Religious life and practice Books

Examines the intersections of gender, religion, and politics among various Indian religious communities, from early British rule to the late twentieth century.In Religion and Women in India, Tanika Sarkar provides an account of gender prescriptions and...

In a world of enduring winter, you only live twice is a hope-filled signpost for spring's birth-a collection of forty-eight Easter-Advent poems. They are calls to courage in the lingering cold, knowing in hope like the early-blooming crocus,...

Experience the Hope of Easter TogetherJourney as a family through the most pivotal week in history with The Final Week: A Family Easter Devotional.This 8-day devotional walks you through the events of Holy Week-from the triumphant entry into Jerusalem to...

Transform your fatherhood journey with this powerful two-part guide designed to help you become the father God intended you to be. The 7-Day Fatherhood Awakening helps you establish a solid foundation by crafting your personal fatherhood vision,...

A Personal Grief: Finding Faith Through Loss is the first book in N. E. Kurz's Window of Opportunity Trilogy-a heartfelt and thought-provoking exploration of grief, spiritual questioning, and the search for truth after profound loss.When tragedy...

Reignite Your Marriage, Rediscover Yourself, and Embrace the Empty Nest with Joy!You've been parenting for years, and now face the sudden realization that this ride, and your role, are about to change. Like exiting a busy highway, you might look forward...

I thought I was healed, confident, and ready to be married again. In my mind, I was doing everything right - traveling the country, preaching, and empowering women around the world. Then God told me to give Him one year with no distractions. I was...

This book explains the importance of using, permission, anointing, submission, commitment, and domestic management as tools from a woman's toolbox when she is working on becoming or improving her skills as an irreplaceable wife for her husband. This book...

Shine Uniquely: Compiled Stories of Triumph and Hope is a compelling anthology that weaves together the stories of twelve remarkable women from our modern world, drawing profound parallels with the lives of biblical women. Through these narratives,...

For the Health of Your Marriage is a twenty-one-day marriage devotional designed to encourage Christian couples to ENJOY the freedom and intimacy of Christ-centered marriage. Expect great things to happen in your marriage as you unwrap the joy of...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was Kantor of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, when he led the first performance of his St. John Passion as part of the Good Friday Vespers in 1724. Three hundred years later, Bach's poetic and musical illumination...

In an age of shifting cultural landscapes, where conversations about sex and sexuality often provoke tension and division, the Rev. Dr Alasdair Black offers a compassionate and searching voice. The Courage to Speak is an urgent and thought-provoking...

In this embodied, practical approach to the integration of psychology and faith, students are guided through the process of constructing a culturally informed, organic model of integration that works for them and for justice in our churches, communities,...

Truth Missiles: The Explosive Parables of JesusHow These Simple Stories Reveal Life-Changing Truths About God's KingdomJesus' parables weren't just stories-they were truth missiles, designed to challenge, confront, and transform lives.Many people learned...

Overwhelmed, off track, or spiritually drained? Oh, Honey! I'm Just Getting Started is your no-fluff, faith-fueled reset to reconnect with Jesus and yourself.Let's be honest-life gets messy, and faith can feel far away. Oh, Honey! I'm Just Getting...

This volume presents new translations of five of Augustine’s works: The Excellence of Marriage, Holy Virginity, The Excellence of Widowhood, Adulterous Marriages, and Continence. These works discuss marriage, sexuality, procreation,...

IN SEARCH OF THE CHRIST-SOPHIA presents powerful biblical and theological support for a Divine Feminine image buried in Christianity. The popularity of THE DA VINCI CODE demonstrates the widespread hunger for the lost Sacred Feminine. This book...

Do you have the strength of soul you need to live out God's story for your life? Let award-winning author Lucinda Secrest McDowell show you how to become soul strong! How do I know my life makes a difference? How am I supposed to balance life when it...

He can handle our doubts. He can handle our anxieties. He can handle our fears. He can handle our hard questions. These things do not make us less than as Christians. He is the only steady hand that can handle our questions, doubts, and fears. Giving...

Pastors' wives are human. Let's face it. Behind the welcoming smiles, gentle handshakes, and stylish dresses, they face untold challenges in their personal and church lives. Who does a first lady talk to? To whom does she tell her woes? In this inspiring...

