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This introductory text serves as a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of practical theology. Edited by two past presidents of the Association of Practical Theology, each chapter is written by a leader in the field, incorporating a spectrum of Christian denominations.

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This introductory text serves as a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of practical theology. Edited by two past presidents of the Association of Practical Theology, each chapter is written by a leader in the field, incorporating a spectrum of Christian denominations.

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This text began life as a series of addresses given to students at Exeter College, Oxford, during a four year period when the author held the office of College Catechist. The sermons are guided by the readings of the day in the lectionary.

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Opus Dei is one of the most talked about, but least known religious organizations. This work separates the myths from the facts and descibes: the actual use of whips and the cilice; the extent of Opus Dei's funds; the identities of its influential members in politics, banking and high office; and how much power this shadowy group really has.

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This volume presents documents in the history of deistic thought, many of which were first published clandestinely as publication was regarded as dangerous and would have been open to charges of subversion and treason.

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The last three decades have seen an explosion of biblical scholarship on the oral expression of tradition among Jesus' followers. However to date, no comprehensive introduction to the field exists. Rodriguez adopts a fourfold structure to address this gap, examining the field's key terms, scholars, methodology and rationale.

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The last three decades have seen an explosion of biblical scholarship on the oral expression of tradition among Jesus' followers. However to date, no comprehensive introduction to the field exists. Rodriguez adopts a fourfold structure to address this gap, examining the field's key terms, scholars, methodology and rationale.

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This book looks at each aspect of the Fruit of the Spirit and what it takes to abide with God. Every chapter walks through different aspects of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control using scripture, personal stories, and real-world experiences.

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Provides a review of the Ordained Local Ministry (OLM) experiment - its achievements, its weaknesses, and its ongoing relevance for the Church.

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After critiquing chaos, catastrophe, and complexity theories, showing their limitations in the contemporary era, Rich furthers the development of crisis theory and applies the crisis theory approach to biological and social evolution.

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This book questions the often implicit assumption of many contemporary political philosophers that a society needs its citizens to adopt some shared basic qualities, views, or capabilities.Christoph Luetge provides an alternative view, which relies on mutual advantages as the fundamental basis of society.

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This book questions the often implicit assumption of many contemporary political philosophers that a society needs its citizens to adopt some shared basic qualities, views, or capabilities. Christoph Luetge provides an alternative view, which relies on mutual advantages as the fundamental basis of society.

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A reduced size of the "Order of Christian Funerals" approved by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England, Wales and Scotland. It is the culmination of a long process of revision and new composition based on many years' experience of the 1969 "Ordo Exsequiarum" and its English editions.

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We have schedule planners, computerized calendars, smart phones, and sticky notes to help us organize our business and social lives every day. But what about organizing the other side of our livesthe spiritual side

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According to the mandala principle all experiences are interrelated and reflect a single totality. The author explains how through meditative practices associated with the mandala principle, the opposites of experience are revealed as inseparable parts of a total vision of reality.

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Most local churches want to become an evangelistic force in their community, but sporadically focusing on outreach, giving money to missions, and praying for others are not enough. Pastor Kevin Harney shows how organic outreach - sharing faith naturally - happens when churches weave evangelistic passion into every program and action.

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When we really love something, we talk about it. This is true when find a great new restaurant, enjoy a sports team, or when we stumble onto a fantastic new product. We naturally evangelize and invite others to experience what we have found. Organic Outreach is about living the kind of life that draws people to Jesus.

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In this book, Russell Winslow examines contemporary discourses in microbiology and evolutionary inheritance theory to center the metaphysical prejudices that unreflectively subtend these discourses, highlight and illuminate an emergent prejudice of an ecological ontology in microbiology, and determine what interpretive possibilities it affords.