education to clarify practice that can be improved. Good schools are working in these areas but the concluding chapters, like the whole book,
Culture Leadership and Organisations
(SAGE Publication, 2004-09-14) Robert J.House
Anthropologist Redfield (1948) defined culture as “shared understandings made manifest in act and artifact” (p. vii). This is consistent with the definition used by the GLOBE research project, which examines culture as practices and values. Practices are acts or “the way things are done in this culture,” and values are artifacts because they are human made and, in this specific case, are judgments about “the way things should be done.” GLOBE measured practices and values exist at the levels of industry (financial services, food processing, telecommunications), organization (several in each indus try), and society (62 cultures). Thus, the GLOBE researchers measured culture at dif ferent levels with both practices and values. Then they asked: How is culture related to societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness? The GLOBE research could be called the Manhattan Project of the study of the rela tionship of culture to conceptions of leadership. One hundred and seventy investigators from 62 cultures worked on this project. Twenty of them participated in writing this book. They tested 27 hypotheses that linked culture to interesting outcomes, with data from 17,300 managers in 951 organizations. They measured the variables with cultural sensitivity, developing instruments in consultation with members of the relevant cul tures. By using focus groups, and by heavy dependence on the previous literature, the investigators developed instruments that tapped local meanings that were appropriate for each level of the data and also had equivalence across cultures.
Caring Ministry a Contemplative Approach to Pastoral Care
(Continuum New York, 2004-10-25) Sarah .A.Butter
I want to express my deep appreciation to the community who helped give birth to this text. Canon David Morgan, Margaret Johnson, and Diane Smith, who have assisted me in teaching the Caring Ministry program also provided valuable input and sugges tions. Diane Smith collaborated with me on "Understanding Loss, Grief, and Death." None of this could have come about without the computer wizardry of Robert Francisco, who spent countless hours interpreting my handwriting. My thanks go to the staff of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral and especially to the Very Reverend Charles E. Kiblinger for making writing time possible. And finally I want to thank all the caring ministers at St. John's for receiving this material and claiming their own gifts of ministry
Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies That Work
(NOLO, 2005-05-10) Llona Bray
This book was envisioned as a collaborative effort, in which the voices of many nonprofit staff and experienced fundraising experts would be heard. Still, I was overwhelmed by the generosity with which the people named below offered their time, knowledge, and stories of successes as well as frustrations. You’ll see many of their names and stories within the book—others preferred to play a more be hind-the-scenes role. My deepest thanks to all of them for their contributions, and for keeping me inspired during the many months of pulling this book to gether. In addition, I’d like to thank the various organizations whose sample let ters and printed materials you’ll see throughout the book (not listed below)
Becoming a Strategic Leader Your Role in Your Organization’s Enduring Success
(Jossey-Bass, 2005-07-17) John Wiley
We’ve worked together for eight years at the Center for Creative Leadership, and the focus of our work has been developing the strategic leadership of individual executives and their teams. Dur ing that time we have worked personally with nearly a thousand different managers and executives—sometimes with heterogeneous groups from different companies, and sometimes with groups from the same company. Most often, that work has been in the context of a program called Developing the Strategic Leader (DSL). We’ve had the op portunity to work with the DSL executives as they’ve struggled to become better strategic leaders. Weathering this challenge alongside them has deepened our own understanding about how to become more strategic. In a general sense, this book reflects our attempt to put some of the lessons of that program and what we have learned through our work in it into a more explicit and accessible format. One thing we have gained from this work is greater clarity about the challenges managers and executives face in becoming more effective strategic leaders. Our understanding has come in part from what executives themselves tell us about their challenges, which typically fall into the following broad categories: influencing others more effectively, particularly upwardly and outwardly; think ing strategically; achieving a better balance in handling short-term and long-term pressures; moving from a functional or departmen tal perspective to a broader organizational perspective; and actually creating or influencing organizational strategy.