|
|
|
|  | Proper Confidence by Lesslie Newbigin
'In this short by acute book, Bishop Newbigin unmasks the unspoken and concealed conditions that have intimidated and effectively held Christians in check, making their taming by modern cultural forces easy and comprehensive. It follows from this that any home for renewal of mainline Christianity cannot take place without the kind of critical probing of those unspoken conditions that Bishop Newbigin presents here. This book begins the process by turning the searchlight on Christians themselves, charting a course between the fundamentalist reaction and postmodernist radical nihilism. Whether or not the book results in the long-overdue shake-up Newbigin calls for, it is bound to be included in the arsenal of any meaningful response to the contemporary challenge. AUTHOR: Lesslie Newbigin
PUBLISHER: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
|
 | The Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner
A chronicle of the Mormon westward migration. AUTHOR: Wallace Stegner
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
|
 | Revelation by Max Lucado
Max Lucado's unique insights on specific books of the Bible offer readers an exciting, inspirational alternative to traditional Bible study guides. The book includes room for journal entries and personal reflections. AUTHOR: Max Lucado
PUBLISHER: W Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
|
 | The Minimal Self by Christopher Lasch
Description not available.The redefinition of selfhood, through growing from despair in an uncertain world, offers the promise of a new culture based not on the technological conquest of nature but on its loving cultivation AUTHOR: Christopher Lasch
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
|
 | Connecting with the Congregation by Lucie Hogan
For most people, rhetoric is a dubious term at best. Whenever they see the word, they expect it to be preceded by something like empty or mere. In other words, in the common understanding, rhetoric is what happens when people want their hearers to believe them and they don`t care whether what they say is right or wrong, true or false. The ancient practice of rhetoric, however, wasn`t about slick speech designed to convince or persuade; it was about connecting with one`s hearers. It was the recognition that, not only what one says, but also who one is, where one is speaking, and those to whom one speaks, are crucial ingredients of getting the message across. If a speaker does not understand these factors, then the power and effectiveness of what he or she says is diminished. Like everyone else, preachers use rhetoric, whether they realize it or not. All preachers pick up signals about the special nature of the message they are conveying, the circumstances in which they are conveying it, and the listeners to whom it is conveyed. The problem is that they are too often unaware of how they understand and use this information -- and hence they use it to poor effect. This volume uses the time-established principles of rhetoric -- a field of study which has enjoyed a revival in recent years -- to help preachers better connect with the congregation. Here they will discover how to understand their own particular authority, the changing and specific character of the congregation each time it meets to worship, and how the Christian message lends itself to different kinds of speech in different situations. What one learns by using rhetoric to understand preaching, the authors contend, isnothing less than how to be a more effective -- and faithful -- servant of the Word. AUTHOR: Lucie Hogan
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
|
 | A Letter in the Scroll by Jonathan Sacks
Description not available.The Chief Rabbi of Britain explores rapidly evolving ideas about Jewish identity and offers his own blueprint on how to live according to the Torah in the twenty-first century. 17,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Jonathan Sacks
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
|
|
|
