Today's (6/19/2013) New Book Releases on Religion & Spirituality
The Best of Christmas in my Heart Volume 2: Timeless Stories to Warm Your Heart by - 224 pages
The second volume of the most loved and requested stories from the Christmas in My Heart series -- compiled by famed author, Joe wheeler.
Joe Wheeler is renowned for bringing the classic stories of Christmas to eager readers, and he continues this tradition with this newly handpicked collection, in an elegantly designed Christmas keepsake, The Best of Christmas in My Heart, Volume 2.
These time-tested stories are sure to warm the heart of readers of all ages. This special volume also includes personal journaling pages that allow readers to preserve their holiday memories for years to come, so they can recall them with the same joy and happiness as when they first jotted them down. The Best of Christmas in My Heart, Volume 2 is the perfect gift for family, friends, and loved ones, distilling the peace, hope, and love of Christmas into timeless tales that will touch readers' hearts.
This collection awakens wonderful nostalgia in anyone who has ever sat at the feet of a parent or grandparent and been swept up in Christmas stories of old. Now readers can relive that cheerful experience simply with this beautiful holiday treasure.
The Call of the Soul: A Path to Knowing Your True Self and Your Life's Purpose by - 256 pages
"If you have ever asked of your life, 'Is this all there is?,' then The Call of the Soul should be at the top of your reading list. A lack of meaning, direction and purpose in life not only makes us unhappy but unhealthy as well. The best way to fill this emptiness is through the deep wisdom to which Aila Accad leads us in this luminous book."
--Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words and One Mind
The Call of the Soul presents a new perspective on the quest to find your authentic self. When that quest is successful, you know who you truly are and what your life's purpose is. This book provides a new way to approach the journey, with a map and effective tools to ease the struggle and assure success.
The Call of the Soul shows you how renegotiate the relationship between the ego and the soul so you can step fully into your purpose. Step by step, you will discover inner passion, purpose, peace, prosperity, and love--all by learning how to hear the call of your soul.
With a down-to-earth writing style combined with true-life examples, this book offers accessible wisdom to achieve the self-knowledge you are seeking.
The Call of the Soul will guide you to:
Compassion and appreciation for all of you, including the part that resists change
A quick way to release emotions and beliefs that stop you from expressing your true self and purpose
A new feeling of ease and confidence in yourself and your purpose
Your authentic self
--Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words and One Mind
The Call of the Soul presents a new perspective on the quest to find your authentic self. When that quest is successful, you know who you truly are and what your life's purpose is. This book provides a new way to approach the journey, with a map and effective tools to ease the struggle and assure success.
The Call of the Soul shows you how renegotiate the relationship between the ego and the soul so you can step fully into your purpose. Step by step, you will discover inner passion, purpose, peace, prosperity, and love--all by learning how to hear the call of your soul.
With a down-to-earth writing style combined with true-life examples, this book offers accessible wisdom to achieve the self-knowledge you are seeking.
The Call of the Soul will guide you to:
Secrets of Thief Cave (Camp Wanna Bannana) by - 98 pages
When you live at the best Christian youth camp around–Camp Wanna Banana–
life is filled with adventure, excitement–and fun! Join ten-year-old twins
Jake and Joy; Joy’s pet spider monkey, Munch-Munch;
and their “twibling” friends, Marco and Maria, as they solve a whole series of
mysteries in and around Camp Wanna Banana.
Who Is Stealing All the Jewelry around
Camp Wanna Banana?
When Joy’s antique gold locket disappears, she’s sure her crazy brother has done something silly with it. So Jake–a proud member of the Four Amigos Detective Agency–sets out to catch the real jewel thief and clear his name!
But Jake has his work cut out for him. Pretty soon, lots of things are disappearing around Camp Wanna Banana. And that’s just the beginning of their troubles, because it looks like money problems just might force Jake and Joy’s father to close their beloved camp for good.
Can Jake prove his innocence? Can he help find a way to save Camp Wanna Banana? Can God provide a way out of all this mess? The answer lies in the Secrets of Thief Cave!
INCLUDES FUN ACTIVITY PAGES FOR YOUR OWN ADVENTURES!
From the Trade Paperback edition.
life is filled with adventure, excitement–and fun! Join ten-year-old twins
Jake and Joy; Joy’s pet spider monkey, Munch-Munch;
and their “twibling” friends, Marco and Maria, as they solve a whole series of
mysteries in and around Camp Wanna Banana.
Who Is Stealing All the Jewelry around
Camp Wanna Banana?
When Joy’s antique gold locket disappears, she’s sure her crazy brother has done something silly with it. So Jake–a proud member of the Four Amigos Detective Agency–sets out to catch the real jewel thief and clear his name!
But Jake has his work cut out for him. Pretty soon, lots of things are disappearing around Camp Wanna Banana. And that’s just the beginning of their troubles, because it looks like money problems just might force Jake and Joy’s father to close their beloved camp for good.
Can Jake prove his innocence? Can he help find a way to save Camp Wanna Banana? Can God provide a way out of all this mess? The answer lies in the Secrets of Thief Cave!
INCLUDES FUN ACTIVITY PAGES FOR YOUR OWN ADVENTURES!
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Yellow Eyes in the Dark (Camp Wanna Bannana) by - 99 pages
When you live at the best Christian youth camp around–Camp Wanna Banana–life is filled with adventure, excitement–and fun! Join ten-year-old twins Jake and Joy; Joy’s pet spider monkey, Munch-Munch; and their “twibling” friends, Marco and Maria, as they solve a whole series of mysteries in and around Camp Wanna Banana.
A poor choice leads to a big disaster, however, and Maria and Marco wind up injured and far from home. Worst of all, there’s a frightening animal running around loose in the woods. Did that creature take Munch-Munch? Is it after them, too? Maria doesn’t think God cared about her longing for a pet. So does he care about the mess they are in now? WITH ACTVITITY PAGES TO SPARK YOUR OWN ADVENTURES!
From the Trade Paperback edition.
A poor choice leads to a big disaster, however, and Maria and Marco wind up injured and far from home. Worst of all, there’s a frightening animal running around loose in the woods. Did that creature take Munch-Munch? Is it after them, too? Maria doesn’t think God cared about her longing for a pet. So does he care about the mess they are in now? WITH ACTVITITY PAGES TO SPARK YOUR OWN ADVENTURES!
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Unveiling Mysteries of the Bible by - 256 pages
The Bible is certainly the most mysterious book ever created. The Scriptures are filled with hundreds of curious passages that have puzzled both Jews and Christians for thousands of years. In this powerful, faith-building book, respected author Grant R. Jeffrey takes the reader on a journey of mystery while uncovering deep truths found in the word of God.
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
But the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.”
Proverbs 25:2
Key Topics Include:
·The Mystery of “3 Days and 3 Nights” and Christ’s Resurrection
·The Mystery of the Virgin Birth and the Star of Bethlehem
·The Fall of the Walls of Jericho
·Ancient Egyptian manuscript confirms the 10 plagues of Exodus
·Joshua’s Long Day
·Jonah and the Great Fish
·The Mystery of the Lost Treasures of the Temple
·Why Christians Worship on Sunday
From the Trade Paperback edition.
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
But the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.”
Proverbs 25:2
Key Topics Include:
·The Mystery of “3 Days and 3 Nights” and Christ’s Resurrection
·The Mystery of the Virgin Birth and the Star of Bethlehem
·The Fall of the Walls of Jericho
·Ancient Egyptian manuscript confirms the 10 plagues of Exodus
·Joshua’s Long Day
·Jonah and the Great Fish
·The Mystery of the Lost Treasures of the Temple
·Why Christians Worship on Sunday
From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Cowboy at Heart (Amish of Apple Grove) by - 433 pages
CBA Bestselling Authors -- A Cowboy at Heart, an engaging Amish- meets- Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith, weaves a clever and romantic tale of new starts and second chances. 1886-- Jesse Montgomery is beginning to feel restless. Though he's grateful to his friends Colin and Emma for helping him get on his feet again after a few bad choices and some hard living, surely the Lord doesn't want him to stay in Apple Grove forever. Doesn't the Almighty have plans for this reformed rowdy cowboy to build a life of his own? When an unscrupulous cattle baron tries to steal Amish land, Jesse intervenes and is wounded. Lovely Katie Miller, the young healer in the district, attends to him while trying to guard her heart. This sweet Amish widow cannot risk falling in love with an English cowboy, charming though he may be. And yet-- she believes God has a life for her too that is more than what she can presently see. Could there be a future with Jesse only He could bring about?
