The doctrine of deification or theosis has been gaining interest among scholars for some time. Yet most publications on the topic have focused on Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions and have subsumed the discussion under the category of soteriology. If "being transformed into the same image" (2 Corinthians 3:18) is truly essential to the Christian life, a fuller understanding of this biblical concept is needed for Christians of all traditions.In this vo...

How interactions of race and religion have influenced unity and division in the churchAt the center of the story of American Christianity lies an integral connection between race relations and Christian unity. Despite claims that Jesus Christ transcends all racial barriers, the most segregated hour in America is still Sunday mornings when Christians gather for worship.In Slavery’s Long Shadow fourteen historians and other scholars examine how the sobering historica...

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History presents a cutting-edge overview of the dynamic and ever-expanding field of environmental history. It addresses recent transformations in the field and responses to shifting scholarly, political, and environmental landscapes.The handbook fully and critically engages with recent exciting changes, contextualizes them within longer-term shifts in the field, and charts potential new directions for study. It focuses on five key ar...

Jesus is Lord! This scandalous confession is an act of worship, a pledge of allegiance, a call to service, and a saving act. Yet who is Jesus Christ? How should we understand his life, his death, his resurrection, and his work of salvation? This book offers a perspective from the Wesleyan tradition on these vital questions. It introduces readers to christology, the study of Christ. The authors encourage readers to ponder the mystery of salvation at work in Christ's entire life and to make ...

How interactions of race and religion have influenced unity and division in the churchAt the center of the story of American Christianity lies an integral connection between race relations and Christian unity. Despite claims that Jesus Christ transcends all racial barriers, the most segregated hour in America is still Sunday mornings when Christians gather for worship.In Slavery's Long Shadow fourteen historians and other scholars examine how the sobering historica...

Welcome to Crooked, the first volume of a new anthology series from Bad Intentions Press.You'll find Teppo's retrieval job gone very, very wrong (or has it?). You'll find Eric Warren's gunrunner getting a second chance and Greg Dragon's smuggler surviving on the edge. Jessie Kwak's bodyguard dealing with a simple job that got quite complicated, Kate Sheeran Swed's unlikely bounty hunter getting her feet underneath her, and Wade Peterson's fighting bot showing its fiercely loyal hea...

Is it possible our world is just one big high school lunchroom?In a world fraught with polarization and division-where we form separate tables based on political beliefs, skin color, economic status, theological ideas, and personal preferences-can we find a way to live differently, more aligned with the ways of Jesus?In Lunchroom Theology, Heather Gorman and Mark Nelson confront our societal and theological rifts, and by weaving together scriptur...

Terry and Randy Barnett are two brothers who live in a small country town in Tennessee. Randy is a 22 year old marijuana dealer. He's infatuated with fast women, fast cars, and money. Terry is a 24 year old jack of all trades. Most of his day consists of doing yard work, repairing cars, or hanging out with his girlfriend. WICKED WAYS is a southern tale about how the Barnett's lives changes drastically after a meth epidemic hits their town.

Bookish introvert Morgen Keller never thought she would have a midlife crisis. That was before her husband divorced her, her boss let her go, and her grandmother died.Forty wasn’t supposed to look like this.When Morgen inherits Grandma’s old farmhouse in the small town of Bellrock, Washington, it could be a chance for a fresh start.There are just a few problems…A fearsome werewolf has claimed the property for himself, Grandma didn’t die of natural causes, an...

First contact didn’t go as planned…Time Gate 8, one of humanity’s portals between the stars, has been overrun by a mysterious alien intelligence, and the planet Luddeccea is now cut off.Haunted by those she left behind, Commander Noa Sato is on a desperate mission to save her homeworld. Navigating the ancient Ark, she seeks a hidden gate that will transport her ship to Earth and the Galactic Fleet. But the Luddeccean system harbors dangers, and so does her ...

Read the complete adventures of Trinity and Leo in Ascension Saga Books 1-3A princess.A soldier.A destiny neither could ever imagine.Leoron of Alera returns home from the Hive wars determined to protect the capital city--and last bastion of a vanished Queen's reign--from civil war. Loyal to the bone, Leo answers the call from Prime Nial and vows to protect...

This boxset includes the following books in the Samantha True Series:CAUGHT OFF GUARD (Book 4)There’s no rule book for this deadly gameWhen Samantha’s friend and sometimes boss AJ Gunn is accused of murdering the star quarterback for the Oregon pro-team she knows three things:No way is AJ guilty even if he doesn’t have a solid alibiThis is not a one gal PI gig, she’s going to need help