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The chapters collected in this book, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, address the subject of religious leadership. The subject is of broad relevance in the training of religious leaders and in the practice of religious leadership. As such, it is also germane to religious thought, where reflections on religious leadership occupy an important place. What does it mean to be a religious leader in today''s world? To what degree are the challenges that confront religious leadership today the same perennial challenges that have arrested the attention of the faithful and their leaders for generations, and to what degree do we encounter challenges today that are unique to our day and age? One dimension is surely unique, and that is the very ability to explore these issues from an interreligious perspective and to consider challenges, opportunities, and strategies across religious traditions. Studying the theme across six faith traditions--Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Buddhism--The Future of Religious Leadership: World Religions in Conversation recognizes the common challenges to present-day religious leadership. Contributors: Awet Andemicael, Timothy J. Gianotti, Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Anantanand Rambachan, Maria Reis Habito, Meir Sendor, Balwant Singh Dhillon, Miroslav Volf""Few things could be more important in the twenty-first century than religious leadership that takes seriously the challenge of making space for faiths other than the leaders'' own. That is what Alon Goshen-Gottstein and his fellow contributors have created in this important and impressive book. It deserves to be widely read and to become the start of a major conversation on the challenges facing the world''s great religions in their relationships to one another and to the challenges of our time."" --Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks""In exploring the meaning of leadership in world religions and how it is exercised, the contributors to this volume open the door to a mutual exchange of experience and insight that makes way for shared wisdom, which transcends yet honors religious difference. In the polarized world in which we live, where religion is often portrayed as a source of division, a resource such as this is timely and urgently needed."" --Frank Griswold, former presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal ChurchALON GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. A noted scholar of Jewish studies, he has held academic posts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem.

One of the biggest challenges for relations between religions is the view of the religious Other. The question touches the roots of our theological views. The Religious Other: Hostility, Hospitality, and the Hope of Human Flourishing explores the views of multiple religious traditions on how to regard otherness. How does one move from hostility to hospitality? How can hospitality be understood not simply as social hospitality but as theological hospitality, making room for the religious Other on theological grounds? What is our vision for the flourishing of the Other, while respecting his otherness? This volume is an exercise in constructive interreligious theology. By including Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic traditions, it approaches these challenges from multiple perspectives, highlighting commonalities in approach and ways in which one tradition might inspire another.Contributors: Vincent J. Cornell, Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Richard P. Hayes, Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Deepak Sarma, Stephen W. Sykes, Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Ashok Vohra""Religion has been and continues to be a factor that breeds conflict leading to violence among human beings. Can religion also provide human beings with a capacity to work creatively together toward a more humane, peaceful, and ecologically sustainable world? This book offers critical and constructive essays by scholars of five major religious traditions that examine the seeds of hostility toward religious Others and seek to highlight those elements that ground attitudes of hospitality and loving kindness toward Others in a way that would lead to harmonious coexistence and cooperation in our world today.""--Ruben L. F. Habito, Southern Methodist University""Alon Goshen-Gottstein has put together a beautiful and useful volume. The essays here offer an appreciative view into the rooms of different religious traditions and illuminate the corridors that connect them. Highly recommended for anyone seeking the theological resources to be an interfaith leader."" --Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth CoreALON GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. A noted scholar of Jewish studies, he has held academic posts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem.

