"Hell Without Fires examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a "New Jerusalem," a place they …
"Hell Without Fires examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a "New Jerusalem," a place they …
Travel the world, change lives, save souls. (Note: Results not typical.) A young idealist heeds the call to radical obedience, gives away all of his belongings and shaking off the fetters of a complacent life, travels halfway around the world. There he discovers, among the poor …
Details the painful personal consequences of radical Christian service through the story of one man's quest to save the world via West Africa, providing a cautionary tale to those who are interested in activism.
Details the painful personal consequences of radical Christian service through the story of one man's quest to save the world via West Africa, providing a cautionary tale to those who are interested in activism.
"A translation and critical study of a 1752 manuscript on Vietnam's traditional religion highlight the challenges and struggles of Christian converts within their cultural and religious milieu. Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, the manu…
This is the first translation in English of the anonymously authored 1752 manuscript 'Tam Giao Chu Vong' ('The Errors of the Three Religions'). Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, this anonymously authored manuscript paints a picture of t…
"A translation and critical study of a 1752 manuscript on Vietnam's traditional religion highlight the challenges and struggles of Christian converts within their cultural and religious milieu. Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, the manu…
"A translation and critical study of a 1752 manuscript on Vietnam's traditional religion highlight the challenges and struggles of Christian converts within their cultural and religious milieu. Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, the manu…
"A translation and critical study of a 1752 manuscript on Vietnam's traditional religion highlight the challenges and struggles of Christian converts within their cultural and religious milieu. Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, the manu…
"A translation and critical study of a 1752 manuscript on Vietnam's traditional religion highlight the challenges and struggles of Christian converts within their cultural and religious milieu. Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, the manu…
This is the first translation in English of the anonymously authored 1752 manuscript Tam Gi?o Chu Vong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian, this work paints a rich picture of the three traditional Vietnamese re…
The author details his experiences as the son of the famous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, describing her involvement in politics, his own religious conversion at age thirty-three, and his mother's murder in 1995.
"In 1963 America's most famous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, won the landmark lawsuit filed on behalf of her son William, that effectively banned prayer in public schools. Bill shares in vivid detail his upbringing -- the raging battles, his activity in his mother's atheistic …
In 1963 America's most famous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, won the landmark lawsuit filed on behalf of her son William, that effectively banned prayer in public schools. Bill shares in vivid detail his upbringing - the raging battles, his activity in his mother's atheistic em…
When Candice Curry was a little girl, she put her hand in her father's back pocket so that she wouldn't get lost in large crowds. Little did she know that as she followed him, he was plying his trade: conning people. Her family drove stolen cars, lived in stolen houses, and shop…