I'll make you a promise. This isn't another feel-good, pat-on-the-back book that gets tossed onto your wife's nightstand. I don't read them either. I wrote this for you in hopes of encouraging men to embrace alpha manhood without having to worry abo…
In this unique collection of essays, some of today's smartest Jewish thinkers explore a broad range of fundamental questions in an effort to balance ancient tradition and modern sexuality In the last few decades a number of factors-post-modernism, f…
Within this close textual analysis of the Babylonian Talmud, Yishai Kiel explores rabbinic discussions of sex in light of cultural assumptions and dispositions that pervaded the cultures of late antiquity and particularly the Iranian world. By negot…
The spiritual natures of man and woman come to expression in thought, art, craft, and many other domains: from the depths of their soul-spirit constitutions even to the clothes they wear. These natures manifest also in the fullness of love, even unt…
Just five weeks after its publication in January 1836, Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, billed as an escaped nun's shocking expose of convent life, had already sold more than 20,000 copies. The book detailed gothic-style horror stories o…
Gay spirituality represents a hidden strand in Western thought that was only publically declared from the Gay Liberation of the 1970s. Since "coming out", expressions of gay spirituality have proliferated in both number and diversity. Beginning with…
Are you new to leadership? Are you training leaders? Lay a good foundation with these basic leadership principles. Through 5 Leadership Essentials for Women, experienced leaders guide today's Christian laywoman in how to develop necessary skills to…
The Garden of Eden was a perfect place, and everything in it was original to the core. In other words, the heavenly kingdom was in the garden, and the garden carried the seed for the entire universe (Matt. 6:10). As a husband and father, I now prese…
Everybody wants to fall in love, but so many relationships end in heartbreak instead of happily-ever-after. Now one of the nation's most trusted voices on family relationships, Dr. James Dobson, offers this practical guide to love--what it is and wh…
100 years, the popes have spoken about women on more than 40 occasions. This book is the first study, in any language, of that teaching. From speeches to encyclicals, Richard Leonard takes the reader through 27 of the most important papal documents…
Female monks have been discussed within the spheres of socio-history, theology, and literary analysis, but no comprehensive study has focused on their historical and gendered context until now. This book reexamines their hagiographies to reveal that…
A chronicle of Craig's journey through life with Down syndrome, as he and his parents face medical, social, educational and vocational challenges with patience, persistence, humor, and a loving God.
Since the 1960s a fresh wave of new religions and what has come to be termed 'spiritualities' have been evident on a global scale. This volume in The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religion focuses on these 'new' religions and their often conten…
Sex God, Rob Bell's follow-up to the bestselling Velvet Elvis, tackles the controversial relationship between sexuality and spirituality. Published as part of the Rob Bell Classic relaunch, Sex God explores the links between love, sex, and God.
Diese Arbeit untersucht die ekklesiologischen Ansatze der bedeutendsten kontextuellen Theologien der Gegenwart: der Befreiungstheologie und der feministischen Theologie, reprasentiert durch Leonardo Boff, Rosemary Radford Ruether und Elisabeth Schus…
This book addresses the increasing role of queer politics within forms of Islamophobia, both by exploring the framing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues as a key marker of western superiority and by identifying the ways in whic…
A meticulously researched inside look at child sexual abuse by clergy, this exhaustive, hard-hitting analysis weaves together interviews with abusive priests and church historical and administrative details to propose a new way of thinking about cle…
In derart harte Lernaufgaben und in ein seelisches Chaos der seelischen Ent-Wicklung, einen Zwillingsflammen-Prozess, zu kommen, hatten sich Doula und Jo als Mensch sicher nicht gew nscht, doch der Aufstieg der Dualseelen ins H chste Bewusstsein ist…
Many of today's most extraordinary Christian women communicators join together to impart the wisdom God has given them--and to help women realize all God intended for them.Features Jill Briscoe, Beth Moore, Sandra D. Wilson, Kathleen Hart, David Hag…
Most "relationship books" are written for women, but women aren't the only ones who want happy, enduring marriages. "Bringing Out the Best in Your Wife" is written with men in mind, men who want to build satisfying relationships but just aren't sure…
This book tells about how God's unfailing love is with us during the time of losing a loved one, how we shed tears for our loved ones that are unknown to anyone but God, and how there is no justice for our tears that we shed.
Conflict is not the circumstance around you; it is the meaning you attach to those circumstances. Conflict is an inside-out progression, not an outside-in aggression. In addition to new concepts on conflict, this book will give you perspective: the…
The better your relationships-with friends, family, the opposite sex, and God-the better your life. This six-session video-based study (DVD sold separately) with workbook by acclaimed relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, will help group…
God called her Adam.Man called her Woman.Fallen Man called her Eve.What do you call her? Who do you say she is?As daughters of Godleave behind the judgment lived out by Eve.Live your life in the fullness and power of Woman.Today, embark on the journ…
This work is not mentioned in the Retractations, probably because it is a letter, and as such it is reckoned by Possidius, cap. 7. It is also marked as St. Augustin's by its references to his other works, De Bono Conjugali, etc. cap. 15. Ep. to Prob…
In medieval Japan (14th-16th centuries), it was customary for elite families to entrust their young sons to the care of renowned Buddhist priests from whom they received a premier education in Buddhist scriptures, poetry, music, and dance. When the…
Many moms struggle with finding time to spend with God. Is it even possible, between diaper changes, carpools, meals, and messes? It is possible, if only moms could connect with their Creator and vacuum cereal out of the car seat at the same time. M…
Marriage for Life begins by listening to the lived experiences of Catholic, married, HIV-positive women, in order to better understand their struggles. The eight women interviewed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, shared their stories of marriage, of famil…
Beyond Belief addresses what happens when women of extreme religions decide to walk away. Editors Susan Tive (a former Orthodox Jew) and Cami Ostman (a de-converted fundamentalist born-again Christian) have compiled a collection of powerful personal…
Of the many sects that broke from the official Russian Orthodox church in the eighteenth century, one was universally despised. Its members were peasants from the Russian heartland skilled in the arts of animal husbandry who turned their knives on t…
It all started in a Revival Tent outside of a small town in Burgaw, North Carolina. Dressed to her best and ready to party with her husband, Loretta Gore, stopped dead in her tracks when she heard the most beautiful music coming from the tent. Littl…
Discover what it means to truly trust God, and how a deep relationship with him can bring life and joy into marriage. Renowned family counselor, seminar speaker, and author Gary Smalley gives insight into five truths that can transform marriage.Shar…
We live in a foolish world with women making bad choices and suffering from the collateral damage of other's wrong choices. "The One Year Wisdom for Women Devotional," based on the audio program of the same name, was birthed out of the great need fo…
The opponents of legal recognition for same-sex marriage frequently appeal to a "Judeo-Christian" tradition. But does it make any sense to speak of that tradition as a single teaching on marriage? Are there elements in Jewish and Christian tradition…
!Levante la cabeza, mama!El dia en que Angela Thomas vendio lo unico que tenia, el diamante de su anillo de compromiso, para cuidar de sus hijos fue el dia en que empezo a creer que iban a salir adelante. En esa decision, la fe de la cual siempre ha…