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The necessity for meaningful change and reform in the Roman Catholic Church is not just the opinion of the few but a consensus of the many.

This book showcases the perspective and insights of a youth ministry servant who is also a ministry school student.

The wise King Solomon gives us this proverb: "e;Do you see a man skilled in his work?

In this timely book, Cho provides mission scholars, sending churches, and mission agencies with an understanding of Korean missionaries' burnout recovery process.

There are many book studies of particular books of the Bible.

Talking about Jesus' story with others is designed to be a joy-producing experience for his followers, not to mention those hearing his story.

Bertrand Russell defines power as the ability to produce intended effects.

The face of African Christianity is becoming Pentecostal.

Many books exist devoted to the life, thought, and writings of Blessed John Henry Newman, the premier Catholic theologian in nineteenth-century England.

Luther's oft-recounted life made a profound impact on his contemporaries.

This Festschrift for historian Gerald L.

In this thought-provoking examination of how people encounter God, Wade Howell examines the way humans come in contact with the divine.

You've probably heard someone say, "e;I go to a Bible believing church.

Comprised of the wisdom of over fifty scholars, preachers, poets, and artists, this anthology is born of the conviction that open-hearted engagement across our differences is a prerequisite for healthy civic life today.

In many churches, the work of evangelism and social justice is relegated to clergy, staff, or special committees.

Drawing from the experience of a church on Chicago's south side, Released Outward addresses the situation of congregations that have turned inward and become isolated from the needs of the world around them.

How can theologians, philosophers, and ordinary people think about the Holy Spirit in the twenty-first century?

Paul's letter to the Philippians has often been read as one of the apostle's clearest denials of his (previous) Jewish identity in order to preempt the "e;Judaizing"e; tactics of false teachers who might infiltrate the congregation.

This book examines part of the development of the Bruderhof community, which emerged in Germany in 1920.

Multi-denominational congregations offer rich soil for new interpretations of what it means to be a church.

Only a few decades past, academia tended to scoff at the very idea of serious Pentecostal theology.

In Understanding the Divide: A Presbyterian Elder, a Roman Catholic Theologian, and Basic Questions of the Christian Faith, a Presbyterian Elder and a Roman Catholic theologian reflect in dialogical fashion on basic but critical dimensions of contemporary Christian faith.

From its humble beginnings in the nineteenth century, Seventh-day Adventism has remarkably grown to become one of America's largest, home-grown faiths, numbering nearly nineteen million members worldwide.

It is well known that energy is a fundamental concept in physics.

A study tour to Leipzig in the former East Germany (GDR) raised new questions for Roger Newell about the long struggle of the Protestant church with the German state in the twentieth century.

Fifty-two years ago [in 1966] Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury visited Rome and agreed with the Pope to inaugurate an Anglican-Roman Catholic theological dialogue.

Somewhere in the mists of time, between history and hagiography, stands the great evangelist and missionary St.

Because of their ever-changing personalities, their high energy, and their emerging ability to think critically, younger adolescents present a special faith formation challenge to the congregations who love them.

How does God manage his entire creation?

John Polkinghorne, ordained member of the Royal Society, past President of Queen's College Cambridge, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2002 Templeton Prize winner, theoretical physicist, and theologian writes in breathless style to unfold core Christian doctrine in dialogue with science.

Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned.

'A heavenly book, elegant and thoughtful.

'Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her audience to laugh to keep from crying' - The New York Times'Hough's writing will break your heart' - Roxane Gay, author of Difficult Women'Each one told with the wit of David Sedaris, and the insight of Joan Didion' - Telegraph 'This moving account of resilience and hard-earned agency brims with a fresh originality' - Publishers WeeklySearing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest - cults, homelessness, and hunger - while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.

'I have been reading Christian books for fifty years, but this one revolutionised my prayer life before I had even finished reading it.

'This journey, of course, is not without its challenges .

Newman: The Heart of Holiness looks at the model of holiness Newman offers us to us all, on the occasion of his canonisation, a moment the Church recognises officially that Newman offers a model of holiness that is relevant for the Universal Church.

Messenger, sentinel, steward .

Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So Peter Enns explains how Christians mistake 'certainty' and 'correct belief' for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy.

Peter Enns recounts his transformative spiritual journey in which he discovered a new, more honest way to love and appreciate God's Word.

In Everything is Spiritual, the author Rob Bell explores how ideas about creation, love and connection shaped him and how they shape every one of us.

Take ninety days and walk through the pages of the Bible with the definitive voice today in Christian spirituality.

***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***We begin to feel less alone, more loved and less judged when good is .

'Destined to be a classic' Sunday Independent'Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly' - Edna O'Brien'Dazzles with unflinching honesty' Washington Post'An absolutely marvellous book' - Colm ToibinBorn to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, Gabriel Byrne harboured a childhood desire to become a priest.

The Kingdom of God Is Within You is the non-fiction magnum opus of Leo Tolstoy and was initially banned in his home country of Russia.

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Joseph Butler was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher.

Father and Son is a memoir by poet Edmund Gosse, which he subtitled a study of two temperaments.

The Enchiridion is a compact treatise on Christian piety, written in response to a request by an otherwise unknown person, named Laurentius, shortly after the death of Saint Jerome in 420.

James Joseph Walsh, M.

Jean-Pierre de Caussade, of the Society of Jesus in France, was one of the most remarkable spiritual writers in the 18th Century.