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Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers Jewish Spiritual Practices
Book SynopsisThis book talks about the Jewish mystic path and its practices to attain God-consciousness.Trade ReviewJewish Spiritual Practices is a very, very important book.Jewish Spiritual Practices...recently was presented to the Dalai Lama [in India] by an American Rabbi [Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi] who wanted to explain Jewish spirituality to the religious leader. * Publishers Weekly *"This is transformational stuff, the real recipes for growth, not just nice insights," said Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi. And the Dalai Lama's reaction. After looking through some of the book, he was surprised. He didn't realize that Judaism has so much to offer in this regard. -- New Age ReaderMamash a rebbishe sefer! (Like a book written by a rebbe!) -- Rabbi Shlomo CarlebachJewish Spiritual Practices is a gift to the Jewish World. -- Rabbi Lawrence KushnerOnce in a while I read a book that not only makes a profound impression but radically alters my lifestyle. Such a book is Jewish Spiritual Practices .The most important book written on Hasidism in a century. -- Professor Samuel Dresner, Jewish Theological Seminary
£41.40
Enduring Word Media Revelation: Verse by Verse Commentary
£9.49
New City Press Soliloquies: Augustine's Inner Dialogue: BK. 5
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Wisdom International The Proverbs 31 Woman
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Wisdom International Secrets of the Richest Man Who Ever Lived
£8.85
Rowman & Littlefield Many Servants: An Introduction to Deacons
Book SynopsisIn this newly updated and revised introduction to the permanent diaconate, Plater includes a history of deacons in the early church, a survey of deacons from the Reformation to the present, stories of modern diaconal ministries, including first-hand accounts, and a discussion of the formation, training, and deployment of deacons. This book is a basic, essential text for discernment committees and commissions on ministry, and a comprehensive look at a vital ministry in the church today.
£12.59
Rowman & Littlefield Toward Holy Ground
Book SynopsisThe second half of life—which we can enter at any age—is that time when we begin the process essential to a mature faith: discovering who we are, exploring our relationship with God, and beginning to let go. This part of life has a depth and spirituality all its own—a need for structure and rule, a tolerance of ambiguity, an exploration of limitation and mortality, and the deep work of discipline and detachment. Margaret Guenther brings her insights as a spiritual director to the gifts and opportunities of those of us who are on this journey to “holy ground.” In each chapter, Toward Holy Ground explores the practical aspects of spirituality in midlife: intercessory prayer, a sense of community, a rule of life, lightheartedness, detachment, and stripping down, preparing for “a good death.” A final chapter discusses practical aspects of ministry to the frail aged.Trade ReviewToward Holy Ground is filled with personal insights and experience, as well as intellectual and spiritual dimensions. Guenther takes the reader on a journey through life – all phases of life, and brings us lovingly to the latter years, complete with a carefully selected saint to share in the adventure! The author takes us from holy ground to kingships, healing, wholeness, and harvest, and finally a good death. There is a deepening of faith and compassion as this reviewer read and re-read the pages. When she ends the book with the chapter, ‘Ministering with the Aging’ (note that it is ministering WITH), I felt that every lay person and priest of the Episcopal Church should read this chapter as a requirement for ministry at any age... Of the many books I have read over the years dealing with the aging process in the journey of life, this book was one I could not put down, made complete sense for lay and clergy alike, enriched my own spirituality and sense of mission – and was a pilgrimage of renewed ministry. Don't fail to read this one! -- Douglas G. Carner, President ESMA board of directorsWritten by a priest who is professor of ascetical theology at General Theological Seminary, this is a book for those of any age ready to order their loves – a phrase that struck me as so utterly simple yet essential – and to shape their lives in order to live generously and passionately. Toward Holy Ground is ‘concerned with how we live out our professed beliefs, how we sanctify the ordinary, how we cultivate awareness of God in the small and everyday.’ And it is wonderful to read! I particularly enjoyed Guenther's skill in connecting Bible stories to daily life and her frequent referral to the apocryphal St. Anne, revered for centuries as God's grandmother, and that Holy Kinship which provided a rich, crowded family life for Jesus. The author's nitty-gritty on developing a rule of life and a rule of play is at once practical and encouraging. I highly recommend Toward Holy Ground for anyone moving toward spiritual direction and discipline and for all others who enjoy a well-written book that helps one take a step further into the faith. -- Sally BuckleeTable of ContentsChapter 1 Holy Ground Chapter 2 Kinship Chapter 3 Craft Chapter 4 Healing, Wholeness, and Harvest Chapter 5 A Good Death Chapter 6 Ministry with the Aged
£11.69
Baker Publishing Group Untrustworthy – The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our
Book SynopsisChristianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Politics & Public Life) Logos 2022 Book of the Year Award (Christianity in Culture) Which media outlets will help me be a responsible news consumer? How do I know what is true and whom I can trust? What can I do to combat all the misinformation and how it's impacting people I love? Many Americans are agonizing over questions such as these, feeling unsure and overwhelmed in today's chaotic information environment. American life and politics are suffering from a raging knowledge crisis, and the church is no exception. In Untrustworthy, Bonnie Kristian unpacks this crisis and explores ways to combat it in our own lives, families, and church communities. Drawing from her extensive experience in journalism and her training as a theologian, Kristian explores social media, political and digital culture, online paranoia, and the press itself. She explains factors that contribute to our confusion and helps Christians pay attention to how we consume content and think about truth. Finally, she provides specific ways to take action, empowering readers to avoid succumbing to or fueling the knowledge crisis.Table of ContentsContentsForeword by David FrenchIntroduction1. Naming the Crisis2. Media3. Mob4. Schemes5. Skepticism6. Emotions7. Experience8. A Practical Epistemology9. A Building Plan10. A Breath
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Rowman & Littlefield A Long-Shadowed Grief: Suicide and Its Aftermath
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of suicide, friends and family face a long road of grief and reflection. With a sympathetic eye and a firm hand, Harold Ivan Smith searches for the place of the spirit in the wake of suicide. He asks how one may live a spiritual life as a survivor, and he addresses the way faith is permanently altered by “the residue of stigma” that attaches to suicide.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the
Book SynopsisAn engaging explanation of a fundamental Buddhist practice—including guided exercises and meditations—from a scientist and former Buddhist monkThe Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others.Alan Wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence, or shamatha practice, to empower the mind. This book includes both guided meditations and lively discussions on the implications of these teachings for our life.
