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Spiritual Theology

Author:
Simon Chan

Pages:
300

Weight:
431g

Publication Year:
1998

ISBN:
978-0-8308-1542-5

Price:
$30.00 (Sold out)

Contents

Part One:

The Theological Principles of Spiritual Theology
Christian Spiritual Theology: Its Nature & Criteria
The Christian Doctrine of God as the Foundation of Christian Spirituality
Sin & Human Nature
Salvation & the Life of Spiritual Progress
The Church as the Community of Saints

Part Two:

The Practice of the Spiritual Life
The Theology & Life of Prayer
Spiritual Exercises Focusing on God & Self
Spiritual Exercises Focusing on the Word
Spiritual Exercises Focusing on the World
The Rule of Life
The Discernment of Spirits
The Art of Spiritual Direction

Liturgical Theology

Author:
Simon Chan

Price:
$30.00

Synopsis

Bad worship produces bad theology, and bad theology produces an unhealthy church. In Liturgical Theology, Simon Chan issues a call to evangelicals to develop a mature theology of the church–an ecclesiology that is grounded in the church’s identity as a worshiping community. Evangelicals, he argues, are confused about the meaning and purpose of the church in part because they have an inadequate understanding of Christian worship. As a remedy for this ailment, Chan presents a coherent theology of the church that pays particular attention to the liturgical practices that have constituted Christian worship throughout the centuries. With a seasoned eye and steady hand, he guides the reader through these practices and unpacks their significance for theology, spirituality and the renewal of evangelicalism in the postmodern era. Chan’s proposal advances the conversation among evangelicals regarding the relationship between theology and worship. In contrast to some theologians who have tended to emphasize a sociological analysis, Chan argues that we need to consider what is essential to the church’s theological identity. Drawing on the larger Christian tradition, Chan argues that we discover that identity primarily in the structure and significance of Christian worship.

Pentecostal Ecclesiology

Author:
Simon Chan

Pages:
143

Weight:
250g

Publication Year:
2011

ISBN:
978-1-905679-15-7

Price:
$40.00

Synopsis

This book argues that if the Pentecostal movement is to overcome its excessive individualism and structural instability the way forward is not more institutionalization but a coherent and robust ecclesiology based on the Pentecost event, which is the coming of the Holy Spirit in his own person into the church. A Pentecostal ecclesiology is essentially the working-out of the ramifications of that key event. The book takes a more ontological understanding of the relationship between the Spirit and the church than would Protestant and evangelical ecclesiologies. In this respect, it has more in common with Orthodoxy. It is further argued that this realignment away from Protestantism and evangelicalism toward Orthodoxy, far from removing Pentecostals from their roots, actually brings them much closer to the heart of Pentecostal spirituality.

Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition

Author:
Simon Chan

Pages:
129

Weight:
202g

Publication Year:
2011

ISBN:
978-1-61097-084-6

Price:
$20.00

Synopsis

This book deals with the problem of Pentecostal ‘traditioning’. Traditioning has been ineffective thus far because the richness of Pentecostal faith and experience has been inadequately captured in the classical Pentecostal doctrines of Spirit-baptism and glossolalia. A more adequate understanding of the key theological symbol of Pentecostalism, glossolalia, emerges when it is interpreted in the light of Christian spiritual tradition. Within this larger tradition glossolalia can be seen as bringing together both the ascetical and contemplative dimensions of the Christian life. Chan thus explores the shape of Pentecostal ecclesiology as ‘traditioning community’.

Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up

Author:
Simon Chan

Pages:
217

Weight:
349g

Publication Year:
2014

ISBN:
978-0-8308-4048-9

Price:
$25.00

Description

A dynamic chapter of church history is now being written in Asia. But the theological inflections at its heart are not well understood by outsiders. Now in Grassroots Asian Theology Dr Simon Chan examines Asian Christianity at its daily, sustaining level. There he uncovers a vibrant theology that is authentically Asian and truly engaging.

Contents

Preface

  1. Methodological Questions
  2. God in Asian Contexts
  3. Humanity and Sin
  4. Christ and Salvation
  5. The Holy Spirit and Spirituality
  6. The Church

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index

Bioethics: Obstacle or Opportunity for the Gospel?

