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Ilia Delio: The Humility of God: A Franciscan Perspective
https://www.amazon.com/Humility-God-Franciscan-Perspective-ebook/dp/B0D5HWP4V8/ref=sr_1_5 Amazon blurb: Religion throughout its history has been used to justify dominance and rightness, a narrative that sadly continues today. St. Francis of Assisi, however, fell in love with a Christ who cultivated humility and connection…
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Ilia Delio: Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion
https://www.amazon.com/Re-Enchanting-Earth-Why-Needs-Religion/dp/1626983828/ref=sr_1_7 Amazon blurb: In her latest book, scientist and theologian Ilia Delio takes up the challenge of reconciling evolution and religion with particular attention to the role of Artificial Intelligence. She argues that AI represents the latest…
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Ilia Delio: Making All things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness (Catholicity in an Evolving
https://www.amazon.com/Making-things-Catholicity-Evolving-Universe/dp/1626981361/ref=sr_1_9 Note this is part of a series which should be considered in its entirety. Amazon blurb: The bestselling author of The Unbearable Wholeness of Being introduces a new paradigm for being Catholic: Catholicity, destined to become as…
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Ilia Delio: Ten Evenings With God
https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Evenings-God-Ilia-Delio/dp/0764817426/ref=sr_1_10 Amazon blurb: Sometimes the gift of free will does not seem like God has done us a favor. God has given us free will, but what is God's will in our lives? To seek God's will, we must get to know God. This book helps us to explore the will of God…
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Ilia Delio: Franciscan Prayer
https://www.amazon.com/Franciscan-Prayer-Ilia-Delio-S-F/dp/0867166142/ref=sr_1_11 Amazon blurb: Masterfully written and intensely enlightening, Franciscan Prayer could very well be considered the essential handbook for all those seeking to pray and live the Franciscan way. With exquisite execution, Franciscan theologian…
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Beatrice Bruteau: Evolution Toward Divinity: Teilhard De Chardin and the Hindu Traditions
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Toward-Divinity-Beatrice-Bruteau/dp/0835602168 Amazon blurb: none available
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Beatrice Bruteau: The Easter Mysteries
https://www.amazon.com/Easter-Mysteries-Beatrice-Bruteau/dp/0824514939 Amazon blurb: With surprising insights on every page, this interactive workbook is designed to help readers live prayerfully the seasons of Lent and Easter. Explaining that the Easter Mysteries are sacramental events and teaching devices intended to…
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Beatrice Bruteau: Radical Optimism: Rooting Ourselves in Reality
https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Optimism-Rooting-Ourselves-Reality/dp/0824512642 Amazon blurb: Beatrice Bruteau is a Christian philosopher whose vision of life is an inspiration to some of the most influential thinkers of our time. In Radical Optimism, she shines new light on the deepest truth we can know about ourselves:…
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Beatrice Bruteau: Jesus Through Jewish Eyes: Rabbis And Scholars Engage An Ancient Brother In A New
https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Through-Jewish-Eyes-Conversation/dp/1570753881 Amazon blurb: missing
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Beatrice Bruteau: Other Half of My Soul: Bede Griffiths and the Hindu-Christian Dialogue
https://www.amazon.com/Other-Half-Soul-Griffiths-Hindu-Christian/dp/0835607178 Amazon blurb: Every age has its visionaries. Bede Griffiths, the gentle Benedictine monk who traveled to India to seek the other half of his soul was one such spiritual giant. Like Mother Teresa and Thich Nhat Hanh, Father Bede's spirituality…
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Beatrice Bruteau: God's Ecstasy: The Creation of a Self-Creating World
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Ecstasy-Creation-Self-Creating-World/dp/0824516834 Amazon blurb: "This is a book on science for Christians… However, you don't have to be a contemplative trinitarian Christian to find its basic metaphysical argument understandable. Everyone has to face the questions of the One and the Many, the…
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Beatrice Bruteau: Radical Optimism: Practical Spirituality in an Uncertain World
https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Optimism-Practical-Spirituality-Uncertain-ebook/dp/B00R8FTVSM Amazon blurb: The pioneering spiritual scholar discusses how to find genuine optimism in times of crisis by contemplating the ultimate reality of God. Dr. Beatrice Bruteau was an inspiration to some of the most influential…
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Chanting the Psalms: A Practical Guide with Instructional CD by Cynthia Bourgeault
