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The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen

Matthiessen was a student of Zen Buddhism and for him this was as much an inner journey as a field trip. The resulting book is an extraordinary account of a 'true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart.
Peter Matthiessen and Ecological Imagination

Peter Matthiessen and Ecological Imagination

Intaek Oh

"Peter Matthiessen and Ecological Imagination "offers an ecocritical reading of the Watson Trilogy "Killing Mister Watson" (1990), "Lost Man s River" (1997), and "Bone By Bone" (1999) which draws together themes Matthiessen has been ...
Killing Mister Watson

Killing Mister Watson

Peter Matthiessen

Drawn from fragments of historical fact, Matthiessen's masterpiece brilliantly depicts the fortunes and misfortunes of Edgar J. Watson, a real-life entrepreneur and outlaw who appeared in the lawless Florida Everglades around the turn of ...
Under The Mountain Wall

Under The Mountain Wall

Peter Matthiessen

In Under the Mountain Wall Matthiessen illuminates the lives of the Kurelu's with respect and sympathy, capturing a culture untouched by civilisation and vanishing along with the wilderness lying beneath the dramatic peaks of the Snow ...
Peter Matthiessen: An Annotated Bibliography

Peter Matthiessen: An Annotated Bibliography

William H. Roberson

This is the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of English-language works by and about Peter Matthiessen, who is considered by many to be the foremost contemporary American nature writer.
Key Terms in Systemic Functional Linguistics

Key Terms in Systemic Functional Linguistics

Christian Matthiessen

Martin, James R. (1985) 'Process and text: two aspects of human semiosis', in James D. Benson & William S. Greaves (eds), Systemic Perspectives on Discourse. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex. pp. 248–274. Martin, James R. (1987) 'The meaning of ...
The American Shorthorn Herd Book

The American Shorthorn Herd Book

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... Levi Cortner Christian Peterson Christian Peterson Christian Peterson Christian Peterson Henry L. Peterson Christian ... M. Peterson Christian Peterson Christian Peterson Christian Peterson Christian Peterson C. L. Constable A Son C. L, ...
In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse

In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse

Peter Matthiessen

When this book was first published it was immediately the subject of two $25 million-dollar legal actions that attempted to suppress it permanently.
Sanctified by Grace: A Theology of the Christian Life

Sanctified by Grace: A Theology of the Christian Life

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Few offer an account of the Christian life that portrays redeemed Christian existence within the multifaceted and beautiful whole of the Christian confession. This book attempts to fill that gap.
Year Book of the Disciples of Christ (Christian Churches).

Year Book of the Disciples of Christ (Christian Churches).

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... Ada M., First Christian Church, Fresno Zartman, Elizabeth, First Christian Church, Oakland California (South) Champie, Miss Josie, First Christian Church, Santa Monica Dougherty, Robert L., Central Christian Church, Pasadena Handsaker, ...
At Play in the Fields of the Lord

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Peter Matthiessen

Set in the South American jungle, this thriller follows the clash between two misplaced gringos--one who has come to convert the Indians to Christianity, and one who has been hired to kill them. Now the basis for a major motion picture.
A Shared Christian Life

A Shared Christian Life

Ben Witherington

Christian faith is caught through participation, nurtured through Christian fellowship, and steeped in prayer and Bible study.
In Paradise

In Paradise

Peter Matthiessen

In Paradise tells the story of a group of men and women who come together for a weeklong meditation retreat at the site of a World War II concentration camp, and the grief, rage and upsetting revelations that surface during their time ...
A Theology for Christian Education

A Theology for Christian Education

James Riley Estep

A Theology for Christian Education, written by dedicated professors of Christian Explain and defend the rationale for the influence of theology in Christian educational theory; Describe the process of forming a theologically informed theory ...
Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundations of Christian ...

Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundations of Christian ...

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With contributions from key players in the field, this book addresses the critical issues for Christian institutions of various traditions as the new century begins to leave its indelible mark on education.
A Conspiracy of Dunces

A Conspiracy of Dunces

Bill Shaw

Two-oh-oh-eight, well that was an off-year, and look what we got. A Kenyan Islamist.” “Christian! A Christian! We want a Christian in the White House!” “ Christian in the White House.” “Chrischun, Chrischun, Chrischun!!!” Loughlin was loving it.
Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and ...

Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and ...

Nicholas P. Wolterstorff

This book draws together the world-renowned Christian philosopher's thoughts and reflections on Christian education over the last three decades.
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

Chris Hedges

Explores the political ambitions of the Christian right, discussing how their agenda gained momentum through alternative networks, schools, and publishers, and warns that another national crisis may enable the Christian right to seize ...
History of Christian Dogma

History of Christian Dogma

Ferdinand Christian Baur

A translation of a mid-19th-century work on the history of Christian dogma by Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860), who applied Hegelian categories to his historical studies in New Testament and church history.
Disciplines for Christian Living: Interfaith Perspectives

Disciplines for Christian Living: Interfaith Perspectives

Thomas P. Ryan

While based firmly on Christian tradition, this book also draws enrichment, wisdom, and insight from other world religions, bringing them to bear on Christian faith and practices. Foreword by Henri Nouwen.
Christian life and Christian hope: raids on the inarticulate

Christian life and Christian hope: raids on the inarticulate

Rowan A. Greer

A world-class historian of the Anglican/Episcopal churches and early Christian history offers an accessible guide as seen through the eyes of the New Testament, Augustine, poet John Donne, and others.
Blue Meridian

Blue Meridian

Peter Matthiessen

Blue Meridian records the awesome experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes and the camaraderie, humour and tension of people who live in close proximity and risk their lives ...
Christian Apologetics

Christian Apologetics

Norman L. Geisler

The standard for Christian apologetics, this systematic approach presents both the methods and reasons for defending Christianity. This work on Christian apologetics is in three parts.
Landscapes of Faith: The Christian Heritage of the North East

Landscapes of Faith: The Christian Heritage of the North East

Michael Sadgrove

What has been missing is a book that interprets the Christian heritage in a holistic way by 'reading' the churches, monasteries, Christian sites - together with the artefacts they inspired - in the light of both the regional history of ...
The Cloud Forest

The Cloud Forest

Peter Matthiessen

The Cloud Forest brings to vivid life a South American journey that took him from the Sargasso Sea to the jungles of Amazonia, from the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes to the bleak rocks of Tierra del Fuego and the winds and ...
Shadow Country

Shadow Country

Peter Matthiessen

Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself to his ...
Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction

Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction

G. Van Den Brink

A fresh, inviting text on the content of Christian faith in our contemporary context This one-volume systematic theology presents an accessible, orthodox overview of the Christian faith for students, teachers, pastors, and serious lay ...
Radical Christian Writings: A Reader

Radical Christian Writings: A Reader

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M. Fraser. Christian Grassroots Communities in Europe (1980) Christian Base Communities flourished in Latin America in the 1960s and '70s. Essentially groups of poor Christians from the same neighborhood or workplace who met together ...
Biology Through the Eyes of Faith: Christian College ...

Biology Through the Eyes of Faith: Christian College ...

Richard Wright

This comprehensive work, one of a series cosponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, addresses the needs of the Christian student of biology to align science and faith.

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