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Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East

Isobel Coleman · Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Over the centuries and throughout the world, women have struggled for equality and basic rights. Their challenge in the Middle East has been intensified by the rise of a political Islam that too often condemns women's empowerment as Western cultural imperialism or, worse, anti-Islamic....
 
 
Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships

Jana Duggar · Howard Books; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Its All About Relationships! In this delightful and very personal book, the four oldest Duggar girls share their hearts and their core beliefs, explaining that its all about relationships! Relationship with self The girls share their own personal journeys to self-acceptance and navigating...
 
 
The History of Ancient Israel: A Guide for the Perplexed

Philip R Davies · New York
Pages: 186
Format: Print book

The History of Ancient Israel: A Guide for the Perplexed provides the student with the perfect guide to why and how the history of this most contested region has been studies, and why it continues to be studied today. Philip R. Davies, one of the leading scholars of Ancient Israel in recent...
 
 
Cut Dead But Still Alive: Caring for African American Young Men

Gregory C. Ellison II · Abingdon Press
Format: Print book

To cut dead means to refuse to acknowledge another with the intent to punish. Gregory Ellison says that this is the plight of African American young men. They are stigmatized with limited opportunity for education and disproportionate incarceration....
 
 
The Magickal Family: Pagan Living in Harmony with Nature

MONICA CROSSON · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

The Magickal Family is a real-life guide for those who want to practice magick and simplicity but need a little nudge to break out of the work-a-day world. Filled with tips, ideas, and projects to bring you and your family closer to nature and to celebrate the Goddess, this book shows how to be true...
 
 
You Can't Un-Ring the Bell: It Is What It Is

Shirley J. Gilbert · WestBowPress
Pages: 100
Format: Print book

This is a book about honesty, acceptance, change and hope. Dr. