Readings in World Christian HistoryThrough the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that show students how Christianity developed and was lived in Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. These texts show Christian life beyond the confines of Byzantine and Western Christendom as Christians enter the Mongol and Chinese courts, struggle to cope with Islam, and continue to live in places such as Ethiopia and Egypt. Designed for the classroom Readings

"This accessible anthology introduces the teachings of the exiled Vietnamese Buddhist monk

He was a monk of Saint John's Abbey until 2024 and taught at Saint John's University

Pleins reveals in the Psalms the core of a liberating worship that grasps the realities of individual suffering as well as the stern demands of social justice

Prophets: Words of Fire

The Tao of Physics

All essential aspects of traditional theology are addressed from this primary perspective

By their strangeness these images jolt our imagination and awaken it to the richness and diversity of our Christological heritage

A writer who hears the still

" --Lorene Hanley Duquin

The Path to Hope

She is also a pioneer in contemporary sacred music

Johnston faced a turning point with his assignment to Japan in 1951