For congregations seeking renewed purpose and vitality this book gets to the heart of the matter. One of the leading voices on congregational life and leadership, Anthony Robinson makes the case that congregations should openly express their beliefs and values to clarify their purpose. Doing so opens up new avenues for transforming worship, ......
The Thomas Jefferson/John Adams Correspondence on Religion, Morals, And
Talks about two of the most influential pillars of the American Republic thought - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. From 1812 to July 4, 1826, they exchanged letters touching on various controversial issues. These letters contain many surprising revelations.
This book critically explores the Christian teaching of God's unconditional love. The author argues for the recovery of a spirituality of uncertainty and unconditional love as a basis for a renewal of contemporary Christian faith and practice.
Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present
The author shows how the devotion to Guadalupe sustained this congregation through times of political turmoil, war and peace, and ecclesiastical and social changes over San Antonio's long history, from an agricultural settlement on the northern edge of New Spain to a dynamic U.S. metropolis.
Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present
The author shows how the devotion to Guadalupe sustained this congregation through times of political turmoil, war and peace, and ecclesiastical and social changes over San Antonio's long history, from an agricultural settlement on the northern edge of New Spain to a dynamic U.S. metropolis.
The Religious Journey of an African American Labor Leader
Scholarship has portrayed A Philip Randolph, a black trade unionist in America as an atheist and anti-religious. Taylor places him within the context of American religious history and uncovers his complex relationship to African American religion. She shows that his religiosity covered a spectrum of liberal Protestant beliefs.
Examines the conflict between Lenin's logic-driven efforts to stamp out religion and the churches' passionate attempts to save themselves from obliteration. This work looks at both sides objectively and admits that they both presented strong cases.
The author reconstructs the cultural milieu of the rabbinic academy that produced the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, which quickly became the authoritative text of rabbinic Judaism and remains so to this day.
Many of the Bible's remarkable women-Mary, Ruth, Naomi, Abigail, Anna, Tamar, Judith-are widows. In this book, the authors, two of whom are widows themselves, provide an understanding and comfort not only for widows but for all who love, care for, and minister to individuals who have been widowed.