Francis: 3998 books
Listen to the Silence
A Retreat With Pere Jacques
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
The Carmelite nuns at Pontoise invited Père Jacques to give conferences and to preach as retreat master. They received from him a seven-day retreat in the late summer of 1943. This book contains the talks he gave to the nuns: they are inspiring, but also warm-hearted reflections, on questions...
by Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
If it is true that a nation is what its doctrines are, it becomes very easy to discover in the doctrines of contemporary Europe the last reason of the troubles and revolutions which keep it in constant turmoil. It has sowed the wind, now it is reaping the whirlwind. It has destroyed the foundations,...
Myanmar's Enemy Within
Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim 'Other'
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
For decades Myanmar has been portrayed as a case of good citizen versus bad regime – men in jackboots maintaining a suffocating rule over a majority Buddhist population beholden to the ideals of non-violence and tolerance. But in recent years this narrative has been upended.
In June 2012,...
by Francis MacNutt
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Too often, especially in the church, the subject of homosexuality causes deep misunderstanding and painful rifts. Is it really possible to believe that homosexuals did not choose that lifestyle, and yet maintain biblically that the behavior is sinful? Yes, says author Francis MacNutt, and the prayerful...
Not Just Good, but Beautiful
The Complementary Relationship between Man and Woman
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
In an unprecedented interreligious conference in November 2014, Pope Francis and four hundred religious leaders and scholars from around the world met in Rome to explore what their diverse faiths teach about marriage and “the complementarity of man and woman.”
This book contains the most...
How to Raise an Ox
Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature but of world literature. Dogen's writings are a near-perfect expression of truth, beautifully expressing the best of which the human race is capable. In this volume, Francis Cook presents ten selections...
by Francis Russell
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
James Michael Curley, the most powerful Irish-American politician in Boston until John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress, was the stuff of legend before his life became fiction in the film The Last Hurrah. Here, in this short-form book from historian Francis Russell, is the story of this twice jailed champion of the people.
Belief
Readings on the Reason for Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
“A brilliant, wide ranging and powerful series of readings on the possibilities, problems and mysteries of faith. This book belongs on the shelf of every believer—and every serious skeptic.” — Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters
“This life-giving, faith-filled and hard-nosed...
by Gibbons, Francis C.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1979
How do you envision a prophet of the Lord? What would his childhood be like? How would he prepare for his special ministry? What is there about a man that makes him a potential mouthpiece of Jesus Christ on earth? Heber J. Grant: Man of Steel, Prophet of God provides insight into questions such as...
Unapologetic
Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Francis Spufford's Unapologetic is a wonderfully pugnacious defense of Christianity. Refuting critics such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the "new atheist" crowd, Spufford, a former atheist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, argues that Christianity is recognizable, drawing...
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 1
The Years 491–541/1097–1146: The Coming of the Franks and the Muslim Response
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir (1160-1233AD), entitled 'al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh', is one of the outstanding sources for the history of the mediaeval world. It covers the whole sweep of Islamic history almost up to the death of its author and, with the sources available to him, he attempted to embrace...
This Day We Fight!
Breaking the Bondage of a Passive Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Author Francis Frangipane tells us that the call of God is a call to war. An enemy lurks at our gates, and one of his first lines of attack is often a spirit of heaviness, which causes Christians to become passive. As a result, they do not pray with authority against the enemy, rendering themselves...
The Fourfold Gospel
A Theological Reading of the New Testament Portraits of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
This groundbreaking approach to the study of the fourfold gospel offers a challenging alternative to prevailing assumptions about the creation of the gospels and their portraits of Jesus. How and why does it matter that we have these four gospels? Why were they placed alongside one another as four...
by Samantha Francis
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
A practical guide based on Chinese medicine that uses the cycle of the seasons to explain a simple, easy to implement wellness system. This book focuses on making Chinese medicine and the law of the five elements easy for anyone to use in their life. It also answers questions about acupuncture and Chinese medicine for the layperson.