An evangelical minister recounts his journey from the religious right and American politics back to the loving messages of Jesus as seen in the gospels."A searingly honest view of two sides of America's culture wars. Costly Grace is both an indictment of religiosity and a testimony to the power of redemption. If only all our spiritual and political leaders were as courageous, and as faithful, as Rob Schenck." —The Rt. Rev. Marian Edgar Budde, bishop...

A leading American evangelical minister—whom public figures long turned to for guidance in faith and politics—recounts his three conversions, from childhood Jewish roots to Christianity, from a pure faith to a highly politicized one, and from the religious right to the simplicity of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.Rob Schenck’s extraordinary life has been at the center of the intersection between evangelical Christianity and modern politics. Attacked by partisans on both sides of the ai...

Originally published in 1992 and revised in 2001, Frank B. Connolly's Local Government in Connecticut is one of the most useful and well-established resources on the state's local government. Written expressly for public officials and students, the book explains Connecticut's basic forms of local government and its many variants, as well as examining their inner workings, including governance, management, administration, municipal services, education, and land use. This new edition has bee...

What if Christians did more than offer thoughts and prayers in response to gun violence? Ethicist Michael Austin argues—from a biblical but nonpacifist perspective—that we can impose firearms restrictions to make our society safer and less fearful while still respecting the rights of gun owners. God and Guns in America is a thoughtful, measured, and articulate treatment of a polarizing topic that is too often treated with more heat than light.

Concern for an extreme form of Christian nationalism influencing the current American administration’s decisions led Mary Theresa Webb to revisit over two thousand years of Christian history. She reminds today’s believers why God chose to send his Son to be born at the time of the Roman occupation of Palestine and what we can learn about how to live in the domain of God (since America was founded to get away from kings and kingdoms). She explores the role of the Beatitudes as a compass for...