I Am Not A Poet: Journeys in Faith and Self-Discovery by Jackie David Johns, Ph.D.
This book is a collection of poems, each written by the author. They were composed over a period of more than twenty years. Most were not written to be read by others. They were instead exercises
in self-discovery.
The author began writing them at a point of great despair. His faith was under tremendous strain. Everything he thought he knew about God and his self was being challenged at the core of his being.
He thought he had been faithful. He was doing his part, but God wasn’t doing His, or so it seemed. Like Jacob long ago, he was wrestling with God and God was winning. Out of those experiences, he discovered some truths about himself, his God, and the Christian life.
As exercises in self-discovery, these poems are in a sense autobiographical. A few of them are
explicitly narrative in nature, tracing issues through the seasons of the author's life. Further, except for the first and last pieces, the writings appear in the order in which they were written. That arrangement is in one sense also autobiographical, tracing the author's evolution in themes for writing.
List Price: $5.95
ISBN-13: 978-0615570648 (Custom)
ISBN-10: 061557064X
in self-discovery.
The author began writing them at a point of great despair. His faith was under tremendous strain. Everything he thought he knew about God and his self was being challenged at the core of his being.
He thought he had been faithful. He was doing his part, but God wasn’t doing His, or so it seemed. Like Jacob long ago, he was wrestling with God and God was winning. Out of those experiences, he discovered some truths about himself, his God, and the Christian life.
As exercises in self-discovery, these poems are in a sense autobiographical. A few of them are
explicitly narrative in nature, tracing issues through the seasons of the author's life. Further, except for the first and last pieces, the writings appear in the order in which they were written. That arrangement is in one sense also autobiographical, tracing the author's evolution in themes for writing.
List Price: $5.95
ISBN-13: 978-0615570648 (Custom)
ISBN-10: 061557064X
The Pedagogy of the Holy Spirit According to Early Christian Tradition By Jackie David Johns, Ph.D.
Early Christian literature reveals that the church perceived its teaching ministry, indeed its entire existence, as being under the close supervision of the Holy Spirit. However, little attention
has been given in modern times to the role of the Holy Spirit in church pedagogy. This doctoral dissertation sets forth an inter-disciplinary descriptive analysis of pedagogical issues associated with the Holy Spirit in the literature of early Christianity and it offers a brief paradigm for Christian education based upon that analysis.
The method of this study was to ask a series of questions from the perspectives of historical theology
and pedagogy. Three theological questions concerning the Holy Spirit were linked to six questions from educational philosophy as a means of probing into the historical record. The core question being, in the eyes of the ante-Nicene church, who was the Spirit and how did the Spirit work in the church to form
believers?
Publication Date: Jun 27 2012
ISBN/EAN13: 0615606016 / 9780615606019
List Price = $11.95
Page Count: 180
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: Related Categories: Religion / Christian Theology / Pneumatology
Pentecostal Formation: A Pedagogy Among the Oppressed By Cheryl Bridges Johns, Ph.D.
|
The Pentecostal movement has been subject to some negative external assumptions, among them the misconception that they do not form people in the Christian faith. In this enlightening and challenging book, Cheryl Bridges Johns argues that, in fact, Pentecostals employ a powerful process of formation and catechesis, which has enabled millions of believers to own and articulate the Christian story. She engages dialectically with the work of Paulo Freire, a specialist in education among the marginalized. She looks broadly at the nature of all catechesis and offers a model of formation that moves beyond the rationalism that constrains a praxis epistemology. Price: $20.00 |
- Series: Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series
Paperback: 154 pages
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608998991
ISBN-13: 978-1608998999
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces