Reginald Fowl isn't your ordinary chicken...He's a "Rainbow Rooster", whose passion for reading, adventure, humans, and hens attract attention around the farm—both wanted and unwanted. Bullies, babies, predators, and poetry are just a few of the things he must navigate in this zany barnyard adventure, for kids ages 9 to 109.If you enjoy talking animal stories like Babe, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Wind in the Willows, you'll love the Cocky Doodle...

A Journey Through Marital Tales: 52 Storybooks surveys marriage as contract, comedy, ordeal, aspiration, and social institution across an unusually broad transnational archive. Its stories and dramatic selections move from satirical intrigue and drawing-room wit to domestic realism, psychological conflict, sentimental romance, and pointed social critique. Comic reversals, contested inheritances, illicit desires, estranged spouses, and the pressures of respectability recur throughout, while...

Desire. Conviction. Character. Story. Practice. Institution.The Shape of Our Lives digs into how these six factors—often operating beneath our consciousness—profoundly affect our spiritual formation, both as individuals and congregations. As Christians across America grapple with the value and purpose of church, this accessible volume provides a roadmap for exploring what motivates and forms us. The Shape of Our Lives equips readers to look beneat...

An urgent call for awareness of the dangers of Christian nationalism, including the origins and implications.In 2022, Bishop Curry charged the House of Bishops Theology Committee to study Christian nationalism, an issue that has increasingly come to the forefront of conversations surrounding Christianity, democracy and white supremacy. The committee’s methodology in an Anglican framework of scripture, tradition, reason, and liturgy sheds light on the foundation of ...

"The First Book of Eve" is a captivating narrative that explores the themes of creation, identity, and the complexities of womanhood. Through the lens of Eve, the first woman, the book delves into her experiences and emotions as she navigates a world filled with challenges and expectations. The author skillfully weaves together myth and reality, offering readers a fresh perspective on a well-known story. The prose is rich and evocative, inviting readers to reflect on their own lives and th...

In 'The First Book of Eve,' Fowl intricately weaves a narrative that reimagines the biblical tale of Eden through the eyes of Eve, breathing life into her previously unvoiced thoughts and emotions. This innovative prose is marked by vivid imagery and a lyrical style that invites readers to immerse themselves in a world rich with mythological and historical textures. Set against the backdrop of ancient beliefs and modern existential questions, Fowl challenges traditional interpretations of ...

The world of Eve, illustrated by Anne Harriet Fish (1890 – 1964), portrays a world populated by young-old matrons, astoundingly mature young girls (of which Eve is one), Victorian lady remnants, resplendent captains of industry, pussy-footing English butlers, amorous nursemaids, race touts, yearning young lovers, swanking soldiers, blank and vapid bores, bridge-playing parsons, and middle-class millionaires.The Book of Eve takes a rather satirical look at high society in London dur...

In this fine new commentary on Paul's letter to the Philippians, Stephen Fowl notes that for the great premodern commentators of the Christian tradition, the literal sense of Scripture is always regulated by theological concerns. Thus, unlike commentaries that simply append theology to historical criticism, Fowl's volume displays disciplined attention to the text of Philippians in ways that enhance rather than frustrate theological inquiry.While Fowl engages the great scholars of th...

Christians have been interpreting Scripture with an aim of deepening their life with God and each other from the very beginning of the church. The past twenty years or so have witnessed an explosion of scholarly writing devoted to the theological interpretation of Scripture. Stephen Fowl, as an active participant in and contributor to the burgeoning literature, has written an ideal companion for guests at the "large and somewhat chaotic party," introducing them to important people, texts, ...

Has reading scripture become stale or lifeless in your church?Do competing understandings of the Bible cause division in your congregation?In The Form of the Word: Making Sense of Scripture in the Body of Christ, New Testament scholar Stephen E. Fowl offers the expertise of a teacher and the guidance of a pastor to help readers come to a deeper and more expansive understanding of the biblical story.This clear and accessible book is for:...

What role do varied understandings of the church play in the doctrine and interpretation of Scripture?In The Church's Book, Brad East explores recent accounts of the Bible and its exegesis in modern theology and traces the differences made by divergent, and sometimes opposed, theological accounts of the church. Surveying first the work of Karl Barth, then that of John Webster, Robert Jenson, and John Howard Yoder (following an excursus on interpreting Yode...

A major study on the theology of Beloved Community.This long-awaited work by the church's top clergy, scholars, and thought leaders examines the theological foundation of Beloved Community and its threats. It addresses such important topics as the legacy and sin of white supremacy, economic disparity, racial healing, and the call for reparations. The committee's work sheds light on the societal and cultural implications of the largest obstacle to the core mission o...