Joy Renewed
A Biblical Prescription for Rediscovering Joy in Late Modernity
by Benjamin Fischer and Cedric Kanana
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
Benjamin Fischer has a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and is a missionary priest of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. He serves as rector of Christ the Redeemer (ACNA) in Nampa, Idaho, and associate professor of literature at Northwest Nazarene University. He is the translator and editor of Being a Pastor: Pastoral Treatises of John Wycliffe (2021) and co-author of Dying in Islam, Rising in Christ (2018).
Cedric Kanana has an MA from Uganda Christian University and is a pastor of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, Kigali Diocese, where he leads the parish of Kanyinya and serves as a chaplain in Kigali Central Prison. He is an internationally recognized evangelist and is a regular guest on national television and radio programs. He is the author of Dying in Islam, Rising in Christ (2018).
“Joy is not a common descriptor for human lives. But this loss is not irreversible. In Joy Renewed, Benjamin Fischer and Cedric Kanana reveal the individual steps that comprise the journey to joy. I commend this book to everyone seeking to recover their joy.”
—Todd Hunter, Anglican Bishop, author of Deep Peace: Finding Calm in a World of Conflict and Anxiety
“The approach in this book is soundly biblical, and it is also laced with practical examples, often from the personal experiences of the authors. They carefully analyze what lies behind contemporary attitudes in society, such as individualism, which act as hindrances to experiencing joy. The result is a profoundly enriching and interesting book on means to joy prescribed in the Bible which have been tried, tested, and found to be true, and have served God’s people for millennia.”
—Ajith Fernando, author of The Call to Joy and Pain