St. Augustine's Theory of Knowledge
Ronald H. Nash
St. Augustine is not only the bridge that links ancient philosophy and early Christian theology with the thought of the Middle Ages, but one who, in his philosophy and especially in his epistemology, anticipated some of the most important ideas of Descartes and Malbranche, Berkeley and Kant.

A Guide For Caregivers
George Fitchett
How do pastors, chaplains, and caregivers assess the spiritual well-being and needs of the people they minister to? George Fitchett presents a model for spiritual assessment that he and his colleagues developed, illustrated with case studies. He revi...

Identity, Challenges, and Spirituality of Lay Ministers
Greg Dues and Barbara Walkley
Today men and women of all ages and all walks of life are drawn to service in the church, but many question where they should begin. This book helps answer many of those questions, like: What is parish ministry? How and why did it develop? What sp...

Evangelization and the Subversive Memory of Jesus
Mortimer Arias
This book offers a program for Christian evangelism based on the teachings of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

This is a superb resource volume for those wishing to test the soundness of their understanding and practice of Christian evange

Richard M. Zaner
Ethics and the Clinical Encounter explores the moral dimensions of clinical medicine and the phenomenon of illness, to determine what ethics must be in order to be fully responsive to clinical encounters. Written in a lively and conversational

Historical Perspectives on Vatican II
John O'Malley
When Pope John XXIII announced in January 1959 his intention to convene an ecumenical council, few anticipated the bold reshaping of the institutional church which was in store. The Second Vatican Council was a seminal event in church history -- yet

The Sociology of American Religion
David O. Moberg
The book's eight parts treat characteristics of American churches, types of churches, their social functions and dysfunctions, social processes and the church, inter-institutional relations, social psychology of Amercian religion, and professional le

The Hispanic Presence in the U.S. Catholic Church
Peter Casarella and Raul Gomez
Interdisciplinary studies by leading Hispanic scholars investigate the religious, cultural and artistic dimensions of Hispanic/Latino Catholicism in the United States, revealing the promise it holds for the Church of the next millenium. Uncovering th...

The Prophets and the Powerless
James Limburg
Sensational books on ?biblical prophecy? that warn of the end of the world continue to make the bestseller lists. James Limburg demonstrates that the actual prophets -- Nathan, Elijah, Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah -- were less concerned with such questions

An Interpretation of Second Isaiah
Richard J. Clifford
Within the last two hundred years, critical scholarship has come to recognize that Chapters 40-55 of the Book of Isaiah are the work, not of the eighth century Isaiah of Jerusalem, but of an anonymous sixth century disciple standing in the Isaiah tra...