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Religious rivalries have been at the root of many human conflicts. This book includes insights from representatives of nine world religions into teachings of nonviolence within their tradition, how practice has often fallen short of ideals, and how they can overcome the contagion of hatred through a return to traditional teachings on nonviolence.

Presents a comprehensive history of mission that highlights the critical contributions of women, as well as the theological developments that influenced their role. Beginning with an examination of the New Testament record, the author reviews the long period between the apostolic church and the Second Vatican Council.

In these eloquent essays that reflect upon King's legacy over the past two decades and the meaning of his life today, a portrait emerges of a man constantly evolving and going deeper into the roots of violence and injustice--a man whose challenge remains as timely and necessary as ever.

The hired gunman who confronted Sister Dorothy asked her if she was carrying a weapon. She produced her Bible and began to read. This story presents the murder in 2005 of an American nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, which focused the world's attention on the plight of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggles against rapacious developers.

"Helpers, rescuers, saviors and moms sometimes lose track of who they really are. Mary is the mirror that shows us our finest self!" An "internationally known author and inspirational speaker" (Catholic Online) inspires us to see the mother of Jesus as our spiritual mother and as a model for women everywhere.

Argues that images can be as important as doctrines when we attempt to discover who Jesus was. This book explores how Jesus can be recognized as Sage, Way, Guru, Satyagrahi (witness to truth), Avatar (incarnation of the divine), Servant, Compassionate One, Dancer and Pilgrim.

What does it mean to find and follow our personal calling? How do we balance the inward listening to our hearts and the need to listen with our hearts to the realities and needs of our world? Drawing on the wisdom of saints, sages, and the traditions of spiritual direction, this book describes a path to living in the place.

A comprehensive survey fo Christian spirituality. Complete enough to use as a textbook and general enough to attract the general reader.

Provides a focus on interconnections in the Trinity. This book adopts the work on the Trinity as a theological method, insightfully exploring the interconnections between the Trinity and other mysteries of Christian faith.

What Jesus as his teachings mean to contemporary Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the context of their traditions and in their personal faith experiences.

This searing memoir of an American nun who was abducted and tortured in Guatemala--and continues to search for healing and justice--shows that the human spirit is a force stronger than violence and fear.

Michael Crosby explores the meaning of the Beatitudes' eight verses, relating a spiritual message of Matthew's Gospel.

Most Americans can recite the names of famous generals and historic battles. Some can also name champions of nonviolence like Martin Luther King Jr., or recall the struggles for peace and justice that run like a thread through U.S. history. But little attention is paid to the intellectual tradition of nonviolence. Ira Chernus surveys the evolution of this powerful idea from the Colonial Era up to today, focusing on representative movements (Anabaptists, Quakers, Anarchists, Progressives) and key individuals (Thoreau, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dorothy Day, A.J. Muste, King, Barbara Deming), including non-Americans like Mohandas Gandhi and Thich Nhat Hanh, who have helped form the idea of nonviolence in the United States. American Nonviolence offers an essential guide for both students and activists.

This comprehensive study of African Christology includes accounts of academic Christologies from French- and English-speaking Africa, but perhaps most importantly, reports on the views of ordinary Africans on Jesus and their relationship with him.

Three short years transformed Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, from a conservative defender of the status quo into one of the churchs most outspoken voices of the oppressed. Though silenced by an assassins bullet, his spirit--and the challenge of his life--lives on.

Formerly published: Farmington, PA: Plough Pub. House, 2002.

This rich collection of nearly a hundred stories from every part of Africa--legends and folktales, myths and parables, poems, prayers and proverbs--probes deeply into the heart and our relationships with God and one another.

This companion to "History of the World Christian Movement explores how varied and multi-cultural Christian origins and history really are.

Applies fundamental principles to urgent issues and problems facing us today, from immigration to attitudes toward the elderly, from the plight of homeless veterans to the fallout of American globalization.