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Can Women Re-Image the Church?

Can Women Re-Image the Church?
Author: Chinnici, Rosemary

ISBN: 0-8091-3298-2
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Pages: 110

Paperback Paulist Press

From Library Journal Chinnici begins with brief stories of four women who found traditional Christian imagery and language alienating. She addresses primarily the reader whose consciousness of exclusion is beginning to be raised, and who needs to distinguish church from religion and find a religious perspective which affirms the full humanity and equal dignity of women. New and personal images which breathe new life into the faith are essential for this affirmation. While written from a Roman Catholic perspective, the book will be useful to those of other traditions as well. Recommended especially for public libraries. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Children of Choice

Children of Choice
Author: Robertson, John A.

ISBN: 0-691-03665-9
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Pages: 291

Paperback Princeton Univ Pr

From Library Journal Procreative freedom is "the freedom to decide whether or not to have offspring and to control the use of one's reproductive capacity." Robertson, a legal bioethicist who teaches at the University of Texas at Austin's law school, argues that the principle of procreative liberty should be used to determine the ethics and legalities of the many controversial issues surrounding reproductive technology. While obviously favoring his procreative liberty approach, the author allows some discussion of conflicting viewpoints. Robertson's position may not be universally accepted, but his works are regularly cited and his perspective is given significant coverage in many books on this topic. In addition to the much-discussed issues of abortion and surrogacy, Robertson also discusses new issues such as fetal tissue transplants and prenatal genetic screening. While the basic technological facts in this book may become dated, the legal philosophy presented may serve as a foundation for future considerations. Highly recommended for academic and special libraries. Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486--these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. Through the lens of procreative liberty--meaning both the freedom to decide whether or not to have children as well as the freedom to control one's reproductive capacity--John Robertson, a leading legal bioethicist, analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of fascinating questions: Do frozen embryos have the right to be born? Should parents be allowed to select offspring traits? May a government force welfare recipients to take contraceptives? Robertson's arguments examine the broad range of consequences of each reproductive technology and offers a timely, multifaceted analysis of the competing interests at stake for patients, couples, doctors, policymakers, lawyers, and ethicists.

Christian Reflections

Christian Reflections
Author: Lewis, C. S. Hooper, Walter

ISBN: 0-8028-0869-7
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Pages: 190

Paperback Wm. B. Eerdm

Ingram This collection contains fourteen of Lewis's theological papers on subjects such as Christianity and literaure, Christianity and culture, ethics, futility, church music, modern theology and biblical criticism, the Psalms, and petitionary prayer. Common to all of these varied essays are Lewis's uniquely effective style and his tireless concern to relate basic Christianity to all of life.

Conspiracy of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Sharing the Love of Jesus With Others

Conspiracy of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Sharing the Love of Jesus With Others
Author: Sjogren, Steve

ISBN: 0-89283-832-9
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Pages: 236

Paperback Vine Books

Book Description The "conspiracy of kindness" operates on a simple premise: Loving deeds done by unassuming Christians convince more people of the love of God than all the words in the world. If evangelism doesn't seem to be your gift or you're burned out on trying to share the gospel, try Servant Evangelism. It works! --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Ingram "Most Christians become paralyzed just thinking about evangelism. But relax! Steve Sjogren will show you how to demonstrate God's love in practical ways. It's so easy you will be motived and equipped to join with other believers in the conspiracy of kindness. Robert E. Logan Church Rescource Ministries.

Executive Orders

Executive Orders
Author: Cox, Michael

ISBN: 0-399-14219-3
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Hardcover Putnam Pub Group

Amazon.com Tom Clancy goes to the White House in this thriller of political terror and global disaster. The American political situation takes a disturbing turn as the President, Congress, and Supreme Court are obliterated when a Japanese terrorist lands a 747 on the Capitol. Meanwhile the Iranians are unleashing an Ebola virus threat on the country. Jack Ryan, CIA agent, is cast in the middle of this maelstrom. Because of a recent sex scandal, Ryan was appointed vice president, a slot he doesn't hold for long when he lands in the Chief Executive's chair. He goes after the Iranians and then tries to piece together the country and his life the only way he knows how--with a fury that we've grown accustomed to in Clancy's intricate, detailed, and accurate stories of warfare and intrigue. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Amazon.com Author Profile Read about the author. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Gandhi on Non-Violence

Gandhi on Non-Violence
Author: Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Merton, Thomas (Editor)

ISBN: 0-8112-0097-3
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Ingram In this book, Merton has selected the basic statements of principle and interpretation which make up Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence (AHIMSA) and non-violent action (SATYAGRAHA). The Gandhi text follows that established by the Navaijivan Trust with sections dealing with "Principles of non-violence", "Non-violence, true and false", "Spiritual dimensions of non-violence". "The political scope of non-violence", and "The purity of non-violence".

Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, A: Stories

Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, A: Stories
Author: Butler, Robert Olen

ISBN: 0-8050-1986-3
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Pages: 249

Hardcover Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

Amazon.com The Vietnam War continues to play itself out in fiction, autobiography, and history books, but no American author has captured the experiences of the Vietnamese themselves--and caught their voices--more tellingly than Robert Olen Butler, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain. The 15 stories collected here, all written in the first person, blend Vietnamese folklore, the terrible, lingering memories of war, American pop culture and family drama. Butler's literary ventriloquism, as he mines the experiences of a people with a great literary tradition of their own, is uncanny; but his talents as a writer of universal truths is what makes this a collection for the ages. From Publishers Weekly Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Butler's 15 stories, set in the Vietnamese enclaves of suburban New Orleans, capture the voices of people who have lost their homeland and are trying to adapt to an alien culture. Named by PW as one of the best books of 1992. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Gradual Awakening, A

Gradual Awakening, A
Author: Levine, Stephen

ISBN: 0-385-26218-3
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Pages: 192

Paperback Anchor

Ingram Poet and teacher of meditation Dr. Steven Levine writes simply amd gently about his personal experiences with and insights into vipassana meditation. A Gradual Awakening is an inspiring book for anyone who is interested in deep personal growth. From the Publisher Poet and meditation teacher Levine writes simply and gently about his own personal experiences with and insights into vipassana meditation. An inspiring book for anyone interested in deep personal growth.

Greatest Miracle in the World, The

Greatest Miracle in the World, The
Author: MANDINO, OG

ISBN: 0-553-27972-6
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Pages: 128

Paperback Bantam; Reissue

From AudioFile Writer/orator Og Mandino draws on his storytelling skill to inspire us ‡ la Andrew Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale et al. His message and style probably work best on the credulously hopeful. More personality shines in his voice than in his prose. Probably more spontaneous when speaking before a live audience, he exudes cracker-barrel New England tone. Y.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Ingram A great inspirational writer tells his greatest story--an amazing narrative revealing exciting new secrets for your personal happiness and success. Book Description "A work that will lift the mind and heart of every reader." --Dr. Norman Vincent Peale --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Human Cloning: Religious Responses

Human Cloning: Religious Responses
Author: Cole-Turner, Ronald (Editor) Cole-Turner, Ron (Editor)

ISBN: 0-664-25771-2
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Pages: 128

Paperback Westminster John Knox Press

From Library Journal A dozen Christian theologians tackle the question of human cloning and offer diverse views of whether cloning is "playing God" and whether it is something to be welcomed as a scientific advance or feared as a manipulation of creation. While all 12 agree this question needs to be discussed before human cloning becomes a reality, they offer a wide range of views. The contributors represent various Christian denominations. Most are present or former seminary professors; two are directors of church "think-tanks" (representing the Church of Scotland and Roman Catholicism). Two of the 12 are women: one says no to cloning; one sees it as a way to undercut male hegemony and solve the problem of same-sex couples who want a child who possesses the genes of at least one of them. Overall, the collection offers provocative views of an emerging moral issue. Highly recommended.?Augustine J. Curley, Newark Abbey, N.J. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Hundredth Monkey, The

Hundredth Monkey, The
Author: Keyes, Jr., Ken

ISBN: 0-942024-01-X
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Paperback Devorss & Co

About the Author In addition to The Hundredth Monkey, Ken Keyes, Jr. authored: Handbook to Higher Consciousness, How to Enjoy Your Life in Spite of It All, Loving Your Body, A Conscious Person's Guide to Relationships, Prescriptions for Happiness, and Taming Your Mind. Also, he co-authored: How to Make Your Life Work or Why Aren't You Happy (with Tolly Burkan), and Looking Forward (with Jacque Fresco). --This text refers to the 3.5" disk edition. Book Description This unique e-book edition of bestselling author Ken Keyes, Jr.'s book, The Hundredth Monkey, reproduces the entire text of his classic work on the danger of nuclear weapons and power plants in a compact, searchable, and easy-to-read format. The publisher has added a lengthy Introduction and an Afterword to reinforce the fact that nuclear power remains a threat--and why--and shows a possible connection to the UFO phenomenon. --This text refers to the 3.5" disk edition.

