It begins with a massive series of explosions that distribute biotoxins through a prestigious west coast gathering. Hundreds of America's elite are killed and maimed but this is just the first stroke of a coordinated terrorist attack that brings America to her knees. America panics as infrastructure is crippled and the nation's place as a world power is threatened by the rising Chinese Dragon.

Many years of cross-cultural work in Angola have led Analzira Nascimento to deeply rethink mission, especially in countries marked by western colonialization. As you read, be sure to ‘recognise’ the Spirit who moves people to participate in God’s mission in a world marred by suffering and injustice. Imagine Christian mission without the dichotomies of ‘us’ and ‘them’, mission which is relational and dialogical. These are some of the questions this book addresses which forces the reader to...

A church on the rubbish dump... Christian business people practice the Gospel of Jesus, giving life to people and the environment... a community leaves the comfort of the middle-class neighbourhood and moves to a place in the middle of working class neighbourhoods... in response to the Biblical challenges about caring for creation a church embraces the work of reforestation in a park. On Earth As It Is In Heaven presents concrete experiences of social environmental action in churches in Br...

The international bestselling political thriller from the author of The Day of the Jackal, now a Sky TV series with Eddie Redmayne'Packs a punch... impossible to put down' Daily Mail'The plot is as taut and lean as ever' Daily Express'The master of the political thriller strikes again' Kirkus______________________THE KILL LIST...

Through newly unearthed texts virtually unknown in Andean studies, Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" highlights the Andean intellectual tradition of writing in their long-term struggle for social empowerment and questions the previous understanding of the "lettered city" as a privileged space populated solely by colonial elites. Rarely acknowledged in studies of resistance to colonial rule, these writings challenged colonial hierarchies and ethnic discrimination in attem...

FIFTEEN NAMES There are 15 targets, the finest warriors in the world - commandos, spies, terrorists. And they must all be dead by 12 noon, today. The price on their heads: almost $20 million each. ONE HERO Among the names on the target list, one stands out. A Marine named Shane Schofield, call-sign: Scarecrow. NO LIMITS And so Schofield is plunged into a headlong race around the world, pursued by a fearsome collection of international bounty hunters - including the "Black Knight", a notori...

“A.J. Tata is the new Tom Clancy” –Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE LAST PatriotIn December 2001, CIA paramilitary operative Matt Garrett is mysteriously pulled from Pakistan as he closes in for the kill of Al Qaeda senior leadership and is reassigned to a low-profile mission in the Philippines. But as he sifts through the wreckage of a downed C-130 in the tangled jungle, he finds a dead U.S. Special Forces paratrooper who is not supposed to be there....

Handbook of Latino/a Theologies explores the varied theological, ecclesiastical, spiritual, and cultural expressions associated with the term 'Latino/a or Hispanic theology.' There is no single definition of Hispanic/Latino theology, but rather a multiplicity of perspectives within the diverse Latino/a communities that articulate a distinctive and relevant Hispanic viewpoint. This collection of thirty-four essays surveys how Latinos/as understand and do theology within those varied context...

White privilege and racial injustice persist in the Church; and despite a commitment to promote justice for all, racism is a reality of life, and has been since before the founding of our nation. In addition throughout most of our nation’s history, theology, as a discipline, has remained silent about racism and, at its worst, overtly supported racist practices. This book, examines: 1) what racism is and how it functions, especially in the contemporary setting; 2) how the United States has ...

Master storyteller and bestselling author Steven Pressfield returns with a stunning, chillinglyplausible near-future thriller about the rise of a privately financed and global military industrial complex.The year is 2032. The third Iran-Iraq war is over; the 11/11 dirty bomb attack on the port of Long Beach, California is receding into memory; Saudi Arabia has recently quelled a coup; Russians and Turks are clashing in the Caspian Basin; Iranian armored units, supp...

For two thousand years, Christianity has been wrong about sex. To this day Christians grapple with defining gender, sexism, heterosexism, and what constitutes healthy sex. Miguel A. De La Torre-noted ethicist and scholar on the intersection of religion with race, class, gender, and sexuality-shines new light on these intimate issues in Liberating Sexuality, a provocative compilation of his writings that apply justice to the most private parts of our lives.Grounded in bibli...