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Books of Interest: Georgetown UP & WJK
Books of Interest: Georgetown UP & WJK
Nov 16, 2024 4:51 AM

Today’s post will look at the Georgetown University Press Religion & Ethics catalog and the Westminster John Knox Academic Update (series index):

Titles from Georgetown University Press:

Matthew S. Holland, Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America–Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln (November 2007).Sheila Suess Kennedy and Wolfgang Beilefeld, Charitable Choice at Work: Evaluating Faith-Based Job Programs in the States (2006).Stephen V. Monsma and J. Christopher Soper, Faith, Hope, and Jobs: Welfare-to-Work in Los Angeles (2006).

Titles from Westminster John Knox:

David H. Jensen, Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work (2006).Edward Dommen and James D. Bratt, eds., John Calvin Rediscovered: The Impact of His Social and Economic Thought (November 2007).Scott H. Hendrix, Recultivating the Vineyard: The Reformation Agendas of Christianization (2004).

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