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  • The Christian Left

    An Introduction to Radical and Socialist Christian Thought

    by Anthony A. J. Williams ...
    Christianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative – in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right. But can this be straightforwardly true of a religion founded by a figure who drew his early followers from among the poor and downtrodden and spoke against the accumulation of earthly riches?In this book, Anthony A.J. Williams shows that this assumption is far from ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Christian Socialism as Political Ideology

    The Formation of the British Christian Left, 1877-1945

    by Anthony A.J. Williams ...
    In this book, Anthony Williams investigates the history of Christian Socialist thought in Britain from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Through analysis of the writings of ten key Christian Socialists from the period, Williams reframes the ideology of Christian Socialism as a coherent and influential body of political thought - moving the study of Christian Socialism away from ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

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  • Issues Facing Christians Today

    4th Edition

    by Dr. John R.W. Stott, Roy McCloughry, John Wyatt ...
    Terrorism. Same-sex marriage. Debt cancellation. The AIDS pandemic. These are just some of the critical contemporary issues addressed in this book.Issues Facing Christians Today helps thinking Christians sift through and respond to a sweeping array of complex and pressing topics. Thoroughly revised and updated by Roy McCloughry and fully endorsed by John Stott, this fourth edition continues a two ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Nationalism

    Theory, Ideology, History

    by Anthony D. Smith ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    For the last two centuries, nationalism has been a central feature of society and politics. Few ideologies can match its power and resonance, and no other political movement and symbolic language has such worldwide appeal and resilience. But nationalism is also a form of public culture and political religion, which draws on much older cultural and symbolic forms.Seeking to do justice to these ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Compassion and Solidarity

    by Gregory Baum ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church -- together with the considerable opposition to it. He discusses why many Christians are becoming activists, turning their faith into deeds by working for the liberation of the poor, not only in South ... Read more

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  • Whatever Happened to Tradition?

    History, Belonging and the Future of the West

    by Tim Stanley ...
    The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us.The central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a proper sense of tradition – political, social and religious. We ignore our past at our peril. The problem, argues Tim Stanley, is that the Western ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • A Church with the Soul of a Nation

    Making and Remaking the United Church of Canada

    by Phyllis Airhart ...
    Series Book 61 - McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
    "As Canadian as the maple leaf" is how one observer summed up the United Church of Canada after its founding in 1925. But was this Canadian-made church flawed in its design, as critics have charged? A Church with the Soul of a Nation explores this question by weaving together the history of the United Church with a provocative analysis of religion and cultural change.The story begins in the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Undivided Past

    Humanity Beyond Our Differences

    by David Cannadine ...
    From one of our most acclaimed historians, a wise and provocative call to re-examine the way we look at the past: not merely as the story of incessant conflict between groups but also of human solidarity throughout the ages.Investigating the six most salient categories of human identity, difference, and confrontation—religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization—David Cannadine questions ... Read more

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  • Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era

    by Anthony Smith ...
    In a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is this due to the advance of modernity? Will a global culture supersede nationalism? In fact, the revolution of modernity has revitalized ethnic memories and communities, as people look for stability and meaning in an age of unprecedented change and ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • The Oil Has Not Run Dry

    The Story of My Theological Pathway

    by Gregory Baum ...
    Series Book 23 - Footprints Series
    Born to a Jewish mother and Protestant father in 1923 Berlin, Gregory Baum devoted his career to a humanistic approach to Catholicism. In The Oil Has Not Run Dry, Baum shares recollections about his lifelong commitment to theology, his atypical views, and his evolving understanding of the Catholic Church’s message.Baum reflects on his groundbreaking work with the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • An Analysis of Gustavo Gutiérrez's A Theology of Liberation

    by Marthe Hesselmans, Jonathan Teubner ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez wanted to solve the problem of how the church could conduct itself to improve the lives of the poor, while consistently positioning itself as politically neutral. Despite being a deeply religious man, Gutiérrez was extremely troubled by the lukewarm way in which Christians in general, and the Catholic Church in particular, acknowledged and supported the poor. In A ... Read more

    $8.95 USD