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Chick tracts are short evangelical gospel tracts in a comic book format, originally created by American cartoonist Jack Chick in the 1960s. His company Chick Publications has continued to print Chick's work, as well as tracts in a similar style by other writers. Although many of Chick's tracts express views that are generally accepted within mainstream Protestant theology, several tracts have expressed controversial viewpoints. Most notably, Chick tracts express strong anti-Catholic views, as well as criticisms of other faiths, including Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism. Chick Publications Chick Publications produces and markets the Chick tracts, along with other comic books, books, and posters. Chick Publications has its headquarters in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and a mailing address in Ontario, California. As of January 2015, Chick Publications had produced over 250 different titles, about 100 of which are still in print, and are available in over 100 languages. Format The tracts themselves are approximately 3 by 5 inches (8 by 13 cm), and approximately twenty pages in length. The material is written in comic book format, with the front panel featuring the title of the tract and the inside back panel devoted to a standard sinner's prayer. The back cover of the tract contains a blank space for churches distributing the tracts to stamp their name and address; Chick Publications is willing to print custom back covers, but at least 10,000 tracts must be ordered. Themes Chick tracts end with a suggested prayer for the reader to pray to accept Jesus Christ. In the tracts dealing with "false religions", the prayer includes a clause to reject these religions. Included with the prayer are directions for converting to Christianity, which is also repeated on the inside back panel along with steps to take should the reader convert to Christianity.In Strips, Toons, and Bluesies: Essays in Comics and Culture, Douglas Bevan Dowd and Todd Hignite compare the format of Chick tracts to that of Tijuana bibles, and surmise that Chick was familiar with that medium and wrote with a similar audience of lower-class youth in mind.Some tracts, like Let's Fly Away and The Throw Away Kid, portray the subject of child abuse. The earliest on the subject is Somebody Loves Me, which focused on a young boy being bludgeoned to death by a drunken guardian after not getting enough to pay on the rent.Other tracts portray themes of the apocalypse, particularly the Futurist interpretation of the Bible. Some of the tracts that explicitly describe this belief in detail include Almost Time, The Beast, Camel’s in the Tent, Global Warming, The Great Escape, The Last Generation, Love the Jewish People, The Only Hope, Somebody Angry?, Then What?, Things to Come?, Where Did They Go?, Where’s Your Name?, Who is He?, and Why Should I?. In the tract The Great Escape, for example, the land of Magog from Ezekiel is claimed to describe current day Russia, Gomer is claimed to be Germany, and the figure Gog of Magog is described as the political leader of Russia, although it isn't specified which. In another tract, The Last Generation, a future which fits the Futurist belief of the pre-apocalypse is described. Here, Christianity is punishable by death, and the children's schoolteachers are witches whose teachings include witchcraft and reincarnation. Controversies The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated Chick Publications as a hate group due to the anti-Catholic, anti-Muslim, and homophobic rhetoric found in Chick tracts.The Hindu American Foundation has stated that "Chick Publications promotes hatred not just against Hindus, but also towards Muslims, Catholics, and others".Churches have been criticized for distributing Chick tracts. In October 2011, the Northview Baptist Church in Hillsboro, Ohio, gave out copies of the Chick tract Mean Momma along with candy at Halloween. The church received complaints from parishioners, and its pastor apologized for issuing the tracts, saying that, "Our church does not endorse this type of extreme methodology that was represented in this particular tract, and we can assure you that we will not let this happen again ... our church is a loving church that loves souls and wants to do all we can in our community to help as well as spread and share the Gospel message of Christ."Avon and Somerset Police investigated the distribution of Chick publications in Bristol, England, in July 2020 as hate speech due to the tracts' homophobic and anti-Semitic messaging. Anti-Catholicism Catholicism is a frequent target of Chick tracts. No fewer than 20 of the tracts are devoted to Catholicism, including Are Roman Catholics Christians? (arguing that they are not), The Death Cookie (a polemic against the Catholic Eucharist), and Why Is Mary Crying? (arguing that Mary does not support the veneration Catholicism gives her). One notable tract, Mary's Kids, focuses on an elderly Catholic member who disapproved of her son marrying a Pentecostal woman and then teaching their young daughter about the Virgin Mary. The mother convinces the elder that Mary was not