By Christopher D. Ringwald Millions of alcoholics and addicts recover through spirituality. In The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions, author and journalist Christopher D. Ringwald tells how and why they seek and achieve these transformations. Ranging as far back as the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society in 1840, Ringwald illuminates the use of spirituality within a wide range of...
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By Donna Freitas An enlightening look at today’s hook-up culture and its effects on college students’ religious beliefs. Based on interviews from young adults attending public, private, Catholic, and evangelical schools, Freitas’s study reveals that most students see little connection between their sexual and spiritual lives. Disturbing yet hopeful, it’s sure to spark conversation about a sensitive topic....
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By Seth Benardete The Archaeology of the Soul is a testimony to the extraordinary scope of Seth Benardete’s thought. Some essays concern particular authors or texts; others range more broadly and are thematic. Some deal explicitly with philosophy; others deal with epic, lyric, andtragic poetry. Some of these authors are Greek, some Roman, and still others are contemporaries writing about antiquity. All of these essays, however, are...
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By Carla Mae Streeter The seasons of the soul are the seasons of the liturgical calendar. With poetry, prose, imagery, and all the passion of a woman in love, Carla Mae Streeter takes readers through the liturgical seasons and on a spiritual pilgrimage that is filled with the love of an intimate God. Every season becomes an awakening, revealing awe, excitement, and comfort in knowing that our beloved God is our companion and our life...
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Edited by Mark R. McMinn & Timothy R. Phillips “This volume explores the intersection of psychology and theology, but it is not a simple intersection. It is an intersection affected by rich theological and ecclesiological traditions, by the ravages and wonders of modern psychology, and by the character and qualities of today’s ministers and communities of faith.” (from the introduction) For two millennia...
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By Joel B. Green Why A Search for the Soul? Many Christians assume that it is biblically faithful and theologically noncontroversial to speak of humans having a soul. Yet a wide range of biblical scholars are questioning whether we have correctly understood what the Bible means when it speaks of the “soul.” And contemporary neuroscience is laying more and more questions at the doorstep of the church, asking whether our...
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By John J. Pilch Reports of prophetic dreams, of journeys into the heavens, and of other alternate states of consciousness abound in the Old and New Testaments and in extrabiblical literature. And although some scholars consider such reports to be simple literary devices, John J. Pilch – a leading expert in social scientific interpretation of the Bible – argues that ancient accounts of alternate consciousness are both plausible and...
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By Thomas Moore Moore’s insightful guide takes a look at the movements and desires felt in the human soul. Using Greek mythology and psychology as a lens through which to view human nature he explores such issues as love, jealousy and power. He champions the need for a deep spiritual connection and experience of beauty in order to have a healthy soul life. Moore’s incisive explorations will help you develop a more...
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By Cynthia Ruchti Jesus takes our ragged edges and missing pieces and mends us into something both whole and beautiful. For years, society and especially the church required that we hide our brokenness and pretend that all was well, even when it was terribly broken. Now, people have become comfortable with our tattered edges, our character weaknesses, our “old, familiar sins,” and forgotten that God doesn’t intend to leave us in a...
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By Sara Covin Juengst What is it about a garden that has such strong attraction for so many of us? In this beautifully illustrated book, Sara Covin Juengst answers this question as she explores the way the metaphor of the garden is used in the Bible. She looks at how the various garden images are used to convey ideas of God’s providential care, our responsibility to steward the earth, the discipline of the Christian life, what...
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By Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. Allan Cole Jr. offers insights on the topic of prayer, explaining prayer and describing its spiritual and physical effects. This book is for those who are not comfortable with prayer or who have reached an impasse in their prayer lives. Cole demonstrates different kinds of prayer, helps the reader find ways to pray in various situations, and provides sample prayers. The volume includes questions for reflection...
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By Marjorie J. Thompson First released in 1995, this spiritual classic continues to be a bestseller, as thousands each year accept Marjorie Thompson’s invitation to the Christian spiritual life. This work has come to be recognized as one of the outstanding guides to the spiritual disciplines. Full of nuts-and-bolts suggestions, moving illustrations, apt quotations, and annotated bibliographies, it can be adapted for personal...
