Religion and beliefs Books

This is a church history book about a Deaf faith community within the United Methodist tradition. The church history spans the life of the church from 1895 - 2009. Christ Church of the Deaf is a Deaf church within the Baltimore-Washington Conference of...

Becoming JAPOC is an intimate, personal story of a man falling from imminent greatness asking the question ""Why did this happen to me?"" and introspectively finding answers to the reasons for his pain and sacrifice that lead him to deeper trust in God. ...

Changing Perspectives is a collection of thoughts and tools to help individuals on a journey of self-discovery to help them take a look at their lives and determine what is working and what isn't. We go through life filtering all experiences as if...

An experiment gone awry sends Professor Jeremiah Hawks to the far reaches of our galaxy! There he discovers an enslaved race of beings awaiting the arrival of the "Earthman" who will open up the Word of God. Is he the promised one? Should they wait...

El propósito de este libro es ayudarte a comenzar o a perseverar en la aventura de la oración personal. Es una guía práctica, un manual en el cual descubrirás cómo orar con eficacia.Miguel Horacio ayuda a las personas a conectar con Dios. Pertenece a la...

Spiritual Apples for Teachers is a collection of prayers for every classroom moment that a teacher may experience.

El Ser Humano necesita herramientas que le faciliten sostener su trabajo de transformación hasta que alcance el nivel que le permite continuar por sí mismo. Cuando la determinación avanza hasta el punto en que no hay vuelta atrás, la asistencia desde...

Daily inspirational readings for the 40 days of Lent. Based on verses from St. Matthew's Gospel

GOD'S LOVE and YOU, provides a brief study into the scriptures that will help you understand GOD's identity, his nature and how it impacts your life. This book is a great resource for individual or group bible study.

Days of Scripture memorization, commentaries and journaling what God is doing in your heart and life.

Unedited, high quality reprint of the third, 1797 edition of The Scripture-Account of the Attributes and Worship of God; and of the Character and Offices of Jesus Christ. By Hopton Haynes (c. 1667-1749)With particular attention to the Greek New...

Memoirs, affirmations and poems of an enlightened Diva.

"Lucy's poems shine with the light of deeply embodied spirit. A dance of light upon the land." AdyashantiThis Untameable Light is here to remind you of your inherent wholeness and bring forgiveness, ease, humour and reverence to the sacred mess of being...

Did you know that you have the potential in God to shift atmospheres, usher in breakthrough, and bring new levels of blessing to your home, church, community and nation? In these fifty-two devotions, Helen Monk introduces us to some of the most powerful...

"The oak can develop itself, the lion feels its strength through its nerves, but the human has sunk down to the delusion that nature is too stingy towards him, and had only given him alone no positive powers and no innate growth. The human has like any...

In his follow-up to Spirituality 101-601 and Beyond, Shamaré explores the return to Holiness through Holy Karma - Divine Cause and Effect.To rediscover your Holiness and live again in the flow of Holy Karma requires a change of Mind which this book will...

What happens when life seems to be a long string of medical diagnoses, accidents, mishaps, and goodbyes? If you're Janet O'Halloran-Westerman, the answer is complex. One moment she's sharing her deepest concerns with God, the next she's got us all...

Take a flick through the pages of this book and see if something arouses your curiosity.This book represents 26 years of artwork and written material. It has been compiled in such a way as to be relevant 26 years ago and also today and into the future...

DISCOVER SOME OF THE 'HIDDEN' MEANINGS BEHIND THE ITEMS PLACED INSIDE THE FIRST TABERNACLE BUILT BY THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MOSES."And have them make Me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them. In accordance with all that I...

What does the Bible really say about childbearing?What are we to think when the blessing feels more like a curse? Is there any hope in Christ for those who struggle with the many sorrows pregnancy and childbirth can bring?Through one woman's deeply...

Have you ever wondered what kind of worship God is looking for?If there was a living, breathing example of this kind of devotion in Scripture, would you want to know more?Fortunately, Jesus himself, left us a memorial of this type of worship. He calls...

he tenido la oportunidad de poder interactuar con gente de diferentes culturas y religiones. Como resultado, descubrí como las demás personas son de hecho muy similares a nosotros, y que todos estamos mezclados por la humanidad y por nuestras similitudes...

