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July 2011 Featured Titles· Book of the Month: Christians and the Common Good. Christians across the spectrum have soured on religious involvement in politics. Yet the kingdom of God is clearly concerned with justice and communal well-being. Charles Gutenson explores how Christians can be active in public life without getting mired down in political polarisation and controversy. · Other Featured & Recent Titles. · Complete your set of For Everyone commentaries by Tom Wright. The publication later this year of Revelation for Everyone and Early Christian Letters for Everyone will complete Tom Wright's popular New Testament commentary series. New Testament and Gospels sets also available. · Visiting Author: Andrew Root is Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is well connected in the professional youth ministry world. He visited NZ in late June and is the author of Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry (a finalist for Outreach magazine’s outreach book of the year). You can order five of his books from us.
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Christians and the Common Good: How Faith Intersects with Public Life. Charles Gutenson. 180pp. Brazos. $37.00. For too long, the question of faith in public life has centred on what the Bible says about government. Gutenson, a theologian respected by both evangelical and mainline Christians, argues that we should ask how God intends for us to live together before considering particular public policies and governmental institutions. By concentrating on the nature of God, we can move past presuppositions regarding the role of government and form a reasonable framework for engaging in healthy discussions about how best to serve the common good. This lucidly written book will appeal to readers interested in ethics, theology, and politics and includes a foreword by bestselling author Jim Wallis. Also on this topic:
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Feasting on the Word: Preaching the RCL: Year A Vol. 4: Season After Pentecost 2. David Bartlett & Barbara Brown Taylor, eds. Hbk. 347pp Westminster John Knox, US. $75.50. For each lectionary reading there are four essays from top scholars, preachers, and writers on the theological, pastoral, exegetical, and homiletical challenges of the text. Includes index of biblical passages to enable preaching on non-lectionary texts. “Wonderfully organized and intelligently shaped.” Stanley Hauerwas.
Feasting on the Word is now available in these sets. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery:
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The Christian Year: A Guide for Worship and Preaching. Robin Knowles Wallace. 143pp. Abingdon. $29.99. Practical worship and preaching suggestions for each season of the Christian year as it relates to the RCL. Describes the unique features and colours of each season as well as its historical overview, theological grounding, and significance for faith formation. Gives ways to draw upon the gifts of existing congregations while seeking to expand their witness and faith formation. Provides sample services with suitable lectionary readings, hymns, prayers, and spatial and visual suggestions in either traditional or contemporary worship styles.
Also by Robin Knowles Wallace in the Just in Time series from Abingdon:
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Christian Funerals. Andy Langford. 144pp. Abingdon. $29.99. Unlike weddings, funerals are rarely planned far in advance. Often the deceased is not well known to the pastor and the service happens in the midst of a busy week. This remarkable compendium offers prayers, Scriptures, and ceremonies carefully chosen from a rich variety of Christian sources and traditions. Discreet black cloth cover and lie-flat binding makes it suitable for use at church services and at the grave side.
Other popular funeral resources:
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Worship Feast Outdoors: 25 Experiences of God’s Great Earth. Jennifer Youngman. 112pp. Abingdon. $29.99.
Worship doesn’t have to happen inside a building. Step outside and
experience prayer, praise, song and reflection in 25 outdoor settings.
Includes devotions, meditations and outdoor worship services for all
seasons and times of day. Worship with: Water - Awareness
Also in the Worship Feast series from Abingdon:
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It Is Easy Being Green: 60 Bible Stories & Crafts with the Earth in Mind. Lee Dell Stickler. 128pp. Abingdon. $37.00. Teachers will enjoy clear, step-by-step instructions, along with a materials list featuring green or recycled products. Uses many artistic mediums through which children can express their creative side and explore their faith in a group setting. This ready-to-use book provides a hands-on, fun way of bringing God’s Word to children. Suitable for Sunday school and mid-week. Photocopiable pages.
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Anyone Can Tell a Bible Story. Revised ed. Bob Hartman. 189pp. Monarch. $24.99. Hartman has an enviable reputation as a performance storyteller. Here are his insights into how stories work, tips and techniques, and how to retell Bible stories - plus 35 great stories to practise on.
Also by Hartman from Monarch:
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Instant Small Group: 52 Sessions for Anytime, Anywhere Use. Mike Nappa. 201pp. Baker. $27.99. Need some ideas to spark interaction in your small group? This no-preparation-required teaching resource provides a year’s worth of engaging, transforming, and easy-to-lead discussion guides for adult small groups. All 52 studies are “open and go” for those who don’t have the time to prepare. Can be used by anyone in the group, not just the leader.
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Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. Richard Rohr. 199pp. Hbk. Jossey-Bass. $35.00. “The value of this book lies in the way Richard Rohr shares his own aging process with us in ways that help us be less afraid. We begin to see that, as we grow older, we are being awakened to deep, simple, and mysterious things we simply could not see when we were younger.” Jim Finley, retreat leader, author.
Also by Rohr:
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God is Not a Christian: Speaking Truth in Times of Crisis. Desmond Tutu. 237pp Hbk. Random House. $37.99. Archbishop Tutu is no stranger to controversy. From racism and social injustice, to the threat of AIDS, the continuing crisis in the Middle East and the importance today of 'ubuntu' (shared humanity), Tutu expresses his views powerfully and honestly, showing how faith and politics are inextricably linked. Here are some of Tutu’s key speeches, sermons, lectures and exchanges from the past 30 years, charting his extraordinary career and showing why he remains one of the world's best-loved and most outspoken religious figures.
Also by or about Desmond Tutu:
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God Hunting: A Diary of Spiritual Discovery. Jo Swinney. 128pp. Scripture Union. $19.99. Swinney set herself a challenge, to trial one spiritual discipline per month. She invites us to join in the hunt for God through - Prayer - Fasting - Bible study - Worship - Solitude - Simplicity. “I love this book. It explodes the idea that you have to wait for life to slow down before establishing fresh soul-shaping spiritual practices.” Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington.
Click here http://www.scriptureunion.org.uk/GodHunting/145655.id for a video of Jo talking about her God Hunting experiences. Find out why she set herself the challenge and how it has changed her spiritual life.
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No One But You. Douglas Wood. PJ Lynch Ill. 32pp. Hbk. Large format. Colour. Candlewick. $32.00. The creators of Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth (Pbk $19.99) return with a look at the way everyone’s experiences in the world are gloriously unique. Wonderfully evocative of nature’s sensory treasures, here is a perfect gift to share with a child, or to inspire loved ones of any age as they set out to create their special place in the world. This is a great gift. Perfect for newly confident readers.
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Crow and the Waterhole. Ambelin Kwaymullina. 36pp. Colour. Fremantle Press. $21.00. Each morning, crow stared into the water, and saw another crow staring back. She thought Crow-in-the-waterhole was the most wonderful bird she had ever seen. “She looks like a crow who could change the world. I wish I could be like her.” “A fable-like story on bright earthy coloured pages, it sends a positive message of the value of self-esteem to all ages.” Good Reading Magazine. |
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Complete your set of For
Everyone commentaries by Tom Wright The publication later this year of Revelation for Everyone and Early Christian Letters for Everyone will complete Tom Wright's popular New Testament commentary series. Place your orders now!
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Revelation for Everyone. Westminster John Knox. $34.00. [Available November 2011]
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Early Christian Letters for Everyone: James, Peter, John & Judah. Westminster John Knox. $34.00 [Available November 2011] |
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New Testament for Everyone - 19 volume set. Westminster John Knox. $450.00 - Freight free. [Available November 2011] |
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New Testament for Everyone Gospels – 6 volume boxed set (Matthew Vols 1 & 2, Mark, Luke, John Vols 1 & 2). Westminster John Knox. $150.00 [Available now - allow 2-3 weeks] |
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Recent Titles We have one copy of each of these new books in stock. Time to supply additional copies is shown below. |
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Tom Wright
for Everyone:
Putting the Theology of N.T. Wright Into Practice
in the Local Church. Stephen Kuhrt. 160pp. SPCK. $29.99. Kuhrt addresses the reticence of many evangelicals to engage with what Tom Wright has been saying for some time. The book looks at key theological questions awaiting an answer and gives an enlightening summary of the theology of Tom Wright, arranged around terms like ‘Covenant’, ‘Heaven’, ‘Kingdom’, ‘The resurrection of Jesus’, and ‘justification’.
Then, in perhaps the most valuable part of the book, Stephen Kuhrt describes in detail the difference putting Tom Wright’s theology into practice has made in his own parish church, pastorally and in terms of mission. The book ends with a clear statement of Tom Wright’s challenge to the Church in the second decade of the 21st century.
“Kuhrt’s book makes a warm and convincing case that Tom Wright’s theology has the potential to transform the local church, the academy and contemporary evangelicalism. This is a timely and accessible introduction to the significance of a formidable thinker and brave servant of God.” John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford
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The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians. Thomas O'Loughlin. 185pp. Baker. $45.00 The Didache (or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) is one of the earliest Christian writings, compiled between 50 and 70 CE. It offers a unique glimpse into how some of the earliest Christian communities lived and worshiped. O'Loughlin shares the story of this manual for training converts from its discovery in an obscure library in Istanbul in the late 19th century to the present and then offers an analysis of the text’s importance. The Didache features a detailed description of the day-to-day faith and step-by-step routines that shaped the Jesus movement some twenty years after the death of Christ. This is an essential resource for readers interested in history, Scripture, and liturgy in Christianity's earliest period. Also on early Christian writing:
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Alive to the Word: A Practical Theology of Preaching for the Whole Church. Stephen Wright. 204pp. SCM Press. $67.99. “This book is for anyone wanting to review their own preaching ministry and for anyone privileged to teach preaching to others. Wright explores preaching today in all its contexts – the Bible, of course, but also our contemporary communication culture, the life of the church, the life of the preacher. It isn’t a “how to” book, but it’s packed with thoughtful observations which make me think about the way I preach; and make me want to do it better.” Paul Johns, Director of the College of Preachers.
By Geoffrey Stevenson and Stephen Wright
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A New Great Story. Don Cupitt. 136pp. Polebridge Press. $49.00
“In this book I aim to set before the general reader a fully modern alternative to the traditional Grand Narrative theology of Latin, or Western, Christianity.” So begins A New Great Story. Christianity’s classic “plan of salvation,” its so-called grand narrative, was a vast myth of cosmic Creation, Fall and Redemption. Earth-centered and supernaturalist, it was fatally damaged by Galileo and later astronomers, and by historians of human origins.
Cupitt rewrites that traditional narrative as a new story of how religion called us out of nature and gradually made us ourselves, social beings in an ordered world, language-using and self-aware.
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The Bible Collection – Boxed 3 DVD sets. PAL Zone 4. Time Life (2004) $49.99 per set of 3 The largest television production ever undertaken, sold in more than 140 countries. The Bible Series has received 11 Emmy nominations and an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries. 15 years in development and 10 in the making, the series brings these stories to life for contemporary audiences using big screen film methods and the best actors and directors available. Stars Patrick Dempsey, Oliver Reed and many other top actors.
· Volume 1: Jesus, Abraham, Joseph · Volume 2: Moses, Samson & Delilah · Volume 3: Jacob, Jeremiah, Solomon
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Outspoken: Coming Out in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Liz Lightfoot. 218pp. Otago Univ Press. $40.00. Based on in-depth interviews, Lightfoot presents the narratives of 11 people who have come out in the Anglican Church in New Zealand, including two ordained church members. She discusses related topics of: truth and the Church; community, belonging and rejection; ideas about hell and damnation; the theology of denial; and the implications of the “Don’t ask, don't tell” approach. The author notes that “People's lives are sacred ground and the area of sexuality is one where people are arguably at their most vulnerable.” She hopes that this research will contribute to community building within the Anglican Church.
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Exploring the Presence: More Faith Patches. Trish McBride. 160pp Patricia McBride. $39.95.
The passionate, rich and honest spiritual journey of a woman who left her church after awakening to the Divine Feminine. The diversity of prose and poetic writing is quilted together with a clear consistent voice. McBride claims continuity with the essence of the Catholic Christian tradition while exploring far and wide beyond. Her honesty, integrity and ability to reflect on her experiences make this book a great read, either as a whole, or a piece at a time.