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Holy Trinity Publications The Rule for Holy Communion
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive booklet contains the prayers used by an Orthodox Christian when preparing to receive Holy Communion, together with the post-Communion Prayers of Thanksgiving.The texts are arranged to match the usage of Holy Trinity Monastery and augmented by comprehensive rubrics.Also included is the Synodal document, On the Participation of the Faithful in the Eucharist, approved by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2015 to express her official teachings regarding proper reverence and preparation for the holiest of Christian sacramentspartaking of the Body and Blood of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ.This new perfect bound paperback edition is designed for repeated use in personal devotion.Table of ContentsPart 1: The Canons for Holy Communion Part 2: The Order of Preparation for Holy Communion Part 3: The Prayers After Holy Communion Appendix 1 : Sunday Troparia Appendix 2 : On the Participation of the Faithful in the Eucharist
£8.99
Rowman & Littlefield The Practice of Prayer
Book SynopsisIn this down-to-earth book on the essentials of prayer, Margaret Guenther answers many of the common questions of the spiritual life, such as How do we learn to listen to God in our prayer? and, How do we develop a life of prayer in the midst of busy, active lives? She includes practical descriptions of a number of ways Christians have prayed through the centuries, from using the Jesus Prayer or rosary to praying with the stories of scripture and prayer book liturgies. Guenther also discusses basic matters of Christian practice, such as making a confession, intercession, going on retreat, simplifying our lives, using a journal to pray, finding a spiritual director, and praying through times of desolation when God does not seem to be listening.Trade ReviewMargaret Guenther is a lot of things—a professor of theology, an author, a retreat leader and an Episcopal priest. But in her latest book, The Practice of Prayer, it is evident that first and foremost she is just like the rest of us, human—allible, vulnerable and all the other things that go along with the human condition. The Practice of Prayer is refreshingly down-to-earth. In this book Guenther talks about prayer and paths to hearing God in a way that makes readers feel they are sitting by a fire having one of those deep and meaningful talks with their best friend. It's the kind of talk you later recall as having been one where a lot of the world's perplexing problems were solved. -- Cynthia Jardon * Alexandria Daily Town Talk *Margaret Guenther has provided the church with a wise and gentle book in The Practice of Prayer, and the chapter subtitles indicate the warmth and sparkle of her text…. I could wish for no more comprehensive, accessible, and gracious text for leading adults to an understanding of the realities of prayer, though I do wish she had made some mention of the renewal of interest in the labyrinth as a tool for meditation and prayer. These volumes occasion in me hopefulness for the church. The author takes seriously the lives of her potential readers, credits them with insight and ability, and invites them into mature knowledge and understanding. I hope the book finds pastors and teachers who share the author's faith in the wisdom of our times and our people. -- Scott Lee, St. Mark's ChurchDo not be misled by the title. This is not a how-to manual for prayer. It is much more valuable than that. … Instead of promoting six easy steps to more exciting prayer, Guenther offers a simple, powerful reminder: prayer is work and work is prayer. -- Robert P. Mills * The Presbyterian Layman *This is a practical and readable book on the essentials of prayer, presented by Episcopal priest Margaret Guenther. Her opening pages are inviting. She tells us that even she is humbled at the thought of ‘teaching’ someone how to pray. Margaret Guenther's presentation is less formal theology and more gleanings from wisdom, her own and that passed down the ages. Not that her work is ‘non-theological.’ In fact, it is, and deeply so. But her book is God-talk that is conscious of the fact that the Word became flesh, like us. And so we live in the flesh, always seeking the Spirit. Margaret Guenther's practicality includes a number of recommended texts, both classic and recent, to assist the practitioner in the practice of prayer. Her book is a place to begin, or to begin again. -- Phyllis Zagano * Anglican Theological Review *If you have been searching for a book that can serve as a guide for yourself or for others, search no longer. Margaret Guenther has written an insightful, accessible, earthy book on prayer and the spiritual life. She has the extraordinary ability to engage her readers at diverse levels and to impart wisdom that is at once simple and profound. . . . This book can be used in a variety of ways, to inform the individual reader, to inspire a book study, or to guide a group in the exploration of prayer. Guenther provides a section of questions to use for group conversation or as exercises to practice for the individual or a group. Several books are published on the life of prayer, but this book is outstanding among them. Even a person most experienced in prayer will find Guenther's insights, on even the most familiar topics, refreshing and new. The Practice of Prayer is a must for every person's library. -- Margaret McNaughton-Ayers, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Community Life * Virginia Theological Seminary *Table of ContentsChapter 1 An Introduction to Spirituality: What's in a Name? Chapter 2 Prayer as Conversation: Is Anyone Listening? Chapter 3 Varieties of Prayer: Does What I Learned in Sunday School Still Count? Chapter 4 Prayer Through the Centuries: From the Jesus Prayer to Lectio Divina Chapter 5 Practices of Prayer: Retreats, Journaling, Sacramental Confession, and Spiritual Direction Chapter 6 Finding God in the Ordinary: Your Kitchen Will Teach You Everything Chapter 7 Prayer and Parenting: How Do I Pray When the Baby is Keeping Me Up? Chapter 8 Learning Simplicity: 'Tis the Gift to Be Simple, 'Tis the Gift to Be Free Chapter 9 Praying Through Desolation: Why Have You Forsaken Me? Chapter 10 Praying in Community: Who are My Mother and My Brothers?
