Mother of God, Similar to Fire"You gaze on the icon, but it gazes on you too We need to gaze on truly conversational, truly loving images, images that will return our love." William Hart McNichols Stunning . . . the reader is brought to the door of a deep and potentially transformative experience. Presence Open this book and allow these icons to open your eyes to our patron and our companion: Mary, the Mother of God. James Martin, S. J., author, My Life with the Saints This book

Fathers Bevans and Schroeder address a primary challenge faced by Christians missioners today: How can they bring the Christian tradition to interact respectfully and effectively with members of other cultures and traditions from around the globe and still be prophetic

founded by Dorothy Day in New York City in 1933

Ecclesiogenesis: The Base Communities Reinvent the Church

and all its peoples

with 350 entries and 50 illustrations

He shows how all forms of embodiment – from bacteria to the stars

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an Austrian theologian

And he knows that the call of Jesus is not to a life lived apart from that tumult

In this bracing lamentation

The Meaning of Christ reinterprets Christian tradition in the light of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy