The central argument of this work is that 1 Peter does not promote a supersessionist view in which the church has replaced Israel as the new and true people of God. Rather, Liebengood contends that 1 Peter, as an authoritative Jewish apostolic text, extends to gentile followers of Jesus the privileges and promises originally given to Israel--affirming their full inclusion and belonging within the people of God as gentiles. By closely attending to the letter's use of Jewish restoration imag...

In a small fictional town, a highway patrol officer For years, helped enforce an unwritten script one that judged vehicles not by the driver's actions, but by the color, style, and assumptions attached to them as they rolled down the highway.What looked like routine traffic enforcement was often something far darker: prejudice disguised as policy, bias dressed up as training, and white supremacy hidden behind a badge, a clipboard, and the language of public safety.But on on...

In a small fictional town, a highway patrol officer For years, helped enforce an unwritten script one that judged vehicles not by the driver’s actions, but by the color, style, and assumptions attached to them as they rolled down the highway.What looked like routine traffic enforcement was often something far darker: prejudice disguised as policy, bias dressed up as training, and white supremacy hidden behind a badge, a clipboard, and the language of public safety.But on on...

The stirring histories of the Kelly & Wilson families are revealed over nearly a century. The first 40 years come to life through the stories of those who lived, loved, and survived the devastation of World War I, the Great Depression and World War II. The author breathes life into their memories, adding color to faded snapshots resting in untended boxes and lonely desk drawers. The spirit of the two families merge when Dale Wilson and Barbara Kelly meet in Joplin, Missouri during World Wa...

Free-spirited Sara enjoys every bit of her suburban Chicago life as a 1990's teen until her body unravels before her oldest sister's misbelieving eyes. Triggered by a rare cancer, Sara cowers within her mother's embrace, and her father scrambles to escape the crushing weight of his daughter's diagnosis. Amongst moments bright with grace and rich with baldheaded adventure, years of experimental treatments overshadow Sara's days and give way to a humble confession. After her asking God the h...

From AIDS to Population Health explores the thirty-year history of a unique collaboration between the medical schools of Indiana University and Moi University in Kenya, as it progressed from combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in East Africa to the building of a national plan to provide universal healthcare to all. The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program focuses on the medical education of healthcare professionals who are building communities that can take c...

An assessment of Trinitarian thought in the two-hundred-year-old Stone-Campbell Movement, including suggestions for ways in which the renewal of Trinitarian doctrine can revitalize the church's life and mission.Throughout its history the Stone-Campbell Movement has noticeably neglected Trinitarian doctrine, prohibiting a biblical understanding of God as Trinity from significantly impacting the movement's churches. This book attempts to rectify this weakness in three ways. First, a f...

As featured in The New York Times, a valuable and artfully crafted guide to tending a naturalistic garden.From plantsman Kelly Norris, author of New Naturalism, comes a much-needed handbook to maintaining today’s natural gardens. Naturalistic plantings, overflowing with biodiverse communities of plants, are filling front and backyards around the globe with colorful blooms, easy-care plants, and wildlife habitat. But caring for a n...

In a small fictional town, a highway patrol officer For years, helped enforce an unwritten script one that judged vehicles not by the driver's actions, but by the color, style, and assumptions attached to them as they rolled down the highway.What looked like routine traffic enforcement was often something far darker: prejudice disguised as policy, bias dressed up as training, and white supremacy hidden behind a badge, a clipboard, and the language of public safety.But on on...

A new collection of poetry from Kelly D. Belmonte."Kelly Belmonte has a gift for choosing precisely the right word or turn of phrase to evoke the beauties, sorrows, and surprises of everyday life. The elegant simplicity of these poems gently invites the reader to pay attention, and then rewards that attention with images that linger in the mind, encouraging a pause for reflection: an experience of great value in these distracted and hurried times."Holly Ordway

Individualism is a quintessential American value, manifesting in emphases on hard work and economic independence. But there is another key aspect to individualism: moral autonomy, which must be understood in the context of an individual's relationship to authority. The Politics of Individualism emphasizes the importance of moral autonomy by examining the relationship between autonomy, the self, and institutions. Political scientists Christopher F. Karpowitz and Kelly D. Patterson ...

Recreate the wild beauty and thriving ecology of meadows, prairies, woodlands, and streamsides in your own garden.In New Naturalism, horticulturist and modern plantsman Kelly D. Norris shares his inspiring, ecologically sound vision for home gardens created with stylish yet naturalistic plantings that mimic the wild spaces we covet—far from the contrived, formal, high-maintenance plantings of the past. Through a basic introduction to plant biology ...