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Inter-Varsity Press Get a grip on mission: The Challenge Of A
Book SynopsisGlobalization, pluralism, urbanization and increased mobility are just some of the challenges of twenty-first-century cross-cultural mission, and Martin Goldsmith helpfully equips us to respond wisely to them. With humour, confidence and enthusiasm, he enables us to see potential barriers to mission as opportunities waiting to be grasped. The unchanging nature of Jesus' Great Commission contrasts strongly not only with our changing world but with our dynamic God. While his commands are set in stone, his methods are not. This book will give you fresh ideas about mission. It will help you pray, plan and advise those who want to get involved.
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Inter-Varsity Press Dynamic Diversity: The Humanity Church - For
Book SynopsisFrom the footpaths of our cities to the chat rooms of the Internet, people are connecting today as never before. As the planet shrinks through the multiple forces of immigration, travel, electronic communication and more fluid employment patterns, we will find ourselves increasingly forced into contact with those who are significantly different from ourselves. Sadly however, the stranger is often a threat to be resisted rather than a friend to be embraced. In this context of in-your-face diversity, it is time to revisit the heart of the New Testament, with its claim that in Jesus Christ a new quality of human relationship is possible. In his letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul claims that Christians are a new kind of people, part of a new community: a 'new humanity' in Christ (Ephesians 2:15). We exist not in isolation, but in relationship. 'Dynamic Diversity' contends that all Christian congregations everywhere are called to be bridging places, centres of reconciliation, where the major diversities separating human beings are overcome through the presence of God's Holy Spirit. Bruce Milne presents a biblical model for today and tomorrow where the diversities of gender, generation, ethnicity, colour and socio-economic status present exciting and challenging opportunities to demonstrate practical oneness. When this happens, churches become wonderfully alive. In Christ we can be one people, one new humanity, one life.
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Collective Ink Dry Bones Can Live – How to be part of a healthy
Book SynopsisMany people believe in Jesus Christ but want nothing to do with the church. Some others who call themselves committed Christians will not commit to a local church. We have to be honest. There is a dearth in the church in many countries. At times the church has been very sick and the illness seemed to be terminal; yet it survives and in many places grows phenomenally. "Dry Bones can Live", addresses this problem and proposes a dynamic remedy; setting out a strategy for local churches to consider. It is full of stories from the pastor's casebook, which illustrate the reality and effectiveness of the Gospel in transforming livesTrade ReviewThis is a welcome and rich resource for anyone serious about seeing their church grow. (Rev Elfed Godding). It's emphasis in making, growing and keeping disciples is a must for the church in the 21st century. (Rev Dr John Weaver). This book is packed with the words of a pastor with a heart for mission. It is full of stories from the pastor's casebook, which illustrate the reality and effectiveness of the Gospel in transforming lives. (Rev Dr John Weaver, Principal, South Wales Baptist College, & President Baptist Union of Great Britain).
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SPCK Publishing Invading Secular Space
Book SynopsisIn Britain and the West Christians have watched helplessly while teachers, politicians and the media have prised apart sacred and secular, consigning the sacred to the realm of the private and unimportant. After a careful analysis of the state of Western churches, Robinson and Smith challenge conventional leadership styles. They reject fix-it programmes, which rarely transplant well, and urge ministers to focus on what really matters: to help people to experience intimacy with God, to encounter the grace of God and speak about it to others. From a Christian viewpoint there can never be two worlds, only God's world, but Christians have retreated into sacred space, rather than reaching out. This book cuts across contemporary leadership thinking.
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De Gruyter From ‘Passio Perpetuae’ to ‘Acta Perpetuae’: Recontextualizing a Martyr Story in the Literature of the Early Church
Book SynopsisWhile concentrated on the famous Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, this book focuses on an area that has so far been somewhat marginalized or even overlooked by modern interpreters: the recontextualizing of the Passio Perpetuae in the subsequent reception of this text in the literature of the early Church. Since its composition in the early decades of the 3rd century, the Passio Perpetuae was enjoying an extraordinary authority and popularity. However, it contained a number of revolutionary and innovative features that were in conflict with existing social and theological conventions. This book analyses all relevant texts from the 3rd to 5th centuries in which Perpetua and her comrades are mentioned, and demonstrates the ways in which these texts strive to normalize the innovative aspects of the Passio Perpetuae. These efforts, visible as they are already on careful examination of the passages of the editor of the passio, continue from Tertullian to Augustine and his followers. The normalization of the narrative reaches its peak in the so-called Acta Perpetuae which represent a radical rewriting of the original and an attempt to replace it by a purified text, more compliant with the changed socio-theological hierarchies.
