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Mothers Of The Nation - Manyano Women In South Africa (Paperback): Lihle Ngcobozi Mothers Of The Nation - Manyano Women In South Africa (Paperback)
Lihle Ngcobozi
R280 R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Save R39 (14%) In Stock

“Whenever I see a Manyano woman, I see a woman who has the world in her hands and has the power to make things change because of the power that is prayer”. - Stella Shumbe

“As a Manyano, you listen to painful journeys and experiences of people … They talk about abuse at home, unemployment, children who are reckless and all the sensitive things you can think of … We come together to share our pain and struggles.’ - Nobuntu Madwe

Lihle Ngcobozi, herself the progeny of three generations of Manyano women, takes an original, fresh look at the meaning of the Manyano. Between male-dominated struggle narratives and Western feminist misreadings, this church-based women's organisation has become a mere footnote to history.

Long overlooked as the juggernaut of black women’s organising that it has been and continues to be, the Manyano has immense historical and cultural meaning in black communities across the country. To this day, it is still evolving to meet the changing needs of black South Africans. Here, the Manyano women speak for themselves, in an African feminist meditation rendered by one of their own.

Reawakened - Activate Your Congregation to Spark Lasting Change (Paperback): Glen Guyton Reawakened - Activate Your Congregation to Spark Lasting Change (Paperback)
Glen Guyton
R445 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Formational Power of Worship - Leading Your Community with Intention (Paperback): Timothy Brooks The Formational Power of Worship - Leading Your Community with Intention (Paperback)
Timothy Brooks
R369 R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Save R62 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Where the People Go - Community, Generosity, and the Story of Everence (Paperback): John D Roth Where the People Go - Community, Generosity, and the Story of Everence (Paperback)
John D Roth
R535 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters of Michigan (Paperback): Patricia Montemurri Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters of Michigan (Paperback)
Patricia Montemurri
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Religious Life for Our World - Creating Communities of Hope (Paperback): Maria Cimperman Religious Life for Our World - Creating Communities of Hope (Paperback)
Maria Cimperman
R720 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R127 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What Happens When We Worship (Paperback): Jonathan Landry Cruse What Happens When We Worship (Paperback)
Jonathan Landry Cruse
R482 R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Early Mission in South Africa/Die Vroee Sending in Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans, English, Hardcover, New): Karel Schoeman The Early Mission in South Africa/Die Vroee Sending in Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans, English, Hardcover, New)
Karel Schoeman
R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 In Stock

In 1799 four missionaries - two English and two Dutch - arrived at the Cape, having been sent out by the London missionary society. This is their story.Although mission work by the Moravians had begun some time before, this meant the commencement of large-scale mission work in South Africa, and initiated what might be called the 'golden age' of missionary activity in South Africa. The Early Mission, 1799 1819 consists of 17 essays, some of them in Afrikaans, in which the noted writer and historian Karel Schoeman describes the life and work of a number of missionaries, mission assistants and artisans, 'native agents', catechists and lay helpers, including three women, who where involved in the establishment of the mission during the pioneer period. His subjects are mainly Dutch and indigenous mission workers in the service of the LMS and their work among the slave population of the Cape Colony and the inhabitants of the Orange River area beyond the northern frontier of the Colony."

Stability - How an ancient monastic practice can restore our relationships, churches, and communities (Paperback): Nathan Oates Stability - How an ancient monastic practice can restore our relationships, churches, and communities (Paperback)
Nathan Oates
R429 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What is the foundation of work that lasts? As Christians in a hypermobile culture, most of the time we talk about going and doing, about the need for meaningful action, service, and pilgrimage. Here, we listen to a quieter call. We consider the foundation, the roots, the bass note, that place of origin from which the building rises and the fruit blooms and the music soars and all the action comes-the place of stability. This call is rooted in the being of God; the faithfulness, reliability, and unchanging character of God. Drawing from some of the best writings on Benedictine spirituality and from his personal experiences raising a family, pastoring a church, and spending time living with monks, Nathan Oates offers a compelling invitation to find inner peace and stillness right where we are. When faced with decisions to stay or go, we rarely consider a beautiful, challenging third option-embracing the value of stability, which is moving closer to the root. Rather than pulling up our tents or simply enduring, we can choose to press deeper into the core of the question, to lean into the source of life, the real need, the true passion.

