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Adam, Eve, and the Serpentby Elaine PagelsISBN 0679722327 (0-679-72232-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Centuryby Kevin PhillipsISBN 067003486X (0-670-03486-X)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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Angels: God's Secret Agentsby Billy GrahamISBN 067147507X (0-671-47507-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels: God's Secret Agents'Book summary:Angels: God's Secret Agents is Billy Graham's one-volume introduction to one of the most popular spiritual phenomena of our time. Firmly grounded in Graham's close readings of scripture, Angels testifies to Graham's own encounters with the heavenly beings and also records the many similar stories that other believers have told him over the years. Graham devotes entire chapters to the questions of whether angels are visible or invisible, how they differ from men and women, and how the angelic hierarchy is organized. He also discusses the much-debated theory that UFO sightings are in fact angelic appearances.
Perhaps the primary purpose of this book, however, is to inform readers that armies of angels are ready and willing to help Christians in their daily fights against the forces of darkness. "Millions of angels are at God's command and at our service," Graham writes. "The hosts of heaven stand at attention as we make our way from earth to glory, and Satan's BB guns are no match for God's heavy artillery." Such stirring theological pronouncements are matched with practical advice for believers who wish to know the angelic powers in everyday life. --Kevin Attwood [via]
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Barabbasby Par Lagerkvist, Alan BlairISBN 067972544X (0-679-72544-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barabbas'Book summary:Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe."
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Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling: Resources for the Ministry of Healing and Growthby Howard John ClinebellISBN 0687024927 (0-687-02492-7)
Hardcover, Abingdon Pr
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Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Contextby Stanley Grenz, John R. FrankeISBN 0664257690 (0-664-25769-0)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context'Book summary:The authors move past the Enlightenment foundational approach to offer a revolutionary methodology for doing theology in a postmodern age. Their method uses three sources: the Spirit speaking authoritatively through the biblical text, tradition providing a historical interpretive framework; and culture as context for constructive theological reflection.
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The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 1984by United Methodist Church (U.S.)ISBN 0687037034 (0-687-03703-4)
Hardcover, United Methodist Pub. House
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Book of Order 2000-2001: The Constitution of the Presbyterian Churchby Westminster John Knox StaffISBN 066450115X (0-664-50115-X)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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A Brief History of Christian Worshipby James F. WhiteISBN 0687034140 (0-687-03414-0)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Black GarnettISBN 0679601813 (0-679-60181-3)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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Brothers Karamazovby Richard Pevear, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Larissa VolokhonskyISBN 0679410031 (0-679-41003-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Dostoevskys towering reputation as one of the handful of thinkers who forged the modern sensibility has sometimes obscured the purely novelistic virtuesbrilliant characterizations, flair for suspense and melodrama, instinctive theatricalitythat made his work so immensely popular in nineteenth-century Russia. The Brothers Karamazov, his last and greatest novel, published just before his death in 1881, chronicles the bitter love-hate struggle between the outsized Fyodor Karamazov and his three very different sons. It is above all the story of a murder, told with hair-raising intellectual clarity and a feeling for the human condition unsurpassed in world literature.
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonskythe definitive version in Englishmagnificently captures the rich and subtle energies of Dostoevskys masterpiece. [via]More editions of Brothers Karamazov:
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Children of Godby Mary Doria RussellISBN 067945635X (0-679-45635-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children of God : A Novel'Book summary:Mary Doria Russell's debut novel, The Sparrow, took us on a journey to a distant planet and into the center of the human soul. A critically acclaimed bestseller, The Sparrow was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year, a finalist for the Book-of-the-Month Club's First Fiction Prize and the winner of the James M. Tiptree Memorial Award. Now, in Children of God, Russell further establishes herself as one of the most innovative, entertaining and philosophically provocative novelists writing today.
The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the So-ciety of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to Alpha Centauri. Despite his objections and fear, he cannot escape his past or the future.
Old friends, new discoveries and difficult questions await Emilio as he struggles for inner peace and understanding in a moral universe whose boundaries now extend beyond the solar system and whose future lies with children born in a faraway place.
Strikingly original, richly plotted, replete with memorable characters and filled with humanity and humor, Chil-dren of God is an unforgettable and uplifting novel that is a potent successor to The Sparrow and a startlingly imaginative adventure for newcomers to Mary Doria Russell's special literary magic. [via] -
Chocolatby Joanne HarrisISBN 0670881791 (0-670-88179-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chocolat'Book summary:Vianne Rocher and her 6-year-old daughter, Anouk, arrive in the small village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes--"a blip on the fast road between Toulouse and Bourdeaux"--in February, during the carnival. Three days later, Vianne opens a luxuriant chocolate shop crammed with the most tempting of confections and offering a mouth-watering variety of hot chocolate drinks. It's Lent, the shop is opposite the church and open on Sundays, and Francis Reynaud, the austere parish priest, is livid.
