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The refrain of a popular Spanish hymn proclaims, “I am the Church, you are the Church, we are the Church.” With this as a keynote, Hosffman Ospino draws on the deep conviction among Hispanic Catholics that they are called to be the Church—locally, nationally, and globally—and provides a basic introduction to the nature and mission of the Church. In La Iglesia, the Church’s origin, structure, history, and mission are explored in light of the experience of Hispanic Catholics in the United States. Hoffsman Ospino, professor of theology and religious education at Boston College’s...

God's plan for a healthy life allows us to reach a perfect balance between physical, emotional, spiritual and mental health... even during the teenage years! Teens are faced daily with decisions that will either improve or risk their total health.

For thirty years, Mark as Story has introduced readers to the rhetorical and narrative skill that makes Mark so arresting and compelling a story. Rhoads, Dewey, and Michie have helped to pioneer our appreciation of the Gospels, and Mark in particular, as narratives originally created in an oral culture for oral performance. New in this edition are a revised introduction and an afterword describing the significant role Mark as Story has played in the development of narrative criticism.

La cultura contemporánea considera el argumento sobre el mundo de los espíritus como un residuo mitológico, una creencia que no tiene mucha razón de ser en la era de las nuevas tecnologías. En este contexto, ¿qué sentido tienen las narraciones evangélicas que relatan la liberación de endemoniados? ¿No sería mejor tender sobre ellas el manto de un silencio pudoroso?El tema no es fácil de abordar, pero resulta necesario hacerlo si tenemos en cuenta que tales escenas son más frecuentes de lo que el lector quisiera. Esto es lo que hace el autor de esta obra. Con un lenguaje claro y...