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Leiden University Press Religion and Ecological Crisis
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Whitaker House Sueños Financieros: Las Mejores Decisiones
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Urano Publishers El Priorato De Sion
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Taylor & Francis The Templars the Hospitallers and the Crusades
Book SynopsisThis book pays homage to the work of a scholar who has substantially advanced knowledge and understanding of the medieval military-religious orders. Alan J. Forey has published over seventy meticulously researched articles on every aspect of the military-religious orders, two books on the Templars in the Corona de AragÃn, and a wide-ranging survey of the military-religious orders from the twelfth to the early fourteenth centuries. His archival research has been especially significant in opening up the history of the military orders in the Iberian Peninsula. This volume comprises an appreciation of Foreyâs work and a range of research that has been inspired by his scholarship or develops themes that run through his work. Articles reflect Foreyâs detailed research into and analysis of primary sources, as well as his work on the military orders, the crusades, the eastern Mediterranean, and the trial of the Templars. Further papers move beyond the geographical and chronological bounds of Foreyâs research, while still exploring his themes of the military-religious ordersâ relations with the Church and State.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I The Iberian Peninsula, archives, and documents 1 The Iberian military-religious orders in the earliest papal registers of supplications, 1342–1362 2 Pelayo Pérez Correa and the international ambitions of the Order of Santiago 3 The identity of Hospitallers in the Crown of Aragon and economics (XII–XIII centuries) 4 Hospitallers, Templars, and the papacy in the twelfth century: the issue of historical agency PART II The Eastern Mediterranean 5 Descriptions of fighting, captivity, and ransom in the writings of Robert of Nantes, Patriarch of Jerusalem, in the mid-thirteenth century 6 Continuing the Continuation: Eracles 1248–1277 7 Some observations on Hospitaller agricultural activities in the Latin East prior to the fall of Acre in 1291 8 Sergeants in the Rule of the Templars 9 Shared worship at Filerimos on Hospitaller Rhodes: 1306–1421 PART III The trial of the Templars and its after-history 10 The beard and the habit in the Templars’ trial: membership, rupture, resistance 11 The Templar Order in public and cultural debate in France during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesPART IV Beyond Forey’s foundations: the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries12 Cooking the books: the report of Philip de Thame and financial crisis in fourteenth-century Britain13 Military order castles in the Holy Land and Prussia: a case for cultural history 14 A crusade against the Poles? Johannes Falkenberg’s ‘Satira’ (1412) 15 Die welt ist kranck. The Teutonic Order and the Prussian Union at the court of Frederick III (1452/53)16 What the Hospitaller said to the bishop
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Taylor & Francis Clerical Continence in TwelfthCentury England and Byzantium Property Family and Purity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Templars and their Sources
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Catholic Schools
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Taylor & Francis What is the Kingdom of Heaven Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd What is the Kingdom of Heaven Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis ReImagining Christian Higher Education
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Cambridge University Press The Church Under the Law
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Cambridge University Press The Medieval Canon Law
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Cambridge University Press Foundations of the Conciliar Theory The Contribution of the Medieval Canonists from Gratian to the Great Schism
Book SynopsisA major problem which occupied thinkers in the later Middle Ages was the question of the internal structure of the Church and the proper interrelationship of its members. Dr Tierney's book is an account of those canonistic theories of Church government which contributed to the growth of the conciliar theory, and which were formulated between Gratian's Decretum (c. 1140) and the Great Schism (1378). It is concerned particularly with the juristic development of the fundamental conciliar doctrine, the assertion that the universal Church was superior to the Church of Rome, with a consequent denial of the Pope's supreme authority.Table of ContentsPreface; List of abbreviations; Introductory: the conciliar theory and the Canonists; Part I. Decretists Theories of Church Goverment: 1. Pope and Church; 2. Pope and general council; 3. Pope and Cardinals; Part II. Aspects of Thirteenth-Century Ecclesiology: 4. Changing views of Church government; 5. The structure of a medieval ecclesiastical corporation; 6. The whole church as corporation; Part III. Conciliar Ideas in the Fourteenth Century: 7. John of Paris; 8. Conflicting criticisms of Papal monarchy; 9. The attitude of the academic Canonists; 10. Franciscus Zabarella; Conclusion; Appendices; List of works cited; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The New Knighthood A History of the Order of the Temple Canto
Book SynopsisThe Order of the Temple, founded in 1119 to protect pilgrims around Jerusalem, developed into one of the most influential corporations in the medieval world. It has retained its hold on the modern imagination thanks to the dramatic events of the Templars' trial and abolition two hundred years later, and has been involved in historical mysteries from masonic conspiracy to the survival of the Turin shroud. Malcolm Barber's lucid narrative separates myth from history in this full and detailed account of the Order, from its origins, flourishing and suppression to the Templars' historical afterlife.
