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In this uplifting and practical book, written in collaboration with
his biographer, Austen Ivereigh, the preeminent spiritual leader
explains why we must-and how we can-make the world safer, fairer,
and healthier for all people now. In the COVID crisis, the beloved
shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity
of our society exposed more vividly than ever before. He also saw,
in the resilience, generosity, and creativity of so many people,
the means to rescue our society, our economy, and our planet. In
direct, powerful prose, Pope Francis urges us not to let the pain
be in vain. He begins Let Us Dream by exploring what this crisis
can teach us about how to handle upheaval of any kind in our own
lives and the world at large. With unprecedented candor, he reveals
how three crises in his own life changed him dramatically for the
better. By its very nature, he shows, crisis presents us with a
choice: we make a grievous error if we try to return to some
pre-crisis state. But if we have the courage to change, we can
emerge from the crisis better than before. Francis then offers a
brilliant, scathing critique of the systems and ideologies that
conspired to produce the current crisis, from a global economy
obsessed with profit and heedless of the people and environment it
harms, to politicians who foment their people's fear and use it to
increase their own power at their people's expense. He reminds us
that Christians' first duty is to serve others, especially the poor
and the marginalized, just as Jesus did. Finally, the Pope offers
an inspiring and actionable blueprint for building a better world
for all humanity by putting the poor and the planet at the heart of
new thinking. For this plan, he draws not only on sacred sources,
but on the latest findings from renowned scientists, economists,
activists, and other thinkers. Yet rather than simply offer
prescriptions, he shows how ordinary people acting together despite
their differences can discover unforeseen possibilities. Along the
way, he offers dozens of wise and surprising observations on the
value of unconventional thinking, on why we must dramatically
increase women's leadership in the Church and throughout society,
on what he learned while scouring the streets of Buenos Aires with
garbage-pickers, and much more. Let Us Dream is an epiphany, a call
to arms, and a pleasure to read. It is Pope Francis at his most
personal, profound and passionate. With this book and with open
hearts, we can change the world.
Take the next step to confronting racism in relationships and in
everyday life. This 10-session, video-based study guide (DVD/video
streaming sold separately) provides groups and individuals with
practical tools and suggestions, actionable items, and real-world
examples of change, to enable you to become proactive and effective
in the fight for racial justice. In his bestselling book, How to
Fight Racism, Jemar Tisby urged readers to move beyond talking
about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it.
This study guide is the next step on that journey for small groups,
churches, classes, and individuals. Tisby unpacks his "A.R.C."
model for racial justice, developing each of its stages in
practical and empowering ways: Awareness (sessions 2—4) focuses
on racial history, identity, and the image of God. Relationships
(sessions 5—7) presents effective ways to do reconciliation, make
friends, and build diverse communities. Commitment (sessions
8—10) concentrates on how to work for racial justice in your
life, community, and country. Â You'll be encouraged to
reject passivity and become active participants in the struggle for
human dignity across racial and ethnic lines. The study
guide—along with the video study—offers participants the
opportunity to be part of the solution to racial problems and
suggests that the application of these principles can offer us hope
that will transform our nation and the world. Designed for use with
How to Fight Racism Video Study (9780310113249), sold separately.
The interdisciplinary field of economics and religion has come a
long way since 2003 when Edward Elgar published the pioneering
volume Economics and Religion. The influence of religious ideas on
the birth of economics as a discipline and its rise to cultural
dominance is now widely recognized. The largely Protestant
discussion has been enriched by Roman Catholic contributions
stimulated by recent Papal Encyclicals. The economics of religion
has now matured into a respectable subfield of economics and
articles on religion regularly appear in top economics journals.
This original and insightful research review places the most recent
contributions in context and will be an invaluable resource for
scholars and academics alike.
