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A Prophet's Cry

by Dedric Hubbard ...

Apostle Hubbard releases an outstanding tool of wisdom in A Prophet's Cry. As he deals with seven critical areas that is often misunderstood in the prophetic ministry as well as the call of the prophetic upon a person's life. ... Read more

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Apostle Hubbard releases an outstanding tool of wisdom in A Prophet's Cry. As he deals with seven critical areas that is often misunderstood in the prophetic ministry as well as the call of the prophetic upon a person's life.
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Sharing Wisdom

Benefits and Boundaries of Interreligious Learning

Edited by Alon Goshen-Gottstein ...

Series series Interreligious Reflections
The essays collected here, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, explore the challenges associated with sharing wisdom--learning, teachings, messages for good living. How should religions go about sharing their wisdom? These chapters, representing six faith tradition (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist), explore what wisdom means in each of these traditions; ... Read more

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The essays collected here, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, explore the challenges associated with sharing wisdom--learning, teachings, messages for good living. How should religions go about sharing their wisdom? These chapters, representing six faith tradition (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist), explore what wisdom means in each of these traditions;
... Read more
Love Spells and Lost Treasure

Service Magic in England from the Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era

by Tabitha Stanmore ...

Magic is ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. Yet if witchcraft is acknowledged as a persistent presence in the medieval and early modern eras, practical magic by contrast – performed to a useful end for payment, and actually more common than malign spellcasting – has been overlooked. Exploring many hundred instances of daily magical usage, and setting these alongside a range of ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Magic is ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. Yet if witchcraft is acknowledged as a persistent presence in the medieval and early modern eras, practical magic by contrast – performed to a useful end for payment, and actually more common than malign spellcasting – has been overlooked. Exploring many hundred instances of daily magical usage, and setting these alongside a range of
... Read more
Steps in the Evolution of Religion

by James Thompson Bixby, Frank Sargent Hoffman ...

This book deals with the steps in the evolution of religion and the Influence of the Environment on Religion. The most remarkable thing yet discovered about this planet is the fact that human beings exist upon it in large numbers, scattered almost everywhere over its surface, that pay homage to superterrestrial powers. But this fact, remarkable as it is, is only a portion of the truth. For the ... Read more

$3.99 USD

This book deals with the steps in the evolution of religion and the Influence of the Environment on Religion. The most remarkable thing yet discovered about this planet is the fact that human beings exist upon it in large numbers, scattered almost everywhere over its surface, that pay homage to superterrestrial powers. But this fact, remarkable as it is, is only a portion of the truth. For the
... Read more
The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II

Edited by Richard R. Gaillardetz ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
This Companion provides an accessible guide for those seeking to comprehend the significance of Vatican II for Catholicism today. It offers a thorough overview of the Second Vatican Council, the most significant event in the history of Roman Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation. Almost six decades since the close of the council, its teaching remains what one pope referred to as a 'sure ... Read more

$36.99 USD

This Companion provides an accessible guide for those seeking to comprehend the significance of Vatican II for Catholicism today. It offers a thorough overview of the Second Vatican Council, the most significant event in the history of Roman Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation. Almost six decades since the close of the council, its teaching remains what one pope referred to as a 'sure
... Read more
In Sensorium

Notes for My People

by Tanaïs ...

Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction"In Sensorium does to the senses, particularly smell, what Toni Cade Bambara did to sound. I have never come close to experiencing a book that reminds us to accept the calcified histories and fluid futures deeply packed in our senses. What an absolutely unique and momentous book! Tanaïs has made a book only they could write, and my body is so, so thankful. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction"In Sensorium does to the senses, particularly smell, what Toni Cade Bambara did to sound. I have never come close to experiencing a book that reminds us to accept the calcified histories and fluid futures deeply packed in our senses. What an absolutely unique and momentous book! Tanaïs has made a book only they could write, and my body is so, so thankful.
... Read more
The Diloggún

The Orishas, Proverbs, Sacrifices, and Prohibitions of Cuban Santería

by Ócha'ni Lele ...