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Cambridge University Press From Radical Jesus People to Virtual Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Power of Protocol
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Cambridge University Press Knowledge Faith and Early Christian Initiation
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Cambridge University Press The Didascalia Apostolorum in English
Book SynopsisThe third-century Syriac treatise Didascalia Apostolorum was edited and translated into English in 1903 by the pioneering scholar Margaret Gibson. Covering topics including the organisation of the early church and the conduct of the clergy, this is an important source for historians interested in Christian doctrine and law.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Quotations from the Old Testament; Quotations from the New Testament; Translation of the Didascalia; Appendix.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Preaching
Book SynopsisPastor, preacher, and New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shares his wisdom on communicating the Christian faith from the pulpit as well as from the coffee shop.Most Christians—including pastors—struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian gospel to change people’s lives. Timothy Keller is known for his insightful, down-to-earth sermons and talks that help people understand themselves, encounter Jesus, and apply the Bible to their lives. In this accessible guide for pastors and laypeople alike, Keller helps readers learn to present the Christian message of grace in a more engaging, passionate, and compassionate way.
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Zondervan How to Be Present in an Absent World
Book SynopsisExperience the fullness of life that Jesus promises by learning how to engage with the present--even in the increasing busyness of work and family life.Do you ever wonder how long can you keep: grinding out eighty-hour work weeks? putting your marriage on the backburner? treating your employees like cogs in a machine? pushing your life aside before you realize your time is all up? At the heart of this collaborative project is the belief that the pain we experience is the result of absence--living disconnected from our authentic selves and lacking deep, meaningful relationships with others and with God.Daniel Montgomery, the founding pastor of Sojourn Community Church; Kenny Silva, a PhD candidate at Trinity International University; and Eboni Webb, who holds a doctorate of Clinical Psychology, pooled their efforts and expertise to focus on the problem of modern absence and the pain it causes us an
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Zondervan Fan the Flame
Book SynopsisWhat if we modeled our churches after what Jesus intended His church to look like? What if our hope for our ministries rested not on human wisdom but on God''s power? Over the past few years, we''ve all seen how quickly circumstances can change, and many of us have experienced firsthand how church growth trends and popular models fail us. Churches across the country are struggling, and many pastors are deeply discouraged. We work hard and with great sincerity, but our efforts don''t seem to be helping our churches flourish.Jim Cymbala—New York Times best-selling author and long-time pastor of The Brooklyn Tabernacle—has been watching the pressing need for back-to-the-basics spiritual leadership among Christians, and he''s seen so many churches come to defeat because so many leaders forget this one truth: Your church is not your church. It''s Christ''s church. In order for his church to flourish, we have to minister
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Transworld Publishers Ltd No Future Without Forgiveness
Book SynopsisThe establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the center of this unprecedented attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on the profound wisdom he has gained by helping usher South Africa through this painful experience.In No Future Without Forgiveness, Tutu argues that true reconciliation cannot be achieved by denying the past. But nor is it easy to reconcile when a nation 'looks the beast in the eye.' Rather than repeat platitudes about forgiveness, he presents a bold spirituality that recognizes the horrors Trade Review"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us... In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the future."--Nelson Mandela
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Present Future
