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Put Down Your Sword: Answering the Gospel Call to Creative Nonviolence
John Dear
Put Down Your Sword invites us into Jesus’ way of nonviolence as presented by the Gospels. Arguing that all Christians must follow Christ’s example in the ways of peace, Dear outlines the many actions he himself has taken following the path of nonviolence, modeling his own vision of peace in this turbulent world. read more
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To the Field of Stars
Kevin A. Codd
Seeking to take stock of his life, Kevin Codd set out in July 2003 on a pilgrimage that would profoundly change his life. To the Field of Stars tells the fascinating story of his unusual spiritual and physical journey on foot across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, the traditional burial place of the apostle James the Greater. Each brief chapter chronicling Codd’s thirty-five-day trek is dedicated to one or two days on the road. Codd shares tales of other pilgrims, his own changes of perspective, and his challenges and triumphs along the way — all told with a disarming candor. read more
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All the People in the Bible
Richard R. Losch
A comprehensive gathering of persons found in the Bible, including the Apocrypha, All the People in the Bible really delivers on its title: literally all of the Bible’s characters appear in this fascinating reference work. From the first article on Aaron to the final entry on Zophar, Richard Losch details each person in a lively narrative style. Losch’s intriguing look at all the people in the Bible is anything but a dry reference work. This is a book to dip into and enjoy over and over. read more
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A New Direction for Society |
Being Consumed
William T. Cavanaugh
Should Christians be for or against the free market? For or against globalization? How are we to live in a world of scarcity? William Cavanaugh uses Christian resources to incisively address basic economic matters — the free market, consumer culture, globalization, and scarcity — arguing that we should not just accept these as givens but should instead change the terms of the debate. read more |
Beyond Homelessness
Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. Walsh
Mass emigrations, displaced families, and human alienation from the earth all mark our times. In critiquing contemporary North American culture, Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian Walsh discuss various forms of homelessness — socioeconomic, ecological, and psycho-spiritual — and creatively show how biblical attentiveness and Christian faith can heal the profound dislocations in our society.
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“Solitude is essential if you want to live a life that is not destructive. If you want to accept your aloneness in a way that it becomes creative and not destructive, solitude is the way to embrace, to befriend your aloneness as a positive gift.” — Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) from the chapter “Solitude” in Beloved
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Richard R. Losch
All the People in the Bible is a compulsively readable reference book. In this interview Rev. Losch shares some of the more interesting facts and challenges he faced while writing this 526-page book.
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