The essays collected here, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, explore the challenges associated with sharing wisdom--learning, teachings, messages for good living. How should religions go about sharing their wisdom? These chapters, representing six faith tradition (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist), explore what wisdom means in each of these traditions; why and how it should be shared, internally and externally; and the role of love and forgiveness in sharing. This book offers a theory that can enrich ongoing encounters between members of faith traditions by suggesting a tradition-based practice of sharing wisdom, while preserving the integrity of the teaching and respecting the identity of anyone with whom wisdom is shared.Contributors: Pal Ahluwalia, Timothy Gianotti, Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Sallie B. King, Anantanand Rambachan, Meir Sendor, Miroslav Volf""Alon Goshen-Gottstein has assembled a collection of gem-like essays on the theme of ''sharing wisdom,'' with contributions from brilliant scholars on the nature of wisdom and whether it can be shared outside the traditions, in Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism, with a fine summary essay by the editor. The authors are critically sharp about the real differences among the traditions and work hard, as the result of working together, to address one another''s concerns. Love and forgiveness seem to be common conditions for sharing, though even these are interpreted in interestingly different ways. This volume is accessible to beginners and enlighteningly fresh for scholars."" --Robert Neville, Boston University, past president of the American Academy of Religion""How can religions engage with each other in a way that not only respects each other''s integrity but also draws on their depths and brings them into fruitful conversation? Sharing Wisdom is a remarkable response to that question. The distinguished authors together tackle a series of difficult questions posed to their traditions, and they succeed in opening up a wisdom of multiple depths that resonate with each other. Goshen-Gottstein has drawn the strands together with profound sensitivity and perceptiveness."" --David F. Ford, University of CambridgeALON GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. A noted scholar of Jewish studies, he has held academic posts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem.

Friendship is an outcome of, as well as a condition for, advancing interfaith relations. However, for friendship to advance, there must be legitimation from within and a theory of how interreligious relations can be justified from the resources of different faith traditions. Friendship Across Religions explores these very issues, seeking to develop a robust theory of interreligious friendship from the resources of each of the participating traditions. It also features individual cases as models and precedents for such relations--in particular, the friendship of Gandhi and Charlie Andrews, his closest personal friend.Contributors:Balwant Singh Dhillon, Timothy J. Gianotti, Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Maria Reis Habito, Ruben L. F. Habito, Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Stephen Butler Murray, Eleanor Nesbitt, Anantanand Rambachan, Meir Sendor, Johann M. Vento, and Miroslav Volf""The Elijah Institute has blessed us with an in-depth exploration of interreligious friendship from the perspective of several religious traditions. These essays are both erudite and edgy. They look deeply into religious traditions in the hope of laying down a foundation for the future of interreligious relations in a world that promises to become only more complicated. The authors search out the resources within the traditions that support interreligious friendships today and are fearless in pointing out the obstacles to such friendships also found in the traditions. This book is going to be a very valuable contribution to a global discussion.""--James Fredericks, Loyola Marymount UniversityALON GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. A noted scholar of Jewish studies, he has held academic posts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem.

If you''ve ever wondered about the mystical writers, but found their writing inaccessible, then Why the Mystics Matter Now is for you. This inviting guidebook for contemporary readers serves as a primer to a body of wisdom that is often viewed as unapproachable, but, in fact, is still relevant to the problems we face today.Frederick Bauerschmidt starts where we are: in a disenchanted world. Then, drawing words from those particular mystics whose struggles and questions closely parallel our own, he reveals the meaning of their words in clear, practical ways. With an unconventional, engaging, and often playful style, Bauerschmidt strips away the barriers, making the mystics less intimidating and more accessible. Featuring:THOMAS MERTONTHERESE OF LISIEUXHILDEGARD OF BINGENJULIAN OF NORWICHMEISTER ECKHARTIGNATIUS OF LOYOLACATHERINE OF SIENAFrederick Bauerschmidt is a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author of several books, including Thomas Aquinas: Faith, Reason, and Following Christ (Oxford University Press), Catholic Theology: An Introduction (with James Buckley, Wiley Publishers), and Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ (University of Notre Dame Press). His wife, Maureen Sweeney, is an immigration lawyer and teaches as the University of Maryland School of Law. They have three young-adult children.

Collected WorksVol. 1: The Two-Fold Knowledge: Readings on the Knowledge of Self and the Knowledge of GodVol. 2: Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of ClairvauxVol. 3: Luther''s Catholic Christology According to His Johannine Lectures of 1527Franz Posset is a German-American independent church historian and lay theologian in the Catholic Church. He is an internationally recognized ecumenist, specializing in the history and theology of the Renaissance and early Lutheran Reformation. Franz was born in 1945 in Glockelberg in the Bohemian Forest (Sudetenland), and between 1965 and 1970 he was a student of Hans Kung, Josef Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI emeritus), and Walter Kasper (Cardinal). He earned a diploma in Catholic theology at University of Tubingen, and received a PhD in Religious Studies, with his dissertation directed by the late Kenneth Hagen, at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. He was the associate editor of Luther Digest (1993-2012) and is a member of the International Luther Society. Franz is the author of numerous articles and books in English and German including award-winning articles and books:- The first annual Natalie Zemon Davis Prize (Canada) in 2006 for his ""Polyglot Humanism in Germany circa 1520 as Luther''s Milieu and Matrix.""- Davidias Prize of the Association of Croatian Writers in 2014 for the book, Marcus Marulus and the Biblia Latina of 1489.- Franz-Delitzsch-Forderpreis (Germany) in 2015 for his ""In Search of an Explanation for the Suffering of the Jews: Johann Reuchlin''s Open Letter of 1505.""- The Koenig Prize in Biography of the American Catholic Historical Association in 2016 for the book, Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522): A Theological Biography.

Collected WorksVol. 1: The Two-Fold Knowledge: Readings on the Knowledge of Self and the Knowledge of GodVol. 2: Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of ClairvauxVol. 3: Luther''s Catholic Christology According to His Johannine Lectures of 1527""Franz Posset illustrates Martin Luther''s deep regard for Bernhard of Clairvaux as a major source for knowing the God of Scripture who comes to be made flesh in us through Jesus Christ. This book contains an ecumenical treasure trove of Bernhard''s sermon points that empowered Luther to proclaim both the birth and cross of Jesus as the source for daily renewal of our lives in Christ.""--Rev David R. Froemming, pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, author.Franz Posset is a German-American independent church historian and lay theologian in the Catholic Church. He is an internationally recognized ecumenist, specializing in the history and theology of the Renaissance and early Lutheran Reformation. Franz was born in 1945 in Glockelberg in the Bohemian Forest (Sudetenland), and between 1965 and 1970 he was a student of Hans Kung, Josef Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI emeritus), and Walter Kasper (Cardinal). He earned a diploma in Catholic theology at University of Tubingen, and received a PhD in Religious Studies, with his dissertation directed by the late Kenneth Hagen, at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. He was the associate editor of Luther Digest (1993-2012) and is a member of the International Luther Society. Franz is the author of numerous articles and books in English and German including award-winning articles and books:- The first annual Natalie Zemon Davis Prize (Canada) in 2006 for his ""Polyglot Humanism in Germany circa 1520 as Luther''s Milieu and Matrix.""- Davidias Prize of the Association of Croatian Writers in 2014 for the book, Marcus Marulus and the Biblia Latina of 1489.- Franz-Delitzsch-Forderpreis (Germany) in 2015 for his ""In Search of an Explanation for the Suffering of the Jews: Johann Reuchlin''s Open Letter of 1505.""- The Koenig Prize in Biography of the American Catholic Historical Association in 2016 for the book, Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522): A Theological Biography.

Collected WorksVol. 1: The Two-Fold Knowledge: Readings on the Knowledge of Self and the Knowledge of GodVol. 2: Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of ClairvauxVol. 3: Luther''s Catholic Christology According to His Johannine Lectures of 1527Franz Posset is a German-American independent church historian and lay theologian in the Catholic Church. He is an internationally recognized ecumenist, specializing in the history and theology of the Renaissance and early Lutheran Reformation. Franz was born in 1945 in Glockelberg in the Bohemian Forest (Sudetenland), and between 1965 and 1970, he was a student of Hans Kung, Josef Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI emeritus), and Walter Kasper (Cardinal). He earned a diploma in Catholic theology at University of Tubingen, and received a PhD in Religious Studies, with his dissertation directed by the late Kenneth Hagen at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. He was the associate editor of Luther Digest (1993-2012) and is a member of the International Luther Society. Franz is the author of numerous articles and books in English and German including award-winning articles and books:- The first annual Natalie Zemon Davis Prize (Canada) in 2006 for his ""Polyglot Humanism in Germany circa 1520 as Luther''s Milieu and Matrix"".- Davidias Prize of the Association of Croatian Writers in 2014 for the book, Marcus Marulus and the Biblia Latina of 1489.- Franz-Delitzsch-Forderpreis (Germany) in 2015 for his ""In Search of an Explanation for the Suffering of the Jews: Johann Reuchlin''s Open Letter of 1505.""- The Koenig Prize in Biography of the American Catholic Historical Association in 2016 for the book, Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522): A Theological Biography.

Deftly quilting themes of Latin American and feminist liberation theologies with those of philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and John Rawls, Alastair V. Campbell displays our rich interconnectedness and our moral responsibilities to one another. Suggesting that many American citizens are oppressed by our current health-care system, he contends that prior to questions of health-care allocation are questions of what we mean as a society by the term health--and how that term is inextricably linked to personal and social freedom and liberation. In the forceful final chapter of the book, Campbell articulates ethical standards for just health-care delivery in the United States--standards that, above all, take account of deep religious faith and concern for one''s neighbor.Health as Liberation is a critical analysis of justice and modern health care, and of a society''s moral obligations to its citizens.""Alastair Campbell''s Health as Liberation is very powerful. Taking the perspective of liberation thought and praxis, Campbell helpfully redirects our attention to health as an aspect of freedom, to the many voices of illness, and to the social structures that thwart and promote health. This clear and compelling book will be of great interest to secular as well as to theological audiences, and I enthusiastically recommend it.""--James F. Childress, University of Virginia, coauthor of Principles of Biomedical Ethics""Professor Campbell promises to listen to the ''voices of the oppressed.'' The course of his reflections immeasurably deepens our understanding of the profound connections between health and freedom, and of the need to give voice to the voiceless. This is a most thoughtful and intelligent book.""--Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University, author of Troubled Voices: Stories of Ethics and IllnessAlastair V. Campbell is the Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor of Medical Ethics and director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of numerous books on medical and pastoral care, including Practical Medical Ethics, and is the editor of The Dictionary of Pastoral Care.

Pastoral counseling is one of the fastest growing ministry specialties in the emerging world church. Pastoral Counseling in a Global Church vividly presents the experiences of people involved in ministry in different cultures, in Asia, Africa, and Latin America as well as Europe and Australia. Its practical, narrative-style approach complements more theoretical treatments of cross-cultural counseling.In our increasingly global and multicultural world, sensitivity to the ways in which families and cultures are central to growth in Christian life is essential for pastoral counselors. This is especially true since, in many cultures, the pastoral ministry is the first one people turn to for help, before mental health or other professionals. Those who can apply culturally-relevant and sensitive pastoral skills can provide real help to those in need: whether in a multicultural parish in North America, or anywhere in the world.""This book is unique, as a practical how-to guide to cross-cultural pastoral counseling. As such it takes an important pastoral step toward an inculturated church. . . . Wicks and Estadt have done the global church a service in compiling these voices from the field.""--Rev. Robert W. McChesney, SJExecutive Secretary for International and Refugee Ministries,Jesuit Conference""Makes an important contribution to the small but growing literature on cross-cultural pastoral care. . . .""--James N. LapsleyDarl & Helen Egner Professor of Pastoral Theology Emeritus,Princeton Theological Seminary""Wicks and Estadt have done us a great service in gathering voices from four continents that move us forward in the important dialogue between pastoral therapists across the global church. . . . A feast for all multi-culturally aware counselors--as we all are becoming in a world of accelerated change and exchange.""--David AugsburgerFuller Theological SeminaryRobert J. Wicks is Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola College in Maryland. He is coeditor of Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling and author of Availability: The Problem and Gift of Living Simply in an Anxious World.Barry K. Estadt is founding director of graduate programs in pastoral counseling and Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the editor of The Art of Clinical Supervision and author of Pastoral Counseling.

F. Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935) was Norrisian Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1905-35. His other publications include ''Evangelion da-Mepharreshe'' (1904), ''The Gospel History and Its Transmission'' (1906), and ''Earliest Sources for the Life of Jesus'' (1910). He was elected to the British Academy Fellowship in 1905.

F. J. A. Hort (1828-1892) served as Lady Margaret Professor, Cambridge. A major contributor to the Westcott-Hort text of the Greek New Testament, Hort teamed with J. B. Lightfoot and B. F. Westcott to form the famous Cambridge Trio that popularized the historical-critical method in Britain.

It is not, however, because it is combined with scientific theories, nor because it enters into the teaching of pagan mysteries, that astrology forces itself on the meditations of the historian of religions, but for its own sake . . . , because he is obliged to enquire how and why this alliance, which at first sight seems monstrous, came to be formed between mathematics and supersitition. . . . How could this absurd doctrine arise, develop, spread, and force itself on superior intellects for century after century? There, in all its simplicity, is the historical problem which confronts us. -from the IntroductionContentsIntroduction1. The Chaldeans2. Babylon and Greece3. The Dissemination in the West4. Theology5. Astral Mysticism. Ethics and Cult6. EschatologyFranz Cumont (1868-1947) was a Belgian archaeologist, linguist, and historian of ancient religions. He was Professor at the University of Ghent and later curator of the Brussels Royal Museum. His major works include ''The Mysteries of Mithra,'' ''The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism,'' and ''After Life in Roman Paganism.''

Patrick Fairbairn (1805-1874) studied at Edinburgh University from 1818 to 1826. In 1853 he was appointed to be Chair of Theology in Aberdeen, and in 1856 became Principal of Free Church College in Glasgow. His published works include his 1845 ''Typology of Scripture'' as well as his posthumous ''Pastoral Theology''.

St. Benedict''s Rule has been one of the great facts in the history of western Europe, and its influence and effects are with us to this day. This being so, it is surely strange that, as I believe, the Rule has never yet been made the object of an historical study setting forth on an extended scale its principles and its working. Commentaries there are, explaining it chapter by chapter; but so far as I know, there is no systematic exposition of what may be called the philosophy, the theory, of the Benedictine rule and life, no explanation of the Benedictine spirit and tradition in regard either to its inner life or its outward manifestations. The present volume is an effort to supply this want. It consists of a connected series of essays covering the most important aspects of Benedictine life and activities. It is addressed, of course, primarily to Benedictines; but it should appeal to wider circles--to students of the history of religion and civilisation in western Europe, as an account of one of the most potent factors in the formation of our modern Europe during a long and important phase of its growth: and also, in a special way, to those scholars and students who hold the Benedictine name in veneration. --from the PrefaceDom Cuthbert Butler (1858-1934) was educated at the Benedictine Downside Abbey, where he lived as a monk and then as the abbot of the house. He published critical editions of the ''Lausiac History'' of Palladius and ''The Rule of St. Benedict,'' an authored ''Western Mysticism,'' ''Life of Archbishop Ullathorne,'' and ''History of the Vatican Council.''

Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) was the outstanding female religious figure of twelfth-century Germany. A Benedictine nun, she was consulted by bishops, popes, and kings, and wrote copiously for her fellow monastics: mystical and visionary material, liturgical music, biblical commentaries, saints'' lives, and theological explanations of various aspects of church doctrine, as well as treatises on natural science and the healing arts. Her story is important to all students of spirituality, medieval history, and culture.Fr. Hugh Feiss is a Benedictine monk, scholar, and Latin translator, and the author of ''Essential Monastic Wisdom''. Jo Ann McNamara is Professor Emerita of History at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and the author of ''Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia''.

