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Scars Across Humanity
Acts of violence against women produce more deaths, disability, and mutilation than cancer, malaria, and traffic accidents combined. How and why has this violence become so prevalent? Elaine Storkey offers a rigorously researched overview of this global pandemic, exploring how violence is structured into the very fabric of societies and cultures around the world.
Women in a Patriarchal World
‘This immersive, persuasive and triumphant celebration of women is smart, bold and brave, cheering us on and challenging us to live lives of liberation. Faith and ethics dance effortlessly together, as biblical women look us firmly in the eye.’ Rachie Ross, eco-theologian The Bible includes many stories about women: some well-known, others lesser known; some named, others whose names are not given. In some of these stories, men are depicted negatively by the storyteller; in others men barely feature at all, except in the background or as powerful outsiders. All the compilers of these narratives were probably men, and all of them are set within an ancient world of patriarchal norms and co...
Created Or Constructed?
Presents the issue of gender from biblical, biological and cultural perspectives, and provides the reader with an historical and theoretical context within which to engage in a constructive dialogue on the issue of gender in religion. Storkey includes in her discussion psychological, sociological and philosophical issues.
The Search for Intimacy
Drawing on a rich diversity of sociological and biblical perspectives, Elaine Storkey explores the meaning of intimacy. She looks at childhood and adult relationships, friendship, marriage, and differences in outlook between men and women, maintaining that barriers to intimacy can be surmounted. Personal knowledge is crucial, as is knowledge of God, the source of intimacy which will sustain us and take us into deeper relationships with others.
Conversations on Christian Feminism
Two distinguished women writers, one Catholic and one evangelical, pioneered this theme at the Greenbelt arts festival. They go to the heart of the issues which divide Christian women, including women priests, female representations of Christ, and same-sex relationships.
Nicene Christianity
Explores the Nicene Creed both in light of what the Creed was about in its original setting and what it can contribute today.
L is for Lifestyle
You wake up and jump in the shower. The water is hot and the house warm. You eat breakfast: coffee made with water boiled in the kettle, and cereal with milk kept cool in the fridge. You throw out the foil trays from last night's takeaway before jumping in the car and setting off for work. You've done nothing unusual, but already your lifestyle choices have had an impact on people and the environment across the world. So how can we live more responsibly? In this A-Z, Ruth Valerio highlights the main threats to people and our planet, God's beloved creation. She shows us how, by making small changes to our lifestyle, we can learn the secret of a life that is both fair and simple.
Wild at Heart
In all your boyhood dreams of growing up, did you dream of being a "nice guy"? Eldredge believes that every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is how he bears the image of God; that is what God made him to be.
Losing a Child
Tackling life issues, problems, and spiritual and theological questions, this volume is part of a series of pocketbooks designed for those involved in pastoral care and counselling, as well as gifts for those in need.
