Ameer Ali Syed (1849-1928) was one of the most prominent "liberal" thinkers of modern Muslims. He says, "Throughout this work my object has been to discuss the Islamic teachings in a historical spirit and to develop among the latter day Islamists, a perception of the difference between ethics and ceremonialism."

Bernadette Quinn's poems are a celebration of Luke's Gospel, its themes and teaching, its personalities and their actions. They bring us through the Gospel, situating Christ s planting of the seed and the diverse responses in a fresh perspective..

A collection of services and liturgies covering a range of pastoral situations from birth to death. Each of the eleven liturgies contains appropriate reflections and songs to comfort those affected by tragedy and also to help them start on the path to healing.

Emotional bereavement affects a child as deeply as it does an adult and, while nothing can take away the pain of loss, there is a great deal that can be done to help children to understand and cope with the confusing thoughts and feelings they are suddenly experiencing. This booklet addresses the many questions that arise for parents and children when someone close has died and offers practical advice on how to deal with the stages of grief and how to help children avoid the long-term distress that can be caused by hidden fears and misconceptions. Helping Your Child Through Bereavement is the eighth in the Will our Children be Okay? series. The series is designed as a resource for parents dealing with the difficulties and joys of bringing up a family in a Christian context.

Following her successful book Inner Thoughts: Reflections of Contemporary Irish Women, Valerie O'Sullivan has now photographed over sixty men from a broad spectrum of Irish life and asked them to share a personal reflection, observation or belief. Their diverse responses give a fascinating glimpse of the underlying character and personal credos that sustain and inspire them. Contributors include Dick Spring, John B. Keane, Jack Lukeman, Sean Duignan, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Chick Gillen, Daniel O'Donnell, Ryan Tubridy, Bishop Bill Murphy, David Norris, Michael Flynn, Michael, McGlynn, D.J. Carey, John Moriarty, John Lonergan, Liam Lawton, among many others.

A guide to the sacred places in the Archdiocese of Dublin.

Between the Civil War and the turn of the last century, Southern Baptists gained prominence in the religious life of the South. As their power increased, they became defenders of the racial, political, social, and economic status quo. By the beginning of this century, however, a feisty tradition of dissent began to appear in Southern Baptist life as criticism of the center increased from both the left and the right. The popular belief in a doctrine of "once saved, always saved" led progressive Baptists to claim that moderates, once saved, did not address the serious social and political problems that faced many in the South. These Baptist dissenters claimed that they could not be "at ease in Zion."Led by the radical Walter Nathan Johnson in the 1920s and 1930s, progressive Baptists produced civil rights advocates, labor organizers, women's rights advocates, and proponents of disarmament and abolition of capital punishment. They challenged some of the most fundamental aspects of southern society and of Baptist ecclesiastical structure and practice. For their efforts and beliefs, many of these men and women suffered as they lost jobs, experienced physical danger and injury, and endured character assassination.In A Genealogy of Dissent, David Stricklin traces the history of these progressive Baptists and their descendants throughout the twentieth century and shows how they created an active culture of protest within a highly traditional society.

The title of this book, Gentlemen of the Presentation, was chosen by the author for two reasons. The first is historical. The phrase was used by Bishop John England of Charleston, USA, then resident in Cork, to describe the Brothers of the Presentation who had opened a school in Cork in 1811. Reverend England did not coin the phrase, however, for it was in use in Waterford and Cork at the time.The second reason for its use is that there is ample eveidence that gentleness in manner and behavior were ideals consciously cultivated and promoted by the Presentation Brothers during the nineteenth century. The word gentleman is not infrequently used by past students, parents and members of the public to describe many of the Brothers mentioned in this volume.The brief biographies of twenty-five Brothers, including Blessed Edmund Rice, cover the period 1762 to 1999. Some, like Jerome Kelly, are national figures, while others, like Baptist Quille, who died in 1913 at the age of twenty-five, are known only to their families and confreres. All of them, however, though differing widely in talents and personality, displayed qualities that made them respected and esteemed by pupils, parents and colleagues.

By the age of eleven, most children will have tasted alcohol; by fourteen they will at least know someone who smokes hash and will be curious to try ecstasy. Most parents are aware of the dangers which teenagers, and indeed children, face when it comes to drugs, but many feel that they lack the knowledge or expertise to adequately equip their children to cope with the reality of drug use in todays world. Fr Sean Cassin has worked with drug users for over fifteen years and here he shares his expertise in simple, practical terms. The aim of this booklet is to provide the facts about drugs, their attractions and their effects, and to help parents reduce, or even prevent, the threat of their children becoming problem drug users. Your Child and Drugs is the fifth in the Will our Children be Okay? series. The series is designed as a resource for parents dealing with the difficulties and joys of bringing up a family in a Christian context.

In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth century, Leo Hirrel demonstrates the importance of religious ideas by exploring the relationship between religion and reform efforts during a crucial period in American history. The result is a work that moves the history of antebellum reform to a higher level of sophistication.Hirrel focuses upon New School Congregationalists and Presbyterians who served at the forefront of reform efforts and provided critical leadership to anti-Catholic, temperance, antislavery, and missionary movements. Their religion was an attempt to reconcile traditional Calvinist language with the prevalent intellectual trends of the time. New School theologians preserved Calvinist language about depravity, but they incorporated an assertion of nominal human ability to overcome sin and a belief in the fixed, immutable nature of truth.Describing both the origins of New School Calvinism and the specific reform activities that grew out of these beliefs, Hirrel provides a fresh perspective on the historical background of religious controversies.

The clean-cut, personable young men who knock on your door are shining examples of Christian behaviour. They seem almost impervious to the evil in the word today; but behind their glib patter and friendly faces is a well-organised, fast-growing sect which claims to have its roots in Christianity. Anyone approached by Mormons should be armed with a good understanding of the spurious teaching and strange history of this unique sect. Kieron Wood has written a fascinating account of the origins and growth of Mormonism from the birth in 1805 of its founder, Joseph Smith, to the success of the church today.