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In January of 1956, five young evangelical missionaries were speared to death by a band of the Waorani people in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

This book situates Nee's view within the rich heritage of the Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox spiritual traditions, and thus renders Nee's thought more intelligible to Christians of both evangelical and more liberal persuasions.

This invaluable liturgical resource presents 150 Eucharistic prefaces, one for each Sunday and major Holy Day plus special occasions.

Various social, political, economic and cultural commentators are presently arguing that human history is reaching a decisive stage in its development, a stage marked by increased interconnection between peoples, the compression of space and time, a sharing of ideas at unprecedented levels, global trade and finance, and so on.

For more than 200 years, millions of Methodists have shared God's love with the world.

Youth evangelization is one of the most challenging tasks of the church today, and this book faces that challenge head-on.

Few cultural issues alarm conservative Protestant families and communities like the seemingly ubiquitous threat of pornography.

The Bible presents a landscape rich with characters whose stories and prophecies, wisdom and woes, parables and prayers describe our very human struggle to know and respond to the love of God.

Anyone in the Christian church today who is paying attention knows that Roman Catholics are on the march to win converts.

A spiritual guidebook and memoir for navigating life's challenges, with a call to trust in God's grace and say ';yes.

As an African American who was a senior pastor in both white and black churches between 1966 and 1974, Edward Wimberly encountered shame as the feeling of being unloved and being unlovable primarily when his parishioners and counselees experienced a loss of a loved one.

What becomes of theology when we think of it aesthetically?

Jesuits and Race examines the role that the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and explores the impact the Order had on the lives and societies of non-European peoples throughout history.

Originally published in 1992, The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot examines beliefs, practices, and activities described as mystical, psychical, magical, spiritual, metaphysical, theophysical, esoteric, occult, and/or pagan, among other possible labels, by their American disciplines.

Holy Is a Four-Letter Word responds to the need for an accessible and simple articulation of the holy life, and what it means for the collective church as well as for individual believers.

The Honey of Souls is the first full-length study of the Explanation of the Psalms by Cassiodorus.

Throughout the church's long history, Christians have sought out wise mentors to guide them on the journey toward God.

This book reflects a multi disciplinary, integrative approach to the theology and practice of relational intimacy.

Catholicism was all over movie screens in 2004.

The Christian church was born in the Middle East and grew there for centuries.

John Erskine was the leading evangelical in the Church of Scotland in the latter half of the eighteenth century.

This groundbreaking book is a history of the Black Baptist experience in Canada.

Women today are expected to multitask--to serve, lead, influence, manage their busy schedules, nurture their families, and at the same time harness their emotions.

In an era of religious mass production, so many church models invest their energies toward gathering a crowd, singing songs, and preaching good sermons.

Originally published in 1992, Margery Kempe looks at one of the most appealing mystics and pilgrims of 15th-century England.

The existence of the historical Jesus cannot be doubted.

The truth about parenting is that you dont have to get everything right and your family doesnt need to be perfect.

Gregory the Great, whose reign spanned the years between 590 and 604 A.

You can't keep the faith unless you give it away.

The story of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has sent shock waves around the nation and will not fade from consciousness or the news.

The Disciples at Table!

Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was a poet, lawyer, activist, and priest, as well as a significant figure in the civil rights and women's movements.

How do Ghanaian Pentecostals resolve the contradictions of their own faith while remaining faithful to their religious identity?

In shaping the modern academy and in setting the agenda of modern Christian theology, few institutions have been as influential as the German universities of the nineteenth century.

Despite the current impressive numerical growth of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in Africa, there remain some concerns about the extent to which the church is making the desired impact in the public space.

Incorporating perspectives from religious studies, humor studies, cultural and film studies, and theology, as well as original data from textual analysis and the voices of religious comedians, this book critically analyses the experiences of believers who appreciate that their faith is not necessarily a barrier to their laughter.