https://www.amazon.com/Chanting-Psalms-Practical-Guide-Instructional/dp/1590302575/ref=sr_1_13 My edition of this came without a cd ... and it is still one of my favorite books on incorporating chanted psalmody into one's prayer without any special training. Amazon blurb: Chanting the psalms, or psalmody, is an ancient…
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The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three: Discovering the Radical Truth at the Heart of Christianity by
https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Trinity-Law-Three-Christianity/dp/1611800528/ref=sr_1_8 Amazon blurb: Just as she's done in her previous books, Cynthia Bourgeault asks us to take a look at an idea from traditional Christianity—this time the formula of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—as though we're looking at it for the first…
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Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm by Cynthia Bourgeault
https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Heart-Spiritual-Journey-Imaginal-ebook/dp/B089G53J7M/ref=sr_1_7 Amazon blurb: The modern-day mystic and beloved author of The Wisdom Jesus shares the evolution of her spiritual journey, offering a bold interpretation of Christian mysticism, energy, and our collective reality In Eye of the Heart,…
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The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming An Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault
https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Way-Knowing-Reclaiming-Tradition/dp/078796896X/ref=sr_1_5 Amazon blurb: "Drawing on resources as diverse as Sufism, Benedictine Monasticism, the Gurdjieff Work, and the string theory of modern physics, Cynthia Bourgeault has crafted her own unique vision of the Wisdom way in this very…
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The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice by Cynthia Bourgeault
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Centering-Prayer-Christianity-Practice/dp/1611803144/ref=sr_1_4 Amazon blurb: The best-selling author of The Wisdom Jesus and The Meaning of Mary Magdalene demystifies the popular Christian meditation method rooted in contemplative prayer Centering Prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical…
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Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault
https://www.amazon.com/Centering-Prayer-Awakening-Cynthia-Bourgeault/dp/1561012629/ref=sr_1_3 Amazon blurb: Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of this ancient discipline. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the…
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The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgea
https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Mary-Magdalene-Discovering-Christianity/dp/1590304950/ref=sr_1_2 Amazon blurb: The author of The Wisdom Jesus takes readers on a journey to discover the real Mary Magdalene—and finds a powerful, ancient model for 21st-century spirituality Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols…
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The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind--A New Perspective on Christ and His Message by Cynthi
https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Jesus-Transforming-Mind-Perspective/dp/1590305809/ref=sr_1_1 Amazon blurb: A new view of Jesus as a Buddha-like wisdom teacher who taught the transformation of consciousness—includes traditional meditative practices you can do yourself If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and…
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SUGGESTION: Religion and AI by a Franciscan scientist ...
Yes, this is included in SUGGESTION: Ilia Delio - Franciscan and scientist - Logos Forums but I wanted to give special focus to Ilia Delio: Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion | Logos. Although AI has made major progress since this was written, it is still a very useful reflection on the uses of AI.
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Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes
William M. Schniedewind Princeton University Press, 2024 978-0691233178 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691233179 A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible Who wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. Ancient readers…
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SUGGESTION: Beatrice Bruteau pioneer in interfaith spirituality studies
This influential philosopher on Christian spirituality is completely missing in Logos/Verbum despite being a featured "book of the month" author in 1993 for a spirituality book club. She is especially critical for people working in multi-faith/missionary situations. However, there is a single request for one of her books:…
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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament: Israel's In-Your-Face, Holy God
Rolf A. Jacobson (Author), Tripp Fuller (Series Editor) Fortress Press, 2018 978-1506406350 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506406351 You have the rest of the Homebrewed Christianity series but are missing this volume.
