Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness (Root Andrew)(Paperback)

Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness (Root Andrew)(Paperback)

A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry in 2017, Academy of Parish ClergyThe loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more

Sacred and Secular Transactions in the Age of Shakespeare (Brokaw Katherine Steele)(Paperback)

The term 'secular' inspires thinking about disenchantment, periodization, modernity, and subjectivity. The essays in Sacred and Secular Transactions in the Age of Shakespeare argue that Shakespeare's plays present 'secularization' not only as a historical narrative of progress but also as a

Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report (Mahmood Saba)(Paperback)

How secular governance in the Middle East is making life worse--not better--for religious minoritiesThe plight of religious minorities in the Middle East is often attributed to the failure of secularism to take root in the region. Religious Difference in a Secular Age challenges this assessment by

The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ (Klavan Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Edgar Award-winner and internationally bestselling novelist tells of his improbable conversion from agnostic Jewish intellectual to baptized Christian--and of the books that led him there.The Great Good Thing is the transformative story of a man: born and raised a Jew, but who lived most of his

Wisdom from Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age (Smith Gordon T.)(Paperback)

What does it mean to provide leadership for the church in an increasingly secular context? When religion is privatized and secularism reigns in the public square, Christians are often drawn toward either individualist escapism or constant cultural warfare. But might this context instead offer a

The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in Transmission of Faith (Walls Andrew)(Paperback)

On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel (Humphreys Andrew)(Paperback)

The Making of the English Gardener (Willes Margaret)(Paperback)

The people and publications at the root of a national obsession In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England, making it a leading player in the European horticultural game. Ideas were exchanged across

Dear Pilgrims (None) (Deane John F.)(Paperback)

A fresh, contemporary take on the Christian faith in an increasingly secular world from one of Ireland's leading poets - a timely collection for our unstable and cynical

Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason (Asad Talal)(Paperback)

In Secular Translations, the anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its contradictions. He draws out the ambiguities in our concepts of the religious and the secular through a rich consideration of translatability and untranslatability, exploring the

137: Jung, Pauli, and the Pursuit of a Scientific Obsession (Miller Arthur I.)(Paperback)

Is there a number at the root of the universe? A primal number that everything in the world hinges on? This question exercised many great minds of the twentieth century, among them the groundbreaking physicist Wolfgang Pauli and the famous psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Their obsession with the power of

The Web and the Root (Wolfe Thomas)(Paperback)

Shortly before his death at a tragically young age, author Thomas Wolfe presented his editor with an epic masterwork that was subsequently published as three separate novels: You Can't Go Home Again, The Hills Beyond, and The Web and the Rock.The Web and the Root features the three initial sections

Night Trains: The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper (Martin Andrew)(Paperback)

In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can

Discipleship, Secularity, and the Modern Self: Dancing to Silent Music (Merkle Judith A.)(Paperback)

Judith A. Merkle examines the situation of Christian spirituality today, in a secular age, through the images of dance, silence, and music. Drawing on the work of Charles Taylor as well as core aspects of the tradition of Christian theology on discipleship, Merkle asks how these new conditions

On Not Dying: Secular Immortality in the Age of Technoscience (Farman Abou)(Paperback)

An ethnographic exploration of technoscientific immortality Immortality has long been considered the domain of religion. But immortality projects have gained increasing legitimacy and power in the world of science and technology. With recent rapid advances in biology, nanotechnology, and

The Book in the Renaissance (Pettegree Andrew)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking study of the fascinating, yet largely unknown world of books in the first great age of print, 1450-1600 The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and

Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future (McAfee Andrew)(Paperback)

In The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson predicted some of the far-reaching effects of digital technologies on our lives and businesses. Now they've written a guide to help readers make the most of our collective future. Machine Platform Crowd outlines the opportunities and

Food or War (Cribb Julian)(Paperback)

Ours is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society. Our future supply of food is filled with risk, and history tells us that lack of food leads to war. But it also presents us with spectacular opportunities for fresh human creativity and

The Claim to Christianity: Responding to the Far Right (Strmmen Hannah)(Paperback)

The far right is on the rise across Europe, pushing a battle scenario in which Islam clashes with Christianity as much as Christianity clashes with Islam. From the margins to the mainstream, far-right protesters and far-right politicians call for the defence of Europe's Christian culture. The far

Stone Age Tablet (Langley Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

The Stone Age Tablet is celebrating its anniversary in this special edition -- 500,000 years old today! Bursting with prehistoric news and features from previous editions spanning the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age. Written and designed in a newspaper style, the Stone Age Tablet covers the KS2

Engaging the Christian Scriptures: An Introduction to the Bible (Arterbury Andrew E.)(Paperback)

This readable, faith-friendly, one-semester textbook aids students as they engage in their first reading of the biblical text in an academic setting. The authors, who have significant undergraduate teaching experience, approach the Christian Scriptures from historical, literary, and theological

Respect - The Formation of Character in an Age of Inequality (Sennett Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In this title, the author argues that many who are not able to achieve the demands of today's meritocracy lose the esteem that should be given to

10 Steps to Successful Teams (McClay Renie)(Paperback)

Most projects or initiatives in today's organizations begin with the formation of a team. Indeed, the global nature of doing business today demands that people perform well together as cross-functional and cross-cultural teams. Teams need to be able to connect quickly, determine what needs to be

Wild Dayz (Beese Andrew 'Beezer')(Paperback)

As a photographer Beezer was in a unique position in Bristol in the 1980s. Close friends with the Wild Bunch (later to become Massive Attack) and other Bristol hip hop crews, he was able to capture on film the rich urban culture at the heart of the underground music and art scene prevalent in