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Counterfeit Godsby Timothy Keller
Penguin Group Inc. 2009; US$ 9.99For the faithful and the seeker- the inspiring New York Times bestseller from the author of The Reason for God . Harsh economic realities are casting new light on the pursuits of sex, money, and success for happiness: careers, fortunes, marriages, and retirement security have collapsed. Many feel lost, disenchanted, and resentful. In this inspiring new book, Timothy Keller, one of the country's most popular spiritual guides, reveals the unvarnished truth about faith, our hearts' desires, and the pursuit of happiness-and where all of it can ultimately be found. more...
The Enigma of Angerby Garret Keizer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 16.95Rage, resentment, envy, jealousy, and hatred— these emotions seem to dominate our times. They rule our highways, our workplaces, our homes, and our hearts. In this provocative book of essays, writer Garret Keizer considers anger in all its baffling forms. Poignantly aware of his own temper, and of his ties to a religion that glorifies meekness, the author looks at anger as a paradox in our struggle to remain human in the midst of an infuriating world. Interweaving personal anecdotes, mythological stories, sacred texts, and Keizer's insightful observations, The Enigma of Anger will prove a welcome companion for anyone who has ever wrestled with wrath-or wished to make better use of it. more...
Avoiding Deceptionby Sharon Daugherty
Treasures Media Inc 2006; US$ 10.49Webster defines deceived as when a person believes what is not truth to be truth...to be mislead. How a Christian recognizes and responds to Satan's tactics can determine their eternal destiny. We cannot close our eyes to the darkness and think we will not have to face it, confront it and bring the light of the Gospel into it. While we are receptive to the wonderful workings of the Holy Spirit, we must also listen and be watchful in this hour. There are traps of offense, seduction, apathy, lustful attractions and distractions toward other things pulling at all Christians. If we are going to overcome to the end, we must guard our hearts from deception. more...
Greedby Phyllis Tickle
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 8.95Explores the range of greed's subtle, chameleon-like qualities, and the destructive power it weilds, evidenced all too clearly in the world. more...
Prideby Michael Eric Dyson
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 8.95Explores the fate of pride from Christian theology to the social responsibilities of self-regard and regard for the society as a whole. This work examines how pride, within black communities, becomes a necessary defense against a culture that at once formally rejected it in their religious beliefs but embraced it in their social realtions. more...
Blasphemy in the Christian Worldby David Nash
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 75.00David Nash's new study focuses on the development of blasphemy in the Christian world. Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, he outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept, from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred and individual religious identity. - ;David Nash's new study focuses on the development of blasphemy in the Christian world. Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, he outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept, from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred and individual religious identity. Investigating its appearance in speech, literature, popular publishing and the cinema, he disinters the likely... more...
Lustby Simon Blackburn
Oxford University Press, USA 2004; US$ 8.95Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and pillories of the Puritans, to drag it from the category of sin to that of virtue.". Blackburn, author of such popular philosophy books as Think and Being Good, here offers a sharp-edged probe into the heart of lust, blending together insight from some of the world's greatest thinkers on sex, human nature, and our common cultural foibles. Blackburn takes a wide ranging, historical approach,... more...
"... für unseren Betrieb lebensnotwendig ...": Georg von Holtzbrinck als Verlagsunternehmer im Dritten Reichby Thomas Garke-Rothbart; Siegfried Lokatis
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 101.00This study is the first academic analysis of Georg von Holtzbrinck's business activities before 1948. His companies were on the whole rather insignificant. However, the skill with which Holtzbrinck experimented in manipulating these instruments was already an early indicator of his subsequent company strategies. The study provides insights into unexplored areas of the National Socialist book and journal trade, as well as the early history of the modern book club. Thus, it represents a piece of criticial self-examination on the beginnings of today's media structures. more...
The Seven Deadly Sinsby Richard G. Newhauser
BRILL 2007; US$ 138.00Examines the seven deadly sins as cultural constructions in the Middle Ages and beyond, focusing on the way concepts of the sins are used in medieval communities, the institution of the Church, and by secular artists and authors. more...
Dealings with Godby Francisca Loetz
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 134.95Blasphemy could be a serious business in early modern Europe, and those judged to have cursed, abused or denied God could in some cases find themselves on trial for their lives. Whilst such attitudes may appear draconian to modern eyes, it is clear that in the past, blasphemy was regarded as a very real threat to society. Concentrating on the Reformed city of Zurich, this study examines the cultural, social and theological aspects of blasphemy in order to better understand exactly why this should be, and to illuminate the diverse and sometimes contradictory dynamics at work. more...