Price:
$6.00

Wisdom to Live By: Reflections on Ecclesiastes

Author:
Roland Chia

Price:
$2.00

Synopsis

Roland Chia addresses the reader in a personal way, and yet provides in-depth perspective for those who enjoy a holistic approach to Bible-study. This booklet is therefore suitable for personal devotion or group study and discussion.

Laws of the Heart: The Ten Commandments for Christian Living

Author:
Roland Chia

Price:
$14.00 

Saints and Tears

Author:
Roland Chia

Publication Year:
2008

Price:
$2.00

Synopsis

This book is fortified with solid theology and at the same time has a pastoral touch that would be helpful to those who are suffering from pain or doubt, or those who are trying to help them. It brings truth and comfort. It is a great book to read for personal and group reflection, and to give away as a gift.

The Ethics of Human Organ Trading

Price:
$10.00

The Right to Die?: A Christian Response to Euthanasia

Price:
$14.00 

Biomedical Ethics and the Church: An Introduction

Price:
$18.00

Our Father

Author:
Roland Chia

Publication Year:
2011

Price:
$2.00

Synopsis

Discover afresh what the will of God is really all about, and learn the true nature of prayer and what it means to pray as you take this annotated journey through the Lord’s prayer.

Hybrids, Cybrids and Chimeras: The Ethics of Interspecies Research

Price:
$14.00

The Theodicy of Peter Taylor Forsyth: A Crucial Justification of the Ways of God to Man

Author:
Leow Theng Huat

Price:
$31.00

Synopsis

The theodicy of the remarkable Scottish Congregationalist theologian Peter Taylor Forsyth has long been recognized as a vital and significant contribution to twentieth-century theology. Up until now, however, there has not been a substantial full-length treatment of Forsyth’s work on the problem of evil. The Theodicy of Peter Taylor Forsyth fills this lacuna by setting out, in a fairly systematic and comprehensive manner, Forsyth’s justification of God in the face of evil. In so doing, it also illuminates several other related areas of his thought, such as his epistemology and Christology, as well as his understanding of sin, the atonement, providence, divine passibility, human origins, and the God-world relationship. Bringing Forsyth’s approach to the subject into conversation with other prominent thinkers like Leibniz, Dostoyevsky, Camus, Moltmann, Hick, Bauckham, and Fiddes, this book also suggests ways in which Forsyth’s justification of God contributes to the current state of Christian theodicy. It highlights Forsyth’s ability to integrate insights from different approaches, even those that have hitherto generally been considered diametrically opposed notions. Forsyth’s theodicy therefore presents an integrative approach to the topic, with every theme flowing from and returning to a clear center: the cross of Christ. As the book also makes clear, Forsyth considers theodicy to be an immensely practical discipline, with significant implications for human life. In every sense, therefore, it constitutes a “crucial” justification of the ways of God to humanity.

Preaching That Comes Alive: Delivering a Word from the Lord

Author:
Maggie Low

Pages:
288

Publication Year:
2017

ISBN:
978-178-36-8244-7

Price:
$25.00

Description

People go to church every Sunday hoping to hear a life-giving word from the Lord but often find that they have to make do with either the dry crust of cognitive sermons or the empty calories of emotional exhortations. This book provides preachers with the tools to feed their flock with hearty sustenance.

Using real-life sermon examples from across Asia that reflect issues facing Asian Christians, Maggie Low builds a picture of a sermon as a body, taking you step-by-step through guidelines for what this body needs to come alive. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced preacher, you will learn to preach more confidently and relevantly through this skillful integration of biblical theology, homiletical theory, spirituality, and communication skills. Preaching cannot deliver life unless preachers themselves listen to the Word of Life. Dr Low guides the reader to exegete the Scriptures and to listen to God personally so that they can deliver a life-giving word to the hearers.

God, I’m Angry!

Author:
Maggie Low

Pages:
161

Publication Year:
2023

ISBN:
978-1-83973-685-8

Price:
$25.00

Description

Is it a sin for Christians to be angry? After all, didn’t Jesus teach his disciples to forgive unconditionally?

