"God is like a drug, a high, [I] can't wait for the next hit." This direct quote from a megachurch member speaking about his experience of God might be dismissed as some sort of spiritually-induced drug riff. However, according to the research in this book, it was not only sincere, but a deeply felt, and sought-after sensibility. Megachurch attendees desire this first-hand experience of God, and many report finding it in their congregations. The book focuses on the emotional, social and re...

"God is like a drug, a high, [I] can't wait for the next hit." This direct quote from a megachurch member speaking about his experience of God might be dismissed as some sort of spiritually-induced drug riff. However, according to the research in this book, it was not only sincere, but a deeply felt, and sought-after sensibility. Megachurch attendees desire this first-hand experience of God, and many report finding it in their congregations. The book focuses on the emotional, social and re...

When asked their religious identification, more people answer 'none' in the Pacific Northwest than in any other region of the United States. But this does not mean that the region's religious institutions are without power or that Northwesterners who do attend no place of worship are without spiritual commitments. With no dominant denomination, Evangelicals, Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Jews, adherents of Pacific Rim religious traditions, indigenous groups, spiritual environmentalists,...

While struggling with the death of his father and losing all direction in life, James (the author) reaches the lowest point in his life and finds himself behind the bars of a cold jail cell. During his incarceration, he turns to God in hopes of finding spiritual guidance in what would become his greatest experience at his weakest moment.

Like most small towns, Wellman, Georgia has its share of ghost stories. A group of amateur paranormal investigators plan to write a book about these macabre legends, The Tourist's Guide to Haunted Wellman. But after the ghost hunters perform a late-night ritual in a graveyard, the old stories seem to be coming true. Something has been awakened. Something angry. Something hungry.Occult specialists Jonathan Crowley and Carter Decamp begin separate investigations of the occur...

Like most small towns, Wellman, Georgia has its share of ghost stories. A group of amateur paranormal investigators plan to write a book about these macabre legends, The Tourist’s Guide to Haunted Wellman. But after the ghost hunters perform a late-night ritual in a graveyard, the old stories seem to be coming true. Something has been awakened. Something angry. Something hungry.Occult specialists Jonathan Crowley and Carter Decamp begin separate investigations of the occur...

A collection of stories about America's bloodiest conflict by some of the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The War between the States comes alive in this outstanding anthology of Civil War stories. Conjuring up the best in historical storytelling, this collection features tales of brother taking up arms against brother; the clash of the blue and the gray; the war between north and south. Tales of heroism and victory, of death and defeat, and most of all–humanity–come alive ...

The Christian message needs a new interpreter: one that is particular enough to know and interpret the tradition but broad enough to evoke thought and feeling from broader groups of people, including evangelicals, liberals, and those who are disenchanted with churched religion and who describe themselves as spiritual but not religious, yet are fond of the Jesus tradition.This book helps readers to understand the new landscape and its key figure, Rob Bell, by bringing a reasoned voi...

Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world-it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. The book makes clear the complex interactions between religion, violence, and politics to show that religion as always innocent or always evil is misguided, and that rationalizations by religion for political power and violence are not n...

Rocket into the astonishing worlds of 1940s science fiction with a collection that captures the boundless imagination, adventure, and wonder that defined one of the greatest decades in the genre’s history.Join the unforgettable Lancelot Biggs, the unlikely genius navigator created by Nelson S. Bond, in three entertaining adventures that blend humor, invention, and interplanetary excitement. Explore distant asteroids, mysterious planets, and strange civilizations wh...

Nesta terceira edição, a Tramatura volta a abrir o túmulo da imaginação sombria e desenterrar dez histórias arrepiantes publicadas nas primeiras décadas do século XX, acompanhadas do conto inédito do vencedor da Primeira Seleção Gritos de Horror: Sessão Fantasma, de Lailton Garcia, em que uma jornalista descobre que certas sessões de cinema nunca terminam… Entre as páginas da Gritos de Horror #003, os mortos sussurram: um talismã que concede três desejos e três desgraças em A Pata do Macac...

"God is like a drug, a high, [I] can't wait for the next hit." This direct quote from a megachurch member speaking about his experience of God might be dismissed as some sort of spiritually-induced drug riff. However, according to the research in this book, it was not only sincere, but a deeply felt, and sought-after sensibility. Megachurch attendees desire this first-hand experience of God, and many report finding it in their congregations.High on God gives the first robu...