One by one the locals succumb to Vianne's concoctions. Joanne Harris weaves their secrets and troubles, their loves and desires, into her third novel, with the lightest touch. There's sad, polite Guillame and his dying dog; thieving, beaten-up Joséphine Muscat; schoolchildren who declare it "hypercool" when Vianne says they can help eat the window display--a gingerbread house complete with witch. And there's Armande, still vigorous in her 80s, who can see Anouk's "imaginary" rabbit, Pantoufle, and recognizes Vianne for who she really is. However, certain villagers--including Armande's snobby daughter and Joséphine's violent husband--side with Reynaud. So when Vianne announces a Grand Festival of Chocolate commencing Easter Sunday, it's all-out war: war between church and chocolate, between good and evil, between love and dogma.
Reminiscent of Herman Hesse's short story "Augustus," Chocolat is an utterly delicious novel, coated in the gentlest of magic, which proves--indisputably and without preaching--that soft centers are best. --Lisa Gee, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Choirby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0679444548 (0-679-44454-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Christian Confessions: A Historical Introductionby Ted CampbellISBN 0664256503 (0-664-25650-3)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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The Christian in Today's World: Inner City to World Communityby Lewis S. C. SmytheISBN 068248055X (0-682-48055-X)
Hardcover, Exposition Press
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Church History: An Essential Guideby Justo L. GonzalezISBN 0687016118 (0-687-01611-8)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Church History: An Essential Guide'Book summary:One of the chief difficulties in studying the history of Christianity is the lack of prior exposure to the subject that students often bring with them. Struggling to keep up with the large numbers of names, dates, and places presented to them, it is easy for students to lose sight of the "big picture," the broad sweep of movement and change that instructors most wish to communicate. Justo Gonzalez has written this book to help students gain just such a quick and basic grasp of the main periods and issues in the history of Christianity. Drawing upon his own extensive experience and that of others, he contends that having been introduced to the essentials of church history in a brief and accessible form, students are far better able to understand and appreciate what they encounter in more detailed lectures and reading.
Gonzalez provides a comprehensive opening chapter that summarizes major issues and concerns of each of the principal eras of church history. Subsequent chapters focus on the ancient church, the Christian empire, the Middle Ages, the Reformation, the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, and the twentieth century and the end of modernity.
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The Church Visible: The Ceremonial Life and Protocol of the Roman Catholic Churchby James-Charles NoonanISBN 0670867454 (0-670-86745-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Common Lifeby Jan KaronISBN 0670894370 (0-670-89437-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Common Life'Book summary:A Common Life is a trip back in time for fans of "the little town with the big heart." Somewhere between the second and third volumes of Jan Karon's Mitford Years series, dyed-in-the-wool bachelor Father Timothy Kavanagh and his next-door neighbor Cynthia Coppersmith tied the knot. The author left it to readers' imaginations to fill in the blanks. In this delightful story, Karon paints a complete picture of the events surrounding the wedding of Mitford's best-loved couple, and chronicles the poignant and often hilarious reactions to the nuptial news by the tightly knit North Carolina community.
All the details cherished by those who are enchanted by weddings are offered here, from the color of the bridal outfit (aquamarine) to the choice of flowers (virgin's bower and hydrangeas). When the wedding bells finally ring, the pews are packed with the people who make Mitford special: ornery Uncle Billy, delightful Miss Sadie, indispensable Louella, and the cantankerous Emma Newland. And there's not a dry eye in the house when Father Tim's problematic foster child Dooley Barlowe sings for the two people who love him the most.
A Common Life is not just a wedding story. It's also an intimate portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and the shy Father Tim, complete with fears and hesitations, professions of commitment, and Barnabas the dog delivering love letters. But there's nothing heavy-handed here. The tensions don't run any higher than wondering if Cynthia will make it to the wedding on time after getting locked inside her own bathroom, or guessing if Esther will make her famous three-layer orange marmalade cake for the reception. Told in the warm, down-home style that Karon has built her reputation on, A Common Life is sweet without being saccharine, charming without being cloying. It's an invitation to a literary reunion of the best kind, and like all weddings, it will probably coax a few tears and plenty of smiles. --Cindy Crosby [via]
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The Companion to the Book of Common Worshipby Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Book of Common Worship (1993), Peter C. BowerISBN 0664502326 (0-664-50232-6)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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The Complete Ministry Audit: How to Measure 20 Principles for Growthby William M. EasumISBN 068701817X (0-687-01817-X)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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Connectionism: Ecclesiology Mission and Identityby Russell E. Richey, William B. Lawrence, Dennis M. CampbellISBN 0687021898 (0-687-02189-8)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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Constantine the Great: The Man and His Timesby Michael GrantISBN 0684195208 (0-684-19520-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Cross Walk: A Lenten Study for Adultsby James W. MooreISBN 0687032814 (0-687-03281-4)
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Different Drumby M. Scott PeckISBN 0684848589 (0-684-84858-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Different Drum'Book summary:In his ground-breaking bestseller, The Road Less Traveled, Peck took readers on a personal journey of psychological and spiritual development. In his new national bestseller, The Different Drum, he takes the next step--to the larger experience of living and working in community. [via]
The Different Drum: Community-Making and Peaceby Morgan Scott PeckISBN 067160192X (0-671-60192-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0679433139 (0-679-43313-9)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity.
