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|  | Approaching the Quran by Michael Anthony Sells
As a means of introducing readers to the beauty and spirituality of the Quran, Michael Sells has translated and interpreted the short suras, or poetic chapters, that stand at the end of the Quran. The suras selected for this text represent Muhammad's early revelations. AUTHOR: Michael Anthony Sells
PUBLISHER: White Cloud Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
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 | The Monks of War by Desmond Seward
The military religious orders emerged during the Crusades as Christendom's storm troopers in the savage conflict with Islam. Some of them still exist today, devoted to charitable works. The Monks of War is the first general history of these orders to have appeared since the eighteenth century. The Templars, the Hospitallers (later Knights of Malta), the Teutonic Knights, and the Knights of the Spanish and Portuguese orders were 'noblemen vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience, living a monastic life in convents which were at the same time barracks, waging war on the enemies of the Cross'. The first properly disciplined Western troops since Roman times, they played a major role in the 'Baltic Crusades' which created Prussia, in the long reconquest of Spain from the Moors, in fighting the Infidel' right up to Napoleonic times. This celebrated book tells the whole enthralling story, recreating such epics as the sieges of Rhodes and Malta and the destruction of the Templars by the Inquisition. Acclaimed on publication, it has now been revised and updated, with a concluding chapter to take events into the 1990s. AUTHOR: Desmond Seward
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Living the Jesus Prayer by Irma Zaleski
The Jesus Prayer has been part of the expression of faith since the earliest years of Christianity. With its many variations, from Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner , to only one word, Jesus , it has been a font of prayer for the monks, nuns, and lay people of the Eastern Church for centuries. Today, the Jesus Prayer is practiced by men and women, lay and religious, all over the world, from every Christian tradition. Simple in form, but powerful in its potential to develop and transform the heart, it becomes a way of life for those who practice it. It is the perfect prayer for the modern pilgrim. AUTHOR: Irma Zaleski
PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Leadership in the Wesley an Tradition by Lovett Weems
The purpose of this book is simple -- to reclaim a vision for church leadership from the great spiritual awakening known as the Wesleyan movement. AUTHOR: Lovett Weems
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | FaithQuakes by Leonard I. Sweet
FaithQuakes is for people who have the shakes and are looking to God's future. With up-to-the-minute monitoring of changes and trends that affect our lives, Leonard Sweet provides refreshingly unconventional glimpses into the future that must be grasped by church leaders. AUTHOR: Leonard I. Sweet
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | The Gospel of John by Daniel Harrington, Francis Moloney
No other book of the New Testament has attracted as much attention from commentators as the Fourth Gospel. It has stirred minds, hearts, and imaginations from Christianity`s earliest days. in The Gospel of John, Francis Moloney unfolds the identifiable point of view of this unique Gospel narrative and offers readers, heirs to its rich and widely varied interpretative traditions, relevance for their lives today. The Gospel of John`s significance for Christianity has been obvious from the time of Irenaeus. It was also fundamental in the emergence of Christian theology, especially in the trinitarian and christological debates that produced the great ecumenical Councils, from Nicea to Chalcedon. What sets this commentary on the Fourth Gospel apart from others is Moloney`s particular attention to the narrative design of the Gospel story. He traces the impact the Johannine form of the Jesus story makes on readers and explicates the way in which the author has told the story of Jesus. Through this he demonstrates how the Gospel story articulates a coherent theology, christology, and ecclesiology. AUTHOR: Daniel Harrington, Francis Moloney
PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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