The modern era is over. Assumptions that shaped twentieth-century thought and culture, the bridges we crossed to this present moment, have blown up. The postmodern age has begun. Just what is postmodernism? The average person would be shocked by its creed: Truth, meaning, and individual identity do not exist. These are social constructs. Human life has no special significance, no more value tha…
"Here, for the first time in one volume, are the religious views of a major psychiatrist who finds a religious outlook on life a necessary factor in mental health. 'Among all my patients over thirty-five, ' says Jung, 'there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.' While Jung, of all the great psychiatrists, has been most sympatheti…
"This book opens a new research field in Balkan contextual theology. By embracing culturally rich traditions of the Western Balkans as its starting point, it explores their existential and theological bearings. Placed at the crossroads of civilizations and religions, this region has witnessed some of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. At the same time, it has produced unique textures of …
There are few doctrines more difficult or divisive than election. With humility and grace, Piper argues for God's absolute sovereignty in salvation, explains challenging texts, and winsomely engages with key opponents
The Bible says that Babylon will be rebuilt and become the economic center of the world. Even now the ruins of the ancient city - just sixty miles south of Baghdad, Iraq - are quietly stirring. What does it mean for America' For Israel' For every person alive today' Are we living in the last days of earth as we know it' Find out, from Bible prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock. . . 1. How the focus o…
Vor rund 500 Jahren besuchte Martin Luther Rom. Die Beschäftigung mit dieser Reise ist häufig mit der Frage verbunden, inwieweit sie Voraussetzung für die Reformation war. Diese Sicht präjudizierte vielfach - gerade in der reformationshistorischen Forschung - eine unsachgemäß negative Wahrnehmung der Reise und der Stadt. Der Band möchte die Beschäftigung mit dem Thema von diesem …