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Shambhala Publications Inc Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
Book SynopsisAtisha''s most celebrated text sets forth the entire Buddhist pathAtisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation of the king of Western Tibet, Lha Lama Yeshe Wo, and his nephew, Jangchub Wo. His coming initiated the period of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet, formative for the Sakya Kagyu and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.Atisha''s most celebrated text, Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner. Atisha''s text thus became the source of the lamrim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Always Present: The Luminous Wisdom of Jigme
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Six Perfections: An Oral Teaching
Book SynopsisThe Six Perfections of generosity, ethical discipline, patience, enthusiastic effort, concentration, and wisdom are practiced by Bodhisattvas who have the supreme intention of attaining enlightenment for the sake of others. These six are perfections because they give rise to complete enlightenment. Practice of them also insures the attainment of an excellent body and mind in the future and even more favorable conditions for effective practice than those we enjoy at present. Generosity leads to the enjoyment of ample resources, ethical discipline gives a good rebirth, patience leads to an attractive appearance and supportive companions, enthusiastic effort endows the ability to complete what is undertaken, fostering concentration makes the mind invulnerable to distraction, and wisdom discriminates between what needs to be cultivated and what must be discarded and leads to greater wisdom in the future.
£18.00
Shambhala Publications Inc Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle
Book SynopsisGyel-tsap Dar-ma-rin-chen states that Aryadeva''s Four Hundred Stanzas was written to explain how, according to Nagarjuna, the practice of the stages of yogic deeds enables those with Mahayana motivation to attain Buddhahood. Both Nagarjuna and Aryadeva urge those who want to understand reality to induce direct experience of ultimate truth through philosophic inquiry and reasoning. Aryadeva''s text is more than a commentary on Nagarjuna''s Treatise on the Middle Way because it also explains the extensive paths associated with conventional truths. The Four Hundred Stanzas is one of the fundamental works of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy, and Gyel-tsap''s commentary is arguably the most complete and important of the Tibetan commentaries on it. Mahayana practitioners must eliminate not only obstructions to liberation but also obstructions to the perfect knowledge of all phenomena. This requires a powerful understanding of selflessness, coupled with a vast accumulation of merit, or positive energy, resulting from the kind of love, compassion, and altruistic intention cultivated by bodhisattvas. The first half of the text focuses on the development of merit by showing how to correct distorted ideas about conventional reality and how to overcome disturbing emotions. The second half explains the nature of ultimate reality that all phenomena are empty of intrinsic existence. Gyel-tsap''s commentary on Aryadeva''s text takes the form of a lively dialogue that uses the words of Aryadeva to answer hypothetical and actual assertions questions and objections. Geshe Sonam Rinchen has provided additional commentary to the sections on conventional reality, elucidating their relevance for contemporary life. This is a republished version of Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual
Book SynopsisWe all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business. Part One shows how to prepare one''s mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying. Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying. Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time. Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.
£24.00
State University of New York Press Recognizing Reality Dharmakirtis Philosophy and
Book SynopsisExamines the central ideas of Dharmakirti, one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers and their reception by Tibetan thinkers. Dreyfus examines the central ideas of Dharmakirti, one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers, and their reception among Tibetan thinkers. During the golden age of ancient Indian civilization, Dharmakirti articulated and defended Buddhist philosophical principles. He did so more systematically than anyone before his time (the seventh century CE) and was followed by a rich tradition of profound thinkers in India and Tibet. This work presents a detailed picture of this Buddhist tradition and its relevance to the history of human ideas. Its perspective is mostly philosophical, but it also uses historical considerations as they relate to the evolution of ideas.
£26.90
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Witches, Druids, and Sin Eaters: The Common Magic
Book Synopsis• Describes the arcane rituals, ancient beliefs, and secret rites of the Welsh Marches, including those of the Sin Eaters, Eye Biters, and Spirit Hunters • Includes a Grimoire of the Welsh Marches, a wide collection of spells and magical workings along with practical instruction on crafting and casting In this collaboration between a Druid and a Witchcraft researcher, Jon G. Hughes and Sophie Gallagher describe in intricate detail the arcane rituals, ancient beliefs, and secret rites of the Welsh Marches, the borderlands between Celtic Wales and Anglo-Saxon England--one of the oldest and most significant locations for early Witchcraft and a lasting repository for ancient Druidic lore. Drawing on their personal access to the archives of the National Museum of Wales, as well as the local museums found within the Welsh Marches, the authors share extracts from ancient texts, along with original photographs of related artifacts. In the second half of the book, the authors present a Grimoire of the Welsh Marches, a wide collection of spells and magical workings along with practical instruction on crafting and casting. Offering a comprehensive look at the earth-based beliefs and practices of primal Witchcraft and Druidic lore, the authors show not only how the traditions of the Welsh Marches had a profound influence on the cultural and spiritual history of the British Isles, but how their influence was exported to all corners of the world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPART 1 Witchcraft and Druidic Lore of the Welsh Marches 1 A Curious Beginning 2 The Welsh Marches 3 Magic, Religion, and Ritual in the Welsh Marches4 The Shropshire Amulet 5 Witchcraft, Christianity, and the Witch Terror 6 Witches of the Welsh Marches7 Druids of the Welsh Marches 8 Other Occult Arteworkers of the Welsh Marches 9 Prominent Occultists of the Welsh Marches 10 The Legacy of the Witches and Druids of the Welsh Marches PART 2 Grimoire of the Welsh Marches Yr Llyfr Swynion Gororau Cymru “The Book of Spells of the Welsh Borderland” 11 Finding Harmony between Two Ancient Traditions 12 Preparation of the Workplace and Crafting Components 13 Utilizing the Elements and the Will 14 Apotropaic Devices for Protection against Curses and Malevolent Energies 15 The Casting and Lifting of Spells and Curses 16 Elixirs of Love 17 Other Spells and Workings: Attachment Nosegays and Druid’s Breath 18 Scattering the Workplace and Caching ApparatusBibliography Index
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Loeb Barlaam and Ioasaph
Book SynopsisBarlaam and Ioasaph, a hagiographic novel in which an Indian prince becomes aware of the world’s miseries and is converted to Christianity by a monk, is a Christianized version of the legend of the Buddha. Though often attributed to John Damascene (ca. AD 676–749), it was probably translated from Georgian into Greek in the eleventh century.
