In this special issue on “Sustainability in Combining Career and Care”, eight empirical studies followingfrom an integrative framework address normative beliefs about parenting, “choices”in combining
Missiology permeated with theological reflection. This volume is the culmination of Van Engen's teachings, but takes us to an even deeper level. Since mission is first and foremost God's mission, theo
Revising dominant accounts of Puritanism and challenging the literary history of sentimentalism, Sympathetic Puritans argues that a Calvinist theology of sympathy shaped the politics, religion, rhetor
John Van Engen studies the Devotio Moderna, or Modern Devout, within their own time and space, the social and religious conditions that marked towns and parishes in northern Europe during the fifteent
A world-claiming theology of the church draws on ancient and modern thoughts. The author focuses on how the church can grow to become in reality "God's missionary people."
Mission is constantly innovating.As contexts change, so too does the work of the church. Today, in the face of a rapidly changing world and a growing global church, the task of mission must continue t
Writing for general readers both within and outside the religions, North American historians and theologians explore Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices in Europe before 1600. The 16 essays are
Transforming Relations is a collection of original essays on the history of Jews and Christians in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern era that honors the influential work of Michael A. Signer
The “long twelfth century”—1050 to 1215—embraces one of the transformative moments in European history: the point, for some, at which Europe first truly became “Europe.” Historians have used the terms
This collection of original essays covers the years 1050 to 1215, but the story really begins in the summer of 1096, when marauding crusaders attacked Jewish communities in three Rhineland cities. The
Shaw and Van Engen (both: School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary) address Gospel communication as a message intended by an original author. They consider the original communication, and
Fifteen papers from a conference held at the University of Notre Dame in 1996 which explore the tensions that characterised the relationship between Jews and Christians across Europe during the 12th c
Announcing the Kingdom provides a comprehensive survey of the biblical foundation of mission. It investigates the development of the kingdom of God theme in the Old Testament, describing what the conc
Gaining form and momentum over the second half of the 20th century, the Church Growth movement has become an enormous shaping force on the Western church today. You may love it, you may hate it, but
