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Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints, and Sages
Carl McColman · Hampton Roads Pub.
Pages: 288
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"Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages" celebrates the many types of mystics, visionaries, wisdom keepers, and non-dualists whose spiritual insight and perceptive teachings have illuminated the Christian tradition for the past two thousand years. Looking at 108 mystics... |
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Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church
Pope Francis · Loyola Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, Follow me. What if the 21st-century Church actually heeded that call? What would the world look like if the Church were truly on the move? Simply put, very different. But these ponderings beg one more critical question What exactly should the Church be moving... |
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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Jim Wallis · Brazos Press, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin."It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author and leading... |
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Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis
Mark Shriver · Random House
Pages: 304
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A down-to-earth and deeply intimate portrait of Pope Francis and his faith, based on interviews with the men and women who knew him simply as Jorge Mario Bergoglio Early on the evening of March 13, 2013, the newly elected Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica... |
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Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648
Mark Greengrass · Viking; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A remarkable new volume in the critically acclaimed Penguin History of Europe seriesFrom peasants to princes, no one was untouched by the spiritual and intellectual upheaval of the sixteenth century. Martin Luthers challenge to church authority forced Christians to examine their beliefs... |
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Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are
Chris Marlow · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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What if you could become a powerful force for good in the world without moving overseas, burdening your overwhelmed family, or giving up the comforts of modern life? Chris Marlow, founder of the global advocacy organization Help One Now, once felt paralyzed in the face of global problems.... |
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Successful Women of the Bible
Katara Washington Patton · Faithwords
Pages: 160
Format: Print book |
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The second book in a new series that brings the experiences of favorite Bible characters to challenges of contemporary life. Contemporary "success" is often defined in financial terms or by number of Twitter followers. But for women of faith, success is so much more. And it turns... |
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The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
Hubert Wolf · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover |
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A true, never-before-told story - discovered in a secret Vatican archive - of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent.In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant... |
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A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura
Eileen Markey · Nation Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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The 1980 rape and murder of four American women - three of them Catholic nuns - by the U.S.-trained military of El Salvador shocked the American public and set off a decade of debate over Cold War policy in Latin America. But as Congress held hearings, the State Department, CIA, and FBI traded... |
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Dancing on the Head of a Pen: The Practice of a Writing Life
Robert Benson · WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover |
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In this masterful blend of the practical and the spiritual, Robert Benson invites you into the work and rewards of a writer’s life. More than a primer on effective writing, Dancing on the Head of a Pen is a winsome guide to the place in the heart where the life of the spirit meets... |
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How to Ruin Your Child in 7 Easy Steps: Tame Your Vices, Nurture Their Virtues
Patrick Quinn · David C. Cook
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In a world where parenting advice shifts faster than fashion trends, this how not-to parent resource takes a fresh look at how the Seven Deadly Sins are the root of most modern parenting problems. Through humorous stories and practical biblical wisdom, Patrick Quinn and Ken Roach show... |
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