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Alister McGrath · 1987 · Book
Alister McGrath's study emerges from a recognition that the Protestant Reformation cannot be understood merely as a response to ecclesiastical corruption or popular religious ferment. Written as a work of intellectual history,…
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Tremper Longman III · 1987 · Book
Tremper Longman III wrote this foundational work during the 1980s when evangelical biblical scholarship was grappling with the emergence of literary criticism as a legitimate tool for understanding Scripture. The book emerged…
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John Paul II · 1987 · Letter
This encyclical letter emerged from Pope John Paul II's deep Marian devotion and his conviction that the approaching third millennium of Christianity called for renewed reflection on Mary's role in salvation history.…
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World Bible Translation Center and review scholars · 1987 · Scripture
The New Century Version emerged from the same translation project as the International Children's Bible, which serves as its predecessor and base translation, and it raised the reading level and style of…
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John Paul II · 1987 · Letter
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis stands as Pope John Paul II's seventh encyclical, issued in December 1987 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Paul VI's groundbreaking social encyclical Populorum Progressio. Written during the height…
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Thomas Oden · 1987–1992 · Book
Thomas Oden's three-volume Systematic Theology emerged from his dramatic intellectual and spiritual journey from liberal Protestant theology back to classical Christian orthodoxy. Writing in the 1980s after what he called his "recovery…
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Dumitru Staniloae · 1987 · Book
This collection of theological essays represents Dumitru Stăniloae's mature reflections on the human person as the image of God, published near the end of his career as Romania's foremost Orthodox theologian. Writing…
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Marilyn McCord Adams · 1987 · Book
Marilyn McCord Adams wrote this comprehensive intellectual biography of the fourteenth-century Franciscan philosopher and theologian William of Ockham at a time when medieval philosophy was experiencing renewed scholarly attention, yet Ockham remained…
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Eugene H. Peterson · 1987 · Book
Eugene Peterson wrote Working the Angles as a corrective to what he saw as the professionalization and bureaucratization of pastoral ministry in late twentieth-century America. Drawing on three decades of parish experience,…
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America's Theologian America's Theologian: A Recommendation of Jonathan Edwards
Robert Jenson · 1988 · Book
Robert Jenson's America's Theologian emerged from his conviction that American theology had failed to recognize its greatest systematic mind. Writing in 1988, the distinguished Lutheran theologian argued that Jonathan Edwards deserved recognition…
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Jacques Ellul · 1988 · Book
Jacques Ellul's brief but provocative work emerges from his decades-long wrestling with the tension between Christian faith and political power. Writing as both a committed Christian and a sharp critic of all…
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Anthony Bloom · 1988 · Book
Body and Soul emerged from Metropolitan Anthony Bloom's decades of pastoral ministry in London, where he served as head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe. Drawing from his background as…
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Missionary and Catholic translation/editorial teams · 1988 · Scripture
The Christian Community Bible is a distinct Catholic English Bible developed for community and pastoral use, with particular attention to mission contexts where readers may come to Scripture without formal theological training.…
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Phillip B. Giessler and committee · 1988 · Scripture
God's Word to the Nations New Testament marks an intermediate stage in the institutional history that led to GOD'S WORD. Limited in scope to the New Testament, it drew on the Greek…
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John Main · 1988 · Book
This collection of talks and writings by Benedictine monk John Main emerged from his years establishing Christian meditation communities and teaching contemplative prayer to lay Christians. Drawing from his experience founding meditation…
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Tremper Longman III · 1988 · Book
Tremper Longman III wrote this accessible guide to address the widespread confusion many Christians experience when reading the Psalms. Published in 1988 as part of the InterVarsity Press series on biblical interpretation,…
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Elisabeth Elliot · 1988 · Book
Elisabeth Elliot's Loneliness emerged from her decades of pastoral correspondence and speaking ministry, addressing what she recognized as one of the most pervasive yet unspoken struggles of modern Christian life. Writing in…
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Alister McGrath · 1988 · Book
Alister McGrath's "The Mystery of the Cross" emerged from his conviction that contemporary Christianity had lost touch with the transformative power of the crucifixion. Writing as both systematic theologian and parish priest,…
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Elisabeth Elliot · 1988 · Book
Elisabeth Elliot wrote The Path of Loneliness as a meditation on one of the most universal yet isolating human experiences. Drawing from her own encounters with profound loss—the death of her missionary…
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Alister McGrath · 1988 · Book
Alister McGrath wrote this systematic introduction to address the need for a comprehensive yet accessible overview of Reformation theology that could serve both students and general readers. Written during the late twentieth…
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Eugene H. Peterson · 1988 · Commentary
Eugene Peterson's commentary on the Book of Revelation emerges from his pastoral frustration with how this final book of the New Testament had been co-opted by sensationalist prophecy interpreters and apocalyptic speculators.…
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Dallas Willard · 1988 · Book
Dallas Willard wrote The Spirit of the Disciplines as a philosophical and practical response to what he saw as a critical gap in evangelical Christianity: the absence of a coherent understanding of…
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Thomas Torrance · 1988 · Book
The Trinitarian Faith emerged from Thomas F. Torrance's decades of engagement with patristic theology and his conviction that Western Christianity had drifted from its foundational trinitarian moorings. Writing as Professor of Christian…
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Jerry Bridges · 1988 · Book
Jerry Bridges wrote this exploration of divine sovereignty and human suffering during his tenure as a staff member with The Navigators, drawing from decades of discipleship ministry and his own struggles with…
