Toward a Deeper Practical Theology of Mental Health
by John Swinton
Edited by Angela H. Reed
Price: $27.99
ISBN: 9781481324717
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: October 2025
Format: Hardcover
What if our well-intentioned efforts to promote mental health inadvertently perpetuate systems that cause mental unwellness? What if the resilience we encourage only equips individuals to endure rather...
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...
Human beings are relationally dependent, regardless of race, gender, or functionality, and while persons with disability may seem to epitomize dependency, they are neither more nor less dependent than...
Why are we so restless? This perennial question ultimately arises as we navigate life as finite creatures. All of us have limits and bounds, and the universal responsibility of navigating them can produce...
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...
To contemporary sensibilities, the idea of divine judgment can seem at best off-putting, at worst a reason to jettison the biblical text altogether. Long gone are the days of Puritan preachers and their...
Happiness and human flourishing were common topics among philosophers in the ancient world, from Aristotle to Seneca and beyond. Although Bible readers often think about Jesus' primary role as the savior...
The field of biomedical technology has experienced rapid growth in recent years. New technologies promise to diagnose, treat, and prevent human diseases. Increasingly, however, the ability of these...
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...
Human disability raises the hardest questions of human existence and leads directly to the problem of causality--the underlying intuition that someone, divine or human, must have been at fault.Christian...
The Imprecatory Psalms and the Ethics of Christian Prayer
by Trevor Laurence
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481316477
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: August 2023
Format: Paperback
To the modern ear, the concept of cursing sounds otherworldly, mystical, abhorrent. For some the idea may evoke images of terror--images not of God but of the devil. How then are Christians to understand...
Throughout the Psalms we witness David cry out for deliverance in seasons of anguish and grief, seeking refuge and strength from the Lord. Likewise, Jesus petitioned God in the garden of Gethsemane...
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...
"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...
Protestants, Social Ethics, and the Poor in Brazil
by Raimundo C. Barreto
Translated by Stephen R. Di Trolio Coakley
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481316835
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: April 2023
Format: Paperback
At a time when Latin American Protestantism has increasingly become a force to be reckoned with in the public realm and has attracted growing scholarly interest, this book contributes to the understanding...
God is all-powerful. God is all-knowing. God is ever-present. But is God humble?Though the answer may seem obvious, humility is rarely identified as one of God’s attributes. Christianity has traditionally...