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Collective Ink Pagan Portals - Aos Sidhe: Meeting the Irish Fair
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the Aos Sidhe, the People of the fairy mounds, and to Irish fairy beliefs, this book takes readers on a journey to understand the place that fairies have had in Ireland across the millennia and into today. These beings can be found playing roles both significant and subtle in folk belief and their stories are part of the land itself, making them an intrinsic aspect of Ireland. And yet for those who haven't grown up with these beliefs there can be many misunderstandings and confusion surrounding who they are, and what they can do. /Pagan Portals - Aos Sidhe/ will help people new to the subject, as well as those with a wider knowledge, to understand the range and depth of the folk beliefs. Covering everything from myth and folklore to modern anecdotes and specific types of Irish fairies, this book provides a solid understanding of what can be a difficult subject.
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Daily Prayers for Men
Book SynopsisFor men today, every day presents new challenges. Daily Prayers for Men is a devotional filled with 365 prayers and Scripture verses to inspire and empower you.No matter what kind of life you lead—office worker or skilled laborer, athlete or bookworm, soldier or doctor—you are constantly being faced with choices both minor and major that will determine the kind of man you will be. To help you, Daily Prayers for Men collects three hundred and sixty-five verses drawn from Scripture. Each daily verse is accompanied by a prayer that will serve as a guide as you commune with God. The topics range across many issues you are likely to face in your daily life, from worries about money and health to questions about children and family to the challenges posed by temptation.Beautifully bound in a deluxe vegan-leather cover, you can easily pack this portable devotional in your backpack or briefcase. Turn to this book daily to seek guidance
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Lexington Books Living Traditions and Universal Conviviality
Book SynopsisThe World Parliament of Religions adopted the view that there will not be peace in this world without including peace among religions. Yet, even with the unified force of the world's religions and wisdom traditions, this cannot be accomplished without justice among people. In one way or another, unity among religions, as based on justice and the will to accept the other's religions and even irreligiosity as means of justice, will not prevail without an internal and external, spiritual, theological, philosophical and practical investigation into the very reasons for religious strife and fanaticism as well as the resources that people, cultures, religions and wisdom traditions might provide to disentangle them from the injustices of their host regimes, and to seek the balance that leads to a measure of universal fairness among the multiplicity of religious and non-religious expressions of humanity.Conviviality expresses the depth and breadth of living together, which itself can be undersTrade ReviewThis volume asks what Whitehead’s process philosophy can offer to a planet in the midst of continual religious and political rupture. Each essay carefully grapples with the prospect of balancing justice and peace without resorting to stifling assimilation or alienating the other. The result is a compelling collection that imagines interreligious harmony not as a naïve utopia of sameness, but as a continual unfolding of events in which differences—both complementary and destructive—are ingredients. -- J. R. Hustwit, Methodist UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Conviviality in Multi-Religious Communities: Peace, Justice, Unity, and Diversities, Roland Faber and Santiago Slabodsky Part I: Multi-Religious Conversations 1. Conviviality: Particular Religions, Universalist Fellowship—Some Jewish Reflections, Bradley Shavit Artson 2. From Violence to Tolerance: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Relevance to Discussions on Conviviality in the Muslim Tradition, Mustafa Ruzgar 3. From Tolerance to Unity: the Baha’i Faith and Conviviality, Ian Kluge 4. How Wicca Contributes to Religious Conviviality, Constance Wise 5. Conviviality with Dao: A Chinese Perspective, Meijun Fan Part II: Political Challenges and Opportunities 6. Religions’ Contribution to the Affirmation of Life and Political Agency, Helene Slessarev-Jamir 7. Political Liberalism, Conviviality, and Process Thought, Daniel A. Dombrowski 8. The Fires of Desire: Finding Conviviality in a Common Challenge, C. Robert Mesle 9. The Unspeakable Conviviality of Becoming, Catherine Keller Part III: Ecologies of Multi-Religious Futures 10. “Must ‘religion’ always remain as a synonym for ‘hatred’?” Whiteheadian Meditations on the Future of Togetherness, Roland Faber 11. Tools for Religious Conviviality: Ivan Illich, Process Thought, and Political Ecology on a Multireligious Planet, Jacob Erickson 12. The Problem of the Two Ultimates and the Proposal of an Ecozoics of the Deity: In Dialogue with Thomas Berry, Sallie McFague, Anselm, Aquinas, Whitehead, and Nishida, Toki Nobuhara 13. Architectures of Risk, The Convivial Occasion of Experiential Religious Naturalism in Tagore and Whitehead, Brianne Donaldson 14. Whiteheadian Perspective-Taking as a Basis for ‘Peace’ through Interfaith Dialogue: With Special Reference to Confucianism & Japanese Buddhism, Steve Odin Epilogue: Planetarity and Conviviality, Jay McDaniel
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Simon & Schuster Godwinks Divine Alignment
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John Murray Press In Pursuit of His Wisdom