a perpetual virgin after confronting her about the fact that her Catholic priests were sex offenders.Several Chick tracts have featured the ideas of anti-Catholic conspiracy theorist Alberto Rivera, such as claims that the Catholic Church created Islam, Communism, Nazism, and Freemasonry. For example, in the tract Love The Jewish People, one line reads: "In 1933, Catholic Germany, serving under the Vatican, launched a 20th century inquisition, murdering 6 million Jews." In The New Anti-Catholicism, religious historian Philip Jenkins describes Chick tracts as promulgating "bizarre allegations of Catholic conspiracy and sexual hypocrisy" to perpetuate "anti-papal and anti-Catholic mythologies". Michael Ian Borer, a sociology professor at Furman University, described Chick's strong anti-Catholic themes in a 2007 American Sociological Association presentation and in a peer-reviewed article the next year in Religion and American Culture.American Catholic apologetic group Catholic Answers has published a critique of Chick's anti-Catholicism entitled The Nightmare World of Jack T. Chick. Anti-Islam Islam is also regularly targeted by Chick tracts, and more than ten tracts have been published on the subject. The most notable of these is Allah Had No Son, first published in 1994. In this tract, a Muslim is converted to Christianity when he is told that Allah is a pagan moon god. The tract Camels in the Tent claims that Muslim immigration will lead to the establishment of Sharia law in the United States and the forceful conversion of non-Muslims to Islam.Chick tracts' depiction of Islam has been frequently criticized. In December 2008, a Singaporean couple was charged with sedition for distributing the Chick tracts The Little Bride and Who Is Allah?. The tracts were said to "promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between Christians and Muslims .... Discover the Douglas Chick popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Douglas Chick books.
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The Mersey Girls
Katie FlynnFROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATIE FLYNN: Set in Liverpool in the 1920s, The Mersey Girlsis a heartwarming novel of family, love and triumph against the odds. 1913Seventeen...
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The Torah
Aharon MahlerThe Torah refers to the Five Books of Moses, (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) and literally means “Instruction”. This ebook, translated from Hebrew to En...
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The Moment She Left
Susan LewisThe compelling novel from the bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go.KesterlyonSea is full of secrets. Some are darker than others; many ar...
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Homecoming Girls
Val WoodHull, 1874. The beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, adopted as a baby, turns heads wherever she goes her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Eve...
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The Price Of Freedom
Mary Jane StaplesSouth London in the 1930s ...and Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after twentyfive years he's just as boring as the day...
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A Girl Next Door
Mary Jane StaplesBoots Adams celebrates his 60th birthday in style with an oldfashioned Cockney kneesup, even if Gemma, James and the rest of the younger people insist that the music has to be rock...
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Devocionario
Simon AbramOraciones de devoción
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Catholic Prayers
Simon AbramCatholic Prayers (Latin) Adestes Fideles Adoremus Adoro Te Agnus Dei Angelus Asperges Me Attende Domine Auctor Beate Saeculi Ave Maria Stella Ave Verum Christus Vincit Ecce Panis A...
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A Cornish Girl
Gloria CookIn the Cornish mining village of Meryen, a secret never stays a secret for very long...No one knows this better than the beautiful yet distressed Tara Nankervis, who is forced to s...
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Spreading Wings
Mary Jane StaplesSammy Adams is always on the lookout for a new business opportunity. When he hears from his son David about the newfangled supermarkets that are becoming all the rage in America, h...
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The Girls in Blue
Lily BaxterWhen her home is destroyed in a bombing raid over London, Miranda Beddoes is forced to take refuge with her grandparents down on the Dorset coast. With both her parents doing their...
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An East End Girl
Maggie FordWill she ever be anything more than an East End girl?Cissy Farmer longs to escape her life in London's Docklands where times are hard and money is tight. And when she meets the deb...
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No Place for a Woman
Val WoodWhen Lucy’s parents are killed in a train crash, her kindly uncle steps in to look after the little girl – to the initial apprehension of his wife and her son. However, Lucy’s swee...
