{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"An introduction to the reformed tradition : a way of being the Christian community \/ John H. Leith.","author":"Leith, John H.","isbn":"0804204799","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"John Knox Press"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"1. Traditioning the faith -- The tradition and the traditions -- A secular and pluralistic society -- The open tradition -- 2. The Reformed churches -- The beginnings -- The Reformation in Switzerland -- Europe -- Great Britain -- The United States and Canada -- Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa -- The Reformed tradition and the younger churches -- The ecumenical movement -- 3. The ethos of the reformed tradition -- The majesty and praise of God -- The polemic against idolatry -- The working out of the divine purposes in history -- Ethics, a life of holiness -- The life of the mind as the service of God -- Preaching -- The organized church and pastoral care -- The disciplined life -- Simplicity. \r\n4. Theology and the Reformed tradition -- What is theology? -- Characteristics of reformed theology -- The development of Reformed theology -- Representative theologians -- Reformed confessions -- 5. Polity and the Reformed tradition -- The significance of polity -- The subordination of polity to the Gospel -- The one, holy Catholic, apostolic church -- Reformed polities -- Calvin's polity -- Presbyterianism -- Episcopacy -- Congregationalism. \r\n6. Liturgy and the Reformed tradition -- John Calvin and Karl Barth on worship -- Reformed liturgies -- Calvin's liturgy of 1545 -- Farel's liturgy -- The Westminster directory -- The American experience -- 7. Culture and the Reformed tradition -- Visual arts -- Literature -- Architecture -- Music -- Political order -- Economic order -- Learning -- 8. Prospects -- The freedom of God -- The reality of the power and presence of God -- The Bible as the Word of God -- The emphasis on the Word: spoken and written -- The vision of the Christian community -- The possibility of discipline -- The simple life.\n\nPublished in: Atlanta\n\nPhysical description: 264 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"J.I. Packer : a biography \/ Alister McGrath.","author":"McGrath, Alister E.","isbn":"0801011574","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"1997","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \t1. The schoolboy: 1927-44 -- Early family life -- The accident of 1933 -- The typewriter -- Early religious views -- Encounter with C.S. Lewis -- Preparing for Oxford University -- 2. Oxford: Corpus Christi College, 1944-8 -- The OICCU -- The conversion -- Misgivings over 'Victorious Living' -- Discovering the Puritans -- Academic success.\r\n3. London: Oak Hill College, 1948-9 -- Reflecting on ministry -- The selection process -- The Church of England in the late 1940s -- Tutor at Oak Hill College -- 4. Oxford: Wycliffe Hall, 1949-52 -- Wycliffe Hall -- Theological studies, 1949-50 -- Doctoral research, 1950-2 -- The founder of the Puritan Studies Conferences -- Packer and the Puritans.\r\n5. Birmingham: St. John's, Harborne, 1952-4 -- Packer the curate -- Marriage to Kit, 1954 -- 6. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1955-61 -- Tyndale Hall -- The attack on Keswick -- 'Fundamentalism' and the Word of God (1958) -- Evangelism and the sovereignty of God (1961) -- Where next?\r\n7. Oxford: Latimer House, 1961-70 -- The origins of Latimer House -- The warden -- Packer's critique of the radical theology of the 1960s -- The theological consolidation of evangelicalism -- The redefining of English evangelicalism: The crisis of 1966 -- The National Evangelical Anglican Congress, 1967 -- The decision to leave Oxford -- 8. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1970-2 -- Tyndale and Clifton: The failed merger of 1968-9 -- The new principal of Tyndale Hall -- The reorganization of theological education -- The break with Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1970 -- A new crisis: The end of Tyndale Hall? -- The birth of Trinity College.\r\n9. Bristol: Trinity College, 1972-9 -- Packer as a theological teacher -- Knowing God: The origins and anatomy of a classic -- The 'Battle for the Bible' -- The Tyndale Lecture: Packer on the Atonement -- Renewed controversy: Christian Believing -- The Nottingham Event: NEAC 2 -- The decision to leave England -- 10. Vancouver, BC: Regent College, 1979-96 -- The origins of Regent College -- The background to Packer's appointment -- Professor of theology at Regent College -- The importance of tradition for evangelicals -- Theology and spirituality -- The debate over universalism and conditional immortality -- Evangelicals and Catholics together -- Canadian Anglicanism: Essentials 94 -- Conclusion -- James I. Packer: An assessment.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Like a mighty river \/ Lois Wilson.","author":"Wilson, L.","isbn":"091959901X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Winfield, B.C."},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Foreword \/ Archbishop Ted Scott -- Living water -- the need for exploring new worlds to find ourselves -- India -- insights gained from living with people piled on people -- Thailand -- in refugee camps and teeming cities, learning to gossip the gospel -- Central America -- people and churches working at the alternatives to revolution -- Argentina, Peru, Chile -- the gulf between the electric toothbrush and the soup kitchen leads to torture -- Brazil -- justice does not always flow down the magnificent river of January -- Going home -- it only takes a spark to get the gospel going, in Canada and abroad -- Afterword -- what we can do about this, to encourage both justice and righteousness -- Also from Wood Lake Press.\n\nPublished in: Toronto, Ont.\n\nPhysical description: 125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Missional church : a vision for the sending of the church in North America \/ Darrell L. Guder, project coordinator and editor; Lois Barrett ... [et al.]","author":"Barrett, L.; Guder, D. L","isbn":"0802843506","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Mich W.B. Eerdmans Pub"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280)\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Gospel for Islam : reaching Muslims in North America \/ edited by Roy Oksnevad and Dotsey Welliver.","author":"Oksnevad, Roy; Welliver, Dotsey","isbn":"187908936X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Evangelism and Missions Information Service"},"datePublished":"2001","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tThe current state of Islam in America \/ Larry Poston -- Islam's agenda in North America : patterns of Islamization \/ A. AbDat-Isa -- Islam and the African American community \/ Carl Ellis -- Muslim women in North America \/ Janet G. Metzger -- South Asian MBBs \/ Samuel Naaman -- Iranian MBBs \/ Abe Ghaffari -- International student MBBs \/ David Philip -- African-American MBBs \/ Wilford Darden -- Christ the victor \/ Roy Oksnevad -- Hospitality \/ Gerhard Wilch -- Refugees \/ Milton Clark -- Friendship centers \/ Samuel Naaman -- International students \/ David Philip -- Iranis \/ Ashton T. Stewart, Jr. -- Kurds \/ Robert Blincoe -- Muslim\/Christian dialogue \/ Jeff Morton -- The Internet \/ Jochen Katz -- Muslim ministry workers in North America : a database report \/ Richard M. Bailey -- The call to the church in North America \/ Richard P. Bailey -- Ministry to Muslims in the third millennium \/ Roy Oksnevad and Dotsey Welliver -- How to respond to Muslims \/ Sam Elisha.\n\nPublished in: Wheaton, IL.\n\nPhysical description: vii, 236 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}