The first book on Santería’s holiest divination system to thoroughly explore each family of odu and how their actions and reactions affect the spiritual development of the client.• Includes the major considerations for sacrifice, providing the diviner with ways to placate and supplicate the Afro-Cuban deities known as orishas.• Demonstrates how to properly end a reading so that negative vibrations ... Read more

$33.99 USD

The first book on Santería’s holiest divination system to thoroughly explore each family of odu and how their actions and reactions affect the spiritual development of the client.• Includes the major considerations for sacrifice, providing the diviner with ways to placate and supplicate the Afro-Cuban deities known as orishas.• Demonstrates how to properly end a reading so that negative vibrations
... Read more
The Science of Time - The Day When Self Tells The Truth On Self

by Elijah Muhammad ...

This title looks at a comparative aspect of how many religions have a timetable to expected events of the future and that although they seem to be addressing different references, they have striking similar and overlapping commonality. How time is told by the different worlds, and the relevance to an upcoming appearance of a Mighty One at the end of a given time.It explores the calendar of the ... Read more

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This title looks at a comparative aspect of how many religions have a timetable to expected events of the future and that although they seem to be addressing different references, they have striking similar and overlapping commonality. How time is told by the different worlds, and the relevance to an upcoming appearance of a Mighty One at the end of a given time.It explores the calendar of the
... Read more
Holy Envy

Finding God in the Faith of Others

by Barbara Brown Taylor ...

New York Times BestsellerIn Holy Envy, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world’s religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations.Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey begun in Leaving Church of finding out what ... Read more

$7.49 USD

New York Times BestsellerIn Holy Envy, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world’s religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations.Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey begun in Leaving Church of finding out what
... Read more
What Was I Thinking?

How to Make Better Decisions So You Can Live and Lead with Confidence

by David Ashcraft, Rob Skacel ...

How do you know when the rewards outweigh the risks?If you want to reach your full potential in life, you can't play it safe. If you're too risk averse, you'll be resigned to a life of mediocrity. But if you risk foolishly, you may destroy your life's work and legacy.But we can be overwhelmed by the sheer number of decisions we face, and the challenge of weighing the risks and rewards of each. In ... Read more

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How do you know when the rewards outweigh the risks?If you want to reach your full potential in life, you can't play it safe. If you're too risk averse, you'll be resigned to a life of mediocrity. But if you risk foolishly, you may destroy your life's work and legacy.But we can be overwhelmed by the sheer number of decisions we face, and the challenge of weighing the risks and rewards of each. In
... Read more
Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara

A Practitioner's Guide

by Ben Connelly ...

A practical, down-to-earth guide to Vasubandhu's classic work "Thirty Verses of Consciousness Only" that can transform modern life and change how you see the world.In this down-to-earth book, Ben Connelly sure-handedly guides us through the intricacies of Yogacara and the richness of the “Thirty Verses.” Dedicating a chapter of the book to each line of the poem, he lets us thoroughly lose ... Read more

$11.99 USD

A practical, down-to-earth guide to Vasubandhu's classic work "Thirty Verses of Consciousness Only" that can transform modern life and change how you see the world.In this down-to-earth book, Ben Connelly sure-handedly guides us through the intricacies of Yogacara and the richness of the “Thirty Verses.” Dedicating a chapter of the book to each line of the poem, he lets us thoroughly lose
... Read more
Trudy and the Baha’Is’ Spiritual Path in South Carolina

by Annette Reynolds ...

The 2010 Religion Census lists the Bahai faith as the second-largest religious tradition in South Carolina. So according to the census, South Carolina has a higher percentage of Baha'is than in any other state. (Christianity remains the largest religious tradition in every state.) To many, this will come as a surprise. This true story gives a glimpse into South Carolina Bahai activities beginning ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The 2010 Religion Census lists the Bahai faith as the second-largest religious tradition in South Carolina. So according to the census, South Carolina has a higher percentage of Baha'is than in any other state. (Christianity remains the largest religious tradition in every state.) To many, this will come as a surprise. This true story gives a glimpse into South Carolina Bahai activities beginning
... Read more
Aquinas

A Beginner's Guide

by Edward Feser ...