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The Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon: Under Mar Isaac 410 AD by Mar Isaac of Seleucia
https://www.amazon.com/Council-Seleucia-Ctesiphon-Under-Mar-Isaac-ebook/dp/B0CKY9G7KP/ref=sr_1_27 Amazon blurb: The Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was the Persian council of the Persian church. Convoked by King Yazdegerd I (399-421), it organized the Christians of his empire into a single structured Church, which became…
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Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon: Under Yahbalaha 420 AD by Yahbalaha of Seleucia
https://www.amazon.com/Council-Seleucia-Ctesiphon-Under-Yahbalaha-420/dp/1087970458/ref=sr_1_26 Amazon blurb: This second council of the Persian church was of a far smaller scope than its predecessor ten years prior. The intention was to both reduce some of the tensions that existed between them and the church in the Roman…
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Letters of Nestorius by Nestorius of Constantinople
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Nestorius-Constantinople/dp/B0CP8KYD5V/ref=sr_1_10 Amazon blurb: The letters of Nestorius are a brief collection of writings, given from the pen of the famous heresiarch, about his controversial Christological position. His efforts would come to a head in 431-433, with his removal from the…
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Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way by Philip Jenkins
https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Gospels-Search-Jesus-Lost/dp/0195135091/ref=sr_1_12 Want a defense of the traditional 4 Gospels rather than the Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Mary ...? This is a must-read. Amazon blurb: Was Jesus really a subversive mystic whose true teachings were suppressed by an authoritarian church? Has the…
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Emmanuel Tov: Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Revised and Expanded Fourth Edition – November
Since its initial publication in 1992, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible has established itself as the indispensable resource for student, teacher, and researcher. In this completely revised fourth edition, Emanuel Tov once again proves himself the authority on the text of the Hebrew Bible. While Tov incorporates the…
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Roman breviary
We need the pre-Vatican 2 Roman breviary, stat!
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Marian Missal and Lectionary
It would be terrific to also have the Marian missal and lectionary available. Thank you!
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Shekhinah/Spirit: Divine Presence in Jewish and Christian Religion (A Stimulus Book)
Michael E. Lodahl Paulist Press, 1992 978-0809133116 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0809133113 From Library Journal: Lodahl provides at once both an exciting process pneumatology (or understanding of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit) which talks "about God as 'near' or in active relation to creation, and especially to humanity"…
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When Love Bends Down: Images of the Christ Who Meets Us Where We Are
Michael Lodahl Beacon Hill Press, 2006 978-0834122208 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834122200 Throughout the Gospel of John, we see images of Christ who bends low to the ground in order to reach others. In When Love Bends Down, author Michael Lodahl examines four specific passages in the Gospel of John-Jesus scrawling in the…
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Embodied Holiness: Toward a Corporate Theology of Spiritual Growth
Samuel M. Powell & Michael E. Lodahl, editors Intervarsity Press, 1999 978-0830815838 https://www.amazon.com/dp/083081583X What Does the Body - Physical & Social - Have to Do With Holiness? Modern Western Christianity has too often seen holiness and growth in Christian character as exclusively an individual and spiritual…
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Praying With Jesus: Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer
Michael Lodahl The Foundry Publishing, 2021 978-0834139206 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834139200 This, then, is how you should pray. The prayer Jesus taught his disciples, and that followers of Jesus have been praying for centuries, is short, simple, and familiar. But why should we keep praying it? And what are we actually…
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The Story of God: A Narrative Theology
Michael Lodahl Beacon Hill Press, 2008 978-0834123939 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834123932 Since its publication in 1994, The Story of God has played an important role in implementing and advancing the study of narrative theology. One of the first books to formulate and examine Wesleyan theology using the Bible's…
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Postmodern and Wesleyan?: Exploring the Boundaries and Possibilities
Jay Richard Akkerman, Thomas J. Oord & Brent D. Peterson, editors Beacon Hill Press, 2009 978-0834124585 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834124580/ Change is in the air and it may entail a radically different way of looking at life. The most common word to describe this change is postmodernism. Postmodern and Wesleyan? is both…