Saint Macrina (327 - 370) was a major guiding force in the early development of monasticism and it was through her example that her brother, Saint Basil the Great, was inspired to establish one of the first monastic communities. This life, written by her other famous brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, is one of the masterpieces of Christian literature.One of the most extraordinary texts in early monastic literature and full of unique information about female monasticism, it is an essential complement to Basil''s monastic writings."" --Columba Stewart, OSB, author of ''Cassian the Monk''A luminous account of the practical, forceful, and effective work of this monastic founder and spiritual guide."" --Susan Ashbrook Harvey, author of ''Asceticism and Society in Crisis: John of Ephesus'' and ''The Lives of the Eastern Saints''Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa (c. 330 - 395), theologian, philosopher, and orator, was the last of the great Cappadocian fathers and an ardent supporter of Christian orthodoxy. The profundity and richness of his thought are revealed in his many doctrinal, exegetical, polemical, and ascetical treatises.Kevin Corrigan is a professor at The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University. He is the author of ''Plotinus'' Theory of Matter-Evil and the Question of Substance'' (1996) and many articles on the patristic and medieval periods.

Frederick Herzog''s focus on the praxis context of the church is right on target. He makes a much needed contribution to the critical development of liberation theologies in the North American situation."" --Letty M. Russell Yale University Divinity SchoolI am particularly grateful for the clear articulation in the book of a number of concerns emerging in Third World theology, such as the recognition of poverty as a political and not a natural phenomenon, the shift from elite-universals to peoples'' universals, the emphasis on Christopraxis as the key to orthodoxy, the interpretation of theology as praxis seeking understanding, and the emphasis on the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord''s Supper as affirming that the bifurcation of history into a bodily history and spiritual history has been overcome. I hope that the book will be widely read in all continents and stimulate dialogue for promoting praxis-rooted theology."" --J. Russell Chandran, United Theological College, Bangalore, IndiaHerzog refuses to do an easy or obvious theology, but insists on raising difficult questions which require theology to be done with some anguish. He has seen more clearly than most that we are in a crisis of categories, which must be reshaped in shattering ways, not only to do a new theology, but to re-understand the nature of theology. Members of the United Church of Christ, his own church body, will especially benefit from Herzog''s proposals as this militantly ''liberal'' church is urged in critical and self-critical directions."" --Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological SeminaryNo one has been more passionately involved than Frederick Herzog in responding to the challenges to mainstream North American Christianity from Latin American and black liberation theologians. Addressing liberal Protestant theology and denominational structures in ''Justice Church,'' Herzog unfolds a new theological method and a new understanding of the church. This is an important book for all who believe that Christian faith involves response to injustice."" --Lee Cormie, University of St. Michael''s College, University of TorontoFrederick Herzog was Professor at the Duke University Divinity School. He served on numerous commissions of the World Council of Churches and the United Church of Christ. In the spring of 1970 he wrote the first North American article on liberation theology, and in 1972 his ''Liberation Theology'' was published, a study of the Fourth Gospel described by Robert McAfee Brown as a pioneer North American work."" In ''Justice Church'' Herzog continues his pioneering work with a North American methodology of liberation theology.

Can the gospel message of the Atonement have a liberative message for black Christians? Is there, indeed, power in the blood of Jesus""?This study of the meaning of the cross in the African American religious experience is both comprehensive and powerful: comprehensive because it explores the meaning of the cross -- symbol of suffering and sacrifice -- from the early beginnings of Christianity through modern times, and powerful because it is written by a black woman who has experienced abuse and the oppression of field-work.This book should be read by all who have ever reflected on the relationship between the suffering of Jesus and that of African Americans. While the author aims at changing many of our theological presuppositions about suffering, she also offers us an alternative theology capable of enhancing the spirituality of all suffering peoples. In this book we encounter a new womanist theologian whose constructive work grows out of a deep commitment to Christian faith and ministry."" -- Peter J. Paris, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Social Ethics, Princeton Theological SeminaryJoAnne Terrell''s ''Power in the Blood? The Cross in the African American Experience'' is a major contribution to black and womanist theologies. It is both critical and constructive. A must read for all students and teachers of theology and religion."" -- James H. Cone, Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological SeminaryJoAnne Marie Terrell is Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary.