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By Ray Pritchard People have honest doubts and questions about God that deserve solid answers. How do we explain the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way we can all understand? Ray Pritchard has updated this best-selling presentation of the gospel in a clear, straightforward way using simple language and clear Scripture references. An Anchor for the Soul is written with doubters, seekers, and skeptics in mind. In a clear, straightforward...
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By Martha Grace Reese Next in the Unbinding the Gospel Series. With 40-day personal prayer journal. For small groups ready to invite… Unbinding Your Soul is the “unbinding” model for actual, invitational evangelism. Typical mainline churches get ready for the Unbinding Your Soul small group study with Unbinding the Gospel/Unbinding Your Heart “pre-evangelism.” Unbinding Your Soul helps them invite...
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By Rita Nakashima Brock & Gabriella Lettini The first book to explore the idea and effect of moral injury on veterans, their families, and their communities. Although veterans make up only seven percent of the U.S. population, they account for an alarming 20 percent of all suicides. And though treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder has undoubtedly alleviated suffering and allowed many service members returning from combat...
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By Ruth Haley Barton Drawing on the imagery of the natural rhythms of the created order, Sacred Rhythms explores the practices that spiritual seekers and growing disciples have used throughout history to grow closer to God. In a similar way, the disciplines of the spiritual life are the basic components of the rhythm of intimacy that feeds the soul, keeping Christians open and available to God’s surprising initiative in their lives....
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By David Robert Anderson Losing Your Faith, Finding Your Soul is for those of us who have come to the end of traditional beliefs and wonder if we have reached the end of faith as well. It is for the day when assumptions about God and the religious teachings we trusted in the past no longer apply to life. When your old beliefs die, is it possible to hold onto faith? David Robert Anderson answers this question with a...
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By Joan Chittister This simple little book from a great spiritual giant attends to what we human beings are most inclined to forget, preparing for and engaging in prayer. It is an examination of what we ourselves must bring to the discipline of prayer–whatever form it takes–in order to make prayer authentic and real, a deep and profound part of our lives. None of the brief reflections in this book are ever finished, ever closed,...
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By Dr. Arnold R. Fleagle & Dr. Donald A. Lichi The “Broken Windows Theory” suggests that a community can reduce crime and maintain social order when small problems are fixed promptly. Alternatively, minor vandalism (such as broken windows) left unrepaired, sends the message that no one cares-inviting more serious crimes. Fleagle and Lichi have applied this theory to the problem of sexual temptation and moral failure....
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By J. P. Moreland In a culture in which science is believed to hold the answers to every question, spiritual realities like the soul are often ignored or ridiculed. We are told that neuroscience holds the key to explaining every aspect of human behavior. Yet Christian philosopher J. P. Moreland argues that Scripture, sound philosophical reasoning, and everyday experience all point to the reality of an immaterial soul. Countering the...
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By J. P. Moreland Are you nothing more than a brain? Hasn’t science shown that the faculties of the “soul” are reducible to the purely physical? Philosopher J.P. Moreland shows how science has done no such thing. Rather, there are excellent reasons for believing that we have a soul that can survive the death of the body. He reveals the important implications for the soul’s existence, warning those who deny it...
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By Vinita Hampton Wright There is a reason artists tend to feel a sense of the sacred in their work. It’s the same reason those on the path of spiritual formation find that creative exercises lead them into a deeper, more authentic experience with God. Creative work is soul work, and soul work is always creative work. Feeding one while neglecting the other will leave you restless and unsatisfied. Nurturing them both will lead...
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By J. Barrie Shepherd J. Barrie Shepherd presents thirty days of thoughtful and thought-provoking meditation for morning and evening reading. Reflecting on the parables found in the book of Luke, Shepherd describes a way of seeing and looking beyond what the eye can see to what the soul perceives. (Publisher’s description) Available at Christian...
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By John Eldredge God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written in the heart of every boy: To be a hero, to be a warrior, to live a life of adventure and risk. Sadly, most men abandon those dreams and desires-aided by a Christianity that feels like nothing more than pressure to be a “nice guy.” It is no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often...
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