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Myth, Ritual and Religion (Vol. 1&2)

Enriched edition.

by Andrew Lang, Darren Matthews ...

Andrew Lang's 'Myth, Ritual and Religion' is a two-volume masterpiece that delves deep into the realms of mythology, rituals, and religions across different cultures. Through a scholarly lens, Lang explores the significance of myths and rituals in shaping human society and belief systems. Drawing upon extensive research and comparative analysis, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of the ... Read more

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Andrew Lang's 'Myth, Ritual and Religion' is a two-volume masterpiece that delves deep into the realms of mythology, rituals, and religions across different cultures. Through a scholarly lens, Lang explores the significance of myths and rituals in shaping human society and belief systems. Drawing upon extensive research and comparative analysis, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of the
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Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith

by Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis’s first papal letter, reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all“Precisely because it is linked to love, the light of faith is concretely placed at the service of justice, law and peace. Faith is born of an encounter with God’s primordial love, wherein the meaning and goodness of our life become evident; our life ... Read more

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Pope Francis’s first papal letter, reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all“Precisely because it is linked to love, the light of faith is concretely placed at the service of justice, law and peace. Faith is born of an encounter with God’s primordial love, wherein the meaning and goodness of our life become evident; our life
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Ave Maria

The Mystery of a Most Beloved Prayer

by Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis celebrates women in the Church and the world, seen through the lens of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in this enlightening work.“Mary was not omnipotent, she was a normal woman: full of grace, but normal. The power is that grace of the Holy Spirit. Mary is full of the Holy Spirit, who accompanies her for her entire life.”—Pope FrancisIn Ave Maria, Pope Francis explores and unpacks line by ... Read more

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Pope Francis celebrates women in the Church and the world, seen through the lens of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in this enlightening work.“Mary was not omnipotent, she was a normal woman: full of grace, but normal. The power is that grace of the Holy Spirit. Mary is full of the Holy Spirit, who accompanies her for her entire life.”—Pope FrancisIn Ave Maria, Pope Francis explores and unpacks line by
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Thirty-five Reasons Why I Keep the Bible Sabbath

by Robert Corriea ...

$14.42 NZD
The Gospel Truth Of The Bible

The Other Sheep

by Maurice Caines ...

As we look to the Bible for all the answers we need, I discovered that there are two distinct laws, which has caused confusion to almost the whole world, throughout Christendom. These two laws are (1) the Holy Law of God and (2) the Ceremonial laws of Moses. Scriptures revealed that God gave Moses the instruction to write the Ceremonial laws that were in a book. But God wrote his Holy Law, the Ten ... Read more

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As we look to the Bible for all the answers we need, I discovered that there are two distinct laws, which has caused confusion to almost the whole world, throughout Christendom. These two laws are (1) the Holy Law of God and (2) the Ceremonial laws of Moses. Scriptures revealed that God gave Moses the instruction to write the Ceremonial laws that were in a book. But God wrote his Holy Law, the Ten
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CHURCH AND MONEY

THE MATTER OF PASTORS, TITHES, OFFERINGS & FIRST FRUITS A divine understanding from scriptures

by Isaiah MacWealth ...

The subject of church finances, church financing, pastors and financial integrity has become a major discourse on every major social media platform, leaving people in three categories:- Those who believe and adhere strongly to church funding.- Those who are totally against church funding and capitalizing ministry, and- Those who are not really sure of where to stand because of the confusing ... Read more

$8.93 NZD

The subject of church finances, church financing, pastors and financial integrity has become a major discourse on every major social media platform, leaving people in three categories:- Those who believe and adhere strongly to church funding.- Those who are totally against church funding and capitalizing ministry, and- Those who are not really sure of where to stand because of the confusing
... Read more
The Lord's Supper

My Christian Values

by E C Pando ...

Series series My Christian Values
The Lord's Supper by E. C. Pando A concise, powerful exploration of the meal that shaped the earliest Christians. The Lord's Supper cuts through modern tradition and returns to the raw, original meaning of Christ's command: "Do this in remembrance of Me." Drawing from Scripture, early‑Church practice, and the ancient Ethiopian tradition, E. C. Pando reveals how the first believers understood this ... Read more

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The Lord's Supper by E. C. Pando A concise, powerful exploration of the meal that shaped the earliest Christians. The Lord's Supper cuts through modern tradition and returns to the raw, original meaning of Christ's command: "Do this in remembrance of Me." Drawing from Scripture, early‑Church practice, and the ancient Ethiopian tradition, E. C. Pando reveals how the first believers understood this
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Homosexualidad y matrimonio

Estudio sobre la jurisprudencia y la doctrina canónica

by Carmen Peña García ...

Series Book 86 - Estudios
La homosexualidad constituye un fenómeno complejo, sobre el que existe en la actualidad un notable debate doctrinal y científico que ha hecho replantearse explicaciones y posturas comúnmente asumidas hace sólo unas décadas. Este debate interdisciplinar, en el que intervienen las ciencias experimentales, psiquiátricas, sociológicas y antropológico-culturales, afecta inevitablemente también a la ... Read more

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La homosexualidad constituye un fenómeno complejo, sobre el que existe en la actualidad un notable debate doctrinal y científico que ha hecho replantearse explicaciones y posturas comúnmente asumidas hace sólo unas décadas. Este debate interdisciplinar, en el que intervienen las ciencias experimentales, psiquiátricas, sociológicas y antropológico-culturales, afecta inevitablemente también a la
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ABC do Concílio Vaticano II

by Antonio José de Almeida ...

Neste ebook o autor explica o que é um concílio. Esclarece que um concílio é convocado quando uma situação muito especial o exige. No caso do Vaticano II, há uma acumulação histórica de situações que levaram a Igreja a dar uma configuração sócio-histórica tal que clamava por uma profunda avaliação. Trata, em seguida, do anúncio, preparação, convocação e abertura do Concílio por João XXIII, em 1962 ... Read more

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Neste ebook o autor explica o que é um concílio. Esclarece que um concílio é convocado quando uma situação muito especial o exige. No caso do Vaticano II, há uma acumulação histórica de situações que levaram a Igreja a dar uma configuração sócio-histórica tal que clamava por uma profunda avaliação. Trata, em seguida, do anúncio, preparação, convocação e abertura do Concílio por João XXIII, em 1962
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The Epistle To Greenup, Kentucky

OHIO VALLEY / TRI-STATE REGION, #1

by Isaac Newton Corns ...

Series Book 1 - OHIO VALLEY / TRI-STATE REGION
The Epistle To Greenup, Kentucky, declares the settled truth of identity in Christ, speaking to believers as those who already live from union, not striving, and from completion, not progress. This book establishes that identity is not shaped by history, effort, or environment, but by Christ Himself living fully in His people now. Each chapter unfolds how identity governs thought, stabilizes life, ... Read more

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The Epistle To Greenup, Kentucky, declares the settled truth of identity in Christ, speaking to believers as those who already live from union, not striving, and from completion, not progress. This book establishes that identity is not shaped by history, effort, or environment, but by Christ Himself living fully in His people now. Each chapter unfolds how identity governs thought, stabilizes life,
... Read more
Tratado de la Verdadera Devoción a la Santísima Virgen María

by San Luis María Grignion de Montfort ...

El Tratado de la verdadera devoción a la Santísima Virgen (en francés, Traité de la vraie dévotion à la Sainte Vierge) es la obra principal del santo Luis María Grignion de Montfort quien fue un teólogo, sacerdote misionero y escritor francés, miembro de la Iglesia católica y canonizado por esta. Donde expresa la práctica de la Consagración a Jesucristo por medio de la Virgen María. Fue impreso en ... Read more

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El Tratado de la verdadera devoción a la Santísima Virgen (en francés, Traité de la vraie dévotion à la Sainte Vierge) es la obra principal del santo Luis María Grignion de Montfort quien fue un teólogo, sacerdote misionero y escritor francés, miembro de la Iglesia católica y canonizado por esta. Donde expresa la práctica de la Consagración a Jesucristo por medio de la Virgen María. Fue impreso en
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The Abuse of Minors in the Catholic Church

Dismantling the Culture of Cover Ups

Edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Lluis Oviedo ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the biological, psychological, social and ecclesiastical processes that allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions, so that they can be more effectively held to account.An international team of contributors ... Read more

$112.61 NZD

This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the biological, psychological, social and ecclesiastical processes that allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions, so that they can be more effectively held to account.An international team of contributors
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Making Laws for a Christian Society

The Hibernensis and the Beginnings of Church Law in Ireland and Britain

by Roy Flechner ...

Series series Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
This is the first comprehensive study of the contribution that texts from Britain and Ireland made to the development of canon law in early medieval Europe. The book concentrates on a group of insular texts of church law—chief among them the Irish Hibernensis—tracing their evolution through mutual influence, their debt to late antique traditions from around the Mediterranean, their reception (and ... Read more

$105.68 NZD

This is the first comprehensive study of the contribution that texts from Britain and Ireland made to the development of canon law in early medieval Europe. The book concentrates on a group of insular texts of church law—chief among them the Irish Hibernensis—tracing their evolution through mutual influence, their debt to late antique traditions from around the Mediterranean, their reception (and
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Catholic Principles of Slavery in the Teaching of Theologians of the 16th and 17th Centuries

by Grzegorz Kulik ...

Series Book 37 - European Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History of Religions
It is our contemporary view that slavery and Christianity are in extreme opposition. However, in the New Testament, St Paul sent back a slave to his master, therefore accepting the institution of slavery, which begs the question: is there such a thing as «Christian» rules of slavery in the past centuries? This and more will be discussed in this interesting book.– Adam WielomskiThis extensive ... Read more

$123.15 NZD

It is our contemporary view that slavery and Christianity are in extreme opposition. However, in the New Testament, St Paul sent back a slave to his master, therefore accepting the institution of slavery, which begs the question: is there such a thing as «Christian» rules of slavery in the past centuries? This and more will be discussed in this interesting book.– Adam WielomskiThis extensive
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Icons of Christ

A Biblical and Systematic Theology for Women’s Ordination

by William G. Witt ...

The pastoral office is one of the most critical in Christianity. Historically, however, Christians have not been able to agree on the precise nature and limits of that office. A specific area of contention has been the role of women in pastoral leadership. In recent decades, three broad types of arguments have been raised against women’s ordination: nontheological (primarily cultural or political) ... Read more

$78.03 NZD

The pastoral office is one of the most critical in Christianity. Historically, however, Christians have not been able to agree on the precise nature and limits of that office. A specific area of contention has been the role of women in pastoral leadership. In recent decades, three broad types of arguments have been raised against women’s ordination: nontheological (primarily cultural or political)
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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

Edited by Anders Bäckström, Grace Davie, Ninna Edgardh, Per Pettersson ...

Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

$112.61 NZD

Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European
... Read more
Christ and the Law

Antinomianism at the Westminster Assembly

by Whitney G. Gamble, John R. Bower, Chad Van Dixhoorn ...

Series series Studies on the Westminster Assembly Series
Antinomianism was the primary theological concern addressed by the Westminster Assembly. Yet until now, no monograph has taken up the specific concerns related to antinomianism and the famous assembly. In Christ and the Law, Whitney G. Gamble sketches the rise of English antinomianism in the early decades of the 1600s to the assembly’s first encounter with it in 1643, summarizing the main ... Read more

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Antinomianism was the primary theological concern addressed by the Westminster Assembly. Yet until now, no monograph has taken up the specific concerns related to antinomianism and the famous assembly. In Christ and the Law, Whitney G. Gamble sketches the rise of English antinomianism in the early decades of the 1600s to the assembly’s first encounter with it in 1643, summarizing the main
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Das Wunder des Ostens

Die jesuitischen Missionsstrategien im Licht der Uebersetzung religioeser Literatur im fruehneuzeitlichen Japan

by Jan Levin Propach ...

Series Book 168 - Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, wie die jesuitischen Japan-Missionare in der frühen Neuzeit christliche Inhalte in einen fremden Kontext übertragen und übersetzt haben. Dies geschieht anhand von zwei japanischen Quellen: einem – ins Japanische übersetzten – portugiesischen Katechismus sowie einer Sammlung biblischer Geschichten, die japanische Christen während der beinahe dreihundertjährigen ... Read more

$93.55 NZD

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, wie die jesuitischen Japan-Missionare in der frühen Neuzeit christliche Inhalte in einen fremden Kontext übertragen und übersetzt haben. Dies geschieht anhand von zwei japanischen Quellen: einem – ins Japanische übersetzten – portugiesischen Katechismus sowie einer Sammlung biblischer Geschichten, die japanische Christen während der beinahe dreihundertjährigen
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Kingdom of God

An Exploration of the Eschatological Dimension of Bonhoeffer’s Theology

by Arthur L. Wong ...

