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"Longing for an Absent God unveils the powerful role of faith and doubt in the American literary tradition. Nick Ripatrazone explores how two major strands of Catholic writers -- practicing and cultural -- intertwine and sustain each other. Ripatrazone explores the writings of devout American Catholic writers in the years before the Second Vatican Council through the work of Flannery O'Connor, J. F. Powers, and Walker Percy; those who were raised...
9205) Amor, sexo y noviazgo
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"Esto no es un mero sermón sobre los males del sexo prematrimonial. Con testimonios de gente real, este libro pretende ser tu compañero en los retos que representa vivir tu sexualidad en concordancia con el diseño de Dios, expresado en principios bíblicos. Provee amplias explicaciones claras y bien fundamentadas científicamente (en los procesos biofísicos y psicológicos) para que conozcas y comprendas adecuadamente las implicaciones a nivel...
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"Si desea maximizar sus capacidades y aptitudes únicas, si se esfuerza por combinar la realización personal con la satisfacción profesional, si sueña con crear productos excepcionales y ofrecer servicios transformadores para los demás, ¡entonces está listo para que VUELE! Muchos de nosotros no estamos diseñados para la rutina de nueve a cinco que ahoga nuestras almas y nuestras esperanzas de donde estamos destinados a estar. Otros se han visto...
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What is the future of theology in the midst of rapid geopolitical and economic change? Carl A. Raschke contends that two options from the last century--crisis theology and critical theory--do not provide the resources needed to address the current global crisis. Both of these perspectives remained distant from the messiness and unpredictability of life. Crisis theology spoke of the wholly other God, while critical theory spoke of universal reason....
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"All you have is all you need," is the life lesson entrepreneur Mignon François learned as she turned the $5 she had to feed her family dinner for the week into a multi-million-dollar bakery brand. With no experience and no recipe for success, or cake for that matter, her path was truly made from scratch. In Made from Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe, Mignon shares her story of climbing out of a life of continuous upsets, struggle, and lack...
9212) God loves Uganda
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With God Loves Uganda, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (Music by Prudence) explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fueling Uganda's terrifying turn towards biblical law and the proposed death penalty for homosexuality. Thanks to charismatic religious leaders and a well-financed campaign, these draconian new laws and the politicians that peddle them are winning over the Ugandan public. But these dangerous policies...
9216) Woza Albert!
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Methuen Drama Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the complete text of the play itself, each volume contains: a contextualised chronology of the play and the playwrights' lives and works, an introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created, a succinct overview of the creation processes...
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"Taking America Back for God conclusively reveals that understanding the current cultural and political climate in the United States requires reckoning with Christian nationalism. Christian ideals and symbols have long played an important role in public life in the United States, but Christian nationalism demands far more than a recognition of religious heritage. At heart, Christian nationalism fights to preserve a particular kind of social order,...
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"Islam is the only major world religion that resists the juggernaut of alcohol consumption. In many Islamic countries, alcohol is banned; in others, it plays little role in social life. Yet, Muslims throughout history did drink, often to excess--whether sultans and shahs in their palaces, or commoners in taverns run by Jews or Christians. This evocative study delves into drinking's many historic, literary and social manifestations in Islam, going...