Apartheid: 30,000 detainees between 1986 and 1989, 10,000 of them under the age of 16 . . . children tortured and shot in the streets . . . razor wire, rifles, whips, and fire-bombs...freezing jail cells and worm-infested cornmeal rations...despair, terror, rage. The day-to-day agony of South Africa. Is this tortured land a parable of the rest of the world, where issues and choices are thrown into stark relief? Through the words of South Africa''s leading Christian figures in the anti-apartheid resistance, Crucible of Fire brings home to every Christian the urgent need to know and to act. Allan Boesak: ""We have stood up from under the broom tree . . . and we have been given courage by this God who never leaves his people alone. . . . The government of South Africa has signed its own death warrant; no government can challenge the living God and survive.""Frank Chikane: ""It is our faith that gives us hope. We know that in our helplessness we become more dependent on God. In our powerlessness we become powerful. It is our weakness that is our strength.""Desmond Tutu: ""I think we have a vicious and ruthless government, and they would mow people down like flies. . . . We must be quite prepared to take the consequences of standing up on behalf of God''s people.""Charles Villa-Vicencio: What you are witnessing in South Africa is not some sort of strange society or aberration. It is, in fact, a microcosm of what is happening globally....That is why Christians around the world need to join together.Crucible of Fire cries out for Christians to act together, today. The time has come for faith, the prayers, and the energy of the worldwide church to be brought to bear to bring to an end the diabolical system called apartheid.Jim Wallis is Editor-in-Chief of ''Sojourners'' magazine. His other books include ''Faith Works'' and ''The Soul of Politics.''Joyce Hollyday is also the author of ''Clothed With the Sun'' and ''With Our Own Eyes.''

Solidly theological, amply historical, thoroughly ecumenical, and remarkably current, Orlando Costas'' ''Christ Outside the Gate'' is the most succinct, yet comprehensive analysis of the missiological issues facing the church and the churches that has appeared in many years.""--Alan Neely, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake ForestLearning and passion come together in Christ Outside the Gate to make it an outstanding contribution to missiology.""--Gabriel Fackre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology, Andover Newton Theological SchoolYou have in your hands a new way of seeing missions--North America as a receiving country, the marginalized as the subject as well as object of missions, world evangelization with one foot in Melbourne and one foot in Pattaya. Few authors blend together so effectively so many worlds--evangelism and scholarship, northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere, sociology, and theology.""--Harvie M. Conn, Westminster Theological Seminary, PhiladelphiaCostas may well be or is on his way to becoming the ablest missiologist alive.""--Jorge Lara-Braud, Director, Council on Theology and Culture, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.Costas writes from the background of an Hispanic Evangelical, but goes far beyond the normal concerns of that tradition. In a series of far-ranging essays, he deals with virtually every aspect of the contemporary missiological debate in a manner that is usually balanced and always provocative. While some readers will violently question his views at certain points, all will be stimulated and challenged to think more deeply and participate more effectively in the total world mission to which God has called His Church.""--Paul E. Pierson, Fuller Theological Seminary''Christ Outside the Gate'' offers us a perspective of missions that focuses on the transition from paternalism to the contextualization of the Gospel.""--Oscar I. Romo, Director, Language Missions Division, Southern Baptist ConventionCostas writes from the viewpoint of those who live on the periphery of society. He challenges Christians of all denominations to a renewed understanding of the Christ who ''suffered outside the gates.''""--John T. Boberg, Catholic Theological Union, ChicagoOrlando E. Costas is also the author of ''Liberating News'', ''The Integrity of Mission'', and ''The Church and Its Mission''.

