Religious institutions and organizations

What makes a healthy church?

Is it time for your church to go multisite?

The development of meaningful relationships, where every member carries a significant sense of belonging, is central to what it means to be the church.

*Note: Lead Like It Matters is a completely revised and updated version of the book previously published as It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It.

What are the spiritual dynamics of leadership?

No mistake was made in heaven when God gave you the gift of leadership or teaching.

What a beautiful, genuine, moving book.

Disciples of Christ in America must live out and express their faith in practical, meaningful ways in the "e;real world"e; including the political process.

A new study by Msgr.

One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life lived outside its confines.

';By design, this volume comes as a direct hitErwin Lutzer aims right at the center of our cultural crisis.

From one of the world’s leading philosophers, this is a powerful defense of religion’s role within the modern university What is religion’s place within the academy today?

Ministry is complicated, and every leadership challenge is unique.

The synagogue was one of the most central and revolutionary institutions of ancient Judaism, leaving an indelible mark on Christianity and Islam as well.

Journey into the evocative world of Thomas Hardy, a literary genius who masterfully captures the beauty, struggles, and complexities of life.

Christian Ethics has been far too concerned with ethical decision-making.

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A CIRCLE 31 BOOK CLUB SELECTION FOR AUGUST 2025-CIRCLE 31, A BOOK CLUB BY PROVERBS 31 MINISTRIESExperience the riveting true stories of five men and women who changed the world by following Christ in their careers-and discover practical applications for how you can, too.

The dissolution of the Lombard political unity in southern Italy and the Muslim military activities in that area rendered the ninth century a crucial, yet troubled period for the history of this part of the Italian peninsula.

This book provides a new approach to understanding the histories of refugee resettlement and their relevance for contemporary emergencies.

First published in 1958, in Christian Science Today the author's aim is to see what has happened in Christian Science since Mrs.

Miraculous Journeys of Faithand FailureWhat if God was bigger than your box and had a unique role for you in his missioneven though you aren't perfect?

Arming Yourself with God's Truth in a World Full of Lies Not a day goes by without falsehoods of one kind or another besieging us.

With Frassati's famous motto Verso l'alto (To the Heights), this book challenges you to rise to the occasion and live your Catholic faith with courageous action.

Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders with this innovative, and boldly graphic biography-led book.

'Idleness is the enemy of the soul'Saint Benedict's advice to monks - on everything from correct posture to the value of silence - has offered spiritual guidance to many for fifteen centuries.

Learn about the primal beliefs to the world's great faiths in The Religions Book.

Colonial missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, arrived in India with the grandiose vision of converting the pagans because, like St.

After Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Parley P.

Until his death in 1877, Brigham Young guided the religious, economic, and political life of the Mormon community, whose settlements spread throughout the West and provoked a profound political, legal, and even military confrontation with the American nation.

Mormon founder Joseph Smith is one of the most controversial figures of nineteenth-century American history, and a virtually inexhaustible subject for analysis.

The explosive growth of the immigrant population since the 1960s has raised concerns about its impact on public life, but only recently have scholars begun to ask how religion affects the immigrant experience in our society.

Recent years have seen unprecedented attention to faith-based institutions as agents of social change, spurred in part by cuts in public funding for social services and accompanied by controversy about the separation of church and state.

Until his death in 1877, Brigham Young guided the religious, economic, and political life of the Mormon community, whose settlements spread throughout the West and provoked a profound political, legal, and even military confrontation with the American nation.

This life story of Milarepa--the important Tibetan religious leader who lived over 800 years ago--is part of a remarkable four-volume series on Tibetan Buddhism produced by the late W.

A collection of extraordinary oral histories of American nuns, Habits of Change captures the experiences of women whose lives over the past fifty years have been marked by dramatic transformation.

The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious continent.

A collection of extraordinary oral histories of American nuns, Habits of Change captures the experiences of women whose lives over the past fifty years have been marked by dramatic transformation.

Winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in ReligionGlobal health efforts today are usually shaped by two very different ideological approaches: a human rights-based approach to health and equity-often associated with public health, medicine, or economic development activities; or a religious or humanitarian "e;aid"e; approach motivated by personal beliefs about charity, philanthropy, missional dynamics, and humanitarian "e;mercy.

John Owen was a leading theologian in seventeenth-century England.

This life story of Milarepa--the important Tibetan religious leader who lived over 800 years ago--is part of a remarkable four-volume series on Tibetan Buddhism produced by the late W.

The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious continent.

Mormon founder Joseph Smith is one of the most controversial figures of nineteenth-century American history, and a virtually inexhaustible subject for analysis.

After Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Parley P.

Throughout the past millennium, certain Tibetan Buddhist yogins have taken on profoundly norm-overturning modes of dress and behavior, including draping themselves in human remains, consuming filth, provoking others to violence, and even performing sacrilege.

Kabir was a great iconoclastic-mystic poet of fifteenth-century North India; his poems were composed orally, written down by others in manuscripts and books, and transmitted through song.

At the origins of the major religious traditions one typically finds a seminal figure.

At the origins of the major religious traditions one typically finds a seminal figure.