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Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Nothing gives church folk anxiety quite like the subject of sex. And that's why in Shameless, Pastor Nadia sets out to reclaim the conversation for a new generation. In the spirit of Martin Luther, Bolz-Weber calls for a reformation of the way believers understand and express their sexuality. To make her case, Bolz-Weber draws on experiences from her own life as well as her parishoners', then puts them side by side with biblical narrative and theology...
Author
Publisher
Getty Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was as exceptional as her paintings. She was a child prodigy, raised without a mother by her artist father, a follower of Caravaggio, under whom she apprenticed. This is the first biography to be written by an authority on Gentileschi since 1999 and includes five newly discovered paintings.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Five hundred years ago, an obscure monk challenged the authority of the pope with a radical new vision of what Christianity could be. The revolution he unwittingly set in motion has toppled governments, upended social norms, and transformed millions of people's understanding of their relationship with God. In this dazzling global history charting five centuries of innovation and change, Alec Ryrie makes the case that the world we live in was indelibly...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
While bringing to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism, Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective--even subversive--beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith.
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Learning about history helps us understand how we got where we are today--and how to make the world a better place. From the rise of Mesopotamia in the distant past to the global pandemic of 2020, this kid-friendly journey takes you through thousands of years of history, one key event at a time"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Morality, the distinguished religious leader and philosopher Rabbi Jonathan Sacks diagnoses our troubled times as a period of "cultural climate change." Delivering an insightful critique of our modern condition, and assessing its roots and causes from the ancient Greeks through the Reformation and Enlightenment to the present day, Sacks argues that there is no liberty without morality, and no freedom without responsibility"--
Author
Publisher
Abingdon-Cokesbury Press
Pub. Date
1977, 1950.
Language
English
Description
Nearly 500 years ago, a humble Augustinian monk challenged the whole of the western world through the deceptively simple act of posting a list of objections to the corruptions of the medieval church on the doors of the cathedral in Wittenberg, Germany. Intended as a local debate on clergy abuses, Martin Luther's audacity would ripple throughout Europe and echo through the centuries as the Protestant Reformation. Luther demanded nothing less than...
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but we're too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and we're famished for what she has to say."-Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Of Mess and Moxie and For the Love Wildly popular blogger "Jamie the Very Worst Missionary" delivers a searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration...
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