Book List: Religion & Spirituality
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"The Mark of the Beast" is a well-researched
book that explores the Christian faith, its precepts and laws and the
reason why we, as human beings, should live our lives according to them.
As well as providing a wealth of information on the teachings of the Bible
and Christ, William Palfrey stresses the importance of personal effort
in faith, and of the dangers of reticence and apathy.
Christianity and its laws are an active force for good in the world, demanding
participation and will - they are not just a thing to be obeyed passively.
A thought-provoking work.
Mark of
the Beast
William Palfrey
ISBN 1905203 57 8
UK £7.99
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This is a compact and concise collection of guidance notes,
exploring the basics of the Christian faith - an ideal reference book
on your journey through life.
The author looks briefly at some of the mysteries of the Bible, other
religions and sects, prayer and meditation.
This book is particularly valuable when you are stumbling on the road
to your faith - these Stepping Stones may help you continue to reach out
and find that special way to God.
Stepping
Stones
Malcolm Godfrey
ISBN 1 905203 78 0
UK £4.95
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It is the privilege of teachers of religious education
to foster a bond of togetherness (communio) among their young scholars
by encouraging them freely to voice their ideas, ideals and ambitions.
This will encourage them to help each other in the rough and tumble of
their common humanity and fallibility. Their innate nobility of character
will endeavour to protect the weak, confound the strong and to fill their
hearts and minds, 'With everything that is true, everything that is noble,
everything that is good and pure everything that we love and honour, and
everything than can be thought virtuous or worthy of praise.' (Philippians
4.8-9)
In the calmness and unbroken regularity of a liturgical ritual that comes
down from the apostles, they will be nourished and sustained by the holy
Eucharist (Do this in memory of Me) and graced by the simplicity and beauty
of their devotion to Mary, the Mother of God (All generations will call
me blessed. Luke 1.48)
Their moral imagination will be strengthened through a wide range of truths
that become truly alive in story (biblical and secular) and also in music,
painting, sculpture, peace, prayer. Good music lifts the spirit into realms
of transcendence where wonder and worship uncover deep inner feelings
of joy, forgiveness, peace, prayer. Their growth in self-discipline will
lead to gratitude for the gift of live itself and for all that God has
made leading them, as they grow older, to become aware of local and global
environmental issues. Through goodness itself, which is the very fullness
of life, they will become as steadfast as 'trees, planted by running steams
with deep roots and leaves that never wither. (cf psalm I)
May our young people, in the words of St Thomas Aquinas (13th century)
'Love those whose opinions we share, and those whose opinions we reject,
for both have made the effort to discover the truth, and in so doing,
have assisted us.'
Saints,
Feasts and Seasons
John Oglivie
ISBN 1905203-84-5
UK £5.99
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The Sun on the Silent Side
of Night
Sun on the Silent Side of Night is a collection of beautifully
crafted short stories, each exploring very different aspects of human
nature. There's Sally - an instrument of parental will - determined to
find her own identity.
There's 'The Consultant' about to expose a massive fraud and government
corruption - can he be silenced? And there's old Uncle George, gasping
and weary of life as a widower, waking up to a new existence. The warmly
atmospheric and earthy tale of Forest Wisdom is a sheer joy to read -
'We must let the sun into our lives and then we will grow rich with it,
all of us, each of us, just like the trees in the fields.'
With sharp observation, Nairda Ka-Oneerg paints sensitive portraits of
human characteristics, wonderfully descriptive - but be warned, the tales
may touch a nerve!
The Sun
on the Silent Side of Night
Nairda Ka-Oneerg
ISBN 1905203-12-8
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This is a fascinating journey on two planes: physical and
spiritual. It is a lawyer’s amazing encounter with a succession of
events that challenge his world of logic and scientific reasoning.
He discovers that many belief systems and dogmas are nothing more than
historical records of man’s spiritual development in a certain period;
they do not necessarily lead up to God. However, he is unable to dismiss
the Invisible Hand that is ever at work re-arranging and directing the
affairs of man.
He looks back at the events in his life, including the inexplicable, and
sees a clear pattern that gives meaning to what seemed like chaos and
disasters.
Unlike traditional books on spirituality, Taming the Agnostic is down-to-earth
and it will challenge, intrigue and enrich even the skeptics.
Taming
the Agnostic
M Krishna
ISBN 1 905203-26-8
UK £7.99
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Rachel's Tears and Mary's
Song
Be spiritual!
This book closely examines the process by which we become more human and
more godly.
Drawing on biblical examples of suffering and those of elation, and how
they are co-dependent, it is argued that only when we accept both as God
has intended can we become godly ourselves.
Comprehensively and articulately written this book draws on verse as wide
ranging as the Old Testament to the words of U2’s ‘One’
and provides a traditional and contemporary approach to how we view religion
and our relationship with God.
In a time when it is said people are losing their faith this book assures,
encourages and delivers you into
God’s realm.
Embrace the Lord!
Rachel's
Tears and Mary's Song
John O'Brien
ISBN 1 905203-72-1
UK £7.99
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