When Tears Sing - The Art of Lament in Christian Community (Paperback): William Blaine-Wallace When Tears Sing - The Art of Lament in Christian Community (Paperback)
William Blaine-Wallace
R604 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R110 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reorganized Religion - The Reshaping of the American Church and Why it Matters (Paperback): Bob Smietana Reorganized Religion - The Reshaping of the American Church and Why it Matters (Paperback)
Bob Smietana
R479 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented spiritual, technological, demographic, political and social transformation-moving from an older, mostly white, mostly Protestant, religion-friendly society to a younger diverse, multiethnic, pluralistic culture, where no one faith group will have the advantage. At the same time, millions of Americans are abandoning organized religion altogether in favour of disorganized disbelief. Reorganized Religion is an in-depth and critical look at why people are leaving American churches and what we lose as a society as it continues. But it also accepts the dismantling of what has come before and try to help readers reinvent the path forward. This book looks at the future of organized religion in America and outline the options facing churches and other faith groups. Will they retreat? Will they become irrelevant? Or will they find a new path forward? Written by veteran religion reporter Bob Smietana, Reorganized Religion is a journalistic look at the state of the American church and its future. It draws on polling data, interviews with experts, and reporting on how faith communities old and new are coping with the changing religious landscape, along with personal stories about how faith is lived in everyday life. It also profiles faith communities and leaders who are finding interesting ways to reimagine what church might look like in the future and discuss various ways we can reinvent this organization so it survives and thrives. The book also reflects the hope that perhaps people of faith can learn to become, if not friends with the larger culture, then at least better neighbours. "A superb examination of the future of Christian institutions.... A must-read for anyone invested in the fate of the American church." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Christian Prayer (Leather / fine binding): International Commission on English in the Liturgy Christian Prayer (Leather / fine binding)
International Commission on English in the Liturgy
R1,341 Discovery Miles 13 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Concise Encyclopedia of Church and Religious Organization Marketing (Paperback): Bruce Wrenn, Henry Cole, Robert E. Stevens,... Concise Encyclopedia of Church and Religious Organization Marketing (Paperback)
Bruce Wrenn, Henry Cole, Robert E. Stevens, David L Loudon
R1,524 Discovery Miles 15 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discover the marketing basics to draw new membersand more fundsto your church! Though more and more religious organizations increasingly attempt to use marketing techniques to improve response, little literature exists to explain crucial concepts, terms, and strategies. The Concise Encyclopedia of Church and Religious Organization Marketing fills this gap by providing novice marketers with basic theories and terms in easy-to-understand language. This A-to-Z reference presents the essential concepts and techniques, such as benefits to constituents, target markets, market research, and advertising, all with plain and concise explanations to apply to your situation, all aimed to effectively increase the numbers and resources of your faith-based organization. As people become increasingly inundated with advertising and given more choices, the need for a religious organization to cut through this informational clutter to present its own positive features to the right audience becomes vital. From social cause marketing to measuring attitudes of respondents and constituent analysis, the Concise Encyclopedia of Church and Religious Organization Marketing details the tools needed to measure and increase positive response to allow your organization to effectively compete in today's world. Numerous figures and tables clearly illustrate more complex concepts and terms to make comprehension fast and easy. An appendix has been included that provides a complete review of the early and contemporary literature applicable to marketing and religion as well as the origins of religious organizational marketing. The Concise Encyclopedia of Church and Religious Organization Marketing clarifies foundational marketing concepts and terms as they relate to church and religious organizations. Entries include: benefits brand equity cause-related marketing communication methods competition competitive advantage constituent analysis and behavior controlling marketing activities data collection and analysis demographics quantitative research directive marketing focus groups geodemographics marketing planning and research new program development performance evaluation and control publicity SWOT analysisStrengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of an organization target audience and so much more! The Concise Encyclopedia of Church and Religious Organization Marketing is the perfect source for marketing beginners looking for the basic knowledge needed to market their church or organization, as well as being a quick bookshelf reference for more experienced religious marketers.

Firestorm - Preventing and Overcoming Church Conflicts (Paperback): Ron Susek, D Kennedy Firestorm - Preventing and Overcoming Church Conflicts (Paperback)
Ron Susek, D Kennedy
R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Will your church be part of the thirty-three percent unable to spot the kindling of conflict before it flares up and results in the dismissal of a pastor? Firestorm describes the six successive phases of conflict and explains the causes of that conflict, strategies to cope with controversy, and what can be done in the firestorm's aftermath to restore faith and hope.

The Templars, the Hospitallers and the Crusades - Essays in Homage to Alan J. Forey (Paperback): Helen J Nicholson, Jochen... The Templars, the Hospitallers and the Crusades - Essays in Homage to Alan J. Forey (Paperback)
Helen J Nicholson, Jochen Burgtorf
R1,241 Discovery Miles 12 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This 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 Aragon, 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 Forey's work and a range of research that has been inspired by his scholarship or develops themes that run through his work. Articles reflect Forey's 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 Forey's research, while still exploring his themes of the military-religious orders' relations with the Church and State.