Mandelbaums astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece of that genius whom our greatest poets have recognized as a central model for all poets.
This Everymans editioncontaining in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisoincludes an introduction by Nobel Prizewinning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations.
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Eternal Nowby Paul TillichISBN 068471907X (0-684-71907-X)
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Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliationby Volf MiroslavISBN 0687002826 (0-687-00282-6)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation'Book summary:Life at the end of the twentieth century presents us with a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simple fact of being different in some way, has come to be defined as in and of itself evil. Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to be heard today, Christian theology must find ways of speaking that address the hatred of the other. Reaching back to the New Testament metaphor of salvation as reconciliation, Volf proposes the idea of embrace as a theological response to the problem of exclusion.
Increasingly we see that exclusion has become the primary sin, skewing our perceptions of reality and causing us to react out of fear and anger to all those who are not within our (ever-narrowing) circle. In light of this, Christians must learn that salvation comes, not only as we are reconciled to God, and not only as we "learn to live with one another," but as we take the dangerous and costly step of opening ourselves to the other, of enfolding him or her in the same embrace with which we have been enfolded by God.
Is there any hope of embracing our enemies? Of opening the door to reconciliation? Miroslav Volf, a Yale University theologian, has won the 2002 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book, Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (Abingdon, 1996). Volf argues that exclusion of people who are alien or different is among the most intractable problems in the world today. He writes, It may not be too much to claim that the future of our world will depend on how we deal with identity and difference. The issue is urgent. The ghettos and battlefields throughout the worldin the living rooms, in inner cities, or on the mountain rangestestify indisputably to its importance. A Croatian by birth, Volf takes as a starting point for his analysis the recent civil war and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, but he readily finds other examples of cultural, ethnic, and racial conflict to illustrate his points. And, since September 11, one can scarcely help but plug the new world players into his incisive descriptions of the dynamics of interethnic and international strife.
Exclusion happens, Volf argues, wherever impenetrable barriers are set up that prevent a creative encounter with the other. It is easy to assume that exclusion is the problem or practice of barbarians who live over there, but Volf persuades us that exclusion is all too often our practice here as well. Modern western societies, including American society, typically recite their histories as narratives of inclusion, and Volf celebrates the truth in these narratives. But he points out that these narratives conveniently omit certain groups who disturb the integrity of their happy ending plots. Therefore such narratives of inclusion invite long and gruesome counter-narratives of exclusionthe brutal histories of slavery and of the decimation of Native American populations come readily to mind, but more current examples could also be found.
Most proposed solutions to the problem of exclusion have focused on social arrangementswhat kind of society ought we to create in order to accommodate individual or communal difference? Volf focuses, rather, on what kind of selves we need to be in order to live in harmony with others. In addressing the topic, Volf stresses the social implications of divine self-giving. The Christian scriptures attest that God does not abandon the godless to their evil, but gives of Godself to bring them into communion. We are called to do likewise whoever our enemies and whoever we may be. The divine mandate to embrace as God has embraced is summarized in Pauls injunction to the Romans: Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you (Romans 15:7).
Susan R. Garrett, Coordinator of the Religion Award, said that the Grawemeyer selection committee praised Volfs book on many counts. These included its profound interpretation of certain pivotal passages of Scripture and its brilliant engagement with contemporary theology, philosophy, critical theory, and feminist theory. Volfs focus is not on social strategies or programs but, rather, on showing us new ways to understand ourselves and our relation to our enemies. He helps us to imagine new possibilities for living against violence, injustice, and deception. Garrett added that, although addressed primarily to Christians, Volf's theological statement opens itself to religious pluralism by upholding the importance of different religious and cultural traditions for the formation of personal and group identity. The call to embrace the other is never a call to remake the other into ones own image. Volfwho had just delivered a lecture on the topic of Exclusion and Embrace at a prayer breakfast for the United Nations when the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Centerwill present a lecture and receive his award in Louisville during the first week of April, 2002.
The annual Religion Award, which includes a cash prize of $200,000, is given jointly by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Louisville to the authors or originators of creative works that contribute significantly to an understanding of the relationship between human beings and the divine, and ways in which this relationship may inspire or empower human beings to attain wholeness, integrity, or meaning, either individually or in community. The Grawemeyer awardsgiven also by the University of Louisville in the fields of musical composition, education, psychology, and world orderhonor the virtue of accessibility: works chosen for the awards must be comprehensible to thinking persons who are not specialists in the various fields.
