Orbis Books
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Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home
$28.00 Add to cartAgainst the background of ecological devastation in the Americas, a growing list has emerged of environmental defenders whose care for our common home has cost them their lives. In Ecomartyrdom in the
- Series: Ecology and Justice
- Author: Gandolfo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 30 2023
- ISBN10: 162698512X
- Language: English
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Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril
$30.00 Add to cartConfronting the woeful legacy of a centuries’-old theology, Johnson shows how the beauty of our faith tradition is deepened by being rooted in ecological reality. She lays out the foundations in scrip
- Author: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1626983097
- Language: English
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In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Father Gustavo Gutierrez
$28.00 Read moreThis book reflects intersection between the lives, commitments, and strategies of two highly respected figures Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez joined in their option for the poor, their defe… [more below]
- Author: Griffin, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: November 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1626980500
- Language: English
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Transforming Mission
$50.00 Add to cartDavid Bosch’s Transforming Mission, now available in over a dozen languages, is widely recognized as an historic and magisterial contribution to the study of mission. Examining the entire sweep of Chr
- Series: American Society of Missiology #16
- Author: Bosch, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 09 2011
- ISBN10: 1570759480
- Language: English
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Franz Jagerstatter: Letters and Writings from Prison
$27.00 Add to cartFranz Jgersttter, an Austrian farmer, a devoted husband and father, and a devout Catholic, was executed in 1943 as a result of his refusal to serve in the Nazi army. Before taking this stand Jgersttte
- Author: Putz, Erna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1570758263
- Language: English
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Thomas Merton: Essential Writings
$23.00 Add to cartThomas Mertron (1951-1968), the Trappist monk and author, remains one of the most influential spiritual guides of the twentieth century. Beginning with his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, an… [more below]
- Series: Modern Spiritual Masters
- Author: Merton, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1570753318
- Language: English
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Meditations on Creation in an Era of Extinction
$36.00 Add to cartThis book practices an ancient form of theological reflection–the hexameron–on creation and attends to current concerns for the wellbeing of creation amid changing climates, anthropogenic pollution,
- Series: Ecology and Justice
- Author: Rigby, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1626985502
- Language: English
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Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions
$30.00 Add to cartIn the spring of 1998, the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century commissioned this series of essays to investigate the theme of nonviolence in the sacred texts, the oral teachings, and the tradi… [more below]
- Series: Faith Meets Faith
- Author: Smith-Christopher, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: September 19 2007
- ISBN10: 157075747X
- Language: English
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The Ladder of the Beatitudes
$20.00 Add to cartDrawing on stories from the lives of the saints, scripture, and everyday life, Jim Forest opens up the mysteries of the beatitudes. These ancient blessings, with which Christ began his Sermon on the M… [more below]
- Author: Forest, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 26 1999
- ISBN10: 1570752451
- Language: English
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99 Names of God
$20.00 Add to cartThis book by Brother David Steindl-Rast offers a meditation on each of the 99 names of God found in the Islamic creed. It speaks to people of any religious belief who through the many names of God ent… [more below]
- Author: Steindl-Rast, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1626984220
- Language: English
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A Sense of Wonder: The World’s Best Writers on the Sacred, the Profane, and the Ordinary
$22.00 Add to cartAn anthology of 36 astonishing personal stories and essays from some of America’s best writers that first appeared in Portland Magazine, the best university magazine in America (Newsweek).
- Author: Doyle, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1626982082
- Language: English
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Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings
$18.00 Add to cartEtty Hillesum (1914-1943), a young Dutch Jewish woman, died in Auschwitz at the age of 29. This volume, drawn from her letters and diaries, lays out the themes of her distinctive and inspiring spiritu… [more below]
- Series: Modern Spiritual Masters
- Author: Hillesum, Etty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 157
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1570758387
- Language: English
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Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.’s Spiritual Sponsor
$30.00 Add to cartFather Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ (1898-1960), whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson’s life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-ste… [more below]
- Author: Goldstein, Dawn Eden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 20 2024
- ISBN10: 162698526X
- Language: English
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Daughters of Anowa
$30.00 Add to cartDaughters of Anowa provides an analysis of the lives of African women today from an African woman’s own perspective. It is a study of the influence of culture and religion – particularly of traditiona… [more below]
- Author: Oduyoye, Mercy Amba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 10 2005
- ISBN10: 0883449994
- Language: English
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The Nature of Theology: Challenges, Frameworks, Basic Beliefs
$27.00 Add to cartDiscusses the discipline of theology in light of our current situation. As with his 1990 book Dynamics of Theology, he is still seeking to clarify what the academic study of Christian theology is abou… [more below]
- Author: Haight, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1626984883
- Language: English
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Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story
$20.00 Add to cartFirst published in 1996, this book sought to answer the question: What does it mean to be human, to live on planet Earth, in the universe as it is now understood? Now, with a new introduction and the
- Author: Swimme, Brian Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1626983437
- Language: English
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Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
$18.00 Add to cartPart One determines why sexuality has become a “taboo” issue for the Black church and community. Douglas examines the function of sexuality in White culture and the denigration and exploitation of Bla… [more below]
- Author: Douglas, Kelly B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 08 2003
- ISBN10: 1570752427
- Language: English
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Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian
$26.00 Add to cartJames Cone is widely regarded as the “father of Black Theology”–his own synthesis of Gospel message embodied by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the black pride of Malcolm X. Next year marks the 50th ann
- Author: Cone, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1626983771
- Language: English
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Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins – 3rd Edition
$45.00 Add to cartIn this revised edition of an established classroom text, De La Torre furthers his argument that the pain and suffering of people who have been marginalized continues to inform a perspective that ho
- Author: de la Torre, Miguel A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1626985340
- Language: English
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Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion
$26.00 Add to cartIn her latest book, scientist and theologian Ilia Delio takes up the challenge of reconciling evolution and religion with particular attention to the role of Artificial Intelligence. She argues that A… [more below]
- Author: Delio, Ilia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1626983828
- Language: English