Virtual Reality Church (Paperback): Darrell L. Bock Virtual Reality Church (Paperback)
Darrell L. Bock
R385 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Methodist Worship - Mediating the Wesleyan Liturgical Heritage (Paperback): R Matthew Sigler Methodist Worship - Mediating the Wesleyan Liturgical Heritage (Paperback)
R Matthew Sigler
R1,239 Discovery Miles 12 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What makes Methodist worship "Methodist" or "Wesleyan?" How do Methodists evaluate emerging forms of worship in light of their own liturgical heritage? This book considers these questions by bringing to light the work and significance of three Methodist liturgists who have until now received precious little scholarly focus: Thomas O. Summers (1812-1882), Nolan B. Harmon (1892-1993), and James F. White (1932-2004). Exploring each one's contribution to the Methodist movement, it evaluates their continuing legacies as scholars and practitioners of Methodist worship. Importantly, the work of all these men occurred during times of cultural change, which gave rise to new ways of worship within the landscape of American Methodism. Addressing them in chronological order, this study shows how each figure enacted liturgical reform and renewal by drawing from the liturgical textual tradition inherited directly from John Wesley's Sunday Service of the Methodist in North America as well as the hymnody of Charles Wesley. It also demonstrates how they sought to inculturate the Wesleyan liturgical tradition in the midst of these significant changes. Evaluating historic and emerging trends in Methodist liturgical praxis, this is a book that will be of great interest to scholars of Methodism, the History of Religion, Liturgical Studies and Theology.

Dog Training, Fly Fishing, and Sharing Christ in the 21st Century - Empowering Your Church to Build Community Through Shared... Dog Training, Fly Fishing, and Sharing Christ in the 21st Century - Empowering Your Church to Build Community Through Shared Interests (Paperback)
Ted Haggard
R344 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Save R85 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ted Haggard presents a successful and tested model for a small group ministry here that can be implemented by a church of any size. By enabling members to embrace and capitalize on their own unique abilities, the diverse groups create an environment where people meet mentors that can disciple and guide them. This need-and interest based approach redefines the model for powerful church growth.

Small Things With Great Love - A 9-Day Novena to Mother Teresa, Saint of the Gutters (Paperback): Donna Marie Cooper... Small Things With Great Love - A 9-Day Novena to Mother Teresa, Saint of the Gutters (Paperback)
Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle
R221 R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Save R41 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What can we learn from the Saint of the Gutters? How might her wisdom and intercession help us in our present needs? After all, Mother Teresa was very small in stature, even frail in some respects, and she was a woman-the supposed "weaker sex." However, this petite woman's "yes" to God truly changed the world forever. She opened the world's eyes to our duties to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and told us that a far worse hunger exists in our Western world. She continues to encourage us to reach out in love to those in need. Through this novena of prayer, our faith is energized as we "sit at St. Teresa of Calcutta's feet" to learn lessons of love, and invoke her intercession for our urgent, as well as our lesser needs-big and small-she will help!

Methodist Worship - Mediating the Wesleyan Liturgical Heritage (Hardcover): R Matthew Sigler Methodist Worship - Mediating the Wesleyan Liturgical Heritage (Hardcover)
R Matthew Sigler
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What makes Methodist worship "Methodist" or "Wesleyan?" How do Methodists evaluate emerging forms of worship in light of their own liturgical heritage? This book considers these questions by bringing to light the work and significance of three Methodist liturgists who have until now received precious little scholarly focus: Thomas O. Summers (1812-1882), Nolan B. Harmon (1892-1993), and James F. White (1932-2004). Exploring each one's contribution to the Methodist movement, it evaluates their continuing legacies as scholars and practitioners of Methodist worship. Importantly, the work of all these men occurred during times of cultural change, which gave rise to new ways of worship within the landscape of American Methodism. Addressing them in chronological order, this study shows how each figure enacted liturgical reform and renewal by drawing from the liturgical textual tradition inherited directly from John Wesley's Sunday Service of the Methodist in North America as well as the hymnody of Charles Wesley. It also demonstrates how they sought to inculturate the Wesleyan liturgical tradition in the midst of these significant changes. Evaluating historic and emerging trends in Methodist liturgical praxis, this is a book that will be of great interest to scholars of Methodism, the History of Religion, Liturgical Studies and Theology.

