Books

Moore, Mary Elizabeth Mullino and Wright, Almeda M., eds. Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World.  Chalice Press, 2008.  ISBN: 978-0-827205-13-0. Meet the Editors Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of Theology and Education at Boston University.  Previously she served as Assistant Director and Research Coordinator of the Theology and Ministry Program at Candler School of Theology at Emory Read More …

Wright, N. T.  Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.  Harper One, 2008.  ISBN: 978-0-06-155182-6. Meet the Author N.T. (Nicholas Thomas) Wright is the one of the world's top Biblical scholars and has been called "the world's leading New Testament scholar" by Newsweek.   He taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities.  Wright is currently the Bishop of Durham for Read More …

Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan, eds.  This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women.  Henry Holt and Company, 2006.  ISBN: 978-0-8050-8658-4. Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan, eds.  This I Believe II: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women.  Henry Holt and Company, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8050-8768-0. Meet the Editors Jay Allison is the host and curator of This I Believe and the founder of the public radio stations that Read More …

Everts, Don and Schaupp, Doug.  I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus.  IVP Books, 2008.  ISBN: 978-0-8308-3608-6. Meet the Authors Don Everts (pictured on the left) served as a campus missionary with InterVaristy Christian Fellowship for fourteen years in Washington and Colorado.  He currently serves as minister of outreach at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church.  Additionally, Everts is the author of eleven books including Jesus Read More …

Estes, Douglas.  SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World.  Zondervan, 2009.  ISBN: 978031028741 Meet the Author Douglas Estes is the lead pastor of Berryessa Valley Church, adjunct professor of New Testament at Western Seminary, and is actively engaged in both discussion about and experience of the church in the virtual world.   He received his PhD in Theology from the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of The Temporal Mechanics of the Read More …

McKnight, Scot.  Fasting.  Thomas Nelson, 2009.  ISBN: 978-0-8499-0108-9. Meet the Author Scot McKnight is an Anabaptist theologian and a professor of religious studies at Northpark University.  The author of over 20 books, including The Jesus Creed, he specializes in Jesus studies and the New Testament.  As an authority in Jesus studies, McKnight has been frequently consulted by Fox News, WGN, US News & World Report, Newsweek, TIME, as well as newspapers Read More …

Brubaker, David.  Promise and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations.  The Alban Institute, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-56699-382-1. Meet the Author Since 2004, David Brubaker has served as Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University.  Brubaker is a member of the Alban Institute and has 20 years of experience in workplace mediation, training and organizational and Read More …

Russell, Letty M.  Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference.  Westminster John Knox Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-66423315-0. (Note: Clarkson, J. Shannon and Ott, Kate M. are editors.) Meet the Author and Editors Letty Russell was an ordained Presbyterian (PCUSA) pastor, one of the world's foremost feminist theologians and a longtime member of the Yale Divinity School faculty.  She was among the first women ordained by the then United Presbyterian Church and was Read More …