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In and Around Maimonides Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 246
ISBN: 9781463243302
Pub Date: 27 May 2021
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
In and Around Maimonides presents eight highly focused studies on Moses Maimonides and those around him.
Orthodoxy and Islam in the Middle East Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781942699330
Pub Date: 20 Apr 2021
Imprint: Holy Trinity Seminary Press
Illustrations: Illustrations, color; 2 Maps
Description:
Conflict or concord? Histories of Islam from its early seventh century beginnings in Arabia often portray its explosive growth into the wider Middle East as a story of struggle and conquest of the Christian people of Greater Syria, Palestine and Egypt. Alternatively these histories suggest that as often as not the conquerors were welcomed by the conquered and their existing monotheistic faiths of Christianity and Judaism tolerated and even allowed to flourish.
A Creed for Today Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781847309389
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
Following the success of his widely acclaimed The Pope Francis Agenda, renowned theologian Donal Dorr returns with a topical new work that explores the interplay between an ecological spirituality and traditional Christian faith at this critical juncture. Rather than seeing ecological spirituality as an adjunct to Christian doctrine, Donal Dorr views it as central to the understanding of Christianity today and integral to understanding our relationship with the natural world. Stressing the importance of our ‘new earth awareness’, the author lays out a compelling vision for how we should live at both a spiritual and practical level in terms of our Christian faith and our attendant role as stewards of the Earth.
Advent News: Too Good to Keep Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 98
ISBN: 9781847309792
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
Advent News: Too Good to Keep is a thought-provoking selection of scripture readings and reflections designed to accompany the reader through the season of Advent. This accessible and practical guide, which also includes inspirational quotations and questions to prompt the reader to effect change in their day-to-day lives, is the perfect companion for this essential period in the Church calendar.
Exploring Christus Vivit Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 118
ISBN: 9781847309457
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
In his apostolic exhortation Christus Vivit, Pope Francis offers words of hope and consolation to all the faithful but, in particular, he focusses on young people and encourages them in their friendship with Jesus. He also addresses the Church as a whole, reminding us of the youthfulness the Church should embody, while also considering how to renew youth ministry and emphasising the importance of attracting young people to the Church. In this instructive companion volume, Gerard Gallagher invites a selection of people who work in the area of youth ministry to discuss key themes from Christus Vivit and to explore practical ways in which young people today can navigate life’s challenges and setbacks, while still ‘walking the path to holiness’.
Holy Shocking Saints Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781847309716
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
Holy Shocking Saints is a beautifully illustrated book celebrating the extraordinary lives of twelve remarkable people. Whether mystics, healers or holy people, their strong belief was the catalyst that set them on the spiritual path. Some renounced wealth, position and marriage proposals; others had a burning desire to explore the world to teach about their faith.
How to be Our Best Self in Times of Crisis Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781847309754
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
Crises can be defined as any changes in our circumstances that affect us deeply. They can vary from marriage or divorce to birth and death. Some we choose but many - like the Covid-19 pandemic - are chosen for us.
Humans of the World Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9781847308894
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
The World Meeting of Families took place in Ireland for the first time in 2018 and saw thousands of volunteers and visitors from across the globe unite to celebrate their shared faith in God and in family. Humans of the World Meeting of Families is a collection of first-person testimonies from some of those involved – lay and religious, young and old – who reflect upon their own faith journey in a candid and engaging fashion. This uplifting book of words and photographs offers a revealing insight into the personal lives and motivation of volunteers, delegates, attendees, staff members and many others who took part in this event, which included the historic visit of Pope Francis to Ireland.
Peace Smiles Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
ISBN: 9781847309709
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
Peace Smiles traces Thomas Merton’s fascinating and sometimes troubled life from a disrupted childhood and rather turbulent adolescence, to his conversion to Roman Catholicism, his ordination in 1949 and his life in the Trappist Monastery of Gethsemani. It was there that Merton’s prophetic voice began to emerge. Bishop Monahan explores Merton as artist, social critic and ecumenist, his anti-war and anti-racism stances until his untimely death at the age of fifty-three.
Veritas Sunday Missal Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 1296
ISBN: 9781847309785
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
With permission from the monks in Glenstal Abbey, Veritas has updated the Glenstal Sunday Missal. This new edition is now available as the Veritas Sunday Missal. The reference to St Joseph has been included in Eucharistic Prayers II, III and IV and the new amendment to the collects has also been included.

Acts of the Apostles

Format: Paperback
Pages: 302
ISBN: 9781847309808
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2021
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
This book approaches the Acts of the Apostles, not just as a history book that gives us information about the life and mission of the early Church, but also as a story to engage us at the level of faith and transform us into missionary disciples of Jesus Christ in our own situation. The Acts of the Apostles has been called the Gospel of the Spirit, who continually guides and empowers the Church in its life and mission.
The Shīʿī Past in the Great Book of the Songs Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 500
ISBN: 9781463207144
Pub Date: 26 Feb 2021
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
The Kitāb al-Aghānī (the Book of the Songs) stands as one of the most important extant sources for Arabic literature and Islamic history. Compiled during the first half of the tenth century, the Kitāb al-Aghānī emerges from a pivotal period in the formation of Islamic sectarian identities, a subject of keen and ongoing scholarly debate that is fundamental to our understanding of the later development of Shīʿī Islam. While its compiler, Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī (died after 356/967), is generally viewed as a 'Zaydī Shīʿī', no in-depth study has investigated what can be gauged from the Kitāb al-Aghānī about his sectarian perspectives.
George, Bishop of the Arabs on Myron Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 107
ISBN: 9781463207311
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2020
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
George was one of the last scholarly Syrian Orthodox bishops to live in the early Islamic period. His metrical homily, probably composed to be sung during the consecration of the Myron, is presented here with the vocalised Syriac text and English translation on facing pages.
Creation and Literary Recreation Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 244
ISBN: 9781463240875
Pub Date: 28 Dec 2020
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
One of the distinctive characteristics of the writings of Ambrose of Milan is his frequent and lengthy borrowings from the works of Philo of Alexandria. He treated the 1st-century Jewish philosopher as an authoritative predecessor and made use of his works to a far greater extent than any other Church Father did. This study seeks to fill a lacuna in the current scholarship by investigating Ambrose’s use of Philo in his collection of letters, focusing on a set of three letters concerning the topic of the Genesis creation account (Ep.
Jewish Cultural Elements in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 369
ISBN: 9781463207175
Pub Date: 28 Dec 2020
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Description:
This monograph traces how ‘Jewish’ elements were introduced into and disseminated throughout the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church through a series of multi-layered, socio-politico-cultural processes. Drawing on historical and literary evidence, Afework tracks the incorporation of Jewish features into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church from pre-Aksumite Christianity, before the fourth century, through the sixteenth century.
Atharvaveda Paippalāda: Kāṇḍa Fifteen Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 318
ISBN: 9781463242046
Pub Date: 12 Dec 2020
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Harvard Oriental Series - Opera Minora
Description:
Since its discovery and the initial efforts toward its critical edition, the Paippalādasaṃhitā of the Atharvaveda (PS) has attracted the attention of Vedic scholars and Indologists for several reasons. It constitutes a precious source for the study of the development of the earliest language. The text contains important information about various rites and magical practices, and hints about the oldest Indo-Iranian and Indo-European myths.