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From Ash To Fire (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartThis excellent introduction to one of the most important spiritual classics of the Christian tradition is now reprinted in a new edition by popular demand. Full of solid insight, keen intuition and wise counsel for the spiritual journey, the book situates St Teresa’s work in the context of the Carmelite tradition and of a contemporary understanding of holistic spirituality. One chapter is devoted to each of the seven spiritual mansions of The Interior Castle. From Ash to Fire is particuarly useful for those who are at the beginning of the spiritual journey, but has many valuable insights for all readers. Carolyn Humphreys uses easy to follow, lay person’s language to describe each spiritual stage, relating it to the corresponding human dimension. You may recognize yourself in many of her vivid examples that relate to everyday experiences. She delicately brings to light that ‘authentic humanness comes through a person who is dependent on God and interdependent on others, ‘ and thus guides you along the way with sound advice. Carolyn Humphreys is a registered occupational therapist and a Secular Discalced Carmelite.
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Gospels Of Mary
$12.99Add to cartMary Magdalene, Jesus’s Closest Disciple
Marvin Meyer, one of the foremost scholars of the Gnostic Gospels:
translates and introduces the Gnostic and New Testament texts that together reveal the story and importance of Mary Magdalene
includes new translations of the Gospels of Mary, Thomas, Philip, and related texts about Mary Magdalene
discloses, with Esther A. De Boer, the long-suppressed story of Mary’s vital role in the life of Jesus and in the formative period after his crucifixion
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Prayer Of Love And Silence
$13.95Add to cartThis volume issues a powerful invitation to respond to the Love of Christ, centered on the need for prayer and teaches that prayer is not merely a devotional exercise to be carried out at the beginning and end of the day, or simply as the mood takes us. Reissued by popular demand this book presents ideal material for daily reading and reflection. It will provide true sustenance for a life of prayer. Carthusian Spirituality.
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They Speak By Silences
$13.95Add to cartThe thoughts contained in this book were from the pen of one who, in the silence of the Charterhouse, had already arrived at the summits of the spiritual heights, and dwelt there unceasingly. Souls who have reached such perfection in this life are rare; not so rare, however, are those who ardently aspire thereto. It is chiefly for such as these – to encourage and help them to arrive at those same heights – that these thoughts have been preserved and collected.
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Interfaith Dialogue : A Catholic View
$27.00Add to cartAn inside look at the dialogue among Catholicism and world religions.
When the Second Vatican Council published its teaching on Christianity in relation to other religious traditions (Nostra Aetate) forty years ago, everyone knew a threshold had been crossed. Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald and Dr. John Borelli have been participating in the crossing of that threshold for many years. This book tells the tale of what it has been like to have been engaged in inter-religious dialogue and what has been accomplished since Nostra Aetate was promulgated.
The reader finds in this work a sober assessment of today’s difficult situation and the inspiring story of a church that has tried to open itself to honest conversation with representatives of all the world’s great faiths.
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Grieving With The Help Of Your Catholic Faith
$7.95Add to cartLosing a loved one is perhaps the most painful and overwhelming of life’s experiences. it challenges you physically and emotionally, raises tough questions about the future, and incites impossible-to-answer questions about what you could have done differently. Your key to understanding all these issues – and healing – is your Catholic Faith.
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Bible Stories For Little Children
$11.95Add to cartThe Bible stories kids love best
In charming words and classic images beloved by children for over a century, here are the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, David and Goliath, and the Birth of Jesus.
Kids will meet the Three Wise Men and hear Jesus tell of the Good Samaritan, the Rich Man and Lazarus, the Prodigal Son, and the Good Shepherd who goes in search of his lost sheep. They’ll see Jesus walk on water, wash His Apostles’ feet, carry His Cross, and rise from the dead.
These and the other Bible stories here will fill young children with a sense of wonder and a deep, abiding confidence that God truly loves them.
