Product Description: In this richly collaborative work, five distinguished scholars examine the oft-neglected embodied practical wisdom that is essential for true theological understanding and faithful Christian living. After first showing what Christian practical wisdom is and does in several real-life situations, the authors tell why such practical wisdom matters and how it operates, exploring reasons behind its decline in both the academy and the church and setting forth constructive cases for its renewal...read more

A sourcebook for Christians seeking meaningful ways to keep faith alive explores the occurrences of everyday life, placing ordinary activities in both a biblical and historical context and helping readers rediscover God's presence in their lives. 15,000 first printing. Tour.

In an informative analysis of the pioneering efforts to heal religious conflict through inter-religious education, the authors explore how creating environments for Jewish and Christian educators to study together, engage in serious historical and theological issues, and enter the dynamism of the other's religion can stimulate a new understanding of the other's religion as well as their own.

Product Description: What does it mean to lead a truly "life-giving way of life"? What kinds of learning and teaching will best prepare ministers to foster such a way of life in their congregations? How might teachers of practical theology best understand and undertake their task to educate and form ministers? Respected scholars and ministers explore such questions in For Life Abundant, probing and clarifying the significance of practical theology in the classroom, in the wider academy, and in actual ministry settings...read more

Through teen-friendly language and relevant examples, provides concrete ways young people can practice Christianity in everyday life, discussing such topics as forgiveness, work, play, 'stuff,' prayer, food, and time as ways to nourish a more meaningful life offered by Jesus Christ. Original.

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Product Description: This study guide is the companion to Stephanie Paulsell's Honoring the Body- the exquisite, sensitive book that reveals how we can learn to celebrate the body's pleasures, protect the body's vulnerabilities, and develop the practices that will ultimately transform our troubled relationship with our bodies to one of honor and joy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: For busy people who see time as something to be managed, manipulated, and measured, comes a refreshing alternative vision of time as a gift waiting to be unwrapped. This study guide accompanies the book Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time, also by Dorothy C...read more

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Product Description: An older text from the United Church of Christ