''African Cry'' is liberation theology with African content and original method--in short, a model of African liberation theology. Its translation into the English language is a big contribution to the corpus of literature on African liberation theology available to the English-speaking public. For those who are not already familiar with its French version, it provides a new dimension in African theology. The book is a must for all students of African theology."" --Justin S. Ukpong, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria''African Cry'' is fundamentally a challenge to all who claim adherence to the Christian faith. It explores the Scriptures, particularly the Gospels, in the light of what passes for Christianity and Mission on the part of European and Caucasian thinking, attitudes, and behavior on the continent of Africa. The book is a magnificent presentation of the problems that the African and African-American have with the behavior and attitudes of Church people from the highest to the lowest levels. This book should be read by as many Christians as possible, and, above all, bishops, particularly European and American."" --Lawrence E. Lucas, author of ''Black Priest/White Church''''African Cry'' shatters the self-censorship of sub-Saharan African theologians on political-economic issues while retaining their deep concern for cultural liberation. It is now impossible to discuss African theology without reference to Ela."" --Marie Giblin, Associate Professor of Theology, Xavier UniversityA vigorous, frank, and uncompromising series of essays by a young, rural-based Cameroonian priest. The stress is on the interrelatedness of inculturation, liberation, and authenticity. The cry is for the right to be different. A superb example of the strongly-felt anguish of committed African priests for a church at once credible and rooted in reality."" --Simon E. Smith, SJ, former Coordinator of the Jesuit Refugee Service in AfricaJean-Marc Ela is a Cameroonian theologian. He is also the author of ''My Faith as an African.''

''Tell Us Our Names'' is a timely book, beautifully written and understandable by all. Its particular challenge lies in the folk and fairy tales that provide the text. Here are the roots of both faith and reason -- and the direct way to dump excess baggage and discover new and better questions. Scripture, Oriental wisdom, ecumenical theology: all receive calm and imaginative treatment in Song''s hands.""--Joseph McLelland, McGill University, MontrealIn this volume Dr. Song offers us ''golden keys to open the stonegates of religion.'' Gathering together intercultural insights from the experience of people in many countries, these parables and stories usher us into the presence of Mystery. The easy flow of storytelling, smoothly mixed with sensitive interpretation, makes this volume very readable. To those who believe that theology has to do only with ideas and concepts, this volume may come as a surprise and a joyful discovery.""--S. J. Samartha, former Director, Dialogue Programme, World Council of Churches, GenevaC. S. Song explores the folk tales of the world and depicts God''s answer to the thrust for the redemption of the people with ''one stroke of an Asian brush.'' Here, the culture, religion, history, and suffering of the Asian people is the medium of God''s redemptive revelation. Certainly, by this work he has contributed another ''transposition'' of the biblical message to Asia, a monumental accomplishment in the formation of Asian theology. Reading this Theology of Folk Tales is exciting and illuminative.""--Nam-Dong Suh, Director, Institute for Mission Education, Seoul, KoreaC. S. Song is Professor of Theology and Asian Cultures at Pacific School of Religion. His recent publications include ''The Believing Heart''.

Rufus M. Jones (1863-1948) was a Quaker historian, theologian, and Professor of Philosophy at Haverford College. He was a prolific writer, including such works as A Dynamic Faith, Studies in Mystical Religion, and Practical Christianity.

For the Biblical scholar, however, and especially for the textual critic, the greatest value of the Peshitta of Ezra lies in the fact taht it has in forty-two instances preserved the original reading, and therefore it must be employed to reconstruct the Hebrew text of the Massorites. --from the IntroductionCharles Arthur Hawley (b. 1889) is the author of ''The Teaching of Old Testament History,'' ''The Teaching of the Prophets,'' and ''The Teaching of Apocrypha and Apocalypse.''

Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) is recognized as one of the outstanding church historians of his day. He was Professor of Church History successively in the universities of Leipzig, Giessen, Marburg, and Berlin. His great work, A History of Dogma, has exerted an important influence upon modern theological study. Other titles translated into English include A History of the Expansion of Christianity, The Apostles Creed, and The Acts of the Apostles.

F. J. A. Hort (1828-1892) served as Lady Margaret Professor, Cambridge. A major contributor to the Westcott-Hort text of the Greek New Testament, Hort teamed with J. B. Lightfoot and B. F. Westcott to form the famous Cambridge Trio that popularized the historical-critical method in Britain.

Excerpt from The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days Throughout the Year In reading the book once more with a view to this edition, I have been much struck with three points which justify a belief in its per manent value, and which may help those who wish to gain devotional aid from its use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.