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  • The Uses of Idolatry

    by William T. Cavanaugh ...
    In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly “secular” world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavanaugh examines modern idolatries and the ways in which humans become dominated by our own creations. While Cavanaugh ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Myth of Religious Violence

    Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict

    by William T Cavanaugh ...
    The idea that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence is part of the conventional wisdom of Western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote liberal democracy in the Middle East. William T. Cavanaugh challenges this conventional wisdom by examining how the twin categories of religion and the ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • The Myth of Religious Violence

    Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict

    by William T Cavanaugh ...
    The idea that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence is part of the conventional wisdom of Western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote liberal democracy in the Middle East. William T. Cavanaugh challenges this conventional wisdom by examining how the twin categories of religion and the ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Being Consumed

    Economics and Christian Desire

    by William T. Cavanaugh ...
    Should Christians be for or against the free market? For or against globalization? How are we to live in a world of scarcity? William Cavanaugh uses Christian resources to incisively address basic economic matters -- the free market, consumer culture, globalization, and scarcity -- arguing that we should not just accept these as givens but should instead change the terms of the debate.Among other ... Read more

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  • Evolution and the Fall

    Edited by William T. Cavanaugh, James K. A. Smith ...
    What does it mean for the Christian doctrine of the Fall if there was no historical Adam? If humanity emerged from nonhuman primates—as genetic, biological, and archaeological evidence seems to suggest—then what are the implications for a Christian understanding of human origins, including the origin of sin?Evolution and the Fall gathers a multidisciplinary, ecumenical team of scholars to address ... Read more

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  • The Church and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas

    In Between Reconciliation and Decolonization

    Edited by Michel Andraos ...
    Series Book 7 - Studies in World Catholicism
    Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices come together in this volume to discuss both the wounds of colonial history and the opportunities for decolonization, reconciliation, and hope in the relationship between the church and Indigenous peoples across the Americas. Scholars and pastoral leaders from Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and Indigenous peoples of Mapuche, ... Read more

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  • Between the Icon and the Idol

    The Human Person and the Modern State in Russian Literature and Thought—Chaadayev, Soloviev, Grossman

    by Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen ...
    Translated by Matthew Philipp Whelan ...
    Series Book 16 - Theopolitical Visions
    "The totalitarian state clearly intends to eliminate all those forms of organic community that rival the absolute loyalty of the individual to the state. This god is a jealous god. . . . Mrowczyński-Van Allen's diagnosis is therefore no less relevant after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And his proposed cure is no less salutary. He appeals to the work of Grossman and other voices from the East to ... Read more

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  • Rise Up and Walk

    Catholicism and Health Care Across the Globe

    Edited by William T. Cavanaugh ...
    Series Book 15 - Studies in World Catholicism
    The Catholic Church is the world's largest non-governmental provider of health care; more than a quarter of all the health care facilities in the world are under Catholic auspices. Those facilities, however, range from technologically sophisticated urban hospitals to small under-resourced rural clinics. Pope Francis has said, "Health care is not a luxury, it is for everyone," but the gap between ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gathered in my Name

    Ecumenism in the World Church

    Edited by William T. Cavanaugh ...
    Series Book 9 - Studies in World Catholicism
    This volume differs from many quincentennial discussions of the Protestant Reformation--and ecumenical scholarship more generally--in that it shifts the focus from Europe and the West to the global South, where ecumenism's promises and challenges are quite different. In postcolonial and post-missionary Africa, the churches continue to expand, competition among denominations is lively, and ... Read more

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  • Caesar and the Lamb, Second Edition

    Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service

    by George Kalantzis ...
    Through the available patristic writings, Caesar and the Lamb focuses on the attitudes of the earliest Christians on war and military service. Kalantzis provides the reader with many new translations of pre-Constantinian texts and tells the story of the struggle of the earliest church to bear witness to the nations that enveloped them as they transformed the dominant narratives of citizenship, ... Read more

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  • Embracing Our Inheritance

    Jubilee Reflections on Korean American Catholics (1966–2016)

    Edited by Simon C. Kim, Francis Daeshin Kim ...
    Korean American Catholics are celebrating their jubilee after having been officially recognized by the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1966. This occasion affords the flourishing Korean American Catholic community to take stock of their identity, celebrate this milestone, and prepare for the future. What does it mean to be a Korean American Catholic? What are their particular challenges and hopes? ... Read more

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  • An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology

    Edited by William T. Cavanaugh, Jeffrey W. Bailey, Craig Hovey ...
    An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology gathers some of the most significant and influential writings in political theology from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Given that the locus of Christianity is undeniably shifting to the global South, this volume uniquely integrates key voices from Africa, Asia, and Latin America with central texts from Europe and North America on ... Read more

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