On Your MarkThe Gospel of Mark, as read by Megan McKenna, becomes a roadmap for Christian discipleship. As McKenna works her way through the Gospel, she opens up the meaning of the texts and demonstrates what they may have meant to the disciples and to the community that became the early church. A master storyteller, she also presents stories that reinforce the texts of the Gospel. And, for her, the crux of the matter is what this Gospel says to us today. In the

Above all Bead and Strands offers access to how one of contemporary Africa's most noted women theologians sees the status and role of women in Africa today

"--Warren Carter

“Widely recognized as a landmark contribution to Catholic theology of religions and an indispensable resource for scholars of interreligious dialogue

we awaken to another way of being

and pastoral theology

Readers who know and cherish Henri Nouwen as well as those just becoming familiar with his work will find this volume a gift to treasure--and to share

this egalitarian vision of women as well as men being created in the image of God has been a lynchpin to feminist claims for equality in the church and society

and of life and death and hope and love

pointing us in the right direction regardless of where we start

systematic theology

she did by invitation and not as a priestly act—led to her being barred from some Catholic dioceses

"Forest relates in his introduction that the purpose of this book is to help revive the once common practice of confession among Christians