Social Research Methods: For Students and Scholars of Religious Studies
To remain relevant, theological studies must engage in social science research, argues Joshua Iyadurai in Social Research Methods. Often, however, stu…
Category: Book Reviews
Transformational Change in Christian Ministry
Confronting a culture of individualism, Wan and Raibley argue that personal and communal transformations occur through relationships. Based on the rel…
The Missionary Movement from the West: A Biography from Birth to Old Age
Andrew Walls (1928–2021), an innovative missiologist and influential historian, envisioned this project, which tells the story of Protestant mission…
Propelled by Hope: The Story of the Perspectives Movement
If you were to try to be the first to design a way to strategically impact and accelerate global evangelization, to mentor and disciple laypeople and …
Impacting Eternity: A Practitioner’s Guide for Sustained Movement Expansion
The literature addressing Jesus movements is narrow, crowded, and prone to repetition. However, Robert M. Reach’s latest volume attempts to move bey…
Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible
“Can a Westernized, twenty-first century reading of Scripture – even with the benefit of scholarly exegesis – provide sufficient understanding o…
Character Theology: Engaging God through His Cast of Characters
In Character Theology: Engaging God through His Cast of Characters, authors Tom Steffen and Ray Neu introduce an approach to teaching the narrative po…
Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations: Creating Contexts Where People Flourish
Whether organizational leadership occurs within a cross-cultural environment or not, the challenge is always to create a healthy environment. In his f…
Islamic Law Meets Christian Apologetics
Suheil Madanat’s “evidential apologetics” (17) provides an original and objective approach to persuade Muslims on the authenticity of the New Te…
Unlocking Creativity
I had the privilege of studying under Brian Schrag in 2008 as he developed the ideas that eventually became Creating Local Arts Together. As I prepare…