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May 2011 Featured TitlesMay highlights: · Book of the Month: Speaking Christian. Marcus Borg. Have Christian words lost their power and meaning? Borg reconnects Christian language and faith with their rich, original roots, and allows them once again to transform our lives. · Other Featured & Recent Titles. · Matariki titles
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Autumn Specials.
22 more titles specialled this month.
All 50% to 70% off,
now $20.00 or less. To order please email sales@epworthbooks.org.nz or phone free 0800 755 355 with details of the titles you require.
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Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning And Power - And How They Can Be Restored. Marcus Borg. Hbk 248pp. HarperOne. $49.99. The language of Christianity is in a state of crisis, warns Bible scholar and theologian Borg. In a clear, accessible style, he illustrates how modern Christianity has lost its transforming power: through a literalism that has impoverished the meaning of the Bible and a misunderstanding of Christianity’s core ideas. Borg then offers a way to redeem Christian language from these distortions by reading Scripture through a “historical-metaphorical lens.” This allows us to see Christian language in its ancient historical context and interpret the biblical text in a way that focuses on its religious purpose. He restores power of the language of Christianity to illuminate us and transform our world. Also by Borg:
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Other Featured Titles
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Love Wins. Rob Bell. 202pp Hbk. Collins. $39.99. Author, pastor and innovative teacher Rob Bell presents a deeply biblical vision for rediscovering a richer, grander, truer, and more spiritually satisfying way of understanding heaven, hell, God, Jesus, salvation & repentance. He discovers that the ‘good news’ is much, much better than we ever imagined!
Also by Bell
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Right Here, Right Now: Everyday Mission for Everyday People. Alan Hirsch & Lance Ford. 266pp. Baker. $26.99. In this inspiring yet practical book, Hirsch and Ford equip believers to live missionally regardless of situation, vocation, or location, making the concept of being missional accessible to the whole body of Christ. Touching on issues of discipleship, spirituality, and church at every level of experience, Right Here, Right Now calls readers to be the people God has made them to be.
Also by Hirsch:
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Missional: Joining God in the Neighborhood. Alan Roxburgh. 196pp. Baker. $29.99. Rather than asking, “how can being missional grow my church?” Roxburgh calls Christians to re-enter their communities to discover what the Spirit is doing there - to start with God’s mission. He then encourages readers to shape their local churches around that mission. With inspiring true stories and a solid biblical base, Missional is a book that will change lives and communities as its message is lived out. Also by Roxburgh:
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Don’t Write My Obituary Just Yet: Inspiring Faith Stories for Older Adults. Missy Buchanan. 111pp. Large print. Upper Room. $27.00. Buchanan offers a glimpse into the lives of active, giving, and prayerful older adults. Readers explore what it means to develop a deep attitude of gracious acceptance of the life God has given them. She inspires the reader to find a way to overcome struggles and sorrows and to live with passion and hope for something more. Also by Buchanan from Upper Room:
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Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife. Lisa Miller. 332pp. Harper Perennial. $32.00. This ground-breaking history of the hereafter, by Newsweek reporter and religion editor Lisa Miller, draws from both history and popular culture to reveal how past and present visions of heaven have evolved and how they inspire us to both good and evil.
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Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words. Brian McLaren. 280pp. Hbk. HarperOne. $49.99. In the same way he revitalised our faith in A New Kind of Christianity ($49.99), church leader McLaren now reinvigorates our approach to spiritual fulfilment. He tears down the old dogmatic practices that hamper our spiritual growth, and leads us toward the meaningful spiritual practices that can help transform our lives. Also by McLaren:
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The Gospel of John: When Love Comes to Town. Paul Louis Metzger. 302pp. InterVarsity Press. $36.00. Metzger wrestles with the question of what happens when God, who is love, comes to town and takes up residence among us. In this verse-by-verse commentary we learn from John’s Gospel what it means to be called friends and lovers of God, what it means to put love to death and what it means for love to rise again in our midst and in our lives.
