Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
Firmung Jugendlicher im interdisziplinären Diskurs
Theologie - Ritual - Empirie
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Im Jahr 2016 feierten in Deutschland über 149.000 Jugendliche das Sakrament der Firmung und damit ihre volle Eingliederung in die Kirche. In der Zeit der Vorbereitung und im Firmritus unterzogen sie sich ritualisierten Abläufen und konnten sich mit der Glaubenstradition der Kirche und ihren eigenen...
Signs of Life
40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Scott Hahn, the bestselling author of The Lamb’s Supper and Reasons to Believe, celebrates the touchstones of the Catholic life, guiding readers to a deeper faith through the Church’s rites, customs, and traditional prayers.
Signs of Life is beloved author Scott Hahn’s clear and comprehensive...
We Make the Road by Walking
A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
From critically acclaimed author Brian McLaren comes a brilliant retelling of the biblical story and a thrilling reintroduction to Christian faith.
This book offers everything you need to explore what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today. It also puts tools...
The Heart of Christianity
Rediscovering a Life of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith.
For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for...
Illuminating the Way
Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will lead you to a deeper understanding of your strengths and areas of growth...
Sacramentality Renewed
Contemporary Conversations in Saramental Theology
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Tracing developments in sacramental theology over the past twenty-five years, this study explores a growing ecumenical dynamism in both the academic study of sacramentality and its centrality in pastoral applications. But how does ecumenical excitement in a renewed discovery of sacramental theology...
Lifting Hearts to the Lord
Worship with John Calvin in Sixteenth-Century Geneva
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
The Church at Worship is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history — case studies that can inform and enrich worship practices today. In Lifting Hearts to the Lord Karin Maag brings together a wealth of primary...
by Robert E. Webber
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“A worship that will have staying power is a worship that is firmly grounded in the old, yet aware of and concerned for new ways to respond to the old, old story.”In the first edition of Worship Old and New, Robert E. Webber introduced an approach to worship that blended historical and traditional...
Stones of Remembrance
Healing Scriptures for Your Mind, Body, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
This inspirational companion to Memory Rescue, Dr. Daniel Amen’s groundbreaking book, is an invitation to discover the healing power of Scripture meditation and memorization as an intentional spiritual discipline.
There is a reason the Bible calls us over and over again to “remember.”...
A History of Religion in 5½ Objects
Bringing the Spiritual to Its Senses
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
A leading scholar explores the importance of physical objects and sensory experience in the practice of religion.
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Humans are needy. We need things: objects, keepsakes, stuff, tokens, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk, and treasure. We carry special objects in our pockets and purses, and place...
Holy Days
Meditations on the Feasts, Fasts, and Other Solemnities of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2012
According to Pope Benedict XVI, "the liturgical year is a great voyage of faith on which the Church sets us out." The feast days in the Church's liturgical calendar follow the major events of Jesus' life as recounted in the Gospels. This cycle gives a rhythm to the life of the Church and...
by John van de Laar
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
We all long for a meaningful and abundant life. Every day we are told, in a thousand different ways, that our best life is found when we satisfy our individual desires and dreams. But, what if these messages are misleading? What if our quest for personal fulfilment is disconnecting us from one another...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The services and prayer texts of the Orthodox Church are ancient and inspirational, and this invaluable reference guides priests, deacons, servers, readers, and singers in the customs and practices of the church. Including serving the altar and offering worship services, the handbook explains to all...
by Susan Tassone
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Let the saints inspire you to intercede for the holy souls in purgatory!
Throughout the ages the devotions, prayers, and practices of the Communion of Saints have been offered up on behalf of souls in purgatory, the "Church Suffering." The saints' ardent desire to intercede for the holy souls...