""What does this mean? Who are these people?"" "Questions like these are often asked by visitors to museums. Today, it is often easier to understand abstract art than it is to understand the meaning of an altarpiece that portrays a seminaked young man shot with arrows; a monk with an axe in his head; a beautiful girl with a wheel in her hand; or another who carries her eyes on a plate." "From Agatha to Zeno, this book presents the images and attributes...

Chronicles the experiences of the peasant girl who led a French army against the English, was burned at the stake for witchcraft, and became a saint.

"The sixth of a multi-volume series exploring Great Lives from God's Word and searching them to find the qualities that made them great."--Back cover.

A biography of the apostle and leader of the early Christians, based on scholarship in anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and religion. Includes sections on his relationship with Jesus, his role as a leader, and his death and burial-place.

An original portrait of the legendary heroine's story as seen through her own eyes and based on her own testimony.

Saints of the Southwest provides an intimate look at thirty of the most revered saints of the Southwest, photographed in both the holiest and most humble of places: an archbishop's private chapel, a roadside shrine, a church of miracles, the wall of a video store. Author Jim Griffith, long-time chronicler of the West's unique cultural and spiritual heritage, is recognized as one of the foremost folklorists in the United States. He offers a brief biography...

Discover what it means to become a man of faith through the lives of ten male saints and their experiences pursuing holiness. In Holy Grit, you'll join Catholic life coach Paul George to consider some of the tough issues facing men today--struggles in marriage, parenting, suffering, and finding purpose--to determine areas for growth and take steps toward living the life for which God created you. You might have grown up with an image of masculinity...

Darrell Bock's research uncovers the origins of these codes by focusing on the 325 years immediately following the birth of Christ, for the claims of The Da Vinci Code rise or fall on the basis of things emerging from this period. Breaking the Da Vinci Code, now available in trade paper, distinguishes fictitious entertainment from historical elements of the Christian faith. For by seeing these differences, one can break the Da Vinci code.

"Runaway. Castaway. Prostitute. Hermit. Desert dweller. Saint. Boundary breaker. Archetypal wild woman. In the corner of a library, in a dusty stack of books, in the footnote of an obscure text, journalist Amy Frykholm discovered a short citation about Mary of Egypt, all but unknown to most, and herself a footnote in ancient history. Not knowing why or from where, Frykholm felt called by this ancient woman's story. Thus begins the story of her decades-long...

"The Love of Thousands invites us to understand both the conscious and unconscious influences saints, ancestors, and angels have on our lives. This retreat in ordinary life allows us to see how we can be in relationship with these figures and guided by them while also, especially in the case of our ancestors, work to heal the wounds that have been left on us by their imperfect lives. With the abbess of Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner,...