Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers representing the world's major religious traditions, the book introduces new voices, challenges assumptions, raises new questions, and broadens the base of knowledge and investment in this im...

Study the entire Book of Job, beginning with a look at a man named Job and ending with when God asks questions. Some of the major ideas explored are: saying the right thing at the wrong time, personal vindication and the desire for immortality, why do the wicked live, playing the last card, and God delivers the afflicted.More than 3.5 million copies of the series have been sold.This revision of the Abingdon classic Genesis to Revelation Series is a comprehensive, v...

This volume offers a comprehensive intellectual and experiential introduction to Christian spirituality. It embraces spiritual traditions from the Patristic period to the present day. Part I, "The Roots of Contemporary Western Spirituality," covers spiritual types that have been fundamental in shaping spiritual practice. Part II, "Distinctive Spiritual Traditions," offers major introductory essays on spiritual traditions formed by such notable figures as Luther, Wesley, Ignatius, and John ...

Study the entire Book of Job, beginning with a look at a man named Job and ending with when God asks questions. Some of the major ideas explored are: saying the right thing at the wrong time, personal vindication and the desire for immortality, why do the wicked live, playing the last card, and God delivers the afflicted.Leader Guide includes:A verse-by-verse, in-depth look at the Scriptures.Background material, including word studies and history of the biblical setti...

Tenth in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, this book shows how both peace studies and service-learning have been developing new ideas of how social learning takes place as a community process in conflict situations and what the dynamics of peace building are. The process has created a new niche in academia for preparing students to become social change agents. The enthusiasm of the contributors in this book gives the reader a new vision of what is possible on college campuses...