Series series Beginner's Guides
Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.The ultimate introduction to the greatest medieval philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas“At last. A concise, accessible and compelling introduction to Aquinas’s thought.” Kelly James Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin CollegeThe greatest of the medieval philosophers, Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Christian doctrine with ... Read more

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Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.The ultimate introduction to the greatest medieval philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas“At last. A concise, accessible and compelling introduction to Aquinas’s thought.” Kelly James Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin CollegeThe greatest of the medieval philosophers, Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Christian doctrine with
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Herod the Great

Statesman, Visionary, Tyrant

by Norman Gelb ...

Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against him and was accused of slaughtering children in Bethlehem when informed that a new king of the Jews had been born there. Among the victims of the murderous paranoia that ultimately drove him to the brink of insanity were ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against him and was accused of slaughtering children in Bethlehem when informed that a new king of the Jews had been born there. Among the victims of the murderous paranoia that ultimately drove him to the brink of insanity were
... Read more
Catholic Missionaries in Early Modern Asia

Patterns of Localization

Edited by Nadine Amsler, Andreea Badea, Bernard Heyberger, Christian Windler ...

Over recent decades, historians have become increasingly interested in early modern Catholic missions in Asia as laboratories of cultural contact. This book builds on recent ground-breaking research on early modern Catholic missions, which has shown that missionaries in Asia cooperated with and accommodated the needs of local agents rather than being uncompromising promoters of post-Tridentine ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Over recent decades, historians have become increasingly interested in early modern Catholic missions in Asia as laboratories of cultural contact. This book builds on recent ground-breaking research on early modern Catholic missions, which has shown that missionaries in Asia cooperated with and accommodated the needs of local agents rather than being uncompromising promoters of post-Tridentine
... Read more
Volume VII: The Energy of Life

by Vladimir Megre ...

Our civilization will be the first in the entire history of the planet to unite the opposites: the technocratic world and the achievements of the divine creations. This is not a fantasy, it is the great future. We can sense it already, today.Tens of thousands of Russian citizens have already begun to materialize it. They are doing so without support from governments and states. Millions are ... Read more

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Our civilization will be the first in the entire history of the planet to unite the opposites: the technocratic world and the achievements of the divine creations. This is not a fantasy, it is the great future. We can sense it already, today.Tens of thousands of Russian citizens have already begun to materialize it. They are doing so without support from governments and states. Millions are
... Read more
Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms

Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology

by Richard Muller ...

This indispensable companion to key post-Reformation theological texts provides clear and concise definitions of Latin and Greek terms for students at a variety of levels. Written by a leading scholar of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras, this volume offers definitions that bear the mark of expert judgment and precision. The second edition includes new material and has been updated and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This indispensable companion to key post-Reformation theological texts provides clear and concise definitions of Latin and Greek terms for students at a variety of levels. Written by a leading scholar of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras, this volume offers definitions that bear the mark of expert judgment and precision. The second edition includes new material and has been updated and
... Read more
Canaanite Mythology: Gods and Religion of Ancient Canaan

by Sebastian Berg ...

Have you ever wondered about the gods and religion of ancient Canaan?Do you want to know more about its religion and mythology?This book explores the history and beliefs of the Canaanites from their earliest recorded beginnings through to their absorption into the larger ancient Near Eastern religious and cultural traditions. In this easy-to-read and comprehensive guide, you will learn about the ... Read more

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Have you ever wondered about the gods and religion of ancient Canaan?Do you want to know more about its religion and mythology?This book explores the history and beliefs of the Canaanites from their earliest recorded beginnings through to their absorption into the larger ancient Near Eastern religious and cultural traditions. In this easy-to-read and comprehensive guide, you will learn about the
... Read more
Catéchisme de la Doctrine chrétienne

Catéchisme de Saint Pie X (édition intégrale)

by Saint Pie X ...

