The Catholic Church--like other churches--has created institutions to support its spiritual mission. The exercise of authority plays a central role in how they function. The truth is that ugly accr...więcej »
Is God changing the face of the church in North America today? The secularization thesis makes it appear that churches are inevitably declining in membership and influence. Too often, however, this...więcej »
An average day turns into a maelstrom of confusion when a city trash truck hits a medical supply expert shortly after breakfast. A body turns up in a public park minus part of his skull and all ...więcej »
The Catholic church is in serious decline. This book claims that the corruption of the institution derives from various ""clerical errors,"" especially clericalism, which assumes that clergy are su...więcej »
When John Dominic Crossan's book, In Parables: The Challenge of the Historical Jesus, was published in 1973, it was heralded as a major development in research both on the parables and on the histo...więcej »
The first story is about a meeting at the health science building at the university. Jack Schwartz liad down on a bed of nails. Very interesting! Another story is about meetings with acquaintanc...więcej »
Fundamental institutions are core values that originate from beliefs. Beliefs reflect on behaviors and repeated behaviors become habits. Shared habits are peoples' values, which when ingrained beco...więcej »
Three Reasons Why You Must Buy This Book
Once you read this book, you will be knowledgeable and self-confident about attending a college campus.
To keep you updated with the latest college techno...więcej »
Contemporary writers who have chosen to comment on the lives of people mentioned in the Bible invariably fall into one of two groups: the first provide us with pen portraits that paint the individu...więcej »
Comestibles is Burnham's first full-length poetry collection, reviewing the ties that bind in life and literature, exploring the connections that food/consumption share with language, birth, sexual...więcej »
On the surface, Kim and Kevin appear to be two ordinary kids when the Donaldson family adopts them. Things soon change, however, as they begin to exhibit unusual powers.Then, when ...więcej »
The Hunters Order: an ancient organization dedicated to an endless war to fight the creatures of myth and legend, safeguarding humanity and the world for thousands of years.The Pha...więcej »
Culture and religion are basic to every human society, and the history of a people always sustains her cultural and religious values. We decided to use the African culture and religion as our de...więcej »
Kevin life began on the notorious streets of Chicago, Illinois. Where he experienced at a young age the horrors of the world in one of its purest form. After witnessing his childhood best friend...więcej »
In 2005 my wife, Jan, and I moved into a condo along the shores of Lake Washington. Even though I had served as President of Seattle Pacific University back in the 1970s, I was unknown on the stree...więcej »
Reframing Ideas about Feminist Theory and Theology for the 21st Century
In Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power, leading feminist scholar Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza challen...więcej »
Contemplating Country picks up where Gondwana Theology (2018) left off. It extends and deepens the ways in which Aboriginal spirituality and Christian theology may talk to each other. Employing the...więcej »
Have you ever felt that the tools and techniques you mastered in preaching class are failing you? Disheartened by the boredom and scowls of people in the pews whenever you preach? Convinced that Go...więcej »
Silence--scary, inviting, or both? What do you do with silence? And what if silence was a language we could learn to read, hear, and even speak? This book invites you to tune the eyes and ears of y...więcej »
After working in the hospitality industry all his life, Aaron had seen and endured so much abuse of power and people that the pleasure the industry used to give to him was gone and replaced with...więcej »