A CHRISTMAS CAROL: BOOK AND BIBLE STUDY GUIDE BASED ON THE CHARLES DICKENS CLASSIC A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Author: Charles Dickens, Alan Vermilye

Publisher: Brown Chair Books

ISBN-13:  978-1948481069

A Christmas Carol Book and Bible Study Guide includes the entire book of this Dickens classic as well as Bible study discussion questions for each chapter, Scripture references, and related commentary.

Detailed character sketches and an easy-to-read book summary provide deep insights into each character while examining the book’s themes of greed, isolation, guilt, blame, compassion, generosity, transformation, forgiveness, and finally redemption. To help with those more difficult discussion questions, a complete Answer Guide is available for free online.

CHRISTMAS: A SHORT HISTORY FROM SOLSTICE TO SANTA

Author: Andy Thomas

Publisher:  Ivy Press

ISBN-13: 978-1782407805

Have you ever wondered where Christmas comes from? Or why and how it has been celebrated throughout the centuries? This book takes you on an intriguing and entertaining journey through its social history and shows why Christmas has survived and still has meaning for us today. Covering astrological associations, Nativity, Saturnalia, Puritan ban of Christmas, origins and developments of Santa Claus, mythology, the gospels, and food traditions from around the world, this book uncovers the fascinating background to one of the biggest festive seasons—Christmas. 

THE GOLDEN LEGEND: READINGS ON THE SAINTS

Author: Jacobus de Voragine

Publisher: Princeton University Press; Reprint edition

ISBN-13: 978-0691154077

Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual and fictional stories, The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, archbishop of Genoa, aiming at captivating, while preserving information pertaining to the church. In this translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich work, offering readers an important guide on medieval art, literature and popular religious culture.

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: RECIPES | CUSTOMS

Authors: Zu Barnes, Rodney Miles

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN-13: 978-1505392463

Ever wonder if and how they celebrate Christmas around they world? We did! Here’s what we found out and it’s amazing! We’ve loaded this book with great, traditional recipes from around the world and think this just might be a must-have for your holidays not only as a conversation-starter but a great way to try international fare at your own gathering. Discover the customs and favorite Christmas recipes from these countries: ~ Italy~ England~ Ireland~ Scotland~ France~ Mexico~ Russia~ Australia~ Norway~ and Hawaii in the U.S.

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QUOTATIONS FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Compiled by: Catherine Frank

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Paperback ISBN: 9780231112918

On the most important occasions of our lives, we often find ourselves at a loss for words; when we want to console, celebrate, explain, inspire, or thank, we end up repeating such uninspiring, uninformative phrases as “Words cannot express how I feel.” To help us find the right words, Catherine Frank has compiled this handy compendium of quotations .

Whether you are offering consolation or congratulations, condolences or confessions, Quotations for All Occasions has the perfect words for every occasion.

ENTRE NOUS - THINKING-OF-THE-OTHER

Author: Emmanuel Levinas

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Paperback ISBN: 9780231079112

Entre Nous (Between Us) is the culmination of Levinas's philosophy. Published in France a few years before his death, it gathers his most important work and reveals the development of his thought over nearly forty years of committed inquiry. Along with several trenchant interviews published here, these essays engage with issues of suffering, love, religion, culture, justice, human rights, and legal theory. Taken together, they constitute a key to Levinas's ideas on the ethical dimensions of otherness.

PHILOSOPHIES OF HAPPINESS

Author:  Diana Lobel

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Paperback ISBN: 9780231184113

What does it mean to be truly happy? In Philosophies of Happiness, Diana Lobel provides a rich spectrum of arguments for a theory of happiness as flourishing or well-being, offering a global, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary perspective on how to create a vital, fulfilling, and significant life. 

Drawing upon perspectives from a broad range of philosophical traditions—Eastern and Western, ancient and contemporary—the book suggests that happiness is the healthy and flourishing condition of the whole human being.

MAKING PEACE WITH THE UNIVERSE- PERSONAL CRISIS AND SPIRITUAL HEALING

Author: Michael Scott Alexander

Publisher:  Columbia University Press

ISBN: 9780231198592

In Making Peace with the Universe, Michael Scott Alexander reads diverse classic religious accounts as masterpieces of therapeutic insight. In the company of William James, Socrates, Muslim legal scholar turned mystic Hamid al-Ghazali, Chinggis Khan as described by the Daoist monk Qui Chuji, and jazz musician and Catholic convert Mary Lou Williams, Alexander traces the steps from existential crisis to psychological health. He recasts spiritual confessions as case histories of therapy, showing how they remain radical and deeply meaningful even in an age of scientific psychology.