Religion: general Books

We are shown here some unsightly birthmarks of our Movement. The blemishes are treatedlovingly in pursuit of a fresh face for the Movement. This is not self-indulgent navel gazing!—Paul Strozier, Senior Pastor, Madison Park Church of God, Anderson,...

Written in preparation for the 2010 centennial of the national organization Catholic Charities USA, Faith. Works. Wonders. introduces the mission, scope, and impact of Catholic Charities agencies in communities across the nation. This book also describes...

Amidst conflict situations all around our increasingly violent world-ranging from wars between nations to abuse of women and children within the home-women are making effective, courageous, and often creative nonviolent responses. Yet little attention...

What is death? What is the ultimate purpose of life? These are questions that have always perplexed humankind. The ancient wisdom on the subject has always been dense, esoteric, and cloaked in secrecy-available to a select few. A spiritual quest can seem...

The recent years have seen an upswing in studies of women in the ancient Near East and related areas. This volume, which is the result of a Danish-Japanese collaboration, seeks to highlight women as actors within the sphere of the religious. In ancient...

After the birth of the Protestant ecumenical movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and following the first great wave of universal Christian ecumenism in the 1960s and 1970s after the Second Vatican Council, prominent theologians...

What would it be like if you knew that you could live forever? Would you live differently now? “The Best News Possible” hits upon the most basic and unfulfilled need of all humanity: to live in perpetuity. We were created to live forever, so...

""A Defense Of The Doctrines Of Immediate Revelation, And Universal And Saving Light"" is a book written by Thomas Hancock in 1835. The book presents a defense of the Quaker belief in immediate revelation, which is the idea that God communicates directly...

""A Demonstration of the Truth of That Discipline, Which Christ Hath Prescribed in His Word"" is a book written by John Udall and first published in 1588. The book argues in favor of the Presbyterian form of church government, which Udall believed was...

""A Creed For Christian Socialists: With Expositions"" is a book written by Charles William Stubbs and published in 1897. The book presents a Christian socialist perspective on social issues and provides a detailed exposition of the principles and...

A Compendium Of The Systems Of Divine Truth is a book written by Jacob Catlin in 1818. The book is a comprehensive guide to the different theological systems of Christianity, including Calvinism, Arminianism, and Universalism. It provides a detailed...

""A Compendium Of Principles In Philosophy And Divinity"" is a book written by John Vizard and published in 1836. The book is a comprehensive guide to the essential principles of philosophy and divinity, specifically focusing on the properties,...

""A Comparative View Of Christianity V1: And Of The Other Forms Of Religion"" is a book written by William Laurence Brown in 1826. The book provides a detailed analysis and comparison of Christianity with other major religions of the world. Brown...

""A Commentary On The Revelation Of Jesus Christ: Which God Gave Unto Him, To Show Unto His Servants Things Which Must Shortly Come To Pass"" is a book written by John Hoskyns and originally published in 1863. The book is a commentary on the biblical...

""A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians"" is a book written by John Eadie in 1884. It is a detailed analysis of the biblical text of the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, written in Greek. The book provides an in-depth...

""A Commentary On The Gospel According To Saint Luke, Part 2"" is a book written by Cyril, S. in 1859. The book is a detailed analysis of the Gospel of Luke, which is one of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament of the Bible. This second part...

""A Commentary On The Gospels For The Sundays And Other Holy Days Of The Christian Year"" is a religious book written by William Denton and published in 1862. The book provides a detailed analysis and interpretation of the Gospels for each Sunday and...

""A Commentary On The Epistle Of Paul The Apostle To The Romans V1: With A New Translation, And Explanatory Notes"" is a book written by William Withers Ewbank in 1850. The book is a commentary on the biblical epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans,...

""A Commentary, Grammatical And Exegetical V1: On The Book Of Job, With A Translation (1862)"" by Andrew Bruce Davidson is a comprehensive analysis of the Book of Job in the Old Testament. The book includes a translation of the original Hebrew text and a...

A Commentary On The Book Of The Acts Of The Apostles is a book written by William Gilson Humphry in 1854. The book provides a detailed analysis and interpretation of the biblical text of the Acts of the Apostles, which is the fifth book of the New...

A Commentary On St. Paul�������s Epistles To The Corinthians is a book written by Joseph Agar Beet in 1882. The book provides a detailed analysis of St. Paul's letters to the Corinthians, offering insights into the historical context, cultural...