Series Book 64 - Religions and Discourse
Eschatology is an understudied theological topic in Dietrich Bonhoeffer studies. It is a doctrine that is either acknowledged in passing or ignored altogether. This is primarily due to the apparent drastic shift in the theological posture, language, and terminologies used by Bonhoeffer later in life, dovetailed with the dramatic circumstances surrounding his involvement with the conspiracy to ... Read more

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Eschatology is an understudied theological topic in Dietrich Bonhoeffer studies. It is a doctrine that is either acknowledged in passing or ignored altogether. This is primarily due to the apparent drastic shift in the theological posture, language, and terminologies used by Bonhoeffer later in life, dovetailed with the dramatic circumstances surrounding his involvement with the conspiracy to
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PCC Accountability: The Charities Act 2011 and the PCC 5th edition

Edited by Council ...

This essential reference volume provides up to date guidance for all PCCs in the preparation and scrutiny of their annual financial statements and reports. The fifth edition is updated with SORP 2015 Regulations. ... Read more

$19.65 NZD

This essential reference volume provides up to date guidance for all PCCs in the preparation and scrutiny of their annual financial statements and reports. The fifth edition is updated with SORP 2015 Regulations.
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Restorative Justice and Jesus

by Shimba ...

Restorative Justice and Jesus"Restorative Justice and Jesus" by Dr. Maxwell Shimba explores the deep relationship between biblical teachings and the principles of restorative justice. Dr. Shimba highlights how Jesus' teachings in the New Testament, particularly in the Gospels, offer a framework for reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing, which closely align with modern restorative justice ... Read more

$16.55 NZD

Restorative Justice and Jesus"Restorative Justice and Jesus" by Dr. Maxwell Shimba explores the deep relationship between biblical teachings and the principles of restorative justice. Dr. Shimba highlights how Jesus' teachings in the New Testament, particularly in the Gospels, offer a framework for reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing, which closely align with modern restorative justice
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Highlights of English Cathedrals

Discover the architecture, beauty and inspiration of British Cathedrals

by Paul Scott ...

In 1986 I ﬁrst toured Britain and was attracted to the British Cathedrals. Over the years this attraction has grown to a deep fascination. These days I have come to enjoy photography and also the creation of websites, so a project to photograph and create websites of all the English Cathedrals was inevitable. This body of work has led me to create a book format for people to enjoy.I have tried to ... Read more

$11.58 NZD

In 1986 I ﬁrst toured Britain and was attracted to the British Cathedrals. Over the years this attraction has grown to a deep fascination. These days I have come to enjoy photography and also the creation of websites, so a project to photograph and create websites of all the English Cathedrals was inevitable. This body of work has led me to create a book format for people to enjoy.I have tried to
... Read more
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana: potere normativo e ruolo pastorale

by Laura De Gregorio ...

Nell’arco temporale compreso tra la seconda metà del XX secolo e gli inizi del terzo millennio si svolge la vicenda della Conferenza episcopale italiana (CEI) che, nata nel 1952 come luogo di confronto, di comunicazione e di scambio di esperienze pastorali, è diventata in poco più di mezzo secolo, oltre che autorevole guida dell’episcopato, interlocutore «protagonista» delle autorità civili. ... Read more

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Nell’arco temporale compreso tra la seconda metà del XX secolo e gli inizi del terzo millennio si svolge la vicenda della Conferenza episcopale italiana (CEI) che, nata nel 1952 come luogo di confronto, di comunicazione e di scambio di esperienze pastorali, è diventata in poco più di mezzo secolo, oltre che autorevole guida dell’episcopato, interlocutore «protagonista» delle autorità civili.
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«Dritter» Weg und KAGH

Geschichte, Struktur, Zusammenhaenge

by Matthias Nowotny ...

Series Book 54 - Adnotationes In Ius Canonicum
Der Band thematisiert die Zusammenhänge zwischen «Drittem» Weg und Kirchlichem Arbeitsgerichtshof in ihrer gegenseitigen Abhängigkeit und Entstehung. Die Kirchen eröffneten für die kollektivrechtliche Ordnung der Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Beziehungen einen eigenen Weg. Was bedeutet dieser «Dritte» Weg für die Kirchen bei der Ausgestaltung des kollektiven Arbeitsrechts? Um diese Frage zu beantworten ... Read more

$175.42 NZD

Der Band thematisiert die Zusammenhänge zwischen «Drittem» Weg und Kirchlichem Arbeitsgerichtshof in ihrer gegenseitigen Abhängigkeit und Entstehung. Die Kirchen eröffneten für die kollektivrechtliche Ordnung der Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Beziehungen einen eigenen Weg. Was bedeutet dieser «Dritte» Weg für die Kirchen bei der Ausgestaltung des kollektiven Arbeitsrechts? Um diese Frage zu beantworten
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