Outline: Mengapa Soekarno menempatkan Kebangsaan sebagai sila pertama dan Ketuhanan sebagai sila kelima pada rumusan Pancasila. Apakah dengan demikian, founding father ini telah melakukan penistaan terhadap keyakinan agama? Inilah sejumlah pertanyaan yang kerap muncul saat membaca teks awal Pancasila yang dibacakan Bung Karno pada 1 Juni 1945. Teks Pancasila inilah yang sering disebut Pancasila…
Outline: This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. It surveys, too, the views about women held by various New Testament authors including Paul and the Evangelists. In a careful and judicious study, Ben Witherington III shows that early Christianity was neither unreservedly patriarchal nor adamantly femin…
Outline: The Titles of Jesus in Christology was recognised as a major contribution to Christological study when it was first published in German in 1963. Its translation into English a few years later cemented this status. Hahn undertakes a massive and detailed examination of the various traditions that led to the use
Outline: Four months after Raffles landed in Singapore, he granted a piece of land of London Missionary Society to commence activity. Five months later, the first missionary arrived. Since then, the church has grown at a rather uneven pace, depending upon various sociopolitical events as well as the spiritual calibre of her leaders. This book not only seeks to chronicle the major events that bo…
Outline: Dunia suka berpikir bahwa kekristenan telah dibentuk sesuai dengan pandangan dunia Barat dan tepat sebagaimana kebenaran yang diungkapkan dalam Alkitab. Pada kenyataannya, kekristenan telah berkembang selama kurun waktu 2000 tahun yang terjalin dengan pemikiran Barat. Akibatnya, ajaran Kristen sering kali disebut Kekristenan Barat. Ketika kelompok-kelompok orang dari kebudayaan lain me…
Outline: Oxford Textual Perspectives is a series of informative and provocative studies focused upon literary texts (conceived of in the broadest sense of that term) and the technologies, cultures, and communities that produce, inform, and receive them. It provides fresh interpretations of fundamental works and of the vital and challenging issues emerging in English literary studies. By engagin…
Outline: In the biblical drama of the living God's works in creation and redemption, no theme is more lustrous than that of God's gracious intention to enjoy communion with humans who bear his image and whose lives have been broken through sin. Cornelis Venema summarizes and defends a broad consensus view of the doctrine of the covenants in the history of Reformed theology, clarifying areas of …
Outline: In his study of the Greek cults of the Roman emperor in Asia Minor, Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman emperor was treated like a god. He contends that ever since the emergence of Christianity within the Roman empire the problem has been misinterpreted; a Christianizing distinction between religion and politics has led to the cult being considered simply as a form of politi…
Outline: In this book, Matthew Levering unites eschatologically charged biblical Christology with metaphysical and dogmatic Thomistic Christology, by highlighting the typological Christologies shared by Scripture, the Church Fathers, and Aquinas. Like the Church Fathers, Aquinas often reflected upon Jesus in typological terms (especially in his biblical commentaries), just as the New Testament …
Outline: One of the paradoxes about psychiatry is that we have never known more about and better treated mental disorders, yet there exists so much unease about the practice of mental healthcare. Patients feel still stigmatized, psychiatrists are struggling with their roles in a rapidly changing system of healthcare, there is lack of consensus about what mental disorders are and what the focus …
Outline: Hikmat duniawi berkata, Buatlah kelas Sekolah Minggu lebih menyenangkan! Atau, Buatlah menjadi lebih mudah! Tetapi Kenalkan Yesus pada Mereka menantang cara dunia mengajar dan mengudang para guru untuk mengajarkan dan menghargai kabar baik tentang Yesus dalam setiap pelajaran Sekolah Minggu. Pendekatan yang diajarkan penulis akan melengkapi dan memperkaya bahan Sekolah Minggu yang ters…
Outline: Surat Paulus kepada Filemon ini merupakan salah satu surat pribadi Paulus. Surat ini memberikan suatu contoh praktis tentang cara menerapkan iman Kristen dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, terutama dalam hal penyelesaian suatu masalah pribadi. Di samping itu, Surat Filemon ini memberikan kerangka pemikiran kristiani dalam menghadapi isu ras dan status sosial dalam masyarakat. Di sini diulah …
Outline: Tafsiran Kitab Yehezkiel ini digali dari dua sudut pandang, yakni : pertama, corak panggilan Yehezkiel, dan yang kedua adalah teori "Mnemohistory". Corak panggilan yang dialami Yehezkiel berbeda dengan kedua nabi besar lainnya, Yesaya dan Yeremia. Yehezkiel memiliki corak panggilan yang unik, yaitu melalui penglihatan - Yehezkiel pasal 1 dan 2. Buku ini mengupas ayat demi ayat dari Kit…
Outline: Berteologi adalah upaya untuk menjabarkan dan mengkomunikasikan 'teks' di dalam 'konteks'. Berteologi, oleh karenanya, harus selalu memperhatikan konteks Teologi harus selalu kontekstual - tumbuh dari dalam konteks untuk menjawab pergumulan konteks. Inilah yang menjadi pokok dalam buku ini. Tulisan-tulisan yang terangkum dalam buku penghormatan untuk HUT ke-70 Prof. Dr. P.D. Latuihamal…
Outline: Masih di ibukota Mataram, Cebolang belajar berbagai macam ilmu. Di antaranya, Sastra Jendra Hayuningrat, ilmu nepton, dan petungan dengan aksara Jawa. Cebolang juga berguru pada pertapa dari Gunung Merapi, belajar perhitungan hari menurut petungan dan pasaran, ilmu bermain kartu, menilai dan memilih wanita, ilmu asmaragama, sejarah ilmu makrifat Jawa, juga sejarah Islam di Jawa. Di Pra…
