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Why is the Golden Rule so central in almost every culture and religion?

Following Jesus to Burning Man: Recovering the Church's Vocation places the author, a Pentecostal/evangelical minister, in a thoroughly pagan context in the Nevada desert where he discovered the presence of God in a way that transformed his understanding of ministry in the twenty-first century context.

Our nation is politically, ideologically, and socially polarized to the point of breaking; confusion dominates every layer of our culture.

In February 1967, a group of Catholic faculty members and students attending a spiritual retreat at Duquesne University experienced what they called a "e;baptism in the spirit.

Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person.

Since 451 A.

Synergistic Collaborations is a valuable resource for Christian ministers and social workers seeking to extend outreach ministries and new ways to collaborate with community organizations as they serve hurting people.

Creative tension calls for a dialogical conversation in order to find mutual ground that can be beneficial for both partners.

Get to the End is written about the end times, i.

This detailed biography gives a portrait of the life of Daniel Alexander Payne, a free person of color in nineteenth century Charleston, South Carolina.

In this book, Christopher D.

This book has two objectives, one explicit and one implicit.

"e;May it be done to me according to your will.

What does the Bible say about poverty and our responsibility toward the poor?

Henry VIII and the Anabaptists describes a bloody chapter in the reign of the infamous Tudor king.

Do humans have a special capacity designed to foster experiences of God?

Seeking Freedom and Justice for Hungary is the story of the vigorous Catholic worker movement developed in Hungary after the devastations of World War I, unique in the history of twentieth-century Europe.

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

Sisterly Love: Women of Note in Pennsylvania History is a collection of biographical sketches of women who have made or are making significant contributions to Pennsylvania history.

Writing Teresa: The Saint from Avila at the fin-de-siglo examines the Teresa de Jesus "e;boom"e; of roughly 1880-1930 and offers an in-depth study of five major Spanish participants in the turn-of-the-twentieth-century explosion of literary treatments of St.

Using a variant of structuration theory, what Paul C.

This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith.

This book focuses on the Biafran humanitarian crisis of 1967-1970 which generated a surge of human rights anxieties and attracted the attention of world humanitarian organizations.

Modern Science, Ancient Faith brings together the proceedings of the annual Portsmouth Institute conference.

This is an introduction to the New Testament portrayals of Jesus of Nazareth.

One of the most pertinent questions facing students of Mormon Studies is gaining further understanding of the function the Bible played in the composition of Joseph Smith's primary compositions, the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants.

Courageous Conversations is designed to assist with the complexities of pastoral supervision in a variety of settings, such as local congregations, seminary programs of field education, clinical pastoral education, clinical training of spiritual directors and certified pastoral counselors, and more.

Frog Towndescribes in detail a French Canadian parish that was unique due to the high density of both Acadian and Quebecois settlers that were situated in a Yankee stronghold of Puritan stock.

In 2008, the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life initiated an Apostolic Visitation to examine the quality of life of women religious in the United States.

Some scholars believe that Jesus' punitive instructions about possessions and material goods amount to little more than antiquated sayings.

This two-volume Journey of a Rabbi consists of essays describing ventures undertaken, events experienced, and ideas articulated that reflect the life work of a rabbi and Jewish educator.

In Rediscovering Japan, Reintroducing Christendom Japan's unvoiced Christian history and cultural roots are examined from an alternative perspective.

The study of man today is divided in three ways that it should not be: between the humanities and the social sciences, between natural and metaphysical philosophy, and between faith and reason.

Who were Catholicism's greatest orators?

Imaging the Other: Essays on Diversity emerged from Nancy Porter's essay in Conn and McGuire's second collection of essays, Not Etched in Stone: Essays on Ritual Memory, Soul, and Society.

The voices of second-generation Korean Americans echo throughout the pages of this book, which is a sensitive exploration of their struggles with minority, marginality, cultural ambiguity, and negative perceptions.

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to the Native Americans.

Deified Person: A Study of Deification in Relation to Person and Christian Becoming focuses on a theological exploration of "e;person"e; through the notion of deification and is placed within a Christian Orthodox-Byzantine context.

Teaching with the Wind tackles the question, "e;Can education for a Canadian civic spirituality bridge the sometimes incommensurable worldviews of faith-based schools and secular public schools?

This work comprises new insights into two Biblical passages.

Innovative Discoveries for Ecumenical Ministries presents pertinent historical pastoral research considerations of the identity crisis in the priesthood requiring reconciliation of the hierarchical authority structures which have impaired authentic Christological pastoral leadership for decades.

From the Preface:"e;Get real"e; was a slang term that became popular in the 1960's when Michael Hickey was growing up in East Boston.

In the 6th century BCE, Jerusalem and Judea were destroyed by the Babylonians.

Few persons have had greater impact on history than Jesus of Nazareth.

Christianity has been in Japan for five centuries, but embraced by less than one percent of the population.

The biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a cornerstone of Western civilization, yet there are still many mysteries concerning its origins and meaning.

Sermon Nuggets is a collection of ninety-one topics treated in hundreds of Fred R.

This book is a series of essays in the area of current culture and its defects, Christian religious belief, and other political and philosophical issues.

There have always been historical and philosophical connections between the study of religion and rhetoric, and yet, the phrase "e;sacred rhetoric"e; is rarely found within scholarly conferences, presentations, and publications.

Four Faces of Anger brings to the modern age wisdom on the topic of anger by four ancient authors.