Theology and Community (Routledge Studies in Religion)
by Chris Shannahan
The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent; Abridged Edition
by Mr Craig Harline
A Critical Edition of Ruths Recompence by Richard Bernard
A Critical Edition of Ruths Recompence by Richard Bernard presents Richard Bernard’s commentary on the book of Ruth, originally published in 1628, to the modern reader. Arlene McAlister’s introduction sets the work in its contemporary context and most significantly elucidates the issue of women’s conduct that arises from the biblical story and challenges Bernard and the preceding early modern Ruth commentators. The introduction details how the commentators have great difficulty in expounding Rut...
A former nun examines how contact with the larger society has affected American religious orders, with particular focus on the relationship between organizational change and membership loss.
What are the Ethical Implications of Worship?
by Steven Larson, H Paul Santmire, and Samuel Torvend
Open Questions in Worship explores current issues and emerging practices in the church's worship from a variety of open perspectives. This series invites all who care for the church's life and mission to renew their understanding of the church's worship. Each volume features three essays on the question, along with bibliography for further inquiry.
New Wineskins (Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity, v. 30)
by Joyce V. Thurman
Cistercians, Heresy and Crusade in Occitania, 1145-1229
by Beverly Mayne Kienzle
The Eucharistic Prayer
by J.A. Jungmann, George Davey, and Robert L. Batley
Cultures of Care (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)
by Chris Langley
Cultures of Care: Domestic Welfare, Discipline and the Church of Scotland, c. 1600-1689 explores voluntary networks of charity and their interaction with the Reformed Church of Scotland. Whereas most previous histories have assessed the growth of institutional charity, this book contends that the Reformed Church of Scotland was heavily reliant on informal, domestic modes of self-help throughout the seventeenth century. The existence and widespread acceptance of informal care dramatically change...
From the time it was first promulgated in the sixth century, The Rule of St. Benedict has been one of the most influential, enduring documents of Western civilization. Composed for the guidance of his own monks at Monte Cassino, St. Benedict's Rule has become the basis for the rules of practically every Christian monastic community in the West. In it are the guidelines for living the spiritual life -- through work, prayer, study, obedience, community, and moderate asceticism.This acclaimed editi...
Tax Guide for Churches & Religious Organizations
by Internal Revenue Service
Die EKD, die die deutschen evangelischen Kirchen seit ihrer Grundung integriert, aussert sich oft mit kirchlichen Stellungnahmen zu politischen, okonomischen und gesellschaftlichen Problemen. Solche Bemuhungen der EKD spiegeln eine grundlegende Anderung ihres Verhaltnisses zum Politischen wider. Die deutschen evangelischen Kirchen empfanden einerseits ihre Fehler im Dritten Reich sehr schmerzlich. Andererseits wollten sie sich in der von den Westalliierten eingefuhrten Demokratie bewahren. Der V...