God S Quad

Author : Devan B. Deyerin
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9798889100867

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The God Squad by Devan B. Deyerin Pdf

Mathew Clarke and his brother had grown accustomed to the monsters only they could see, but confronting gods is proving to be a far graver challenge. The two ran away from home to shield their family from the menacing creatures, but a twist of fate sees them lose their magical protection. The duo soon find themselves caught in a celestial war over the fate of the gods. Loathe to be pawns in divine schemes, they discover gods are as petty and flawed as humans. Just as the Clarke brothers find a safe place where they might fit in, their world is turned upside down again. The brothers are thrust into the complexity of good and evil, realizing life is full of shades of grey – until it isn’t. Facing an uncertain destiny, they must forge unlikely alliances, learn to trust their friends, and muster faith in themselves to protect each other and find a place to call home. In this tale of courage and camaraderie, every choice they make tips the scale between peril and salvation, not just for them, but for humanity.

Author : Rik Isensee
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595006779

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The God Squad by Rik Isensee Pdf

Book Description for The God Squad: At last! A sharp and sexy satire that skewers the absurd methods used by the ex-gay movement to make gays go straight. In this hilarious send-up of ex-gay treatment programs, a young man named Paul joins Escape, run by the Reverend Sly Slocock. While trying to convert other gays, Paul meets Jimmy, a feisty antagonist from Homo Nation, who sets out to undermine Sly's increasingly bizarre attempts to cure Paul's homosexuality. The God Squad is a racy, romantic comedy spiced with irony, intrigue, and forbidden passion. By exposing the fraudulent hypocrisy of ex-gay ministries, it also provides a refreshing antidote to the religious right's campaign against gays. About the Author: Rik Isensee practices psychotherapy in San Francisco and has worked with some clients in recovery from ex-gay programs. He is the author of three self-help books for gay men: Love Between Men, Reclaiming Your Life, and Are You Ready? The Gay Man's Guide to Thriving at Midlife.

Author : Paddy Doyle
Publisher : Random House
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407084251

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The God Squad by Paddy Doyle Pdf

The past they tried to hide. His mother died from cancer in 1955. His father committed suicide shortly thereafter. Paddy Doyle was sentenced in an Irish district court to be detained in an industrial school for eleven years. He was four years old... Paddy Doyle's prize-winning bestseller, The God Squad, is both a moving and terrifying testament of the institutionalised Ireland of less than fifty years ago, as seen through the bewildered eyes of a child. During his detention, Paddy was viciously assaulted and sexually abused by his religious custodians, and within three years his experiences began to result in physical manifestations of trauma. He was taken one night to hospital and left there, never to see his custodians again. So began his long round of hospitals, mainly in the company of old and dying men, while doctors tried to diagnose his condition. This period of his life, during which he was a constant witness to death, culminated in brain surgery at the age of ten - by which time he had become permanently disabled. The God Squad is the remarkable true story of a survivor, told with an extraordinary lack of bitterness for one so shockingly and shamefully treated. In Paddy Doyle's own words: 'It is about a society's abdication of responsibility to a child. The fact that I was that child, and that the book is about my life, is largely irrelevant. The probability is that there were, and still are, thousands of 'me's.'

Author : Stuart R. West
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781509247820

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Tex and the God Squad by Stuart R. West Pdf

Graduation day is “killer”…too bad Tex the witch boy may not live to see it. Richard “Tex” McKenna's graduating high school. It’s a shame he doesn't have a clue what comes next. There's no time to think now, either. Being a male witch makes Tex a ginormous supernatural trouble magnet. There's an angry witch in pursuit and a maniac in a Grim Reaper's costume on the loose. Why did the cheerleader really kill herself? Is the heinous Clarendon Baptist Church a front for something more sinister? Elspeth’s back, too, trouble trailing on her booted heels. If Tex and his friends don't figure it out soon, Tex won't have to worry about life after high school.

Author : Ahern, Kevin; Malano,Christopher, Derige
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 9781608337538

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God's Quad by Ahern, Kevin; Malano,Christopher, Derige Pdf

An examination of the power and potential of Small Christian Communities for Catholic college students, this book offers case studies of best practices and practical tools to create effective communities for young adults, both within and beyond academic settings.

Author : Naomi Schaefer Riley
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781466861589

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God on the Quad by Naomi Schaefer Riley Pdf

Religious colleges and universities in America are growing at a breakneck pace. In this startling new book, journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley explores these schools-interviewing administrators, professors, and students-to produce the first popular, accessible, and comprehensive investigation of this phenomenon. Call them the Missionary Generation. By the tens and hundreds of thousands, some of America's brightest and most dedicated teenagers are opting for a different kind of college education. It promises all the rigor of traditional liberal arts schools, but mixed with religious instruction from the Good Book and a mandate from above. Far removed from the medieval cloisters outsiders imagine, schools like Wheaton, Thomas Aquinas, and Brigham Young are churning out a new generation of smart, worldly, and ethical young professionals whose influence in business, medicine, law, journalism, academia, and government is only beginning to be felt. In God On The Quad, Riley takes readers to the halls of Brigham Young, where surprisingly with-it young Mormons compete in a raucous marriage market and prepare for careers in public service. To the infamous Bob Jones, post interracial dating ban, where zealous Christian fundamentalists are studying fine art and great literature to help them assimilate into the nation's cultural centers. To Thomas Aquinas College, where graduates homeschool large families and hope to return the American Catholic Church to its former glory. To Yeshiva, Wheaton, Notre Dame, and more than a dozen other schools, big and small, rich and poor, new and old, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, and even Buddhist, all training grounds for the new Missionary Generation. With a critical yet sympathetic eye, Riley, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Weekly Standard, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, studies these campuses and the debates that shape them. In a post-9/11 world where the division between secular and religious has never been sharper, what distinguishes these colleges from their secular counterparts? What does the missionary generation think about political activism, feminism, academic freedom, dating, race relations, homosexuality, and religious tolerance-and what effect will these young men and women have on the United States and the world?

