Theology and Comparative Religion
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God vs. Gay?
The Religious Case for Equality
Written by Jay Michaelson
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0159-2 (0-8070-0159-7)
As both a gay rights activist and religion scholar, Michaelson is uniquely positioned to tackle the contentious “God vs. Gay” divide. The author underscores that the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament both emphasize the importance of love, compassion, and equality. From this starting point, Michaelson offers a progressive take on... Read more >
The Religious Case for Equality
Written by Jay Michaelson
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0159-2 (0-8070-0159-7)
As both a gay rights activist and religion scholar, Michaelson is uniquely positioned to tackle the contentious “God vs. Gay” divide. The author underscores that the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament both emphasize the importance of love, compassion, and equality. From this starting point, Michaelson offers a progressive take on... Read more >
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God: A Biography
Written by Jack Miles
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74368-2 (0-679-74368-5)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
In this acclaimed work, Miles offers a brilliant and original portrait of God--God in the guise of a great literary character, the hero of the Old Testament. Using the Hebrew Bible as his text, Miles shows us a God who evolves through his relationship with man, who he... Read more >
Written by Jack Miles
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74368-2 (0-679-74368-5)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
In this acclaimed work, Miles offers a brilliant and original portrait of God--God in the guise of a great literary character, the hero of the Old Testament. Using the Hebrew Bible as his text, Miles shows us a God who evolves through his relationship with man, who he... Read more >
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Do You Believe?
Conversations on God and Religion
Written by Antonio Monda
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-28058-9 (0-307-28058-6)
Some of the most well-known and well-respected cultural figures of our time enter into intimate and illuminating conversation about their personal beliefs, about belief itself, about religion, and about God.
Antonio Monda is a disarming, rigorous interviewer, asking the most difficult questions (he often begins an interview point blank: “Do you believe... Read more >
Conversations on God and Religion
Written by Antonio Monda
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-28058-9 (0-307-28058-6)
Some of the most well-known and well-respected cultural figures of our time enter into intimate and illuminating conversation about their personal beliefs, about belief itself, about religion, and about God.
Antonio Monda is a disarming, rigorous interviewer, asking the most difficult questions (he often begins an interview point blank: “Do you believe... Read more >
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The Saint and the Sultan
The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace
Written by Paul Moses
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52370-7 (0-385-52370-X)
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known¯meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil, with strong resonance in today’s divided world.
For many of us, St. Francis of Assisi is known as a poor monk and a lover of animals. However, these images are sadly incomplete... Read more >
The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace
Written by Paul Moses
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52370-7 (0-385-52370-X)
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known¯meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil, with strong resonance in today’s divided world.
For many of us, St. Francis of Assisi is known as a poor monk and a lover of animals. However, these images are sadly incomplete... Read more >
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Santeria
African Spirits in America
Written by Joseph M. Murphy
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 1, 1993
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1021-1 (0-8070-1021-9)
Santería represents the first in-depth, scholarly account of a profound way of wisdom that is growing in importance in America today. A professional academic and himself a participant in the Santería community of the Bronx for several years, Joseph Murphy offers a powerful description and insightful analysis of this African/Cuban religion... Read more >
African Spirits in America
Written by Joseph M. Murphy
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 1, 1993
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1021-1 (0-8070-1021-9)
Santería represents the first in-depth, scholarly account of a profound way of wisdom that is growing in importance in America today. A professional academic and himself a participant in the Santería community of the Bronx for several years, Joseph Murphy offers a powerful description and insightful analysis of this African/Cuban religion... Read more >
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National Geographic Concise History of World Religions
An Illustrated Time Line
Written by National Geographic
Edited by Tim Cooke
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0698-6 (1-4262-0698-4)
The Concise History of World Religions continues the Concise History series with an authoritative and comprehensive take on major religions and lesser-known faiths of all times and nations. No other text combines the illustrations expertise of National Geographic with the historical focus on faiths–large and small–across the world. Up-to-date scholarship offers... Read more >
An Illustrated Time Line
Written by National Geographic
Edited by Tim Cooke
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0698-6 (1-4262-0698-4)
The Concise History of World Religions continues the Concise History series with an authoritative and comprehensive take on major religions and lesser-known faiths of all times and nations. No other text combines the illustrations expertise of National Geographic with the historical focus on faiths–large and small–across the world. Up-to-date scholarship offers... Read more >
Selected Sermons, Prayers, and Devotions
Written by John Henry Newman
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 18, 1999
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70551-9 (0-375-70551-1)
A Vintage Spiritual Classic
In this original selection of his public sermons, private papers, and devotions, Newman’s thoughtful belief in the Word of God shines through, as do his teachings on how to be in this world but not of it, how to reconcile faith and reason.
