Product Description: In the face of the growing threat from collisions of faith world-wide, this manifesto is a call to embrace religious pluralism. Martin E. Marty is a renowned commentator on religious matters, the author of over 50 books, winner of the National Book Award, and the recipient of 74 honorary doctorates Demonstrates that citizens, religions and identities can survive in radically pluralist settings Accessibly written, it tackles people’s fears of religious pluralism Argues that those involved in collisions of faith need to risk hospitality towards one another, as opposed to the conventional plea for tolerance Pays particular attention to the conflicts that affect or occur within those nations whose politics can be called republican, open, democratic, liberal, or free – particularly the UK, the US, and Western Europe...read more

Product Description: This newly revised edition provides insights from one of the leading Lutheran theologians of the twentieth century. The essays and reflections gathered in this volume provoke readers to think about and discuss topics such as risk and faith, nature and grace, the Word of God and genuine theology, real education, the beauty and meaning of language, necessary personal choices, aging, and social issues...read more

Chronicles the life and work of John Calvin, interpreter of the Bible, theologian, and reformer.

Product Description: This prophetic manifesto for the preservation of the world brings together Joan Chittister’s most powerful, influential, and celebrated writings. Passionate and provocative, this collection combines the spiritual practices of the Rule of Saint Benedict with the contemporary struggles for social justice, feminism, and ecology...read more

Product Description: Joseph Sittler's preaching and writing anticipated and precipitated many of today's most pressing religious questions, from ecological concerns to the crisis of meaning in church and society. Now reissued, The Care of the Earth presents some of Sittler's most insightful writing.

Provides a history of the religion, offering information on Buddhist foundations, scriptures, worldview, worship, holidays, and some of its most famous practictioners.

Chronicles the life of the Dutch thinker and writer, who became a trusted confidant of popes and kings, and whose work raised many of the issues that precipitated the Protestant Reformation.

Product Description: Accounting for Fundamentalisms features treatments of fundamentalist movements, groups that often make headlines but are rarely understood, as part of the multivolume Fundamentalism Project. This book remains a standard reference source for comprehending the dynamics of fundamentalist movements around the world...read more

Product Description: Glanmor Williams presents different views of Church History propagated by English writers during the Reformation. Williams introduces this topic by exploring the continental background, including Luther's arguments, the opponents and Luther's influence on important English authors of the sixteenth century...read more

Product Description: In this fifth volume of the Fundamentalism Project, Fundamentalisms Comprehended, the distinguished contributors return to and test the endeavor's beginning premise: that fundamentalisms in all faiths share certain "family resemblances...read more

Product Description: A colloborative effort by a stellar team of scholars, The History of The Riverside Church in the City of New York offers a critical history of this unique institution on Manhattan's Upper West Side, including its cultural impact on New York City and beyond, its outstanding preachers, and its architecture, in order to offer an assessment of the shifting fortunes of religious progressivism in the twentieth century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A minister, historian, and scholar reassesses the life and times of Martin Luther, describing his seminal role in the Reformation, his religious beliefs and fresh interpretation of the human relationship with God, his conflict with Church leaders, and his lasting influence on world history and religion. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: From the sex-free paradise of the Shakers to the worker's paradise of Marx, utopian ideas seem to have two things in common--they all are wonderfully plausible at the start and they all end up as disasters. In Visions of Utopia, three leading cultural critics--Edward Rothstein, Martin Marty, and Herbert Muschamp--look at the history of utopian thinking, exploring why they fail and why they are still worth pursuing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Chronicles the life of the man who advocated nonviolent resistance, leading India to independance from Britain, with quotes and a timeline. (view table of contents)

Chronicles the life of the Roman Catholic monk whose writings about the spiritual life, Zen Buddhism, and meditation helped to introduce Asian religions to the West. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Speaking of Trust: Conversing with Luther about the Sermon on the Mount brings together passages from Luther's preaching on the Sermon on the Mount and Marty's comments about the place of trust in the life of faith. Marty has arranged Luther's words under three main topics: trust, prayer, and the Beatitudes...read more

Product Description: David Monge believes that many modern Christians no longer think carefully about scripture and tradition, because they don't believe it is essential to their faith -- and, he says, that's strikingly similar to the prevailing situation which confronted Martin Luther 500 years ago...read more

An introduction to festivals that are central to the major religions of the world identifies where each faith's calendar year begins, documents the history and significance of each celebration, and describes observance traditions.

Product Description: This challenging collection of essays offers a refreshing approach to the troubling--and timely--subject of religion and public policy in America, and the ways in which issues of church and state affect our national identity. The result of a series of conferences on religion and politics conducted by the Public Religion project at the University of Chicago, funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trust, this collection brings together an extraordinarily diverse set of contributors...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A thought-provoking discussion of the public and political expression of America's diverse religious beliefs.Raise any number of public issues—health care, education, welfare—and religious beliefs inevitably shape Americans' viewpoints...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Draws on the author's own experiences as an Episcopal priest, Hollywood producer, and civil rights activist to provide lessons for readers of middle age, addressing such themes as remembering, maturing, simplifying, and understanding.

Product Description: Foreword by Martin E. Marty In a time when one out of every two marriages fails, sound, experience-based advice for marital success is needed more than ever. Let's Talk Marriage is an exceptional premarital guide for couples preparing for marriages that will last a lifetime...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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