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Handbook for Liturgical Studies, Volume I
Introduction to the Liturgy
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Volume I consists of three parts: Preliminary Notions," "Historical Overview of the Liturgy," and "Liturgical Sources." Articles and their contributors include "A Definition of Liturgy," by Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB; "Liturgical Families in the East," by...
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
With Introduction, Commentary, and Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
By almost any reckoning, the Ninety-Five Theses ranks as the most important text of the Reformation, if not in substance at least in impact. As the anniversary of their posting on the church door in Wittenberg approaches, what better way to remember and recognize the occasion than to make this important...
Gregory the Great
Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Gregory the Great (bishop of Rome from 590 to 604) is one of the most significant figures in the history of Christianity. His theological works framed medieval Christian attitudes toward mysticism, exegesis, and the role of the saints in the life of the church. The scale of Gregory's administrative...
In Sacred Loneliness
The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
Beginning in the 1830s, at least thirty-three women married Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. These were passionate relationships which also had some longevity, except in cases such as that of two young sisters, one of whom was discovered by Joseph’s first wife, Emma, in a locked bedroom with...
A House Full of Females
Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History,and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and determination.
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The Spalding Enigma
Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Readers' Edition
Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history...
Dangers to the Faith
Recognizing Catholicism's 21st-Century Opponents
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
A storm has been brewing in society and its treatment, views, and activities toward the Catholic Faith. Some are subtle, others are more brazen -- New Age thought, questionable spirituality, "creedless" Christianity, relativism, scientific skepticism, the triumph of technology, and even the self-styled...
by The Editors of the National Catholic Reporter
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Best Catholic Spirituality Writing 2012 is a compilation of 30 essays published in the National Catholic Reporter. Since its founding in 1964, NCR has published many well-known authors of Catholic spiritual writing. This collection features works from Michael Leach, John Dear, Kathy Coffey, Michael...
by Jean Meslier
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2016
Comme il n’y a aucune secte particuliére de Religion, qui ne prétende être véritablement fondée sur l’autorité de Dieu & entiérement exempte de toutes les erreurs & impostures qui se trouvent dans les autres, c’est à ceux qui prétendent établir la vérité...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2002
The author of The Seven Storey Mountain explores the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross.
The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution. . . . The desire for unworldliness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
The sixties were a time of restlessness, inner turmoil, and exuberance for Merton during which he closely followed the careening development of political and social activism – Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Selma, the Catholic Worker Movement, the Vietnam war, and the assassination of...
The Courage for Truth
Letters to Writers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1993
From 1948 until his death in 1968, Thomas corresponded with writers around the world, sharing with them his concerns about war, violence and repression, racism and injustice, and all forms of human aggression.
Confession
The Healing of the Soul
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Confession: The Healing of the Soul is not just about what is termed sacramental confession. Its frame of reference is much wider and includes discussion of those celebrated writers who wrote confessions – Augustine, Kierkegaard, Tolstoy, Foucault, Freud, Jung, John of the Cross and Wittgenstein....
by Laura Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
For thousands and thousands of years our Jewish brothers and sisters have celebrated Passover. This holiday commemorates their Exodus from slavery. These miraculous events changed misery to peace, slavery to freedom, sin to grace. One of the last things Jesus did with his disciples was to celebrate...