This highly praised book uniquely looks at the act of preaching from the perspective of those in the pews. Drawing on many years of pulpit experience, Roger Van Harn guides pastors back to the heart of the preacher's task -- sound, biblical proclamation. Back in print in paperback.
How can one discern if a calling truly is from God? How can one be alert to the fact that one call is ending and another is beginning? In this book, the author gives experience-based advice on these and other questions concerning the call of God. It begins by relating several stories of both laypersons and clergy who have experienced God's call.
Sixteen men attempt to lay out what it means to be an adult male Christian. The authors move beyond old stereotypes of manliness and Christian identity to chart new identities, roles, and attitudes. They include men who are deeply in the Christian church and men barely in the church, straight and gay men, white men and African Americans, ......
What does religion have to do with fomenting or transcending violence? In this fascinating work, Kirk-Duggan documents and analyzes religion's involvement in violence -- for good and ill -- in the Bible, slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, and the youth scene of today.
Catholic colleges and universities have achieved a prestigious place in American higher education, but at the risk of losing their religious identity. This book confronts challenges facing members of the college community, from presidents and trustees through the faculty and deans to professionals, in making a renewed commitment to that mission.
Following his acclaimed The Word Has Been Abroad: A Guide Through Balthasar's Aesthetics, No Bloodless Myth by Aidan Nichols summarizes and illuminates the five-volume series Theo-Drama, which develops the heart of Balthasar's theological theory -- his exploration of the Good and of the dramatic interplay of finite and infinite freedom.Theo-Drama ......
These diary entries written by Dorothy Day in 1948 provide an intimate look into Day's personal life as well as essential background for understanding the Catholic Worker movement, which she founded. In this book, Day writes about all facets of her life. Yet whether describing her visits to her daughter's farm or the writings of the saints, a ......
This is an important study of spirituality in a world of confused and conflicting definitions of the spiritual. Christian spirituality flows from an understanding of who God is and how God acts in creation. It is a personal and communal recognition of God in one's life and a life awareness and celebration of that presence of God. Anyone who ......
Published in the centenary year of Lewis's birth, The Pilgrim's Guide offers a study of Lewis's witness to the truth of Christianity, especially in his works of fiction and popular apologetics. Written by nineteen leading Lewis scholars and authors, these essays examine Lewis's character and the way he engaged the challenges of the Christian mind, ......
