Thomas C. Oden notes a stark reversal in our time: as modern secular and political ideologies continue to wane, communities of traditional faith are flourishing now more than ever. In Christianity, this resurgence shows itself in widespread efforts to reclaim the classic spiritual practices: the close study of scripture, daily prayer, regular observance in a worshiping community, doctrinal integrity, and moral accountability. This rebirth is characterized by a return to orthodoxy that is gathering across denominational lines, rejecting the old partisan battle-lines of the past. This emerging and vibrant new orthodoxy is evident across the spectrum of Christian communities -- Evangelical, Mainline, Orthodox, and Catholic -- and is paralleled in Jewish communities as well. It is grounded in an acceptance of the historical consensus of scriptural interpretation, tempered by the openness to diversity contained in tradition itself, and enlivened by the freedom that comes from centered belief and practice. Its harbingers are neither the jaded power brokers and policy wonks of the old liberal Ecumenical establishment, nor their isolationist counterparts on the politically active fundamentalist right, but instead are lay believers emboldened by the rediscovery of ancient and relevant truths. Oden contends the challenges of the new millennium are less political than spiritual and moral. He sees the coming years as a pivotal period of opportunity, recovery, and rebuilding in which our faith heritage will regain relevance and power, despite its having been long disdained by media managers and the knowledge elites. The Rebirth of Orthodoxy is at once a description of a movement already underway, as well as a statement of its essential features.

The Rebirth of Orthodoxy: Signs of New Life in Christianity

Oden, Thomas C.

Religion & Spirituality

HarperOne

Game free: A guide to the meaning of intimacy

Game free: A guide to the meaning of intimacy

Harper&Row

TAG, the transactional awareness game

Kerygma and Counseling: Toward a Covenant Ontology for Secular Psychotherapy. Reprint of the 1966 Ed (186P) (Harper's Ministers Paperback Library)

HarperCollins (paper)

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G, slight foxing.

The Word of Life (Systematic Theology: Volume Two)

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/VG, slight foxing.

Life in the Spirit (Systematic Theology: Volume Three)

HarperSanFrancisco

This much-needed book fully integrates principles of pastoral care, leadership, and theology to restore to ministers a clearly defined pastoral identity. Moving from a critique of inadequate models for ministry -- from community organizer to T. V. evangelist -- Oden develops a more classical model, rich in its references to the past and compatible both with Christian faith and theology through the ages and with current needs.
Reconciling classical tradition with practice, Pastoral Theology will be a standard resource and reference in the field. Oden distills the best ideas of the two millennia of ecumenical Christian thinking concerning what pastors are and do. Pastoral Theology provides the foundational knowledge of the pastoral office requisite to the practice of ministry. It will be of interest to persons preparing for ordination in its review of key issues; at the same time, Pastoral Theology will appeal to all those who have considered entering the ministry, those who want to know more about what clergy do and why, and those ministers who want to review their ongoing work in the light of a systematic reflection on the pastoral gifts and tasks.

Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry

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Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

A prominent scholar sets forth in plain, uncomplicated language the essence of two millennia of Christian thinking on the existence and nature of God, how Jesus reveals God, and what this means for the faithful today.

The Living God (Systematic Theology: Volume One)

Religious Studies

The final volume in a three-volume systematic theology by a major American theologian.

Life in the Spirit (Systematic Theology, Volume 3)

Harpercollins

The Living God: Systemic Theology: Volume One (Systematic Theology, Vol 1)

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The Rebirth of Orthodoxy: Signs of New Life in Christianity

Game free: A guide to the meaning of intimacy

TAG, the transactional awareness game

Kerygma and Counseling: Toward a Covenant Ontology for Secular Psychotherapy. Reprint of the 1966 Ed (186P) (Harper's Ministers Paperback Library)

The Word of Life (Systematic Theology: Volume Two)

Life in the Spirit (Systematic Theology: Volume Three)

Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry

The Living God (Systematic Theology: Volume One)

Life in the Spirit (Systematic Theology, Volume 3)

The Living God: Systemic Theology: Volume One (Systematic Theology, Vol 1)