A ground-breaking introductory textbook for the study of the New
Testament and the first Christians, written for the next generation
of students Comparing Christianities: An Introduction to the New
Testament and the First Christians maps the historical rise of
Christianity out of a network of early Christian movements. This
major new textbook systematically explores the struggles to define
the faith by presenting Christianity as the result of a lengthy
process of religious consolidation which emerged from a landscape
of persistent Christian diversity. The book delves into the history
of the first five generations of Christians, from Paul to Origen.
The first chapter considers the challenges of constructing
Christian histories and offers a new model of Christian families to
organize and explain the emergence and competition of different
varieties of Christianity. Each successive chapter focuses on key
issues that Christian leaders engaged over the centuries,
demonstrating how the questions they posed and the answers they
provided gave Christianity its distinct shape. As the movements
competed for social advantage, Christians began identifying certain
Christian movements as enemies and consolidated against them. The
final chapter schematizes the Christians studied in the book into
three families of Christian movements based on the particular God
they worshipped and other shared patterns of thought and practice.
This chapter also explains where the varieties of Christianities
came from and how the process of consolidation undertaken by some
churches shaped Christian identity within a forge of intolerance
that still affects us today. Comparing Christianities explores the
answers to questions: Who were the early Christians and what did
they write? What did Christians think about sex, women,
immortality, Judaism, suffering and death? What rituals did the
first Christians practice, and what did their religious experiences
mean to them? How did Christians live in a Roman-dominated world?
How did the first Christians explain the origins of their movement?
Comparing Christianities: An Introduction to the New Testament and
the First Christians serves as an excellent primary textbook in
undergraduate classrooms for Introduction to Christianity,
Introduction to Religion, New Testament Studies, Christian Origins,
World Religions, and Western World Religions, and a
thought-provoking resource for anyone wishing to know more about
Christianity.
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Do Something Else
(Hardcover)
Nate Phillips; Foreword by Bruce Reyes-Chow
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In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan
Haidt examines the world's philosophical wisdom through the lens of
psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of
enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do
unto you, or What doesn't kill you makes you stronger-can enrich
and even transform our lives.
In The Origins of Christianity and the New Testament, distinguished
scholar Rebecca I. Denova explores how the first followers of Jesus
arrived at their faith, the way their sacred texts developed into
the New Testament, and how their movement eventually became the
religion of Christianity. This accessible volume examines the
concepts, beliefs, issues, and events that gave rise to
institutional Christianity-providing readers with the historical
context of the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, the Acts
of the Apostles, the Book of Revelation, the letters of Paul, and
other foundational New Testament documents. Approaching the subject
from the multidisciplinary perspective of Religious Studies, the
author addresses topics including the ethnic and religious
background of "Jesus the Jew," the New Testament's different
portraits of Jesus, the genesis of Christian concepts such as the
divine incarnation and "second coming" of Jesus, Paul the Apostle's
contributions to Christian dogma, how ancient Judaism, Greco-Roman
culture, and early philosophy was incorporated into the Christian
tradition, and more. Containing maps, timelines, figures of
archaeological sites, a brief history of ancient Judaism, and a
wealth of pedagogical features, The Origins of Christianity and the
New Testament is an excellent textbook for all undergraduate and
graduate courses in the study of ancient Christianity, as well as
lay readers with interest in tracing the roots of the Christian
faith.
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Ambition
(Hardcover)
Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker; Scott Cairns
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A timely and up-to-date account of religion in Roman Britain. Two
thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their Empire
what they regarded as a remote, almost mythical island on the very
edge of the known world – Britain. The expeditions of Julius
Caesar and the Claudian invasion of AD 43, and the continuing Roman
presence up to the 5th century AD, brought fundamental and lasting
changes to the island. Not least among these was the introduction
of a new pantheon of Classical deities and religious systems, along
with a clutch of exotic Eastern cults including Christianity. But
what of Britannia and her own home-grown deities? What cults and
cosmologies did the Romans encounter, and how did they react to
them? Under Roman rule, the old gods and their adherents were
challenged, adopted, adapted, absorbed and reconfigured. In Britain
no inscriptions predate the Roman period, apart from brief
coin-legends, and the divine imagery that adorned temples in the
Roman world was largely lacking. But with the Romans, religion
becomes much more visible. In this fresh and innovative new account
Miranda Aldhouse-Green balances literary, archaeological and
iconographic evidence (and scrutinizes their shortcomings) to
illuminate the complexity of religion and belief in Roman Britain,
and the two-way traffic of cultural exchange and interplay between
imported and indigenous cults. Despite the remoteness of this
period, on the cusp between prehistory and history, many of the
forces, tensions, ideologies and issues of identity at work are
still relevant today, as Sacred Britannia skilfully reveals.
