Clashing Symbols

Clashing Symbols
Author: Michael Paul Gallagher
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809142590

This new edition provides a guide to the relationship between faith and culture. Providing an introduction to all the major figures, issues and debates, this guide is useful for students and those wishing to unlock the realities of contemporary culture.

How Not to Say Mass, Third Edition

How Not to Say Mass, Third Edition
Author: Dennis Chester Smolarski
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2015
Genre: Mass
ISBN: 1587685426

Revised in accord with the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the new translation of the liturgy, this book encourages the authentic celebration of the renewed Eucharistic liturgy.

The Right to Wear Religious Symbols

The Right to Wear Religious Symbols
Author: D. Hill
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137354178

Clearly presenting the case-law concerning Article 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights, this is a lively and accessible analysis of a key issue in contemporary society: whether there is a human right to wear a religious symbol and how far any such right extends.

Making Sense of Generation Y

Making Sense of Generation Y
Author: Sara B. Savage
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2006
Genre: Communication
ISBN: 9780715140512

Based on ground breaking research, this work outlines how 'Generation Y' (those born after 1980) shape their worldview and spirituality through the popular arts - music, clubbing, TV soaps - and looks at the implications for the church.

Sacred Space for the Missional Church

Sacred Space for the Missional Church
Author: William R. McAlpine
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149827322X

Sacred Space for the Missional Church examines the strong link between the theology and mission of the Church and the spaces in which and from which that theology and mission are lived out. The author demonstrates that the built environment is not incidental or even subservient to mission. Rather it is a key player in the fulfillment and the communication of that mission. The book begins with a working definition of the missional church, underscoring the connection between God's mission (missio Dei) and the Church's mission. The reader is presented with historical and theological frameworks for sacred space, and reminded of the pivotal role of the built environment in the fulfillment of the mission of the Church. The design and construction of sacred spaces are shown to be fundamentally a theological exercise and not solely a matter of function, pragmatics and fiscal astuteness. The author questions the uncritical application of blanket statements such "form must follow function," and challenges the conviction that it does not matter where worship occurs, only that it occurs. The book addresses genuine concerns such as legitimizing the cost of church buildings and concludes with practical suggestions and essential questions that must be considered in posturing the built environment within the missional praxis of the Church.

Cocaine

Cocaine
Author: Paul Gootenberg
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415192477

This volume examines the rise and fall of cocaine. In the 19th century it was openly legal and legitimately used by scientists, medics and pharmaceutical manufacturers alike, unlike today's world of narcotics prohibition.

Church We Want

Church We Want
Author: Orobator, Agbonkhianmeghe E.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2016-08-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608336689

Featuring essays from a broad range of contributors this book is a treasure for anyone interested in theological reflection from an African perspective and is a necessary resource for theologians and scholars working in a church that is steadily moving its center to the Global South.

Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland
Author: Lee A. Smithey
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195395875

Lee Smithey examines how symbolic cultural expressions in Northern Ireland, such as parades, bonfires, murals, and commemorations, provide opportunities for Protestant unionists and loyalists to reconstruct their collective identities and participate in conflict transformation.

Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict

Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict
Author: Gordon Gillespie
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2017-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442263059

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict provides an accessible and comprehensive study of the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to 2016. The second edition of the book expands on the references relating to individuals, organizations and events of the Northern Ireland Troubles and adds material on significant subsequent developments. This the work provides a unique view of developments since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. While widely heralded as the end of the Northern Ireland conflict the agreement instead witnessed the beginning of a new series of political difficulties to be addressed. The Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict is the first significant reference work to examine many of the issues related to political and cultural conflicts and dealing with the past which have grown in intensity since 1998. Many of these themes will be relevant to students of post-conflict societies in other areas of the world. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.