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The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the GospelsBorn in Slutzk, Russia, in 1805, Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik is a largely forgotten member of the prestigious Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty. Before Hayyim Soloveitchik developed the standard Brisker method of Talmudic study, or Joseph Dov Soloveitchik helped to found American Modern Orthodox Judaism, Elijah Soloveitchik...
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Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century ThoughtThere emerged in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a new Jewish elite, notes Moshe Idel, no longer made up of prophets, priests, kings, or rabbis but of intellectuals and academicians working in secular universities or writing for an audience not defined by any one...
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The Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis Against the Islamic WorldThe sect known as the Assassins, a corruption of an Arabic word that means hashish smoker, is familiar to the West as a mystical cult of killers led by the Man in the Mountain encountered by the Crusaders. But it was not defeat at...
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Nordic Religions in the Viking AgeThe popular image of the Viking as a horn-helmeted berserker plying the ocean in a dragon-headed long boat is firmly fixed in history. Imagining Viking conquerors as much more numerous, technologically superior, and somehow inherently more warlike than their neighbors has overshadowed the cooperation...
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Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages"Lyrical in parts, this is a deep and reflective reading of those clusters of contradictory images which attempted to make sense of the exultant and the vulnerable in medieval bodies. Dyan Elliott offers a potent combination of the rigor of textual analysAuthor: Dyan ElliottPublisher:...
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Black Gods of the Metropolis: Negro Religious Cults of the Urban NorthStemming from his anthropological field work among black religious groups in Philadelphia in the early 1940s, Arthur Huff Fauset believed it was possible to determine the likely direction that mainstream black religious leadership would take in the future, a direction that later indeed manifested...
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Maternal Body: A Theology of Incarnation from the Christian EastPlaces Orthodox sources--icons, hymns, and prayers--on motherhood into conversation with each other. In so doing, this work brings an anchored vision of motherhood to the twenty-first century--especially the embodied experience of motherhood. +Author: Carrie Frederick FrostPublisher: Paulist PressPublished: 06/04/2019Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.90h x...
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A Basic Guide to the Old TestamentA simple tool for a first reading of the Bible that answers the first questions that are posed by the reader who has little familiarity with the Bible and helps with the critical reading of the Bible, i.e., to maintain the right distance to...
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Navigating Toward Adulthood: A Theology of Ministry with AdolescentsThe theological and ministerial task at the heart of ministry with adolescents is assisting adolescents to recognize and grow into the multiple relationships in their lives, including their relationship with God. The author divides her work into four parts. In Part I, she establishes...
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The Church as Woman and Mother: Historical and Theological FoundationsHelps readers understand the imaging of the church as a woman and mother in its beginnings and the implications for the contemporary church. +Author: Cristina Lledo GomezPublisher: Paulist PressPublished: 09/04/2018Pages: 292Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80dISBN: 9780809153329This title is only available...
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Renouncing Everything: Money and Discipleship in LukeOn a planet with billions of impoverished people, the perennial questions of money and morality become more poignant with each generation. On a planet with billions of Christians, Jesus's teachings on possessions, especially in the Gospel of Luke, are of vital importance. Yet Luke's...
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Sacred Rituals for Every DayCelebrates the unique quality and gift of each day through small rituals. +Author: Anselm GrünPublisher: Paulist PressPublished: 08/01/2017Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 7.10h x 5.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9780809153305About the AuthorGrn, Anselm: - Anselm Grn, OSB, is a German Benedictine father. He is in charge of...
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Christians, Muslims, and Mary: A HistoryMoving through history, views of Mary's role in Christian-Muslim relations have constantly shifted back and forth from bridge to barrier and back again. This book focuses on history, and the use (sometimes polemical, sometimes irenic) of Mary as either a bridge or barrier between...
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101 Questions & Answers on Women in the New TestamentThe topic of women in the New Testament surfaces as a very important one in twenty-first- century Christianity. Since the percentage of women in these churches remains very high, it becomes imperative that women of faith understand their biblical foremothers. Moreover, Christian men, especially...
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Loving Creation: Christian Spirituality, Earth-Centered and JustDescribes the transformation of mind and heart that is required for a new way of life on our planet, offering a holistic Christian spirituality that is both Earth-centered and justice-oriented.Author: Kathleen FischerPublisher: Paulist PressPublished: 11/01/2009Pages: 211Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60dISBN:...
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I Walk with JesusI Walk with Jesus is a book that puts us in touch with the central meaning of the Gospel: we follow the way of Jesus when we serve those who are suffering and needy, and we are strengthened in this by prayer, the Word...
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Meeting Saint Paul with the Pope: Wednesday Audiences During the Pauline Jubilee YearDuring the special Pauline Jubilee Year, Pope Benedict XVI used his Wednesday audiences as an opportunity to meet one of the most influential persons in the history of Christianity, Saint Paul. Meeting Saint Paul is the complete collection of these twenty-one papal reflections.Author: Pope...
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Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and AwarenessLectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness offers a unique prayer resource that provides a thorough grounding in the different moments of the lectio experience: listening, reading, savoring, responding, and then contemplating God's Word. It will act as a guide for those who have a...
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Preaching to the Converted: On Sundays and Feast Days Throughout the YearPreaching is getting harder and harder. Preachers are up against some tough opposition--churchgoers with shorter attention spans who are saturated with the razzle-dazzle media and lead a fast-paced life. Those who preach have a brief window of opportunity to reach the faithful--busy or not--at...
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Canterbury Cousins: The Eucharist in Contemporary Anglican TheologyOwen Cummings has written a fascinating study of history and theology that centers on the development of Eucharist in the Anglican church. He examines the work and writings of twentieth-century theologians but in doing so discusses topics that have both divided the Anglican and...
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