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Rethinking the Bible: Inerrancy, Preaching, Inspiration, Authority, Formation, Archaeology, Postmode
Richard P. Thompson & Thomas Jay Oord, editors SacraSage Press, 2018 978-1948609036 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948609037/ Rethinking the Bible explains Scripture in ways that make sense and deepen Christian faith. Essays in the book ask and answer questions such as...What is the primary function of the Bible? Can the Bible…
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The Nature of Love: A Theology
Thomas Jay Oord Chalice Press, 2010 978-0827208285 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0827208286/ God is love. Consequently, shouldn't love exist at the center of Christian theology? When love is at the center, theology is understood differently than it has typically been understood. Some theologians have placed faith at the…
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Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love
Thomas Jay Oord & Michael Lodahl Beacon Hill Press, 2005 978-0834121829 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834121824/ Relational Holiness offers insight and evidence for understanding the theology of holiness by focusing on love - the core of God's nature and character - and describes how God invites us to share in a life of…
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Partnering with God: Exploring Collaboration in Open and Relational Theology
Tim Reddish, Bonnie Rambob, Fran Stedman, Thomas Jay Oord, editors SacraSage Press, 2021 978-1948609401 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948609401 The idea that we can partner with God strikes some people as audacious. Others consider it pretentious. Some may think it’s downright blasphemous! Can creatures actually can partner…
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God After Deconstruction
Thomas Jay Oord & Tripp Fuller SacraSage Press, 2024 978-1958670262 https://www.amazon.com/dp/195867026X
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Karl Keating: Controversies: High-Level Catholic Apologetics (Newman, Belloc, Thurston, Lunn, Knox)
https://www.amazon.com/Controversies-High-Level-Apologetics-Karl-Keating/dp/0898708281/ref=sr_1_18 Amazon blurb: "Best-selling Catholic apologist and author Karl Keating presents writings from five of his favorite apologists who give a clear and forceful exposition of Catholic truth. These five well-known British writers…
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Karl Keating: The Usual Suspects: Answering Anti-Catholic Fundamentalists
https://www.amazon.com/Usual-Suspects-Answering-Anti-Catholic-Fundamentalists/dp/0898707730/ref=sr_1_15 Amazon blurb: "The author of the perennial best-seller, Catholicism and Fundamentalism, presents here, not so much a sequel, as a supplement to the first groundbreaking work. In the first book, Keating gave a panoramic…
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Karl Keating: Jeremiah's Lament: Episodes in Anti-Catholicism
https://www.amazon.com/Jeremiahs-Lament-Karl-Keating/dp/1942596073/ref=sr_1_14 Amazon blurb: "For many, the best way to reach an understanding of the Catholic Church is to see how other people misunderstand it. This book is full of misunderstandings. The people quoted in these pages came to their confusions in various…
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Karl Keating: Booked for Life: The Bibliographic Memoire of an Accidental Apologist
https://www.amazon.com/Booked-Life-Karl-Keating/dp/1683570596/ref=sr_1_9 Amazon blurb: "'Whatever I have learned,' writes Karl Keating, 'I have learned from masters of the craft.' In this memoir, the father of the modern Catholic apologetics movement traces his life s work through the wisdom he has borrowed from…
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Karl Keating: Apologetics the English Way
https://www.amazon.com/Apologetics-English-Way-Karl-Keating/dp/1942596030/ref=sr_1_6? Amazon blurb: "Can a reasonable case be made for Catholicism? Maybe even a compelling case? Or does the Catholic argument falter? Does it wilt before critiques from top-notch opponents? Judge for yourself. You don’t have to be Catholic or…
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Karl Keating: Debating Catholicism
https://www.amazon.com/Debating-Catholicism-5-Karl-Keating/dp/1942596278/ref=sr_1_2 Amazon blurb: "This omnibus volume contains the complete text of four books: The Bible Battle, High Desert Showdown, Tracking Down the True Church, and Face Off with an Ex-Priest. They are edited transcripts of public debates Karl Keating…
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Karl Keating: Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians"
https://www.amazon.com/Catholicism-Fundamentalism-Attack-Romanism-Christians/dp/0898701775/ref=sr_1_1 This book is often used as an apologetics textbook in a parish. It represents the take from a life-long Catholic rather than a convert. Amazon blurb: "Karl Keating defends Catholicism from fundamentalist attacks and…
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SUGGESTION: Johanna Manley - editor of patristic collections
I can't remember which I encountered first Johanna Manley or the Philokalia. They were both required reading in my circle of Christian and Buddhist friends in the 70's. But Manley was certainly influential in building my love of patristic writers with her excellent excerpting skills. Please vote for any or all of these…