Christian Science category: 744 books
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
The United Church of Christ in the Shenandoah Valley
Liberal Church, Traditional Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
While congregational studies have expanded our understanding of American religion, little is known about the local practices of a single denomination at its smallest jurisdiction. This book explores how national denominational commitments are affecting the practices of local United Church of Christ...
The Woman's Bible (Vol. 1&2)
Volume I: Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy; Volume II: Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
By producing the book, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed self-development. The Woman's Bible is a two-volumebook, written by Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy...
The Woman's Bible (Complete Edition)
Volume I: Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, Volume II: Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This eBook edition of "The Woman's Bible" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Woman's Bible is a two-volumebook, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional...
Encountering ETI
Aliens in Avatar and the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Encountering ETI' weaves together scientific knowledge and spiritual faith in a cosmic context. It explores consequences of Contact between terrestrial intelligent life (TI) and extraterrestrial intelligent life (ETI). Humans will face cosmic displacement if there are other complex, technologically...
Renewal
How a New Generation of Faithful Priests and Bishops Is Revitalizing the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
In the wake of the clergy abuse scandal of the last decade, many media commentators predicted the end” of the Catholic priesthood. Demands for an end to celibacy, coupled with calls for women’s ordination, dominated discussions on the effectiveness of the Catholic Church in America. Renewal argues...
by Beth R. Crisp
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Faith-based organizations continue to play a significant role in the provision of social work services in many countries but their role within the welfare state is often contested. This text explores their various roles and relationships to social work practice, includes examples from different countries...
Jesus Consumer
Reframing the Debate between Faith and Consumption
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Some scholars believe that Jesus’ punitive instructions about possessions and material goods amount to little more than antiquated sayings. By contrast, Jesus Consumer combines modern consumer research with the latest writings on historical Jesus to propose a model for contemporary consumer behavior...
Love Into Light
The Gospel, the Homosexual and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Homosexuality is one of most controversial moral issues of our day. Headlines teem with stories of athletes’“coming out,” politicians changing positions and courts handing down same-sex marriage rulings. Sadly the church has often been afraid to talk about homosexuality. Many Christians feel...
by Robert Alan King
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Homosexuality, Christianity, the Bible, and the Church: Homosexual Marriage and Other Issues by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 3,800 words. King discusses homosexuality from a biblical perspective, examining homosexual relationships, homosexual marriage and homosexual clergy. He also takes...
by Joseph Augustus Seiss
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
"Our Dead" is a wonderful and moving sermon written by Joseph A. Seiss. Joseph Augustus Seiss (March 18, 1823 - June 20, 1904) was an American theologian and Lutheran minister most famous for his contributions to pyramidology and dispensationalism. His best-known work is "The Great...
Where the Cross Meets the Street
What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Where the Cross Meets the Street
by Alan Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
In this important and timely book Alan Wilson argues that allowing gay people to marry is a moral purpose. Wilson says: ‘I asked myself “what does God want for gay people?”. After re-revisiting the Bible, and more importantly getting to know gay people of all types and varying backgrounds, he...
by Michael Leahy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
It's a 100 billion a year industry worldwide. Even bigger when you consider the fact that porn is now the norm in our mainstream media. But have you ever stopped to think about why, when it comes to porn, we just can't seem to get enough' And are we certain this supposedly "cheap form...