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Why Catholicism Matters
How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
In recent years the Catholic Church has gone through turbulent times with the uncovering of horrible abuse--abuse that persisted and which could have been prevented by many within the Church’s own ranks. As a result many positive aspects of what the Catholic Church teaches and practices are now...
The Sacredness of Human Life
Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World's Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This authoritative book is the most comprehensive examination ever of the sacredness of human life. Never before has one volume explored this subject in such a multifaceted way, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives.
Tracing...
Abraham Kuyper
Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The definitive biography of Abraham Kuyper, giant of Dutch Calvinism
This is the first full-scale English-language biography of the highly influential and astonishingly multifaceted Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) -- theologian, minister, politician, newspaper editor, educational innovator, Calvinist...
The Twilight of the American Enlightenment
The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in daily life, but technology and mass culture also threatened to erode the country's traditional moral character. As award-winning historian George...
Reinhold Niebuhr
On Politics, Religion, and Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
A primer on the current "Niebuhr revival" of the political left and right, this book traces the significance of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought for secular as well as deeply Christian minds. Placed in the context of religious and cultural history, Niebuhr's theological views deepen and challenge...
by Edme Vay
Language: French
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Edme Vay (XVIIIe Siecle) a écrit "L’Église dans l’État" le livre a été publié en 1845.
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« La charité, disait saint Paul, est patiente, elle est douce, elle est bienfaisante. » Elle n’est point envieuse, elle n’est point téméraire et précipitée, elle ne...
One Square Mile
A History of Trenton Junction, New Jersey
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
One Square Mile: A History of Trenton Junction, New Jersey offers a view of small-town, rural American life at the turn of the century. Tracing the origins of the town back to the original Native American inhabitants, One Square Mile depicts its evolution from a small farming community to a bustling suburb, with a glimpse into the lives of the people who called Trenton Junction home.
Losing Our Religion
The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
"The press has become a tool of oppression—politicized, self–aware, self–motivated, and power–hungry. . . . In short, these people can no longer be trusted." —From S. E. Cupp’s Losing Our Religion
It’s time to wake up and smell the bias. The go-to commentator for such programs...
by Frederick Meekins
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
When traditional Christian assumptions are abandoned, the problem is not so much that society will flounder about aimlessly but rather with what will rush in to take their place. In "A Study In The Tyrannical Outcome Of Hypertolerance", social theorist Dr. Frederick Meekins warns that there are those...
by Scott Sowerby
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Though James II is often depicted as a Catholic despot who imposed his faith, Scott Sowerby reveals a king ahead of his time who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne. The Glorious Revolution was in fact a conservative counter-revolution against the movement for enlightened reform that James himself encouraged and sustained.
Holmes' Own Story
Confessed 27 Murders, Lied then Died (87 Historical Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2016
A fascinating look into the mind of H. H. Holmes, one of America’s first serial killers known as the ‘Devil in the White City’ who built a Murder Castle and lured victims into secret rooms, vaults, and gas chambers during the Chicago’s World’s Fair.
Featuring 87 rare, historical illustrations...
by Joaquín Abellán, Jonathan Israel, Henri Krop
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
In today’s developed world, much of what people believe about religious toleration has evolved from crucial innovations in toleration theory developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Thinkers from that period have been rightly celebrated for creating influential, liberating concepts...
The Stillborn God
Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
A brilliant account of religion's role in the political thinking of the West, from the Enlightenment to the close of World War II.The wish to bring political life under God's authority is nothing new, and it's clear that today religious passions are again driving world politics, confounding expectations...
Playing Possum
The Tale of the River Card, Round I
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
When Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill in May 2009 authorizing the Brazos River Authority to sell the entire inhabited shoreline of Possum Kingdom Lake, not many people questioned it. But the odd thing is that the property in question had been sold exactly one month earlier to a good ol boy that...