Ritual category: 1070 books

Icons and the Liturgy, East and West: History, Theology, and Culture is a collection of nine essays developed from papers presented at the 2013 Huffington Ecumenical Institute’s symposium “Icons and Images,” the first of a three-part series on the history and future of liturgical arts in Catholic...

Harry Emerson Fosdick was one of the most popular liberal preachers of the early twentieth century, and his The Meaning of Prayer is considered by many one of the finest studies of the meditative communion with God. This lovely little book features daily devotional readings focused on understanding...

Reverend Lawrence L. Blankenship has created a new book offering a fresh look at one of the most imnportant, and controversial works for men and women to study. The Laws of God and The Laws of The State Vol. 2. NOTE: If We Obey The Laws of God, Well Not Dis-obey The Laws of The State. The Laws of...

The book of Proverbs has always been the book described as the book of wisdom. The book of the wise. Yet, even though it exists within the pages of the Holy Bible, this book of wisdom is not a religion, but rather life, strength, health and vitality.  The book of Proverbs is a book that is...

What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary? When a vision of a mysterious “Lady” invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, not only were they disinterested in becoming Catholic, they were finished with institutional...

Das Kirchenjahr verläuft mit seinen vielen Festen anders als das Kalenderjahr und nicht jeder kennt die einzelnen Feiertage und ihre Bedeutung. In diesem Heft werden sie anschaulich und leicht verständlich erklärt.

Stretch Out Your Hand offers practical ways for us to consider the varieties of God's healing love for individuals, institutions, and communities. The book provides an honest examination of the many difficult questions about prayer and the role of faith in healing. Through exercises and stories,...

Spurgeon observed the Lord's Supper every Sunday, unless illness prevented it. He often said that the more he obeyed Christ's command, *"This do in remembrance of me" *(Luke 22:19), the more precious his Savior and the more helpful and instructive the celebration became to him. He always...

The spiritual exploits of Saint Anthony the Great—the prototype of the Christian "Desert Father"—have been immortalized in stories and art since the fourth century. Here is the stunning account of a modern seeker's quest to get beneath the legends that surround Anthony and to determine...

Ever since mankind, the prodigal spirit sons of our Father in Heaven, wandered into the wilderness of the world and fed upon the husks of its pleasures, which starve the body, there has been within man's heart a soundless voice urging him to return; but most men are so engrossed in material interests...

Extrait :  2. Qu’est-ce qu’un bouddhiste ? C’est un homme qui vénère le Bouddha comme la Lumière du monde, comme le maître et le guide suprême de tous les êtres vivants ;  qui regarde comme vraie la doctrine qu’il a enseignée ; en suit...

Although numerous studies have examined biblical and theological rationales for using the visual arts in worship, this book by Lisa J. DeBoer fills in a piece of the picture missing so far — the social dimensions of both our churches and the various art worlds represented in our congregations.   The...

L'auteur démontre que le christianisme et la franc-maçonnerie n'ont pas été créés ou inventés par leurs fondateurs respectifs, mais qu'ils sont la progéniture hybride des cultes païens et des anciens mystères.

Where are the women in liturgical history? In considering the influential liturgical movement in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, Katharine E. Harmon reveals that the reality is analogous to Matthew's account of the crucifixion of Jesus: "there were also many...