Outline: The Larger Catechism stands as one of the three major doctrinal standards produced by the Westminster Assembly. Ofter overshadowed by the Shorter Catechism and the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism exhibits the Assembly's most mature theological reflection and insight. In this remarkable volume, John Bower provides extensive historical background for the making of this colossal…
Outline: Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels - of destiny, death, human relationships and the irrenconcilable contradictions of existence. It en…
Outline: The Bible is both a divine and a human book. It is the inspired word of God for his people. whether in biblical times or for the church today. It is also a fully human book, written by different people in a variety of cultural settings. Knowledge of biblical language and society is essential if the meaning of the human writer is to be grasped fully. The Apollos Old Testament Commentary…
Outline: MEMAHAMI KEMBALI PANGGILAN ALKITAB SEBAGAI SEORANG PENGIKUT YESUS. Sebelum naik ke sorga, Yesus memberi misi yang jelas kepada para pengikut-Nya: jadikan semua bangsa murid-Ku. Tapi hari ini, banyak pengikut Yesus yang bergumul untuk melakukannya … atau mereka tidak tahu bagaimana harus memulainya. Melalui prinsip-prinsip yang sederhana dan mudah diterapkan, pendeta Robby Gallaty mem…
Outline: Di sepanjang sejarah gereja Kristen, Injil Matius telah dipandang sebagai potret terpenting dari kehidupan dan pesan Yesus. Dengan Khotbah di Bukit dan koleksi perumpamaan yang limpah, di antara banyak hal lainnya, Injil Matius telah memberikan kontribusi utama kepada gereja di sepanjang abad dan telah memiliki banyak hal untuk disampaikan kepada gereja pada masa kini. Tafsiran ini men…
Outline: "A mighty clash of convictions resounds around the world and will continue to reverberate during the coming decades. Men are deciding a most difficult questions: Men are deciding a most difficult question: Is there One Way or Are there Many Ways? Hosts line up on one side and on the other. Cannons are wheeled into position and salvos fired. Lectures are delivered, courses are taught, a…
Outline: Kitab Nabi-nabi adalah salah satu dari enam buku pelajaran yang membahas Perjanjian Lama dan Baru, yang semuanya ditulis oleh pengajar-pengajar Teologi berpengalaman. Buku ini mengajak mahasiswa untuk berinteraksi dengan teks Alkitab secara langsung dan tidak menjadi pembelajar pasif. Buku ini menyediakan aktivitas dan tantangan belajar pada tingkat pengantar dan lanjutan, dan ide-ide …
Outline: The Reformation was a time of tremendous upheaval, renewal, and vitality in the life of church. The challenge to maintain and develop faithful Christian belief and practice in the midst of great disruption was reflected in the theology of the sixteenth century. In this volume, which serves as a companion to IVP Academic's Reformation Commentary on Scripture series, theologian and churc…
Outline: The second volume in the series, The Bible as Book, deals with the effect of early printing on the text, format and use of the Bible, and investigates the unique features of various editions of fifteenth-century printed Bibles as well as the social, political, and technological circumstances under which these publications were produced. This volume represents a gathering of research by…
Outline: When the ancients talked about "messiah," what did they picture? Did that term refer to a stately figure who would rule, to a militant who would rescue, or to a variety of roles held by many? While Christians have traditionally equated the word "messiah" with Jesus, the discussion is far more complex. This volume contributes significantly to that discussion. Ted expert scholars here a…
Outline: Millions of Muslims have migrated to Europe and North America in the last fifty years. Their arrival has ignited fierce public debates on both series of the Atlantic about religious freedom and tolerance, terrorism and security, gender and race, and much more. How can Christians best respond to this situation? In this book theologians and ethicist Matthew Kaemingk offers a thought-prov…
Outline: Second Edition with Study and Application Questions by Eowyn Jones Stoddard, the author's granddaughter. Hove you ever wondered what Christ said to his disciples to make their hearts burn on the Emmaus road? Follow Ed Clowney through the Old Testament as he shows how all the Scriptures point to Christ. As you explore Old Testament characters and events, you'll inspired by the many spec…
Outline: The essays in this book demonstrate that a theology shaped by the biblical narratives and grounded in the practices of the Christian community can provide resources to enable people to regain a public voice in a pluralistic culture. Ronald Thiemann challenges us to develop a public theology that remains based in the particulars of Christian faith while addressing issues of public signi…
Outline: Terkadang hidup itu menyakitkan. Entah dari mana, kematian, penyakit, pemutusan hubungan kerja, atau sebuah relasi yang sulit dapat mengubah kehidupan kita dan menantang segala sesuatu yang pernah kita pahami – menyudutkan kita sehingga kita merasa tak mampu untuk mengatasinya. Namun, di tengah segala rasa sakit dan kebingungan ini, kita tidak sendiri. Dengan menyatukan kisah pribadi…
Outline: Nearing the end of his life and ministry, William Greenhill left his congregation a parting gift and lasting testimony of his pastoral care for their souls - he published The Sound-Hearted Christian. This book developed from a series of sermons Greenhill preached on Psalm 119: 18, "Let my heart be sounded in thy statues; that I be not ashamed." Greenhill shows that a sound heart is wat…
Outline: Buku ini memberikan panduan dalam langkah-langkah penafsiran Alkitab yang ketat dan bertanggung jawab secara kontekstual, historis, dan gramatikal untuk melakukan eksegesis dan melihat bagaimana kebenaran tersebut teraplikasi dengan tepat dalam konteks saat ini, serta mencegah pemaksaan atau penyimpangan makna atau masuknya pandangan penafsir ke dalam teks Alkitab. Buku ini juga disert…