LIBROS DEL AUTOR: martin thornton

7 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: martin thornton

  • Churchill, Borden and Anglo-Canadian Naval Relations, 1911-14
    Martin Thornton
    In 1911, Winston S. Churchill and Robert L. Borden became companions in an attempt to provide naval security for the British Empire as a naval crisis loomed with Germany. Their scheme for Canada to provide battleships for the Royal Navy as part of an Imperial squadron was rejected by the Senate with great implications for the future. ...
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    66,70 €

  • English Spirituality
    Martin Thornton
    Endorsements:'The republication of this definitive text is long overdue and a must for all those who are concerned for the maintenance of a sound, optimistic spirituality.'-Alan Jones 'Skillfully uses Bible and history to good advantage in this long look at English Spirituality’s roots.' -The Christian Century'I know of no other book that rivals Thornton’s work as a clear and ...
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    38,96 €

  • Spiritual Direction
    Martin Thornton
    Here at last is a book that deals seriously and comprehensively with the rapidly growing field of spiritual direction. Spiritual Direction offers practical help to those clergy and laypersons who are responsible for the spiritual lives of other people. Spiritual Direction encourages spiritual directors to take their responsibilities seriously and professionally, moving spiritua...
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    20,52 €

  • A Joyful Heart
    Martin Thornton
    Does a Lenten book have to be grim?Through Lenten meditations such as ''The Woodlouse Sermon,'' ''The Thomist Football League,'' and ''The Girl in the Bikini,'' Martin Thornton pursues the somber spirituality of Lent with an air of lightheartedness. In the spirit of G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis, Thornton points to the humor of Jesus’s parables as he devises his own homespun...
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    14,92 €

  • Prayer
    Martin Thornton
    Intelligent Christians not only lead lives of prayer, but also require an understanding of prayer. Too often we are told how to pray, but not why we pray. Too often we are asked to recite our creeds, but not to explore how they express our faith. This first American edition of Thornton’s classic work provides inquisitive Christians with a map for an informed life of prayer. Dra...
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    23,16 €

  • Christian Proficiency
    Martin Thornton
    Books are rarely written for Christians ''proficient'' in spirituality--those who are neither beginners nor advanced in their lives of prayer. Finally back in print, Christian Proficiency is a valuable handbook to those laypersons that have reached that point in their development where they need guidance and direction to make further progress in their spiritual proficiency.Mart...
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    25,77 €

  • Pastoral Theology
    Martin Thornton
    This is a book about pastoral priorities and parochial spirituality. Mr. Thornton argues that considerations of biblical and philosophical theology, history, and psychology alike demand that pastoral work should be based on that Remnant of faithful souls--often very few in number--to be found in any parish; and that their training and direction is of very much greater importanc...
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    33,73 €