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by B. M. Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
We live in a world where vital truths have been forgotten. It is a world unlike what we have been told. It is a world with extraterrestrials, secret societies, and hidden agendas. It is a world where deep currents struggle just below the surface. Until now.This is a story of one soul, manifest in...
Blessed Is the Nation
Preparing American Christians for Political Battle in a Secular Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In todays political climate, where most American Christians feel increasingly excluded, this book provides a step-by-step guide on how to apply historical referencesas well as the words of past American leadersas an avenue to reintroducing Christian principles into the political discussions of contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This book chronologically analyzes thirteen key US Presidents, from Washington to Trump, to highlight how religion has informed or influence their politics and policies. For years, leading scholars have largely neglected religion in presidential studies. Yet, religion has played a significant role...
Landscapes of the Secular
Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
“What does it mean to see the American landscape in a secular way?” asks Nicolas Howe at the outset of this innovative, ambitious, and wide-ranging book. It’s a surprising question because of what it implies: we usually aren’t seeing American landscapes through a non-religious lens, but rather...
by Rama Ramanathan
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
My purpose in this essay is to clarify my thoughts, to say at least tentatively, why I am attending the candlelight vigils – an illegal act in Malaysia. Why do I deliberately disobey the law? Why do I do it repeatedly? Why do I encourage others to do the same?
Hospital Chaplaincy in the Twenty-first Century
The Crisis of Spiritual Care on the NHS
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The place of religion in public life continues to be a much-debated topic in Western nations. This book charts the changing role of hospital chaplains and examines through detailed case studies the realities of practice and the political debates which either threaten or sustain the service. This second...
Democracy in America
A New Abridgment for Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
A New Abridgement of a Classic on the American Experiment.
As debates rage over the future of America and the country's relationship to its past, there is no better time to examine the American culture from the perspective of a nineteenth century French thinker and student of democracy....
by Ira C. Lupu, Robert W. Tuttle
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014
In this book Ira Lupu and Robert Tuttle break through the unproductive American debate over competing religious rights. They present an original theory that makes the secular character of the American government, rather than a set of individual rights, the centerpiece of religious liberty in the United...
Donald Trump is Not My Savior
An Evangelical Leader Speaks His Mind About the Man He Supports as President
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Evangelicals and Donald Trump: A Match Made in Heaven or a Marriage with Hell?
As a Christian, how can you support a president whose present actions and personal history you utterly disagree with? Radio host, Biblical scholar, and social activist, Dr. Michael Brown, represented the collective...
by Copeland, Kenneth, Copeland
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
God wants you to experience heaven on earth. But if you live in a nation that's filled with poverty, immorality, and violent crime, that may seem impossible. Yet, it's not. As a Christian, you have the spiritual influence that can change your government and your nation - the power of prayer! In this...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners and communities of different faiths. Likewise,...
The Varieties of Religious Repression
Why Governments Restrict Religion
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Religious repression--the non-violent suppression of civil and political rights--is a growing and global phenomenon. Though most often practiced in authoritarian countries, levels of religious repression nevertheless vary across a range of non-democratic regimes, including illiberal democracies and...
Joining the Choir
Religious Membership and Social Trust Among Transnational Ghanaians
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Immigration and race are contentious issues in North America. As a result, immigrants from Ghana and other countries of West Africa confront major challenges in the social context of the United States, even as their experiences and accomplishments confound stereotypes. Religious congregations have...
Violence in Southern Sport and Culture
Sacred Battles on the Gridiron
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book discusses violence and its connection with religion, sport and popular culture. It highlights the religious dimensions of violence and the role of violence in the religion and culture of the American South. Extending into popular culture, it then makes the case that sport—particularly...