Book SynopsisWisdom is prized in the Bible as being the one thing we should seek above all others. But what is it, and how do we get it?Trade ReviewThere is always something reassuringly familiar and yet remarkably fresh about any book by RT Kendall...this book makes a contribution to the task of putting wisdom back on our radar. * Inspire Magazine *This book is uplifting and insightful. I would throughly recommend it. * Woman Alive Magazine *
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John Murray Press In the Shelter
Book SynopsisIt is in the shelter of each other that the people live.Drawing on this Irish saying, poet, storyteller and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama relates ideas of shelter and welcome to journeys of life, using poetry, story, biblical refelction and prose to open up gentle ways of living well in a troubled world. The fourth gospel tells of Jesus arriving in the room where the disciples are gathered, full of fear, on Easter Sunday. He does not chide or admonish; instead he says ''Peace be with you'', which, in the Aramaic of his day, was simply a greeting. To people locked in a room of fear he said ''Hello,'' welcoming them to a place of deep encounter: encounter with themselves, with their fear, with each other and with the incarnate one in their midst.Interweaving everyday stories with narrative theology, gospel reflections with mindfulness and Celtic spirituality with poetry, In the Shelter reveals the transformational power of weTrade ReviewReading this personal meditation about life now, we are reminded of Augustine's Confessions and Newman's Apologia: it comes from the heart, it recognises the hurts and the triumphs, and it encourages us to say 'hello' to new things. * Network Magazine *
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Vintage Publishing Nothing to be Frightened Of
Book Synopsis''I don''t believe in God, but I miss Him.'' Julian Barnes'' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his philosopher brother, a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that ''this is not my autobiography'', the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers.Trade ReviewBoth fun and funny. It is sharp too, in the sense of painful as well as witty... Barnes dissects with tremendous verve and insight this awesome inevitability of death and its impact on the human psyche. He also tears at your heart * New Statesman *A maverick form of family memoir that is mainly an extended reflection on the fear of death and on that great consolation, religious belief... It is entertaining, intriguing, absorbing...an inventive and invigorating slant on what is nowadays called 'life writing'. It took me hours to write this review because each reference to my notes set me off rereading; that is a reviewer's ultimate accolade -- Penelope Lively * Financial Times *A brilliant bible of elegant despair...that most urgent kind of self-help manual: the one you must read before you die -- Tim Adams * Vogue *Intensely fascinating * The Times *An elegant memoir and meditation. A deep seismic tremor of a book that keeps rumbling and grumbling in the mind for weeks thereafter * Garrison Keillor *
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SCM Press Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus
Book Synopsis''This attractively produced volume is a fully documented work of scholarship from a scholar of international repute and has for some years now provided an important new work of reference on everything pertaining to the religious, social and economic background of the Holy City in the time of Christ.'' (New Blackfriars)''The whole work is a superb quarry of information ... everyone should be richly instructed by its study.'' (Times Literary Supplement)`Professor Jeremias brings a deep love for the place to his erudition, particularly in the realm of Jewish sources, and the result is a book of outstanding merit'' (Church of England Newspaper)Until his death in 1979, Joachim Jeremias was Emeritus Professor of New Testament in the University of Gottingen.
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Concrescent Press The Book of The Great Queen
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John Murray Press My Rock My Refuge
Book SynopsisNew York pastor Timothy Keller is known for his ability to connect a deep understanding of the Bible with contemporary thought and the practical issues we all face in our lives. My Rock; My Refuge - his first devotional, consisting of all new material - offers inspiration for every day of the year, based on the book of Psalms. Here Keller helps readers apply the principles he laid out in his book Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. He walks them verse by verse through the entire Psalter, the one biblical book designed to teach us how to pray, how to spiritually handle every possible life situation, and how to actually know God.This title is published in the US as The Songs of Jesus.My Rock; My Refuge won CRT Devotional Book of the Year in 2016.
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Random House USA Inc Tough as They Come
Book SynopsisThousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier''s story.Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost?Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, stroke his fingers against his wife?s cheek, or pick up his infant daughter. Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest. With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school. Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn?t want to be thought of as wounded. ?I''m just a man with scars,? he says, ?living life to the fullest and best I know how.?
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Charisma House Authentic Fire
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Creation House Jezebel'S Puppets
Book SynopsisMany charismatic Christians are familiar with the biblical character of Jezebel, yet they do not know the demonic spirit by that name that still wreaks havoc today. The Jezebel spirit characterizes anyone who acts in the same manner as Jezebel did, engaging in immorality, idolatry, false teaching and unrepentant sin. Its manifestations are conni...
