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  • Cachita's Streets

    The Virgin of Charity, Race, and Revolution in Cuba

    by Jalane D. Schmidt ...
    Series series Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People
    Cuba’s patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, also called Cachita, is a potent symbol of Cuban national identity. Jalane D. Schmidt shows how groups as diverse as Indians and African slaves, Spanish colonial officials, Cuban independence soldiers, Catholic authorities and laypeople, intellectuals, journalists and artists, practitioners of spiritism and Santería, activists, politicians, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • Waiting for Snow in Havana

    Confessions of a Cuban Boy

    by Carlos Eire ...
    “Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.” In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Havana—exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by Fidel Castro’s revolution. Winner of the National Book Award, this stunning memoir is a vibrant and evocative look at Latin America from a child’s unforgettable experience.Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • La Americana

    A Memoir

    by Melanie Bowden Simón ...
    La Americana is the story of Melanie Bowden Simón, who, at the age of twenty-five, left her job at Tina Brown’s Talk magazine following the death of her mother and decided to take a vacation in Havana, Cuba, with a friend. Little did she know that she would meet and fall in love with a Cuban man named Luis and dive headlong into a culture defined by beauty, humor, and grace within the unnerving ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Book of Hours

    by Thomas Merton ...
    Discover the timeless wisdom of Thomas Merton, one of the most influential contemplative voices of the twentieth century, in A Book of Hours. This beautifully curated collection draws from Merton’s most lyrical and prayerful writings, offering a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that embraces the ancient monastic tradition of “praying the hours.”Editor Kathleen Deignan has carefully ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Collection Of Buddhism Volume 1

    by NETLANCERS INC ...
    Collection Of Buddhism Volume 1"Buddhism has always been fond of parables and many of these were used by the Buddha himself. He taught by parables, 'for men of good understanding will readily enough catch the meaning of what is taught under the shape of a parable.'" Let us read these simple and yet moving stories with the eyes of a child and the mind of a beginner-- for they are the pointing ... Read more

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  • Living the Mass

    How One Hour a Week Can Change Your Life

    by Dominic Grassi, Joe Paprocki, DMin ...
    Second Place, Liturgy categoryCatholic Press Association book awards, 2012“This little book is a gem!”From Sunday Mass to Monday mayhem: Can the central act of Catholic worship transform our daily lives?In the United States, only 25% of self-proclaimed Catholics attend Mass on a weekly basis. Many Catholics believe that far more people would attend if only the homilies were better, or the music ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Living Santería

    Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion

    by Michael Atwood Mason ...
    In 1992 Smithsonian anthropologist Michael Atwood Mason traveled to Cuba for initiation as a priest into the Santería religion. Since then he has created an active oricha “house” and has initiated five others as priests. He is a rare combination: a scholar-practitioner who is equally fluent in his profession and his religion. Interweaving his roles as researcher and priest, Mason explores Santería ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Intercessions for Mass

    by Mary Grace Melcher OCD ...
    Inspired by her daily contemplation and meditation on the Scriptures, Carmelite Sister Mary Grace Melcher offers this book of deeply meaningful prayers of the faithful for every day of the year. Cycles A, B, and C for Sundays and the two-year cycle for weekdays are all included.These beautiful intercessions echo the grace of the day indicated by the Scripture readings and have been prayed in her ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary

    She Led by Transgression

    by Margaret Randall ...
    Taking part in the Cuban Revolution's first armed action in 1953, enduring the torture and killings of her brother and fiancé, assuming a leadership role in the underground movement, and smuggling weapons into Cuba, Haydée Santamaría was the only woman to participate in every phase of the Revolution. Virtually unknown outside of Cuba, Santamaría was a trusted member of Fidel Castro's inner circle ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Mors Britannica

    Lifestyle & Death-Style in Britain Today

    by Douglas J. Davies ...
    A people's lifestyle is one thing, their death-style another. The proximity or distance between such styles says much about a society, not least in Britain today. Mors Britannica takes up this style-issue in a society where cultural changes involve distinctions between traditional religion, secularisation, and emergent forms of spirituality, all of which involve emotions, where fear, longing, and ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning

    Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism

    Edited by Paul Murray ...
    This volume proposes a fresh strategy for ecumenical engagement - 'Receptive Ecumenism' - that is fitted to the challenges of the contemporary context and has already been internationally recognised as making a distinctive and important new contribution to ecumenical thought and practice. Beyond this, the volume tests and illustrates this proposal by examining what Roman Catholicism in particular ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • Spiritual Meditations for Teenagers - Volume 1

    by Dianna Miller ...
    These meditations have helped many teenagers grow in their faith and love for God. It teaches them the importance of spending time in prayer and living a meaningful Christian life. I used them on a weekly basis and received much positive feedback from the students. In the front of the book is a letter from one student whose life was changed by the meditations. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD