Women and Power in the Middle Ages1 review University of Georgia Press, 1988 Hey, they were fighting for their rights throughout the Middle Ages A good in-depth look at how women got on in the Middle Ages. Erler and Kowaleski's contributors paint fine portraits of strong, active women, who faced growing demands for male control of society. The researchers show an eventful age, full of dramatic struggles -- far from the common image of a ...             The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus16 reviews Dalai Lama Wisdom Publications, 1998 Fresh eyes on becoming like Jesus + More insights re: The Dalai Lama How does Jesus look to a Buddhist master? In this series of talks with Christian monastics, the Dalai Lama reads the Gospels with fresh eyes. He aims to sense the qualities of heart behind Jesus' words and deeds. As a Buddhist, he is concerned with how people change - how they grow in compassion, ...             Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World1 review Ross Shepard Kraemer Oxford University Press, USA, 1994 A passionate eye on women's gifts to Western religion A well-researched account of devout women in Judeo-Christian tradition, their gifts to religion, and the restrictions placed on those gifts. Kraemer compares developments, both within and between regional churches. In many areas, Kraemer shows, women never lost their right to serve as teachers and ...             Different Visions of Love: Partnership and Dominator Values in Christian History8 reviews Brian Griffith Outskirts Press, 2008 A new perspective on Christian History + A helpful resource for churches + A good book for women + Such a wonderful idea + Different Visions of Love: Partnership and Dominator Values in Christian History             The World of Hildegard of Bingen: Her Life, Time, and Visions Heinrich Schipperges Liturgical Press, 1999             The impossible dream: The spirituality of Dom Helder Camara1 review Mary Hall Orbis Books, 1980 NECESSARY NOW MORE THAN EVER: A SAINT FOR OUR TIMES AND ETERNITY In the current zeitgheist of our Catholic Church, the voice of Dom Helder Camara, once a clarion cry, is needed now more than ever. This courageous archbishop in Brazil chose to live in the light of the Second Vatican Council and the example of the Good Pope John XXIII and the teachings of his ...             The Battle for God124 reviews Karen Armstrong Ballantine Books, 2001 Outstanding, Lucid, most helpful + A manual on the rise of fundamentalism for the religious and irreligious alike This is the Go-To text on Fundamentalism in religions. Very insightful, very well written, very understandable. Characteristic performance by a good author.             Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice, and the Domination System1 review Fortress Press, 2006 An Invitation to Dialogue I give this collection five stars not because it is consistently outstanding but because I value it as a window into a type of theology that addresses social processes rather than only individual sin and salvation, and therefore as a unique opening for dialogue between theology and social science. ...             Christianity and the Making of the Modern Family2 reviews Rosemary Radford Ruether Beacon Press, 2001 The repeatedly reinvented Christian family + Faith and Family--marriage made in heaven? Reuther traces the history "Christian family values" through a series of transformations, in which the very notion of a static tradition goes up in smoke. Among these turns we find the Reformation's destruction of women's religious communities, as the Augsburg town council proclaimed in 1534: ...             Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Lessons for Transforming Evil in Soul and Society5 reviews Matthew Fox Three Rivers Press, 2000 A blessing to read + A better discussion of what holiness is + Chakras of the body, an understanding + His Best Yet...             Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas168 reviews Elaine Pagels Vintage, 2004 A fine discernment of spirits + A jewel of intellectual and spiritual enlightenment + Great Author + Excellent work             God and Empire16 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2007 Religious questions that are matters of survival + A provocative, if ideological, interpretation of Jesus's life in the Roman Empire + Worth several readings + Divine Caesar vs. Earthly Jesus + Subversive Faith             Return to Love RI141 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2007 Life Changing For Me + ****** + Miracle from return to love For many years, I have been looking for a way out of my personal hell which has included depression, self subotage, painful thoughts and self loathing. I have tried among many other things, willpower, counseling, religion etc. This book has done it for me. I am a brand new person after reading it.             Jesus Before Christianity26 reviews Albert Nolan Orbis Books, 2001 A glimpse of the Jesus movement before Jesus died + Best Book I have ever read ... + Amazingly Relevant + Jesus before Christianity + MOST EXCELLENT!!!!             Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity25 reviews Elaine Pagels Vintage, 1989 All things old are new again... + Another excellent work by Elaine Pagels + At the root of our fears concerning freedom + The design of Genesis             Gospel According to Woman, The6 reviews Karen Armstrong Anchor, 1991 Remarkably learned and beautifully written + The transformation of women's religious vocations + Excellent history on religion and it's view of women + Gospel According To Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Se             The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium21 reviews Walter Wink Galilee Trade, 1999 Powerful, majestic good sense + Many Christians, Jews and Moslems may have been seduced by the whore of Babylon + Not the Dominant Perspective + The powers that be + Non-Violence at it's best             The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith45 reviews Marcus J. Borg HarperOne, 1998 Very thought provoking + From Supernatural Theism to Panentheism + Just great read + The God we Never Knew by Marcus Borg + getting to know God             Early Celtic Christianity3 reviews Brendan Lehane Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005 A challenge to fullness from the far shore of ancient Christianity + This is a good book! Lehane proves a good, entertaining guide to the Celtic Church in its creative centuries of independence. His account highlights a fresh, innovative movement of self-motivated evangelists, which at first owed little or nothing to the state church of the Roman empire. In Ireland, the first native ...             Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life230 reviews Henry Cloud, John Townsend Zondervan, 2002 Good book... life changer + Great + Boundaries I am so happy I bought this book. It has so much information. It is a book that needs study... not just a read. I grew up with alcoholic parents and very codependent relationships. I am glad there is a Christian and biblical based book that speaks to the fact that when you are a Christian loving ...