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The Feast of Fools: A Theological Essay on Festivity and Fantasyby Harvey CoxISBN 0674295250 (0-674-29525-0)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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Fit to Be a Pastor: A Call to Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Fitnessby G. Lloyd RedigerISBN 0664258441 (0-664-25844-1)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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The Four Pages of the Sermon: A Guide to Biblical Preachingby Paul Scott WilsonISBN 0687023955 (0-687-02395-5)
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God's War: A New History of the Crusadesby Christopher TyermanISBN 0674023870 (0-674-02387-0)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God's War: A New History of the Crusades'Book summary:God's War offers a sweeping new vision of one of history's most astounding events: the Crusades.
From 1096 to 1500, European Christians fought to recreate the Middle East, Muslim Spain, and the pagan Baltic in the image of their God. The Crusades are perhaps both the most familiar and most misunderstood phenomena of the medieval world, and here Christopher Tyerman seeks to recreate, from the ground up, the centuries of violence committed as an act of religious devotion.
The result is a stunning reinterpretation of the Crusades, revealed as both bloody political acts and a manifestation of a growing Christian communal identity. Tyerman uncovers a system of belief bound by aggression, paranoia, and wishful thinking, and a culture founded on war as an expression of worship, social discipline, and Christian charity.
This astonishing historical narrative is imbued with figures that have become legends--Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus. But Tyerman also delves beyond these leaders to examine the thousands and thousands of Christian men--from Knights Templars to mercenaries to peasants--who, in the name of their Savior, abandoned their homes to conquer distant and alien lands, as well as the countless people who defended their soil and eventually turned these invaders back. With bold analysis, Tyerman explicates the contradictory mix of genuine piety, military ferocity, and plain greed that motivated generations of Crusaders. He also offers unique insight into the maturation of a militant Christianity that defined Europe's identity and that has forever influenced the cyclical antagonisms between the Christian and Muslim worlds.
Drawing on all of the most recent scholarship, and told with great verve and authority, God's War is the definitive account of a fascinating and horrifying story that continues to haunt our contemporary world.
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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islamby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0679426000 (0-679-42600-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Hit the Bullseye: How Denominations Can Aim Congregations at the Mission Fieldby Paul D. BordenISBN 0687043719 (0-687-04371-9)
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Hitler's Scientists : Science, War, and the Devil's Pactby John CornwellISBN 0670030759 (0-670-03075-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators: Facts and Figures on the State of American Societyby William J. BennettISBN 0671883267 (0-671-88326-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Invocations and Benedictions for the Revised Common Lectionaryby John M. DrescherISBN 0687046297 (0-687-04629-7)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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Joshuaby Joseph F. GirzoneISBN 0684813467 (0-684-81346-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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When Joshua moves to a small cabin on the edge of town, the local people are mystified by his presence. A quiet and simple man, Joshua appears to seek nothing for himself. He supports himself by working as a carpenter. He charges very little for his services, yet his craftsmanship is exquisite. The statue of Moses that he carves for the local synagogue prompts amazement as well as consternation.
What are the townsfolk to make of this enigmatic stranger? Some people report having seen him carry a huge cherry log on his shoulders effortlessly. Still others talk about the child in a poor part of town who was dreadfully ill but, after Joshua's visit, recovered completely.
Despite his benevolence and selfless work in the community, some remain suspicious. Finally, in an effort to address the community's doubts, the local religious leaders confront Joshua. [via]
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The Koran Interpreted: A Translationby A.J. ArberryISBN 0684825074 (0-684-82507-4)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Textby N. J. DawoodISBN 0670800880 (0-670-80088-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Text'Book summary:[via]The Koran, as N. J. Dawood states, is 'not only one of the most influential books of prophetic literature but also a literary masterpiece in its own right'. Universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago, the Koran still provides the rules of conduct fundamental to the Arab way of life. N. J. Dawood's masterly translation, first published in the mid-1950s and now completely revised in the light of a life-long study of the language and style of the Koran, presents the English reader with a clear, fluent and authoritative rendering, while fully reflecting the characteristic flavour and rhythm of the original. The present edition follows the original sequence of the Koranic suras, and is provided with a comprehensive index.
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Light from Heavenby Jan KaronISBN 0670034533 (0-670-03453-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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A Light in the Windowby Jan KaronISBN 0670882267 (0-670-88226-7)
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The Lord's Prayerby William BarclayISBN 0664258158 (0-664-25815-8)
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The Meaning of: The Glorious Koran/an Explanatory Translation by Marmaduke Pickthallby Marmaduke William PickthallISBN 0679417362 (0-679-41736-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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While in the service of Indias Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored by believer and non-believer alike for its unique combination of piety, scholarly rigor in its translation and explanatory notes, and deep feeling for the poetic beauty and moral grandeur of its Arabic original.
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The Mermaid Chairby Sue Monk KiddISBN 0670033944 (0-670-03394-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mermaid Chair'Book summary:Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair is the soulful tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. Like Kidd's stunning debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, her highly anticipated follow up evokes the same magical sense of whimsy and poignancy.