£12.59
NavPress Publishing Group Long Days of Small Things
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Ignatius Press The Contemplative Hunger
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Georgetown University Press The Violence of Climate Change: Lessons of
Book SynopsisClimate change is viewed as a primarily scientific, economic, or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives, Kevin J. O'Brien argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence. Global warming is largely caused by the carbon emissions of the affluent, emissions that harm the poor first and worst. Climate change is violence because it divides human beings from one another and from the earth. O'Brien offers a constructive and creative response to this violence through practical examples of activism and nonviolent peacemaking, providing brief biographies of five Christians in the United States-John Woolman, Jane Addams, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez. These activists' idealism, social commitment, and political savvy offer lessons of resistance applicable to the struggle against climate change and for social justice.Trade ReviewAn engaging work . . . In its essence, this book is a call to resist. To resist the structural violence that O’Brien identifies climate change to be. * Environmental Values *O’Brien is at his strongest when he attends to the idiosyncrasies of his witnesses and their distinctive contributions to thinking about climate change. He is thoughtful and constrained, presenting clear connections and lessons for the reader. * Christian Century *A creative, timely, and helpful contribution to the canon of Christian environmentalist literature. . . . The book is an excellent resource for scholars and particularly for climate activists facing the discouragement common in their work. * Reading Religion *A powerful addition to the developing study of evironmental and social justice. * Choice *O’Brien points to the practical examples of activism and nonviolent peacemaking * Yale Climate Connection *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward a Witness of Resistance Part 1: Climate Change and Nonviolence 1. The Wicked Problem of Climate Change2. Nonviolent Resistance Part II: Five Witnesses of Nonviolent Resistance3. John Woolman's Moral Purity and Its Limits4. Jane Addams and the Scales of Democracy5. Dorothy Day and the Faith to Love6. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Hope for an Uncertain World7. Cesar Chavez and the Liberating Power of Sacrifice Conclusion: What Can We Do?BibliographyIndexAbout the Author
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Tibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing
Book SynopsisReflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four highly revered Tibetan shamans forced into exile by the Chinese invasion during the 1950s. Larry Peters lived and studied closely with the shamans in Nepal, learning their belief system, observing and participating in their rituals, and introducing many dozens of students to their worldview. Including photographs of the shamans in ecstatic ritual and trance, this book—one of the most extensive ethnographic works ever done on Tibetan shamanism—captures the end of Tibetan shamanism while opening a window onto the culture and traditions that survived centuries of attack in Tibet, only to die out in Nepal. The violent treatment of shamans by the Buddhist lama has a long history in Tibet and neighboring Mongolia. At one point, shamans were burned at the stake. However, in the mountainous Himalayan terrain, especially in the difficult to reach areas geographically distant from the Buddhist monastic urban centers, shamans were respected and their work revered. Peters’s authoritative and meticulous research into the belief systems of these last surviving representatives of the shamanic traditions of the remote Himalayas preserves, in vivid detail, the techniques of ecstasy, described as pathways to the shamanic spiritual world.
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Yale University Press Caesars Druids An Ancient Priesthood
Book SynopsisExploring the various roles that Druids played in British and Gallic society during the first centuries BC and AD, the author argues that they were a highly complex, intellectual, and sophisticated group whose influence transcended religion and reached into the realms of secular power and politics.Trade Review"'With Caesar's Druids, Miranda Aldhouse-Green supersedes every other volume on this elusive and nettlesome subject' James MacKillop, author of Dictionary of Celtic Mythology"
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SteinerBooks, Inc Communicating Anthroposophy: The Course for
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the
Book SynopsisDrawing on decades of experience, a psychotherapist and Zen practitioner makes the Abhidharma--the original psychological system of Buddhism--accessible to a general audience for the first time. The Abhidharma, one of the three major text collections of the original Buddhist canon, explores the critical juncture of Buddhist thought and the therapeutic aspects of the religion and meditation. It frames the psychological system of Buddhism, explaining the workings of reality and the nature of the human mind. Composed of detailed matrixes and lists that outline the interaction of consciousness and reality, The Abhidharma explores the essence of perception and experience, and the reasons and methods behind mindfulness and meditation. Because of its complexity, the Abhidharma has traditionally been reserved only for academic or monastic study; now, for the first time, clinical psychologist Beth Jacobs makes this dynamic, important text and its teachings available to general readers, using practical explanation, personal stories, and vivid examples to gently untangle the technical aspects of the Abhidharma. Jacobs’ work illuminates this classic of Buddhist thought, highlighting the ways it can broaden and deepen our experience of the human psyche and offering profound insights into spiritual practice.
