Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion--primarily Christianity--encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption.

This book is about the various issues that confront the minister after the Call from God. What are the political imperatives of a person dedicated to upholding the gospel and the ordinances of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Some of the issues are theological and some are social and political. For example, theologically there are the issues of election and predestination versus free will. And is election fair and what about those who have never heard the Gospel? I discuss social issues like homosexuality in society and in the Church. My concern is how these and other issues affect the minister compared to how they affect the layperson.

Much feminist scholarship has viewed Catholicism and Shi'i Islam as two religious traditions that, historically, have greeted feminist claims with skepticism or outright hostility. Creative Conformity demonstrates how certain liberal secular assumptions about these religious traditions are only partly correct and, more importantly, misleading. In this highly original study, Elizabeth Bucar compares the feminist politics of eleven U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women and explores how these women contest and affirm clerical mandates in order to expand their roles within their religious communities and national politics.

Using scriptural analysis and personal interviews, Creative Conformity demonstrates how women contribute to the production of ethical knowledge within both religious communities in order to expand what counts as feminist action and to explain how religious authority creates an unintended diversity of moral belief and action. Bucar finds that the practices of Catholic and Shi'a women are not only determined by but also contribute to the ethical and political landscape in their respective religious communities. She challenges the orthodoxies of liberal feminist politics and, ultimately, strengthens feminism as a scholarly endeavor.

An intimate sharing of a businessman's personal journey of faith and the spiritual disciplines that enhanced that faith. Includes study/discussion questions for use individually or in small groups.

A constructive theology textbook that incorporates perspectives from a variety of liberation theologians around the world.

A critical study of John Calvin's complex theological anthropology.

Cosmosophia takes the reader on an extensive historical journey through the ideas and worldviews that have shaped the West, as well as a journey around the world to explore the various mystical traditions that could provide alternatives to the Western worldview. Ultimately, it is argued that the unique challenges of today's world cannot be solved through a return to the ideas of the past--or even through mere ideas at all--but by a deep mystical re-connection to our world and the creative, imaginative process of telling a new myth that integrates our mystical traditions and modern science.

Essays by leading experts in the United States and the United Kingdom (including Ralph Wood, Peter Schakel, Ann Loades, and Charles Hefling) on C. S. Lewis and his imaginative friends: J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Austin Farrer, Rose Macaulay, and Dorothy L. Sayers. Introductory chapter on faith, reason, and the imagination by the editors, David Hein and Edward Henderson.

A new frontier of self revolves around a groundbreaking discovery. A doctor and his patients find an inner voice of wisdom--it is literally a voice--responding to all questions when asked. Breakthroughs are presented as they occur. These 24 astonishing stories are funneled into one book. Its format vividly facilitates the reader's involvement at each stage of development. The discovery challenges basic notions of who we are; the inquiry expands personal boundaries and awareness. Dwelling in the midst of each person is a presence, the most quiet and powerful voice. This consciousness is integrated, thinking and feeling, strength and wisdom, and a guide.

Journey to the inner core.

A Baby Boomer's Decision Making drives boomers to examine life through their decision making. Boomers will recognize decisions in their life choices of love, school, career, family, and fun. From '56 Chevys, Kennedy, King, and Vietnam to the Washington, DC, of President Clinton and the 21st century, memoir snippets expose the author's best and worst decision making.

From these engaging stories a model of decision making emerges which is driven by individual experience in a unique combination of understanding, relationships, and God. Routines and rituals coupled with learning and growing expose the elements of decision making. Mathematics unlocks the tools of decision making, and prejudice is an omnipresent force. The peaks and valleys of love, family, and career highlight the ingredients of decision making. This book will assist the 75 million baby boomers as they face decisions in times of economic uncertainty, changing national priorities, and the demands of aging parents.

A Baby Boomer's Decision Making paints everyman stories to draw readers into the author's decision making. This process pushes readers to reflect on their own decisions. The disparate topics of love, fortune and glory, prejudice, and mathematics explore multiple points of view in decision making. Guidelines and principles of decision making solidify and further assist readers in reviewing the past, assessing the present, and preparing for the future. A series of activities and questions encourage individual reflection or small-group discussion.

As the baby boomer generation moves into retirement, a new crop of books has begun to examine past life choices, retirement options, and future decisions. A Baby Boomer's Decision Making is a bridge from abstract theoretical manuscripts to the daily reality, dreams, and apprehensions of millions of baby boomers.