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Ateek, Naim Stifan

Through the icons of Robert Lentz and the reflections of Joan Chittister, A Passion for Life presents the lives of over two dozen saints, prophets,...

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This volume offers four N.T. studies on restorative justice and peacemaking (2 Cor 5-6; Mark 1-3; Matt 18; and Ephesians). »Exceedingly rare and a...

This volume offers three social-analytic models and nine profiles of contemporary practitioners of restorative justice and peacemaking. »People wh...

Sugirtharajah, R S

Christianity's impact on the religions and cultures of the East has resulted in a series of images which have transformed our understanding of Jesu...

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The amazing stories that Jesus told about the kingdom of heaven re-presented with spiritual truths that are as eye-opening now as they were then. [...

This candid exploration of belief transcends the current arguments between atheists and people of faith to show that it is in our nature to believe...

Examining global megatrends, an African scholar shows how immigrant groups are decisively shaping the future of Christianity. »In a series of wide...

This full-length commentary on Mark's Gospel uses a socio-literary method to explore Jesus' nonviolent engagement with the Powers of first century ...

A state-of-the-art report on cross-cultural hermeneutics. Eleven commissioned essays describe the most recent developments around the world in cro...

Ilia Delio, OSF, is professor and chair of Spirituality Studies at Washington Theological Union where she also directs the Franciscan Center [Språk...

For over fifty years and in more than sixty books, Leonardo Boff has explored the mysteries of the Christian message. In this short work he sets ou...

Christianity Rediscovered is the story of how, among the Masai in Tanzania, an American missioner »rediscovers» the gospel message. [Språk: Engelsk...

This landmark work provides a compelling vision of two religions—one of »creation» and the other of »empire» - running throughout the Hebrew and Ch...

Bevans, Stephen B Schroeder, Roger P

Schreiter, Robert J

In light of Christ's passion, a psychologist and theologian struggles to understand and respond to the practice of torture and the sufferings of th...

»Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor» represents Leonardo Boff's most systematic effort to date to link the spirit of liberation theology with the ur...

Oduyoye, Mercy Amba

"A great strength of this collection of essays lies in the willingness of the authors to tackle the thorny ecclesiological problem of exclusion fro...

In his long career as a religion writer and editor Tom Roberts has been engaged on a particular search to understand the emerging Catholic communit...

Demonstrates how understanding environmental science and theology can provide new resources for sustaining the Earth. A compelling »sign of the ti...

Selected and introduced by a leading scholar, here are key writings of one of the 20th centurys most admired spiritual writers, Trappist monk Thoma...

»We can do no great things, only small things with great love.» - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Before her death in 1997 Mother Teresa of Calc...

Dom Helder Camara (1909-1999) was one of the great prophets of the Catholic church in the twentieth century. As archbishop of Recife, Brazil he ga...

The actual meaning of the word “apocalypse” is not "disaster" but “unveiling.” Drawing on John’s prophetic Apocalypse, Keller unveils a “dreamreadi...

Smokey Mountain, a vast garbage dump in Manila, the Philippines, served for many years as an emblem of third world squalor. In many ways, it is a ...

Through Palestinian eyes, a challenging view of how the reality of empire shapes the context of the biblical story and the ongoing experience of Mi...

Profound meditations on the passion of Jesus for the more than 350 million people suffering from depression and other mental illnesses and those wh...

When Saint Paul writes about the “Fruit of the Spirit” in his Letter to the Galatians, what does he really mean? What are we to make of the list Pa...

»If one of the gospels were written by a woman, what would it be like? What would it remember, celebrate, hand on? What would it say about women,...

A stunning exposé of how economic globalization has resulted in a network of injustice that is devastating people and countries around the world--a...

"The center of the world—so-called because the crucified Jesus dwells there, and with him all who suffer unjustly—is the place from which we must p...

Irvin, Dale T (Author), Sunquist, Scott W (Joint Author)

Drawn from his writings, interviews, and homilies, I Believe provides an intimate window on the Pope’s personal faith, and an incomparable introd...

Jesus, as is well known, was born and raised as a Jew in first-century Palestine. A great deal of theological study has focused on the Jewish cult...

Diarmuid O'Murchu holds high the millions on the margins of the church who honor Jesus but feel they don't fit in because of an alternative vision ...

Knitter, Paul F

A biblically grounded presentation of the value of migrants, immigrants, and refugees to each and all of us. The Bible is rich in powerful stories...

"Leave her alone!" This command from the Master to Judas, when Mary has anointed Jesus' feet with expensive oil, announces that her act is noted, d...

Shows that “meeting mystery” is what liturgy and worship are about, as “the Word of God puts Godself at the mercy of the body.” Nathan Mitchell's ...

Bernier, Paul

Though Christians and Muslims hold differing views on the mission and death of Jesus, careful study of the Qur'an and the New Testament may bridge ...