Spirituality and religious experience

For a denomination like Roman Catholicism that is canonically difficult to leave, many American Catholics are migrating beyond the institution's immediate influence.

Retrievals is a collection of poems that explore personal experiences, such as the set of poems drawn from Catholic school, but also create personas from an assortment of characters, some tragic, some comic, as well as poems offering short observations of the absurd.

A pilgrim spirituality for Holy Land travel, Jerusalem Bound resources the Christian traveler with biblical, historical, and contemporary images of the pilgrim life.

Whatever life gives you and wherever life takes you, there is always a story.

This collection of essays on policing and the use of force, while written over the course of the last twenty-five years, remains relevant and timely.

This collection of poems is a series categorized within each word of the title: Descent, Ascent, Transfiguration.

Beginning with a conversation prompted by African American scholars like Dr.

There are few situations in the life of a church that are more disruptive or destructive than the presence of sin in the life of its membership, especially the leadership.

The poetry and prose reflections in this book cover a wide range of themes, discovering the presence of God in deeply challenging as well as joyful experiences.

Authenticity is a collection of poems that presents a countercultural perspective of an authentic life.

What would it look like if an Avenger turned up to help in youth work?

As I reflected on working in a Teen Challenge Youth Emergency Accommodation Shelter, I began to realize that in serving others, I too had been greatly served.

The quick facts are these: Alzheimer's Disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and is the only cause of death in the top ten in America that cannot be prevented, slowed, or cured.

Within the bewildering paradox of suffering and beauty, we often miss the Invisible One.

We humans are capable of great relationships.

Journey in real time with Steve, a burned-out Protestant minister, as he babysits his daughter's classmate Adi.

Silence is essential for the health and well-being of humans and the environment in which they live.

These poems--selected from the past three decades--are firmly rooted in what Richard Wilbur called the "e;hunks and colors of the world.

Among the numerous sets of conferences that Thomas Merton presented to young prospective monks during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani is a wide-ranging introduction to biblical studies, made available for the first time in the present volume.

Christianity is turning brown and moving south.

Polarization occurring in the United States today is not only a social concern, it's also a spiritual condition of the heart.

The United States is one of history's great Christian nations, but our unique history, success, and global impact have seduced us into believing we are something more--God's New Israel, the new order of the ages, the last best hope of mankind, a redeemer nation.

Can you imagine this?

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This book analyzes the theological method of liberation theologian Enrique Dussel and, by comparing it with the meta-method of Bernard Lonergan, establishes a paradigm for international theological dialogue.

That the man who has been called "e;the greatest British theologian of all time"e; should have no adequately researched biography of his life and times would be incredible if it were not a fact.

In this explosive book are powerful and authentic stories of betrayal.

Sin Boldly--a manual for fallen angels--is a guide to spiritual issues facing the secular world.

The gospel tells us to look into other people's eyes as we search for an image of God to help us work for healing justice amid the rubble and the memories that litter our lives, to rebuild a human world on the debris of broken dreams, and to commit ourselves--as God does--to restoring communities, so that there will be no more estrangement, no more strangers, and no more aliens.

First published as Word Biblical Themes: 1 Peter (Word Publishing, 1989), this volume explores Peter's effort to build a sense of identity and responsibility among the Christians to whom he wrote, scattered through several Roman provinces in Asia Minor.

Latinas/os are the fastest growing "e;minoritized"e; ethnic group in the United States and Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States.

This book enables worship leaders to skillfully guide spiritual novices, skeptics, and Christian veterans to the grace embedded in the timeless liturgy.

Psalms 120-34--the "e;Psalms of Ascent"e;--are a hymnal within a larger hymnal.

A Faithful Guide to Philosophy is the only British Christian introduction to philosophy, a book that will be used as a course textbook and by church study groups and individual readers alike.

If you've ever wondered about the mystical writers, but found their writing inaccessible, then Why the Mystics Matter Now is for you.

"e;As Matt Hyam chronicles the transformation of his faith community, his personal honesty about bewildering questions is a fresh reprieve from those who would spin their journey as an act of pastoral genius.

This is one of the few books available that focuses on understanding and treating addiction from a holistic and spiritual perspective.

Alcohol, tobacco, sugar, pot, and hard drugs are power tools the addict uses unsuccessfully to reach for a life task or vision.

David Malick applies the hermeneutics of narrative analysis to select passages involving women in the Gospels of Mark, Luke, John, and in the Book of Acts.

I was in the shower when I realized I needed to write this book--for me.

Do Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, and Muslims tend to experience pain in fundamentally different ways?

The Emperor Julian, frequently known as "e;the Apostate, became emperor upon the death of Constantius in 361.

This study by the great Belgian historian Franz Cumont describes one aspect of the cultural meeting of east and west in the early Roman empire.

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"e;The difference between FEELING yourself in action, here and now, and visualizing yourself in action, as though you were on a motion-picture screen, is the difference between success and failure.

Your choice: Fear or faith.

Engaging, practical, and infused with clinical wisdom, this widely used text and practitioner guide helps therapists working with families to hit the ground running.