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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

R Laurence Moore · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn't it protect atheists?

God occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight...

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The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness

Raphael G Warnock · NYU Press
Pages: 263
Format: Print book

What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christian purpose to save souls, or to transform the social order? This question is especially fraught when the church is one built by an enslaved people and formed, from its beginning, at the center of an oppressed community's...
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Llewellyn's 2019 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac

Barbara Ardinger · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Enjoy a new spell every day with Llewellyn's 2019 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac. Spellcasters of all levels can enhance their daily life with these easy bewitchments, recipes, rituals, and meditations. These 365 spells -- supplied by popular magic practitioners like Melanie Marquis, Deborah...

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Renegade Amish: Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers

Donald B. Kraybill · Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Answering a late-night knock from what appeared to be an Amish neighbor, Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. It wasn't a friendly visit. Within...
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Cilka's Journey

Heather Morris · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes the new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience.

"She was the bravest person I ever met." -- Lale Sokolov on Cilka Klein, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World

Katherine Zoepf · Penguin Press
Pages: 258
Format: Print book

For more than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or traveled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in the region has never been more in flux. Only a generation ago, female adolescence as we know it in the West did not exist in the Middle East. There...
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The Return of Odin: The Modern Renaissance of Pagan Imagination

Richard Rudgley · Inner Traditions
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

A controversial examination of the influence and presence of the Norse god Odin in contemporary history and culture * Documents Odin's role in the rise of Nazi Germany, the 1960s counterculture revolution, nationalist and ecological political movements, and the occult revival * Examines...
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Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation: Relax, Replenish, and Rejuvenate

Heather Dawn Godfrey PGCE BSc · Healing Arts Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

A hands-on guide showing how essential oils can support and enhance meditative and mindful practices

* Details safe and effective methods to incorporate essential oils into your mindfulness or meditation practice

* Explains the many ways essential oils benefit the mind,...
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Roots and Sky: A Journey Home in Four Seasons

Christie Purifoy · Revell
Pages: 203
Format: Print book

When Christie Purifoy arrived at Maplehurst that September, she was heavily pregnant with both her fourth child and her dreams of creating a sanctuary that would be a fixed point in her busily spinning world. The sprawling Victorian farmhouse sitting atop a Pennsylvania hill held within...
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Between Heaven and Earth: Finding Hope, Courage, and Passion Through a Fresh Vision of Heaven

Steve Berger · Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Pastor Steve Berger describes and explains what he's learned about heaven since his teenaged son's tragic death-and applies it to the here and now.
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Llewellyn's Little Book of Halloween

Mickie Mueller · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

This fun, pocket-size book shares everything you need to know to celebrate the festival when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. Filled with crafts, recipes, spells, tutorials, and other unique ideas, this little book will help you make the most out of this special time of year....
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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible

A.N. Wilson · Harper
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.

In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship...

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Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore

Jay Sekulow · Howard Books; annotated edition edition
Format: Print book

THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON ISISJay Sekulow, one of Americas most influential attorneys, closely examines the rise of the terrorist groups ISIS and Hamas, explains their objectives and capabilities and how, if left undefeated, their existence could unleash a genocide of historic proportions.Recently,...
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The Confident Mom: Guiding Your Family with God's Strength and Wisdom

Joyce Meyer · Faithwords
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover

Coach, cheerleader, confidant, chef and chauffeur--the job description of a mom is as broad as the horizon. Perhaps this is why so many mothers deal with insecurity and uncertainty as they do their best to raise their children in a challenging and ever-changing world. If you've ever...
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Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy

Ayesha Mattu · Beacon Press
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback

From the editors of the groundbreaking anthology Love, InshAllah comes a provocative new exploration of the most intimate parts of Muslim men's lives. Muslim men are stereotyped as either oversexed Casanovas willing to die for seventy-two virgins in heaven or controlling, big-bearded...
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