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Religious Vows The Sermon On The Mount And Christian Living
$12.95Add to cartThe Sermon on the Mount in St. Matthew’s Gospel is a good synopsis of Jesus’ teaching and the Beatitudes summarize the Sermon on the Mount. Bonnie Thurston reflects on the Beatitudes and their focus on the kingdom of heaven. She shows how the Sermon on the Mount deepens understanding of the spiritual virtues the vows are intended to nurture and how the values embodied in the vows are central to all Christian living.
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Eating Your Way Through Lukes Gospel
$16.95Add to cartRobert Karris spreads before us a unique and delightful framing of the food theme in the Gospel of Luke.
Karris describes the food and drink popular in Jesus’ day. He also documents the social, political, and general contexts in which the food was prepared and eaten. He outlines the social roles Jesus assumes in Luke’s Gospel in relation to food and meals, as well as the relationship between women and food. Karris also examines the eucharistic implications of the way food and drink are portrayed.
This volume invites readers to get actively involved in the process of discovery by checking Scripture references alongside the author. Food themes in the other three Gospels are also briefly compared with Luke’s Gospel. Questions to stimulate an appetite for discussion or reflection and suggestions for further reading are provided at the end of each chapter.
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Facing East : A Pilgrims Journey Into The Mysteries Of Orthodoxy
$13.99Add to cartThe Classic Story of a Family’s Pilgrimage
into the Orthodox ChurchVeiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world. Yet, as Frederica Mathewes-Green discovered, it is a vital, living faith, rich in ritual beauty and steadfast in integrity. Utilizing the framework of the Orthodox calendar, Mathewes-Green chronicles a year in the life of her small Orthodox mission church, eloquently illustrating the joys and blessings an ancient faith can bring to the worshipers of today.
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Cube And The Cathedral
$19.99Add to cartWhy do Europeans and Americans see the world so differently? Why do Europeans and Americans have such different understandings of democracy? Contrasting the civilization that produced the starkly modernist “cube” of the Great Arch of La Defense in Paris with the civilization that produced the “cathedral” of Notre-Dame, George Weigel argues that Europe’s embrace of a narrow secularism has led to a crisis that is eroding Europe’s soul and threatening its future-with dire lessons for the rest of the democratic world. Weigel traces the origins of the atheistic humanism of 19th-century European intellectual life, which set in motion a historical process that produced two world wars, three totalitarian systems, the Gulag, Auschwitz, the Cold War-and, most ominously, the Continent’s de-population, which is worse today than during the Black Death. And yet, many Europeans still insist that only a public square shorn of religiously-informed moral argument is safe for human rights and democracy. Precisely the opposite, Weigel suggests, is true: the people of the “cathedral” can give a compelling account of their commitment to everyone’s freedom; the people of the “cube” cannot. In the final analysis, societies are only as great as their spiritual aspirations.
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Without Roots : The West Relativism Christianity Islam
$17.99Add to cartCan a civilization exist without any sense of the sacred? That is the question at the heart of Without Roots, which was born of a dialogue between Joseph Ratzinger-now Pope Benedict XVI-and Marcello Pera, president of the Italian Senate.
On May 13, 2004, Cardinal Ratzinger addressed the Italian senate on the state of the West. The day before, Marcello Pera gave a lecture at the Latern Pontifical University. Though the juxtaposition of the talks was pure chance, the two leaders arrived at strikingly similar conclusions about the spiritual, cultural, and political crisis facing the West. Now Without Roots takes on even more importance as a window into the mind of the Pope, who, as George Weigel explains in his forward to the American edition, “was elected in part, because of his long experience with, and profound understanding of, the current crisis in European civilization”.
Bringing together their unique vantage points as leaders of Church and State, Ratzinger and Pera challenge us to examine anew the fate of a civilization that has abandoned its spiritual roots. The question is urgent not only for the United States and Europe but for all democratic cultures.
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Convict Christ : What The Gospel Says About Criminal Justice
$19.00Add to cart14 Chapters
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A magisterial study of Christian mercy within the gritty realities of the American prison system…- Rev. Marjorie Holm, Chaplain Service of the Churches of VirginiaAn inmate for life, Jens Soering tells stories of prison life that are shocking and inspiring. He confronts us with Jesus’ challenge to love not only the least amongst us but those who are perceived as the worst amongst us.
