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A generation of young Christians are weary of the political legacy they've inherited and are hungry for a better approach. They're tired of seeing their faith tied to political battles they didn't start, and they're frustrated with leaders they thought they could trust. Kaitlyn Schiess grew up in this landscape and understands it from the inside. In The Liturgy of Politics, Schiess shows that the church's politics are shaped by its habits and practices, even when it's unaware of them.

Many bemoan the decline of the church. We hear a steady stream of reports about how droves of people, especially younger generations, are abandoning Christianity. But new research shows that unchurched Americans are surprisingly more receptive and open to the Christian faith than is commonly assumed. Researcher and practitioner Rick Richardson unveils the findings of the Billy Graham Center Institute's groundbreaking studies on the unchurched.

The #MeToo movement has revealed sexual abuse and assault in every sphere of society, including the church. But victims are routinely ignored by fellow Christians who deny their accounts and fail to bring accountability to the perpetrators. All too often, churches have been complicit in protecting abusers, reinforcing patriarchal power dynamics, and creating cultures of secrecy, shame, and silence.

Nationally recognized speaker and church leader Jay Augustine demonstrates that the church is called and equipped to model reconciliation, justice, diversity, and inclusion. This book develops three uses of the term "reconciliation": salvific, social, and civil. Augustine examines the intersection of the salvific and social forms of reconciliation through an engagement with Paul's letters and uses the Black church as an exemplar to connect the concept of salvation to social and political movements.

¿Qué pasaría si todo lo que creías sobre el cristianismo estuviera basado en mitos? Descubre la verdad y defiende lo que realmente importa. ¿Estás listo para desafiar la desinformación y proteger los valores que dan forma a nuestra sociedad? Este libro imprescindible te brinda el...

What does free speech really mean? How does our understanding of it differ around the world? Why does it divide us – and how can we find common ground? What free speech really means is hotly contested. Is it increasingly under attack in our democracies, or is it being weaponized by the...

How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? Neo-Charismatic Pentecostalism has some 600 million followers worldwide, and by 2050 their numbers will grow to 1 billion: that's one in ten people...

Does God really send people to hell? Doesn't science disprove Christianity? Why are there so many hypocrites in the church? Isn't the Bible full of errors? Cliffe Knechtle has been handling these and other tough questions everywhere he goes for years. In Give Me an Answer, Knechtle answers forty...

Bloomsbury presents Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump by Amy Laura Hall, read by Jennifer Woodward Examines a powerful yet overlooked form of Christian Nationalism—one that fuses faith, masculinity, capitalism, and political power under the guise...

Celebrated religious and social historian Rodney Starktraces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal andcontroversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world’slargest religion. In The Triumph of Christianity, the author of God’sBattalions and...

En Ave Negra, Elena Sada hace lo que nadie en la Legión de Cristo ha hecho: no sólo una descripción descarnada de lo que allí se vive cuando no hay público y se borran las sonrisas sostenidas con alfileres, obligatorias para los miembros cuando se enfrentan al mundo exterior, sino también un genuino mea culpa por las almas que a ella le tocaron en suerte como reclutadora estrella para el continente americano.

Uma investigação das relações entre as igrejas neopentecostais e o varejo de drogas e o crescimento do racismo religioso. Em A culpa é do diabo: O que li, vivi e senti nas encruzilhadas a pesquisadora Carolina Rocha investiga a complexidade das relações estabelecidas, em termos de disputas político-religiosas, entre neopentecostalismo, varejo de drogas ilícitas e religiosidades afro-brasileiras em algumas das favelas do Rio de Janeiro.

When Mary Calls demonstrates how the Mother of God continues to draw seekers into deeper relationships with Christ, transforming extraordinary encounters into sustained spiritual practices which offer meaning and to a world searching for hope.

For anyone who has ever said, “It feels like we’re living in different realities,” an unforgettable read and definitive explainer of the strange history of evangelical conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theories are at the root of the most pressing political problems of our time, yet their...

Los grupos evangélicos tuvieron en los últimos años un crecimiento exponencial en todo el continente americano y lograron consolidarse como una nueva fuerza política y social. Entre sus miembros hay presidentes, ministros y ministras, diputados y diputadas, asesores y asesoras que ocupan...

A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks in the floorboards of our daily lives, whether we want it to or not. A departure from more...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The inspiring story of evangelicals in Cincinnati struggling to bridge racial divides in their own church, their community, and across the nation In 2016, even as Ohio helped deliver victory to presidential candidate Donald Trump, Cincinnati voters also passed a...

ಅನಾಥ ಹುಡುಗ ಆಶಿದ್ ಕಾಲೇಜಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಮತ್ತು ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರಿ ಸಲ್ಮಾಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಾದಾಗ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಂ...

సమాజంలో కేవలం బలప్రయోగంతోనే కులవ్యవస్థ స్థిరీకరించబడ్డదని బలంగా నమ్మి, భారతీయ గతితార్కిక భౌతిక వాదాన్ని...

The religion of the ancient Greeks has lain dormant for too long. In Hellenismos, Tony Mierzwicki shows how to bring it back in all of its primal glory. Learn how to forge personal relationships with the ancient Greek deities. Recreate the practices of the Greeks and enjoy the richness of their spiritual practices.