Religious institutions and organizations

Doug Gay seeks to identify and evaluate what goes on in the emerging church and how it relates to other developments of the twentieth and twenty-first century church.

This text is a comprehensive introduction to mission and ministry in the contemporary Church which enables students to prepare for ministry in a changing church within a changing world.

Preaching remains a central feature of almost all Christian worship.

While in recent years much attention among theologians has been focused on the city and on what makes a good city, much of (church) life in Britain takes place in the context of rural communities.

This book explores what mission and discipleship meant for some of the earliest Christian communities.

As the AIDS crisis spread and gained momentum, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish clergy in the United States and the United Kingdom became involved in sometimes surprising ways.

While the defense of public image in political, corporate, and celebrity rhetoric has been widely studied, religious image repair has been largely ignored.

When an individual or couple is considering a difficult choice such as IVF treatment or third party assisted conception, the moral and ethical basis for their decisions may often be informed by their particular faith traditions.

In A Child Sees God, Howard Worsley explores how we can all learn from a child's perspective of the world and shows how a child's eye view of the Bible reveals many interesting ideas about ethics and morality, and provides new ways of understanding these ancient stories.

Geza Vermes, translator and editor of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls and worldwide expert on the life and times of Jesus, tells the enthralling story of early Christianity and the origins of a religion.

Collection of letters and texts offering guidance for nuns, and including selections from Abelard's letters to Heloise.

A study of women who left their nunneries: their motives and actions, and the consequences for them.

Looks at the politics of the Catholic Church during a turbulent period in central MozambiqueThis book is concerned with the internal diversity and complexity of the Roman Catholic Church.

Late antique Corinth was on the frontline of the radical political, economic and religious transformations that swept across the Mediterranean world from the second to sixth centuries CE.

The surge in divisive and far-right politics and growing Islamophobia in Britain pose new challenges for Muslim advocacy organisations.

A comprehensive account of the abbey of Evesham and its surroundings, demonstrating its full significance in the wider history of the time.

First full-scale survey and examination of liturgical practice and its fundamental changes over four centuries.

Introducing new reprints by Gerald Heard: The Creed of Christ The Code of Christ Training for the Life of the Spirit Prayers and Meditations"e;There was a period in my early thirties when these four small books by Gerald Heard served almost as my bible.

Introducing new reprints by Gerald Heard: The Creed of Christ The Code of Christ Training for the Life of the Spirit Prayers and Meditations"e;There was a period in my early thirties when these four small books by Gerald Heard served almost as my bible.

Insights from a renowned spiritual teacher's intense soul-searching after the dramatic collapse of his spiritual community*; Explores the rise and fall of the author's organization EnlightenNext, including his own responsibility for its failure, and the lessons he learned, such as the need to deal thoroughly with one's shadow for continued spiritual growth*; Presents wisdom from the author's discussions with spiritual leaders, including Ken Wilber, Diane Musho Hamilton Roshi, Steve McIntosh, Terry Patten, Doshin Roshi, Sally Kempton, Philip Goldberg, Jeffrey Kripal, and Patricia Albere*; Shares a new vision for the spirituality of tomorrowAfter his very public fall from grace in 2013, renowned spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen vanished from view and underwent a dark night of the soul.

*; Shares modern updated versions of the medieval prayers of the Holy Helpers, one prayer for each of the 14 saints and one prayer to call on all of them together *; Explains how, even though these 14 saints are connected to Catholic belief, they are universal in their powers of assistance and will come to the aid of anyone who calls on them *; Recommends a healing stone to enhance the effect of each prayer and explains how to use the prayers to create protective amulets for you and your home and write a letter of invocation for love and success The art of invocation--calling on spirits and higher forces for assistance--has been practiced in folk magic traditions for centuries, with roots going back to early pagan and shamanic times.

For the past two years Pope Francis has enchanted and bewildered the world in equal measure with his compassion and his contradictions.

Brazil is a rapidly emerging country.

For those who are called to it, pastoral ministry can be a source of deep joy.

Two parables that have become firmly lodged in popular consciousness and affection are the parable of the Good Samaritan and the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Globalization and urbanization are twin forces that are powerfully shaping economics, politics, and religion in the world today.

The Gospels portray Jesus as one who often sought solitude, whether for himself or in quietude before his Father.

This collection of essays continues a long and venerable debate in the history of the Christian church regarding the legacy of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.

There are a lot of books about leadership out there.

The notion and phrase of "e;entering the stream"e; has long been an image for merger and union.

Many books on the market are designed to help us through times of suffering.

Cairns have decorated the landscapes of cultures throughout time.

"e;Walter Brueggemann is the master of finding fresh and compelling dimensions of meaning in texts so familiar they barely scratch the surface of our consciousness.

This first volume of Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Matthean Parables contains a previously unpublished series by Edwards on Jesus' Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, as found in Matthew 25.

Dick Armstrong was thoroughly committed to his promising future as a major league baseball front-office executive until something happened that completely changed his life and steered him in a totally new direction.

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What does it mean to be church?

Here is a vivid, poetic, and evocative story of the painter Vincent van Gogh's struggle to become his true self.

Vincent Donovan is best known as the author of the influential bestseller, Christianity Rediscovered (1978).

The ongoing global financial crisis was not simply the fault of the financial sector.

A treasure.

The New York Times bestselling author and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute blends science and religion in this thoughtful guide that teaches modern believers how to use the leading wellness trend todayintermittent fastingas a means of spiritual awakening, adopting the traditions our Christians ancestors practiced for centuries into daily life.

This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's Lives of the Saints is the perfect concise, handy reference for scholars, students, and general readers.

"e;A timely template for reconciling the quest for spiritual fulfillment with our deeply flawed institutions and the people within them.

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This highly praised handbook on ministry is an essential resource for clergy and laity alike--clear, readable, theologically sound, and pastorally wise.

How to step into an inherited leadership role and guide your team through a polished transition process.

Christian musicians know of the obligation to make music as agents of Gods grace.

Charlie's Christmas Letter is a little document in the form of a letter to my grandson, which seeks to answer the questions that a bright teenager ought to be asking: Why were the shepherds in the fields in winter?