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SCM Studyguide Church History

Author: Stephen Spencer

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2013-08-27

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0334051533

An introduction to the study of the ways the church has evolved in its corporate life since its birth in the first century. Special attention is given to studying its changing relationship and interaction with the surrounding societies in which it has existed. The intended readership will be those training for ministry in English speaking churches, so the studyguide will concentrate on those aspects of this subject of most relevance to this group. This means there will be greater attention to developments in the West than in the East, especially in later centuries, and to topics such as the nature of ministry, the sacraments, places of worship, authority in the church and mission. These will be examined at each period of church history, in each chapter, to provide reference points of comparison throughout the book. Each chapter will also contain a specific case study, presenting extracts of some key documents with notes, commentary and questions for discussion, to allow readers to develop skills in historical research. General discussion questions and reading lists will be provided at the end of each chapter. The final chapter will provide guidance for the study of the history of the student’s own church and community.

SCM Studyguide: Christian Ethics

Author: Messer Neil

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2015-04-21

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0334048028

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Providing the level one student with all they will need to know to understand their course fully, the textbook covers the major areas of ethical theory and methodology that are key to the use of the Bible in Christian ethics, natural law, conscience, various philosophical approaches to ethics and the influence of liberation theologies.

SCM Studyguide: Biblical Hermeneutics

Author: David Holgate

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2019-09-30

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0334057310

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The SCM Studyguide: Biblical Hermenuetics offers entry-level undergraduates a framework for interpreting the Bible. The book goes beyond offering guidance on how to do exegesis, and is intended as a practical tool to help readers develop good interpretative strategies for themselves. As such it features pedagogical tools such as Try-it-Out boxes to assist students to develop a tested and thought - through overall interpretative strategy of their own. This fully updated 2nd edition takes into account the changing church and world context, and the new challenges this context brings as students seek to read the Bible with attentiveness, integrity and faithfulness. Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Where Do We Want to Go? 2. Past Experience and Present Expectations 3. Tools for Exegesis 4. Our Reality 5. Committed Readings 6. Enabling Dialogue with the Text 7. Our Goal: Life-Affirming Interpretations Summary of the Interpretative Process References and Further Reading Index of Biblical References Index of Names Index of Subjects

The Sacraments

Author: Ross Thompson

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780334040200

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Provides a grounding in the historical development of the Sacraments from the Old Testament through to modern day thinking. General ideas of sacraments and ritual are covered as well as Old Testament practices, the response of Jesus and the Early Church.

The Church's Other Half

Author: Trevor Beeson

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2013-01-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0334048753

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Women have always constituted at least half of the church’s membership, but for almost 2,000 years were excluded from any significant part in its leadership. After the example of Jesus, the earliest Christian communities were wholly inclusive in their organisation, but a patriarchal model derived from the pattern of the secular Greco-Roman societies was soon adopted. This restricted women to subordinate roles from which the struggle to escape continues.

Love Makes No Sense

Author: Jennifer Strawbridge

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 0334056292

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Love Makes No Sense is an introduction to a faith that refuses the abstract, and sees no distinction between theology and practice. The aim of this book is not to satisfy the intellect, but to train its readers through approachable theological teaching to live the love that Christian theology proclaims. Suitable for people looking to explore Christian theology more deeply, be they life-long Christians who want a deeper understanding of their faith, new Christians, or those who are interested in the Christian faith and looking to find out more.

Understanding Christian Leadership

Author: Ian Parkinson

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0334058740

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Understanding Christian Leadership offers an examination of a distinctly Christian understanding of leadership offering a critical appraisal of insights from secular theories of leadership, exploring biblical and other theological insights into the nature and practice of leadership. Whilst arguing for a form of leadership which is widely dispersed and collaborative, the book seeks to explain the distinctive role of leaders within such a leadership economy. It also seeks to establish a proper relationship between sacred and secular leadership thinking, tackling some of the common philosophical and theological reservations to do with leadership discourse, whilst offering a critical framework for discerning the suitability for the Church of different sources of leadership thinking. Designed as core reading for leadership modules currently taught by the author across a large number of training contexts in the UK, this book is an indispensable text for those taking undergraduate or postgraduate-level qualifications in Christian leadership as well as those in other less formal leadership training contexts. Foreword by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

SCM Studyguide to Christian Mission

Author: Stephen Spencer

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780334041085

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Explores the nature of Christian mission in contemporary post-modern society. This book examines the main historic types of mission in the Christian tradition, seeing how they were forged in the cross currents of history and how they continue to be expressed by different Christian communities.

Consultancy Skills for Mission and Ministry

Author: David Dadswell

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0334043735

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An hands-on handbook on consultancy for church-based organisations, and a key resource for church leaders such as archdeacons, mission enablers and others.

Igniting the Heart

Author: Kate Bruce

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0334053218

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Kate Bruce argues that imagination can help to engage the hearer in a sermon which seeks to evoke rather than to inform. Imagination frames how we see the world and ourselves in it. As such it has a vital role in how preachers see the preaching task itself, which in turn affects how we go about the task.