While Kidd places an obvious importance on the role of mysticism and legend in this tale, including the mysterious mermaid's chair at the center of the island's history, the relationships between characters is what gives this novel its true weight. Once she returns to her childhood home, Jessie is forced to confront not only her relationship with her estranged mother, but her other emotional ties as well. After decades of marriage to Hugh, her practical yet conventional husband, Jessie starts to question whether she is craving an independence she never had the chance to experience. After she meets Brother Thomas, a handsome monk who has yet to take his final vows, Jessie is forced to decide whether passion can coexist with comfort, or if the two are mutually exclusive. As her soul begins to reawaken, Jessie must also confront the circumstances of her father's death, a tragedy that continues to haunt Jessie and Nelle over thirty years later.
By boldly tackling such major themes as love, betrayal, grief, and forgiveness, The Mermaid Chair forces readers to question whether moral issues can always be interpreted in black or white. It is this ability to so gracefully present multiple sides of a story that reinforces Kidd's reputation as a well-respected modern literary voice. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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Miss Julia Hits the Roadby Ann B. RossISBN 0670032077 (0-670-03207-7)
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Miss Julia Meets Her Matchby Ann B. RossISBN 067003293X (0-670-03293-X)
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Miss Julia Takes Overby Ann B. RossISBN 0670910260 (0-670-91026-0)
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Miss Julia Throws a Weddingby Ann B. RossISBN 0670031054 (0-670-03105-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Julia Throws a Wedding'Book summary:If you've ever lived in a small town or been active in a church, chances are you know a Miss Julia, the paragon of outdated correctness at the center of Ann B. Ross's series of comic novels. One-third busybody, one-third Southern relic, and one-third loving kindness, the elderly Miss Julia finds herself at a loss at the beginning of Miss Julia Throws a Wedding. Although her own marriage was about as uplifting as a burned pot roast, she is mortified to learn that Hazel Marie, her dead husband's mistress, proposes to move out of Miss Julia's house and into a life of sin with the perpetual bachelor J.D. Pickens. At least Deputy Sheriff Coleman Bates and attorney Binkie Enloe, longtime lovers, have finally decided to do the right thing. Now if only they would do it the right way. Intent on preserving the niceties, Miss Julia takes over the wedding for Coleman and Binkie, vetoing their plans for a quick courthouse union and struggling to pull together a tasteful formal event with one week's notice. To complicate matters, a neighborhood thief and troublemaker, Dixon Hightower, has escaped from police custody. With only her imperious nature and the force of her convictions, can Miss Julia create the wedding of her dreams for Binkie and Coleman? It's a thin but spirited romp, like a village cozy without the unpleasantness of a murder. --Regina Marler [via]
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A New Songby Jan KaronISBN 0670878103 (0-670-87810-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A New Song'Book summary:As if being a priest in this day and age isn't difficult enough, try shepherding two parishes, located hundreds of miles apart, at the same time. A predicament of biblical proportions indeed, but one the indomitable Father Tim Kavanaugh and his cheerful wife, Cynthia, can handle, with a little help from the Lord--not to mention their friends--in Jan Karon's A New Song, the fifth installment in her much-loved Mitford series. When asked to act as interim minister for a tiny island parish in North Carolina's Outer Banks, the recently retired Father heeds the call, all the while trusting in a divine master plan: "He had prayed that God would send him wherever He pleased, and when his bishop presented the idea of Whitecap, he knew it wasn't his bishop's bright idea at all, but God's."
From the more routine duties of settling into a new church to dealing with a number of deeper domestic issues--including a single mother's spiral into depression and a reclusive next door neighbor in need of kindness--Father Tim's new parish presents a welcome challenge. All the while, of course, the folks back home keep him informed of goings-on in Mitford--the biggest being the recent arrest of Dooley Barlowe, a mountain boy whom Father Tim had taken into his home and heart five years earlier. As in past Mitford episodes, things have a way of working themselves out, but not before Father Tim and his accompanying cast learn a few more valuable lessons about life. Full of the homey atmosphere and heartwarming truths--not to mention the endearingly quirky characters--that are Karon's trademark, A New Song is a delightful celebration of the communal ties that bind. --Stefanie Hargreaves [via]
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On Being a Christianby Hans KungISBN 0671790722 (0-671-79072-2)
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Ordinary Miracles: Life in a Small Churchby Nick TaylorISBN 0671709445 (0-671-70944-5)
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The Origin of Satanby Elaine PagelsISBN 0679731180 (0-679-73118-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Satan'Book summary:. . . ground-breaking . . . Many times in the course of reading her explications I found myself saying, "Of course, why hasn't someone said this before?" By showing how the sectarian demonization of the "intimate enemies"--Jews and heretics--shaped early Christianity, the book helps us to understand the power of irrational forces that still need to be confronted in contemporary society. -- S. David Sperling, professor of Bible, Hebrew Union College [via]
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Our Lady of the Lost and Foundby Diane SchoemperlenISBN 0670899771 (0-670-89977-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Our Lady of the Lost and Found'Book summary:One Monday morning in April, a middle-aged writer walks into her living room to water the plants and finds a woman standing beside her potted fig tree. Dressed in a navy blue trench coat and white Nikes, the woman introduces herself as "Mary. Mother of God. . . . You know. Mary." Instead of a golden robe or a crown, she arrives bearing a practical wheeled suitcase. Weary after two thousand years of adoration and petition, Mary is looking for a little R & R. She's asked in for lunch, and decides to stay a week. As the story of their visit unfolds, so does the story of Mary-one of the most complex and powerful female figures of our time-and her changing image in culture, art, history, as well as the thousands of recorded sightings that have placed her everywhere from a privet hedge to the dented bumper of a Camaro.
