Religious life and practice

Incompatible with God's Design is the first comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic women's ordination movement in the United States.

As a Mom, couldn't you use a good laugh?

Before Theological Study will orient students to the aptitudes, knowledge, spirituality, imagination, and dispositions that are appropriate to thoughtful, engaged, and generous theological study.

Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid?

Although spiritual growth occurs within an individual, Ware explains that it is the calling of the congregation to be a community of support and encouragement.

People yearn for a sense of belonging.

Despite the presence of many beautiful Advent songs in many of our hymnals, most of us would prefer to skip right to singing our favorite Christmas carols.

We are all searching for significance to ourselves, to others, to our community and to our world.

The plans for this book began several years ago as I personally sought quality resources for my work with grieving families.

Die Personen, denen wir in der Bibel begegnen, können uns noch heute inspirieren, wenn wir uns auf ihre Lebensgeschichten einlassen.

Where are you in the motherhood journey?

Almost everyone is directly affected by questions involving sex and sexual ethics - yet few are aware of the background to current views on topics such as sex before and after marriage, sex as procreation and fulfilment, homosexuality, sexual abuse, rape and contraception.

Every day, Americans rub shoulders with the cultures of the world--on the sidewalks of their cities and, increasingly, in small towns and rural areas.

Carrying songsand Jesusin your heart the whole Christmas season.

Out-of-control anger can destroy relationships, reputations, careers--even your health.

';Mandy will never let deafness silence her, and she has aptly proven that deaf people can do anything.

Yes, pastor, you can (and should) change your mind!

Where does God meet us in this life?

It seems that the only time we're not hurrying is when we're rushing.

Do you long to know your unique purpose?

These forty stirring devotions will guide and inspire readers as they move thematically through the weeks of Lent and Easter, encountering themes of prayerful reflection, self-denial, temptation, suffering, and the meaning of the cross.

Does Jesus care how I arrange the desks in my classroom?

Co-founder of the Outcry Worship Tour, Ryan Romeo, empowers you to live well in the present as you dream well about the future in this practical guide to doing the impossible.

New York Times bestsellers Cokie Roberts and Steven V.

Can the Bible help me with my food struggles?

*; Presents interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, exploring how the relationship developed and the opportunities and challenges *; Discusses the author's own spirit marriage, including her awakening as an erotic mystic and her encounters with her Faery beloved *; Explains how to cultivate a spirit marriage, sharing precautions and practices to spiritually prepare yourself and navigate the potential challenges of spirit marriage Exploring the phenomenon of the spirit spouse or spirit lover--an entity to which a human is psychically bonded--Megan Rose, Ph.

Everyone loves to receive a gift.

Grand Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Book AwardsThoughtful observers agree that the planetary crisis we now face-climate change; species extinction; the destruction of entire ecosystems; the urgent need for a more just economic-political order-is pushing human civilization to a radical turning point: change or perish.

Examining the analytic tools of scholars in religious studies, as well as in related disciplines that have shaped the field, this updated textbook includes cultural approaches from anthropology, history, literature, and critical studies in race, sexuality, and gender.

Faith formation resource for children on human sexuality.

A theory of religious freedom for the modern era that uses natural law from ancient Greek, Jewish, Christian and Islamic sources.

Churches today face unique challenges as they seek to help young people engage with the Christian faith and youth workers, whether employed or volunteer, play a key role in supporting this process.

This authoritative collection brings together the latest thinking on women's leadership in early Christianity.

In Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times author Katie Savage beckons you to join her as she embraces the mystery of faith and gently eases into the sometimes turbulent waters of contemplative exploration.

Discover the spiritually incisive strategies for peacefully resolving conflictin this masterpiece of military strategy.

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James Hamilton-Paterson spends a third of each year on an otherwise uninhabited Philippine island, spear-fishing for survival.

The essays in this volume offer a groundbreaking comparative analysis of religious education, and state policies towards religious education in seven different countries and in the European Union as a whole.

What do we need to learn and receive from the other to help us address challenges or wounds in our own tradition?

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives.

Mit diesem Andachtsbuch des promovierten Theologen Jörg Kalius begeben Sie sich auf eine 40-tägige Reise in die Gedankenwelt des großen Reformators Martin Luther: Ausgewählte Texte aus Luthers Werken - die Ablassthesen, die Tischreden, "Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen", Invokavit-Predigten und viele mehr - lassen ihn selbst zu Wort kommen.