Rev. Dr. Maggie Low answers both of these questions with a resounding “No!” Debunking unhealthy assumptions about anger and forgiveness, God, I’m Angry! lays the groundwork for a biblical understanding of righteous anger, conditional forgiveness, and unconditional love. Low thoroughly engages both Old Testament and New Testament texts to demonstrate that biblical forgiveness is always reliant upon repentance. Examining the psalms of vengeance in their original context, she also establishes that there is such a thing as a healthy, and holy, expression of anger – a way to “do anger” with God that makes space for healing and restored relationship.

Alongside profound theological insight, this book provides a step-by-step guide for application in pastoral counselling contexts and includes real life examples from Low’s extensive ministry experience. It is a source of practical wisdom for spiritual and emotional growth towards freedom, wholeness, and fullness of life.

Of Merchants and Missions

Author:
Andrew Peh

Pages:
321

Weight:
484g

Publication Year:
2019

ISBN:
978-1-5326-3436-9

Price:
$45.00

Description

It has often been held that missions rode on the coattails of colonialism. In the case of the British administered island of Singapore, the pluriform missions of the Methodist missionaries demonstrated industry, innovation, and integrity, which in many ways question the charge of compromise and complicity between missions and colonialism.  This historical survey presents the case that the Methodist missionaries collaborated with the colonial administration insofar where benefits might be gleaned from cooperation but were intuitively commandeered by a different commander-in-chief and whose primary motivation of the love for the Lord, for the people, and for the land were objectively evident.

Mission, Memory and Communion: Documenting World Christianity in the Twenty-First Century

Editors:
Poon, Michael Nai-Chiu,
Marek A. Rostkowski, OMI and
John Roxborogh

Pages:
214

Publication Year:
2013

ISBN:
978-981-07-4943-9

Price:
$20.00

Description

This book, written by fifteen key interpreters of present-day Christianity from a wide spectrum of tradition, professional training and experience across the globe, examines documenting Christianity as academic discipline and practice at the beginning of the third millennium.

Editors
Michael Poon is the director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore. Marek A. Rostkowski, OMI, is the director of the Pontifical University Urbaniana Library, Rome. They co-chair the DABOH Study Group, International Association for Mission Studies. John Roxborogh is an honorary fellow of CSCA, Trinity Theological College. He chaired DABOH from 1992 to 2005.

Contents

Foreword – Gerald H. Anderson

Introduction – Revisiting the Structural Problems in Mission Studies in a Globalising Age – Michael Poon, Marek A. Rostkowski, and John Roxborogh

Part One: Theological locus of archives

1. Documentation for a New Millennium of Mission– Heinz Hunke

2. Revisiting Heinz Hunke’s Documentation for a New Millennium of Mission – Andrew F. Walls

3. Ecclesiastical Archives and the Memory of God’s People – Michael John Zielinski

Part Two: Documentation for mission

4. Drawing on the Intellectual Heritage of the Past for the Theological Task of the Present – Kwame Bediako

5. Documentation, Social Tradition, and the Rise of Asian Pacific Christianity – Michael Poon

6. New Digital Media, Dislocation, Documentation and the Study of Mission – John Roxborogh

7. Measuring and Documenting Persecution of Christians: A Case Study of the World Watch List – Christof Sauer

8. Preserving the Memory(ies) of the Ecumenical Movement – Dietrich Werner

Part Three: To all peoples, from all peoples, for all peoples

9. The Contribution of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Beginning and Development of the Missionary Bibliography – Marek A. Rostkowski

10. “Always remember these things”: The Billy Graham Center Archives and the Documentation of Christian Witness – Bob Shuster

11. Missiology in Poland – Wojciech Kluj

12. Bridging the Gap: The Role of Libraries and Archives in Mission Studies in East Africa– Ephraim Mudave

13. The Akrofi–Christaller Institute of Theology and the Documentation of Church Life in Ghana– Korklu A. Laryea

14. Recovering the Memory of a World War I Protestant Mission in Belgium: The British and Allied Evangelistic Campaign and the origins of the Belgian Gospel Mission – Aaldert Prins