As this Everywoman and Mary become friends, their conversations, both profound and intimate, touch upon Mary's significance and enduring relevance. Told with humor and grace, Our Lady of the Lost and Found is an absorbing tour through Mary's history and a thoughtful meditation on spirituality, our need for faith, and our desire to believe in something larger than ourselves. [via]More editions of Our Lady of the Lost and Found:
Out To Canaanby Jan KaronISBN 067087485X (0-670-87485-X)
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Pope John XXIIIby Thomas CahillISBN 0670030570 (0-670-03057-0)
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Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Lifeby Dennis TedlockISBN 0671617710 (0-671-61771-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Presbyterian Elderby W. Ben Lane, Paul S. WrightISBN 0664502520 (0-664-50252-0)
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Presbyterian Polity for Church Officersby Joan S. Gray, Joyce C. TuckerISBN 0664500188 (0-664-50018-8)
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Put Your Best Foot Forward: How to Minister from Your Strengthby James O. AbrahamsonISBN 0687004918 (0-687-00491-8)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addictionby Jack TrimpeyISBN 0671528580 (0-671-52858-0)
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The Reformationby Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 0671610503 (0-671-61050-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Reformation'Book summary:The Story of Civilization, Volume VI: A history of European civilization from Wyclif to Calvin: 1300-1564. This is the sixth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series. [via]
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Robert's Rules of Orderby Henry M. RobertISBN 0673387356 (0-673-38735-6)
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Robert's Rules of Order : 1990 Editionby Henry M. Robert, Sarah C. Robert, William J. Evans, James W. ClearyISBN 0673387364 (0-673-38736-4)
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Rural Ministry: The Shape of the Renewal to Comeby Shannon Jung, Edward Queen, Deborah Cronin, Pegge Boehm, Gary Farley, C. Dean Freudenberger, Judith Heffernan, Sandy Lablabc, Dave RuesinkISBN 0687016061 (0-687-01606-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rural Ministry: The Shape of the Renewal to Come'Book summary:Grounded in social research, Rural Ministry evaluates the diminishing establishment of the church in rural America, which is linked to the fifty-year-old crisis in rural ministry. It names the primary issues for leaders of Protestant and Catholic churches to ponder: the graying of the population; the closing of schools, hospitals, and factories; and the corporate buyout of farms during the 1980s. In addition to retelling the history of this crisis, Shannon Jung and the other contributors to this volume offer a set of Christian principles that respond to social problems in rural life. The situation is so intense that the book offers examples from around the heartland of cooperative or collaborative parishes that blend denominational and theological differences across the Protestant and Catholic spectrum.
Key Benefits: Offers a vision of nationwide renewal in rural America; Advocates true ecumenical solutions to issues confronting the rural church in America; Sidebars feature examples and illustrations; Informs new rural ministers of the culture and issues about to confront them, allowing them to better handle the challenges and opportunities of the rural environment; Motivates congregations to activate ministries in new and provocative ways, insuring the spread of the gospel; Can help troubled churches survive.
