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Acting as an introduction to medical ethics, this is an exploration of the problem posed by pain in the field of medicine and religion. The author, Margaret Spufford, suffers from an incurable disease, but in spite of this, as a devout Christian she can write objectively of the problem of pain.

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An exploration of the phenomenon of celibate marriages in Byzantine hagiography.

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This text examines the theological framework within which St Patrick presented his experience and at how the Celtic lands of Ireland and Wales developed a distinctive view of sin, reconciliation and Christian law.

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Stemming from the work of Thomas Keating, "Centering Prayer in Life and Ministry" allies meditation practices with silent prayer and offers a powerful method of attending to the word of God. This collection of essays contains many key insights into the meaning and practice of centering prayer.

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A change agent wants to alter the way the world works. Creative, driven, difficult, these people have visions that they wrench into reality. Steve Chalke turned a church into the hub of its inner-city community. In Change Agents, he shares lessons he learned---hard-won, wryly told, and immensely practical---as his vision took form and life.

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According to best-selling author Dr. Gary Smalley, nobody has to live by the destructive subtle lies or believe the distortions of truth this world holds out to us. There are steps, strategies, and beliefs people can bring to their lives to either totally transform them or quietly improve them-and it all starts with hiding God's Word in their hearts.

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According to the author, nobody has to live by the destructive subtle lies or believe the distortions of truth this world holds out to us.

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This companion workbook to the bestselling book offers a hands-on approach to working through the four practical steps to a happier, healthier you.

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In this work Runions takes up questions of the reading process that arise from literary, ideological critical and cultural studies approaches to the Bible. She examines readers' negotiations with the ambiguous configurations of gender, nation and future vision in the book of Micah.

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If Tony Hall was to be true to his faith, he must find a way to bring God into the political world in which he worked. He realized, as he watched a doctor combing the crowds of starving Africans in Ethiopia looking for a half-dozen lives he could save, that he would travel among the hungry and bring their needs to the attention of Washington.

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Churches everywhere are experiencing change. This book identifies the main challenges facing the church and reflects on how Christians should respond. It studies the immense moral challenges of our rapidly changing world, the changing patterns of churchgoing and changes in theological education.

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Andrew Angel briefly reviews the work of Old Testament scholars on the mythological motif of God's battle with the dragon and the chaos waters. He also reviews works that touch on the existence of the motif in the period 515 BCE to 200 CE, noting the need for thorough survey of the motif in Hebrew literature of this period.

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With a focus on specific figures, the characters and characterizations of Mark's Gospel are explored and analyzed in this collection of essays.

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"This book explores different approaches to understanding Matthean characters and characterization through exegetical studies of specific characters and groups as they appear in Matthew's Gospel"--

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Explores how the "Fourth Gospel's" use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus and how it functions as a part of the "Gospel's" rhetoric. This work approaches the "Gospel" in its final form, focusing on how Greco-Roman rhetoric assists in understanding the ways in which Scripture is employed to support the presentation of Jesus.

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An analysis of characters and characterization in the gospel of Luke and the book of Acts, taking in a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives.

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"Fills a gap in Hebrew Bible scholarship by examining the characters and their characterization in the Book of Judges, particularly focusing on their effect on storytelling"--