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•           ...And Marries Another: Divorce & Remarriage in the Teaching of the New Testament.  Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1991; now Baker Academic. 

·       256 pages; 27-page bibliography of sources cited; 16-page index of primary ancient sources. 

·       Now in its fifth printing (25,380 in print); translations include Arabic.

And Marries Another       http://www.bakeracademic.com/Book.asp?isbn=978-0-8010-4674-2

 

 

 

•           Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity be Afrocentric?  Coauthored with Glenn Usry, an urban pastor.  Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1996.

·       249 pages; bibliography includes over 800 sources cited.

·       14,000 + copies sold.

·       A heavily documented apologetic responding to Nation of Islam's charge that Christianity is only a white religion.[ii]

Black Man’s Religion       http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=1983

 

•           Defending Black Faith.  Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997.

·       A response to specific non-Christian objections to African-American Christianity, coauthored with Glenn Usry.[i] 

·       About 1200 sources cited; about 1600 primary citations from ancient sources).

Defending Black Faith      http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=1995

 

•           Gift and the Giver: The Holy Spirit’s Work Today (Baker, 2001). 

·       A substantial revision and expansion of 3 Crucial Questions about the Holy Spirit. An attempt to bring together in a conciliatory manner the best insights of various positions.[iv]

·       Currently being translated into French (based on an original rough translation by my wife).

Gift & Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today       http://www.bakeracademic.com/Book.asp?isbn=978-0-8010-2266-1

 

•           Three Crucial Questions about the Holy Spirit.  Baker, 1996.  204 pages.

(See above on Gift and Giver.)

Translated into Chinese.

 

Writing projects between books and articles:

•           Reconciliation for Africa. 

  • A short work on ethnic reconciliation directed toward Africa
  • Co-written with my wife Médine Moussounga Keener (who has also translated the work into French)
  • Published by Oasis and Africa Christian Textbooks in Nigeria. 
  • Released in late 2007; being used in some conflict areas now.

 

•           The Bible Study booklet for the Baptist World Alliance Centenary Congress (July 27-31, 2005).  43 pages.  Dallas, TX: BaptistWay Press, 2005,  (An estimated 13,000 printed)

 

•           Understanding and Applying the Scriptures.  Coauthored with Danny McCain.  Bukuru, Plateau State, Nigeria: Africa Christian Textbooks, 2003.  421 pages.

·       I contributed sections on context, background, and genres, which Danny McCain adapted and worked alongside his own contributions.   Dr. McCain is a professor at the University of Jos and traveling lecturer to thousands of Christian religious education teachers and pastors annually. 

·       This book will be used exclusively in West Africa.  My own material has been revised and upgraded for wider use (see Bible Interpretation Manual).

 

•           Bible Interpretation Manual.  73,350 words (125 pages in single-spaced, 12-point New York font).[iii]

 

[i]Endorsements include Jacqueline McCullough, Frank Reid, Cheryl Sanders, Wyatt Tee Walker, and Jeremiah Wright.

[ii]This work provides historical evidence against the charge that Christianity is a solely “white religion.”  Endorsements include Charles Copher (ITC), Jawanza Kunjufu (a highly respected writer in Afrocentric circles), William Pannell (Fuller), Bishop Marshall Strickland (AME Zion church), Dean Trulear, and Jeremiah Wright (Trinity UCC, Chicago).

[iii]I make this available at no cost to students and on the Internet because, given the proliferation of hermeneutics manuals at various levels, I cannot see cluttering the market with another one and charging anyone for it.  It has also been translated into French (the first draft was completed by my wife) for use in Africa.

[iv]Endorsements by noncharismatics (J. I. Packer and Craig Blomberg), charismatics in mainline denominations (Ben Witherington), charismatics (Todd Hunter, former U.S. director of Vineyard), and Pentecostals (Vinson Synan).