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LSU Press
In Christian theology, a skandalon is a distraction from grace, a maze of error where we wander pointlessly, wasting our lives. To the ancient Greeks, a skandalon was the trigger of a trap. T. R. Hummer's labyrinthine new collection encompasses …
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His Essential Ideas Revealed and Explained
Zondervan
Friedrich Nietzsche's thoughts in 140 characters or less.Tweetable Nietzsche introduces and analyzes the worldview of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsches tweets, 140 characters or less, provide readers a distilled essence of every major aspect of his worldview. Each tweet illustrates some aspect …
View book details for Learning the Language of the Soul
A Spiritual Lexicon
Liturgical Press
How can we describe to others what is happening to us on our spiritual journey? How can we depict the spiritual road that we are takingexperiences of prayer, transitions that we travel through, impediments that we faceand externalize into words …
Liturgical Press
Some ancient works of literature survive in fragments that appear so simple and complete it's hard to imagine them as being part of a larger narrative. Such is the case with Ruth and Esther. On first reading they appear so …
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A Conversation about Grace, Virtue, and the Eucharist
Liturgical Press
According to Thomas Aquinas, the Eucharist is meant to build up the unity of the church. This desired ecclesial unity is, however, not often given adequate treatment. In Speaking with Aquinas, David Farina Turnbloom seeks to describe the relationship between …
Liturgical Press
Luke continues to challenge our lives. Focusing on Jesus and his earthly ministry among the early church, Michael, F. Patella, OSB, opens the Gospel of Luke to the 21st-century reader.Patella presents literary, textual, and historical criticism in a readable manner …
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A History of Monastic Missions to China
Liturgical Press
The contribution of monks to the evangelization of lands not yet reached by the preaching of the Gospel has certainly been remarkable. The specific witness that the monastic community gives is of a radical Christian life naturally radiating outward, and …
View book details for Aelred the Peacemaker
The Public Life of a Cistercian Abbot
Liturgical Press
In addition to being a prolific spiritual writer and the abbot of the premier Cistercian monastery in northern England, Aelred of Rievaulx somehow found the time and the stamina to travel extensively throughout the Anglo-Norman realm, acting as a mediator, …
Liturgical Press
The Gospel of Luke demonstrates the universal nature of Jesus mission and the compassion of God. Part One of this study includes Luke 1:1-11:54, taking the reader from the infancy narratives of John the Baptist and Jesus to their births …
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Scriptural Reflections for Trauma Survivors
Liturgical Press
You Have Set Us Free helps survivors of trauma, and their family and friends, to understand the deep and long-lasting effects of their trauma. It also helps them to correlate their experiences of suffering and healing in the light of …
View book details for A Spirituality of Perfection
Faith in Action in the Letter of James
Liturgical Press
2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!Throughout this century the Epistle of James has been viewed consistently as a disjointed set of instructions. In A Spirituality of Perfection Patrick Hartin differs from this approach by showing that the call for perfection" …
Liturgical Press
No two works in the Pauline Epistles resemble each other as closely as Colossians and Ephesians. Often recognized for their majestic tone and powerful theological statement, Colossians and Ephesians also present many challenges of interpretation. Most commentaries on these letters …
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The Quest for Truth and Meaning
Liturgical Press
Philosophy begins, Aristotle said, with wonder; it addresses the great questions of life. This process of self-discovery through philosophy leads one to ask questions not only about human existence but also about God. In Philosophy: The Quest for Truth and …
View book details for At Home With Saint Benedict
Monastery Talks
Liturgical Press
At Home with Saint Benedict is a selection of the author's conferences on Saint Benedict's Rule for Monasteries delivered to the monks of Assumption Abbey of Ava, Missouri, when he was abbot there. The author's intention was simply to share …
View book details for Hail Mary, Holy Bible
Sacred Scripture and the Mysteries of the Rosary
Liturgical Press
The rosary has been at the core of Catholic devotional life for centuries. Renewing its place in our spiritual life today can be powerfully assisted by going to Sacred Scripture to focus our minds and hearts on the life and …
View book details for Spirituality: An Art of Living
A Monk's Alphabet of Spiritual Practices
Liturgical Press
Spirituality: An Art of Living was born out of a generous impulse: to pass on lessons from the monastic tradition to lay people so as to help them achieve a more ardent and fulfilling spiritual life. In this book, Benedictine …
Liturgical Press
The central thesis underlying this study of Genesis is that the God who is revealed as a character in Genesis is always a savior. In Genesis, David Cotter, OSB, helps readers discern a structure in the book whereby the least …
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His Life, Rule, and Legacy
Liturgical Press
Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy contains a new English translation of a commentary on the entire Rule of Columban. Columban was a sixth-century Irish monk who compiled a written rule of life for the three monasteries he founded …
Liturgical Press
Saint Bernard was born in 1090 near Dijon, France. He joined the fifteen-year-old monastery of Citeaux in 1113. In 1115 he became the founding abbot of Clairvaux Abbey, whence his name, Bernard of Clairvaux. Saint Bernard was a gifted and …
Liturgical Press
What was originally part of an ongoing dialogue between Paul and the community at Corinth has become vital in today's Christian worship. Maria A. Pascuzzi, CSJ, helps us look at the Corinthian community through Paul's viewpoint, highlighting the struggles and …
Liturgical Press
This volume, using multiple methods, seeks to bring together the best scholarship and insightJewish and Christian, past and presentthat has contributed to our understanding and appreciation of the biblical book of Ruth. As a feminist commentary, it is particularly sensitive …
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From Plato to William of Ockham
Fordham University Press
The notion that human thought is structured like a language, with a precise syntax and semantics, has been pivotal in recent philosophy of mind. Yet it is not a new idea: it was systematically explored in the fourteenth century by …
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Moses and the Violent Origins of Religion
Fordham University Press
Over the last few decades, vibrant debates regarding post-secularism have found inspiration and provocation in the works of Sigmund Freud. A new interest in the interconnection of psychoanalysis, religion and political theory has emerged, allowing Freuds illuminating examination of the …
View book details for Sports and Society in the Middle East
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 2
The American University in Cairo Press
The sociology of sports in the Middle East has been neglected compared to other world regions. This volume aspires to encourage a greater focus on this topic. Here are assembled papers that discuss various aspects of this subject. As it …
De Gruyter
Le premier tome des "OEuvres completes de Benjamin Constant", qui couvre les annees 1774-1799 soit 25 annees de la vie de l'auteur, est divise en trois volets. Le premier presente les textes, maladroits et touchants, que le petit Benjamin composait …
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