Parables Christian Living

Parables Christian LivingIn Parables a noted author and retreat leader brings home to us that the stories Jesus used to teach are practical, down to earth stories told for and to ordinary people people like ourselves, with worries about food and shelter, work, and family life. But the parables never let their listeners off the hook. If our lives belong to the Kingdom of God, much is given, but much is also asked of us. If our lives belong to the Kingdom, they belong also, in

Black Theology and Black Power) offers a collection of essays he wrote over the last 30 years

In Women Healing Earth noted theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether brings together illuminating writings of fourteen Latin American

From his dramatic conversion in 1970 to his death in 2008

and socially engaged Buddhism

Ruether has spent the last several years exploring the environmental crisis

and mystic

"As a church

with Africa playing a significant role in the resurgence of the faith

Francis and the Foolishness of God

in heart and soul as well as world and deed

documents included here demonstrate how African Americans have long been an integral part of Catholic History in America

"This accessible anthology introduces the teachings of the exiled Vietnamese Buddhist monk