Baker Academic Fall 2024 Catalog

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A Short Guide to Spiritual Formation Finding Life in Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Community Alex Sosler Foreword by Russell Moore Weaving together church history, theology, and devotional practice, this in- troductory guide to spiritual formation retrieves the traditions rooted in truth, goodness, beauty, and community to help readers follow the way of Jesus. “Spiritual formation with substance and depth! This is one to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest and then share with another pilgrim on the way of the restless heart.” —ALEX FOGLEMAN, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University; director, Catechesis Institute; author of Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation “A great help to anyone interested in personal and corporate spiritual forma- tion. This text is well worth your time.” —DONALD SHEPSON, Grove City College

Alex Sosler (EdD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of Bible and ministry at Montreat College and assisting priest at Redeemer Anglican Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

NOW AVAILABLE • 224 pp. • paper • $21.99 • 9781540966612

Claiming the Courageous Middle Daring to Live and Work Together for a More

Hopeful Future Shirley A. Mullen

This book sheds light on the political and church polarization of our day and invites readers to become part of the courageous middle, helping their family, workplace, or church to imagine a hopeful and more grace-filled future.

“A must-read for pastors, professors, students, and individuals who believe there is an alternative to polarization.” —SHIRLEY V. HOOGSTRA, president, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities “[This book] could be assigned in a wide variety of courses that address vocation or Christian social responsibility. Professors who adopt this book for courses can lean on various chapters, depending on whether their course is most concerned with personal narrative, social analysis, biblical study, or theology.” —JENELL PARIS, Christian Scholar’s Review Shirley A. Mullen (PhD, University of Minnesota; PhD, University of Wales) is president emerita of Houghton College. She spent four decades in the work of faith-based liberal arts education.

NOW AVAILABLE • 200 pp. • paper • $26.99 • 9781540967046

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