{"product_id":"the-bible-and-baptism-the-fountain-of-salvation-9781540961785","title":"The Bible and Baptism: The Fountain of Salvation","description":"This addition to the Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments series provides readers with a deeper appreciation of God's gifts and call in the Sacraments through a renewed encounter with God's Word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Testament scholar Isaac Morales, OP, offers a biblical theology of the initiatory rite of baptism that will be interesting and informative to the church catholic. Morales provides a synthetic biblical account of the sacrament of baptism, rooted in the rich water symbolism of the Old Testament and finding its full flourishing in baptismal participation in the saving events of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection as described in the New Testament. This book provides lay teachers with background and depth on topics taught frequently in the parish, making it suitable for classroom use and parish ministry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe series editors are Timothy C. Gray and John Sehorn. Gray is president of the Augustine Institute, which has one million subscribers to its online content channel, Formed.org. Gray and Sehorn both teach at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, which prepares students for Christian mission through on-campus and distance-education programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaac Augustine Morales, OP\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Duke University), is associate professor of theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He previously taught at Marquette University and at Duke Divinity School. Morales is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit and the Restoration of Israel: New Exodus and New Creation Motifs in Galatians\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with David M. Moffitt) of \u003ci\u003eA Scribe Trained for the Kingdom of Heaven: Essays on Christology and Ethics in Honor of Richard B. Hays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baker Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452830355730,"sku":"9781540961785","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_65b774f0-a707-4567-9c15-19cc1edc2078.jpg?v=1729823508","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bible-and-baptism-the-fountain-of-salvation-9781540961785","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}