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It is no secret: the body of Christ in the United States is broken. While universality and unity amid diversity is a fundamental characteristic of Roman Catholicism, all-too-familiar issues related to gender, sexuality, race, and authority have rent the...

Whether one thinks that "religion" continues to fade or has made a comeback in the contemporary world, there is a common notion that "religion" went away somewhere, at least in the West. But William Cavanaugh argues that religious...

One would think that peace, a term that occurs as many as one hundred times in the New Testament, would enjoy a prominent place in theology and ethics textbooks. Yet it is surprisingly absent. Willard Swartley's Covenant of Peace remedies this...

The Pentecostal Manifestos series aims to speak for and to a rising, outward-looking generation of Pentecostal scholarship. Written by both established and newly emerging scholars, the various manifesto volumes are creative statements, marked by rigorous...

Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex. Scholars working in this area have backgrounds in law, religious studies, history, theology, and politics, among other fields. Historically, they have focused on particular angles or...

The history of the moral argument for the existence of God is a fascinating tale. Like any good story, it is full of twists and unexpected turns, compelling conflicts, memorable and idiosyncratic characters, both central and ancillary players. The...

In this original and compelling book, Jeffrey P. Bishop, a philosopher, ethicist, and physician, argues that something has gone sadly amiss in the care of the dying by contemporary medicine and in our social and political views of death, as shaped by our...

A personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic aftermaths. It is the compelling memoir of Alexander Kimel, taking him from a shtetl in the Polish Ukraine to a Nazi ghetto to liberation. It...

This book is meant to be an encouraging word for those who are struggling. This book is based upon real life struggles we all may face from time-to-time. Each day presents new challenges in life. It is my hope and desire to help people through those...

Discover the ways Catholic social teaching and its biblical roots can guide us toward authentic Christian living in a world in need of profound change. The goal of every Christian life is to be shaped and transformed by God. In Scripture we are...

Ad (Synodalem) Theologiam (Moralem) Promovendam M. Therese LysaughtORIGINAL ARTICLES ""And You, Africans: Who Do You Say Jesus Is?"": The Legacy of Laurenti Magesa for the Future of African Theology SimonMary Asese AihiokhaiA View from the Dunghill:...

What does it mean to consider the world of AI through a Christian lens? Rapid developments in AI continue to reshape society, raising new ethical questions and challenging our understanding of the human person. Encountering Artificial Intelligence draws...

An actology--introduced by the first book in this series, Actology: Action, Change and Diversity in the Western Philosophical Tradition--understands reality as action in changing patterns. Actological Readings in Continental Philosophy reads a number of...

"The Power of True Christian Virtue: Unleashing Your Full Potential" is a book that explores the transformative power of Christian virtues in one's personal and spiritual life. The book emphasizes the importance of cultivating virtues such as...

The book, A Collection Of The Several Writings Of That True Prophet Faithful Servant Of God, And Sufferer For The Testimony Of Jesus, William Bayly Who Finished His Testimony And Laid Down His Head In Peace With The Lord, The First Day Of The Fourth...

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Ethik, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Viele sehr unterschiedliche Dinge und Sachverhalte, das aktuelle Geschehen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Berufsleben beschäftigen die Gesellschaft von heute - nur nicht das...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,5, Theologisches Seminar Adelshofen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Darf ein Christ zu alternativer Medizin greifen oder nicht? Diese Arbeit hat sich der Beantwortung dieser Frage...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit untersucht die Theodizee von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, als eines der bedeutendsten Werke der...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

 Iran decides it must retaliate against what the United States and Israel have done and are doing to it. It is a matter of national pride that Iran must do something, it can no longer sit idle. The initial decision is to explode nuclear bombs in...

MSc (PUNJAB), MA (EXETER UK), LLBBORN IN LYALLPUR (PAKISTAN) 1948MIGRATED (PER-FORCE) TO THE UKSERVED IN POLICE & FIA (1975-98)PROFESSION: READING & WRITING(14TH BOOK IS IN YOUR HAND)The FOUR VOLUMES of 'JUDGES & GENERALS IN PAKISTAN' not only include...

In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Gabriel soon finds himself at a secret underground anarchist meeting place, under oath not to disclose its existence to...

As recovering Fundamentalists we often find ourselves unknowingly remaining within the Fundamentalist worldview. We think that if we enter into Progressive Christianity we're leaving behind the irrational, hurtful, racist, and untrue theological...

Liturgy at its best has the power to transform the community of the faithful. The liturgies in this book focus on lament, especially the lament experienced by communities of people facing environmental degradation and loss. It is often observed that...

White supremacy and racialized violence have animated much of society and church in the United States. Many people of goodwill are grasping for what to do in the face of such broad-reaching and painful wounds. From tracing the emergence of the modern...

God loves animals and gives them a special place in creation. So, do animals also have a place in God's work of redemption? Will there be animals on the new Earth? Will we see our beloved pets in the afterlife? This book takes up the challenge to think...

Science and Religion should never in be in conflict as Dr. James, a Ph.D. scientist and Christian mystic carefully demonstrates. He employs many personal experiences in the science realm and in the Christian realm to show how the two are wonderfully...

For almost six thousand years, Hebrew tribesmen in the Middle East have sought to build a nation for Hebrew tribesmen. However, over the centuries Hebrew became Jew and Israeli due to the input of trillions of dollars by various wealthy families and...

I like to apply the same analytical skills that helped me succeed in IT to my study of the Bible. I use the same technique when preparing a lesson, a sermon, or just discussing God's word with friends.It was while discussing God's word with...

Brand New Story of Creation is the journey of an independent scholar, trained as a Jesuit and seasoned by top-tier executive business challenges. He takes on the avocation of answering the question: What am I doing on a ball spinning in space?The author...

To differentiate between the "Sons of God" and the "Sons of Man," one must not only rely on the Word of the Lord, but must also be able to comprehend what actually transpired within the Roman Empire as the powerful Emperors ruled in...

The bestselling Orbis classic, with a new foreword by Sister Helen Prejean. Nolan's portrait of Jesus introduces us to the man as he was before he became enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual, a man deeply involved with the real problems of his...

Howard Thurman (1988-1981) was one of the leading religious thinkers of 20th century America, a mentor to the leaders of the civil rights movement, and a mystic who pioneered influential innovations in liturgy, worship, and spirituality in the quest for...

Argues that the problem of impending ecological devastation cannot be solved without a repudiation of the whiteness, and white theology that created it. This means naming and rejecting white epistemological hubris, which objectifies the land and...

An overview of Pope Francis's contribution to Catholic social teaching, drawing especially on his teaching in Fratelli Tutti.

An answer to our most difficult social problems is underway, and it begins locally. In How to Remake the World Neighborhood by Neighborhood, Mack McCarter, founder of Community Renewal International (CRI), tells how CRI built a movement to heal racial...

An analysis of anti-Asian racism, told from a Catholic perspective and including relevant CST documents and current examples of anti-Asian racism, compared and contrasted with anti-Black racism. Three damaging anti-Asian stereotypes are examined from the...

The modern restorative justice movement, perhaps one of the most important social movements of our time, was born in a Christian home to Christian parents, specifically to Christian peace workers striving to put their faith into action in the public...