15. The Story of Documentation, Archives and Bibliography –John Roxborogh

Afterword – Caritas in Veritate – Documenting Christianity in the Present Time – Michael Poon and Marek A. Rostkowski

Appendix – List of Papers presented at the Rome 2002, Balaton 2008 and Toronto 2012 Conferences

Endorsement
Behind this collection lie probing questions about how ‘World Christianity’ may be classified. Is the term simply another way of describing Christianity today, or is the term a product of the deep binaries resulting from the decolonization model? Are the challenges of documentation merely technical or are they profoundly theological? I cannot commend this thoughtful and crucial collection too highly. – IAIN R. TORRANCE, President, Princeton Theological Seminary

Documentation is a practice that is crucial to any kind of research. Conceptualizing documentation itself is a theme that underlies this book. By entering into the theological foundations of “documenting world Christianity in the 21st century,” this work offers a perspective that is positive, confident and profound, especially in regard to a subject that is pivotal to missiology and to the whole of Christian theology as well. – ADAM WOLANIN, SJ, Full Professor, Faculty of Missiology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

This book gives an excellent introduction to the challenges and prospects of documenting missionary experiences. The rich encounter between the Gospel, its heralds and hearers in different cultures and nations for the past 2,000 years can easily be lost and forgotten. This book highlights the needs and challenges of collecting missionary experiences from all over the world in the present time. – JAROSŁAW RÓŻAŃSKI, OMI, Professor and Head of Missiology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw

There is a great deal of serious and technical content in this book for historical and missiological scholars. But the specifics are connected to the depths of reflection on memory, and hence ecclesial identity. I recommend the book to a wider audience. – GEORGE SUMNER, Principal, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

This book is a guide and an inspiration for all interested in World Christianity. Its contributors ably demonstrate the variety of documentation and methods of collection and call persuasively for a sharing of memories and interpretations across the globe. – EMMA WILD-WOOD, Director, Henry Martyn Centre, Cambridge

Documentation may sound a largely technical matter, a concern principally for the librarians and archivists who service academic studies. This book shows how crucial it is, not just to scholarship, but to the life and mission of the Church throughout the world. It is stuffed full of good things. Some of them are richly suggestive theologically; some are revealing in surprising ways about Christian history, thought and life, not least in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Some are not just powerful but potentially explosive in their implications, especially if we neglect their message. It is a book not merely for specialists, but for all who care about Christian mission. – ANDREW F. WALLS, Professor, University of Edinburgh, Liverpool Hope University and Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Ghana

Handbook of Popular Spiritual Movements in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia

Editors:
Poon, Michael Nai-Chiu and
John Roxborogh

Pages:
400

Publication Year:
2015

ISBN:
978-981-09-6496-2

Price:
$80.00

Description

The Handbook of Popular Spiritual Movements in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia provides a reference for interpreting contemporary Christian life and practice through the contributions of over forty local and international theologians, historians, theological educators, social scientists, artists, composers and pastors. Their interpretative essays, case studies and examples of image and music for worship, help us sense and understand the evolving movements of aspiration, thought and practice that are shaping present-day Christianity in Asia.

Contents

Foreword by Andrew F. Walls
Foreword by Lo Lung-Kwong
Preface: A Spiritual Exercise of Finding God in All Things
Timeline: Spiritual Movements in the Midst of Cultural and Political Change

INTRODUCTION: REVIEWING AND REIMAGINING THE RECENT PAST
Methodology, Sources and Guiding Principles
Conceptualising Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia
Southeast Asia’s Quest for a Confident Identity in the Late Twentieth Century
Contextualising Theology in Asia: Forty Years Onward
Interpreting Divine Acts

PART I: CURRENTS AND CONTEXTS

Folk Christianity, Pentecostalism and Primal Spirituality
Migration
Primal Spirituality, Religion and Islamisation
Nation Making, Globalisation, and the Church in Southeast Asia

