Christianity

The Compassion-Based Workbook for Christian Clients integrates contemporary research in clinical psychology on compassion-based approaches to shame with a Christian worldview, offering a wide variety of strategies for Christians to better understand and combat shame and negative self-judgements. Chapters lay out a four-step process to help clients let go of unhelpful thinking patterns that lead to shame, experience God’s compassion...

If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.T. Suzuki. The twenty-seven-year-old Japanese scholar first visited the West in 1897, and over the course of the next seventy years became the world's leading authority on Zen. His radical and penetrating insights earned him many disciples, from Carl Jung to...

Christian Theology: The Basics is a concise introduction to the nature, tasks, and central concerns of theology – the study of God within the Christian tradition. Providing a broad overview of the story that Christianity tells us about our human situation before God, this book also seeks to provide encouragement and a solid foundation for the reader’s further explorations within...

Our current image of the Christian population of al-Andalus after AD711 reflects the way history has been written. The Christians almost disappeared from the historical record as the historians of the conquering Muslims concentrated on the glories of the Ummayads. Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000 reconsiders, through their own words, the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus. The texts discuss two...

Is the Christian mystical tradition a relic of another time, shaped by celibates for celibates, unable to engage meaningfully with people of our time who embrace their corporeality and sexuality as crucial aspects of their journey towards union with God? Christian Mysticism’s Queer Flame reflects in serious theological depth and detail on the spiritual and sexual journeys of gay men...

Christianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to both the central pillars of the Christian faith and the rich and varied history of this most global of religions. This book traces the development of Christianity through an exploration of some of the key beliefs, practices, and emotions which have been recurrent symbols through the centuries: Christ, the kingdom of heaven...

Christian Ethics: The Basics sets out clearly and critically the different ways that Augustine, Aquinas and Luther continue to shape ethics today within and across Christian denominations. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and can be read by religious believers and non-believers alike. Readers are introduced to Christian ethics from the ground up before being invited to consider...

In The Story of Christianity, acclaimed theologian David Bentley Hart provides a sweeping and informative portrait of a faith that has shaped the western world and beyond for over 2,000 years. From the persecutions of the early church to the papal-imperial conflicts of the Middle Ages, from the religious wars of 16th- and 17th-century Europe to the challenges of science...

In this eloquent introduction to early Christian thought, eminent religious historian Robert Louis Wilken examines the tradition that such figures as St. Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and others set in place. Wilken shows how these early thinkers constructed a new intellectual and spiritual world and can still be heard as living voices in the modern world. "Magnificently learned and deeply...

Staking out new territory in the history of art, this book presents a compelling argument for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance. While art historians place the origin of icons in the seventh century, Thomas F. Mathews finds strong evidence as early as the second century in the...

Enter the world of contemporary art's new idol. Christian Rex van Minnen's art is challenging, intriguing, and disturbing. His provocative paintings depict the dynamic attraction and repulsion of mankind, often leaving the viewer deep in contemplative euphoria. Since his first solo exhibition in 2009, his work has been shown extensively around the world, garnering a cult following of admirers who...

This is not a retrospective, but my own look at the costume collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, from which I chose pieces from all eras, some never before exhibited. I chose those that were most inspiring, those that best told the story of fashion that I would have wanted to tell if I were the museum curator that...

From original sin to eternal life, the function of prayer to the role of the church, renowned theologian Keith Ward offers a comprehensive survey of the diversity of Christian thinking in this introduction to the world’s largest faith. By presenting three different interpretations for over fifteen key doctrines, he invites anyone interested in the contemporary spiritual landscape to consider the...

Explores how Christians created, used, and adapted religionized categories of non-Christians through the centuries Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other traces the genealogy of religionization, the various ways Christians throughout history have created a sense of religious normativity while simultaneously producing various categories of non-Christian "otherness." Covering a broad expanse of processes, practices, and socio-political contexts, this innovative volume analyzes...

The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, often looked upon as the third Rosicrucian manifesto, has an entirely different tone from the other Rosicrucian documents. Unlike the Rosicrucian manifestoes, which address the transformation of society, The Chemical Wedding is concerned with the inner transformation of the soul. It is a deeply interior work, one which asks the reader to step into...

