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This book, beautifully illustrated with maps and photos, traces the little-known story of the original Jewish Christian community and presents intriguing evidence connecting Jesus and his family with the Essenes.

Everett explores the life of a man who killed his pregnant wife in 1947, revealing a sadly familiar saga of abuse and brutality stemming from his dysfunctional family and the harsh juvenile correctional institutions in which he was incarcerated. (Motivation)

Aims to reveal how the Church moved from the rigid, hierarchical model espoused by Pius IX at Vatican I (1869-70) to the collegial, "communio" model that emerged under John XXIII at Vatican II (1962-65). This book demonstrates how it became possible to produce sixteen documents that touched the very essence of the Catholic faith.

Presents the history of Christianity in Mexico via Spain, the conditions of Mexican Catholics in America, the challenges facing Mexican-American Catholics and suggestions on how to meet them.

Sidney Callahan, a psychologist, author and Christian ethicist, describes authentic religious experience as the work of a creative God of love who gives totally and renounces coercion. "Human beings" she says, "are wired for relationship. They move instinctively toward a dynamic presence who abides within the world and in human affairs".

The roots of social justice run deep-right back to the Bible. Now, in Informing the Future, scripture scholar, writer and teacher Joseph Grassi takes readers back to the New Testament to explore the place of social justice-the just distribution of economic, social and cultural resources to all people-as envisioned and practiced in it. It is there, the author demonstrates, that we will find the inspiration that challenges us, sustains us and brings hope to our world today.

Teaching is more, much more, than getting up in front of a class full of students and presenting information to them. It is, affirms distinguished educator, writer and lecturer Gloria Durka, a true vocation, "a calling that makes claims on our souls."Her book, which is written for teachers of all grade levels, is a journey into the soul of education and the heart of the teacher. In seven chapters, the book covers such ideas as teaching from the heart; teaching courageously, creatively, wisely and morally; and, the greatest challenge of all, facing one's own vulnerabilities. Each chapter ends with prayers and reflections that help readers enrich their spirituality.Primarily an exercise in spirituality aimed at helping teachers to claim, own and celebrate their calling, this book will appeal to:-teachers within a Christian setting.-teachers in public education.-school administrators and those who offer teacher training experiences.

This fascinating biography covers her childhood, her early years as a Sister of Loreto, her later call to love Jesus in the guise of the lowliest by being poor with the poor, her new order, and her growing fame. The book also covers her illness, death, funeral, the new leadership of her order, and her probable canonization.

This volume sheds light on the early rabbis as the shapers of religion and uncovers for the modern reader the early Sages' fundamental beliefs concerning God, the world and the human condition.

Using the metaphor of the heroic journeydeparture, struggle and returnthe author shows readers the way to psychological and spiritual health.