Big Gods
Title | Big Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Ara Norenzayan |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2015-08-25 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0691169748 |
Examines how the belief in gods has lead to cooperation and sometimes conflict between groups. The author also looks at how some cooperative societies have developed without belief in gods.
Resolving Everyday Conflict
Title | Resolving Everyday Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Sande |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493400622 |
Ken Sande, author of the bestselling classic The Peacemaker, has long been a trusted resource on the topic of conflict resolution. In Resolving Everyday Conflict, Sande distills his message to the essentials, quickly equipping readers with the tools they need to bring peace to their relationships. Everyone encounters conflict--whether it be with a coworker, family member, friend, or complete stranger. And yet we all desire harmony in our relationships. Resolving Everyday Conflict is a practical, biblical, concise guide to peacemaking in everyday life that can turn tumultuous relationships into peaceful ones.
Violence in God's Name
Title | Violence in God's Name PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver J. McTernan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
A timely exploration of the links between religious faith and global violence--and how to break them.
Where the Conflict Really Lies
Title | Where the Conflict Really Lies PDF eBook |
Author | Alvin Plantinga |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0199812101 |
In this long-awaited book, pre-eminent analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord.
God and Conflict
Title | God and Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Hellmich |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2012-06-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780615625904 |
God and Conflict: A Search for Peace in a Time of Crisis... ...is a raw, powerful and transparent journey into the heart of peacebuilding on inner to international levels. Hellmich is thrown into an existential crisis by Sierra Leone's bloody civil war as the villages he lived in as a Peace Corps Volunteer are sacked by child soldiers. He seeeks solace in a meditation practice that opens him to mystical experiences of profound love; all the while working on practical peacebuilding initiatives in Sierra Leone and other parts of Africa. Hellmich bridges the chaotic violence and the divine love in an authentic and skillful way that sheds light on the scientific and spiritual dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding. God and Conflict is a timely and inspiring story of moving from personal and global crisis to sacred activism.
Theodicy of Love
Title | Theodicy of Love PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Peckham |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2018-11-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 149341576X |
If God is all powerful and entirely good and loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Based on a close canonical reading of Scripture, this book offers a new approach to the challenge of reconciling the Christian confession of a loving God with the realities of suffering and evil. John Peckham offers a constructive proposal for a theodicy of love that upholds both the sovereignty of God and human freedom, showing that Scripture points toward a framework for thinking about God's love in relation to the world.
God at War
Title | God at War PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory A. Boyd |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 419 |
Release | 2014-06-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830898301 |
Modern Christians are often baffled by the problem of evil, frequently attributing pain and suffering to some mysterious "good" purposes of God. Gregory Boyd instead declares that biblical writers did not try to intellectually understand evil but rather grappled to overcome it.