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Relationships: 40 Complete Services Exploring Links Between Bible Characters. John Cox. 248pp Kevin Mayhew. $45.99. 40 biblical characters narrate their story, enabling us to enter into the intense and passionate relationships recorded in the scriptures, whether it is Naomi’s love for Ruth, David’s lust for Bathsheba, the tragic story of Cain and Abel, or the denial and restitution of Peter. The stories are designed to be read out or dramatised within the services, which also contain suggested readings, hymns and prayers.
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How to Pray: Alone, With Others, At Any Time, In Any Place. Stephen Cottrell. 159pp. Church House. $30.99. Prayer is at the heart of our relationship with God. Cottrell explores how to start, renew and expand our prayer life. Ideal for new Christians and those wishing to go deeper with God through prayer. Topics include • praying at home • praying at work • with others • with children and teenagers • through the day, week and Christian year. Also by Cottrell:
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Quiet Moments on the Journey. Rhonda
Gibbison.
42pp. Septimus. $15.00 A well constructed collection of prayers for worship and personal reflection by NZ writer Gibbison. She covers the Liturgical year and seasons, grief, peace, pets and blessings. Also by Gibbison from Septimus:
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Francis of Assisi: Living Prayer Today. Simon Cocksedge. 28pp. Grove. $16.00 + $1.90 p&p. Francis of Assisi was very much a man of his time, yet his influence continues today in a surprising range of ways. This study briefly outlines his life journey, before considering Francis’ attitude to prayer, and then exploring the ways in which the Franciscan approach to life relates to a wide range of contemporary concerns.
Also about Francis of Assisi:
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Quaky Cat. Diana Noonan. Gavin Bishop ill. 32pp. colour. Scholastic. $19.50. Written in response to the Sept. 2010 Canterbury earthquake, Quaky Cat is an evocative, uplifting story that will touch the hearts of all who read it. The earthquake affected children in so many ways: homes gone, playgrounds destroyed, schools damaged, pets missing, favourite books and toys lost. This is a picture book for children throughout New Zealand - to bring comfort to those who experienced the earthquake, and understanding to the children who didn’t.
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Recent Titles We have one copy of each of these new books in stock. Time to supply additional copies is shown below. |
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The Story of REinspired: Developing creative partnerships between churches and schools. David Skinner, Paul Haynes and Jane Earl. 158pp. BRF (2011). $26.99. [Allow 4-6 weeks] REinspired tells the story of how a group of churches in Earley and East Reading developed a way of working with primary schools to support the teaching of Religious Education. Covers how the project developed and explores the principles REinspired has worked to - including stories of how students have engaged with the materials, and how churches from a wide ecumenical base have been involved. It then provides a practical guide to enable others to use the model to develop links between their own church and local schools. The book aims to inspire and enable churches to become fully engaged in resourcing RE in schools.
Epworth Books distributes CRE materials published by Access Ministries in Australia and approved by the Churches Education Commission in NZ. Click here for details:
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We Will Not Go To War: Conscientious Objection during the World Wars. Felicity Goodall. 250pp. History Press (2010). $32.00 [Allow 6-8 weeks] During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women in the UK refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved and beaten, theirs was a battle of conscience. In WWI, 73 conscientious objectors died as a result of their treatment, and hundreds more were imprisoned. During WWII, many conscientious objectors performed other, non-combatant duties with great heroism, including bomb disposal, and joining the fire service and ambulance crews. Unable to turn a blind eye to the dark realities of war, these men and women, who came from all classes and backgrounds, wrestled with their moral values, and their struggles, motivations and stories are brought together in this moving and challenging history of war’s outcasts.
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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Stephen Batchelor. 303pp. Random House (2010). $33.00. [Allow 2-3 weeks] Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha’s teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? This is one man’s confession. Batchelor paints a groundbreaking portrait of the historical Buddha—told from the author’s unique perspective as a former Buddhist monk and modern seeker. Both controversial and deeply personal, Stephen Batchelor’s refreshingly doctrine-free, life-informed account is essential reading for anyone interested in Buddhism.