It's time to stop letting your past define your future Breakups are
typically synonymous with rocky road ice cream, rom-com reruns, and
rough crying sessions. But not this one! This is an invitation to
liberation, a chance to release who you've been and discover who
you truly are. Often, our former mistakes and regrets hold us back
from where we're called to be. How can one heal and move on? To
find your breakthrough, you must break up with what broke you. You
can leave your less for more. You can silence shame's lies. You can
restore your original design. With great compassion, Christian
Bevere shows how to leave behind what's held you back. She offers
practical ways to overcome regret, insecurity, and shame so that
you can develop a positive, godly self-image and move into your
future with confident expectation. With Christian's help, you can
make a clean break today. No matter what left you feeling broken,
God wants to redeem and rewrite your story. "With vulnerable
testimony and practical advice, Christian's writing is a powerful
tool for silencing the lies of shame and living in the freedom God
has provided for us."--Alex Seeley, lead pastor of The Belonging
Co; author of Tailor Made "These pages are full of encouragement
for any woman who believes God has called her to more than what
she's left in her past."--Rebekah Lyons, author of Rhythms of
Renewal Christian Bevere is passionate about seeing women discover
their identity in Christ. A firm believer in God's redemption
story, she shares powerful truth and practical applications through
her books, podcast, online platform and teachings. Wife to Arden
Bevere and mother to Azariah Jax Bevere, Bevere is on a mission to
help others encounter God, silence shame, and avoid settling for
less than His best.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed
to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys
of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete
subject areas. This Advanced Introduction sets out the difficulty
of defining religion itself and the subsequent impact this has on
creating laws which regulate and protect it. Taking a global
comparative approach, Frank S. Ravitch guides the reader in how
this unique interaction plays out in differing legal systems
including in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Providing further context
by contrasting specific case studies, the book provides a rounded
and coherent exploration of the complexities of law in relation to
religion. Key Features: Addresses the many issues surrounding
religious exceptions to general laws Considers the extent of
separation between government and religion, and the role of courts
in deciding religious questions Looks at the ways in which law may
govern discrimination by government or by private entities, based
on religion or religious concerns Explores the multifaceted
interactions between religion and law in many areas, including
human rights; public schooling; health and property; tax
exemptions; and clergy abuse This foundational book offers a
platform for researchers and students in the fields of law,
political science, ethics, and religious studies. It also provides
valuable insight for lawyers, judges and legislators with a focus
on law and religion. .
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Spiritual Reading
(Hardcover)
Angela Lou Harvey; Foreword by R. W. L. Moberly
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Mark
(Hardcover)
Kim Huat Tan
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Hannah Dunnett's beautiful artwork, interweaving Bible verses and
images, has inspired many people. From sailing boats bobbing on the
river and lighthouses standing tall, to majestic trees and soaring
mountains, to welcoming cottages and cosy kitchens, Hannah paints
pictures that help us understand scripture and reflect on God's
word in a fresh way. In this book, Hannah has chosen twenty-four of
her favourite pictures and tells the story behind each one. As she
draws out key verses and their meaning and offers questions to
reflect on, readers will gain new insight and understanding. This
collection of beloved artwork is divided into four sections: The
Wondrous Cross, Father God, Teach me Your Ways, and Let Your Light
Shine, and will take individual readers, or small groups, on a
journey further towards the heart of God.
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