Readings (Spiritual)

Dissonant Pieties by Paul A. Riemann

Dissonant Pieties by Paul A. Riemann

Melvin Otey

Paul Riemann taught Old Testament at Harvard University and Drew University. His special interests in Psalms and the nature of prayer coalesce in the instant treatment of Calvin and the...

Dissonant Pieties by Paul A. Riemann

Melvin Otey

Paul Riemann taught Old Testament at Harvard University and Drew University. His special interests in Psalms and the nature of prayer coalesce in the instant treatment of Calvin and the...

Ethics Beyond Rules by Keith D. Stanglin

Ethics Beyond Rules by Keith D. Stanglin

Melvin Otey

Keith D. Stanglin’s Ethics Beyond Rules: How Christ’s Call to Love Informs Our Moral Choices is an excellent, popular-level introduction to Christian ethics. Unlike some similar books, it does not...

Ethics Beyond Rules by Keith D. Stanglin

Melvin Otey

Keith D. Stanglin’s Ethics Beyond Rules: How Christ’s Call to Love Informs Our Moral Choices is an excellent, popular-level introduction to Christian ethics. Unlike some similar books, it does not...

The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith

The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith

Melvin Otey

In The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture, Christian Smith addresses American evangelicals in an effort to demonstrate that the typical commitment to...

The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith

Melvin Otey

In The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture, Christian Smith addresses American evangelicals in an effort to demonstrate that the typical commitment to...

Scripture and the Authority of God by N. T. Wright

Scripture and the Authority of God by N. T. Wright

Melvin Otey

N. T. Wright’s Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today is a revision and expansion of a book previously published as The Last Word. Wright,...

Scripture and the Authority of God by N. T. Wright

Melvin Otey

N. T. Wright’s Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today is a revision and expansion of a book previously published as The Last Word. Wright,...

The Rule of Faith by Everett Ferguson

The Rule of Faith by Everett Ferguson

Melvin Otey

In The Rule of Faith, Everett Ferguson discusses the historical utility of the “rule of faith” and proposes its continuing relevance. The rule, which Ferguson distinguishes from creeds because it...

The Rule of Faith by Everett Ferguson

Melvin Otey

In The Rule of Faith, Everett Ferguson discusses the historical utility of the “rule of faith” and proposes its continuing relevance. The rule, which Ferguson distinguishes from creeds because it...

Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley

Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley

Melvin Otey

In Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, Esau McCaulley illustrates the distinctives of “reading while Black” by discussing of key issues that are imperative...

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Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley

Melvin Otey

In Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, Esau McCaulley illustrates the distinctives of “reading while Black” by discussing of key issues that are imperative...

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