Philosophy & Religion Books

Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you'll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You'll examine the word...

Two Spirit People is the first-ever look at social science research exploration into the lives of American Indian lesbian women and gay men. Editor Lester B. Brown posits six gender styles in traditional American Indian culture: men and women, not-men...

If you are struggling with the "traditional" ways of communicating Bible stories with your congregation, Randy Quinn offers an intriguing solution in his new book. Voices Overheard provides dramatic portrayals of Biblical characters sharing their...

Christian Education is an important facet in keeping members involved and educated, especially when pertaining to children and youth. Bill Thomas' How We Teach Jesus combines theological and biblical thinking to develop a thorough lesson plan for any age...

Walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ is a tremendous privilege, but a privilege with significant responsibilities and challenges. Following Jesus is a process that begins with the realization that Jesus first calls the believer to walk with him...

Preaching the Gospel is at the heart of ministry and is often the core of the pastor’s job. It’s also often the most public part of the profession. Week after week, the pastor must deliver a message to the congregation that is both cogent and...

Who is Jesus?How do we care for the powerless?Are we called to serve others?Can we be redeemed from sin?Food, Foretelling, Followers, and Fulfillment: Jesus on His Way to Jerusalem revisits these daring ideas spoken by a man on his way to the cross...

We are not in control.That's the message sent to us by the great I Am. He has set all things in motion. He knows our beginning and our end. But still, we often forget and instead choose to walk through this life as though we determine our own steps, our...

It's no secret: Jesus has called us to make disciples. But how can we do that if we aren't growing in faith? How can we tell others about Jesus if we don't fully understand Him ourselves? It's time to expose the world's definition of manhood, reminding...

Today's world teaches that bigger is better. We measure success by the square feet of our homes and by the size of our bank accounts. But what if we've gotten it wrong? What if there's quality in smallness? With 45 years of church leadership experience,...

Each of these six worship services includes a meditation of about fifteen minutes, as well as prayers, suggested hymns, and responsive readings.• A service based on the Seven Last Words• A call to service• An evening service for Lent•...

Church members, young and old, who have attended these services for Good Friday and Easter Sunrise have claimed it was the most gripping and meaningful Holy Week they have ever experienced. Each year churches seek to portray in some way the story of the...

A Call to Worship, Collect, Prayer of Confession, and three suggested hymns based on each lectionary text (First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel) are provided for every Sunday of the year in cycle B. Additional non-lectionary days such as All Saints'...

These field-tested materials represent the creative effort of many denominations. Each includes ideas for preparation, items needed, suggestions for use, number of parts, and the time for best use.This complete Lenten volume for busy ministers...

Ragel Naudé het naam gemaak as kunstenares, maar sy werk nie meer nie. Sy is nog lief vir haar man, sy het hom nodig, maar kan nie na hom uitreik nie. Sy is depressief en getraumatiseer ná die dood van hul kleuterseuntjie. Sy stry teen God, niks maak...

The world has not seen such a pandemic in generations. And as the world fights COVID-19, is God trying to send a message? Pastor and Dallas Theological Seminary professor Mark Hitchcock shares how the current coronavirus outbreak is related to end-time...

Written and set on the banks of the Neva, St Petersburg Dialogues is a startlingly relevant analysis of the human prospect in the twenty-first century. As the literary critic George Steiner has remarked, "the age of the Gulag and of Auschwitz, of famine...

Re-inspire your walk with Jesus. In seasons of trial and monotony, frustration and failure, disappointment and despair, a timely word from a wise, fellow believer can bring encouragement, reigniting passion and purpose on the most desolate days...

Introduction by Fawwaaz Ahmad az-ZumarleePart One: A Brief Note on Usoolus-SunnahThe Foundations of the SunnahPart Two: The Sunnah upon which the Messenger of AllaahdiedPart Three: A Description of the Believer from Ahlus-Sunnahwal-Jamaa'ahChapter One :...

Experience the Abundant Life of Jesus!In the Gospel of John, Jesus instructs His disciples to abide in Him, declaring that apart from Him we can do nothing. But staying connected to the Spirit of Jesus throughout the busyness of daily life is difficult...

101 Powerful PrayersAre your days filled with stress or worry, with no end in sight? Do challenging circumstances or painful obstacles keep you from experiencing the abundant life you long for?In Write. Pray. Repeat. world-renowned teacher and pastor...

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS.Until the mid-20th century, the heavens were the greatest show on Earth. Ancient people recognized the same constellations we do today, though they understood the signs behind those pictures in the sky in a way that's been lost to us...

Looking Up and Looking Up Study GuideSIGNS IN THE HEAVENS.Until the mid-20th century, the heavens were the greatest show on Earth. Ancient people recognized the same constellations we do today, though they understood the signs behind those pictures in...

