This book begins at the Bible's account of a discovered empty tomb three days after Jesus' death. Considering scholarship from both sides of the aisle, it explains why there is good reason to conclude that this tradition is a legend. Following up on this possibility, this book turns its attention to the earliest recorded Christian beliefs that Jesus was raised on the third day and that he appeared to many people. Covering many topics often encountered in discussions about Jesus' resurrection, this book proposes an answer to the question: What plausibly could have caused the rise of these extraordinary beliefs if there never was a discovered empty tomb and Jesus did not actually rise from the dead?

Bridges (a Baptist minister in Alabama who holds a doctorate in systematic theology) explores the central role of spirituality in African-American culture and history, arguing that its roots lie in the African spiritual worldview inherited by African-Americans. Chapters describe the quest for identi

What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from1820 to 1850.

"This is the gripping, true story of te Conants' struggle beginning with Nancy's diagnosis--multiple sclerosis. First, her eyesight becomes impaired. Next, her ability to walk is affected. Eventually many of the functions normally taken for granted become difficult. Pronouncements are powerful, and this wife, mother and business owner became defined by the disease Depression sank in as she believed God overlooked her healing and she had become too much of a burden to her own family. Isolated from healthy peer relationships and right thinking, er 'life crash' was too much to bear, so Nancy deliberately ended her life on Easter, 2009. However death could not hold her, and the medical community is stunned after God sends her back, alive, with a plan for new life, healing and truth that would only be found in Christ."--Back cover.

An elegant and challenging portrait of the extraordinary, glamorous, complex and brutal revolutionary, Winnie Mandela

Reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition can help us connect with a rich faith history and address the urgent issues of our times. Demonstrating an ongoing conversation between the collective Black experience and the Bible, New Testament scholar Esau McCaulley shares a personal and scholarly testament to the power and hope of Black biblical interpretation.

This book scientifically challenges earlier radiocarbon testing and presents new evidence in determining the Shroud of Turin's true age.