Mark C. Mattes 
Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament [EPUB ebook] 

Often when people have become alienated from their religious backgrounds, they access their traditions through lifecycle events such as marriage. At times, modern values such as gender equality may b …

Paul as Pastor demonstrates the critical nature of Paul”s pastoral care to his identity and activities. Despite the fact that Paul never identifies himself as a pastor, there is much within the Paul …

These essays emerge from different crucial and complex conflicts: from the memory of a bishop, Bartolome de las Casas, urging the pope of his time to cleanse the church of complicity with violence, o …

Inner work is a name commonly given to the inner processes that happen in ritual. It can also mean the transformation of the psyche that comes about through engaging in religious ritual. However, the …

Our constitution gives us the right to worship God almighty and to have safe, loving, and protected families. the liberal far left is under the spell of Satans SOCIALIST demons and striking out at th …

The Orthodox Christian tradition has all too often been sidelined in conversations around contemporary religion. Despite being distinct from Protestantism and Catholicism in both theology and practic …

This collection of studies in theology is written from the perspective of one from within the Christian faith, and seeking greater understanding of the doctrinal deposit of that faith. As a leading s …

Why do some strategies for critique of religion seem to be more beneficial for constructive engagement, whereas others increase intolerance, polarization, and conflict? Through an analysis of the rea …

This book opens windows onto Jewish legal culture, by offering fourteen exploratory essays, each of which focuses on an aspect of Jewish law, broadly understood. Each chapter is a self-contained jour …