William R Stacy

The Mystery of God: Karl Barth and the Postmodern Foundations of Theology (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology)

Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth's insight that God is mystery, he suggests that theology is best seen not as a restating of old orthodoxies but as an ongoing respon...

The Mystery of God: Karl Barth and the Postmodern Foundations of Theology (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology)

Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth's insight that God is mystery, he suggests that theology is best seen not as a restating of old orthodoxies but as an ongoing respon...

A Time to Embrace: Same-Gender Relationships in Religion, Law, and Politics

As rhetoric continues to heat up on both sides of the debate over same-gender unions, clearly reasoned statements are in short supply. Watching this debate unfold, William Stacy Johnson found that he could be silent no longer. The result is this finely honed book.In A Time to Embrace Johnson present...

Crisis, Call, and Leadership in the Abrahamic Traditions

Over three years of study and fellowship, sixteen Muslim, Jewish, and Christian scholars sought to answer one question: “Do our three scriptures unite or divide us?” They offer their answers in this book: sixteen essays on how certain ways of reading scripture may draw us apart and other ways may dr...

Theology, History, and Culture: Major Unpublished Writings

This book brings together the best of the unpublished works of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the outstanding American religious thinkers of this century. The collection includes lectures, sermons, and essays, some of which Niebuhr delivered at major universities to general audiences, and others that he...

John Calvin, Reformer for the 21st Century

Many would argue that a true understanding of contemporary Christian thought is impossible without a basic understanding of Calvin's contributions. William Stacy Johnson, a leading Presbyterian theologian, offers this clear and fundamental study of Calvin's insights as a primer for those with little...

Reformed Reader: A Sourcebook in Christian Theology: Volume 1: Classical Beginnings, 1519-1799

This excellent resource presents short, meaningful selections from major Reformed theologians of Europe, the British Isles, and America during the classical period, 1519-1799. Arranged thematically according to major doctrines, it identifies significant theological points that illustrate both the di...

William Stacy

William Stacy (February 15, 1734 August 1802) was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio ...

Violent Men, Violent Couples: The Dynamics of Domestic Violence