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On
the Path to Mutual Respect by
Alan Nichols
This Workbook, published by the Victorian Council
of Churches, is part of a project designed to
help Christian congregations and their leaders
understand the Racial and Religious Tolerance
Act, and see the values of tolerance, respect
and harmony in a mixed society.
$2.00 single copy including postage. Free to
pick up.
A
Century of Prayer for Christian Unity
Catherine E Clifford - Editor
This book is a celebration of the one-hundred-year
history of the Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity and a wonderful resource for understanding
the theology and practice of common prayer for
the reconciliation of the churches.
Contributors: Catherine E Clifford, Steven R
Harmon, Walter Cardinal Kasper, James F Puglisi,
Charles Sherlock, George H Tavard, Sister Minke
de Vries.
$49.50 including postage.
Us
& Them, Muslim-Christian Relations and Cultural
Harmony in Australia
Abe W Ata
Offers 11 essays about interfaith relations
drawn from a variety of research projects over
past years, including results from a national
survey on attitudes towards Islam and Muslims
among Australian secondary students.
$30.00 including postage.
BEM
at 25
Critical isights
into a continuing legacy
Edited by Thomas F Best and Tamara Grdzelidze
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM) remains
a seminal text for the churches and the ecumenical
movement. This book traces the incluence of
BEM and the challenge it continues to pose.
Critical questions are also raised: how far
have the churches acted upon the agreements
signalled in BEM? Was there full participation
in the BEM process in all regions of the world?
And: what does the churches' experience with
BEM tell us about the next stage of the ecumenical
journey?
$40.00 including postage.
Snapshots
DVD
An eight part resource for ecumenical groups
in which real stories of Life, Faith and Spirituality
are shared by ordinary people.
This resource will inspire us to consider how
we live as people of love and hope in the every
day events of life.
A production of The Ecumenical Reflection/Discussion
Committee of the South Australian Heads of Christian
Churches. www.eculent.org
Available from the VCC office. $5.00 including
postage
To
Firmer Ground - restoring hope in Australia
by John Langmore
To Firmer Ground reviews Australia's
current situation, identifies major contemporary
challenges, and discusses ways of making our
country more secure, sustainable, fair and vibrant.
By focussing on individual well-being and the
common good, John Langmore suggests means of
strengthening Australian society and enhancing
our international contributions to justice and
peace.
$32.95 including postage.
Life
to the Full - Rights and Social Justice in Australia
- Edited by James Franklin
Humans are made in God's image, Christians believe.
As beings of immense value, they possess objective
worth and inalienable rights. Since society
is made for humans, economic and political arrangements
must respect human rights, from the right to
life to the rights to education, association
and free expression. In this collection, experts
consider the full range of rights that go to
make up a free society fit for a full human
life. They apply to current Australian conditions
the insights of Catholic social thinking, a
sperspective both older than the competing ideologies
of socialism and capitalism and more in accordance
with the real world of the new century.
$29.95 including postage.
A
Big Fix - Radical solutions for Australia's
environmental
crisis by Ian Lowe
'If civilisation is to survive, this century
will have to be a time of dramatic transformation,
not just in technological capacity but also
in our approach to the natural world - and each
other. The road we are travelling now can only
end in disaster'.
$16.95 including postage.
Whispers
of Peace - Double Music CD
A wonderful resource for worship and peacemaking,
reflecting the diversity and vitality of Christian
life in Australia and the shared Christian commitment
to peace and reconciliation in the churches’
Decade to Overcome. Now $3.00 posted, free to
pick up.
* 25 contemporary and traditional- style songs
of peace and faith professionally recorded on
two CDs
* full words, sheet music and OHP slides on
files
* contributions by leading Christian musicians
such as Kevin Bates, Monica Brown, John Coleman,
Monique Lisbon, Robin Mann and Digby Hannah
Christmas
cards $2 pack of 10, 4 designs
- Peace, Icon, Indigenous and Mother and Child
image from Uganda.
