Religious institutions and organizations

Then God Said teaches us to open our eyes and behold the gifts of creation that unfold before us in all their splendor.

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.

Monastic Wales - new approaches is an interdisciplinary collection of essays written by some of the leading scholars working on aspects of medieval Welsh history.

A new survey of major Templar landholdings offers fresh insights into key questions about their medieval history.

Grace at Table advocates prayer at table as a way to solve everything.

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.

An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death.

This newly revised classic workbook features updated resources to help readers better understand the needs and growth of missions today.

Originally published in German in an edition edited by Dietrich Braun, Karl Barth's Ethics is at last available in English.

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti buried Renee Splichal Larson in concrete rubble, killing her husband and leaving her a widow at age 27.

Pastoral care has been traditionally understood as pastoral acts administered to individuals or small groups by an ordained or lay religious practitioner.

Carol Howard Merritt, a pastor in her mid-thirties, suggests a different way for churches to be able to approach young adults on their own terms.

Effective interim ministry depends on strong partnership between the interim minster and congregation.

Building on a string of Haberer family harrowing encounters, Swimming with the Sharks presents a framework for addressing the sharks among us: those on the other side of the divide in American church life.

In The End of Captivity?

John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was a man who sought to integrate life and holiness.

The Society of Jesus - the Jesuits - is the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church.

The all-age talk is a task guaranteed to give preachers sleepless nights!

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.

Gewalt entwickelt sich nie im luftleeren Raum, sondern es gilt, die Strukturen zu untersuchen, die ein bestimmtes Verhalten ermöglichen, verursachen, auslösen, begünstigen oder aber erschweren bzw.

A major problem in the local church today is lack of leadership.

Based on his work with young children at the Episcopal School of New York, teacher and storyteller Gordh offers a collection of stories from the Bible, arranged and told to create a meaningful childhood chapel for children ages 3-7 and their families.

In 1854, American Presbyterian missionaries arrived in Egypt as part of a larger Anglo-American Protestant movement aiming for worldwide evangelization.

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.

Chaplaincy is a rapidly growing ministry, but one that has been the centre of little theological discussion.

Women have journeyed through many expressions of femininity, from total submission to men to an overt rejection of classical gender roles and stereotypes.

Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture explores change and ministry at the intersection of technology, culture, and church.

"e;If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Whatever religion may have meant to the boy when he was younger, in the teenage years it takes the form of a personal journey or quest.

Training the next generation of leaders is crucial to spreading the gospel, yet most churches have no formal way of doing this.

These short readings, one for each day of the year, offer deep inspiration for readers who want to develop a more spiritually grounded lifestyle.

What if the people I know were to be transformed by an encounter with the cosmos?

One of the fastest growing religious movements in the Western world, neo-shamanism embraces notions and techniques borrowed from various tribal peoples and adapted to the life of contemporary urban dwellers.

Many preachers and teachers of preaching talk about the gospel; few name it.

We are living in a world desperately in need of hope.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the charismatic leader of the Chabad Hasidic movement and its designated Messiah.

This book explores the relationship between Christian faith and Jewish identity from the perspective of three Jewish believers in Jesus living in eastern and central Europe before World War 1: Rudolf Hermann (Chaim) Gurland, Christian Theophilus Lucky (Chaim Jedidjah Pollak), and Isaac (Ignatz) Lichtenstein.

This book is a compilation of real-life experiences by women actively involved in reaching Muslim women for Christ.

Sometime around the age of fifty--or as early as forty and as late as sixty--most of us come to terms with our age.

Subversive Spirituality links the practice and study of Christian spirituality with Christian mission.