Religious life and practice

In this newly revised edition of Sexuality and Holy Longing, author Lisa Graham McMinn beautifully describes how people are created by God for relationship, and our sexuality guarantees that we will long for and be drawn toward others.

Where there is no vision, the people perish .

Interweaving his own story with moving vignettes and gritty experiences in hidden places, a jail chaplain and minister to Mexican gang and migrant worker communities chronicles his spiritual journey to the margins of society and reveals a subversive God whos on the loose beyond the walls of the church, pursuing those who are unwanted by the world.

In They Don't Come with Instructions, Hollie M.

This volume presents a detailed ethnographic study of rural Paraiyar communities in South India, focusing on their religions and cultural identity.

Educational Foundations of the Jesuits in Sixteenth-Century New Spain is the first volume in a series exploring the Jesuits pivotal role in shaping education in Spanish North America.

Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics.

The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural.

This volume presents a detailed ethnographic study of rural Paraiyar communities in South India, focusing on their religions and cultural identity.

Activities for celebrating secular and sacred seasons of the year For use in churches, schools, camps, at home Many of our experiences in life happen when several generations are together at church, at home, in our communities.

'Healing for the City' is a book for counseling urban dwellers in need, whether they be inside or outside the church.

University is a major way that our society prepares professionals and leaders in education, health, government, business, arts, church--all components of our communal lives.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Christians details the processes through which LGBT Christians resolve the fraught tensions between their religious, sexual and gendered identities, and examines the associated changes to their religious practice in the pursuit of authenticity.

This authoritative account of the first Native American woman to be declared a saint by the Church is sure to inspire you.

True shalom for an anxiety-ridden world.

The problem this project addresses is the sense of marginalization experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) and same-sex attracted (SSA) Christian college and university students.

The post-millennial vision of nineteenth century America led to greater educational opportunities for women, but these were focused on women's domestic efficacy in developing "e;messianic mothers"e; to help create the kingdom of God on earth.

Peter Ball looks at some of the leading figures from the past to illustrate the roots and development of Anglican spiritual direction: George Herbert, Lancelot Andrewes, John Wesley, Somerset Ward, and Evelyn Underhill.

Intimacy, vulnerability, precarity, resiliency, and loss are ingredients of any life, though they take on particular shape and tone when we listen to the experiences of boys and men.

Should women be priests?

Who are America's creationists?

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the black church and in black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define black girlhood and womanhood.

Reading through the book of Psalms is like going through one of God's jewelry drawers.

Across the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame.

In 40 Days, 40 Prayers, 40 Words, Reyes-Chow encourages readers to pause in the bustle of their daily lives to reflect, engage, and share during the Lenten season.

In churches today, those on the autism spectrum are often at best overlooked by neurotypical church members or at worst infantilized.

For decades, the most popular column in Guideposts magazine has been "Mysterious Ways," a feature filled with true stories of extraordinary moments and everyday miracles that reveal a spiritual force at work in our lives.

In 1975, Arthur F.

It is said that the famous ninth century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, "e;If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.

As science and politics engage in a never-ending battle over the environment, A Life of Grace for the Whole World re-claims the theology of salvation and redemption for all creation.

The assault on traditional marriage that began in the late 1990s seemingly ended with the 2015 Obergefell v.

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

Drawing on comparative literature, ritual and performance studies, and the history of asceticism, Derek Krueger explores how early Christian writers came to view writing as salvific, as worship through the production of art.

Caring for People God's Way presents Christian counseling in a systematic, step-by-step manner that outlines the process as practically as possible.

The most essential insight that Buddhism offers is that all our individual suffering arises from three and only three sources, known in Buddhism as the three poisons: greed, ill-will, and delusion.

Depression and related illnesses threaten to wreck the lives of many teens and their families.

An indispensable resource for exploring food and faith, this two-volume set offers information on food-related religious beliefs, customs, and practices from around the world.

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

At Eastertime, the most important holiday in the Christian world, religious processions in many Latin American countries pass over ornate street "e;carpets"e; fashioned from colored sawdust, flowers and fruit.

Concisely critiquing the internal contradictions and practical limitations of the social contract theory espoused by John Locke and John Rawls, Timothy Beach-Verhey presents a covenantal theory for political life based on H.