Biography: religious and spiritual

Awake, Awake uncovers the subversive, rebellious, and powerful voice of the women of the Jewish tradition.

This is a superbly entertaining overview of the Church of England over the last fifty years.

Gordon Jensen's careful analysis of the 1534 Luther Bible uncovers the central truth of Martin Luther's prodigious translation efforts: Luther's commitment to producing this physical object was founded in his desire that receiving the Gospel might become a lived experience.

Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical TheologyVisser 't Hooft is, perhaps, the most distinguished figure in the modern ecumenical movement, emerging in the postwar decades as a pivotal figure.

Discover the real Ezra in this in-depth study of the Biblical figure that separates historical facts from cultural legends.

Much of the scholarship on the book of Kings has focused on questions of the historicity of the events described.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees shares an inspiring account of her spiritual journey to discovering the love of God.

Today's professionals need reliable models to teach them how to become better leaders.

A veteran Baptist pastor and ministry professor offers a distinctive free church vision for pastoral leadership, attending to voices from the past four centuries as they speak about the practice of ministry.

Based on extensive clinical research, this book sheds new light onto how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used with older adults as an effective complementary intervention, identifying specific ways in which MBSR programmes can be adapted and fine-tuned to meet the needs of this group.

Samuel and His God explores the relationship among a prophet, his deity, and their people in 1 Samuel.

The Wesleys and the Anglican Mission to Georgia, 1735-1738 considers the fascinating early history of a small group of men commissioned by trustees in England to spread Protestantism both to new settlers and indigenous people living in Georgia.

A powerful story of one man's radical commitment to peacemaking.

In this revised second edition of Stories Jesus Still Tells, John Claypool brings fresh insight to a selection of parables, allowing us to hear Jesus' calm, persuasive voice still speaking to us through stories like the great banquet, the rich fool, and the final judgment.

Ibn Babawayh also known as al-Shaykh al-Saduq was a prominent Twelver Shi'i scholar of hadith.

The words of The Book of Common Prayer have worked their way deeply into the hearts and minds of English-speaking people, second only to the English Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

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Melody Maxwell's The Woman I Am analyzes the traditional, progressive, and potential roles female Southern Baptist writers and editors portrayed for Southern Baptist women from 1906 to 2006, particularly in the area of missions.

Therese of Lisieux was dubbed The Little Flower.

Imagine raising six spirited kids on a grass farmtoday.

Charles Marsh responds to criticisms of his book Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by exploring the largely unexamined relationship between theology and biography.

The Record of Transmitting the Light traces the inheritance of the Buddhas enlightenment through successive Buddhist masters.

Few twentieth-century theologians have had a bigger impact on theology than Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who lived his faith and died at the hands of the Nazis.

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Discover the fascinating lives of the iconic figures that have shaped Scotland from the early nineteenth century to the present day.

A handsome Italian film producer and a beautiful Mexican dancer.

The Book of Judges narrates one of the most chaotic and morally dark eras of Israel's story.

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Wilhelm Loehe is one of the most significant nineteenth-century figures for North American church life and mission, whose influence continues into the present.

The definitive guide to the practice of rites of initiation in the church, revised and updated to reflect the changes of the 2022 Book of Occasional Services.

U2 is widely hailed as the greatest rock and roll band in the world, and lead singer Bono is often seen in the media touting humanitarian goals.

Judas Iscariot has been demonized as the quintessential traitor, the disciple who betrayed his master for the infamous thirty pieces of silver.

With more than four decades of firsthand experience reporting from Vatican City, David Willey explores the religious and personal background of Pope Francis and his ability to fulfill the promises of reform made during the first two years of his papacy.

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An international team of authors explores the impact of the Oxford Movement on the Church and religious life beyond England.

This volume documents the ninth theological conference of the Church of England and the Evangelical Church in Germany held in London in January 2016 as part of their Meissen process.

Newly revised commemorations for saints and occasions throughout the church year, updated as a result of changes from General Convention 2024.

There have been two great loves in Matt Rowland Hills life so far: Jesus and heroin.

Memory and Covenant applies new insights into the meaning and function of social memory to analyze the two major “religions” of the Pentateuch (D and P) and their relationship to one another.

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This is now the third edition of the Pastoral Handbook for Anglicans, following on from the two earlier editions prepared and published in 1988 and in 2001 respectively.

An intimate look at movie star Steve McQueen's reckless life of fast cars, women, and drugs all the way up to his dramatic life-change and terminal cancer diagnosis.

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and "e;zen"e; is now part of the global cultural lexicon.