Selected Sermons, Prayers, and Devotions was... Read more >
Written by John Henry Newman
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 18, 1999
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70551-9 (0-375-70551-1)
A Vintage Spiritual Classic
In this original selection of his public sermons, private papers, and devotions, Newman’s thoughtful belief in the Word of God shines through, as do his teachings on how to be in this world but not of it, how to reconcile faith and reason.
Selected Sermons, Prayers, and Devotions was... Read more >
The Genesee Diary
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: February 20, 1981
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-17446-6 (0-385-17446-2)
During his seven-month stay at a Trappist monastery, Henri Nouwen had a unique opportunity to explore crucial issues of the spiritual life and discover "a quiet stream underneath the fluctuating affirmations and rejections of my little world." Nouwen participated fully in the daily life of work and prayer of the Abbey... Read more >
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: February 20, 1981
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-17446-6 (0-385-17446-2)
During his seven-month stay at a Trappist monastery, Henri Nouwen had a unique opportunity to explore crucial issues of the spiritual life and discover "a quiet stream underneath the fluctuating affirmations and rejections of my little world." Nouwen participated fully in the daily life of work and prayer of the Abbey... Read more >
Home Tonight
Further Reflections on the Parable of the Prodigal Son
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52444-5 (0-385-52444-7)
Home Tonight follows the path of Henri Nouwen’s spiritual homecoming. More than three years prior to writing his great classic, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Nouwen suffered a personal breakdown followed by a time of healing solitude when he encountered Rembrandt’s famous painting. Within his solitude he reflected on and... Read more >
Further Reflections on the Parable of the Prodigal Son
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52444-5 (0-385-52444-7)
Home Tonight follows the path of Henri Nouwen’s spiritual homecoming. More than three years prior to writing his great classic, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Nouwen suffered a personal breakdown followed by a time of healing solitude when he encountered Rembrandt’s famous painting. Within his solitude he reflected on and... Read more >
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Lifesigns
Intimacy, Fecundity, and Ecstasy in Christian Perspective
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: January 23, 1989
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-23628-7 (0-385-23628-X)
Best-selling author Henri J. M. Nouwen shows how three of the most vital elements of human life offer Christians the essential key to a life filled with hope. Read more >
Intimacy, Fecundity, and Ecstasy in Christian Perspective
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: January 23, 1989
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-23628-7 (0-385-23628-X)
Best-selling author Henri J. M. Nouwen shows how three of the most vital elements of human life offer Christians the essential key to a life filled with hope. Read more >
Reaching Out
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: August 5, 1986
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-23682-9 (0-385-23682-4)
With clarity and spiritual depth, Nouwen lays out a perceptive and insightful plan for living the spiritual life and achieving union with God. Nouwen views our spiritual "ascent" as evolving in three movements. The first, from loneliness to solitude, focuses on the spiritual life as it relates to the experience of... Read more >
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: August 5, 1986
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-23682-9 (0-385-23682-4)
With clarity and spiritual depth, Nouwen lays out a perceptive and insightful plan for living the spiritual life and achieving union with God. Nouwen views our spiritual "ascent" as evolving in three movements. The first, from loneliness to solitude, focuses on the spiritual life as it relates to the experience of... Read more >
Return of the Prodigal Son
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: March 1, 1994
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47307-1 (0-385-47307-9)
The beloved spiritual writer meditates on the parable of the prodigal son's return -- a powerful drama of fatherhood, filial duty, rivalry, and anger between brothers -- and its enduring lessons for Christianity. Read more >
Written by Henri Nouwen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: March 1, 1994
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47307-1 (0-385-47307-9)
The beloved spiritual writer meditates on the parable of the prodigal son's return -- a powerful drama of fatherhood, filial duty, rivalry, and anger between brothers -- and its enduring lessons for Christianity. Read more >
Protestants
The Birth of a Revolution
Written by Steven Ozment
Format: Trade Paperback, 284 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: October 1, 1993
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47101-5 (0-385-47101-7)
Who were the first men and women who abandoned the Church of Rome and became the world's first Protestants? Steven Ozment employs pamphlets, diaries, letters, and other primary sources written by ordinary sixteenth century men and women to examine the origins of the Reformation and the nature of Protestantism. Rather than... Read more >
The Birth of a Revolution
Written by Steven Ozment
Format: Trade Paperback, 284 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: October 1, 1993
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47101-5 (0-385-47101-7)
Who were the first men and women who abandoned the Church of Rome and became the world's first Protestants? Steven Ozment employs pamphlets, diaries, letters, and other primary sources written by ordinary sixteenth century men and women to examine the origins of the Reformation and the nature of Protestantism. Rather than... Read more >
Interpreting The Sacred
Ways of Viewing Religion
Written by William Paden
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-7705-4 (0-8070-7705-4)
William Paden’s classic exploration in religious studies, with a new introduction
In the current climate, Interpreting the Sacred provides a fresh, thorough way to consider and compare various religious belief systems. Paden puts forth the idea that our understanding of religion influences our understanding of ourselves and our world. Updated with a... Read more >
Ways of Viewing Religion
Written by William Paden
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-7705-4 (0-8070-7705-4)
William Paden’s classic exploration in religious studies, with a new introduction
In the current climate, Interpreting the Sacred provides a fresh, thorough way to consider and compare various religious belief systems. Paden puts forth the idea that our understanding of religion influences our understanding of ourselves and our world. Updated with a... Read more >
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Religious Worlds
The Comparative Study of Religion
Written by William E. Paden
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: August 1, 1994
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1229-1 (0-8070-1229-7)
From Gods, to ritual observance to the language of myth and the distinction between the sacred and the profane, Religious Worlds explores the structures common to all spiritual traditions.
