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The Qur'an and the Bible: Text and Commentary

Gabriel Said Reynolds · Yale University Press
Pages: 1008
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking comparative study that illuminates the connections between the Qur'an and the Bible While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Noted...
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Joshua Hammer · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven.In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger...
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Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel

David Limbaugh · Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller!In Jesus on Trial, David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to a unique new undertaking: making a case for the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ. Limbaugh, a practicing attorney and former professor of law, approaches...
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Mindful Meditation for Busy Lives: Active Meditation Throughout the Day

Chris Berlow · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Change your perception of meditation! This accessible, breezy guide introduces the concept of active meditation - moving meditations in which mind, body, and spirit become totally immersed in a single activity. Author and martial artist Chris Berlow takes readers through the many possible...
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How Well Do You Know Your Bible?: Over 500 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge of the Good Book

James Bell · Sourcebooks
Format: Print book

A must-read collection for Bible enthusiasts, study groups, and anyone interested in learning more about the most revered book of all time. As the bestselling book in the world, the Bible is a source of faith and enlightenment for millions of people. But how well do you really know its stories?Do...
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A History of Religion in 51/2 Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to Its Senses

S Brent Plate · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

A leading scholar explores the importance of physical objects and sensory experience in the practice of religion. Humans are needy. We need things: objects, keepsakes, stuff, tokens, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk, and treasure. We carry special objects in our pockets and purses, and place...
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The Way of Serenity: Finding Peace and Happiness in the Serenity Prayer

Jonathan Morris · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

FOX News religion analyst, program director of the Catholic Channel on SiriusXM radio, and bestselling author Father Jonathan Morris reveals how the Serenity Prayer offers a sure path to peace and fulfillment for everyone, not just those in recovery programs. The Serenity Prayer statesLord,...
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Theology Questions Everyone Asks: Christian Faith in Plain Language

Gary M. Burge · IVP Academic
Format: Print book

Everyone has questions about God and what matters most in life. When we ask those questions, we are asking about theology. Isn’t talk about God really a guessing game?What good is the Old Testament?How can we have free will if God controls everything?The virgin birth. Really?What does...
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The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life

Jessa Crispin · Touchstone
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

A hip, accessible, and practical guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration in the tradition of The Secret Language of Birthdays and Steal Like an Artist.What if the path to creativity was not as challenging as everyone thinks? What if you could...
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

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Haunted: Houses, Mansions & Estates Of America You'd Never Enter: Behind Their Creepy Doors

Hoge Raad. · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback

Houses, Mansions & Estates of America You'd Never Enter: Behind Their Creepy Doors ... Claim Your FREE Bonuses After the Conclusion!A haunted house turns everything that is supposed to be comforting and familiar into instruments of terror - attics, nurseries, and parlors become...
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The Voodoo Encyclopedia: Magic, Ritual, and Religion

Jeffrey E. Anderson · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 438
Format: Hardcover

Unlike its fictional depiction in zombie films and popular culture, Voodoo is a full-fledged religion with a pantheon of deities, a priesthood, and communities of believers. Drawing from the expertise of contemporary practitioners, this encyclopedia presents the history, culture, and religion...
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New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History

Rosary O'Neill · The History Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

There is no more compelling nor more spiritual city than New Orleans. The city's Roman Catholic roots and its blended French, Spanish, Creole and American Indian populations heavily influenced the rites and rituals that West Africans brought to Louisiana as enslaved laborers. The resulting...
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

Niall Ferguson · Penguin Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,...
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Ending White Slavery

Matthew Hale · Createspace
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback

"Whites Minds are in Chains." Self-imposed. Amelioration for misplaced guilt based on a false belief that Whites enslaved Blacks; based on gross misperceptions of civil rights, discrimination, diversity, equal rights, fairness, racial hate, minorities, multiracial community, the concept...
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