Product Description: At once an introduction to global economics and a Christian ethical examination of it, Free People looks at one of the most pressing challenges facing followers of Jesus today. How does one love God and neighbor while enmeshed in a globalized economy, where our lives are networked with and impact the lives of people all around the world? Written in a highly readable style, this book defines global economics in terms a non-economist can appreciate, and describes how the global economy dominates people—from sweatshop workers in Bangladesh, to coffee farmers in Central America, to citizens of northern democracies...read more

Product Description: The stories recounted in this collection of first-person narratives were written by members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). The fear, joy and challenge faced by these committed Christians is reported vividly from trouble spots like Haiti, Iraq and Colombia, where the CPT work to reduce violence and conflict...read more

Product Description: Employing the methodology of social-scientific biblical criticism, the author investigates the pneumatology of John and I John. With particular attention paid to the spirit passages in John, the pneumatology of I John is studied with a view to the development between the two writings, and to what this suggests about the socio-cultural context of the Johannine community...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)