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Flying Too Close to the Sun: Myths in Art from Classical to Contemporary
James Cahill · Phaidon Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 yearsFrom the films of Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers to Margaret Atwood's books and Arcade Fire's songs, Classical Greek and Roman myths continue to be a source... |
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Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love
Elizabeth A. Johnson · Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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For millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right. Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine of creation to be mainly an overture to the main... |
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Pause, Breathe, Smile: Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation Is Not Enough
Gary Gach · Sounds True
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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Pause . . . breathe . . . smile. Three small words, yet each contains a universe of wisdom. Let the title be your guide in this inspiring book on awakening to the full depths of mindful living. The Pause is about setting our intention before we think, speak, or act - the ethical dimension... |
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Changing Faith: Questions, Doubts and Choices About an Unchanging God
Michael Hidalgo · IVP Books
Format: Print book
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A friend of mine told me recently, "There are so many things I am not comfortable with claiming as 100% true, but I cannot say they are 100% false either." It hasn't always been this way for him. Most of his life he believed he had all the answers to any and all of life's difficult... |
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Target Israel: Caught in the Crosshairs of the End Times
Tim LaHaye · Harvest House Publishers
Format: Print book
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As the conflicts in the Middle East grow in intensity, we cannot help but wonder what lies ahead for the nation of Israel and whether any of it means we are drawing closer to the last days.In their exciting new book Target Israel, prophecy experts Tim LaHaye and Ed Hindson explain why Israel... |
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One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History
Peter Manseau · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking new look at the story of AmericaAt the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian... |
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New generations of Catholic sisters : the challenge of diversity
Mary Johnson · Oxford University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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This volume brings together quantitative and qualitative data, canonical and theological perspectives, and sociological analyses to present a multilayered portrait of women religious in the United States today, especially those who entered religious institutes after Vatican II. |
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Blessed Among Women?: Mothers and Motherhood in the New Testament
Alicia D Myers · Oxford University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Mothers appear throughout the New Testament. Called "blessed among women" by Elizabeth in the Gospel of Luke, Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most obvious example. But she is far from the only mother in this canon. She is joined by Elizabeth, a chorus of unnamed mothers seeking... |
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Soul Feast: An Inspirational Adult Coloring Book
Sandy Sandy · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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Inspired by the bestselling book, Soul Feast: An Inspirational Adult Coloring Book allows the reader to bring these powerful, spiritual reflections to life through coloring. Designed to give you both peace and inspiration, this beautiful coloring book contains 25 illustrations for coloring... |
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Otherworlds: Psychedelics and Exceptional Human Experience
David Luke · Muswell Hill Press
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
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Scientist and psychonaut David Luke weaves personal experience and scientific research in this comprehensive exploration of chemically mediated extra ordinary human experiences. "Emphasizing parapsychological aspects of the psychedelic experience, Luke's new book fills in a fascinating... |
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Shapeshifters: Morphing Monsters & Changing Cryptids
NICK REDFERN · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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While most people think of shapeshifters as nothing more than the werewolves and vampires of mythology and pop culture, the truth is much more fascinating and dangerous. Shapeshifters are real, they come in all kinds and sizes, and they have existed for countless millennia. This enthralling... |
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How High Will You Climb?: Determine Your Success by Cultivating the Right Attitude
John C. Maxwell · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book
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How high will you climb? John Maxwell says it all depends on your attitude. Nose up or nose down? Just as the angle of an airplane determines its altitude, so does the approach we take—to family, to work, to life in general—determine the attitude we present the world. The way we solve... |
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Emerging Ritual in Secular Societies: A Transdisciplinary Conversation
Jeltje Gordon-Lennox · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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The growing absence of meaningful ritual in contemporary Western societies has led to cohesive research on the history of ritualizing behaviour in different cultures. The relatively new field of ritology, which includes neuroscience, anthropology, cultural psychology, psychotherapy and even... |
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The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Writings
Henry Drummond · Whitaker House
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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A Timeless ClassicOne Sunday evening, D. L. Moody and friends were gathered around a fire. Some guests urged Moody to expound on a portion of Scripture. Being tired after the services of the day, he gruffly told them to ask Henry Drummond, who was also present. After some urging, Drummond... |
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