In The Games People Play, Robert Ellis constructs a theology around the global cultural phenomenon of modern sport, paying particular attention to its British and American manifestations.
Twelve time-honored Christian practices that will help us, and the world, to flourishPracticing Our Faith offers help to Christians who are asking how our faith can help us discern what we might do and who we might become.
Spiritually hungry readers who want to breakthrough to a deeper experience of prayer and want practical help for Lent need look no further than to Martin Smith's A Season for the Spirit.
Pastoral care has been traditionally understood as pastoral acts administered to individuals or small groups by an ordained or lay religious practitioner.
Covering the nonviolence traditions in all the major religions as well as the contributions of religious traditions to major nonviolent practices, this book addresses theories of nonviolence, considers each religion individually, and highlights what discrete religious perspectives have in common.
Innovative Discoveries for Ecumenical Ministries presents pertinent historical pastoral research considerations of the identity crisis in the priesthood requiring reconciliation of the hierarchical authority structures which have impaired authentic Christological pastoral leadership for decades.
Women have journeyed through many expressions of femininity, from total submission to men to an overt rejection of classical gender roles and stereotypes.
In a day and age where society and culture are veering further away from the teachings of God's word in homes globally, it is becoming more and more evident that there is a breakdown within the walls of family homes across this great land.
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life teaches the nature, importance, and obligation of a Christian's devotion, relating it to our employment, possessions, and education, and describing how it a?
Border crossing is a significant experience in the global era when many people cross borders, whether in cultural, geopolitical, relational, or existential terms.
From Altar-Throne to Table: The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church investigates what the celebrated scholar of liturgy Robert A.
To explain the power of prayer, Dale Salwak went to more than 30 distinguished spiritual leaders, thinkers, and writers and asked them to offer a few words of wisdom and advice.
It has been said that a major problem of our twenty-four-seven internet age is that people increasingly lack "e;purpose"e; and "e;meaning"e; in their lives.
This helpful volume gives all necessary directions about how to do the Office of Tenebrae in the parish according to the form set forth in The Book of Occasional Services.
Manche Tage sind dunkler als andere: wenn psychische Ausnahmesituationen, innere Zerrissenheit und tiefe Hoffnungslosigkeit uns überwältigen wollen und die Kraft für langes Bibellesen und Beten fehlt.
Everyday Thoughts is a devotional for thinking Christians, for those who seek to hear and know God in the present through contemplation on scripture and reality.
It is no surprise that Christians have long been involved in education - the quest for human flourishing and wholeness is at the heart of the gospel, and education is critical to that quest.
