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In the last three decades, scores of books have been published on the role of the Vatican in the modern world. Popes and Politics shows that many recent authors, whether devoted or antagonistic to the papacy, have been guilty of factual disstortions and biased interpretations that lead to a flawed picture of the church and its relation to contemporary society.

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Can Christian clergy - supposedly men of peace - also be warriors This book examines the popes and cardinals over several centuries who not only preached war but also put it into practice as military leaders.

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This text includes both traditional and new carols that have become popular through radio/TV or schools, black music, Taize, pop-music and from modern composers. It includes the three extra verses of "Silent Night", discovered in 1997.

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Throughout Latin America, observers and activists have found in religion a promise of deep and long-lasting democratization. But for religion to change culture and politics, religion itself must change. Such change is not only a matter of doctrine, ritual, or institutional arrangements but also arises out of the needs, values, and ideas of average

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This book addresses the historical, linguistic, philosophical, and theological dimensions of post-Holocaust JewishChristian dialogue. The distinguished thinkers who contribute illuminate how far the interfaith dialogue has come and what remains to be achieved.

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This book addresses the historical, linguistic, philosophical, and theological dimensions of post-Holocaust JewishChristian dialogue. The distinguished thinkers who contribute illuminate how far the interfaith dialogue has come and what remains to be achieved.

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This volume aims to explore the implications of post colonial theory, one of the most challenging and contentious critical categories of our time - for biblical texts and interpretation.

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Postcolonial studies have made significant inroads into biblical studies, giving rise to numerous conference papers, articles, essays and books. This book offers an introduction to postcolonial biblical criticism and probes it from a number of different but interrelated angles to bring it into focus, so that its promise can be better appreciated.

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Postcolonial Biblical Criticism is most in-depth introduction to date to postcolonial biblical criticism. This volume explores postcolonial biblical criticism from a number of different but interrelated angles, so as to bring it into as sharp a focus as possible.

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This volume offers a brief introduction to the Postliberal theology

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This volume offers a brief introduction to the Postliberal theology

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Presents a new paradigm for childrens ministry in the emerging church of the 21st century and explores current ways churches are putting that vision into practice.

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Examines the ambiguous role played by the concept of power in Christian theology. This work argues that it is not credible to attempt to dissociate Christian faith from the phenomena of power in their entirety. It holds that human beings are enmeshed in a deeply ambiguous context, a world of overlapping and intersecting powers.

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Structured with one chapter for each week of Lent, this book guides us toward a "transformed passion" as the true power of Christ's final days is revealed. It offers questions at the end of each chapter for prayer and discussion.

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This book shows how different denominations handle power in different ways, exposes the misuse of power in fundamentalist and new religious movements, and argues that the latter highlight problems of power elsewhere within the Church.

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For years, scholars have attempted to understand the powerful hold that the sermon had upon the imagination of New England Puritans. In this book Emory Elliott puts forth a complex and striking thesis: that Puritan religious literature provided the myths and metaphors that helped the people to express their deepest doubts and fears, feelings create