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P.","isbn":"0664225853","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster John Knox Press,"},"datePublished":"2004","inLanguage":"English","description":"Beginnings -- Crisis -- Guess Who's Coming to Church -- Learning to Be a Pastor -- Coping with Death -- Preaching to Both Heart and Mind -- Faith Questions -- Becoming a Reconciling Congregation -- Meeting the Press -- Crisis in the White House -- The Culture War -- The Conclusion of the Clinton Presidency -- Endings.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: xv, 176 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Awaken the giant : two lay leaders speak out : 28 prescriptions for reviving the United Methodist Church \/ James W. Holsinger, Jr.","author":"Holsinger, James W.","isbn":"0687023211","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1989","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158).\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: 170 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Congregations talking about homosexuality : dialogue on a difficult issue \/ Beth Ann Gaede, editor.","author":"Gaede, B.A","isbn":"1566991986","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"1989"},"datePublished":"1989","inLanguage":"English","description":"Talking about sexuality \/ Sylvia Thorson-Smith -- Why is homosexuality so hard to talk about? \/ Karon A. McClintock -- Explosive issues require special handling \/ Carl S. Dudley and Hugh F. Halverstadt -- Rules for talking about a difficult issue \/ Marc Kolden -- First Congregational Church of Fresno, Fresno, California \/ Frank Baldwin -- Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota \/ H. David Stewart -- Zion United Church of Christ, Henderson, Kentucky \/ J. Bennett Guess -- Trinity United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia \/ Mark Reeve -- First Congregational Church, Greenfield, Massachusetts \/ Shirlee M. Bromley, with Christine Trenholm -- Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota \/ Pamela Johnson -- Brookmeade Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Nashville, Tennessee \/ Daniel Rosemergy -- Constructive conflict or harmonious dishonesty? \/ Donald E. Bossart -- Comforting or challenging the congregation? \/ Speed Leas.\n\nPublished in: Bethesda, Md.\n\nPhysical description: xiv, 151 p. ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Genuinely Ghanaian : a history of the Methodist Church, Ghana, 1961-2000 \/ by Casely B. Essamuah ; with a foreword by the Most Reverend Dr. Robert K. Aboagye-Mensah.","author":"Essamuah, Casely B.","isbn":"1592217478","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AFRICA WORLD PRESS,INC"},"datePublished":"2010","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction -- Foundations of Ghana Methodism -- Mission through church planting -- MCG and social uplift -- Mission in public witness -- Barriers to mission : a house divided -- Self-theologizing -- Conclusion -- Appendices. \r\n \tAbstract\tGenuinely Ghanaian is the fascinating history of the Methodist Church Ghana, from the time of its autonomy, 1961, to the year 2000. This book shows how missiological issues of contextualization and outreach have shaped the history of the Methodist Church Ghana since the independence of Ghana from colonial rule. Ghanaians have accepted Methodism on their own terms and have reworked it to fit their needs. The Methodist Church Ghana has its roots in a Bible study group of Ghanaians, formed in 1835. Aided by British Methodist missionaries, the group developed over the next 130 years, until, in 1961, it gained autonomy from the British Methodist Conference. Central elements in the contextualization of this church include Ghanaian identity Akan culture, and Methodist missionary theology. This book examines the evolution and consolidation of Methodism in Ghana from 1961 to 2000, highlighting in particular the contributions of the Fante people.\n\nPublished in: Trenton, NJ\n\nPhysical description: xliv, 292 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"On giant shoulders : the history, role, and influence of the evangelist in the movement called Methodism \/ Robert G. Tuttle, Jr.","author":"Tuttle, G.R","isbn":"088177006X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Discipleship Resources"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: x, 135 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Parables from the back side : Bible stories with a twist \/ J. Ellsworth Kalas.","author":"Kalas, J. E.","isbn":"0687300622","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:            Kalas presents new insight into twelve of Jesus' parables by entering them through the \"back side\" -- through the eyes of a minor or unsympathic character. By approaching the stories in this way, Kalas releases new meaning and clarifies basic teachings. Personal stories from the author's own experience and modern-day illustrations enrich the retellings even more. These refreshing glimpses from the back side will provide new food for thought for everyone -- even those most familiar with Jesus' parables. \r\n\r\nOther Notes:         \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 109-111).