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God’s Battalions: The Case For The Crusades. Rodney Stark. 276pp. HarperOne (2010). $28.99. [Allow 1 week] Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimised the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggression. He reviews the history of the seven major crusades from 1095-1291, demonstrating that the Crusades were precipitated by Islamic provocations: by centuries of bloody attempts to colonize the West, and by sudden new attacks on Christian pilgrims and holy places. Although the Crusades were initiated by a plea from the pope, this had nothing to do with hopes of converting Islam. Nor were the Crusades organised and led by surplus sons, but by the heads of great families who were fully aware that the costs of crusading would far exceed the very modest material rewards that could be expected--most went at immense personal cost, some of them knowingly bankrupting themselves to go. Moreover, the Crusader kingdoms that they established in the Holy Land, and which stood for nearly two centuries, were not colonies sustained by local exactions, but required immense subsidies from Europe.
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The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book. Timothy Beal. 244pp Hbk. Houghton Mifflin (2011). $47.00. [Allow 2-3 weeks] In this revelatory exploration of one of our most revered icons, a critically acclaimed author and professor takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Bible’s sacred capital. Showing us how a single official text was created from the proliferation of different scripts, Beal traces its path as it became embraced as the word of God and Book of books. Among his surprising insights: • Christianity thrived for centuries without any Bible—there was no official canon of scriptures, much less a book big enough to hold them all. Congregations used various collections of scrolls and codices. • There is no “original” Bible, no single source text behind the thousands of different Bibles on the market today. The farther we go back in the Bible’s history, the more versions we find. • The idea of the Bible as the literal Word of God is relatively new—only about a century old Also by Beal:
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After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken. Kent Annan. 136pp. InterVarsity Press (2011). $32.00. [Allow 2-3 weeks] In the wake of a historic earthquake in the fragile country of Haiti, Kent Annan considers suffering--from the epic to the everyday - as a problem for faith. Less than two weeks after the release of Kent’s book about his work with Haiti Partners, he heard the news. Friends trapped under the rubble of buildings. Friends sprinting across the city looking for family. Churches - including one Kent often attended - turned to rubble. Suddenly Kent and his friends were part of an uncomfortable fellowship: people whose faith is shaken by crisis. Taking courage from the psalmists of old and the company of his grieving neighbours, Kent has found that there is solidarity in suffering. Others have followed life to the edge of meaning and have heard God even there, calling for honest faith. Are there questions or realities your faith can’t handle? Kent wrote After Shock to help you find out.
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Matariki
Matariki starts on 4 June this
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Matariki Wall Calendar June 2011 - May 2012 Te Papa Press. 24pp 48 colour photos. 300 x 300mm $19.99 [Allow 2 weeks] Matariki is a time to reflect on the land’s rhythms and how to protect and sustain resources. Traditionally, each Maori tribe had its own Matariki lore, which taught people how to live in balance with nature. The Matariki Calendar highlights the relevance of these principles today. Appealing to all ages, it features images of Te Papa’s precious taonga (treasures), contemporary Maori life, and our beautiful country through the seasons.
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CRE - Christian Religious Education 2011 |
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“… helping students make good life choices.” Epworth Books distributes this curriculum in New Zealand. The CRE curriculum is biblically faithful, educationally sound, student focussed, theologically clear and contextually appropriate. Created by practicing classroom teachers across Australia and New Zealand, CRE materials are designed for use with both single and multi-aged classes. Would you like to know more about this programme? Click here: http://www.epworthbooks.org.nz/CRE/CRE_Intro.htm Please email sales@epworthbooks.org.nz if you would like us to send you a catalogue.
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22 more titles specialled this month. Priced to clear at 50-70% off. Click here for the list http://www.epworthbooks.org.nz/stock/sale.htm
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Specials are only available at these prices while stocks last. Don’t delay!
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