From several perspectives the essays in this book describe the role of the bishop in leadeing the church. That role has changed through the history of the church and is still changing today. Bishops today have to work in the world as it is and this discussion of the role of the bishop addresses the actual expereince of a number of bishops, rather than focusing on an anachronisitc concept of the role. 
The books grows out of a colloquium at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, to which bishops and theologicans from around the world were invited to address the subject of episcopacy. 
The book provides new perspectives and contributes to a broader consideration of the role of theological and ecclesiological leadership in the church today.

The Role of the Bishop: Changing Models for a Global Church

Religion & Spirituality

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Bengt Hoffman elevates Christian spirituality and spiritual formation as proper subjects for serious theological study. This book reveals Luther’s mystical experience of God in a prayerful life to be essential in the development of his theology. It shows how the spiritual life is essential to Luther’s understanding of the gospel. Balanced by his emphasis on the "external Word" Luther’s experience of the divine was a critical influence on his understanding of faith and salvation. 
This book is an important contribution to the recovery of the church’s rich spiritual tradition. In the present era this work demonstrates that theology is not a matter of intellect only, but also of the whole person’s experience. Dr. Hoffman has given us a truer understanding of Luther and the theology of the heart in Judeo-Christian scripture. 
THEOLOGY OF THE HEART is the revised and expanded version of Bengt Hoffman's out-of-print classic LUTHER AND THE MYSTICS."

Theology of the Heart: The Role of Mysticism in the Theology of Martin Luther

History

Bengt R. Hoffman

World

The work required to produce a denominational service book and hymnal is multifaceted both because of the nature of its contents and because worship is the focal point of the life of the church. To produce the Lutheran Book of Worship the participating churches established the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship, which in turn established subcommittees, working committees and task forces. The author is producing a historical account and analysis of that process has mastered endless details, all the while keeping the larger picture in view. This book is a mother lode of information on the development of Lutheran Book of Worship.

In the Context of Unity: A History of the Development of Lutheran Book of Worship

Quere, Ralph W.

The author's theological reflection is seasoned by long years of engagement in mission and interfaith relations. On each page the reader is drawn into the author's passionate concern both to affirm Luther's theology of the cross and free it from a fortress of tradition that must be copied in every place and clime. He argues rather that the Lutheran tradition of the theology of the cross must be stretched in many ways as it responds to the needs of Christians in the third world and through dialogue with the world's other religions. For Thomsen there is no God other than the God embodied and identified in the Crucified. At the heart of the universe is a God whose love, concretized in the life and suffering of Jesus, embraces the whole cosmos. It's this deep Christcentric understanding of God that frees us, says Thomsen, to be radically open to the world, to one another and to all people. Thomsen's cross-based missiology is a welcome theological guide for Christians who wish to be in a relationship of witness, dialogue and service with the neighbor who is also religious other.

Christ Crucified: A 21st Century Missiology of the Cross

Mark W. Thomsen

This is an important study of spirituality in a world of confused and conflicting definitions of the spiritual. Christian spirituality flows from an understanding of who God is and how God acts in creation. It is a personal and communal recognition of God in one's life and a life awareness and celebration of that presence of God. Anyone who wonders how the Christian faith shapes life will find a great value in this book.

Spirituality: Toward a 21st Century Lutheran Understanding

The author's five decades of personal experience leads him to conclude that it is possible to be a witness to the Gospel and be a friend to Muslims at the same time. The author outlines key factors in the Muslim understanding of the Gospel, examines some bridges, and defines the art of sharing. He concludes by assessing the possibilities of such a mission.

Muslims and the Gospel: Bridging the Gap

Miller, Roland E.

The author asserts that Christians are an "Easter People" (made new of the resurrected Christ) trying to discern the will of God and make wise, moral decisions in a Good Friday world (a world that experiences the presence of sin and evil). This book is an attempt to help the reader consider carefully a process of making moral decisions. The method of making moral decisions focuses on the Christian character, virtues, and conscience. Readers are guided to think more carefully about their life and decisions as they seek to know and do the will of God. An excellent book for small congregational study groups.

Easter People In A Good Friday World: Making Wise Moral Decisions

James B. Hofrenning

A treasury of prayer in the centuries old Anglican, Lutheran, Roman Catholic tradition of the offices. The material is arranged to facilitate use by clergy and laity; to be a prayer book for all the people of God. It is intended for the faithful of many denominations--to be used whole or in part, in private, in families, or small groups in churches. This is complete prayer book in the ancient way of offices including text and music: Evening Prayer for each season of the Church year (Advent, Christmas-Epiphany, General Time, Lent, Holy Week, Easter); Morning Prayer for each season of the Church year; Compline; Forms for Prayer during the Day (mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon); Proper antiphons with each Psalm and with the Gospel Canticles; Psalm prayers and prayers appropriate for each Old Testament and New Testament canticle; Hymns ancient and modern with music; Two-year BCP-LBW daily lectionary; Proper Responsories in Morning Prayer; An ecumenical course of collects, ancient and modern, for every Sunday of the year and for every day of Christmas, Lent, and Easter; An enriched calendar of festivals and commemorations; Prayers, intercessions, devotional prayers.

The Daily Prayer of the Church

The essays in this book, by distinguished musicologists, teachers, and church musicians, reflect the Lutheran musical heritage of the church and contribute new insights into the vibrant and diverse traditions of twenty-first century church music. Thine the Amen is a practical, instructional, and scholarly book. These essays contain something for everyone interested in sacred music—the teacher, the singer, or the listener.

Thine the Amen: Essays on Lutheran Church Music - In Honor of Carl Schalk

Roanoke College, located in the scenic foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, emerged by 2003 as one of the solid and distinguished educational institutions in the nation. Professors, long known for their devoted teaching, were publishing more scholarly papers, reviews, and books. The Phi Beta Kappa Council placed the college among the finest academic houses of inquiry in awarding Roanoke College a chapter. With a successful $65 million capital campaign the college tripled its endowment of ten years earlier. This fifty-year history of the school highlights the accomplishments of those leaders who helped shape the school.

Prologue to Prominence: A Half Century at Roanoke College

Education & Teaching

George Keller

Higher & Continuing Education

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