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Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers: Ministry Anytime, Anywhere by Anyoneby William M. EasumISBN 0687005639 (0-687-00563-9)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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The Scott, Foresman Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revisedby Henry M. Robert, Sarah Corbin RobertISBN 0673154718 (0-673-15471-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scott, Foresman Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'Book summary:Originally published as a slim document in 1896, General Henry M. Robert's classic guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings has sold close to five million copies in nine editions. The only book containing the completely developed Robert's Rules of Order subject matter, this latest edition will continue the book's reputation as the gold standard of meeting procedure for parliamentarians and novice club presidents and members alike. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the past decade's technological advances and usage, this tenth edition contains new information on how to conduct meetings over the Internet, on phone and video conference calls, and with members in absentia. The best book from which to learn all about running and taking an effective part in meetings, General Robert's gift of order is as indispensable now as it was a century ago.[via]More editions of The Scott, Foresman Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised:
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The Screwtape Lettersby C. S. LewisISBN 0684831171 (0-684-83117-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screwtape Letters'Book summary:This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and ability to milk each phrase for maximum effect betray an infectious enthusiasm for the story. It's clear that he's having a great time reading, and it's impossible not to laugh along with him. This inspired pairing of two of the 20th century's greatest wits makes for a meditation on the dark side of spiritual guidance that's as relevant and funny today as it was in Lewis's war-torn England. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland [via]
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Shattered Faith : A Woman's Struggle to Stop the Catholic Church from Annuling Her Marriageby Sheila R. KennedyISBN 0679439951 (0-679-43995-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millenniaby Jo Ann Kay McNamaraISBN 0674809858 (0-674-80985-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Soul of Ministry: Forming Leaders for God's Peopleby Ray S. AndersonISBN 0664257445 (0-664-25744-5)
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The Sparrow : A Novelby Mary Doria RussellISBN 0679451501 (0-679-45150-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sparrow : A Novel'Book summary:In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong... Words like "provocative" and "compelling" will come to mind as you read this shocking novel about first contact with a race that creates music akin to both poetry and prayer. [via]
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St. Camberby Katherine KurtzISBN 0685006905 (0-685-00690-5)
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Take the Next Step: Leading Lasting Change in the Churchby Lovett H. WeemsISBN 0687020840 (0-687-02084-0)
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The Testament of Gideon Mackby James RobertsonISBN 067003844X (0-670-03844-X)
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These High, Green Hillsby Jan KaronISBN 0670869341 (0-670-86934-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'These High, Green Hills'Book summary:The village of Mitford is soothing tonic for a readership that feels starved for community and yearns for clear morals. The recently married Father Tim and his plain-folk neighbors live the best of Christianity in everyday life. Even the rampant gossip in Mitford is the good kind: folks worrying about other folks and everyone minding one another's business out of concern rather than malice. As a result, no one faces a crisis alone. Often the crises are cause for a belly laugh, such as the rectory's new computer system that seems programmed to torment. But just as often the crises have the bite of real-life problems, such as the bloody young girl in shredded clothes, whom Father Tim finds after she was beaten by her drunken father, and the soul-wrenching despair Father Tim feels when he loses a surrogate mother. The heavily quoted scripture gives a day-to-day context for biblical teachings as well as spiritual solace during the sadder days at Mitford. --Gail Hudson [via]
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A Thief in the Night: The Death of Pope John Paul Iby John CornwellISBN 0670823872 (0-670-82387-2)
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A Thief in the Night: The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul Iby John CornwellISBN 0671683942 (0-671-68394-2)
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Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faithby Anne LamottISBN 0679442405 (0-679-44240-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith'Book summary:For most writers, the greatest challenge of spiritual writing is to keep it grounded in concrete language. The temptation is to wander off into the clouds of ethereal epiphanies, only to lose readers with woo-woo thinking and sacred-laced clichés. Thankfully, Anne Lamott (Operating Instructions, Crooked Little Heart) knows better. In this collection of essays, Lamott offers her trademark wit and irreverence in describing her reluctant journey into faith. Every epiphany is framed in plainspoken (and, yes, occasionally crassly spoken) real-life, honest-to-God experiences. For example, after having an abortion, Lamott felt the presence of Christ sitting in her bedroom:
This experience spooked me badly, but I thought it was just an apparition born of fear and self-loathing and booze and loss of blood. But then everywhere I went I had the feeling that a little cat was following me, wanting me to reach down and pick it up, wanting me to open the door and let it in. But I knew what would happen: you let a cat in one time, give it a little milk and then it stays forever.
Whether she's writing about airplane turbulence, bulimia, her "feta cheese thighs," or consulting God over how to parent her son, Lamott keeps her spirituality firmly planted in solid scenes and believable metaphors. As a result, this is a richly satisfying armchair-travel experience, highlighting the tender mercies of Lamott's life that nudged her into Christian faith. --Gail Hudson [via]More editions of Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith:
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The Unauthorized Version : Truth and Fiction in the Bibleby Robin L. FoxISBN 0679744061 (0-679-74406-1)
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The Unauthorized Version discusses the two incompatible creation stories in Genesis and the historical errors in the Gospels' accounts of the Nativity. It introduces us to a Bible that came late to monotheism, propounded a jumble of conflicting laws, and whose authors wrote under assumed names. Far from debunking the scriptures, though, Robin Lane Fox locates their core of truth: his book is a bold and original contribution both to the history of religion and the literature of belief. [via]More editions of The Unauthorized Version : Truth and Fiction in the Bible:
The Web of Preaching: New Options in Homiletic Methodby Richard L. EslingerISBN 068701297X (0-687-01297-X)
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What Jesus Meantby Garry WillsISBN 0670034967 (0-670-03496-7)
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Where Resident Aliens Live: Exercises for Christian Practiceby Stanley Hauerwas, William H. WillimonISBN 0687016053 (0-687-01605-3)
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Some Christian liberals think that resident aliens are sectarian, and that they wish to withdraw from engagement with the world. God forbid! The book is thus full of stories of resident aliens who have been baptized, trained, and conditioned -- like Marines in boot camp -- to be new citizens and find a new home in the distinctly Christian community.
