Religion and spirituality

  • The uncomfortable pew : Christianity and the new left in Toronto

    Creator

    Douville, Bruce

    Abstract

    In The Uncomfortable Pew Bruce Douville explores the relationship between Christianity and the New Left in English Canada from 1959 to 1975. Focusing primarily on Toronto, he examines the impact that left-wing student radicalism had on Canada's largest Christian denominations, and the role that Christianity played in shaping Canada's New Left.Based on extensive archival research and oral interviews, this study reconstructs the social and intellectual worlds of young radicals who saw themselves as part of both the church and the revolution.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Not specified
  • Berruyer's bible : public opinion and the politics of enlightenment Catholicism in France

    Creator

    Watkins, Daniel J.

    Abstract

    The French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieuwas an ambitious attempt to connect the ideas of the Enlightenment with the theology of the Catholic Church. A paraphrase of the Bible written in vernacular French, the Histoire promoted progress, the pursuit of happiness, the fundamental goodness of humanity, and the capacity of nature to shape moral human beings.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Not specified
  • Fire road : the napalm girl's journey through the horrors of war to faith, forgiveness, and peace

    Creator

    Thi, Kim Phuc Phan

    Abstract

    Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now! These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames-before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It's a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in a morgue; no one expected her to survive the attack. Napalm meant fire, and fire meant death.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick

    HighBridge Audio

    Not specified
  • A reluctant search for spiritual truths

    Creator

    McNally Smith, Adrian

    Abstract

    When Adrian McNally Smith was writing his family memoir Finding Forgiveness, he was struck by the number of times he had had spiritual encounters. The journey of writing the story of his life and his relationships brought home to him the fact that he had felt a sense of hubris before many important and life-changing moments in his life. Going through the process of forgiveness and the counseling he needed to forgive his father awakened in him the desire to dig deeper into these encounters and what it means to be embrace spirituality.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Charlottetown

    Acorn Press

    Not specified
  • The red road and other narratives of the Dakota Sioux

    Creator

    Mniyo, Samuel I.

    Goodvoice, Robert

    Abstract

    This book presents two of the most important traditions of the Dakota people, the Red Road and the Holy Dance, as told by Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice, two Dakota men from the Wahpeton Dakota Nation near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their accounts of these central spiritual traditions and other aspects of Dakota life and history go back seven generations and help to illuminate the worldview of the Dakota people for the younger generation of Dakotas, also called the Santee Sioux.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    University of Nebraska Press

    Lincoln

    Not specified
  • A tale of two kings

    Creator

    Furman, Gloria

    Abstract

    Teach children the whole story of redemption through the connections and parallels between Adam, the first man, and Jesus, the last Adam.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland, OH

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Not specified
  • The book of signs : 31 undeniable prophecies of the apocalypse

    Creator

    Jeremiah, David

    Abstract

    One of the world's most beloved Bible teachers offers a definitive collection of resources on biblical prophecy, the end times, and the apocalypse. "The end times." "The apocalypse." "The day of judgment." Terms such as these are both fascinating and frightening for any student of God's Word. They point to key questions people have wrestled with for centuries, including: What does the Bible tell us about the future? How much can we understand about biblical prophecy and its application in our lives? What signs and signals will precede the end of everything as we know it?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Grand Rapids

    Thomas Nelson

    Not specified
  • Let your spirit guides speak : a simple guide for a life of purpose, abundance, and joy

    Creator

    Engle, Debra Landwehr

    Abstract

    This clear and thoughtful introduction to building relationships with spirit guides and angels shows listeners how helpful they can be in everything from the simplest to the most challenging of decisions and how easy they are to connect with.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Not specified
  • Meister Eckhart's book of the heart : meditations for the restless soul

    Creator

    Sweeney, Jon M.

    Abstract

    Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a priest, a mystic, and nearly a heretic (he died before the Church court's verdict). In the 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church rehabilitated him and the late Pope John Paul II spoke of his work with fondness. However, what makes him of particular interest is the fact that he has influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, and Rudolf Steiner have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Not specified
  • The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford : a dilettante's guide to what you do and do not need to know to become a qabalist

    Creator

    DuQuette, Lon Milo

    Abstract

    Traditional Qabalistic sources (or Cabalistic, or, indeed, Kabbalistic-listen to this book to find out what the difference is...we know you've always wondered!) tend to be a bit, er, dry. Lon Milo DuQuette spices up the Qabalah and makes it come alive, restoring the joy of learning the fundamentals of this admittedly arcane system by using simple, amusing anecdotes and metaphors.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Not specified