Among the Ashes Malachy Bishop sat down to take stock

sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made

and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum

Helene Slessarev-Jamir offers five case studies of major progressive religious justice movements that have their roots in liberative interpretations of Scripture: congregational community organizing

growing up along increasingly globalized economic relations and the development and improvement of reproductive technologies

Peter cast doubt upon their essential humanity and paved the way toward an increasingly violent treatment of the Jewish minority in medieval Christendom

Among the Ashes Malachy Bishop sat down to take stockHow can we hold fast to the hope of life eternal when we lose someone we love? In this book William Abraham reflects on the nature of certainty and the logic of hope in the context of an experience of devastating grief. Abraham opens with a stark account of the effects of grief in his own life after the unexpected death of his oldest son. Drawing on the book of Job, Abraham then looks at the significance of grief in debates about the problem of evil.