“One of the best thought out and written introductions to the study of religion I have seen thus far. It not only explains... Read more >
The Comparative Study of Religion
Written by William E. Paden
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: August 1, 1994
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1229-1 (0-8070-1229-7)
From Gods, to ritual observance to the language of myth and the distinction between the sacred and the profane, Religious Worlds explores the structures common to all spiritual traditions.
“One of the best thought out and written introductions to the study of religion I have seen thus far. It not only explains... Read more >
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Adam, Eve, and the Serpent
Sex and Politics in Early Christianity
Written by Elaine Pagels
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 19, 1989
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-72232-8 (0-679-72232-7)
Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis, showing how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.
"A stunning book...[that] refreshes our view of early... Read more >
Sex and Politics in Early Christianity
Written by Elaine Pagels
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 19, 1989
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-72232-8 (0-679-72232-7)
Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis, showing how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.
"A stunning book...[that] refreshes our view of early... Read more >
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Saving Paradise
How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
Written by Rebecca Ann Parker
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: May 1, 2009
Price: $27.50
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6754-3 (0-8070-6754-7)
One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2008
During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence-as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise. Yet once he appeared as... Read more >
How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
Written by Rebecca Ann Parker
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: May 1, 2009
Price: $27.50
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6754-3 (0-8070-6754-7)
One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2008
During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence-as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise. Yet once he appeared as... Read more >
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist
Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
Written by Brant Pitre
Foreword by Scott Hahn
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $21.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-53184-9 (0-385-53184-2)
In recent years, Christians everywhere are rediscovering the Jewish roots of their faith. Every year at Easter time, many believers now celebrate Passover meals (known as Seders) seeking to understand exactly what happened at Jesus’ final Passover, the night before he was crucified.
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist... Read more >
Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
Written by Brant Pitre
Foreword by Scott Hahn
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $21.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-53184-9 (0-385-53184-2)
In recent years, Christians everywhere are rediscovering the Jewish roots of their faith. Every year at Easter time, many believers now celebrate Passover meals (known as Seders) seeking to understand exactly what happened at Jesus’ final Passover, the night before he was crucified.
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist... Read more >
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Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
Written by Pope Benedict XVI
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-34640-5 (0-385-34640-9)
In 2007, Joseph Ratzinger published his first book as Pope Benedict XVI in order “to make known the figure and message of Jesus.” Now, the Pope focuses exclusively on the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life as a child. The root of these stories is the experience of hope found in the... Read more >
Written by Pope Benedict XVI
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-34640-5 (0-385-34640-9)
In 2007, Joseph Ratzinger published his first book as Pope Benedict XVI in order “to make known the figure and message of Jesus.” Now, the Pope focuses exclusively on the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life as a child. The root of these stories is the experience of hope found in the... Read more >
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The Wisdom of John Paul II
The Pope on Life's Most Vital Questions
Written by Pope John Paul II
Compiled by Nick Bakalar and Richard Balkin
Introduction by John White
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72732-0 (0-375-72732-9)
A Vintage Spiritual Classic
The essential thoughts of Pope John Paul II on matters of belief and conscience have been culled from his encyclicals, speeches, homilies, and statements to fellow bishops and collected in one volume.
