Samuel Wells

being present in the midst of violence

Living without enemies

The Drama of Christian Ethics

Improvisation

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This short book is a reflection on life as an intentional Christian community, written by Bonhoeffer during his time as a head of the Illegal Seminary of the Confessing Church in Finkenwalde (Eastern Prussia). The book has become a spiritual classic in which many Christians of a wide variety of backgrounds and contexts have found meaning and encouragement.

Life Together

Finding a Story to Live By

Humbler Faith, Bigger God

Stanley Hauerwas

Two contemporary theologians, Samuel Wells and Stanley Hauerwas, add their voices to the ongoing conversation about Christian life in the twenty-first century. This third book in the In Conversation series dives deeply into the theological and personal ideas and motivations for the work of two prominent Christian thinkers. Readers will discover their thoughts on the Trinity, parish ministry, and non-violence, along with anecdotes and intimate notions on marriage, family, and even baseball. Followers of Wells’s and Hauerwas’s theological and homiletical work will find out what has influenced them most, and where they’d like to go from here. A fascinating read for Episcopalians and Anglicans, and those who enjoyed the first two In Conversation books.

Samuel Wells and Stanley Hauerwas

In Conversation

Christian engagement with contemporary issues

How Then Shall We Live?

Introducing Christian ethics

reimagining Christian ethics

God's companions

I en tid präglad av tvärsäkra proklamationer, svart-vita fördömanden, polarisering och stängda gränser, i en tid när beroende betraktas som en svaghet och självsäkerhet som en merit, hjälper oss prästen och teologen Samuel Wells att återupptäcka den dygd som kallas ödmjukhet. Men ödmjukhet ska inte, enligt honom, förväxlas med någon slags kuvad och tillbakadragen hållning. Tvärtom är den ett uttryck för en livshållning fylld av sådant som nyfikenhet, uppmärksamhet, förundran, tacksamhet och tålamod. I grunden handlar ödmjukhet om att lära sig se livet som en gåva att ta emot tillsammans med andra och inte som ett projekt att förverkliga eller bära på sina egna axlar.

Wells skriver på ett sätt som är både enkelt och djupsinnigt, jordnära och tankfullt. Boken formar sig till en inbjudan att stanna upp för se sitt liv i ett nytt ljus – djupast sett i det ljus som strålar från den Gud som blir en av oss i Jesus Kristus – och låta sig bli överraskad av glädje. Det är en bok att läsa sakta och begrunda i stillhet.

En inbjudan att se sin plats i världen

Vandra ödmjukt

Een nieuwe kijk op het christelijk geloof in de context van hedendaagse scepsis en kritiek. ‘Kleiner geloof grotere God’ van Samuel Wells is verhelderend theologisch betoog over de interactie tussen de kernwaarden van het christelijk geloof en de kritiek die daarop geuit wordt vanuit de moderne samenleving. Het boek biedt een synthese van twee rivaliserende verhalen: het oude geloof en de moderne wetenschap. Samuel Wells overstijgt beide verhalen en biedt een gerevitaliseerd christelijk verhaal dat de radicale, moedige en kwetsbare aard van authentiek geloof beter tot zijn recht laat komen. Met het bieden van deze nieuwe weg is dit boek gericht aan zowel christenen als niet-christenen. Voor mensen die op zoek zijn naar een bevredigend en waarheidsgetrouw verhaal om mee te leven.

Een verhaal vinden om mee te leven

Kleiner geloof grotere God

﻿Samuel Wells explores the key tenets of Christian belief by engaging with the most widely used arguments against religious faith – that it’s a crutch for the deluded, a fairy tale for the simple minded, the cause of so many wars, a drug for the poor, powerless against suffering, one path among many, and so on. These are serious accusations against Christianity and Samuel takes them seriously, seeking to understand how and why they have taken hold, what part the church has had in making people so resistant to its message and what better stories it can tell in today’s world. Each chapter sets out traditional expressions of Christian beliefs, engages with the arguments against them and then seeks to express those truths afresh as stories that can inform and shape our lives. A study guide for groups is also included.

George Sumner

The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible advances the assumption that the Nicene creedal tradition, in all its diversity, provides the proper basis for the interpretation of the Bible as Christian scripture. The series volumes, written by leading theologians, encourage Christians to extend the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition to our day. In this addition to the acclaimed series, two respected scholars offer a theological exegesis of Esther and Daniel. As with other volumes in the series, this book is ideal for those called to ministry, serving as a rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and study groups.

Esther & Daniel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

The Canterbury Press Lent book for 2021 focuses on the significance of the story at the very centre of Christianity: the crucifixion. Samuel Wells writes as a theologian and pastor to explore the cross in the purposes of God and how this act brings about salvation. Three sections, each with six short chapters, explore the cross in: - the Old Testament (Covenant, Test, Passover, Atonement, Servant, Sacrifice) - the Epistles (Forgiveness, Obedience, Foolishness, Example, Reconciliation, Boast) - the Gospels (Finished, Judged, Betrayed, Pierced, Forsaken, Mocked) Written with characteristic clarity and wearing its considerable learning lightly, A Cross at the Heart of God will give readers a comprehensive understanding of the story at the heart of scripture, the central event in history and a core tenet of the Christian faith. A study guide with questions and prayers makes this ideal for Lent groups as well as individual reading.