Anyone interested in what goes on behind the walls of our nation’s prisons and in seeing the face of Christ in everyone will value this authentic, harrowing, and visionary search for redemption.
Jens Soering confronts the everyday realities of prison life with mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. I recommend The Convict Christ to those willing to become more deeply sensitized to the failures and injustices in our jails and prisons today. It is fascinating and enriching!- Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop Emeritus of Richmond
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Journey To Easter
$19.95Add to cartThe successor to Pope John Paul II shares a Lenten blessing that evaluates the meaning of the season, the significance of the birth and death of Christ, and the meaning of Jesus in the lives of Christians everywhere, in a spiritual meditation that follows such themes as the mystery of Mary and the Pentecostal sending of the Spirit.
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Gregory Of Nyssa
$18.99Add to cartSt. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 CE), who came from an illustrious Christian family of Capadocia, became bishop of the small town of Nyssa in 371 and is known as one of the founders of mystical theology in the Church. In The Life of Moses, one of the most important books in the study of Christian mysticism, Gregory retells the story of Moses’s life from the biblical account in Exodus and Numbers and then refers back to these stories as the basis for profound spiritual lessons. The ultimate goal of Gregory’s spirituality is to strive for infinite progress in the never-completed journey to God. His exhortations to lead a life of virtue will inspire all who hope to increase their knowledge and love of God.
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Oblation : Meditations On Saint Benedict’s Rule
$17.99Add to cartContemporary prayerful reflections on the rule of St. Benedict Thousands of spiritual seekers are discovering and re-discovering the wisdom of Saint Benedict, embracing the balanced, Christ-centered, and practical approach to daily living that he espoused for his monks almost 1500 years ago in Europe. By some estimates, Benedictine oblates outnumber vowed monks and nuns by ten-to-one. Rachel Srubas writes these uplifting, thought-provoking reflections out of her own profound experiences of learning the Rule, and implementing it in the midst of a “secular” life. She is attentive to the power of words, and writes like a poet. Each reflection is prefaced by an excerpt from one of the Rule’s seventy-three chapters, and explores the Benedictine themes of humility, prayer, community, compassion, justice, hospitality, moderation, and reverance. Srubas also offers insights for those interested in incorporating into their prayer lives the Benedictine practice of lectio divina (sacred reading) and related contemplative writing disciplines. Personal, accessible, and deeply relevant, the prayers offered here invite readers to make their own thoughtful reflections on the timeless principles found in Benedict’s Rule and how they may be applied in concrete ways in everyday life.
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Benedict Of Nursia
$14.95Add to cartBrief reflections on aspects of the Rule of Benedict.
Ponders how work is an aid to prayer and how the Benedictine vow of stability is essential to building community.
Each chapter concludes with a brief reflection ont he state of contemporary society and how the aspect of the Rule of Benedict treated in the chapter applies to the needs of today. -
And God Said Play Ball
$16.99Add to cartThis book is entertaining and educational: fanciful and inspirational. And God Said, “Play Ball!” makes the Bible more approachable by relating it to a game loved by both children and adults. It also shows that baseball is not only a game, but a never-ending series of lessons about life, as well. The book is divided into 18 chapters, each representing one half inning of a baseball game. In each half inning a topic is explored, with parallels being drawn between the Bible and the game. Author Gary Graf has been a baseball fan for more than 40 years and a Catholic longer than that. You won’t find a more inspiring gift for the baseball fan in your life.
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Chiara Luce : Life Lived To The Full
$12.95Add to cartChiara Luce, a girl full of vitality, but, suddenly, she fell gravely ill. And, strangely, moment by moment, a new life full of light began to unfold for her. She was eighteen when she died, yet she had lived to the full.
Thanks to a collection of her writings, a biography and a video, and through her friends, the local bishop and the Gen, Chiara Luce’s life continues to inspire people.
