Orbis Books
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Enacting Integral Human Development
$30.00 Add to cart“Integral Human Development” (IHD) is a term coined by Louis-Joseph Lebret OP and then used by Paul VI in his encyclical Populorum Progressio in 1967. It is, in a way, the Catholic approach to human
- Author: Sedmak, Clemens
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1626985529
- Language: English
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Essential Teachings
$25.00 Add to cartRabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) was one of the most creative and influential Jewish spiritual teachers in the late twentieth-century. Reb Zalman (as he is known) made several distinctive an
- Author: Rose, Or N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1626983631
- Language: English
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For Everything a Season
$20.00 Read moreThrough the famous verses of Ecclesiastes–“For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven”–Joan Chittister reflects on timeless themes: the purpose and value of human lif… [more below]
- Author: Chittister, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1626980195
- Language: English
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What’s Faith Got to Do with It?: Black Bodies/Christian Souls
$27.00 Add to cartThis book was inspired by a challenge from one of Douglas’s students: “How could you, a black woman, possibly be a Christian?” Reflection on the historical sins of Christians, particularly the role of… [more below]
- Author: Douglas, Kelly Brown
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: September 30 2005
- ISBN10: 1570756090
- Language: English
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Introducing Feminist Theology
$28.00 Add to cartIntroducing Feminist Theology responds to the questions What is feminist theology? and Why is it important? by considering the perspectives of women from around the globe who have very diverse life ex… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Anne M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1570752389
- Language: English
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Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home
$28.00 Add to cartAgainst the background of ecological devastation in the Americas, a growing list has emerged of environmental defenders whose care for our common home has cost them their lives. In Ecomartyrdom in the
- Series: Ecology and Justice
- Author: Gandolfo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 30 2023
- ISBN10: 162698512X
- Language: English
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Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril
$30.00 Add to cartConfronting the woeful legacy of a centuries’-old theology, Johnson shows how the beauty of our faith tradition is deepened by being rooted in ecological reality. She lays out the foundations in scrip
- Author: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1626983097
- Language: English
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In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Father Gustavo Gutierrez
$28.00 Read moreThis book reflects intersection between the lives, commitments, and strategies of two highly respected figures Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez joined in their option for the poor, their defe… [more below]
- Author: Griffin, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: November 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1626980500
- Language: English
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Transforming Mission
$50.00 Add to cartDavid Bosch’s Transforming Mission, now available in over a dozen languages, is widely recognized as an historic and magisterial contribution to the study of mission. Examining the entire sweep of Chr
- Series: American Society of Missiology #16
- Author: Bosch, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 09 2011
- ISBN10: 1570759480
- Language: English
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Franz Jagerstatter: Letters and Writings from Prison
$27.00 Add to cartFranz Jgersttter, an Austrian farmer, a devoted husband and father, and a devout Catholic, was executed in 1943 as a result of his refusal to serve in the Nazi army. Before taking this stand Jgersttte
- Author: Putz, Erna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1570758263
- Language: English
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Thomas Merton: Essential Writings
$23.00 Add to cartThomas Mertron (1951-1968), the Trappist monk and author, remains one of the most influential spiritual guides of the twentieth century. Beginning with his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, an… [more below]
- Series: Modern Spiritual Masters
- Author: Merton, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1570753318
- Language: English
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Meditations on Creation in an Era of Extinction
$36.00 Add to cartThis book practices an ancient form of theological reflection–the hexameron–on creation and attends to current concerns for the wellbeing of creation amid changing climates, anthropogenic pollution,
- Series: Ecology and Justice
- Author: Rigby, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1626985502
- Language: English
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Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions
$30.00 Add to cartIn the spring of 1998, the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century commissioned this series of essays to investigate the theme of nonviolence in the sacred texts, the oral teachings, and the tradi… [more below]
- Series: Faith Meets Faith
- Author: Smith-Christopher, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: September 19 2007
- ISBN10: 157075747X
- Language: English
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The Ladder of the Beatitudes
$20.00 Add to cartDrawing on stories from the lives of the saints, scripture, and everyday life, Jim Forest opens up the mysteries of the beatitudes. These ancient blessings, with which Christ began his Sermon on the M… [more below]
- Author: Forest, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 26 1999
- ISBN10: 1570752451
- Language: English
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99 Names of God
$20.00 Add to cartThis book by Brother David Steindl-Rast offers a meditation on each of the 99 names of God found in the Islamic creed. It speaks to people of any religious belief who through the many names of God ent… [more below]
- Author: Steindl-Rast, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1626984220
- Language: English
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A Sense of Wonder: The World’s Best Writers on the Sacred, the Profane, and the Ordinary
$22.00 Add to cartAn anthology of 36 astonishing personal stories and essays from some of America’s best writers that first appeared in Portland Magazine, the best university magazine in America (Newsweek).
- Author: Doyle, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1626982082
- Language: English
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Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings
$20.00 Add to cartEtty Hillesum (1914-1943), a young Dutch Jewish woman, died in Auschwitz at the age of 29. This volume, drawn from her letters and diaries, lays out the themes of her distinctive and inspiring spiritu… [more below]
- Series: Modern Spiritual Masters
- Author: Hillesum, Etty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 157
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1570758387
- Language: English
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Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.’s Spiritual Sponsor
$30.00 Add to cartFather Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ (1898-1960), whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson’s life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-ste… [more below]
- Author: Goldstein, Dawn Eden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 20 2024
- ISBN10: 162698526X
- Language: English
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Daughters of Anowa
$30.00 Add to cartDaughters of Anowa provides an analysis of the lives of African women today from an African woman’s own perspective. It is a study of the influence of culture and religion – particularly of traditiona… [more below]
- Author: Oduyoye, Mercy Amba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 10 2005
- ISBN10: 0883449994
- Language: English
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The Nature of Theology: Challenges, Frameworks, Basic Beliefs
$27.00 Add to cartDiscusses the discipline of theology in light of our current situation. As with his 1990 book Dynamics of Theology, he is still seeking to clarify what the academic study of Christian theology is abou… [more below]
- Author: Haight, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1626984883
- Language: English