I And Thou

I And Thou
Author: Buber, Martin Kaufman, Walter (Translator) Smith, S. G. (Translator)

ISBN: 0-684-71725-5
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Pages: 192

Paperback Touchstone Books

Amazon.com I and Thou, Martin Buber's classic philosophical work, is among the 20th century's foundational documents of religious ethics. "The close association of the relation to God with the relation to one's fellow-men ... is my most essential concern," Buber explains in the Afterword. Before discussing that relationship, in the book's final chapter, Buber explains at length the range and ramifications of the ways people treat one another, and the ways they bear themselves in the natural world. "One should beware altogether of understanding the conversation with God ... as something that occurs merely apart from or above the everyday," Buber explains. "God's address to man penetrates the events in all our lives and all the events in the world around us, everything biographical and everything historical, and turns it into instruction, into demands for you and me." Throughout I and Thou, Buber argues for an ethic that does not use other people (or books, or trees, or God), and does not consider them objects of one's own personal experience. Instead, Buber writes, we must learn to consider everything around us as "You" speaking to "me," and requiring a response. Buber's dense arguments can be rough going at times, but Walter Kaufmann's definitive 1970 translation contains hundreds of helpful footnotes providing Buber's own explanations of the book's most difficult passages. --Michael Joseph Gross Book Description Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as one of its prophets. The need for a new English translation has been felt for many years. The old version was marred by many inaccuracies and misunderstandings, and its recurrent use of the archaic "thou" was seriously misleading. Now Professor... read more

Joshua

Joshua
Author: Girzone, Joseph F.

ISBN: 0-02-019890-6
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Pages: 271

Paperback MacMillan Publishing Company.

From Library Journal A blessed event: Doubleday is issuing the first hardcover edition of Girzone's best-selling inspirational classic, which was self-published. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description The Beloved Classic, Now a Major Motion Picture When Joshua moves to a small cabin on the edge of town, the local people are mystified by his presence. A quiet and simple man, Joshua appears to seek nothing for himself. He supports himself by working as a carpenter. He charges very little for his services, yet his craftsmanship is exquisite. The statue of Moses that he carves for the local synagogue prompts amazement as well as consternation. What are the townsfolk to make of this enigmatic... read more --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Joys of Hebrew, The

Joys of Hebrew, The
Author: Glinert, Lewis

ISBN: 0-19-508668-6
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Pages: 304

Paperback Oxford University Press

From Library Journal Glinert (Hebrew and Jewish studies, Univ. of London) has brought together a collection of more than 600 entries on "the best known and most lovable Hebrew words and sayings." Although the style is light-hearted, the author knows his subject. The arrangement is alphabetical according to an excellent transliteration. Entries range from the familiar Bar Mitzvah and chutzpah to rachmanut ("compassion") and tsarr gidul banim ("the stress of raising children"). Definitions are drawn from literature, folklore, and history and from everyday and esoteric sources. Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories. Nor does he slight etymology. An introductory essay surveys the fate of Hebrew from its ancient beginnings to the present, a fate which parallels that of the Jewish people. A significant virtue of this book is the author's clear explanation of the difference between Hebrew and Yiddish. He relates the history and development of each language and notes their intersecting points. This title will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. One of the few on the subject available to readers of English, it makes no pretense of being comprehensive. Recommended for libraries without William Chomsky's classic Hebrew: The Eternal Language (Jewish Pubn. Society, 1975). - Libby K. White, Schenectady Cty. P.L., Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Book News, Inc. A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews--presented with pronunciations and defined with reference to sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one- liners to Israeli pop songs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Man Nobody Knows, The

Man Nobody Knows, The
Author: Barton, Bruce B.