Each generation has its stories of heroism and holiness, which then become models for those coming after them. and yet these young people who have gone to the next life were not aloof or idealized; they have not become “icons”, to use the current terminology. They were just going on ahead of the others to another place, where they all eventually hope to meet up again. This is the story of the life of Chiara Luce Badano, a life lived to the full.
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Reading Salvation : Word Worship And The Mysteries
$19.95Add to cartThis inaugural issue captures something of the enormity of what the Church claims for Scripture. To read Scripture is to be “reading salvation”. Here we encounter the living Word of God who desires to lead all humankind to worship and communion in the mystery of His own divine life.
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Eschatology And Hope
$28.00Add to cartProbes Christian wisdom and contemporary thought to help us “give an accounting for the hope” that is within us (1 Peter 3:15) in troubled and uncertain times.
Anthony Kelly offers the reader an introduction to the central theme of Christian eschatology, the doctrine and study of what Christians hope for as they follow the Way taught by the prophets and saints and, above all, opened up in the paschal mystery of Jesus of Nazareth.
Kelly examines the concept of hope in general and how eschatology enlarges the scope of what humans anticipate in ways that transcend mere continuation of life after life. Hoping for life after death, a sage once said, is not a particularly “religious” action. Kelly helps the reader see that Christian hope involves much more than hope for immortality.
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Brief History Of The Vatican 2
$26.00Add to cartBy the doyen of Vatican II studies, this book illuminates the key events and meaning of the most important religious event of the twentieth century.
The Second Vatican Council, summoned by Pope John XXIII on Christmas day 1961, began in October 1962. Meeting in four autumn sessions from 1962 to 1965, Pope John’s Council was a watershed in both world Christian and world religious history.
With brevity and insight Giuseppe Alberigo tells the story of Vatican II Council for a generation that has come of age since its close. He shows us a Council that Pope John called to renew not just the church but Christianity as a whole. He shows that that vision was realized in ways far beyond its participants’ ability to understand.
The drama of the Council comes alive, as the assembled bishops and their advisors work on themes that transformed the global landscape of religion, bringing Catholicism into dialogue with other religious traditions and establishing a whole new spirit of intra-Christian dialogue. Alberigo also suggests ways in which the spirit of the Council has not been implemented.
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Women Of Calvary
$12.95Add to cartThis five-scene chancel drama tells the story of Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, and resurrection through the eyes of the women who knew Jesus and were influenced by his life and death. From the Upper Room through Golgotha and the Empty Tomb, we hear the passionate feelings the Master stirred in these women who are much like us. The scenes can be presented separately for midweek services or in a single 90-minute performance. (Performance time for each individual scene is approximately15-20 minutes.) Since no setting is necessary and costumes and props are simple, this play is easy to stage for congregations of all sizes. There are roles for nine women, but for smaller groups, some performers could portray more than one role. There are also small roles for four men.
Biblical women featured are:
* Mary (mother of Jesus)
* Mary Magdalene
* Mary (mother of James and Joseph)
* Salome (mother of James and John)
* Mary (mother of Mark)
* Mary (sister of Martha)
* Martha
* Claudia (Pilate’s wife)
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Voices Of Repentance
$12.95Add to cartThis book offers busy pastors a complete package of thematically related resources for Lenten preaching and worship. With services for each week in Lent plus Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday, as well as a Good Friday tenebrae service, Voices Of Repentance provides everything needed to create compelling worship throughout the Lenten season, either for a midweek series or for regular Sunday services. Each week’s resources feature a monologue sermon that tells the story of someone who sought redemption in the baptismal waters of the Jordan. These spiritual contemplations view the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion from a unique perspective — that of everyday people who lived through them. Each service also includes a children’s object lesson and a convenient order of worship.
Monologues feature these characters:
* John the Baptist
* a Pharisee
* a Sadducee
* a well-dressed man
* a well-fed woman
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Wounded For Us
$10.95Add to cartBy focusing on the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf — and powerfully linking it to our lives today — this comprehensive resource offers a compelling approach to observing Lent that truly prepares worshipers to experience Easter’s new hope, new possibilities, and new life. Based on the ancient tradition of the five wounds of Christ, Wounded For Us identifies places where we find ourselves hurting, then connects them to one of the wounds Jesus suffered and explores how Christ’s resurrection offers reconciliation and healing.
