Bücher von Ruth A. Tucker

Ruth Tucker digs deeply into the life of Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther, the First Lady of the Reformation, to unearth insights for today's women, wives and mothers who, like Katie, have carved out a career of their own.

Daughters of the church is a fascinating account of women in the two-thousand-year span of church history that includes an exegetical study of relevant Scripture passages.

A comprehensive survey of major alternative religions in the United States, including new groups since the 1960sCrystals, shamans, guided imagery, healing meditation-why have these New Age practices been so eagerly accepted by so many North Americans? Why were Mormonism, Christian Science, and Baha'i so warmly welcomed earlier? Another Gospel explains how these and other alternative religious movements appear to meet people's needs. Ruth Tucker's overview illumines the personalities whose alleged revelations spawned historical heresies in all the major cults in the United States. She highlights important controversies within each movement as it aims for religious respectability. She pinpoints how the doctrines and practices of a dozen contemporary groups-as well as the New Age Movement-deviate from orthodox Christianity and shows how to reach out to cult members. Appendices describe lesser-known cults, such as Swedenborgianism and Rosicrucianism, and provide cults' statements of belief.