PART II: STUDIES OF GRASSROOTS CHRISTIANITY
Indigenous Senoi Christianity: A Preliminary Investigation
Ethnicity and Religion on the Margins: Working-Class Telegu Adventist Christians in Urban Malaysia
Chinese Methodists in Malaysia: A Typology of Mission and Migration
Finding a Home: John Sung’s Evangelistic Bands as the Location for a New Female Identity
The LoveSingapore Movement
The Brothers I Have Never Known: New Immigrants Meeting Old-Timer Immigrants in Singaporean Churches
Christian Identity and Religious Pluralism in the Aftermath of Religious Communal Violence in Indonesia
Chrisians and Muslims in South Sulawesi: A Story of the Seko Community

PART III: IMAGES OF FAITH: A VISUAL JOURNEY
Images of Faith

PART IV: SOUNDS OF LAND AND SEA: THE MUSIC OF WORSHIP
Re-Imagination and Transformation
Sounds of Land and Sea: Hymns and Commentary

LOOKING FORWARD
Memory, Identity and Social Vision: The Theological Nature of Southeast Asian Christianity
Passing Around and Handing Down: Love and Service for God’s Kingdom

The Gospel according to Mark

Author:
Tan Kim Huat

Publisher:
Asia Theological Association

Pages:
112

Publication Year:
2011

Price:
$18.00 (Sold out)

Synopsis

This series of commentaries on all the books of the Old and New Testament is designed to enable readers to understand the Scriptures in their own context, and to interpret and apply them to the plurality of Asian cultures in which they live and work.

The series is designed for use by pastors in their expository ministry of preaching, teaching and counseling, by teachers and students in their theological studies, and by men and women who lead small groups in churches and homes.

The Trinity & The Religions

Authors:
Tan Loe Joo

Pages:
258

Publication Year:
2018

ISBN:
978-1-9787-0060-4

Price:
$105.00

Description

Will the followers of other religions who have not heard of the gospel be saved? Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic church has been grappling with this question, culminating in a recent document, Dominus Iesus in 2000. In the post-DI climate, the British theologian, Gavin D’Costa, has been described as a “representative post-DI theologian of religions.” And with good reason, since other theologians such as Jacques Dupuis whose work along the lines of “neo-Rahnerianism” have been curtailed by DI.

D’Costa’s work has spanned the past three decades and is aimed at developing a theology that echoes developments within the Catholic church’s efforts to grapple with the existence of other religions. In doing so, he has appropriated the doctrine of the Trinity by reasoning it provides the very resources for interacting with “Others” and developed a form of Trinitarian inclusivism. Based on the work of patristic theologians such as Lewis Ayres and Michel Barnes and their conception of a “Pro-Nicene” theological matrix, this book is an attempt to assess whether D’Costa’s utilization of trinitarian resources for contemporary concerns is faithful to the tradition. The book concludes that while there is much to commend in D’Costa’s system, there remain some features not fully consonant with classical Trinitarianism.

The Priesthood of Christ
Atonement in the Theology of John Owen (1616 – 1683)

Author:
Edwin E.M. Tay

Pages:
207

Weight:
325g

Publication Year:
2014

ISBN:
978-1-84227-7997

Price:
$46.00

Description

Despite wide acclaim for John Owen (1616-1683) as a leading representative of the doctrine of atonement in the Reformed tradition, a thorough examination of his views on the subject has yet to be undertaken. This work is the first full-scale monograph on the subject. Drawing on recent historiographical studies on the intellectual history of Protestant Orthodoxy and the full range of Owen’s writings, Dr Tay demonstrates that at the heart of Owen’s atonement theology is his peculiar understanding of Christ’s priesthood conceived in terms of the oblation and intercession of Christ, performed in the states of humiliation and exaltation.

This book belongs to the monograph series Studies in Christian History and Thought by Paternoster Press.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Agent of Redemption
Chapter 3 The Means of Redemption: Christ the Mediator
Chapter 4 The Means of Redemption: Christ’s Priestly Office
Chapter 5 The Means of Redemption: Satisfaction for Sin
Chapter 6 The End of Redemption
Chapter 7 Conclusion

Worship a Practical Guide

Author:
Jeffrey Truscott

Pages:
264

Weight:
417g

Publication Year:
2011

ISBN:
978-981-4305-41-9

Price:
$22.00

Contents

Part 1 – The Meaning of Worship
Chapter 1: The Nature of Worship
Chapter 2: The Theology of Worship
Chapter 3: The Shape of Worship