Wounded For Us draws an imaginative analogy between Jesus’ wounds and these areas in our lives where we are wounded:
* Head (crown of thorns) — our thoughts
* Side (piercing) — our spirit and emotions
* Back (scourging) — our hopes and dreams
* Hands (nails) — our relationships
* Feet (nails) — our actionsWith sermon and worship material for Ash Wednesday, the Sundays in Lent, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, Wounded For Us provides a complete package with everything needed for developing meaningful, thematically unified services throughout the Lenten season. Each sermon suggests an action plan that applies the “cure” of the gospel to our wounds, and reproducible outlines that help the congregation focus on the main themes are also included.
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Lent Holy Week Easter And The Great 50 Days
$19.95Add to cartThis long-awaited companion volume to Howard E. Galley’s classic The Ceremonies of the Eucharist provides clergy, liturgical assistants, and altar guild members with clear, step-by-step guidance for the liturgies of Lent and Easter. In addition to background material for the traditions and theology of each season, Mitchell includes specific preparations and instructions for each liturgy of the paschal cycle-Ash Wednesday through Pentecost-as well as Tenebrae, the Way of the Cross, the Vigil of Pentecost, the liturgies of the catechumenate, and the chrism mass. He also provides helpful ideas for how the often complex liturgies of these seasons can be done simply and well by small congregations.
Based on the liturgies of The Book of Common Prayer and the latest edition of The Book of Occasional Services, this ceremonial guide also draws on the paschal liturgies of other Anglican traditions, including those in Canada’s Book of Alternative Services.
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Spirituality And Mysticism
$26.00Add to cartA wise and trustworthy introduction to spirituality and mysticism, their meaning, and their importance for our age.
James Wiseman introduces spirituality as the “experience of anyone trying to live according to the highest ideals of his or her tradition.” At a second level it involves “the formulation of a teaching about that experience” and then scholarly reflection on the first two levels.
In Spirituality and Mysticism Wiseman explores the biblical origins and patristic development of a distinct Christian spirituality, through the middle ages and into modernity. He ends with reflections on how the new experience of being a world Christian body has brought in the richness of African, Asian, and Latin American experiences.
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Thomas Merton Encyclopedia
$45.00Add to cartNOW IN PAPERBACK WITH NEW INDEX
An indispensable guide to the life and thought of one of the spiritual giants of the twentieth century.
The authoritative essays, with 350 entries and 50 illustrations, written by top Merton scholars, are arranged alphabetically and cover the following themes:
Merton’s books
Essential themes that emerge from his books
Persons who were important in his life
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Missions And Money (Revised)
$29.00Add to cartMoney is required for mission, but wealth can distort the process of making manifest the person of Jesus. First published in 1991, Missions and Money became a much-discussed book in Christian missionary circles. Here, Bonk offers new reflections in the light of a changed situation, one marked by increases in the number of short-term missioners and huge increases in the numbers of Asians, Africans, and Latin Americans who are leaving their homelands to serve as missionaries to other peoples. Included are two new essays by Christopher J. H. Wright on the righteous rich in the Hebrew Bible and by Justo Gonzalez on faith and wealth in the Christian Bible and the early church.
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Word Into Life Year B (Revised)
$13.99Add to cartThe Word into Life is a valuable tool that will help leaders of Christian initiation groups “break open” the word of God proclaimed in the Sunday liturgy. Whether group participants are adults, adolescents, or children, The Word into Life offers commentary and questions for discussion to bring the Sunday Scriptures alive
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Married Catholic Priests
$19.95Add to cartIn the current crisis over the shortage of celibate male Catholic priests, the solution of ordaining married men is hotly debated. Married Catholic Priests shows us the remarkable experience of American Catholic priests who marry and continue their Christian journey. In part a fascinating historical review, the book also includes the varied experiences of married priests in our time, whether active in the church or not. Kowalski manifests a strong faith, a positive affirmation of church and priesthood, and a welcoming embrace of the stirrings of the Spirit in these times.
