S. Mark Heim

S. Mark Heim teaches at Andover Newton Theological School. His books include Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion.

Articles by S. Mark Heim

Books

Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?

Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World

By Brian D. McLaren

Fervent and open

Jan 04, 2013 by S. Mark Heim

John Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine" can also be seen as an antidiversity hymn. Brian McLaren imagines something different.

Books

A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches

By Robert E. Johnson

Baptists Through the Centuries: A History of a Global People

By David W. Bebbington

What makes a Baptist?

Nov 08, 2012 by S. Mark Heim

Scholars who devote themselves to interpreting Baptist tradition must contend with a community that is not sure it has one.

Books

Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today

Marit A. Trelstad, ed.

Sacrifice Unveiled

The True Meaning of Christian Sacrifice

by Robert J. Daly

The Nonviolent Atonement

by Denny J. Weaver

Saving Paradise

How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire

by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker

Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross

Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition

by Hans Boersma

Atonement

Essential books

Oct 04, 2011 selected by S. Mark Heim

An annotated list of top titles on atonement.

Books

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present

Michael B. Oren

Power, Faith, and Fantasy

Aug 21, 2007 reviewed by S. Mark Heim
Prior to the Allied campaign in North Africa, GIs were issued handbooks designed to prepare them for the strange new lands in which they would fight: “Don’t refer to the people as heathen, they are very religious.
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