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Christians and Jews Building Bridges tells how Christian-Jewish relations have improved dramatically since the Council of Christians and Jews was founded in 1942. It is now widely recognised that Jesus was a faithful Jew and that Jews and Christians both seek the coming of the Messianic Age or Kingdom of God. This book looks back at the issues which have been of most importance in Jewish-Christian relations in the last twenty years. The second...

Christianity: An Explorer's Guide - Now with a full Index - offers a comprehensive and compassionate over-view of Christianity, pointing to a living experience of God's love in Jesus. The book is an ideal survey for the enquirer and will give Christians a deeper understanding of their faith and the fascinating and varied history of the church. The book describes the life-changing experience of meeting Jesus. It tells the Gospel story, describe...

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Excerpt from Gilbert Keith ChestertonIt is one of the tragedies of human existence that the divine sense of wonder is eventually destroyed by inexcusable routine and more or less mechanical living. Mental abandon, the exercise of fancy and imagination, the function of creative thought - all these things are squeezed out of the conscious ness of man until his primitive enjoyment of the mystical part of life is affected in a very serious way.Not...

Excerpt from Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F. R. S , Vol. 4 of 5: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II., Comprising His Diary Form 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith, A. B. From the Original Short-Hand Ms. In the Pepysian Library, and a Selection Form His Private Corresponden Pepys's Diary ends with the end of May in the year 1669. This volume ends with the 27th of November, 1668, and one more volu...

Excerpt from Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F. R. S, Vol. 1 of 5: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II., Comprising His Diary From 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith, A. B., From the Original Short-Hand Ms., In the Pepysian Library, and a Selection From His Private Correspond Tee Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, and the History of his Short Hand Diary, have been so long well known to the literary world, tha...

The search for peace in society and in the world cannot be separated from the quest for inner peace in the heart. If you wish for a more peaceful world, the first step is to become a more peaceful person yourself. This book will help you do this. This commitment is a lifetime task. This books offers for everyday: an inspiring quotation, a story or reflection, and a suggestion for prayer or practical action. There are seven sections: Peace in O...

The concept of needs works to sort out social policies. Yet the idea is in disrepute with many thinkers who, led by economists, accuse it of being too fluid, or too narrow, or of serving no purpose that the concept of preferences does not serve better. David Braybrooke refutes these charges by providing a model of how the concept of needs works when it is working well.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest pr...

Braybrooke challenges received scholarly opinion by arguing that canonical theorists Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Rousseau took St Thomas Aquinas as their point of reference, reinforcing rather than departing from his natural law theory.

Excerpt from Some Thoughts on Hilaire Belloc Express it. Few, however, know much about anything. Mr. Braybrooke is a sound journalist. He has a singular capacity for only writing about men he has studied from every angle. His impressions of G. K. Chesterton proved that. His criticisms of Mr. Belloc's works and his study of the man, is timely. The more we know about him, the better we appreciate or understand what he writes. I welcome these. ...

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In Analytical Political Philosophy: From Discourse, Edification, distinguished Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke explores this movement by bringing together some of his earlier free-standing studies of the concepts of needs, rights, and rules.

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This is a treasure store of prayer with two outstanding features: it draws widely on many of the world's great religious and spiritual traditions, and it focuses on contemporary concerns.