Reflections on the death of Jesus

A Cross in the Heart of God

A Nazareth Manifesto is an eloquent and impassioned ecumenical proposal for re-envisioning Christianity’s approach to social engagement away from working “for” the people to being “with” them. Questions the effectiveness of the current trend of intervention as a means of fixing the problems of people in distressed and disadvantaged circumstances Argues that Jesus spent 90% of his life simply being among the people of Nazareth, sharing their hopes and struggles, therefore Christians should place a similar emphasis on being alongside people in need rather than hastening to impose solutions Written by a respected priest and broadcaster and renowned Christian ethicist and preacher Supported by historical, contemporary, exegetical and anecdotal illustrations

Being with God

A Nazareth Manifesto

Published 1828-30, this two-volume work provides documentation and historical information relating to a remarkable swathe of eastern England.

A Collection of the Laws which Form the Constitution of the Bedford Level Corporation

Hanging by a Thread revisits the harrowing story at the very heart of Christianity. Samuel Wells considers the risk, cost and suffering of the cross in the light of six key contemporary concerns: the reliability of history, the fragility of trust, the fact of mortality, the search for meaning, the nature of power, and the character of love. Recognizing that the cross leaves our easy assumptions and tidy answers by a thread, he paints a picture of a God who, despite danger and disgrace, regardless of how much we deny and reject, gives everything to be with us. This is a profound, moving and inspiring vision of the central event of the Christian faith.

The questions of the Cross

Hanging by a Thread

As a collection of 66 books spanning thousands of years, the Bible can be daunting in size and scope. In The Heart of It All, the Canterbury Press Lent book for 2020, Samuel Wells simplifies the Bible's complexity and presents the entire sweep of its narrative in eighteen key themes.

The Bible's Big Picture

The Heart Of It All

The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics presents a comprehensive and systematic exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship. An innovative exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship Challenges conventional approaches to the subject Restores a sense of the integral connection between Christian ethics and theology Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most influential figures in Christian ethics around the world Embraces contributors from the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Mennonite and Pentecostal traditions Designed to be accessible to introductory students Will have a major impact on the discipline of Christian ethics

The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics

Ben Quash

Introducing Christian Ethics 2e, now thoroughly revised and updated, offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian Ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches, and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today. This highly successful text has been thoughtfully updated, based on considerable feedback, to include increased material on Catholic perspectives, further case studies and the augmented use of introductions and summaries Uniquely redefines the field of Christian ethics along three strands: universal (ethics for anyone), subversive (ethics for the excluded), and ecclesial (ethics for the church) Encompasses Christian ethics in its entirety, offering students a substantial overview by re-mapping the field and exploring the differences in various ethical approaches Provides a successful balance between description, analysis, and critique Structured so that it can be used alongside a companion volume, Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader, which further illustrates and amplifies the diversity of material and arguments explored here

Introducing Christian Ethics

CHRISTIAN ETHICS CHRISTIAN ETHICS AN INTRODUCTORY READER “The selection of readings is excellent and I’d happily have my students devour them.” Esther Reed, University of Exeter “Clear, sharply focused, and precisely what is needed. This book is enlightening and potentially transformative. It presents Christian ethics as an exciting theological enterprise and offers a rich, deep, and accessible way of practicing ethics.” John Swinton, University of Aberdeen “Wells and Quash have put together a wonderfully comprehensive survey of Christian ethics while at the same time offering a distinctive and fresh perspective … With the array of primary texts and judicious and very well-informed commentary that the two volumes represent, they have succeeded in constructing an extremely valuable resource for teachers and students of Christian ethics.” Michael S. Northcott, University of Edinburgh (of Introducing Christian Ethics and Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader) Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader provides a comprehensive anthology of primary documents and materials relating to the emergence and study of key approaches to Christian ethics. The volume seeks to encompass the entire canon of Christian ethics, including ﬁrst-hand accounts from major ﬁgures in the theological and ecclesial tradition. Readers are introduced to foundational ﬁgures such as Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Barth, as well as contemporary voices including Rosemary Radford Ruether, James Cone, Jürgen Moltmann, Stanley Hauerwas, Oliver O’Donovan, Wendell Berry, and many others. Other notable ﬁgures not usually associated with the study of formal theoretical ethics, such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., are also represented. The signiﬁcance of each extract is summarized through useful introductory sections, placing the author or text in the context of broader developments in Christian ethical theory. Whether it is used independently or alongside the accompanying textbook, Introducing Christian Ethics, this engaging and informative volume offers students a window into the fascinating evolution of Christian ethical thought.

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