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The Jesuit guide to (almost) everything: a spirituality for real life
By James Martin. 2010
The Roman Catholic religious order - the Society of Jesus, a.k.a. "The Jesuits" - was founded in the 16th century…
by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Famous for their practical spirituality and ardent commitment to education, the Jesuits have a reputation as smart people of faith who change lives for the better and make a difference in the world. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything translates the 500-year-old insights of Saint Ignatius (often called "Ignatian spirituality") for a modern audience, using stories and examples from Martin's 20 years as a Jesuit and from the lives of the great Jesuit saints and spiritual masters.Catholicism for dummies
By Kenneth Brighenti, John Trigilio. 2012
Provides an intelligent and faithful look at Catholicism that will answer many of the questions you have. Includes an updated…
text of the Mass according to the Roman Missal, third edition, as well as chapters on creation.Blending ancient traditions, science and first-hand accounts, this book offers a unique insight into living resurrection; the purpose of initiation;…
the cultures and societies who practiced it; the revelation of Jesus as a reenactment of the resurrection of Osiris; why initiates protected its secrets with their lives; and why the Church preferred you didn’t know about this.Abandonment to divine providence
By Caussade, Jean Pierre de. 2008
This book was written as a book of spiritual guidance, and an unconventional book, in that it writes about "saints",…
or those who have surrendered to God's will, yet outwardly do not appear to be remarkable, or seem to fall into the category of "very famous" spiritual people.Working from a place of rest: Jesus and the key to sustaining ministry
By Tony Horsfall. 2010
Explores the importance of learning to combine the demands of active Christian ministry (whether full- or part-time or voluntary) with…
cultivating a peaceful heart and the ability to rest in the middle of life's busyness. The author uses the context of the 'woman at the well' story from John 4, examining what we can learn from Jesus' example of being prepared to stop on his journey, listen to God and be guided into unexpected encounters that lead to sharing gospel values and lives transformed.The dark side of Christian history
By Helen Ellerbe. 1995
The Dark Side of Christian History presents a compelling argument that the Church's desire to control and contain spiritually motivated…
its persecution of heretics, its burning of libraries, the Crusades, the Inquisition, and the witch-hunts. This dark Christianity has left a legacy, a world view, which permeates every aspect of Western society. It is a legacy which fosters sexism, racism, the intolerance of difference and the desecration of the natural environment.Hell on the way to Heaven: An Australian Mother's Love - The Power Of The Catholic Church, And A Fight For Justice Over Child Sexual Abuse
By Paul Kennedy, Chrissie Foster. 2010
An Australian mother's love. The power of the Catholic Church. A fight for justice over child sexual abuse. Chrissie and…
Anthony Foster were like any other young family, raising their three daughters in suburban Melbourne with what they hoped were the right values. Chrissie could not have known that the stranger-danger she feared actually lurked in the presbytery attached to the girls' Catholic primary school. Father Kevin O'Donnell, a long-term paedophile, lived and worked there. Two of their young daughters became victims of O'Donnell. And once the truth was revealed, the Fosters began a battle to find out how this could have happened. The Church offered silence, lies, denials and threats. Meanwhile, their daughters tried to piece together their fractured lives.This is the chilling true story that made national and international headlines. Chrissie Foster's heartbreaking account of her family's suffering, and their determination to stand up for themselves against the might of the Catholic Church, is testament to the strength of a mother's love, and the resilience of the human spirit.Unlocks the concealed evidence of Jesus' twin brother and reveals how the church contrived for centuries to hide the information…
from the public. Using the suppressed chapter of the bible, historical First Century Roman records, extracts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament narratives, the forbidden knowledge of the great Renaissance artists, and the decoded secret ciphers of a 16th Century Knights Templar Initiate, Bushby deals in fascinating detail with the inevitable questions his evidence brings to light. In presenting his argument, Bushby challenges the Christians view at every point and raises additional questions about the role and authority of the church in modern society.Jesus and John Wayne: how white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation
By Du Mez, Kristin Kobes. 2020
A scholar of American Christianity answers perhaps the most bewildering question of our time: Why are evangelicals "the Donald's" most…
fervent supporters? Donald Trump is a libertine who lacks even basic knowledge of the Christian faith. Yet in 2016 he won 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, and continues to rely on white evangelicals as his base of support. While we assume the religious right has pragmatic reasons for backing Trump, in truth he represents the fulfillment of evangelicals' most deeply held values. As historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez demonstrates, American evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism - or, in the words of one modern chaplain, with "a spiritual badass." Trump is hardly the first flashy celebrity to capture evangelicals' hearts and minds, having followed the path blazed by, among others, John Wayne, Oliver North, and Mel Gibson. A revelatory account of a uniquely influential subculture, Jesus and John Wayne incisively reveals why evangelicals have rallied behind patriarchal power and the least - Christian president in American history.All of us there
By Polly Devlin. 1983
The author reflects on her childhood in Tyrone, Northern Ireland, in the 1950s. With six sisters and a brother, she…
grew up in rural isolation - enmeshed in the mythology of being Irish - natives of a place and yet having no security or power in that place.The reason for God: belief in an age of skepticism
By Timothy J Keller. 2008
Although a vocal minority continues to attack religious faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives:…
86% of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75% of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced "doubts" skeptics bring to his Manhattan church; here, he dismantles each of them. Written with atheists, agnostics, and skeptics in mind, Keller also provides an intelligent platform on which true believers can stand their ground when bombarded by the backlash. This book challenges such ideology at its core and points to the true path and purpose of Christianity.