Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The early Eucharist has usually been seen as sacramental eating of token bread and wine in careful or even slavish imitation of Jesus and his earliest disciples. In fact, the evidence suggests great diversity in conduct, including the use of foods, in the f... Details...

Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book examines the late second century writings of Irenaeus and Clement. Writing before monasticism became the dominant paradigm of Christian asceticism, Irenaeus and Clement afford fascinating glimpses of alternative approaches to asceticism in late an... Details...

Augustine and the Limits of Virtue: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Augustine’s moral psychology was one of the richest in late antiquity, and in this book James Wetzel evaluates its development, indicating that the insights offered by Augustine on free-will have been prevented from receiving full appreciation as the resu... Details...

Augustine on Evil: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Augustine, perhaps the most important and most widely read Father of the Church, first became preoccupied with the problem of evil in his boyhood, and this preoccupation continued throughout his life. Augustine's ideas about evil were to mark out the bounda... Details...

Augustine's City of God A Reader's Guide: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The City of God is the most influential of Augustine's works which played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. It's scope embodies cosmology, psychology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, bibl... Details...

Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The City of God is the most influential of Augustine's works, which played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. This book is the first comprehensive modern guide to it in any language. The City of God's scope embodies cosmology, psycholog... Details...

Augustine: Confessions Books I-IV — Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics - Imperial Library: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This volume presents the Latin text of one of the great classics of Christian literature, accompanied by a commentary. Confessions is concerned with one human life as an example of what it is to be human and in search of God. In books I-IV, Augustine reflec... Details...

Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications: (Zondervan) Publisher's Comments: A perceptive evaluation of the new “emerging church” movement showing how we must not only interact with a fast-changing culture but also have our vision and practice of ministry shaped by biblical theology with Scripture as the norm. Details...

Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith: (Zondervan Publishing Company) Publisher's Comments:This is an abridgment of Grudem's highly commended Systematic Theology intended for laypeople and nonprofessionals. Details...

Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal: (Zondervan) Publisher's Comments: With courtesy and restraint Professor Woodbridge administers a series of knock-out blows to the confidently voiced claim that factual inerrancy is no authentic element in the historic Christian view of Scripture. "The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy schol... Details...