Some Christian conservatives want a "to do" list that lays out the program for becoming a congregation or small group of resident aliens. Or perhaps they want a list of beliefs that might be defended. You won't find that here, for these desires are what ails the disestablished church. A list of options and choices, or an elective program for "wannabe" resident aliens, is an accommodation to the false god of freedom. Resident aliens are imitated and understood by telling their stories, by enfleshing their practices in the narrative that becomes part of the unfolding Christian story.
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Who Do You Say That I Am?: Essays on Christologyby David R. Bauer, Jack Dean Kingsbury, Mark Allan PowellISBN 0664257526 (0-664-25752-6)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Who Wrote the Bible?by Richard Elliott FriedmanISBN 0671631616 (0-671-63161-6)
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Whose Bible Is It?: A History of the Scriptures Through the Agesby Jaroslav PelikanISBN 0670033855 (0-670-03385-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Whose Bible Is It?: A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages'Book summary:No book has been more pored over, has been the subject of more commentary and controversy, or had more influence not only on our religious beliefs but also on our culture and language than the Bible. And certainly no book has been as widely read. But how did the Bible become the book we know it to be?
In this superbly written history, Jaroslav Pelikan takes the reader through the good books evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest Hebrew texts and the Bibles appearance in Greek, then Latin, Pelikan explores the canonization of different Bibles and why certain books were adopted by certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press, the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical scholarship.
Both an enduring work of scholarship and a fascinating read, Whose Bible Is It? will be eagerly welcomed by the many fans of Elaine Pagelss books and Adam Nicolsons Gods Secretaries. [via]
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Why I Am Not a Christian, and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjectsby Bertrand Russell RussellISBN 0671203231 (0-671-20323-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why I Am Not a Christian, and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects'Book summary:Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself -- questions about man's place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and sexual ethics. He brings to his treatment of these questions the same courage, scrupulous logic, and lofty wisdom for which his other work as philosopher, writer, and teacher has been famous. These qualities make the essays included in this book perhaps the most graceful and moving presentation of the freethinker's position since the days of Hume and Voltaire.
"I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue," Russell declares in his Preface, and his reasoned opposition to any system or dogma which he feels may shackle man's mind runs through all the essays in this book, whether they were written as early as 1899 or as late as 1954.
The book has been edited, with Lord Russell's full approval and cooperation, by Professor Paul Edwards of the Philosophy Department of New York University. In an Appendix, Professor Edwards contributes a full account of the highly controversial "Bertrand Russell Case" of 1940, in which Russell was judicially declared "unfit" to teach philosophy at the College of the City of New York.
Whether the reader shares or rejects Bertrand Russell's views, he will find this book an invigorating challenge to set notions, a masterly statement of a philosophical position, and a pure joy to read. [via]
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Wide As the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspiredby Benson BobrickISBN 0684847477 (0-684-84747-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide As the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired'Book summary:Benson Bobrick's Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired is a brisk and gripping work of history, religion, and literary criticism. Translation of the King James Bible took centuries to complete, and Bobrick provides colorful descriptions of the distinctive contributions of various translators who took part in the project, particularly John Wyclif in the 15th century and William Tyndale in the 16th century. (Tyndale, he points out, is the second most widely quoted writer, after Shakespeare, in the English language ["eat, drink, and be merry," is Tyndale's phrase; so is "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"].) Wide as the Waters interprets each translator's work according to its contemporary political context in England. The book's most dramatic passages are found in its account of Henry VIII's showdown with Rome, which resulted in (among other things) Tyndale's execution. Although Bobrick may overstate the singularity of the Bible's influence on the English Revolution (he asserts that the concepts of liberty and free will that guided revolutionaries who overthrew Charles I were primarily derived from the King James Bible), his argument is, at the very least, an effective and engaging reminder of Scripture's liberating power. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Woman Who Laughed at God : The Untold History of the Jewish Peopleby Jonathan KirschISBN 0670030090 (0-670-03009-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman Who Laughed at God : The Untold History of the Jewish People'Book summary:Jonathan Kirsch wants to answer the question, "Who is a Jew?" and in The Woman Who Laughed at God, he comes to some gracious, broad-minded conclusions. Kirsch rejects definitions of Judaism based on "a set of commandments literally written in stone." Instead, he offers stories of chutzpah through the ages, beginning with Abraham (who argued with God) and Sarah (who laughed at Him), demonstrating that "Judaism has been defined by generation upon generation of courageous men and women who felt both inspired and empowered to reimagine and reinvent what it means to be a Jew." Kirsch argues by telling stories--of Maccabee freedom fighters, of ecstatic mystics, of kibbutzers who feasted on "kosher pigs." Although his essential point--that diversity, not orthodoxy, is the hallmark of true Judaism--is not a new one, it still bears repeating. Kirsch, author of the bestselling The Harlot by the Side of the Road, writes with such flair, ranging over a wide variety of characters, that his lively style elevates his conventional premise. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The World of the Reformationby Hans Joachim HillerbrandISBN 0684135345 (0-684-13534-5)
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Worship Come to Its Sensesby Don E. SaliersISBN 0687014581 (0-687-01458-1)
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