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Village Atheists: How America's Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation

Leigh Eric Schmidt · Princeton University Press
Pages: 360
Format: Print book

A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God. Yet, village atheists--as these godless freethinkers came to be known...

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism

John Zmirak · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Back by popular demand, the bestselling Politically Incorrect Guides provide an unvarnished, unapologetic overview of controversial topics every American should understand. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism refutes misrepresentations and misconceptions about the Catholic Church...
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The People Factor: How Building Great Relationships and Ending Bad Ones Unlocks Your God-Given Purpose

Van Moody · Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book

The relationships in your life will make the difference between happiness and misery. The right relationship will launch you to the heights of achievement; the wrong one will tether you to mediocrity. Your relationships will be your sources of greatest joy and your venues of greatest pain....
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Operation Happiness: The 3-Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss

Kristi Ling · Rodale
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In Operation Happiness, happiness strategist and life coach Kristi Ling teaches you how to create immediate, positive shifts in your life by proving that happiness is a skill that can be cultivated, learned, and mastered-much like playing an instrument. After experiencing multiple devastating...
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Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation

Richard Rohr O.F.M. · Franciscan Media; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Richard Rohr was selected as one of a small group of “world renowned experts on contemplative practice and compassion” to speak at the “Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion” event in Louisville, Ky., in mid-May 2013, that featured His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Franciscan...
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The Ethical Vision of the Bible: Learning Good from Knowing God

Peter W. Gosnell · IVP Academic
Format: Paperback

What ways of distinguishing right and wrong are encouraged within biblical writings? How did various bibical authors offer different yet complementary motivations for promoting ethical action and discouraging unethical behavior? The Ethical Vision of the Bible equips readers with an interest...
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Praying Circles Around the Lives of Your Children

Mark Batterson · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Mark Batterson has a surprising secret weapon to parenting: prayer. Batterson shares a perfect blend of biblical yet practical advice that will revolutionize parents’ prayer lives by giving them a guide describing seven important ways to pray for their children, such as praying for a hedge...
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Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward

Nabeel Qureshi · Zondervan
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author and former Muslim Nabeel Qureshi comes this personal, challenging, and respectful answer to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism. San Bernardino was the most lethal terror attack on American soil since 9/11,...
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How God Became God: What Scholars Are Really Saying About God and the Bible

Richard Smoley · Tarcher
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

This epic, thrilling journey through Bible scholarship and ancient religion shows how much of Scripture is historically false--yet the ancient writings also resound with theologies that crisscrossed the primeval world and that direct us today toward a deep, inner, authentic experience...
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Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After

Cherie Lowe · Tyndale Momentum
Format: Print book

Are your finances getting out of control? Have you made mistakes with your money? Are you in more debt than you'd like to admit?Cherie Lowe has been there. She and her family found themselves $127,482.30 in debt (did your jaw drop?) . They hadn't bought a yacht, blown it on designer...
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The Past Life Perspective: Discovering Your True Nature Across Multiple Lifetimes

Ann Barham · Enliven
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A unique, insightful, and practical look into the enormous power of past life regression therapy to unlock a healing pathway that can help you resolve enduring personal issues, enrich your life, and answer burning spiritual questions about your purpose on this earth.In this rare and fascinating...
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Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Fall Holidays -- Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot

Janet Greenstein Potter · The Jewish Publication Society; 1 edition
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback

Named a 2007 National Jewish Book Award Runner-Up in the category of Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice.JPS’s holiday books take us through the joys, spirit, and meaning of the seasons. Blending the old and the new, they ground us in the origins and traditions of each holiday and open...
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Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi

Richard Rohr O.F.M. · Franciscan Media
Format: Hardcover

Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved of all saints. Both traditional and entirely revolutionary, he was a paradox. He was at once down to earth and reaching toward heaven, grounded in the rich history of the Church while moving toward a new understanding of the world beyond.   Globally...
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I Ching: The Book of Change

David Hinton · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A master translator's beautiful and accessible rendering of the seminal Chinese textIn a radically new translation and interpretation of the I Ching, David Hinton strips this ancient Chinese masterwork of the usual apparatus and discovers a deeply poetic and philosophical text. Teasing...
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