RÉSUMÉ : Le "Catéchisme de la Doctrine chrétienne" de Saint Pie X est un ouvrage fondamental qui offre une présentation claire et concise des principes de la foi catholique. Conçu pour guider les fidèles dans leur compréhension et leur pratique religieuse, ce catéchisme aborde des thèmes essentiels tels que les sacrements, les commandements de Dieu, la prière, et la morale chrétienne. Faisant ... Read more

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RÉSUMÉ : Le "Catéchisme de la Doctrine chrétienne" de Saint Pie X est un ouvrage fondamental qui offre une présentation claire et concise des principes de la foi catholique. Conçu pour guider les fidèles dans leur compréhension et leur pratique religieuse, ce catéchisme aborde des thèmes essentiels tels que les sacrements, les commandements de Dieu, la prière, et la morale chrétienne. Faisant
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Finding God among Our Neighbors

An Interfaith Systematic Theology

by Kristin Johnston Largen, Mary Jane Haemig ...

Students of theology live in a world defined by interreligious dialogue. This theology text prepares students for the real task of understanding and articulating their Christian beliefs in a religiously and culturally diverse world.Concentrating on the anchoring subjects of God, creation, and humanity, she explores these loci in the broader context of interreligious dialogue with Hinduism, Judaism ... Read more

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Students of theology live in a world defined by interreligious dialogue. This theology text prepares students for the real task of understanding and articulating their Christian beliefs in a religiously and culturally diverse world.Concentrating on the anchoring subjects of God, creation, and humanity, she explores these loci in the broader context of interreligious dialogue with Hinduism, Judaism
... Read more
A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church Year B

by Wilda C. Gafney ...

The next installment in the critically acclaimed lectionary series that focuses on women's stories.In this second volume of the three-volume Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, widely praised womanist bible scholar and priest Wil Gafney selects scripture readings that emphasize women's stories. Focusing especially on the Gospel of Mark, Year B of A Women's Lectionary features Gafney's fresh, ... Read more

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The next installment in the critically acclaimed lectionary series that focuses on women's stories.In this second volume of the three-volume Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, widely praised womanist bible scholar and priest Wil Gafney selects scripture readings that emphasize women's stories. Focusing especially on the Gospel of Mark, Year B of A Women's Lectionary features Gafney's fresh,
... Read more
Faith Beyond Youth Group

Five Ways to Form Character and Cultivate Lifelong Discipleship

by Kara Powell, Jen Bradbury, Brad Griffin ...

Help teenagers become adults who boldly live out a robust faith in a watching worldMost typical youth ministries today produce nice, obedient kids who behave themselves--and then leave the church and the faith. Even those who remain struggle to extend their own faith beyond youth group. They seem like "good kids," but their lives and decisions outside youth group aren't oriented toward Jesus ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Help teenagers become adults who boldly live out a robust faith in a watching worldMost typical youth ministries today produce nice, obedient kids who behave themselves--and then leave the church and the faith. Even those who remain struggle to extend their own faith beyond youth group. They seem like "good kids," but their lives and decisions outside youth group aren't oriented toward Jesus
... Read more
Hinduism and Buddhism (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. An Historical Sketch (Complete Edition)

by Charles Eliot, Willa Merynford ...

Across three substantial volumes, Charles Eliot's Hinduism and Buddhism offers a wide-ranging historical sketch of India's religious imagination and its diffusion across Asia. Moving from Vedic ritual, epic and devotional Hinduism to the rise of Buddhism, monastic institutions, doctrine, art, and regional transformations, the work combines philological learning with comparative religious history. ... Read more

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Across three substantial volumes, Charles Eliot's Hinduism and Buddhism offers a wide-ranging historical sketch of India's religious imagination and its diffusion across Asia. Moving from Vedic ritual, epic and devotional Hinduism to the rise of Buddhism, monastic institutions, doctrine, art, and regional transformations, the work combines philological learning with comparative religious history.
... Read more
Portrait of a Priestess

Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece

by Joan Breton Connelly ...

In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she ... Read more

$37.99 USD

In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she
... Read more

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