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Christians are increasingly seen as outdated, restrictive, and judgmental when it comes to sex before marriage, cohabitation, homosexuality, gender identity, and transgender rights. In fact, for many people, this issue is one of the biggest barriers for them considering Christianity. Sam Allberry, author of many books including Is God Anti-Gay?, sets out God's good design for the expression of human sexuality, showing that God himself is love and that only he can satisfy our deepest...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Preachers, teachers, and self-proclaimed prophets frequently claim that the end of the world is near, often based on their interpretation of Bible books such as Daniel and Revelation. Are these claims justified? Is there a valuable message in these books? In this masterful book, Dr. Herold Weiss applies a lifetime of study, teaching, and writing on the Bible to helping readers understand apocalyptic literature and symbolism. Avoiding the common error of simply finding something in recent...
| Автор | Herold Weiss |
Enfolded in Christ is a book about priesthood with a difference. Instead of focusing on ministry, it helps priests develop a healthy spiritual life to sustain them through the demands of their calling. John-Francis Friendship draws on extensive experience in pastoral supervision and spiritual direction to help priests cultivate spiritual practices and habits that will nurture a priests's relationship with Christ, sustain holy living and foster personal well-being.
| Автор | John-Francis Friendship |
Millions of women have felt the power of birth, and countless women long for it. But for too many, birth can seem like a purely clinical experience – something to get through as quickly as possible in order to get on with the joys of being a mother. In Made for This , author Mary Haseltine draws on Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body to show that birth is an essential part of who God created women to be, body and soul. With real-life stories from many moms and practical tips –...
| Автор | Mary Haseltine |
A century old – eternally new. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal. The message of Fatima reflects all the teachings of the Catholic faith. It’s a message so simple that children could understand it – yet one so rich that theologians are still mining its depths. In The Miracle and the Message: 100 Years of Fatima , author John C. Preiss describes in clear detail the Blessed Mother’s appearances to Lucia dos...
| Автор | John C. Preiss |
Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D. и др.
“Those who refuse to forgive become prisoners of the past.”– Pope Saint John Paul II Discovering a pornography addiction is traumatic – but knowing about it is necessary for true healing and recovery to begin. In Restoring Trust , licensed clinical therapist Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D., SATP-C, co-founder of IntegrityRestored.com and creater of the Integrity Starts Here! recovery program, provides an authentically Catholic approach to understanding and recovering from pornography addiction –...
| Автор | Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D. и др. |
Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop—as the highest Church official in his city—from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally learned, innovative, and groundbreaking work traces this transition with a twofold aim: to deemphasize the reign of the emperor Constantine, which has traditionally been regarded as a watershed in...
| Автор | Claudia Rapp |
American society has changed dramatically since <i>A Culture of Conspiracy</i> was first published in 2001. In this revised and expanded edition, Michael Barkun delves deeper into America's conspiracy sub-culture, exploring the rise of 9/11 conspiracy theories, the «birther» controversy surrounding Barack Obama's American citizenship, and how the conspiracy landscape has changed with the rise of the Internet and other new media.<br /><br />What do UFO believers,...
| Автор | Michael Barkun |
In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelievers—from ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to today’s most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of Schneider’s own unique journey, <i>God in Proof</i> illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of history’s biggest questions together...
| Автор | Nathan Schneider |
Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, <i>Some Trouble with Cows</i> will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community.<br /><br />Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in...
| Автор | Beth Roy |
The world's religions have emerged as one of the greatest geopolitical forces now shaping our lives. Now available in an updated edition, this authoritative atlas is an essential resource for understanding the powerful role of religion around the globe. In an accessible text packed with information, it maps the current nature, extent, and influence of each of the major religions and shows, country by country, how religions are spread through broadcasting, missionary work, schooling, and...
| Автор | Joanne O'Brien |
In Search of Soul explores the meaning of “soul” in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the “soul” revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption.  He contends that biblical traditions and...
| Автор | Alejandro Nava |
