Religion: general Books

Richard J. Mouw is well known for his incisive views on the intersection of culture and Christianity and for his efforts to make the thought of major Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper accessible to average Christians. In this volume Mouw provides the...

During the civil war in Spain in the 1930s, all churches were closed against worship. Many of the churches were burned. All altars, religious images and objects of worship were destroyed. Bells, chalices, monstrances, and candelabras were melted down and...

We are living in an emerging technoculture. Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with...

In hope, Christian faith reconfigures the shape of what is familiar in order to pattern the contours of God's promised future. In this process, the present is continuously re-shaped by ventures of hopeful and expectant living. In art, this same poetic...

 Do you truly understand your Christian faith?  What if someone were to confront your Christian values head on?  Would you know how to respond?  Let alone do it in a loving way?It is hard when our Christian beliefs are challenged...

Dr Frank Baker's study of John Wesley and the Church of England, first published in 1970, still remains the standard work on its subject. It offers a detailed, critical evaluation of John Wesley's complex relationship with his Mother church, from his...

For centuries, the Garden of Eden story has been a cornerstone for the Christian doctrine of “the Fall” and “original sin.” In recent years, many scholars have disputed this understanding of Genesis 3 because it has no words for...

In The Abraham Trail: Acknowledgement of the Land and Faith of Aboriginal Custodians, author Norman Habel takes on a profound and reflective journey inspired by the Rainbow Spirit Elders' call for respect and recognition. The Elders' message, rooted in...

This is the fascinating, real-life story of the son of a poor Persian rice farmer who rose to become the most illustrious disciple of the Báb.  Thoroughly researched and broad in scope, it is a story of the rugged journey, filled with pathos and...

Our eighth annual Colloquium was in trouble from the outset. Wokery: aWake-Up Call for the West won no prizes for diplomacy or tact. Wewanted to confront what we saw as dangerous, potentially fatal fissuresin the fabric of society. Our original venue...

In Uses and Abuses of Moses, Theodore Ziolkowski surveys the major literary treatments of the biblical figure of Moses since the Enlightenment. Beginning with the influential treatments by Schiller and Goethe, for whom Moses was, respectively, a member...

Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, and peace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. In his...

Søren Kierkegaard's 13 communion discourses constitute a distinct genre among the various forms of religious writing composed by Kierkegaard. Originally published at different times and places, Kierkegaard himself believed that these discourses served as...

Since 1947, the Supreme Court has promised government neutrality toward religion, but in a nation whose motto is "In God We Trust" and which pledges allegiance to "One Nation under God," the public square is anything but neutral-a paradox not lost on a...

This study of the religious landscape of Indianapolis-the summative volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by the Polis Center at IUPUI-aims to understand religion's changing role in public life. The book examines...

Religious conflicts had a pronounced effect on women and their families in early modern England, but our understanding of that impact is limited by the restrictions that prevented the open expression of religious beliefs in the post-Reformation years...

Tamsin Jones believes that locating Jean-Luc Marion solely within theological or phenomenological discourse undermines the coherence of his intellectual and philosophical enterprise. Through a comparative examination of Marion's interpretation and use of...

Wealth and the Will of God looks at some of the spiritual resources of the Christian tradition that can aid serious reflection on wealth and giving. Beginning with Aristotle-who is crucial for understanding later Christian thought-the book discusses...

While devotional practices are usually viewed as mechanisms for reinforcing religious boundaries, in the multicultural, multiconfessional world of the Eastern Mediterranean, shared shrines sustain intercommunal and interreligious contact among groups...

Norman Wirzba, Bruce Ellis Benson, and an international group of philosophers and theologians describe how various expressions of philosophy are transformed by the discipline of love. What is at stake is how philosophy colors and shapes the way we...

Muslim Societies in Africa provides a concise overview of Muslim societies in Africa in light of their role in African history and the history of the Islamic world. Roman Loimeier identifies patterns and peculiarities in the historical, social, economic,...

The God Dialogues is an intriguing and extensive philosophical debate about the existence of God. Engaging and accessible, it covers all the main arguments for and against God's existence, from traditional philosophical "proofs" to arguments that involve...

The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of Christian worship to the present day. Backed by an international roster of experts as contributors, this new book will examine the...

On August 3rd, 1976, in Córdoba, Argentina's second largest city, Fr. James Week and five seminarians from the Missionaries of La Salette were kidnapped. A mob burst into the house they shared, claiming to be police looking for...

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, ...

Title: A sermon preached in the First Society in Dedham on the 7th day of February, 1796 : forty years after the author's induction into the work of the gospel ministry.<br /><br />Author: Jason Haven<br /><br />Publisher:...

Title: A serious address to the members of the Episcopal separation in New-England : occasioned by Mr. Wetmore's Vindication of the professors of the Church of England in Connecticut : being an attempt to fix and settle these three points : I,...

Title: A sermon delivered on the anniversary thanksgiving November 29, 1798 : with some additions in the historical part.<br /><br />Author: Jonathan French<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br /><br...

Title: A sermon delivered July 1, 1789, at the installation of the Reverend Israel Evans to the pastoral care of the church in Concord, New Hampshire.<br /><br />Author: Joseph Eckley<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana...

Title: A sermon delivered August 15, 1798, at the ordination of the Rev. Jacob Abbot to the pastoral office over the church and society in Hampton-Falls.<br /><br />Author: Abel Fiske<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana...

Title: A sermon preached before His Excellency Samuel Adams, Esq., governour, His Honour Moses Gill, Esq., lt. governour, the Honourable the Council, Senate, and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 27th, 1795 : being the...

Title: Justice and mercy recommended, particularly with reference to the slave trade : a sermon preached before the University of Cambridge.<br /><br />Author: Peter Peckard<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br...

Title: One shall be taken and another left : a sermon preach'd to the Old South Church in Boston, March 22, 1740/1 : a season wherein there was a remarkable display of the sovereign grace of God in the work of conversion.<br /><br...

Title: Man humbled by being compar'd to a worm : a sermon preached at the publick lecture in Boston, March 9th, 1731/2, the day after the funeral of the Honourable William Tailer, Esq., late lieutenant governour of the province of the...

Title: A dialogue on the Christian sacraments : wherein the nature and import of an attendance on them are enquired into from the Scriptures : the Protestant churches, and divines are consulted : and the singular notions of some on these heads, with...

Title: Some thoughts upon the spirit of infallibility claimed by the Church of Rome : offer'd at the anniversary Dudleian-lecture, at Harvard-College in Cambridge, May 11, 1757.<br /><br />Author: Edward Wigglesworth<br /><br...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, ...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...