Book of the Month September 2020
Date added: 07 September 2020
Biblical Explorations Series
The Parables
Paula Gooder
The third volume in the Biblical Explorations series
from bestselling New Testament writer Paula Gooder explores a major
exponent of the Gospels: the parables of Jesus.
Covering every parable, this volume focuses on some of the
best-known stories in the gospels, mining their meaning afresh
today. It considers why Jesus spoke in pictures and opens up the
world behind the parables to reveal just how striking, memorable
and challenging they were for their original hearers.
Biblical Explorations is an exciting series that
offers an accessible and informed study of the best loved texts in
Scripture. Rooted in the conviction that greater understanding of
the Bible leads to deeper discipleship, it is an essential resource
for preachers, teachers and study group leaders, as well as those
who simply wish to get to know the Bible better.
Paula Gooder is a speaker and writer on the New Testament
and is passionate about making the best of that scholarship
accessible to a wide audience. She is Chancellor of St Paul's
Cathedral, London and was formerly theologian in residence for the
Bible Society.
9781786221537 £16.99
Canterbury Press
Finding Jesus in the Storm
The spiritual lives of Christians with mental health
challenges
John Swinton
Drawing from theological reflection on the lives of 30
Christians with severe mental health challenges, (depression,
bipolar disorder and schizophrenia), leading disability theologian
John Swinton contends that mental health problems require
theological understanding and not just medical intervention. In
fact, he argues, it is not necessary to care effectively for
Christians experiencing severe mental illness to grasp the
theological dimensions of such experiences. Therapy and
pharmacology may be helpful, but on their own they are deeply
inadequate.
By listening carefully to the lived experiences of people with
severe mental health problems, Finding Jesus in the
Storm will open up new understandings and perspectives that
challenge current assumptions and draws out fresh perspectives for
care, healing, recovery and community.
It is a book about people instead of symptoms, description
instead of diagnosis, and lifegiving hope for everyone in the midst
of the storm.
John Swinton is the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies
at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of
Aberdeen. He is the author of numerous books, including Dementia:
Living in the Memories of God, which won the 2016 Michael Ramsay
Prize for Theological Writing.
9780334059745 £19.99 SCM
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