Authors:Matthew L Lamb, Matthew Levering,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: tradition, renewal, vatican
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2008-04-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0195332679
ISBN-13: 9780195332674

From 1962 to 1965, in perhaps the most important religious event of the twentieth century, the Second Vatican Council met to plot a course for the future of the Roman Catholic Church. After thousands of speeches, resolutions, and votes, the Council issued sixteen official documents on topics ranging from divine revelation to relations with non-Christians. In many ways, though, the real challenges began after the council was over and Catholics began to argue over the interpretation of the documents. Many analysts perceived the Council’s far-reaching changes as breaks with Church traditio

Authors:Matthew L Lamb, Matthew Levering,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: tradition, renewal, vatican
Number of Pages: 488
Published: 2008-04-30
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0195332687
ISBN-13: 9780195332681

From 1962 to 1965, in perhaps the most important religious event of the twentieth century, the Second Vatican Council met to plot a course for the future of the Roman Catholic Church. After thousands of speeches, resolutions, and votes, the Council issued sixteen official documents on topics ranging from divine revelation to relations with non-Christians. In many ways, though, the real challenges began after the council was over and Catholics began to argue over the interpretation of the documents. Many analysts perceived the Council’s far-reaching changes as breaks with Church traditio

Author: Matthew Levering
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: teleological, approach, theocentric, law, natural, biblical
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-06-02
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0199535299
ISBN-13: 9780199535293

The theory of natural law is controversial today because it presumes that there is a stable "human nature" that is subject to a "law." How do we know that "human nature" is stable and not ever-evolving? How can we expect "law" not to constrict human freedom and potential? Furthermore if there is a "law," there must be a lawgiver. Matthew Levering argues that natural-law theory makes sense only within a broader worldview, and that the Bible sketches both such a persuasive worldview and an account of natural law that offers an exciting portrait of the moral life. To establish the relevance

Authors:Matthew Levering, Michael Dauphinais,
Publisher: Brazos Press
Keywords: holy, bible, introduction, land, people, theological
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1587431238
ISBN-13: 9781587431234

The Bible doesn’t come with a secret decoder ring, which means that it is left to church theologians to make sense of the Bible’s many intricate and overlapping themes. Over the centuries, the church has identified several themes--such as love and covenant--that have helped the faithful to better understand a sometimes bewildering book.In Holy People, Holy Land, authors Dauphinais and Levering make the case that holiness--which they define as communion with God through love of neighbor--is the central theme of Scripture. Holy People, Holy Land will give any reader the tools to bett

Author: David Levering Lewi
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: vogue, harlem
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1997-06-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0140263349
ISBN-13: 9780140263343

Stretching from the close of World War I to immediately after the Depression, the Harlem Renaissance was a time of glorious artistic freedom and intellectual collaboration between black artists and white bohemians of Greenwich village. In his masterful and fascinating study of this era, Lewis takes a daring look at what was considered to be a successful utopian effort at assimilating and validating black culture in white America.

Author: Judy Levering-Duff
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Keywords: wizard, wetzel, barnaby
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0972587438
ISBN-13: 9780972587433

BARNABY WETZEL IS NOT A WIZARD! But try telling that to the kids in his school! Ever since Tucker Reilly moved to town, ten year old Barnaby’s life has been a nightmare. Some of his friends joined Tucker’s gang and are helping to bully Barnaby, and the rest are afraid to be seen with him. Lonely and afraid, Barnaby invents a fantasy world where he pretends to be a boy wizard. It’s only meant to be a game, but when a classmate finds out, she tells everyone he is a real wizard! Soon everything from dropped food trays to cancelled tests are being blamed on Barnaby’s magic

Authors:Wanda Urbanska, Frank Levering,
Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher
Keywords: difference, small
Number of Pages: 179
Published: 2004-08
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0895872978
ISBN-13: 9780895872975

Nothing’s Too Small to Make a Difference is the companion volume to the PBS series, Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska. In chapters covering time, money, work, the environment, child rearing, community life, health and food, and spiritual growth, the authors offer proven, practical advice on how to simplify and improve life. Not idle dreamers but the owners of a small business themselves, not iconoclasts but proud Americans who believe it’s possible to work within the system, Urbanska and Levering point the way toward a future in which community, family, and health can reclaim their