Religion Online provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this burgeoning new religious reality, from cyberpilgrimages to neo-pagan chatroom communities. A substantial introduction by the editors presenting the main themes and issues is...

What enables women to hold firm in their beliefs in the face of long years of hostile persecution by the Communist party/state? How do women withstand daily discrimination and prolonged hardship under a Communist regime which held rejection of religious...

Public interest in the religion of Islam and in Muslim communities in recent years has generated an impetus for Western Universities to establish an array of Institutes and programs dedicated to the study of Islam. Despite the growth in number of...

This book introduces the spiritual and theological issues raised by suffering and dying. It relates theology to practical issues of caregiving and provides a 'toolbox' for thinking about suffering and death in a creative and supportive way.

This is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. The lucid description of southern French Jewry's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to...

When it first appeared in 1882, this book was a pioneering work in every respect. This new edition includes an Introduction and numerous footnotes, explaining the background to historical events and religious and political figures.

First published in 1964, this is a short collection of both literary and philosophical essays. Whilst two essays consider Greek literature written at the point at which the Athenian empire was breaking apart, another group explore the background from...

A creative and unique approach to the history of African American religion, offering a reader-friendly depiction of the major themes and issues confronted by African Americans involved in a variety of traditions.

This book offers a sociological analysis of the Renaissance, focusing on the concept of grace, and the unity that exists between its various meanings: theological, anthropological (gift-giving, Mauss; and sociability, Simmel), and aesthetical (beauty and...

Mind, Brain and the Path to Happiness presents a contemporary account of traditional Buddhist mind training and the pursuit of wellbeing and happiness in the context of the latest research in psychology and the neuroscience of meditation. Following the...

While issues surrounding Muslim women are common in the international media, the voices of Muslim women themselves are largely absent from media coverage and despite the rapidly increasing presence of Muslim women in online groups and discussions, it is...

This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern world. It considers questions such as:do travellers leave their religion at home when they are touring - and what happens if not? what are the relationships between...

In Christian theology, the teaching that Christ possessed both a human and divine will is central to the doctrine of two natures, but it also represents a logical paradox, raising questions about how a person can be both impeccable and subject to...

Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased brings together cutting-edge empirical and theoretical contributions from scholars in fields including psychology, theology, ethics, neuroscience, medicine, and philosophy, to examine how...

Child Protection in the Church investigates whether, amidst publicised promises of change from church institutions and the introduction of "safe church" policies and procedures, reform is actually occurring within Christian churches towards safeguarding,...

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition...

Contemporary Theological Approaches to Sexuality provides a much-needed overview of the state of scholarship on Christian theological reflection on sexuality and sexual theology. Critically, it also intervenes in the cultural debate over sexuality by...

Interreligious Philosophical Dialogues, volume 2, provides a unique approach to the philosophy of religion, embracing a range of religious faiths and spiritualities. This volume brings together four leading scholars and philosophers of religion, who...

The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a 20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marry reflected growing social acceptance and political...

Due to its Constitution, and particularly to that Constitution's First Amendment, the relationship between religion and politics in the United States is rather unusual. This is especially the case concerning the manner with which religious terminology is...

Widely popularized images of unobtainable and damaging feminine ideals can be a cause of profound disjunction between women and their bodies. A consequence of this dissonance is an embodied performance of these ideals with the potential development of...

From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards, images held a surprising power in the Western Christian tradition. Not only did these artistic representations provide images through which to find God, they also held mystical potential,...

Despite the apparent lack of any cultural and religious connection between Kierkegaard and Iqbal, their philosophical and religious concerns and their methods of dealing with these concerns show certain parallels. This book provides a Kierkegaardian...

Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the...

This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework. In the shadow of two major sport-faith events that...

"Who's Afraid of ISIS?" eschews familiar debates about the status of ISIS as an existential threat to the West, with the aim of submitting those types of arguments to a reasoned examination of the political place of anxiety itself. This collection...