Author : Norm Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Christian life
ISBN : WISC:89066156423

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On God's Squad by Norm Evans Pdf

Author : Sean Stillman
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780281079445

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God's Biker by Sean Stillman Pdf

'An extraordinary, authentic example of discipleship, and the honouring and validation of the radiant "broken jewels" on society's margins.' Stewart Henderson, poet, broadcaster and lyricist Zac’s Place is a church in Swansea. It is a small chaotic community of Jesus followers where some of the most fragile of life’s walking wounded try to work out their faith. It’s also the spiritual home for the local chapter of God’s Squad motorcycle club. Zac’s Place, founded in 1998, is led by Sean Stillman, whose front-line ministry has cost him dearly and has included physical beatings. In Zac’s Place, chaos and disorder sit alongside community and grace in an environment resembling an AA meeting mixed with a casualty department. This is Sean’s personal story of a transformed faith amid the broken, the church community that formed from it and the European-wide growth of an unlikely bunch of biker missionaries. God’s Biker asks the questions, ‘What if it’s not about perfection? What if it’s about beauty in broken places?’

Author : Adam Glass
Publisher : DC
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781401244262

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Suicide Squad Vol. 2: Basilisk Rising (The New 52) by Adam Glass Pdf

As the surviving Squad members attempt to recover from their disastrous Gotham City mission, we learn a dark secret that hasbeen festering in the team since issue #1: a traitor stalks the Suicide Squad! The saboteur's mission: Assassinate Amanda Waller,expose the Squad and leave Task Force X in ruins! The Basilisk strikes!

Author : United Church of Canada
Publisher : Etobicoke, Ont. : United Church Publishing House
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0886223652

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Celebrate God's Presence by United Church of Canada Pdf

Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300155501

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Reason, Faith, and Revolution by Terry Eagleton Pdf

On the one hand, Eagleton demolishes what he calls the "superstitious" view of God held by most atheists and agnostics and offers in its place a revolutionary account of the Christian Gospel. On the other hand, he launches a stinging assault on the betrayal of this revolution by institutional Christianity. There is little joy here, then, either for the anti-God brigade -- Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens in particular -- nor for many conventional believers. --Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Walter Wagner
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : WISC:89065278020

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God Squad by Walter Wagner Pdf

Author : John Ostrander
Publisher : DC
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T0574500085001

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Suicide Squad (2007 - 2008) #8 by John Ostrander Pdf

The surviving Squad members make a final bid to salvage Operation Scarlet Tears as the rudderless Chemo blasts blindly through a strategic center in the Middle East! Who made it through the Dubai op to make the roster for Operation Salvation Run?

Author : Denise Mina
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443416870

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Gods And Beasts by Denise Mina Pdf

It’s the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two. Detective Alex Morrow, just returned to work after the birth of her twins, arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the robbery, but none of the employees can be linked to the gunman. The grandfather—a life-long campaigner for social justice—is above reproach. As Morrow searches for the killer, she discovers a hidden, sinister political network. Soon it is chillingly clear: no corner of the city is safe, and her involvement will go deeper than she could ever have imagined.

Author : Terry Lindvall
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781479883820

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God Mocks by Terry Lindvall Pdf

Winner of the 2016 Religious Communication Association Book of the Year Award In God Mocks, Terry Lindvall ventures into the muddy and dangerous realm of religious satire, chronicling its evolution from the biblical wit and humor of the Hebrew prophets through the Roman Era and the Middle Ages all the way up to the present. He takes the reader on a journey through the work of Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales, Cervantes, Jonathan Swift, and Mark Twain, and ending with the mediated entertainment of modern wags like Stephen Colbert. Lindvall finds that there is a method to the madness of these mockers: true satire, he argues, is at its heart moral outrage expressed in laughter. But there are remarkable differences in how these religious satirists express their outrage.The changing costumes of religious satirists fit their times. The earthy coarse language of Martin Luther and Sir Thomas More during the carnival spirit of the late medieval period was refined with the enlightened wit of Alexander Pope. The sacrilege of Monty Python does not translate well to the ironic voices of Soren Kierkegaard. The religious satirist does not even need to be part of the community of faith. All he needs is an eye and ear for the folly and chicanery of religious poseurs. To follow the paths of the satirist, writes Lindvall, is to encounter the odd and peculiar treasures who are God’s mouthpieces. In God Mocks, he offers an engaging look at their religious use of humor toward moral ends.