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A Balanced Governance Approach
Thomas Alsbury, Professor of Educational Leadership (co-editor)
Harvard Education Press, 2015
How can school boards contribute positively to student learning? This book explores policies and actions that school boards can take to make a difference, including practical examples for how to better govern schools.
A Guide for the Perplexed
Daniel Castelo, Professor of Dogmatic and Constructive Theology
Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015
The doctrine of the Holy Spirit, also known as pneumatology, is rich with significance, yet often overlooked. In this guide, Castelo introduces readers to several of the major theological questions at stake within the field of Christian pneumatology.
Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God
Lauren Winner, MFA Faculty
HarperOne, 2015
Winner, who teaches in SPUβs MFA in Creative Writing, explores some of the lesser-known ways the Bible invites us to imagine God. βWhat images and metaphors,β she asks, βdoes the Bible give us for who God is, and what ways of being with God might those pictures invite?β