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O Virtue, Where Are Thou?: A Story of Esther
For centuries, the story of Esther has captured the minds of master theologians as well as ordinary Bible readers. Yet, despite its popularity, the deeper meaning of the fairy-tale-like narrative of simple peasants rising from rags to riches has seldom been understood. This book rides the sea of adventure with Esther and Mordecai, revealing that there are many signs of virtue strewn on the way to their climactic point. This reading offers an innovative way of understanding biblical characters in a world that is clueless about the value of virtue.
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Open to the World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Themes in Christian Theology
An attempt to navigate the labyrinth that defies tracking through a theology that stretches into the scientific arena. It approaches this task with a biblically based interpretation of nature, reality, rationality, and God’s act in the world, taking stock of the current status of the theology and science interface and critically reviewing its weaknesses and strengths. It functions as a guide, laying a clear path to find a way out into the world of open systems.