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Extremist for Love
Martin Luther King Jr., Man of Ideas and Nonviolent Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
In spite of extensive research and publishing on King, not nearly enough attention has been given to the convergence of ideas and action in his life. In an era where people are often sorted into the categories of ‘thinker’ and ‘doer’, King stands out—a rare mix of the deeply profound thinker...
by Adam Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
More and more young adults have opted out of Christianity and the church. The reason? Christians.
When young adults talk about the problems they have with Christianity and the church, they often name certain attitudes and behaviors they believe are practiced too often by Christians: judging...
Alone Before God
The Religious Origins of Modernity in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2002
Focusing on cemetery burials in late-eighteenth-century Mexico, Alone Before God provides a window onto the contested origins of modernity in Mexico. By investigating the religious and political debates surrounding the initiative to transfer the burials of prominent citizens from urban to suburban...
The (Un)Common Good
How the Gospel Brings Hope to a World Divided
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better. In this timely and provocative book, he shows us how to reclaim Jesus's ancient and compelling vision of the common good--a vision that impacts and inspires not only our politics but also our personal lives, families, churches, neighborhoods, and...
Elephants in the Church
Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Where Are the Truth-Tellers?
Our world is facing serious problems that pose genuine threats to our safety, our economy, our health, and our very survival. Sadly, partisanship and allegiances to special interests are preventing our nation from taking the needed action on such matters.
And where...
Welcome to Iran!
Christian Encounters with Shia Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
During their four years of living in Iran and sharing their lives with the Iranian people, Evelyn and Wallace Shellenberger encountered and experienced God many times and in many ways. In Welcome to Iran! they narrate how their years in Iran transformed their thinking on religion, politics, and the...
A New Reformation
Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
A modern-day theologian’s call for the radical transformation of Christianity
• Echoes the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther in 1517
• Addresses the corruption and authoritarian tendencies that distinguish today’s Christian institutions from the spiritual message upon which...
An Anxious Age
The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
We live in a profoundly spiritual age, but not in any good way. Huge swaths of American culture are driven by manic spiritual anxiety and relentless supernatural worry. Radicals and traditionalists, liberals and conservatives, together with politicians, artists, environmentalists, followers of...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is one of the foremost spiritual thinkers of the twentieth century. Though he lived a mostly solitary existence as a Trappist monk, he had a dynamic impact on world affairs through his writing. An outspoken proponent of the antiwar and civil rights movements, he was both...
by Jim Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Who was Jesus? Why did he come? Some people think it was to save them from their sins, so their spiritual focus is personal salvation. Others appreciate Jesus's teachings but see little connection between the wise teacher of old and how they live life here and now.
Both groups have lost the...
by Donald Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
The subject of Professor Meyer's superb study concerns the dissolution of the Protestant ethic, its relationship to a general failure of nerve within the American community, and the consequent rise of a pseudo-theology in the guise of a pseudo-psychology, as reflected through the work of certain "mind-cure"...
Rogue Hearts
Making Sense of the Boston Marathon Bombings
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
In Rogue Hearts, Moss says, “Out of all of the people in Boston, Massachusetts, two bloody hearts went rogue and paralyzed a city of one million…it’s not the last of mayhem. With radical Muslims and extremists running rampant, along with those influenced by violence on the big screen and television, there will be more. Therefore, what do we do as a nation...or is it too late?
The Legacy of Jihad
Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
This book reveals how, for well over a millennium and across three continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe - non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic) in lieu of being slain. Under the dhimmi religious caste system, non-Muslims were subjected to...
A Nun on the Bus
How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
In the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to rally support against Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, a plan that cut vital social programs for the hurting poor and the struggling middle class. Prayer groups turned into rallies,...