\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 111 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Practical divinity : theology in the Wesleyan tradition \/ Thomas A. Langford.","author":"Langford, Thomas A.","isbn":"0687333261","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1983","inLanguage":"English","description":"A living tradition. Within the holy, catholic, apostolic Church ; Beginnings ; The formation of Wesley's theology -- Scriptural Christianity : John Wesley's theology of grace. Justification ; Prevenient grace ; Assurance ; Christian perfection ; The Church ; Means of grace ; Conclusion -- Interpreters and successors : Wesleyan theology in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. John Fletcher ; The nineteenth century ; Adam Clarke ; Richard Watson ; William Burt Pope ; Hugh Price Hughes ; Conclusion -- The Americanization of Wesleyan theology. Theological beginnings ; Wesleyan and Calvinistic theology ; Growth and division ; Holiness controversy : an internal debate ; Conclusion -- Dimensions of being human : the late nineteenth century in North America. A change of emphasis ; Systematic theologians ; The final quarter ; John Miley ; Black Methodist theologians ; Borden Parker Bowne ; Biblical interpretation ; An overview -- Holiness theology. Systematic theology ; H. Orton Wiley ; Connections and differences ; Mildred Bangs Wynkoop ; Concurring voices ; Conclusion -- Twentieth-century British Methodism. John Scott Lidgett ; Biblical theology ; Theological interpreters ; New voices ; Geoffrey Wainwright ; Tradition -- Theology of experience : the beginning of a new century. Sheldon and Curtis : the transition begins ; Edgar S. Brightman ; Albert C. Knudson ; Harris Franklin Rall ; An intruding voice ; Wilbur Fisk Tillett and Gilbert T. Rowe ; Transition -- Continuity and change in North American Methodist theology. Georgia Harkness and L. Harold DeWolf ; A manifesto ; Edward T. Ramsdell ; Neo-Wesleyan theology ; Albert C. Outler ; Robert E. Cushman ; A present direction ; An overview -- Recent and contemporary directions in North American Methodist theology. Carl Michalson ; Thomas C. Oden ; James H. Cone ; Major J. Jones ; Process theology ; John B. Cobb, Jr. ; Schubert M. Ogden ; An overview -- Unity in diversity : indigenous theologies. German Methodism ; A world movement ; Daniel T. Niles ; Jose\u0301 Mi\u0301guez-Bonino ; Emerito P. Nacpil ; Other international voices ; An overview -- The character of Wesleyan theology. Center and circumference ; Biblical witness to Jesus Christ ; Vital experience of God ; Ethical expression ; Church as mission ; A living tradition.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 303 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Practical divinity : theology in the Wesleyan tradition \/ Thomas A. Langford.","author":"Langford, T. A.","isbn":"0687333261","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references and index.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 303 p. ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Preaching to strangers \/ William H. Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas.","author":"Willimon, William H.; Hauerwas, S.","isbn":"0664251056","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster\/John Knox Press"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction \/ Stanley Hauerwas -- Freedom (Acts 16:16-40) -- Living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-8) -- Be imitators of Me (Philippians 3 :17-21) -- Ordinary people (Ruth 1:1-19a) -- Who are these? (Revelation 7:9-17) -- One though Master? (Matthew 25:14-28) -- The day of the Lord (Amos 5:18-24) -- Now (Mark 13:32-37) -- More (Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11) -- Here (Luke 2:1-20) -- Postscript \/ William H. Willimon. \r\n \tAbstract\tThese twelve sermons by renowned author and pastor William Willimon, with responses by theologian Stanley Hauerwas, demonstrate the fruitfulness and difficulty of the interaction between theologians and practicing pastors. In this book, the authors suggest an intriguing way to think about theological work within the church.\n\nPublished in: louiseville\n\nPhysical description: vii, 144 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}