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This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions, as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality. Each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that tradition or who works extensively with people from that tradition.

Email Jesus is a forty-day Bible study for use at Lent or at any other desired time of the year. Its uniqueness lies in its delivery of daily reflections on Bible passages and exchanges of comments on those reflections by email, allowing participation from anywhere in the world. This format also allows...

Lorsque les pays occidentaux font des droits de l'homme le centre de la politique, ils s'enferment dans une impuissance collective. Cet ouvrage n'est pas un livre contre les droits de l'homme bien évidemment, mais contre cette idéologie, cette nouvelle religion séculière centrée sur l'obsession...

Research in religious studies has traditionally focused on adult subjects since working with children presents significantly more challenges to the researcher, such as getting the research protocol passed by the Internal Review Board, obtaining permission from parents and schools, and figuring out...

Covering secret societies, mysterious ancient traditions, and the often-mistaken history of the world's religious symbols, this book takes readers on a tour through the fascinating world of religious symbolism and reveals the most mysterious and misunderstood facets of religion. • Provides...

We live within a world where the masses of society have lost their understanding and perspective of spiritual realities. There are many who feel that the existence of demonic activity is only for the fantasy world of the silver screen. As such, we have ignored the truth of the world of Satan and his...

This collection of essays looks to address many of the reasons other than indoctrination that people believe in god. From Pascal's Wager, to issues of gender equality and identity, as well as the pervasive misogyny inherent in religion, these essays hit at the heart of some of the biggest problems...

An indispensable interdenominational tool for planning and conducting religious services. Order of worship, baptism, Lord's Supper, wedding, funeral, ordination, and much more.

Why Me, God? is the first English-language book that melds traditional Jewish perspectives about suffering with practical suggestions for coping. Chapter by chapter, this book provides real strategies to deal with all manner of suffering from loneliness, to suicide, to terminal illness, and everything...

READING THIS BOOK WILL HELP CHRISTIANS See the Scriptural Evidence That Jesus Returned for His First Followers. New Testament writers believed and Jesus taught He would return back then. Seven sure signs pointing to this were fulfilled in the first century. Discover the Historical...

What does it mean to have faith in God? Will faith do anything for me? Who is God anyway? Where is He? Is He involved, or does He care about individual people like me? Is there more than one God? How many roadways are there to God? These are some of the questions that obviously trouble people...

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Reflecting on this verse from the Gospel of Luke (2:11), Martin Luther declared it to be a summary of the gospel: "See here what the gospel is, namely, a joyful sermon about Christ our Savior. Whoever...

Deliver quality healthcare in the most challenging field conditions Comprehensive yet compact, practical, and enduring, Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, Second Edition, is the one book to toss into your bag when going to practice medicine in global, disaster, or...

Besides recounting the exemplary life of Monsignor John Joseph Egan, An Alley in Chicago briefs us on the firebrand priests and lay people who radiated the power and élan that made Catholics across the country look to the heartland, to Chicago's Catholic moment. They sought leadership in marriage...