A stimulating inquiry into one of the great religious mysteries – and what theologians, artists, writers, psychologists, priests, historians and people from all religions and walks of life have thought of heaven, where many of us still hope to go one day.The author writes: ‘While images of hell are firmly fixed in the human psyche, no parallel standard vision exists for heaven either within the Christian Church or more widely in the world’s vari ...
This edition does not include illustrations.Britain’s greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism, and the need to understand it has never been greater.Focusing in detail on Protestant fundamentalism in the United States, Jewish fundamentalism from sixteenth century Spain onwards and Muslim fundamentalism over the last four hundred y ...
Jessica Mathers enters the hospital confident that her little girl, Amy, is being cared for. But when Jessica awakes from surgery, her daughter and the sitter have disappeared… .As a favor to his mother, Detective Samuel Vance reluctantly assists on the kidnapping case, because his first impression of Jessica had not been favorable. Yet as together they search for Amy, Sam learns that Jessica is a caring, warm woman. Can they call upon their fai ...
ONE WOMAN'S DREAMJulianne Quinn had always dreamed of finding the perfect man and having children. She found every reason to surround herself with toddlers, but was devastated to learn that she couldn't have children of her own. No amount of goldfish or stray pets could appease Julianne's loneliness.When handsome widower Luke O'Hara moved to town with his twins, Julianne found herself falling in love with the man's reluc ...
The minute she steps foot in his dark, miserable house, Sophie Alexander knows Josh McClaren is not her usual patient. But the single mom and physical therapist is desperate to make a life for her and her young son.And she's definitely no quitter! It's obvious to Sophie that handsome, cantankerous Josh hides his pain behind a wall of grief. Little by little, Sophie and her son, Eli, do more than help Josh find his faith again. They mak ...
Come and meet the folks of Fairweather, Minnesota, the small town with the big heart that you'll want to return to again and again!Dr. Morgan Talbot didn't know what he'd been missing until the day Rachel Anderson White moved back to Fairweather. From the moment they collided in the hall, he was determined to bring joy and laughter back into the lives of Rachel and her young daughter.Rachel had lost her faith and felt that she cou ...
When candy shop owner Samantha Hampton nursed an injured stranger and invited him into her home, she thought she was being a Good Samaritan– after all, it was the least she could do after breaking his foot. Richard Moore' s charm put her at ease and made her heart pound. But Samantha didn' t know that she was aiding the enemy!Richard Moore had no more control over his attraction to Samantha than he did the fact that his family' s confectionary c ...
The Outsider Returns Adopted as a baby, Mei Clayton never felt like she belonged in her family. She left tiny Clayton, Colorado, the moment she could. Now, to fulfill the terms of a will, she must move home for a year. But when she reunites with handsome Jack McCord—the mountain-rescue expert she once secretly loved—she has to keep her distance.Their relatives have feuded for years. She’ll never fit in with the Claytons if she gives in to her fe ...
After her in-laws paid her to disappear, single mom Meara Hayden moved to Mackinaw Island to start over. With her faith and her son's enthusiasm, she knew she could do it. But she never thought one simple kite would lead her to love again.Jordan Baird felt as aimless as the kites he made. After losing his family, he led a reclusive life. Then, unexpectedly, a mother and her special son made him see new possibilities, the happiness of love a ...
