Is it possible that we have left Christ out of Christianity? Is the faith and practice of American Christians today more American than Christian? These are the provocative questions Michael Horton addresses in this thoughtful, insightful book. He argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are ...
Before the atrocities of the 1994 genocide, which left more than a million people dead, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared to eight young people in the remote village of Kibeho, Rwanda. They warned of the coming bloodshed, but prophesised that it could be averted if Rwandans opened their hearts to God and embraced His love. Their powerful ...
"Acts of Faith" is a young Muslim activist's remarkable account of coming of age and coming to understand what led him toward religious pluralism rather than hatred.
On October 27, 1985, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, newspaper publisher and columnist, Wayne Weible, first learned of the phenomenon occurring in the little town with the unpronounceable name. Sensing that there might be material for his column, he decided ot pursue the story. Already he had a tie-in in mind that would be perfect for the season: ...
Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence of life in the Roman Empire. Acclaimed historian Beard makes sense of the remains, explores what kind of town it was, and what this reveals about "ordinary" life during ancient times.
This 31-day devotional companion to "The Spirit of America" offers an inspiring look at Americans' faith through the generations. Paintings by Thomas Kinkade with each devotional take readers through the 20th century, offering a warm, nostalgic view of where we have been in the last 100 years.
In this richly illustrated book, religious historian Eamon Duffy discusses the "Book of Hours", unquestionably the most intimate and most widely used book of the later Middle Ages. He examines surviving copies of the personal prayer books which were used for private, domestic devotions, and in which people commonly left traces of their lives. ...
Beyond his authoritative message is his radiant Christ like spirit that reveals a deep devotion to his Lord and ministers love and joy which transforms lives wherever he goes.
The appearance of "religion" as a category describing a set of practices and beliefs allegedly an aspect of all cultures dates only from the modern period, emerging as Europe expanded trade abroad and established its first colonial relations in the 17th and 18th centuries. The invention of Hinduism can be seen in the encounter between modernity's ...
Hawaii -- a place all the world knows as paradise and one of the most remote places on earth -- may hold a clue for all humanity during our very defining moment in history. Pila explains why Hawaii is the crossroads of all our mysteries. The Hawaiian people, their legends and culture, even the location of the islands themselves hold a key that ...
This book tells an extraordinary story of the people of early New England and their spiritual lives. It is about ordinary people--farmers, housewives, artisans, merchants, sailors, aspiring scholars--struggling to make sense of their time and place on earth. David Hall describes a world of religious consensus and resistance: a variety of ...
bThis is a book of spiritual reflections, prayers, or mantras from one of the great spiritual leaders of our time: Cesar Chavez. Perhaps the best-known Latino historical figure in the United States, a key aspect of why he did what he did was his faith. He was a devout Catholic and a man of deep moral and spiritual values, which is what drove him ...
Faithful Departed traces the rise and fall of the Catholic Church in Boston, showing how the Massachusetts experience set a pattern that echoed throughout the United States as religious institutions lost influence in the face of rising secularization. The collapse of Catholicism in Boston became apparent with the explosion of the sex-abuse crisis. ...
Cambridge historian Laven has created a detailed and dramatic tapestry of resourceful, determined, often passionate women who managed to lead fulfilling lives despite their virtual imprisonment in Venice's 16th-century convents.
Lovely, small and uncomplicated, this book is the perfect soul-cleaner for today's troubled times. Everyone from Mickey Rooney to the boy next door may have experienced an angel encounter. There's an Angel on Your Shoulder spreads a little of that light to the rest of us.
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher are acclaimed for their photographs of vanishing African tribal customs. This text brings together a decade of travel and research, in a two-volume exploration of African rites and rituals, including baby namings, initiations and weddings.
In an attempt to explore American Christianity and the relationships between the believers and the landscapes they build, Colleen McDannell examines the religious objects used by nineteenth and twentieth-century Americans.
'Fat People Don't Go to Heaven!' screamed a headline in the tabloid "Globe" in November 2000. The story recounted the success of the Weigh Down Workshop, the nation's largest Christian diet corporation and the subject of extensive press coverage from "Larry King Live" to the "New Yorker". In the United States today, hundreds of thousands of people ...
The first chapters outline important themes and issues, including locations and their meanings, defining features of sanctuaries, the relationship between structure and ritual, political as well as religious functions, transformations over time, and the activities and experiences of the individual. These themes are linked to historic and specific ...
From Bibles designed to look like glossy fashion magazines to mega-churches with ATMs and rockclimbing walls, the nuances of conservative evangelicals are revealed in Lanham's guide for those who can expect to be left behind in the End of Days.
"The Visionaries are the little ones. They are being taught by the Blessed Mother to understand the Gospel with their hearts, not their heads. They have an infused wisdom..you can experience this yourself in the interviews of them by Jan Connell.
This book offers a fundamental challenge to much that has been written about the pre-Reformation church. Eamon Duffy recreates 15th-century English laypeople's experience of religion, revealing the richness and complexity of the Catholicism by which men and women structured their experience of the world and their hopes within and beyond it. He ...
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