40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life (Paperback): Leland Ryken 40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life (Paperback)
Leland Ryken
R425 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R71 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass - The Eucharistic Wisdom of Venerable Bruno Lanteri (Paperback): Fr Timothy Gallagher A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass - The Eucharistic Wisdom of Venerable Bruno Lanteri (Paperback)
Fr Timothy Gallagher
R405 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World - In the Vortex of Globalization and Tradition (Paperback): Tania Haddad, Elie Al... Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World - In the Vortex of Globalization and Tradition (Paperback)
Tania Haddad, Elie Al Hindy
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the links between civil society, religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa region. The chapters in the volume explore the role of religion in shaping and changing the public sphere in regions that are developing and/or in conflict. They also discuss how these relations are reflected on civil society organizations and the role they are expected to play in transitional periods. This volume: investigates the conceptual dilemmas regarding what is 'civil society' in the Arab world today examines the dynamic roles of civil society organizations and religion in the Middle East and North Africa explores the future of the Arab civil society post-'Arab Spring' events, and how the latter continues to reshape the demand for democracy in the region. A comprehensive study of how the Arab civil society has come into being and its changing roles, this eclectic work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of politics, especially political Islam, international relations, Middle East Studies, African Studies, sociology and social anthropology.

Women and the Messianic Heresy of Sabbatai Zevi, 1666 - 1816 (Paperback): Ada Rapoport-Albert Women and the Messianic Heresy of Sabbatai Zevi, 1666 - 1816 (Paperback)
Ada Rapoport-Albert
R813 Discovery Miles 8 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Women are conspicuously absent from the Jewish mystical tradition. Even if historically some Jewish women may have experienced mystical revelations and led richly productive spiritual lives, the tradition does not preserve any record of their experiences or insights. Only the chance survival of scant evidence suggests that, at various times and places, individual Jewish women did pursue the path of mystical piety or prophetic spirituality, but it appears that they were generally censured, and efforts were made to suppress their activities. This contrasts sharply with the fully acknowledged prominence of women in the mystical traditions of both Christianity and Islam. It is against this background that the mystical messianic movement centred on the personality of Sabbatai Zevi (1626 - 76) stands out as a unique and remarkable exception. Sabbatai Zevi addressed to women a highly original liberationist message, proclaiming that he had come to make them 'as happy as men' by releasing them from the pangs of childbirth and the subjugation to their husbands that were ordained for women as a consequence of the primordial sin. This unprecedented redemptive vision became an integral part of Sabbatian eschatology, which the messianists believed to be unfolding and experienced in the present. Their New Law, superseding the Old with the dawning of the messianic era, overturned the traditional halakhic norms that distinguished and regulated relations between the sexes. This was expressed not only in the outlandish ritual transgression of sexual prohibitions, in which Sabbatian women were notoriously implicated, but also in the apparent adoption of the idea - alien to rabbinic Judaism - that virginity, celibacy, or sexual abstinence were conducive to women's spiritual empowerment. Ada Rapoport-Albert traces the diverse manifestations of this vision in every phase of Sabbatianism and its offshoots. These include the early promotion of women to centre-stage as messianic prophetesses; their independent affiliation with the movement in their own right; their initiation in the esoteric teachings of the kabbalah; and their full incorporation, on a par with men, into the ritual and devotional life of the messianic community. Their investment with authority was such as to elevate the messiah's wife (a figure mostly absent from traditional messianic speculations) to the rank of full messianic consort, sharing in her husband's redemptive mission as well as his divine dimension. By the late eighteenth century, a syncretistic cult had developed that recognized in Eva - the unmarried daughter of Jacob Frank, one of Sabbatai Zevi's apostate messianic successors - an incarnate female aspect of the kabbalistic godhead, worshipped by her father's devotees as 'Holy Virgin' and female messiah. This was the culmination of the Sabbatian endeavour to transcend the traditional gender paradigm that had excluded women from the public arena of Jewish spiritual life. This work is translated by Deborah Greniman.

Religions as Brands - New Perspectives on the Marketization of Religion and Spirituality (Hardcover, New Ed): Jean-Claude... Religions as Brands - New Perspectives on the Marketization of Religion and Spirituality (Hardcover, New Ed)
Jean-Claude Usunier, Joerg Stolz
R4,364 Discovery Miles 43 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the twentieth century, religion has gone on the market place. Churches and religious groups are forced to 'sell god' in order to be attractive to 'religious consumers'. More and more, religions are seen as 'brands' that have to be recognizable to their members and the general public. What does this do to religion? How do religious groups and believers react? What is the consequence for society as a whole? This book brings together some of the best international specialists from marketing, sociology and economics in order to answer these and similar questions. The interdisciplinary book treats new developments in three fields that have hitherto evolved rather independently: the commoditization of religion, the link between religion and consumer behavior, and the economics of religion. By combining and cross-fertilizing these three fields, the book shows just what happens when religions become brands.

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