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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong · Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.Karen Armstrong believes... |
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Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals
Nick Redfern · Visible Ink Pr
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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Claims and counter-claims. Accusations and allegations. NSA spying and suppressed evidence. Cover-ups and threats. Documented connections and intrigue. Suggestions of a New World Order. Are we to believe the coincidences are mere chance? Might the paranoid be on to something? Who really... |
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In Good Faith: Secular Parenting in a Religious World
Maria Polonchek · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
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Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this book covers the author's journey as she grows up in an evangelical Christian home, leaves religion behind as a young adult, and goes on to raise children in a family outside of religious belief. Maria Polonchek weaves a personal story with... |
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I Think You're Wrong
Sarah Stewart Holland · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Two friends on opposite sides of the aisle provide a practical guide to grace-filled political conversation while challenging readers to put relationship before policy and understanding before argument. More than ever, politics seems driven by conflict and anger. People sitting... |
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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
Diana Butler Bass · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater... |
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes a new book about the place hope holds in our lives.
"I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill... |
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Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
SHERRI MITCHELL · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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Ancient Indigenous wisdom lights the way toward a contemporary path for everyone seeking a more loving and balanced worldSherri Mitchell draws from Indigenous knowledge and ancestral wisdom, as well as her experience as a lawyer and activist, to address some of the most crucial issues we face... |
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Sacred Liberty: America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom
Steven Waldman · HarperOne
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined... |
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A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith
Timothy Egan · Viking
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and "virtuosic" (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of ChristianityAt a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular--and when his mother's... |
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A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society
NOT AVAILABLE. · St. Martin's Essentials
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations -- open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world -- now published... |
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