""A Commentary On The First Epistle To The Corinthians"" is a book written by Thomas Charles Edwards in 1885. The book is a detailed analysis and interpretation of the first epistle of Corinthians from the New Testament of the Bible. Edwards provides a...

""A Collection of Tracts Concerning Predestination and Providence, and the Other Points Depending on Them"" is a book written by John Plaifere and published in 1719. The book is a collection of essays and treatises on the topics of predestination and...

A Collection Of The Judgments Of The Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council: In Ecclesiastical Cases Relating To Doctrine And Discipline (1865) is a book authored by George Charles Brodrick. This book is a compilation of judgments made by the Judicial...

A Collection of Pieces and Tracts: Illustrative of the Faith of Those Christians Who Hold the Principles of the Unity of God (1810) is a book published by the First Unitarian Society. The book is a compilation of various essays and tracts written by...

A Collection of Decrees by the Court of Exchequer in Tithe-Causes Volume 1: From the Usurpation to the Present Time is a historical book written by Hutton Wood and published in 1798. The book is a compilation of court decrees related to tithe-cases in...

A Collection of Controversial Discourses is a book written by George Hickes and published in 1727. It is a compilation of theological and philosophical arguments that were considered controversial during the 17th and 18th centuries. The book is divided...

Are the popular interpretations of the Bible in Africa improving or downplaying women's status on the continent? This book analyses the reading of some biblical texts in the Maasai context.

Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa is the first major, original, and extensive research-based study of the apocalyptic and doomsday Catholic Marian Movement and its Benedictine monastic moral and religious practices, including vows of poverty,...

Hadewijch of Antwerp (c.1200?-1240), Beatrice of Nazareth (1200-1268), Margaret Ebner (1291-1351), and Julian of Norwich (1343-1416/19) are best known for their mystical experiences and literary styles. Medieval Women on Sin and Salvation explores the...

An Ecofeminist Perspective on Ash Wednesday and Lent develops a conversation between classical historical Lenten practices and contemporary Christian ecofeminism. Building on David Tracy's definition of a religious classic, it includes a historical...

Kabbalah and Postmodernism: A Dialogue challenges certain long-held philosophical and theological beliefs, including the assumptions that the insights of mystical experience are unavailable to human reason and inexpressible in linguistic terms, that the...

Focusing upon the arguments Newman uses to define Catholicism against the hostility of English protestants, this book is a reader's guide to the books Newman published soon after his own conversion: Mixed Congregations; Difficulties of Anglicans; Present...

A history of Washington National Cathedral and the theory of an American civil religion.In 1792, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the first city planner of Washington, DC, introduced the idea of a "great church for national purposes." Unlike L'Enfant's plans for...

This book examines the question of death in the light of Heidegger's paradigmatic discussion in Being and Time. Although Heidegger's own treatment deliberately refrains from engaging theological perspectives, George Pattison suggests that these not only...

This book discusses 8 topics: Human Life Priority, The Value of Salvation, The Rights and Responsibilities of God's Children, The Foundations of Christianity, The Characteristics of Children of God, 4 Types of Christians, Jesus versus Mammon, and The...

This book discusses 8 topics mostly related to the end times: Faith and Deeds, 5 Foolish Virgins and Wise Ones, God's Promise to Provide, Heaviest Temptations, A People Prepared for the Lord, To Do the Will of the Father, Loving God and Give Glory unto...

This book discusses 7 topics: The Blessed Christian Family, Family Worship, The Major Ministry, Blessing, Our Attitude in the House of God, Worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth, and To be Children of God or Servants of God.

This book is aimed to all those people with a curious spirit, those who are not only satisfied with what they have been taught about religion, philosophy or mythology in their academic units. This work is dedicated to everyone who seeks their own truth...

This book is an African American studies book. A variety of different scholarly sources and scholastics. Extensive research material for the inquisitive.

This book aims to present two important works in history of the Nichiren mandala research produced at the dawn of Japan's modern era. Without these two works, Yamanaka Kihachi and Kataoka Zuiki may not have been inspired to produce the Nichirendaishōnin...

Le livre ""La Tradition Catholique Sur L'Infaillibilit����� Pontificale V2: Ou La D�����finition Du Concile Du Vatican (1875)"" de Charles Amable De La Tour d'Auvergne est un ouvrage qui traite de l'infaillibilit����� pontificale dans la tradition...