Part 2 – The Elements of Worship
Chapter 4: Worship and Ritual
Chapter 5: Worship and Culture
Chapter 6: Worship and Music
Chapter 7: Worship and Time

Part 3 – The practice of worship
Chapter 8: The Christian Calendar
Chapter 9: The Gathering
Chapter 10: The Word
Chapter 11: The Responses to the Word
Chapter 12: The Lord’s Supper
Chapter 13: The Sending
Chapter 14: Putting it All Together

The Sacraments

Author:
Jeffrey Truscott

Pages:
496

Publication Year:
2016

ISBN:
978-935-14-8076-1

Price:
$35.00

Contents

This book seeks to foster a recovery of worship in both Word and Sacrament among Protestant Christians, especially those in Asia. Classical Protestant understandings are seen as the basis of a contemporary liturgical piety centred on the sacraments. It aims to encourage Protestants to rediscover their traditional sacramental theologies and practices in order that they might recover their distinctive identities and revitalize their witness in the world. To know and understand a church s sacramental faith and practice is to find the heart of its theology and faith. This book is intended for pastors and other church leaders who want to renew the worship life of their churches by re-discovering the sacraments, particularly the sacramental traditions of their own churches.

Twelve Whys of Worship

Author:
Jeffrey Truscott

Pages:
168

Publication Year:
2018

ISBN:
978-981-48-0722-7

Price:
$20.00 (Sold out)

Contents

Written by a scholar with years of experience in teaching and pastoral ministry, Twelve Whys of Worship by Jeffrey Truscott explores the reasons behind the central actions of Christian worship. Each of these is examined from biblical, historical, and theological perspectives so that a broad, in-depth understanding is given. The author forthrightly explores the difficulties and questions that pertain to the various acts of worship. Readers will appreciate how he begins each chapter by drawing a comparison with an action in everyday life. Accessible, concise, and thoughtful, Twelve Whys of Worship will be a helpful guide for pastors and lay leaders who are serious about worship.

At the Crossroads: The History of Trinity Theological College

Trinity Theological College (2006)

Old Price:
$30.00

Price:
$25.00 (You save $5.00!)

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Trinity Anthem

Part One The Beginning of Theological Education

Chapter 1 The Prologue to Trinity 1819-1941

Part Two The Formative Years

Chapter 2 The Founding of Trinity College 1942-1949

Chapter 3 A Time to Build 1950-1959

Chapter 4 Laying the Foundation 1960-1969

Part Three Developing an Asian Identity

Chapter 5 Creating an Indigenous and Asian College 1970-1979

Chapter 6 Towards the New Millennium 1980-2000

Chapter 7 Moving to A New Home and Setting New Sights

Chronology of Significant Events

Appendices

Index

Faithful to The End: The Message of Daniel for Life in the Real World

Author:
Gordon Wong

Pages:
223

Publication Year:
2006

ISBN:
978-981-4138-72-7

Price:
$15.00 (sold out)

Description

The Book of Daniel conveys a serious and relevant message for adults living in the harsh realities of the ancient world and ours. Written in a conversational yet masterly style, Rev Dr Gordon Wong unravels the powerful message of Daniel to help readers apply it to contemporary challenges of today. Pastors, preachers, and everyone who is interested in the pastoral significance and relevance of Daniel will find Faithful to the End penetrating, practical and profoundly encouraging.

I, Daniel

Author:
Gordon Wong

Publication Year:
2007

Price:
$2.00

Synopsis

A snappy introduction and a teaser to entice you into the world of Daniel.

Foolish Leaders and the Will of YHWH: Editorial Effects in Isaiah 19

Author:
Gordon Wong

Price:
$30.00 (sold out)

Road to Peace: Pastoral Reflections on Isaiah 1-12

Author:
Wong, Gordon

Publication Year:
2009

Price:
$18.00

Synopsis

We live in tumultuous times. There is unrest, violence and turmoil all over the world. When will peace and order ever reign? In The Road to Peace, Rev Dr Gordon Wong brings a message of hope and encouragement by expounding on the core truths and the relevance of Isaiah 1-12 in these treacherous times.