ISBN: 0-89966-949-2
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Hardcover Buccaneer Books Inc

Philadelphia Tribune Barton is a pioneer in public relations...by making Jesus the founder of modern business. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. The American Prospect His themes are, ahem, resurrected by businessmen who seek to enumerate the most common problems in business. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description The example portrayed by Jesus Christ is clarified in this book. From its pages, learn the keys to success, the secrets of leadership, and the path to genuine happiness. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Present Concerns

Present Concerns
Author: Lewis, C. S. Hooper, Walter (Photographer)

ISBN: 0-15-173948-X
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Pages: 108

Hardcover Harcourt

From Library Journal Despite his avowed dislike of reading fugitive journalism, Lewis contributed 19 pieces to newspapers and magazines between 1940 and 1962. His topics ranged from the oddly obtuse "On Living in an Atomic Age" (1948) to the prescient "On Sex in Literature" (1962). In this Sunday Telegraph piece he advocates an end to all "moral censorship" of literature even if "realms of filth" should result. Lewis's ability to drive swiftly to the heart of such topics as prudery, pleasure, and equality is displayed in these articles. While they add little of substance to his canon, they merit notice as masterly examples of Lewis's talent for establishing instant rapport with his readers and using it to lead them in directions they might otherwise have been reluctant to go. Barbara J. Dunlap, City Coll. Lib., CUNY Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description Nineteen essays-on democratic values, threats to educational and spiritual fulfillment, literary censorship, and other topics all displaying Lewis's characteristic sanity and persuasiveness. Introduction by Walter Hooper. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Restitution of Man, The: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism

Restitution of Man, The: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism
Author: Aeschliman, Michael D.

ISBN: 0-8028-1950-8
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Pages: 94

Paperback Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Book Description A trained philosopher and intellectual historian as well as a writer of genius, C. S. Lewis was one of the most lucid, profound, and eloquent critics of the reductive scientific materialism that has helped make the twentieth century so destructive and confused. The Restitution of Man examines the conflict between scientific materialism and the Christian philosophical tradition as it has taken place since the seventeenth century. It examines Lewis's role as inheritor of and spokesman of this tradition and as an articulate opponent of reductive naturalism and "the abolition of man" that materialistic ideologies always entail. In probing the breadth of Lewis's writings, Michael Aeschliman shows why Lewis's apologetic for the Christian view of man is a precious resource for the transmission of human sanity, ethics, and wisdom in an age that has frequently ignored or obliterated all three. This revised edition of Aeschliman's acclaimed study includes a new foreword by George Gilder and a new afterword by the author. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

This Year It Will Be Different: And Other Stories: A Christmas Treasury

This Year It Will Be Different: And Other Stories: A Christmas Treasury
Author: Binchy, Maeve

ISBN: 0-385-31503-1
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Pages: 210

Hardcover Delacorte Press

From Library Journal Stories from the beloved Irish author. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews A collection of Christmas-centered feel-good tales about love and family snarls in the season of comfort and joy. All are rendered in Binchy's popular unglossed style (The Glass Lake, 1995, etc.), and set in England, Ireland, and Australia. Some of the 15 tales have to do with unwise, innocent women carrying torches for the married lovers who take them for granted. Most eventually find the strength to douse the torch they've been carrying and let their own light shine--one is helped along by the... read more

Aquarian Conspiracy, The

Can Women Re-Image the Church?

Children of Choice

Christian Reflections

Conspiracy of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Sharing the Love of Jesus With Others

Executive Orders

Gandhi on Non-Violence

Gifts of the Child Christ, The: Fairytales and Stories for the Childlike

Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, A: Stories

Gradual Awakening, A

Greatest Miracle in the World, The

He Leadeth Me

Human Cloning: Religious Responses

Hundredth Monkey, The

I And Thou

Jesuits, The: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church

Joshua

Joys of Hebrew, The

Littlest Angel, The

Man Nobody Knows, The

Present Concerns

Real Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Works of C. S. Lewis

Restitution of Man, The: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism

Thanks for Being You

This Year It Will Be Different: And Other Stories: A Christmas Treasury

Thoughts on the East (A New Directions Bibelot)

Values and Teaching: Working With Values in the Classroom (Merrill's international education series)

Views from a Window: Conversations With Gore Vidal

War Against Population, The: The Economics and Ideology of Population Control

Way of All the Earth, the [Published in English]

Wisdom of the Desert