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  • Pilgrims in the Port

    The Identity of Migrant Christian Communities in Rotterdam

    by Robert Calvert ...
    Series Book 165 - Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity
    This publication investigates new ways of understanding international churches. Based upon recent fieldwork, six migrant Christian communities in Rotterdam were analysed using congregational study methods on how they construct identity. Through the frames of ‘koinonia’, ‘diakonia’ and ‘kerygma’, this research reflects on their composition, characteristics, leadership style, language and social ... Read more

    $98.49 CAD

  • The History of Texas

    by Robert A. Calvert, Arnoldo De Leon, Gregg Cantrell ...
    The most comprehensive, best-illustrated survey of the Lone Star State—the new, updated edition of the classic textThe History of Texas offers a sweeping exploration of the Lone Star State, covering its history from the pre-Columbian period, to the era of Spanish control, to nineteenth century watershed events, through the 1900s and into the new millennium. This engaging, student-friendly textbook ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • The History of Massage

    An Illustrated Survey from around the World

    by Robert Noah Calvert ...
    The first comprehensive history of massage.• Written by Robert Noah Calvert, the founder of Massage Magazine.• Includes 200 black-and-white illustrations.• The definitive resource for all students and professionals in the fields of massage and bodywork.From the people of ancient Greece to the tribes of the Pacific Ocean, massage has been a significant element in medicine, midwifery, folk healing, ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Constitution of the People

    Reflections on Citizens and Civil Society

    Edited by Robert E. Calvert ...
    To be a U.S. citizen is to be a member of a constitutional order that requires political unity but is also committed to social and cultural diversity. How do we solve the riddle of the one and the many? What is, in Tom Paine’s words, “the constitution of the people”?This is a perennial question that goes to the heart of American society and that increasingly shapes public debates about the health ... Read more

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  • The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

    by Philip Jenkins ...
    The first edition of The Next Christendom has been hailed as a landmark in our understanding of modern Christianity. In this new and substantially expanded second edition, Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expanion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America--as well as the clash betwen Islam and Christianity since September 11. Among the major topics ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • The Idea of America

    Reflections on the Birth of the United States

    by Gordon S. Wood ...
    **“Exceptional... a remarkable study of the key chapter of American history and its ongoing influence on American character.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Founding Era reflects on the birth of American nationhood and explains why the American Revolution remains so essential to our identity and culture.**For Gordon S. Wood, the American Revolution is ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • The Next Christendom

    The Coming of Global Christianity

    by Philip Jenkins ...
    In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks how the new Christianity is likely to affect the poor, among whom it finds its most devoted adherents. How ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Birth of a White Nation

    The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today

    by Jacqueline Battalora ...
    Birth of a White Nation is a fascinating new book on race in America that begins with an exploration of the moment in time when "white people,” as a separate and distinct group of humanity, were invented through legislation and the enactment of laws. The book provides a thorough examination of the underlying reasons as well as the ways in which “white people” were created. It also explains how the ... Read more

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  • Compassion and Solidarity

    by Gregory Baum ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church -- together with the considerable opposition to it. He discusses why many Christians are becoming activists, turning their faith into deeds by working for the liberation of the poor, not only in South ... Read more

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  • Conservatism

    A Rediscovery

    by Yoram Hazony ...
    The idea that American conservatism is identical to "classical" liberalism—widely held since the 1960s—is seriously mistaken.The award-winning political theorist Yoram Hazony argues that the best hope for Western democracy is a return to the empiricist, religious, and nationalist traditions of America and Britain—the conservative traditions that brought greatness to the English-speaking nations ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

    $21.79 CAD

  • A Tolerable Anarchy

    by Jedediah Purdy ...
    In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions about our relationship to liberty: Does ... Read more

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