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Being Catholic : How We Believe Practice And Think
$21.99Add to cartA bishop is not only a spiritual shepherd but a teacher. In this book the author teaches in clear, concise language the basic beliefs and practices of Catholics and what shapes a Catholic’s thinking. The book discusses:
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Rabbi Looks At Jesus Parables
$55.00Add to cartIntroduction
The Search For Paradise
Jesus Teaches In His Hometown Synagogue
The Parable Of The Sower
Jesus Teaches Of The Wheat And The Weeds
Other Parables About The Kingdom Of God
More Parables About The Kingdom Of God
Parables About Servants And Workers
Parables About Lamps, Lights, Salt And Cities
Parables About Vineyards, Orchards And Fields
Parables Dealing With Sheep And Money
The Parable Of A Rich Man Who Decided To Enjoy Himself
Parables About Dinners And Banquets
Parables About Fathers And Sons
Special People
The Parable Of The Priest, The Levite, And The Samaritan
The Rich Man, The Beggar, And The Unclean Spirit
Two Parables In John
The Last Parables
Conclusions
The Secrets Jesus Taught
Bibliography
Index
About The Author
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Intended to appeal to both Christians and Jews,A Rabbi Looks at Jesus’ Parables is an introduction to the teachings of Jesus, and compares the similarities and differences in Jesus’ thinking to other Jewish sources from first-century Palestine. Each chapter uncovers hidden messages within each of Jesus’ parables, and discusses each parable within its first-century religious and historical context. The book attempts to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews by exploring the notion that we share a common history -
Galilean Journey : The Mexican American Promise
$25.00Add to cartThe groundbreaking work in Hispanic theology, relates the story of the Galilean Jesus to the story of a new mestizo people.
In this work, which marked the arrival of a new era of Hispanic/Latino theology in the United States, Virgilio Elizondo described the “Galilee principle”: “What human beings reject, God chooses as his very own”. This principle is well understood by Mexican-Americans, for whom mestizaje — the mingling of ethnicity, race, and culture — is a distinctive feature of their identity. In the person of Jesus, whose marginalized Galilean identity also marked him as a mestizo, the Mexican-American struggle for identity and new life becomes luminous.
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On Christian Belief
$42.95Add to cartThe seven works of Saint Augustine that are contained in this volume all deal with the problem of faith in God. They were written over the course of three decades, beginning with True Religion (390) and extending to the Enchiridion of Faith, Hope and Charity (c.421). Hence this selection of writings provides an impressive insight into the intellectual and spiritual development of one of the greatest of all Western minds, as it grappled with a question that has never ceased to preoccupy and stimulate Western thought: Is it reasonable to believe in God, and what form might such belief take?
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Key Moments In Church History
$116.00Add to cartAcknowledgments
Introduction
Jesus Of Nazareth
The Early Church
The Church Gives Birth To The New Testament
The Constantinian Era
The Council Of Chalcedon
The Crusades, The Inquisition, Saint Dominic And St. Francis Of Assisi
The Protestant Reformation
The Council Of Trent
Ultramontanism And The First Vatican Council
Pius X And The Modernist Crisis
John XXIII And The Second Vatican Council
Epilogue: The Current State Of The Church
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Spanning from the birth of Christianity through the Crusades and the Protestant Reformation to John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council, Key Moments in Church History is a brief and accessible guide to the origins and evolution of the Catholic Church. In this insightful and informative look at eleven of the most significant periods in church history, Finley not only helps readers understand the context and characters of the past, but sheds light on the current and future Church. The result is a hopeful and inspirational reading experience that is ideal for personal reflection or group use -
Travel Guide To Heaven
$15.00Add to cartA recent Newsweek poll reports that 76 percent of Americans believe in heaven. Yet even avid believers have difficulty conjuring up more than vague images of halos, harps, and wispy angels in flowing robes. Anthony DeStefano knew there had to be a more complete, meaningful, and comforting vision of what heaven is like, and A Travel Guide to Heaven is the entertaining and enlightening result.
Using the Bible as his guide, the author notes that heaven is not only a spiritual place, but also a physical place, a fabulous “luxury resort” more sumptuous than any on Earth. The residents are real, their bodies transformed into their most perfect selves-physically, emotionally, and spiritually. By making a spiritual subject immensely physical, the book provides a picture of amazing places to visit, things to do, luxuries for pampering-not to mention deep, abiding joy.
Combining the clarity and logic of C. S. Lewis with a terrific sense of fun and adventure, DeStefano creates a brilliant, reassuring portrait of heaven, a place that has intrigued and puzzled humankind throughout history. With its clear view of the afterlife, A Travel Guide to Heaven might best be compared to James Van Praagh’s Talking to Heaven or Betty J. Eadie’s Embraced by the Light in its tremendous message of comfort and reassurance.
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Translating Tradition : A Chant Historian Reads Liturgiam Authenticam
$21.95Add to cartLiturgiam Authenticam, issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in 2001 has provoked much comment, both positive and negative, from many people involved with the liturgy.
Translating Tradition reprises a four-part series by Dr. Peter Jeffery, Obl.S.B., that appeared in the journal Worship in 2004. Jeffery conducts a thoughtful and respectful reading of Liturgiam Authenticam, to identify core principles, understand what the document is really saying and relate it to other church teaching.
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A To Z Guide To The Catholic Faith
$26.99Add to cartA to Z Guide to the Roman Catholic Faith is the perfect study companion for anyone who wants to know more about the largest branch of Christianity. It presents authoritative, comprehensive, and current articles identifying and explaining Catholic traditions, teachings, institutions, leaders, and historical events.
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Rahner Beyond Rahner
$113.00Add to cartPreface
Introduction: Improbable Encounters?
Paul Crowley, S.J.
Part One: Encounters With ReligionsRahner Beyond Rahner: A Comparative Theologian’s Reflections On Theological Investigations
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
The Body Of Blessing
Thomas Sheehan
Constraints On The Theological Absorption Of Plurality
Catherine Bell
Karl Rahner’s Legacy And The Prospects For Muslim-Christian Understanding
David Pinault
Part Two: Encounters With CulturesFrom The Kulturkampf To China’s Cultural Christians
George Griener, S.J.
Guadalupe’s Challenge To Rahner’s Theology Of Symbol
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
Rethinking Rahner On Grace And Symbol: New Proposals From The Americas
Robert Lassalle-Klein
Religious Disillusionment In A Land Of Illusions
Michael McCarthy, S.J.
Part Three: Encounters With Theology, Ethics And SpiritualityRahner’s Theology Of The Cross
Lois Malcolm
Rahner, Ethics And Cultures
David DeCosse
Rahner And The Avatar: The Challenge From Popular Religions
Mark F. Fischer
The Stillpoint: Autoeroticism Or Grace?
G. Donald Maloney
Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here? Rahner In The Pacific Rim And Beyond
Tom Powers, S.JAdditional Info
One hundred years after the birth of Karl Rahner, the contributors to this book ask whether and how Rahner’s theology can address new religious and cultural realities in the twenty-first century, particularly those realities found on what has come to be called the Pacific Rim. Stretching from California and Latin America, and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, this geographic region manifests an incredible cultural and religious diversity, but also many points of intersection and interpenetration, resulting in new forms of religion and spirituality. The theological categories generated by Rahner, such as the anonymous Christian and even the notion of a world church, meet steep challenges when read in contexts very different from that of Germany and the theological currents of the Atlantic. At the same time, the encounter between Rahner and the Pacific Rim results in fresh readings of Rahner not previously imagined, not only in places like China and Mexico, but even Los Angeles.Anchored by a seminal essay by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Harvard), contributors, include Thomas Sheehan (Stanford), Catherine Bell (Santa Clara), and George Griener, S.J. (Berkeley). Each essay examines the possibilities and limitations of Rahner’s theology in this newly configured Pacific world.
