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Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness (Ministry in a Secular Age)

By: Andrew Root

Price: $22.99

Publisher: Baker Academic: August 2017

Seller ID: 166073

ISBN: 0801098467

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more to do with an obsession with youthfulness than with helping young people encounter the living God?

Questioning the search for new or improved faith-formation programs, leading practical theologian Andrew Root offers an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulates how faith can be formed in our secular age. He offers a theolo...
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Justification and the Future of the Ecumenical Movement: The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (Unitas Series)

By: George A. Lindbeck, Walter Cardinal Kasper, Henry Chadwick, R. William Franklin, Michael Root, Gabriel Fackre, Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy, Valerie A. Karras, Frank D. MacChia

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Liturgical Press: October 2003

Seller ID: 95093

ISBN: 0814627331

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

On October 31, 1999, officials of the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church in Augsburg, Germany, signed and "Official Common Statement" with its "Annex" and the "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification," declaring publicly and in a binding manner that a consensus in basic truths of the doctrine of justification exists between Lutherans and Catholics. A number of the essays in this book emanate from a conference at the Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University in 2000 that discussed the import of this momentous declaration for ecumenism.
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C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme (Princeton Theological Monograph)

By: Jerry Root

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pickwick Publications: October 2008

Seller ID: 147209

ISBN: 1556357206

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Description: C. S. Lewis was concerned about an aspect of the problem of evil he called subjectivism: the tendency of one's perspective to move towards self-referentialism and utilitarianism. In C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil, Jerry Root provides a holistic reading of Lewis by walking the reader through all of Lewis's published work as he argues Lewis's case against subjectivism. Furthermore, the book reveals that Lewis consistently employed fiction to make his case, as virtually all of his villains are portrayed as subjectivists. Lewis's warnings are prophetic; this book is not merely an e...
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Naked and Unashamed: A Guide to the Necessary Work of Christian Marriage

By: Jerry Root, Claudia Root, Jeremy Rios

Price: $16.99

Publisher: Paraclete Press: May 2018

Seller ID: 150628

ISBN: 1640600655

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Happy marriages don't just happen.

Despite the abundance of magazines and self-help books available, people continue to struggle with marriage. Wedding planners, consultants, Pinterest pages, and bloggers have shaped young hearts to dream and plan for the biggest day of their lives. The day is everything, and they will plan each element with precision, from flowers to cake decorations to party favors. Couples will spend an enormous amount of time and money preparing for the wedding, but they will spend little to no time in preparation for the marriage itself.

It takes...
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The Soul of C. S. Lewis: A Meditative Journey through Twenty-Six of His Best-Loved Writings

By: Jerry Root, Wayne Martindale, Linda Washington

Price: $19.99

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.: August 2010

Seller ID: 115724

ISBN: 1414325665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Drawing inspiration from Lewis's fiction and nonfiction, The Soul of C. S. Lewis is a devotional-style book that encourages reflection and thought. It includes 240 meditations designed for the reader's personal growth.
C. S. Lewis opened up more than just wardrobe doors--he opened the doors to human experience, new worlds of ideas, and imaginative discoveries. His honest observations about life highlight the interconnectedness of Scripture to real life and encourage a worldview that is integrated and harmonized.
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Sharper Than a Two-Edged Sword: Preaching, Teaching, and Living the Bible

By: Michael Root, ed.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: September 2008

Seller ID: 95076

ISBN: 0802862713

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Keen insight for preaching and teaching Scripture are to be found in these pages. Several respected scholars here discuss how to read and live the Bible theologically in our contemporary context. Editors Michael Root and James Buckley maintain that these essays, though varied, share at least three assumptions: (1) The word of God (not necessarily human preaching and teaching) is "sharper than any two-edged sword." (2) Preaching, teaching, and living the Bible are firmly yet delicately intertwined in the communion of saints. (3) There are distinctive ministries of preaching and teaching in the ...
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Baptism and the Unity of the Church

By: Michael Root, Risto Saarinen

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.: March 1998

Seller ID: 96040

ISBN: 0802844626

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Baptism and the Unity of the Church is the first comprehensive study of the meaning of baptism for church unity to be written by an ecumenical group of theologians-Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Baptist. These essays explore such themes as how baptism relates to the communion shared by the churches and the relationship of baptism and church unity as found in the New Testament, in the ecumenical dialogues, and in the liturgies of the churches. "A significant challenge to all Christians who care about the ecumenical movement.... Michael Root and Risto Saarinen's book is ea...
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The Neglected C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Riches of His Most Overlooked Books

By: Neal, Mark,Root, Jerry

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Paraclete Press: June 2020

Seller ID: 176289

ISBN: 1640602941

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Readers who can quote word for word from C.S. Lewis's theological classic, Mere Christianity,
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Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age)

By: Root

Price: $26.99

Publisher: Baker Academic: June 2019

Seller ID: 166071

ISBN: 0801098475

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

In Faith Formation in a Secular Age, the first book in his Ministry in a Secular Age trilogy, Andrew Root offered an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulated how faith can be formed in our secular age. In The Pastor in a Secular Age, Root explores how this secular age has impacted the identity and practice of the pastor, obscuring his or her core vocation: to call and assist others into the experience of ministry.

Using examples of pastors throughout history--from Augustine and Jonathan Edwards to Martin Luther King Jr. and Nadia Bo...
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