The Best of MercyMe by - 128 pages
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 20 of the best from these Texan Christian rockers, including: All of Creation * Beautiful * Bring the Rain * God with Us * Here with Me * Homesick * The Hurt and the Healer * I Can Only Imagine * Move * Word of God Speak * and more.
The Anthropology of Protestantism: Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion) by - 268 pages
Narrowing in from the broader context of the north Atlantic, through northern Europe, to Britain, northeast Scotland, and finally the fishing village of Gamrie, this anthropology of Protestantism examines millennialist faith and economic crisis. Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates (occurring within the ostensibly secular context of contemporary Scotland) also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies. By chronicling how these individuals experience life as "enchanted," this book explores the global processes of religious conversion, economic crisis, and political struggle.
Samuel and the Shaping of Tradition (Biblical Refigurations) by - 176 pages
Samuel stands out in many important biblical texts as the figure who facilitated ancient Israel's transition from a tribal league to a monarchic state.
On the surface of the text, this transition appears clear and linear, as does Samuel's role in bringing Israel together as a nation and selecting its first kings. Beneath this surface, however, is a far more complicated network of memories, sources and agendas, each presenting a very different picture of Samuel and his social, religious and ideological function. In some sources, Samuel serves as a symbol of Israel's developing priesthood and its system of social ethics, demonstrating the tensions within the priestly ranks. In others, Samuel's prophetic status is utilized to periodize Israel's history into distinct categories, positioning prophets over monarchs as national authorities. Elsewhere, Samuel is recruited to qualify - and disqualify - different forms of political organization in pre-monarchic Israel and systems of social hierarchy. Finally, the Jewish and Christian exegetical traditions return to the figure of Samuel and mine the texts in which he appears to re-structure Israel's national identity and the later communities that claimed descent from it.
Mark Leuchter explores how the Samuel of these sources differs from the Samuel of the final form of the text, how the different writers used him to shape their ideas and transmit their messages, and how Samuel functions as a vehicle for the creation of a more elaborate literary superstructure drawn from discreet sources.
On the surface of the text, this transition appears clear and linear, as does Samuel's role in bringing Israel together as a nation and selecting its first kings. Beneath this surface, however, is a far more complicated network of memories, sources and agendas, each presenting a very different picture of Samuel and his social, religious and ideological function. In some sources, Samuel serves as a symbol of Israel's developing priesthood and its system of social ethics, demonstrating the tensions within the priestly ranks. In others, Samuel's prophetic status is utilized to periodize Israel's history into distinct categories, positioning prophets over monarchs as national authorities. Elsewhere, Samuel is recruited to qualify - and disqualify - different forms of political organization in pre-monarchic Israel and systems of social hierarchy. Finally, the Jewish and Christian exegetical traditions return to the figure of Samuel and mine the texts in which he appears to re-structure Israel's national identity and the later communities that claimed descent from it.
Mark Leuchter explores how the Samuel of these sources differs from the Samuel of the final form of the text, how the different writers used him to shape their ideas and transmit their messages, and how Samuel functions as a vehicle for the creation of a more elaborate literary superstructure drawn from discreet sources.
Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty: The Case of City of Boerne v. Flores by - 212 pages
In the landmark case City of Boerne v. Flores, the Supreme Court struck down a major federal statute - the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. This decision raised questions not only about religious freedom in America, but also about federalism and separation of powers. Using the narrative framework of a tense dispute that divided a small Texas town, Waltman offers the first book-length analysis of the constitutional jurisprudence involved in the passage of the act. Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty shows how this case and others like it stimulated and advanced an intense legal debate still ongoing today: Can and should the Supreme Court be the exclusive interpreter of the Constitution?
Fathers and Sons: The Rise and Fall of Political Dynasty in the Middle East by - 226 pages
In December 2010, a revolution began in Tunisia that rocked the Arab world and ripped up the political rulebook of the Middle East. For generations, power in the Arab world has been monopolized by monarchs or military men. The idea of dynastic power had become so deeply entrenched that, in the twenty-first century, presidents began to act like kings and appoint their sons to succeed them. Yet, this father-to-son transfer of power has absolutely no basis in Islam. To understand how the countries of the Middle East came to be ruled by a system that is distinctly un-Islamic, Fathers and Sons: The Rise and Fall of Political Dynasty in the Middle East traces the history of power in the Arab world from the Prophet to the present and reveals the story behind the headlines of the Arab Spring.