Also by Trish McBride:
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The Gospel in Brief: The Life of Jesus. Leo Tolstoy, translated by Dustin Condren. 180pp. Harper Perennial. $22.99. The four Gospels tell the life of Jesus, but each Gospel relates a slightly different version of events. Some stories appear only in one Gospel, while certain other stories are different in each. Tolstoy applied his tremendous skills as a writer to tell the life of Jesus in one seamless narrative, thus integrating the four Gospels. The result is a work that reads like a novel in 12 chapters. Tolstoy wanted making the life of Jesus accessible to everyone. (He particularly had in mind the Russian peasantry.) Tolstoy based his translation on his study of the original Greek versions of the Bible. Unfortunately, the Russian Orthodox Church viewed the book as sacrilegious and in 1901, it permanently excommunicated him.
This is the first translation into modern English.
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The Book of Rachael: A Novel. Leslie Cannold. 328pp. Text Publishing. $40.00. What if the man you loved betrayed your brother? 2000 years ago, as a charismatic young preacher from Nazareth was gathering followers among the people of Galilee, his sister swept floors and dreamed of learning to read. In Cannold’s story, it is the women of Nazareth who take centre stage. The rebellious, gifted Rachael, consigned by her sex to a life of drudgery. Bindy, the crone who teaches her the skills of the healer. Shona her sister, the victim of a harsh social code, and their mother Miriame, a woman seemingly unable to love.
When Rachael falls in love with her brother’s dearest friend, the rebel Judah of Iscariot, it seems that at least one of the women of Nazareth may find happiness. Then a message comes from her brother in Jerusalem and events begin to unfold that will change not just Rachael’s life, but the world, forever.
“Only a writer as insightful as Cannold could imagine Rachael’s story so intelligently. Read it as a historical page-turner, as a moving romantic tragedy or as a parable about equality-but read it.” Toni Jordan
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Visiting Author - Andrew Root
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Children of Divorce: The Loss of Family As the Loss of Being. 171pp. Baker Academic (2010). $34.99. This is the first book to examine the impact of divorce from a practical theological perspective and also from a young person's perspective. Those who have experienced divorce and those who work with or minister to young people whose parents are divorced will benefit from this book.
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Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross As the Way of the Church. 161pp. Abingdon (2010). $39.99. Where is God present in the world? What hope does the church offer to folks who are struggling with death and despair? Rather than place primary focus on creating a successful church, Root asks the church to open its eyes to the suffering and hopelessness of the world, because it is precisely in the world's suffering that God is found.
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Relationships Unfiltered: Help for Youth Workers, Volunteers, Pastors and Parents on Creating Authentic Relationships. 155pp. Zondervan (2009). $29.99. For half a century, relational or incarnational ministry has been a major focus in youth ministry. But for too long, those relationships have been used as a means to an end. It’s time to tear down the old structure of relational youth ministry and start again. Explore the idea of place-sharing and find practical ideas to help you recreate the role of relationships in your ministry.
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Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation. 221pp. IVP Books (2007). $34.99. “Andy Root has unveiled the most significant challenge in youth ministry today—unconditional relationships. Too often we use relationships to achieve our goals and in the process abandon teenagers when those goals are not achieved. Andy has brilliantly laid before us an essential course correction for relational youth ministry that is faithful to the incarnation of Jesus.” Mark W Cannister, professor of youth ministries, Gordon College.
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The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry. Andrew Root & Kenda Creasy Dean. IVP Books. (Publishing November 2011.) $34.00. Pre-order your copy now.
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CRE - Christian Religious Education 2011 |
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“… helping students make good life choices.” Epworth Books distributes this curriculum in New Zealand. The CRE curriculum is biblically faithful, educationally sound, student focussed, theologically clear and contextually appropriate. Created by practicing classroom teachers across Australia and New Zealand, CRE materials are designed for use with both single and multi-aged classes. Would you like to know more about this programme? Click here: http://www.epworthbooks.org.nz/CRE/CRE_Intro.htm Please email sales@epworthbooks.org.nz if you would like us to send you a catalogue.
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