Throughout his more than two decades as the leader of the world’s Catholics, John Paul II has... Read more >
The Pope on Life's Most Vital Questions
Written by Pope John Paul II
Compiled by Nick Bakalar and Richard Balkin
Introduction by John White
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72732-0 (0-375-72732-9)
A Vintage Spiritual Classic
The essential thoughts of Pope John Paul II on matters of belief and conscience have been culled from his encyclicals, speeches, homilies, and statements to fellow bishops and collected in one volume.
Throughout his more than two decades as the leader of the world’s Catholics, John Paul II has... Read more >
The Christ Blueprint
13 Keys To Christ Consciousness
Written by Padma Aon Prakasha
Format: Trade Paperback, 376 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-884-4 (1-55643-884-2)
While traveling in the remote Camargue region in the South of France, Padma Aon Prakasha received a life-changing visit. In a series of communions over two months, the thirteen Apostles and masters of Christ shared the thirteen qualities of Christ Consciousness with him. Now Prakasha shares this Christ Blueprint with readers... Read more >
13 Keys To Christ Consciousness
Written by Padma Aon Prakasha
Format: Trade Paperback, 376 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-884-4 (1-55643-884-2)
While traveling in the remote Camargue region in the South of France, Padma Aon Prakasha received a life-changing visit. In a series of communions over two months, the thirteen Apostles and masters of Christ shared the thirteen qualities of Christ Consciousness with him. Now Prakasha shares this Christ Blueprint with readers... Read more >
God Who Looks Like Me
Written by Patricia Lyn Reilly
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: February 20, 1996
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40233-2 (0-345-40233-2)
Childhood religious images of judgment, punishment, unworthiness, and shame, of male saviors, messiahs, and Higher Powers pursue all women into adulthood. Many women realize they must leave behind the traditional concepts and images for a more authentic spirituality, yet they find that the male symbols of God are deeply rooted in... Read more >
Written by Patricia Lyn Reilly
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: February 20, 1996
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40233-2 (0-345-40233-2)
Childhood religious images of judgment, punishment, unworthiness, and shame, of male saviors, messiahs, and Higher Powers pursue all women into adulthood. Many women realize they must leave behind the traditional concepts and images for a more authentic spirituality, yet they find that the male symbols of God are deeply rooted in... Read more >
God Is.
My Search for Faith in a Secular World
Written by David Adams Richards
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Anchor Canada
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-66652-7 (0-385-66652-7)
In this invaluable contribution to the continuing debate about religious belief, David Adams Richards offers an exhilaratingly fresh perspective and a voice more impassioned, heartfelt, and sometimes furious, than anything written about God by an atheist.
David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most beloved and celebrated authors, has been wrestling with... Read more >
My Search for Faith in a Secular World
Written by David Adams Richards
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Anchor Canada
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-66652-7 (0-385-66652-7)
In this invaluable contribution to the continuing debate about religious belief, David Adams Richards offers an exhilaratingly fresh perspective and a voice more impassioned, heartfelt, and sometimes furious, than anything written about God by an atheist.
David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most beloved and celebrated authors, has been wrestling with... Read more >
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Charisma
The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us
Written by Philip Rieff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27753-4 (0-307-27753-4)
Charisma has come to be understood today as a special gift or talent that celebrities–artistic performers, athletes, movie stars, or political leaders–possess, a quality that makes their lives exemplary and transforms them into objects of universal appeal or attraction.
In Charisma, Philip Rieff explores the emergence and evolution of this mysterious and... Read more >
The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us
Written by Philip Rieff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27753-4 (0-307-27753-4)
Charisma has come to be understood today as a special gift or talent that celebrities–artistic performers, athletes, movie stars, or political leaders–possess, a quality that makes their lives exemplary and transforms them into objects of universal appeal or attraction.
In Charisma, Philip Rieff explores the emergence and evolution of this mysterious and... Read more >
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Sexism and God Talk
Toward a Feminist Theology
Written by Rosemary R. Ruether
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 1, 1993
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1205-5 (0-8070-1205-X)
“By the time Ruether finishes, systematic theology has undergone a radical critique from which it emerges transformed rather than simply modified or totally rejected. She has constructed a full-fledged feminist theology-the first within a Christian context.” -The New York Times Book Review
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Toward a Feminist Theology
Written by Rosemary R. Ruether
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 1, 1993
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1205-5 (0-8070-1205-X)
“By the time Ruether finishes, systematic theology has undergone a radical critique from which it emerges transformed rather than simply modified or totally rejected. She has constructed a full-fledged feminist theology-the first within a Christian context.” -The New York Times Book Review
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