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  • The Gospel according to Star Wars, Second Edition

    Faith, Hope, and the Force

    by John C. McDowell, John C. McDowell ...
    In a new and updated version of this best-selling book, John McDowell explores the many spiritual themes that weave throughout the Star Wars films. From the Force to the dark side, the issues discussed in the films have a moral and spiritual complexity that, if paid attention to, can help us better understand our place in the world and our relation to others and to God. George Lucas, the creator ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Handbook on Counseling Youth

    by John McDowell, Bob Hostetler ...
    Thoroughly researched, this easy-to-use handbook is designed to help parents, teachers, pastors and youth workers guide today's young people through the minefields of adolescence. From simple challenges to major crises, this book will equip adults to help youth cope with situations involving emotional issues, abuse, addictions, family issues, disorders, sexual issues and much more. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Church Has Left the Building

    Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Maria Gwyn McDowell, Elizabeth Schroeder, Michael Plekon ...
    The origin of the phrase "the church has left the building" lies with Elvis. In order to clear halls of his riotous fans after concerts, it was announced that "Elvis has left the building." Here, the expression highlights intense change within the church. Not only does the church change for its own existence, it also does so for the life of the world. The church cannot avoid the many past and ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of Big Fantasy

    The Ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers

    by John C. McDowell ...
    Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films--Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers--this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Mind and World

    With a New Introduction by the Author

    by John McDowell ...
    Modern philosophy finds it difficult to give a satisfactory picture of the place of minds in the world. In Mind and World, based on the 1991 John Locke Lectures, one of the most distinguished philosophers writing today offers his diagnosis of this difficulty and points to a cure. In doing so, he delivers the most complete and ambitious statement to date of his own views, a statement that no one ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Mind, Value, and Reality

    by John McDowell ...
    This volume collects some of John McDowell's influential papers, written at various times over the last two decades. One group of essays deals mainly with issues in the interpretation of the ethical writings of Aristotle and Plato. A second group of papers contains more direct treatments of questions in moral philosophy that arise naturally out of reflection on the Greek tradition. Some of the ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Eschatology

    by John C. McDowell, Scott A. Kirkland ...
    Series series Guides to Theology (GT)
    This short textbook, the latest volume in the Guides to Theology series, surveys key themes and aspects of Christian hope by tracing eschatological ideas as they have developed from Scripture throughout the history of theology.John McDowell and Scott Kirkland present a series of lenses on understanding eschatological statements, or the content of Christian hope. They have structured their book ... Read more

    $35.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conversing with Barth

    by John C. McDowell, Mike Higton ...
    Series series Barth Studies
    Karl Barth addressed all the major themes of dogmatic theology, and in so doing made his own distinctive contribution to each of the ongoing conversations that constitute that theology. This book presents important new 'conversations with Barth' by leading contemporary theologians and Barth scholars. Each contributor offers their own distinctive emphasis to bring to light the ways in which the ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD

  • Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars

    by John C. McDowell ...
    George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the "moral megaphone" of the film industry. A considerable body of scholarship on the six-part Star Wars series argues (unconvincingly) that the franchise promoted neo-conservatism in American culture from the late 1970s onward. But there is much in Lucas' grand space opera to suggest something more ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Same-Sex Marriage

    A Thoughtful Approach to God's Design for Marriage

    by Sean McDowell, John Stonestreet ...
    Series series Thoughtful Response
    Same-sex marriage is here, presenting unique challenges and opportunities. How do those who follow Christ faithfully answer the standard talking points for same-sex marriage? And how can they best articulate the case for one-man, one-woman marriage in everyday conversation?Sean McDowell and John Stonestreet believe a thoughtful approach to God's design for marriage is the answer to both questions. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Theology and the Globalized Present

    Feasting in the Future of God

    by John C. McDowell ...
    Series series Dispatches
    Theology and the Globalized Present focuses on the world's future in God and God's creativeness. In response to a globalized economy that reconfigures time to the detriment of human flourishing, McDowell presents a re-imagined theological vision of eschatological memory and Eucharistic performance. This entails not so much a dreaming of a different world as a dreaming of this world differently. ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Dictionary of Theology

    Historical and Systematic

    by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, David Emmanuel Singh, Roland Chia ...
    An Eternity 1988 Book of the YearSince its publication, the New Dictionary of Theology has rapidly established itself as a standard, authoritative reference work in systematic and historical theology. More than 630 articles cover a variety of theological themes, thinkers and movements:from creation to the millenniumfrom Abelard to Zwinglifrom Third World liberation theology to South African Dutch ... Read more

    $86.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus