Practices category: 4429 books
The Secret History of Freemasonry
Its Origins and Connection to the Knights Templar
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2005
Explores the hidden history of Freemasonry from ancient Rome, through the Middle Ages, to the present
• Shows the close connection between medieval masons and the Knights Templar
• Illustrates the sacred nature of Roman and medieval trade associations
• Reveals the missing...
Welcome One Another
A Handbook for Hospitality Ministers
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
We once believed that as a majority culture in North America everyone knew all there was to know about a church and its surroundings. This certainly is no longer true in a post-Christian North American culture. Most people in our towns and cities, in the neighborhoods and surrounding countryside of...
Afterlives
The Return of the Dead in the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Simultaneously real and unreal, the dead are people, yet they are not. The society of medieval Europe developed a rich set of imaginative traditions about death and the afterlife, using the dead as a point of entry for thinking about the self, regeneration, and loss. These macabre preoccupations are...
Alabadle!
Hispanic Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1996
By looking at the wide variety of Hispanic Christian worship that exists within the Hispanic community, *Alabadle! *highlights the cultural, generational, and denominational elements that comprise the spectrum of Hispanic worship.
Justo L. Gonzalez and seven other contributors provide an insightful...
by Eberhard Arnold, Richard J. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Why has God not answered my prayers? What should I be praying for? If everything I prayed for came true, would I be ready?
In this spiritual classic, Eberhard Arnold mines the riches of biblical teaching on prayer and the example of Jesus, the Hebrew prophets, and the early Christians to point...
Just in Time! Prayers for Lent and Holy Week
Just In Time Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This resource includes helpful prayers to use in public worship during Lent and Holy week. The collection includes invocations, opening prayers, prayers of confession, and pastoral prayers for the Sundays of Lent, Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday services. Drawn from a variety...
Living the Mass
A Deeper Look at the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Living the Mass presents the Holy Eucharist as the paschal mystery, the three divine Persons give themselves to us in love through the Mass as the ongoing work of redemption, and God is calling us to participate in that great work. We can live the Mass in everyday life by professing Christ, growing...
Archbishop Anselm 1093–1109
Bec Missionary, Canterbury Primate, Patriarch of Another World
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
St Anselm's archiepiscopal career, 1093-1109, spanned the reigns of two kings: William Rufus and the early years of Henry I. As the second archbishop of Canterbury after the Norman Conquest, Anselm strove to extend the reforms of his teacher and mentor at Bec, and his predecessor at Canterbury, Archbishop...
Being Christian
Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
In this simple, beautifully written book Rowan Williams explores four essential components of the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist, and prayer. Despite huge differences in Christian thinking and practice both today and in past centuries, he says, these four basic elements have remained constant...
Simple Guide to Attending Christian Ceremonies
Catholic and Protestant
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In today's multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to...
If you meet George Herbert on the road, kill him
Radically Re-Thinking Priestly Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Priestly ministry in the Church of England needs a radical rethink...
George Herbert died in 1633. His legacy continues. His poems are read and sung, and his parish ministry remains the model for the Church of England's understanding of how and where and why its priests should minister. But there...
by Owen F. Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Explores the history, spirituality, and theology of the permanent diaconate, reflecting the new Vatican norms for the diaconate and the actual experience of deacons.
Saving the Original Sinner
How Christians Have Used the Bible's First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
**A scientist and former evangelical argues that holding onto a belief in a literal, historical Adam has forced many Christians to reject science and become intellectually isolated from the modern world. **
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The Bible’s first man stands at the center of a crisis that is shaking much of...
Apostolic Women, Apostolic Authority
Transfiguring Leadership in Today’s Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Apostolic Women, Apostolic Authority addresses the state of women’s leadership in the Anglican Communion and highlights the distinctive contribution women make when they take on senior posts. This collaborative work incorporates stories, theological reflection, and biblical scholarship, welcoming...