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War Widow
June FrancisWill she get another chance at happiness?Flora Cooke is struggling to raise her children alone amidst the ruins of wartorn Liverpool. With her husband, Tom, away fighting in the Se...
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A Sign Of The Times
Mary Jane StaplesIt's 1959, and Boots Adams and his wife Polly are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by a knifewiel...
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Catholic Prayer Book
Simon Abram62 Daily Christian Prayers to live by. Daily Prayers Prayers for Peace and Love Prayers of Protection from our Lord
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Call of Duty Ghosts Cheat Codes, Tricks
Douglas ChickIn a world of cheaters, the only level playing field is TO CHEAT! Don’t let anyone lie to you; only fools and losers play fair. In this world WINNERS CHEAT, and CHEATERS WIN! It do...
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Python
Douglas Chick & Kaitlyn ChickThe Python Programmers Quick Reference Sheet is a QUICK look at the answers or syntax you need on the spot without having to look it up or search the internet. You may save it to y...
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The Holy Bible
Simon AbramForeword: Simon Abram Jesus teaches love and forgiveness to all humankind. For those that spread hate and ignore the teachings of Christ, these people serve another master. God doe...
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Catholic Daily Devotions
Simon AbramGeneral Devotions Morning Prayers Evening Prayers Prayers at Holy Mass Prayers After Mass Prayers for Confession Before Confession After Confession Prayers for Holy Communion Be...
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Five Brothers
Penelope DouglasOne woman learns the secrets of the five Jaeger brothers in the new romance from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas.On the other side of town, in the dark glades, u...
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Islamic Hadith
Simon AbramHadith is the collection of the Prophet Muhammad’s statements and actions coupled with the statements and actions of his companions. Hadith is believed to have been collected begin...
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Microsoft Excel 2010 Cheat Sheet
Douglas ChickThis Quick Reference guide is everything you need with stepbystep instructions and short cuts to get you the answer fast! Written by Best Selling author Douglas Chick, a career com...
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Until You
Penelope DouglasFrom BookTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas comes a riveting companion novel to Bully. This is Jared’s story....Have you ever been so angry that h...
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Changing Times
Mary Jane StaplesIt is 1953 Coronation year and like all of Cockney London the members of the Adams family are looking forward to the celebrations. Chinese Lady, now Lady Finch, worries that her ...
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El Sagrado Coran
Simon AbramEl Sagrado Coran Traduccion al Espanol The Noble Koran Spanish Translation
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A Sixpenny Christmas
Katie FlynnA hearttugging read Yours Heartwarming My Weekly You won't be able to put this down until you have read every word No. 1 One of the country's most popular storytellers Scottish...
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Cisco IOS Quick Reference Cheat Sheet
Douglas ChickCisco IOS Down & Dirty Quick Reference Companion is a FAST ACCESS to Cisco commands and examples. In addition; each command has a direct link to Cisco’s website for more inform...
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Next to Never
Penelope DouglasNew York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas introduces Quinn, younger sister to Jared, Madoc, and Jaxon, in this captivating novella in the Fall Away series.Quinn Caruthers ...
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The Sweetest Thing
Susan SallisIn this compelling story, by multimillion copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, one day changes the lives of many forever. Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve...
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Pride Of Walworth
Mary Jane StaplesThere was a new family in Browning Street, Walworth the Harrisons. Respectable and wellbehaved, the only thing unusual about them was that Mr Harrison was never there. He was a sa...
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Maggie HopeSadie Raine has a bad reputation...When she runs off with a Canadian airman, her two young daughters are left behind to pick up the pieces.But Cath Raine is determined to rise abov...
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Steal Bolt Hacking
Douglas ChickSteel Bolt Hacking is a lock picking book for those that want to learn the art of picking locks as a hobby. With such annual events as DefCon, the annual hackers convention, more a...
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Chicks Kick Butt
Rachel Caine & Kerrie L. HughesChicks are awesomeand never more so than when they are kicking some serious vampire/werewolf/demon/monster butt.Chicks Kick Butt is an anthology that features one of the best thing...
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Summertime
Charlotte BinghamFans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jeffries and Kristin Hannah will love this unputdownable romantic read from bestselling author Charlotte Bingham. Portraying the highs and lows of lov...