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Rethinking Hell:

Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism

By Date, Christopher M., Stump, Gregory G. and Anderson, Joshua W. (editors)

Evangelical essays challenging the traditional doctrine of hell, adopting a conditionalist view that the unsaved will face not eternal torment but annihilation.

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Daily Life in the Early Church:

Studies in the Church Social History of the First Five Centuries

By Davies, John Gordon

Applying the methods of social history to the early Church, this book illuminates the lives of the first believers through composite biographical portraits.

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Qumran

By Davies, Phillip R.

An account of the ancient Jewish settlement of Khirbet Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, based on archaeological evidence uncovered at the site.

Series: Cities of the Biblical World

The Fruits of Grace:

The Ecumenical Experience of the Community of Grandchamp

By de Vries, Sister Minke and Gower, Nancy S. (translator)

A reflection on the origins and development of one of the key women's monastic communities in modern Europe, written by a former prioress.

Religion in the Anthropocene

By Deane-Drummond, Celia, Bergmann, Sigurd and Vogt, Markus (editors)

A multidisciplinary collection of essays exploring the many social, ethical and theological aspects of the Anthropocene, the geological Age of Humans.

Hidden in Plain Sight:

Esther and a Marginalised Hermeneutic

By Debelak, Robert P., Jr

Taking as its focus the Old Testament Book of Esther, this exploration of biblical narrative develops a study method that engages directly with the text.

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Community of the Transfiguration:

The Journey of a New Monastic Community

By Dekar, Paul R.

An introduction to the modern revival of Christian monasticism, focussing on the Community of the Transfiguration in Australia.

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Thomas Merton:

Twentieth-Century Wisdom for Twenty-First-Century Living

By Dekar, Paul R.

An introduction to the ideas of the mystic and scholar Thomas Merton, his critique of modern society and his spiritual solution for Christian community.

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The Mind and the Machine:

What It Means to be Human and Why It Matters

By Dickerson, Matthew

A critique of the dominant physicalist paradigm of the mind, offering an alternative that places the bodily and the spiritual on an equal footing.

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Can I Let You Go, My Love?

By Dijk, Kay van

The emotional journey of a woman following her husband's death, this journal in verse combines a poignant love story with the theme of personal growth.

Health as a Virtue:

Thomas Aquinas and the Practice of Habits of Health

By Dobson, Melanie L.

An analysis of the importance of health in modern Christian life from the perspective of the Thomist-Aristotelian concept of habit as a moral practice.

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Dimensions of Faith:

Understanding Faith through the Lens of Science and Religion

By Donaldson, Steve

An examination of faith as a universal facet of human belief systems, showing how our cognitive limitations make faith not the enemy of reason but its partner.

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