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Church Ethics And Its Organizational Context
$102.00Add to cartIntroduction
Jean M. Bartunek And James F. Keenan
Part I. New Ways Of Understanding The CrisisSection 1: The Crisis And The Scandal
Understanding The Crisis In The Church
Paul Lakeland
The Sexual Abuse Scandal As Social Drama
Jean M. Bartunek
Section 2: The Context Of The Church In The United StatesThe Six Stages Of Catholicism In America
James M. O’Toole
The Struggle To Preserve Religious Capital: A Sociological Perspective On The Catholic Church In The United States
Michele Dillon
Section 3. The Church And Leadership: Perspectives On ReformEcclesiological Perspectives On Church Reform
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Looking Good Vs. Being Good: Pitfalls Of Maintaining Perceptions Of Strong Leadership Following Organizational Scandals
Kimberly D. Elsbach
Part II. Ethics, Organizations, And Church CultureSection 1: Framing Professional Relationships In The Church
Toward An Ecclesial Professional Ethics
James F. Keenan
Renewing The Psychological Contracts Of The Clergy And Laity
Denise M. Rousseau
Section 2: Organizational Perspectives On Morality And EthicsOrganizational Morality
C. R. Hinings And Michael K. Mauws
Ethics Codes, Intervention And Corruption Reform Methods For Ecclesial Professionals
Richard P. Nielson
Section 3: Proposing An Ethical Code?A Professional Code Of Ethics Reflecting The Nature Of A Christian Vocation And An Understanding Of Leadership In The Church
Francis J. Butler
A Professional Code Of Ethics?
Richard M. Gula S.S.
Section 4: Civil And Canonical CautionsToward An Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons From The Legal Profession
Daniel R. Coquillette And Judith A. McMorrow
“Turning Pro:” Theologico-Canonical Hurdles On The Way To A Professional Ethic For Church Leaders
John P. Beal
Section 5: Reflections On An Ethical Church CultureReflections On Ethics Organizations, And Church Culture
James E. Post
An Ethical Church Culture
Patricia M. Y. Chang
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Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches of church formation and leadership come together from the disciplines of organizational behavior, theology, sociology, history, and law, to foster the creation of a new code of ethics that is both ecclesial and professional. Touching on issues of governance, authority, accountability, and transparency, this volume goes on to specifically explore whether and how professional ethics can shape the identity and actions of Church leaders, ministers, and their congregations.While evoked by the sex scandal in the Church, the essays in this book raise questions that have implications far beyond this current issue, to much broader issues such as the role of professionalism in ethics and what it means for an organization to engage in moral action.
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Contemporary Varieties Of Religious Experience
$49.00Add to cartIntroduction
Evolution Of A Pluralist
James’s Conversion Typology
Prophets
Monks
Mystics
Between Me And My God
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First published in 1902, William James’s Varieties of Religious Experience is considered a classic in religious studies and the psychology of religion. But how has James’s classic study weathered decades of development in psychology and behavioral sciences? Do the assertions about religious experience in the Varieties still ring true in light of neuro-cognitive and neuro-hormonal research, resiliency studies, studies of temperament, and traumatic studies? By extending William James’s own research throughout the century since its publication this volume seeks to answer those questions. In doing so, it revolutionizes our understanding of James’s own view of psychology and reveals the extraordinary value of James’s perspective for religion, psychology, and spirituality today. In doing so, it offers vital insights for pastoral care and faith development at both the individual and congregational level.From the Introduction by James Fowler:
Drawing on the authenticity of her own experience, Bridgers carries us into a remarkably clear and well documented account that traces William James’s evolution as a psychologist, philosopher, and a deeply engaged inquirer into the dynamics of spiritual development and transformation… This book has a major contribution to make. Bridgers’s study illumines the horizons of contemporary research in the study of religious experience, in all its varieties, and in the context of globalization.
