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

In How to Preach, Samuel Wells goes beyond the arts and disciplines of preparing, crafting and delivering sermons, to explore preaching as an act of worship and prayer. Here, preachers will discover how being attentive to God, to Scripture, to the world, to their hearers, and to themselves can inform and shape their message. They will be renewed in joining the long tradition of witnessing to the revelation of God in every area of human experience. Preaching takes many forms and responds to many different needs and occasions. This broad-ranging volume considers: • the times in which we live: politics, society, freedom, disability and war • the seasons of the church year: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost • the variety of biblical texts: Old Testament narratives and poetry, Gospel miracles and parables, the writings of Paul • life’s key moments: baptisms, weddings and funerals. For each topic, there is reflection on the demands and opportunities presented, ways of approach, sermon examples, and memorably wise and uncompromising practical guidelines that will nourish and inspire all who long to embrace the call to preach more faithfully.

Times, seasons, texts and contexts

How to Preach

The Being With course is an introduction to Christianity with a difference. At its heart is the idea that God’s greatest desire is to be with us in Jesus. Grounded in the conviction that we already have a wealth of understanding of truth, beauty and goodness that signify God’s presence in our lives and everyday experiences, it aims to enable participants to discover dimensions of this presence and to live abundantly with God, with one another and with creation.

Exploring life and faith together

Being With Book 2 Courses For Living

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

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