In addition to being the mother of a son suffering from substance abuse, Dr. Mordock is currently a Substance Abuse County Coalition Member and Advisory Board Chairperson at the Council on Addiction Prevention and Education, assists in the Celebrate...

The more we recognize the presence of God in our lives, the more we experience an empathetic resonance; namely, our soul coming into resonance with the soul of God. What we discover in being more fully connected to the soul of God is that we are...

Meet Hoppin' John and his friends as they discover the real meaning of Easter. Jesus' story is told simply and with colorful illustrations any child will find fascinating.This children's tale includes information and biblical references for parents to...

This workbook will help you explore covenants, betrayal, deception, blessings, healing, inheritance, forgiveness, and much more.

This book examines key themes and concepts pertaining to religious and sexual identities and expressions, mapping theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions. It explores the ways in which debates around sexuality and religion have been framed,...

Though the Hebrew Bible often reflects and constructs a world that privileges men, many of its narratives play extensively with the gender norms of the society in which they were written. Drawing from feminist, masculinity and queer studies, Gender-Play...

The Companion is your personal assistant, helping you focus on what you will never want to forget through repetition, reflective questions, and practical scenarios. You will discover that the Companion will help you embrace the following four basic...

Marriage when undertaken in loving commitment is a wonderful estate to which many well-meaning people aspire. Sometimes, despite the best of intentions, people become wounded in marriages that destroy individual's self-worth and dignity. In this...

An Epistle to a Street Gangster is God's message of warning and love going out to all the street gangsters, whether Blood, Crip, or Folk. Are you a wannabe or maybe a trynna-be but not yet an OG? If so, this message goes out to you because within the...

Ephrem the Syrian was a Syriac Christian deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the fourth century. Ephrem is especially beloved in the Syriac Orthodox Church, and counted as a Venerable Father (i.e., a sainted Monk) in the...

The work is by St. John Chrysostom and was written while in exile from his See in Constantinople, near the end of his life. It was written to his spiritual daughter, the nun Olympiada, and is entitled, None Can Harm the One Who Does Not Harm Himself

One lonely Christmas Eve night, Nicholas sat on the rooftop of the orphanage, peering into the windows of a nearby cottage celebrating Christmas. A deep-seated need rose within him to understand the mysterious holiday, to provide for the less fortunate,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Life is not fair.You've got to fight for what you want. But this is not the kind of fight you can win with fists or physical weapons because your enemies are systems. In fact, the odds are stacked against your success. You are not expected to make it...

Cycle to the Moon is a celebration of the menstrual trinity: menarche, first blood of the maiden; menstruation, the cycles of the mother; menopause, the last blood of the wise crone. This gentle contribution to holistic menstruation reaches beyond...

Are the wedding and honeymoon over? Have years passed since your marriage was filled with romance? Have conflicts arisen--trouble with the kids, problems with money, or struggles in your intimate relationship? Do you find yourselves divided as a co

Every time you get your hopes up, they come crashing down--shattering like broken promises. You crumble under the weight of your own disappointment. In despair, you cry out to God, "Why don't You do something? I need your help Will You ever save my husba

Following on from the success of The Contemplative Minister, Ian Cowley offers new insight and greater depth for church leaders in a distracted world. Ian emphasises that the true self finds peace in resting in the love of God. He addresses the...

This inspirational book takes the reader through the 40 days of Lent to the celebration of Easter through the eyes and beliefs of Celtic Christianity. Drawing on primary sources of pastoral letters, monastic rules and the theological teaching of the...

Representing two generations of counselor education and practice, Megan Anna Neff and Mark McMinn provide practitioners with a fresh look at integration in a postmodern world. Modeling how to engage hard questions, they consider how different theological...

The third volume in the acclaimed and best-selling Ignatian Trilogy, by international speaker and retreat leader, Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher. In Spiritual Consolation, Fr. Gallagher introduces us to the teachings of Ignatius of Loyola through the use of...

The examen prayer is a transforming and ever-growing practice in Christian spirituality. In The Examen Prayer, Fr. Timothy Gallagher draws from real-life stories and his experience as a spiritual director to explain the core principles of the examen...