Church Institutions Organizations category: 259 books
by Deslea Maxwell
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
From General André Cox’s foreword: ‘This edition of The Year Book provides many facts and much information about the work of the worldwide Salvation Army. May this resource encourage you to prayer and service that the world might be won for Jesus Christ.’
When Atheism Becomes Religion
America's New Fundamentalists
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
From the New York Times bestselling author of American Fascists and the NBCC finalist for War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning comes this timely and compelling work about new atheists: those who attack religion to advance the worst of global capitalism, intolerance and imperial projects.
Chris...
The Frankfurt School on Religion
Key Writings by the Major Thinkers
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
In "The Frankfurt School on Religion," Eduardo Mendieta has brought together a collection of readings and essays revealing both the deep connections that the Frankfurt School has always maintained with religion as well as the significant contribution that its work has to offer. Rather than...
Down in the Chapel
Religious Life in an American Prison
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
A bold and provocative interpretation of one of the most religiously vibrant places in America—a state penitentiary
Baraka, Al, Teddy, and Sayyid—four black men from South Philadelphia, two Christian and two Muslim—are serving life sentences at Pennsylvania's maximum-security Graterford...
by Elijah Muhammad
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Muhammad said a Messenger would rise up every hundred years. He didn't say he was the last one. And if I say I am the Messenger of Allah and Allah has given to me the name Muhammad, what right do you have trying to take authority over Allah and Islam to tell Allah whom he should choose and what...
Among the Creationists:Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionist Front Line
Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionist Front Line
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Why do so many Americans reject the modern theory of evolution? Seeking answers, mathematician Jason Rosenhouse became a regular attendee at creationist conferences and other gatherings. After ten years of attending events like the giant Creation Mega-Conference in Lynchburg, Virginia, and visiting...
by Anthony C. Meisel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
From the time it was first promulgated in the sixth century, The Rule of St. Benedict has been one of the most influential, enduring documents of Western civilization. Composed for the guidance of his own monks at Monte Cassino, St. Benedict's Rule has become the basis for the rules of practically...
Last of the Fathers
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter Doctor Mellifluus
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 1981
Merton presents one of the most significant encyclical letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, together with an introduction to the life and teachings of the great mystic. "A study that will have to be on the shelves of all libraries and in the personal collections of all who are interested in spirituality" (Catholic World). Index.
A Journey Just Begun
The Story of an Anglican Sisterhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
A Journey Just Begun tells the story of the only indigenous Canadian Anglican religious order for women, the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine, in a way that celebrates the Sisters' past, describes their present, and looks forward to their future. It focuses on God's transforming love in the lives...
by St. Teresa of Avila, Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume One contains Letters from 1546 to 1577 Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches.
St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite...
Credible Signs of Christ Alive
Case Studies from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2003
This accessible and stirring book not only introduces readers to the work of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the domestic antipoverty and social justice program sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, but also inspires us to service. With John P. Hogan as...
Restoring At-Risk Communities
Doing It Together and Doing It Right
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1996
This comprehensive handbook to urban ministry introduces and shows how to implement a Christian community development program.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
As the availability and use of media platforms continue to expand, the cultural visibility of religion is on the rise, leading to questions about religious authority: Where does it come from? How is it established? What might be changing it? The contributors to The Media and Religious Authority examine...
Hard Time Tough Churches Awesome God!
13 Churches That Faced Losing Almost...Everything!
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
* HARD TIMES * TOUGH CHURCHES * AWESOME GOD! 13 Churches that faced losing almost...Everything! Miami * Detroit * Orlando * San Diego Jacksonville * New Orleans * Mobile Springfield * Oklahoma City * Birmingham