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INTRODUCTION
Western civilization is passing through a social revolution unparalleled inhistory for scope and power. Its coming was inevitable. The religious,political, and intellectual revolutions of the past five centuries, whichtogether created the modern world, necessarily had to culminate in an economicand social revolution such as is now upon us.
By universalconsent, this social crisis is the overshadowing problem of our generation. Theindustrial
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Zondervan
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2023.
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English
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"In Don't Follow Your Heart Thaddeus Williams debunks the trending cult of self-worship. He marshals arguments from scripture, science, philosophy, psychology, and pop culture that a self-centered existence is dull, inauthentic, and ultimately self-defeating"--
"Don't Follow Your Heart offers a compelling vision for the kind of Christianity that is truly countercultural, that rebels against the status quo, that offers something genuinely revolutionary....
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Indiana University Press
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English
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Through a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together.
In the wake of the 2016 election, Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. She was bewildered by the pain and loss around her and questioned: What was happening...
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C. Scribner's sons
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1943
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English
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Philosophies at War
On Whose Side Are We?
In this book are contained a collection of Sheen's Catholic Hour radio addresses that were heard by millions of listeners each week. These reflections are a series of short essays that addressed the many concerns of the listeners of his day during the war.
Sheen answers questions about the things we are fighting against and the things we are fighting for. He speaks of war, revolution, democracy...
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Harcourt, Brace and company
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[c1940]
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English
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One of the twentieth century's great thinkers and writers explores what it means to incorporate Christian values into our worldly lives. Originally delivered in 1939 at Corpus Christi College, these three lectures by the renowned poet and playwright T. S. Eliot address the direction of religious thought toward criticism of political and economic systems. With sincerity and intellectual rigor, the Nobel Prize winner asks whether-and how-it is possible...
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Zondervan
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[2006.]
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English
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Terrorism. Same-Sex Marriage. Debt Cancellation. The AIDS Pandemic. These are just some of the critical contemporary issues addressed in this book. Issues Facing Christians Today helps thinking Christians sift through and respond to a sweeping array of complex and pressing topics. Thoroughly revised and updated by Roy McCloughry and fully endorsed by John Stott, this fourth edition continues a two-decades-plus legacy of bringing important current...
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HarperSanFrancisco
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©1992
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English
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Colorfully written by two popular and respected sociologists, this volume shows how sociology has evolved, how it became divided from Christian faith, and how Christian sociologists can make sense of this branch of social science.
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Orbis Books
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This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. The book burst upon the scene in the early seventies, and was swiftly acknowledged as a pioneering and prophetic approach to theology which famously made an option for the poor, placing the exploited, the alienated, and the economically wretched at the centre of a programme where "the oppressed and maimed and blind and lame" were prioritized at...
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Fordham University Press
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[©1937]
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English
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Here the great Belloc shows that ever since the disaster of the Protestant Reformation, Western civilization (which was formed by the Catholic Faith) has been coming apart--since Calvinism opened the door to usury, unbridled competition, the domination of the mind by money, and ultimately the return of slavery. Belloc says our two choices are a return to Catholicism or chaos! Essential for anyone who would understand our world today!
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Princeton University Press
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English
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The idea that Christianity started as a clandestine movement among the poor is a widely accepted notion. Yet it is one of many myths that must be discarded if we are to understand just how a tiny messianic movement on the edge of the Roman Empire became the dominant faith of Western civilization. In a fast-paced, highly readable book that addresses beliefs as well as historical facts, Rodney Stark brings a sociologist's perspective to bear on the...
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The violence of love is a collection of extracts from Romero's homilies, letters, and articles. Each of these passages gives insight into the mind and heart of the man behind them. They show a man not afraid to expose his weakness, a man whose tremendous faith and hope call us to repentance and renewal. Originally addressed to the people of El Salvador, Romero's words speak to all people, passionately decrying injustice and violence, exhorting to...
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