Book SynopsisIn this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way. In The Present Future, McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity and replacing church growth with a wider vision of kingdom growth; developing disciples instead of church members; fostering the rise of a new apostolic leadership; focusing on spiritual formation rather than church programs; and shifting from prediction and planning to preparation for the challenges of an uncertain world. McNeal contends that by changing the questions church leaders ask themselves about their congregations and their plans, they can frame the core issues and approach the future with new eyes, new purpose, and new ideas.Table of ContentsAbout Leadership Network ix Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Introduction xv New Reality Number One: The Collapse of the 1 Church Culture New Reality Number Two: The Shift from Church 20 Growth to Kingdom Growth New Reality Number Three: A New Reformation: 43 Releasing God’s People New Reality Number Four: The Return to Spiritual Formation 69 New Reality Number Five: The Shift from Planning 92 to Preparation New Reality Number Six: The Rise of Apostolic Leadership 120 Things I Didn’t Say 140 Conclusion 146 References 149 The Author 151
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Harvest House Publishers,U.S. Building an Effective Womens Ministry
Book SynopsisThis unique yet practical how-to manual offers a wide-range of help to women, from those just starting out to those who have a thriving ministry but could use a fresh idea or two.Trade Review“When it comes to building an effective women’s ministry, Sharon Jaynes has hit the nail on the head. This manual is an all–inclusive guide that provides the nuts and bolts for starting, maintaining, and growing an effective ministry. Whether beginning a new ministry from the ground up or breathing new life into an existing one, Sharon gives biblically sound, practical ideas for leading women into a vital and vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ.”—Tim Clinton, President American Association of Christian Counselors and Julie Clinton, President Extraordinary Women“Building an Effective Women’s Ministry is a brand new book from Harvest House Publishers. Sharon Jaynes, vice president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, is the author. This book has planning helps for beginning and maintaining your women’s ministries plus ideas for programs and special events. You know which section I turned to first, don’t you? That’s right. The idea section. Sharon has some good ideas. Great cover and helpful contents!!!”—Brenda Poinsett, MOWMU Women’s Ministry Consultant“A well–orchestrated women’s ministry is like a beautiful dance, bringing grace and creativity to the Body of Christ. In Building An Effective Women’s Ministry, gifted author Sharon Jaynes not only teaches the basic dance steps, but all the intricate footwork that prepares women to have Scripturally ‘beautiful feet’ in order to share Christ’s Gospel of peace. And with her trademark practical, powerful, and persuasive writing, Sharon Jaynes continues to lead the way in helping women to draw strength from Christ and, in turn, strengthen others in Him. I highly recommend this thoroughly comprehensive guide to women’s ministries. Your women, your church, and your community need the potent principles outlined in this wonderful book. It will masterfully lead them in Christ’s dance of joy!”—Lynn D. Morrissey, author of Love Letters to God: Deeper Intimacy through Written Prayer and AWSA/CLASS Speaker“Although Building and Effective Women’s Ministry is 363 pages long, I devoured it, cover–to–cover, in one sitting. The writing style was as comfortable as the content was practical. As I read, my highlighter pen flew along, tracing the many ‘a–ha’ moments inspired along the way. The acronyms, ministry models, suggested timelines and sections on ministry personalities were especially insightful. The quotes, stories and analogies made this weighty subject both intriguing and fun. A terrific resource!” —Marnie Swedberg, Author, Speaker, & Webhostess
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Baker Publishing Group Rooting for Rivals
Book SynopsisFaith-based organizations are sometimes known for what we''re against--and all too often that includes being against each other. But amid growing distrust of religious institutions, Christ-centered nonprofits have a unique opportunity to link arms and collectively pursue a calling higher than any one organization''s agenda.Rooting for Rivals reveals how your ministry can multiply its impact by cooperating, rather than competing. Peter Greer and Chris Horst explore case studies illustrating the power of collaborative ministry. They also vulnerably share their own failures and successes in pursuing a kingdom mind-set. Discover the power of openhanded leadership to make a greater impact on the world.'I love the African quote, ''If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.'' I''m grateful to Peter Greer and Chris Horst for celebrating Christ-centered teamwork and collaboration in Rooting for Rivals.'--RICHARD S
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Liguori Publications Manual Para Entender Y Participar En La Misa
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Libros Liguori Juntos Para Toda La Vida Una Preparacin Para La
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Thomas Nelson NKJV Large Print Thinline Reference Bible Blue
Book SynopsisThis large print thinline NKJV Bible edition is stunning inside and out, with unique finishes such as blue-letter words of Christ, beautiful covers, and an etched gilding design on the page edges.
