Taking a contemporary look at the religiosity of black women, this work explores what is behind black women's intense loyalty to the church. It illuminates the spiritual sustenance the church provides black women, uncovers their critical assessment of the church's ministry, and interprets the consequences of their limited collective activism.
Lack of time is the chronic complaint of our culture - and the reality of most of our lives. Sabbath as a day of rest has been lost in our to - do lists and organizers, but the sense of Sabbath, as spiritual leisure, is very much needed in our time-starved world. Sabbath Sense offers a refreshing perspective on making the spiritual choice to take ......
"Tim Sedgwick's Sacramental Ethics was a groundbreaking book that awaked us to the significance of religious practices for the moral like. We are, therefore, indebted to Augsburg Fortress for their willingness to make this work available for a new generation who has much to learn from this book." - Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School ......
The book is addressed to all true lovers: straight or gay, dep into the adventure of a shared like or just contemplating it, or emerging out of a failed attempt.
Including over 260 brief biographies, and 33 entries, as well as a glossary of terms that help to explain the theology of the Roman Catholic Church, this title introduces the faithful to the day's feast or to the saint whose memorial is being celebrated.
For Christians, memories of God given in the Christian Bible are juxtaposed, echoed, and expanded within and outside Christian communities of faith. In Saving Memory and the Body of Christ, Sedgwick argues, Christians are attuned to the polyphony that is the voice of God calling those who have ears to hear into the love and grace of God in life ......
How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Ou
New updated and expanded paperback reveals the universal yearning writer David Zahl identifies, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism."
How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Ou
We have a universal yearning, writes Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough-what religions call "righteous." Today, we look to all sorts of everyday activities--from eating and parenting to dating and voting-for the meaning once provided on Sunday morning.
Daniel Bagby is a pastor, professional counsellor and a professor of pastoral care. With this book, he seeks to provide an understanding of the emotions that find expression in tears.'