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Yale University Press Marking the Hours
Book SynopsisDiscusses the "Book of Hours", unquestionably the most intimate and most widely used book of the later Middle Ages. This title examines surviving copies of the personal prayer books which were used for private, domestic devotions, and in which people commonly left traces of their lives.Trade Review"'Medievalists will welcome Marking the Hours' (Sarah Williams, BBC History Magazine) 'Eamon Duffy's Marking the Hours brilliantly opens up 'windows on men's souls' - as well as being this year's most beautifully produced work of history.' (John Adamson, The Sunday Telegraph) 'This is a glorious feast of a book. Yale University Press has, as always, devoted extraordinary resources to making it both beautiful and good... With Duffy as our guide, the apparently random scribbles of often nameless men and women start to sound like a clear message from the distant past.' (Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian) 'The most beautiful history book of the year' (Ruth Scurr, The Times) 'Once again, as readable and convincing as in The Striping of the Altars, Professor Duffy brings alive the daily life of English people in the two centuries before the Reformation, this time through the beautiful prayer books that they often annotated or defaced in a revealing way.' (Christopher Howse, The Spectator)"
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Yale University Press Gates of Light
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Yale University Press Julian of Norwich Theologian
Book SynopsisFor centuries readers have comfortably adopted Julian of Norwich as simply a mystic. In this book, the author argues that this fourteenth-century thinker's sophisticated approach to theological questions places her legitimately within the pantheon of other great medieval theologians, including Thomas Aquinas, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Bonaventure.Trade Review"This is the best book I have seen on Julian, and one of the most energizing ventures in theology in the last several years."—John Wilson, Books and Culture -- John Wilson * Books and Culture *"The author writes with erudition, theological precision and flashes of humor. This is an enlightening book that makes an important and impressive addition to Julian scholarship."—Joan M. Nuth, America -- Joan M. Nuth * America *“The best theological exposition of Julian to appear so far....It shows why her thinking is still of value and how one might critically engage with it.”—Brian Davies, Commonweal -- Brian Davies * Commonweal *
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Hendrickson Publishers Inc KJV Wide Margin Bible
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Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S. Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family
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Penguin Books Ltd The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself
Book SynopsisBorn in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation—her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, however, saying in a letter: There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity. This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece—after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best Table of ContentsThe Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself - Translated with an Introduction by J. M. Cohen Introduction[The Saint's Prepatory Note]1. How the Lord began to rouse her soul in childhood to a love of virtue, and what a help it is in this respect to have good parents2. How she came gradually to lose these virtues, and of the importance of associating in childhood with good people*3. How good company reawakened her desires, and how God began to shed some light for her on the illusions under which she laboured*4. How the Lord helped her to force herself to take the habit, and of the many illnesses which His Majesty began to send her*5. She continues to speak of the great infirmities that she suffered, of the patience which the Lord gave her, and of how she derived good out of evil, as will be seen from one incident which happened in the town where she went to be cured*6. Of her great debts to the Lord for making her resigned to her great trials, of how she took St. Joseph, the glorious, as her mediator and advocate, and of the great profit that she derived from this *7. How she began to lose the graces the Lord had given her, and of the evil life she began to lead. A description of the dangers arising from the lack of strict enclosure in convents*8. Of the great profit that she derived from not entirely abandoning prayer, for fear that she might lose her soul. She describes the excellence of prayer as a help towards winning back what is lost, and exhorts everyone to practise it. She tells what great gains it brings and how very beneficial it is even for those who may later give it up, to devote some time to anything as good*9. Of the means by which God began to rouse her soul, to give it light in its great darkness, and to strengthen her virtues, so that she should not offend Him*10. She begins to explain the favours which God gave her in prayer, telling the extent to which we can help ourselves, and how important it is that we shall understand the favours God is granting us. She begs those to whom this book is to be sent to keep the rest of it secret, since they have ordered her to describe in detail the favours that she has received from God*11. She explains why we cannot attain the perfect love of God in a short time, beginning with a comparison which sets out the four stages of prayer. Here she says something about the first, which is very profitable for beginners and for those who receive no consolations in prayer*12. More about the first state. She tells how far we can, with God's help, progress by ourselves, and speaks of the danger of seeking supernatural and extraordinary experiences until the Lord bestows them on us*13. She continues to speak of this first stage, and gives advice concerning certain temptations that the devil sends at times. This chapter is very useful*14. She begins to explain the second stage of prayer, in which the Lord already grants the soul more special consolations. These she describes in order to show that they are supernatural, and this is a most noteworthy chapter*15. Continuing the same subject, she gives certain advice on behaviour during the prayer of quiet. She tells how there are as many souls that advance to this stage, but few who pass beyond it. The matters touched upon here are most essential and profitable*16. She treats of the third stage of prayer, and continues to explain things of a very lofty nature, telling what the soul that has come so far can do, and what are the effects of such great favours from the Lord. This is a subject most likely to uplift the spirit in God's praise, and to give great comfort to those who have come so far*17. She continues to explain the third stage of prayer, and completes her account of its effects. She tells of the hindrances caused in this state by the imagination and the memory*18. She treats of the fourth stage of prayer, and begins an excellent explanation of the great dignity to which the Lord raises the soul in this state. This is meant to spur those who practise prayer to make efforts to reach this exalted state, which it is possible to attain on earth, though not through our merits, but only by the goodness of God. This chapter must be read with great care, since the argument is most subtle, and contains some most noteworthy observations*19. Continuing the same subjecct, she begins to describe the effects upon the soul of this stage of prayer. She earnestly exhorts those who have attained it not to turn back, even if they should afterwards fall, nor ever to give up prayer. She describes the harm that they would suffer if they did so. All this is most noteworthy and will be of great comfort to the weak and to sinners*20. She treats of the difference between union and rapture, and explains what a rapture is. She also says something about the good that a soul derives from being, by the Lord's goodness, brought to it. She speaks of its effects*21. She continues and concludes her account of this last stage of prayer, telling what the soul who has reached it feels when it returns to live in the world. She describes the light God throws on the world's deceits. All of this is good doctrine*22. She shows how safe a path it is for contemplatives not to raise their spirits to lofty things, and how the approach