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Baker Publishing Group Worship as It Is in Heaven
Book SynopsisA fresh look at heaven's pattern of worship, instituted in David's tabernacle and renewed through Jesus' apostles. Readers are invited to enter in to a fullness of worship that is the conduit of God's government of peace, justice, and holiness on earth.
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Baker Publishing Group Revitalize
Book SynopsisPastor, Bible teacher, and Gospel Coalition leader combines timeless biblical principles with specific examples and practical insight, giving pastors and leaders in struggling churches hope and strategies for revitalization.
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Baker Publishing Group Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Women
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Baker Publishing Group Launch
Book SynopsisStarting a church from scratch? Start here! Launch offers specific strategies for beginning a church with no members, no money, and no staff. Readers get clear, practical how-to strategies for quickly raising funds, creating a team, planning services, effective evangelism, and rapidly developing a growing membership. Specific advice is included for reaching that often difficult-to-target demographic, the 20- to 40-year-old. Now thoroughly revised and expanded to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of church planting.
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Baker Publishing Group The Come Back Effect
Book SynopsisThe key to growth as a church, youth ministry, or a business is getting first-time guests to come back. And as any good manager of a hotel, a store, a restaurant, or an attraction knows, the key to getting guests to come back is not actually the rooms or the product or the food itself; it''s how guests feel when they''re there. It''s about hospitality. No matter how much effort and time we spend on excellence--stirring worship time, inspiring sermons, a good coffee blend in the foyer--what our guests really want when they come to our churches is to feel welcome, comfortable, and understood.Written by a church consultant and a hospitality expert, The Come Back Effect shows church, ministry, and even business leaders the secret to helping a first-time guest return again and again. Through an engaging, story-driven approach, they explain how service and hospitality are two different things, show how Jesus practiced hospitality, and invite leaders to develop and implement
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Baker Publishing Group Activate
Book SynopsisChurch leaders want to know how to make their small groups work. Drawing from the startling success of small groups at The Journey Church, Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas debunk the myths, set the record straight, and show how church leaders can implement a healthy small group ministry that gets the maximum number of people involved and solves many of the important problems facing churches of all sizes. These practical strategies will produce life-changing results.
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Baker Publishing Group Taking Your Church to the Next Level What Got
Book SynopsisThis book explains the impact of age and size on churches and outlines the improvements that must be made at each point for a church to remain fruitful and faithful to its mission.
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Moody Press,U.S. Small Church Essentials FieldTested Principles
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Moody Publishers Unsaved Christian The
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Moody Publishers The Masters Plan for the Church
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Beacon Press Interfaith Leadership A Primer
Book SynopsisA guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious linesIn this book, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel offers a clear, detailed, and practical guide to interfaith leadership, illustrated with compelling examples. Patel explains what interfaith leadership is and explores the core competencies and skills of interfaith leadership, before turning to the issues interfaith leaders face and how they can prepare to solve them. Interfaith leaders seek points of connection and commonality—in their neighborhoods, schools, college campuses, companies, organizations, hospitals, and other spaces where people of different faiths interact with one another. While it can be challenging to navigate the differences and disagreements that can arise from these interactions, skilled interfaith leaders are vital if we are to have a strong, religiously diverse democracy. This primer presents readers with the
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Judson Press Work of the Church Trustee
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Portavoz Liderazgo Espiritual Ed. Revisada
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Chalice Press Another Way Living and Leading Change on Purpose
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Loyola Press Ignatian Spirituality A to Z
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