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In Good Faith: Secular Parenting in a Religious World
Maria Polonchek · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
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Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this book covers the author's journey as she grows up in an evangelical Christian home, leaves religion behind as a young adult, and goes on to raise children in a family outside of religious belief. Maria Polonchek weaves a personal story with... |
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The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
Mustafa Akyol · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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When Reza Aslan's bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn't addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that "if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic... |
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Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America
Peter Manseau · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America tells the story of religion in the United States through the material culture of diverse spiritual pursuits in the nation's colonial period and the early republic. The beautiful, full-color companion volume to a Smithsonian National... |
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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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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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The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Ian Morgan Cron · InterVarsity Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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Ignorance is bliss -- except in self-awareness. What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships -- and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts? The Enneagram is an ancient personality... |
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Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints, and Sages
Carl McColman · Hampton Roads Pub.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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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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Present over perfect : leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of life
Shauna Niequist · Zondervan
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTIONInstead of pushing for perfectionA few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection,... |
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The Church of Mercy
Pope Francis · Loyola Press
Format: Hardcover
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"A magnificent book, bursting with profound spiritual insights, from a man who has quickly become one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time." --James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A PilgrimageIn the year since he was elected, Pope Francis's simple message of mercy,... |
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The Vatican
Michael Collins · Dk Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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A visually stunning and uniquely informative insider's view to the great treasures and daily life in the Holy City, The Vatican is a unique behind-the-scenes look at the world's smallest nation and the spiritual center of the Catholic Church. Written by an accomplished church historian... |
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Christ for Unitarian Universalists: A New Dialogue with Traditional Christianity
Scotty McLennan · Skinner House Books
Pages: 276
Format: Print book
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Christ for Unitarian Universalists is an engaging and thoughtful inquiry into Christianity for Unitarian Universalists and other spiritual seekers -- including skeptics, non-religious people, liberal Christians, and those who consider themselves "spiritual but not religious."... |
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The Shamrock and the Cross: Irish American Novelists Shape American Catholicism
Eileen P Sullivan · University of Notre Dame Press
Pages: 361
Format: Print book
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In The Shamrock and the Cross: Irish American Novelists Shape American Catholicism, Eileen P. Sullivan traces changes in nineteenth-century American Catholic culture through a study of Catholic popular literature. Analyzing more than thirty novels spanning the period from the 1830s to the 1870s,... |
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
Lyndal Roper · Random House
Pages: 592
Format: Print book
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From a star historian, this definitive biography reveals the inner life of Martin Luther, the founding leader of the Reformation, whose Ninety-five Theses began the greatest upheaval and transformation of Christianity in history. |
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