Gerald McDermott
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of an Aztec myth, Lord of the Night sends Wind to free the four musicians that the Sun is holding prisoner so they can bring joy to the world
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do
10) Flecha al Sol
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
1997
Language
Español
Description
"This nicely-paced, beautifully enunciated production will be welcomed in any Spanish language collection." –School Library Journal
Author
Language
English
Description
TV evangelist scandals. More varieties of Christianity than Baskin-Robbins has flavors. These are times of pluralism and disenchantment with organized religion. How do Christians today know which leaders and companions in faith to trust? For help, Gerald McDermott returns to the work of Jonathan Edwards, the eighteenth-century pracher and college president widely regarded as the greatest American Theologian ever. Edwards wrestled expertly with similar...
Author
Language
English
Description
Arguably, the church's greatest challenge in the next century will be the problem of the scandal of particularity. More than ever before, Christians will need to explain why they follow Jesus and not the Buddha or Confucius or Krishna or Muhammed. But if, while relating their faith to the faiths, Christians treat non-Christian religions as netherworlds of unmixed darkness, the church's message will be a scandal not of particularity but of arrogant...
13) Anasi The Spider
Author
Language
English
Description
Gullible, stupid, yet wise, Anansi the Spider is a mischief maker who falls into many troubles.
Author
Language
English
Description
An essential introduction to eight of the world's major religions. Gerald R. McDermott explains what you need to understand about major world religions in order to engage people of other faiths while better understanding your own Christian faith and practice. McDermott offers an overview of the central beliefs of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. Each chapter includes explanations of traditions and...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Una introducción básica sobre las ocho religiones más importantes del mundo. Gerald R. McDermott explica lo que debes saber sobre las religiones más importantes del mundo para involucrar a personas de otra fe, al mismo tiempo que comprendes de una mejor manera tu propia fe y práctica cristiana. McDermott ofrece una visión general de las creencias principales del cristianismo, el judaísmo, el islam, el hinduismo, el budismo, el confucianismo,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Moses, Aristotle, Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain, King George VI, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, distinguished historian Peter Brown, TV journalist John Stossel, Senator's wife Annie Glenn, ABC correspondent Byron Pitts, novelist John Updike. For all of these accomplished persons, stuttering was an enormous difficulty. None had a sure-fire remedy. Most had to blunder and stumble through. The persistence and courage they displayed tells us that...
18) Creation
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[c1984]
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Pluto wrongly takes Proserpina to be his bride in the Underworld, Ceres, mother of Proserpina and goddess of the Earth, withdraws into a cave to mourn and refuses to permit crops to grow