to the most exalted contemplation must be by way of Christ's humanity. She tells of an incident in which she was herself deceived. This is a very profitable chapter*23. She returns to the history of her life, and tells how she began to strive for greater perfection. This is profitable matter for those who have to direct souls engaged in the practice of prayer, and teaches them how to deal with beginners. She tells of the profit that she derived from this knowledge*24. She continues the same subject and tells how her soul went on improving, once she had begun to obey; also how little use it was for her to resist God's favours, since His Majesty went on giving them to her in more liberal measure*25. She treats of the means and manner whereby these words that God speaks to the soul are perceived without being actually heard, and of some possible descriptions in regard to them. She tells how false locutions are to be distinguished from true. This is a most profitable chapter for any who may have reached this stage of prayer, because the explanation is very clear and contains much teaching *26. She continues with the same subject, relating and describing certain events which rid her of her fears, and convinced her that the spirit which spoke to her was a good one*27. She describes another way in which the Lord teaches the soul and, without speech, makes His will known to it in a wondrous manner. She also speaks of a vision and of a great favour, which was not imaginary, that the Lord granted her. This is a most noteworthy chapter*28. She tells of the great favours that the Lord bestowed on her, and of His first appearance to her. She defines an imaginary vision, and speaks of the great effects and signs produced by one that is from God. This is a most profitable and noteworthy chapter*29. She continues, and describes some great favours which the Lord showed her, relating also what the Lord said to her, to reassure her and enable her to answer those who argued against her*30. She returns to the story o her life, and tells how the Lord greatly relieved her trials by bringing her a visit from that holy man, Friar Peter of Alcantara of the Order of the glorious St. Francis. She speaks of the great temptations and inner trials which she sometimes suffered*31. She speaks of certain outward temptations and appearances of the devil, and of the torments which she suffered from him, and also offers some excellent counsel to persons travelling the way of perfection*32. She tells how it pleased God to carry her in the spirit to a place in hell that she had deserved for her sins. She describes a tithe of what was shown her there, and begins to tell of the ways and means by which the convent of St. Joseph was founded on its present site*33. She continues her account of the foundation of the glorious St. Joseph's, telling how she was commanded to let it drop, how for a time she gave it up, and how she suffered various trials in the course of which she was comforted by the Lord*34. She tells how at this time she had to leave the town. She gives the reasons and tells of her superior's command that she should go and comfort a very great lady who was in serious distress. She begins to describe what happened to her there, and to tell how the Lord in His mercy made her the instrument whereby His Majesty roused a very important person to serve him in earnest, also to say how she afterwards found help and protection from Him. This is a very noteworthy chapter*35. She continues the story of the foundation of this house of our glorious father, St. Joseph, and of the way in which the Lord ordained that holy poverty should be observed there. She gives her reasons for leaving the lady with whom she was living, and describes several other things that happened to her*36. She continues with the previous subject, and describes ho the foundation of this convent of the glorious St. Joseph was concluded. She speaks of the great opposition and many persecutions which the nuns had to endure after taking the habit, of the great trials and temptations which she herself underwent, and of how the Lord delivered her victoriously from them all, to His own praise and glory*37. She describes the effects that remained with her after the Lord had granted her a favour, and gives much sound teaching as well. She speaks of the efforts that we must make to attain one more degree of glory, and of the high value we must set on it, allowing no trial to deprive us of a blessing that is eternal*38. She describes certain great favours that the Lord bestowed on her, by graciously revealing to her some of the secrets of heaven, and by vouchsafing her further great visions and revelations. She speaks of the effects which these had upon her and of the great benefit that they did to her soul*39. She continues with the same subject, and recounts the great mercies which the Lord has shown her. She tells of His promises to help those persons for whom she might pray, and some outstanding instances in which his Majesty has favoured her in this way*40. She continues her account of the great favours that God granted her, from some of which excellent lessons can be obtained. For instruction, as she says, after obedience and the recording of such favours as will be of profit to souls, has been her principal motive in writing. With this chapter the account of her life comes to an end. May it be for the glory of the Lord. Amen
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Penguin Books Ltd Confessions
Book SynopsisThe son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanTrade Review"[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." —Los Angeles Times "[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages." —Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books"Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand." —James Wood"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." —Chicago Tribune
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Penguin Books Ltd Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Book Synopsis'With God's help, I, Bede ... have assembled these facts about the history of the Church in Britain ... from the traditions of our forebears, and from my own personal knowledge'Written in AD 731, Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is the first account of Anglo-Saxon England ever written, and remains our single most valuable source for this period. It begins with Julius Caesar's invasion in the first century BC and goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop government and convert the people to Christianity during these crucial formative years. Relating the deeds of great men and women but also describing landscape, customs and ordinary lives, this is a rich, vivid portrait of an emerging church and nation by the 'Father of English History'.Leo Sherley-Price's translation from the Latin brings us an accurate and readable version of Bede's History. This edition includes Bede's Letter to EgTable of ContentsBook one: the situation of Britain and Ireland - their earliest inhabitants; on Gaius Julius Caesar, the first Roman to reach Britain; Claudius - the second Roman to reach Britain - annexes the Isles of Orkney to the Roman Empire - under his direction Vespasian subdues the Isle of Wight; Lucius - a British king - writes to Pope Eleutherus and asks to be made a Christian; Severus divides Roman Britain from the rest by an earth work; the reign of Diocletian - his persecution of the Christian Church; the martyrdom of Saint Alban and his companions - who shed their life-blood for Christ at this time; the Church in Britain enjoys peace from the end of this persecution until the time of the Arian heresy; during the reign of Gratian - Maximus is created Emperor in Britain and returns to Gaul with a large army; during the reign of Arcadius - the Briton Pelagius presumptuously belittles the grace of God; during the reign of Honorius - Gratian and Constantine set up as despots in Britain - the former is killed shortly afterwards in Britain - the latter in Gaul; the Britons - harassed by the Irish and Picts - seek help from the Romans - who come and build a second wall across the island - notwithstanding, these enemies again break in and reduce the Britons to worse straits; during the reign of Theodosius the Younger - Palladius is sent to the Christians among the Irish - the Britons make an unsuccessful appeal to the Consul Aetius; the Britons made desperate by famine drive the Barbarians out of their land - there soon follows an abundance of corn - luxury - plague - and doom on the nation. (Part contents)
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