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Listening to God in Difficult Times: Jeremiah

By Kay Arthur & Pete De Lacy   In Kay Arthur’s newest study, readers will mine gems of truth from the book of Jeremiah using the hands-on process of observation, interpretation, and application to dig through the text. Jeremiah’s warnings to a nation that has turned its back on the Lord echo through the ages and speak to cultures today. As readers see the prophet’s heartbreak at the nation’s apostasy, his sense of urgency, and the...

Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing in the Modern World

By Jacalyn Duffin   Modern culture tends to separate medicine and miracles, but their histories are closely intertwined. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes saints through canonization based on evidence that they worked miracles, as signs of their proximity to God. PhysicianDShistorian Jacalyn Duffin has examined Vatican sources on 1400 miracles from six continents and spanning four centuries. Overwhelmingly the miracles cited in...

Women Deacons Past, Present, Future

By Gary Macy, William T. Ditewig & Phyllis Zagano Three related essays by experts on the diaconate that examine the concept of women deacons in the Catholic Church from historical, contemporary, and future perspectives. (Publisher’s description) Available at Christian...

Christian Faith and the Earth: Current Paths and Emerging Horizons in Ecotheology

Edited by Ernst M. Conradie, Sigurd Bergmann, Celia Deane-Drummond, & Denis Edwards Christianity has often been accused for being complicit in ecological destruction. In response, Christian ecotheology offers both a Christian critique of environmental destruction and an ecological critique of Christianity. It thus encourages an ecological reformation of the Christian tradition for the sake of the whole earth. This volume focuses...

Men at Work: Life Beyond the Office

By James E. Dittes   Many men define themselves almost exclusively in terms of their work. Often their relationship to work resembles a one-sided love affair: they give their work absolute devotion in the hopes of finding wholeness but find instead only disillusionment. In this book, James Dittes helps men define the proper place of work in life and recognize unhealthy dependencies to work. Offering more than a how-to book on...