The life and times of C. S. Lewis's modern spiritual classic Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent defence of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and inspiring book. George Marsden describes how Lewis...

Medieval Christianity by Kevin Madigan is an expansive guide to the medieval world, with new attention to women, ordinary parishioners, attitudes toward Jews and Muslims, and more. For many, the medieval world seems dark and foreign—an often brutal and seemingly irrational time of superstition, miracles, and strange relics. The aggressive pursuit of heretics and attempts to control the “Holy Land”...

Prepare your heart and home to serve not only family and friends, but neighbours and strangers too! Make any space a haven of discipleship, connection, and comfort. As Christians, we sometimes forget the power of an open door to a lost world. Using our homes to live out our faith in the true model of the Great Commission is challenging...

A Meticulously Constructed Cosmos of Vegetative Architectures Christiane Löhr: Symmetries of the Smooth (Bilingual edition) presents a unique cosmos of sculptures and installations crafted from natural materials. Christiane Löhr employs airborne seeds, plant stems, burrs, tree blossoms, horse, and dog hair in her organic-abstract repertoire of forms. She transforms these ephemeral materials into precisely constructed sculptures that surprise with their...

This book gives a practical essence of the entire Bible that takes the reader from eternity past, through the age of time, and into eternity future. Its main emphasis is the exposé of the erroneous, present-day Christian "Pre-Tribulation Rapture" belief, which many Christians believe to be the next prophetical event. Most Christians believe that they will be "raptured up into...

Dubbed 'a heroic gate-crasher' by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian McLaren explores reasons to leave or stay within the church and if so, how ... Do I Stay Christian? addresses in public the powerful question that surprising numbers of people—including pastors, priests and other religious leaders—are asking in private. Picking up where Brian's warmly received Faith After...

From Abelard to Zwingli, via a multitude of saints and sinners, Nick Page guides us through the creeds, the councils, the buildings and the background of the Christian church in an illuminating, and perhaps ever so slightly irreverent way. Well-known as a writer, speaker, unlicensed historian and general information-monger, Nick Page combines in-depth research, historical analysis and cutting-edge guesswork to...

Are you an open-minded atheist or agnostic interested in studying the Bible for a greater understanding of history? Are you a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, or new-age practitioner who would like a peek into the Bible to compare beliefs? Are you a Bible-believing Christian whose pastor refuses to go deeper on obscure, confusing, or generally misunderstood matters? Or maybe you hold...

Did Chicago's first black female mayor commit egregious misconduct against two Christian businessmen? Based on a true story, Demons of Federal Misconduct: A Chicago Memoir! (A Christian Nonfiction Novel) takes readers through two federal investigations, the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, demons, angels, and spiritual warfare. Author Christopher Myron Claxton meticulously elucidates his belief that Satan deployed three demon spirits...

This first of a two-volume work provides a new understanding of Western subjectivity as theorised in the Augustinian Rule. A theopolitical synthesis of Antiquity, the Rule is a humble, yet extremely influential example of subjectivity production. In these volumes, Jodra argues that the Classical and Late-Ancient communitarian practices along the Mediterranean provide historical proof of a worldview in which the...

Let your heart and soul be uplifted as you get creative with 35 easy-to-color illustrations, each designed to celebrate the sweeter side of everyday blessings. Immerse yourself in this sweet and adorable colouring book. Filled with inspirational words and original art, Simple Gifts Christian Coloring: Sweet Life will fill you with calm as you enjoy stress-free moments of creative reflection....

Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the decline of mainline Protestantism in American religious and cultural life How did American Christianity become synonymous with conservative white evangelicalism? This sweeping work by a leading historian of modern America traces the rise of the evangelical movement and the decline of mainline Protestantism's influence on American life. In Christianity's American Fate, David Hollinger...

DISCOVER THE STORY OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RELIGION Who really was Jesus Christ? How did Christianity spread around the world? And how has Christian belief changed over the last 50 years? Providing the answers to these and many other questions, A History of Christianity charts the 2,000-year-long history of the world's largest religion. This richly illustrated overview covers everything from...