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99 Names of God offers a meditation on each of the 99 names of God that are found in the Islamic creed--Author: David Steindl-RastPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: April 21, 2021Number of...

Stories and teachings from various spiritual traditions to guide us in our call to forgive, reconcile, and repair our world--Author: Megan McKennaPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: Sep 25,...

On the spiritual dimensions of grandparenting--how this stage of life may expand our hearts, enlarge our humanity, put us back in touch with fundamental aspects of our selves that we have lost touch...

A timely collection of writings and speeches by Pope Francis covering his teachings against war and for peace, including his topical response to the war in Ukraine.Author: Robert Elslberg|Pope...

This book, with extensive illustrations, explores the life, spirituality, and artistic vocation of Fr. William Hart McNichols by way of interviews with Chris Pramuk. The first half of the book traces...

Birth of a Movement tells the story of the Black Lives Matter movement through a Christian lens. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the movement and why it can help the church, and the...

Essays honoring the work of Catholic ethicist James F. Keenan--Author: Christopher P. Vogt, Kate WardPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: Aug 28, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

Charles de Foucauld (d. 1916), a modern desert hermit, whose life and witness inspired the foundation of the Little Brothers of Jesus and other communities, is due for canonization in the coming year...

Homilies by Catholic women following the Sunday lectionary readings for Cycle A--Author: Donnelly ElizabethPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: Sep 25, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

This series of three volumes, following the A, B, C Cycles of the lectionary, offer homilies by Catholic women from the around the world. This is taken from an ongoing project, "Catholic Women...

Christ without Borders approaches the mystery of Christ through Indian experiences and perspectives. Parappally develops the critiques of Christian preoccupations without dogmas and doctrines about...

Thirty short meditations that combine scriptural references to creation, theology, reflections on nature, and the threats to the natural world. Each is a snapshot that presents only one aspect of the...

Engaging intellectual works by Black authors to help readers identify and dismantle Whiteness--Author: W. Benjamin BoswellPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: Feb 21, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

Traditionally, inculturation has referred to a strategy employed by Western missionaries to evangelize non-Christian cultures. But what does this look like from the other side, from the perspective...

Amid the dire immediacy of present crises, Living the Way encourages readers to remember our human past and step into our planetary future with the spiritual energy of Thomas Berry. This book...

Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters)Author: Etty Hillesum, Annemarie S. KidderPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: Nov 01, 2009Number of Pages: 160 pagesLanguage:...

Writings of beloved spiritual writer, peace activist, and Benedictine nun Mary Lou Kownacki culled from her well-known Old Monk's Journal."--Author: Mary Lou KownackiPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication...

Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson's life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement...

St. Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Movement breathed new life into the church in his day and in the centuries since. Yet his movement soon split into clashing branches. What went wrong? Looking...

In this early autobiographical work with a new foreword by Pope Francis, Dorothy Day offers the first account of her dramatic conversion--Author: Day DorothyPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date:...

Author: Howard ThurmanPublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: November 08, 2006Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1570756708ISBN-13: 9781570756702

The 40th anniversary edition of an Orbis classic--Francis of Assisi's spirituality and life explained in an inimitable voice that could only be his own, except that it was Carlo Carretto's. "I was...

Recent works like The New Jim Crow and The 1619 Project have explored the ongoing legacy of slavery and Jim Crow segregation on many aspects of American life. Alessandra Harris develops this theme in...

The Passion narratives contain painful anti-Semitic tropes-particularly the Gospel of John, which is read world-wide every Holy Week. These readings have been used over the centuries to brand the...

For over fifty years, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a Baptist minister, activist, and organizer, has worked for civil rights, peace, and the promise of true democracy. From his years in the Civil Rights...

This book of nineteen reflections and a dozen intentional spiritual practices is for the growing number of people living at the intersection of contemplation and justice. Each chapter is a teaching...

Seeks to identify the current disconnect" between the church and the movements led by younger generations"--Author: Ansel AugustinePublisher: Orbis BooksPublication Date: Mar 17, 2022Number of Pages:...

Addressing the crisis in American public life entails more than personal virtue or having the correct opinions. Whether in a local community, an educational institution, or a global organization, it...

A companion to her previous Hidden Women of the Gospels, this new volume tells stories or midrash" based on named or unnamed women who appear in the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles"--Author: Kathy...

A study of the cult of Guadalupe, which the author argues is not an expression of Marian devotion so much as a popular form of pneumatology, a devotion to the Holy Spirit by way of Mary. This book...