Way of the VictoriousAre you tired of stale Christianity? Do you desire to spend time with God, but have no idea what to actually do? Are you both fascinated and intimidated by spiritual disciplines like prayer, fasting, solitude, and biblical...

A world plagued with darkness is waiting for a prophetic people to arise, shine, and light the way! Days of crisis and turmoil demand a people who are plugged into Heaven's activity. Old operating systems that built empires in the name of...

Two verses about Moses in the Bible have been the subject of debate since the first century. In Exodus 33:20, God tells Moses that no one can see God and live, but Numbers 12:8 says that Moses sees the form of the Lord. How does one reconcile these two...

The aim of this book is a recovery of interest in the experience of meaning. Jan Zwicky defends the claim that we experience meaning in the apprehension of wholes and their internal structural relations, providing examples of such insight in mathematics...

Philosophy has traditionally engaged the problem of why there is something rather than nothing as a normal causal question. Such an approach, Hunter Brown proposes in Grace and Philosophy, does not do justice to the deep wonder and astonishment that the...

Immigrants often face considerable challenges when it comes to preserving their cultural and religious teachings. D. Mitra Barua argues that the Sri Lankan Buddhist community in Toronto has maintained its coherence and integrity not despite but because...

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was a watershed event in the history of the Catholic Church, a critical self-examination that sought at once to rediscover the most ancient sources of Christian thought and practice and to bring these traditions...

Most scholars have focused on The Second Sex and Simone de Beauvoir's fiction, concentrating on gender issues but ignoring her broader emancipatory vision. Though Beauvoir's political thinking is not as closely studied as her feminist works, it...

The long tradition of pessimism in philosophy and poetry notoriously laments suffering caused by vulnerabilities of the human body. The most familiar and contemporary version is antinatalism, the view that it is wrong to bring sentient life into...

The first three centuries of Christianity are increasingly seen in modern scholarship as sites of complexity. Sacred Ritual, Profane Space examines the Christian meeting places of the time and overturns long-held notions about the earliest Christians as...

In this ambitious and pioneering work, Catherine Foisy puts the experiences of Quebec missionaries into perspective, describing the ways in which they interweave with the socio-ecclesiastical transformations peculiar to Quebec and with those of...

Network Democracy uses the contemporary tools of ecology and network thinking to unearth the ancient, intellectual ruins of traditional conservative thought. Questioning the West's veneration of freedom, equality, contractual citizenship, economic...

An Interactive Guide to Experiencing Miraculous Answers to Every PrayerAre your prayers for breakthrough met with silence? Do you pray the "right way" only to wonder if your prayers are even being heard?Too often we approach prayer as a formula, failing...

Start moving in the gifts of the Holy Spirit today. There are supernatural gifts that God has placed inside of you just waiting to be opened and activated. So, why wait a day longer? Heavenly Secrets to Unwrapping Your Spiritual...

Partner with angelic activity and release God's breakthrough answers through prayer!Rebecca Greenwood believes that the key to effective warfare prayer is discerning what spiritual forces are at work around you. When you can sense the movement of God's...

We have only scratched the surface of what God's grace means!Perhaps no other truth has experienced more controversy and counterfeit than the grace of God. The word "grace" is frequently used in the Christian community to speak of our...

“This book will be a weapon of discovery as readers glimpse their spiritual authority and the power of their prayers to reshape every impossibility.”Our utterance activates God’s promise!The mystery of the Kingdom is that, through our...

How can I change the world? The message of salvation (Good News) is powerful (Romans 1:16). It is powerful to transform your life. That’s because I came to change your life. First, I change your inner world . . . your desires, attitudes,...

Delving Deeply into God RevealedUnderstanding Your Revelations From God is for anyone who sincerely wants to delve into the deepness and holiness of God. Based on his best-selling books and well-received seminars and teachings, Dr. Joe Ibojie...

A Young Boy’s Experience of Heaven & HellHeaven & Hell is the second book co-authored by Retha McPherson and her teenage son Aldo. It tells of Aldo’s miraculous healing and their supernatural journey since a car accident almost...

Break Every Barrier to Experiencing God's PresenceWhat keeps you from encountering Jesus in a greater way? Do you feel unfit to enter His presence? Perhaps you are stuck in a spiritual drought? Or maybe you worry that you simply don’t...

What to Do When Prayers for Healing Go UnansweredThe Bible is clear: God's will is to heal! And yet, believers often pray for healing and do not receive it. Why? The answer can be found in the Courts of Heaven.Robert Henderson is internationally...

Encounter God at the Altar!When we hear the word, “altar,” we often associate it with images of death and sacrifice or of surrender and yielding.Although these associations do have their place, there is a New Covenant revelation of the altar...

The Best is Yet to ComeHeaven is real—even more real than this physical earth! Heaven is so much more than a “parallel universe” or a place we go after our time on earth is done. Plants, animals, and people live there!  Heaven also...