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Forthcoming Books
The Choice of Orthodoxy: The Church—One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
By Fr Daniel Daly
Both Rome and the Orthodox Church claim to be the Church Christ founded—the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church of the Nicene Creed. How can we judge between these competing claims? This useful and accessible book helps readers to do just that. For those who are seeking a spiritual home, Fr Daniel Daly offers straightforward guidance. For those who are seeking the truth, this book makes a compelling case for the choice of Orthodoxy.
Paperback • 5×7 • 978-0-88141-749-4 • Pages: ~88
Estimated Total One-Time Publication Cost: $7,300
Journey to Simplicity
By Daniel B. Hinshaw, M.D.
The events of Fr Roman Braga’s life unfolded on three continents in complex and tumultuous times. In Romania, he lived through turbulent historical events, and he suffered for Christ under communist persecution. Later he continued his life and ministry in Brazil, and ended his days in the United States. He was a confessor of the faith and spiritual father of great wisdom and compassion, who shared Christ's love with all who came his way. This text presents the life of Fr Roman Braga, while also exploring the broader historical context in which he lived. Most fundamentally, it reveals the transfigured life of a man who is close to us in time, but who passed far beyond us in his spiritual life, who was not broken but rather transformed by God’s grace, even in the midst of the horrors of torture and imprisonment. He continues to shine as a beacon of God’s love, and a witness to His power to overcome even the greatest of evils.
Paperback • 5.5x8.5 • 978-0-88141-744-9 • Pages: ~390
Estimated Total One-Time Publication Cost: $10,000
Sacraments of Healing
By Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
From April 16 to 19, 1999, Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) led a retreat for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship at the parish of St Étienne and St Germain, in Vézelay, France; this slender book is a transcription of his six profound and moving talks. His Eminence speaks of man as microcosm; the proper use of the passions; Christ as Physician (the true meaning of Confession and Anointing); peace and healing in the Divine Liturgy; healing in the parish, the local Church, and the world; and bodily death as an experience of healing.
Paperback • 5x7 • 978-0-88141-741-8 • Pages: ~95
Estimated Total One-Time Publication Cost: $7,300
Mediation and the Immediate God
By Edith M. Humphrey
Mediation and the Immediate God pursues a long-debated question: How can we say both that God has a direct relationship with each Christian, and that He uses others in order to bring us to health and glory? Edith M. Humphrey explores the ubiquity of mediation in the Christian life, and in life in general, as well as the paradox of mediation alongside the Christian confidence that each of us can be directly “taught by God” because of the gift of the Holy Spirit. Mediation, says Humphrey, is understood best as an ecclesial matter (showing the nature of the Church) and not as part of a soteriological debate.
Paperback • 5.5x8.5 • 978-0-88141-744-9 • Pages: ~198
Estimated Total One-Time Publication Cost: $8,650