by Byron R. Johnson, Alfreda Alvarez Wubbenhorst and William Wubbenhorst
Price: $69.99
ISBN: 9781481323505
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: December 2025
Format: Hardcover
The Faith Factor and Social Welfare: Evidence, Practice, Policy comprises case studies and impact evaluations on the important work done by faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the United States to...
Preaching is typically considered to be a practice confined to ministry within the institutional church. Studies of preaching are often filtered through the lens of the pulpit, with Black women rarely...
Life is to be lived rather than consumed.In a digital environment and market society where everything is for sale, the human face is one more object to exchange. Devices often hold our attention captive...
According to some of the most influential thinkers of the modern era, it is madness to subordinate all one’s aims to one end. Such thinkers believe that the church in particular should limit itself...
In 1966, Michael R. Watts completed his Oxford dissertation on the life of John Clifford (1836-1923). Although Watts intended for the work to be published, he passed away unexpectedly and the dissertation...
Baptist World Alliance Resolutions and Statements, 1905-2023
Edited by Lee B. Spitzer
Preface by Elijah M. Brown
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481318341
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: March 2025
Format: Paperback
Since 1905, the Baptist World Alliance has served as a prophetic witness for Jesus Christ on behalf of the global Baptist family. At its World Congress, General Council, and Executive Committee meetings,...
God of the Whirlwind is a book about the power of storytelling traditions to carry memories and shape ways of living. It assembles stories from members of the Black Waco community--stories that have...
Gary Dorrien, the renowned social ethicist, theologian, and intellectual historian whose many books are routinely described as magisterial and definitive, in this book turns to interpret his own life...
Contemporary societies face many complex injustices, from environmental devastation that threatens our long-term prospects, to human trafficking that fuels our global economy, to health disparities...
Critically acclaimed and award-winning poet Micheal O'Siadhail's Desire is a quartet of poems which addresses the pressing global concerns of our times. He describes the devastating effects of...
In modern times, evangelical Protestants have advocated for the belief that the Bible is the only real standard of truth and true Christian praxis for the church. But is this how the early Jews and...
Finalist in the Theology/Religious Studies category for the 2024 PROSE AwardsChristians in the United States and around the world are politically polarized today, unable to speak to one another across...
"I have come not to bring peace, but a sword." These words of Christ echo in our current times. In recent years, a growing number of commentators have decried a lack of civility in public discourse. Considered...
Reflections on Living the Gospel in an Unjust World
Edited by Eric Black
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9781481319249
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: July 2023
Format: Paperback
Our world is crying out for justice--the doing of right and the righting of wrongs. George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020 amplified this cry. In response, the Baptist Standard published a sixty-nine-week...
Our faith is centered around giving and offering support, yet our belief about those who need "help" must be reexamined. Philanthropy is steeped in myths that hurt communities of color rather than...
Hispanic Protestants have been one of the most rapidly growing demographic groups in the United States over the last few decades. Sociologists have written about the cultural and political identities...
