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Forgiveness is held to be an unqualified moral good, but in cases of abuse and systemic wrong, the expectation to forgive harms victims, minimizes real harm, and lets perpetrators off the hook...

Our Trespasses uncovers how race, geography, policy, and religion have created haunted landscapes in Charlotte, North Carolina, and throughout the United States. By carefully tracing the intertwined...

A humorous story about getting out of your comfort zone and discovering the wonder of the world.Author: Jo RenfroPublisher: Augsburg Fortress PublishersPublication Date: Feb 06, 2024Number of Pages:...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated such advancement that people ask if it should be granted the moral status of personhood. This book argues that this view assumes that personhood...

Grief-stricken Nene and Mara honor Popi's memory by continuing the tradition of singing to neighbors on All Souls' Day.Author: C K MalonePublisher: Augsburg Fortress PublishersPublication Date: Sep...

Poppy does not want to ruin her pristine crayons, so her friends lend her their used ones, but no one has the color she needs.Author: Sally Anne GarlandPublisher: Augsburg Fortress...

The world of contemplative Christianity has yielded to the same voices for too long, most from centuries before our time with lives unlike ours and experiences disconnected from marginalization and...

Rachel Wheeler offers compelling testimony for the value--and the life-giving power--of rewilding." Drawing on the Bible, Christian spirituality, and environmental disciplines, Radical Kinship...

The true story of how a Massachusetts neighborhood rallied together to help a lesbian couple feel welcome and loved again after experiencing anti-LGBTQ hate.Author: Nancy ChurninPublisher: Augsburg...

The Bible and theology are contested spaces, battlegrounds where participants guard entrenched beliefs against perceived threats. But literature, observes novelist Salman Rushdie, opens the universe...

Christianity is a "singing church" with biblical foundations and centuries of examples in Psalms and canticles, hymns, and gospel songs. Rorem brings history to life through engaging tales of the...

Sometimes Buddy feels like hot lava, but through breathing techniques and stepping away, he figures out how to stay cool--Author: Jody Jensen ShafferPublisher: Augsburg Fortress PublishersPublication...

The first book to center the voices of sexual abuse survivors while rethinking key Christian beliefs. Readers will discover new ways of thinking about God that are surprising, challenging, inspiring,...

The Art of Spiritual Care across Religious Difference equips spiritual caregivers to offer competent care amid religious pluralism. This book presents theory and practices to help caregivers think...

Whether you're a dabbler, a career creative, or a self-proclaimed tortured artist, this book is for you. Professional oboist and creativity coach Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez guides artists in all...

Dragons, battles, beasts, and plagues it's no wonder that Revelation is often called the scariest book in the bible. The End Is the Beginning is a trusted companion that cuts through the echo chamber...

There's a secret that most people don't know: Our self-image defines our relationship experiences with others. In The Love Habit, Rainie Howard helps us understand that to be in healthy...

Few women artists feature prominently in the history of art, and even fewer who are mothers. Are motherhood and creativity at odds, or are other factors at play? The Mother Artist twines meditations...

Progressive movements have rooted themselves in the Bible as much as conservative. This book examines how abolitionism, women's rights, and civil rights movements used scripture for their arguments,...

The Proverbial Woman offers a narrative and dialogical approach to the text of Proverbs 31 that unearths the poetry's social, sexual, and political silences and silencings. Chase excavates the power...

Drawing from positive psychology, author Richard Beck (Hunting Magic Eels) explores concepts like gratitude, mindfulness, ego volume, and the small self to provide readers with a road map toward a...

The Social Justice Investor is a step-by-step guide to personal finance for those interested in building wealth while also aligning their finance decisions with their values, intentions, and...

When charismatic believers wage spiritual battles, ideas can take tangible form. With scholarly precision and narrative force, religion scholar Matthew D. Taylor makes intelligible the language,...

Climate anxiety touches nearly everything we do, but perhaps nothing so tenderly as our parenting. What do we do with the fear, grief, and anger we feel? Parent and activist Lydia Wylie-Kellermann...

Presbyterian minister and jazz pianist Bill Carter traces the meaning and spirituality of jazz, weaving together stories from the history of American music with his own experiences and those of...

Daily, 66 million poor white people pay the price for failing whiteness. In Trash, activist and chaplain Cedar Monroe introduces us to the poor residents of a small town in Washington, who grapple...

Tumminio Hansen offers a dynamic exploration of how trauma affects the spiritual lives of sufferers both individually and collectively. Blending cutting-edge research in both theology and psychology,...

Trespass is an honest and unflinching depiction of the beauty and humanity of the unhoused people of Los Angeles. Through profiles, essays, and stunning black-and-white photographs from filmmaker and...

Cordelia may look like a goat, but on the inside she knows she is a tugboat--or tuggoat--no matter what anybody tells her.Author: Kersten HamiltonPublisher: Augsburg Fortress PublishersPublication...

Contemplation is a necessary step of activism. Barbara Holmes reveals that the justice movements in the twentieth century came from consistent contemplation practices of those seeking liberation...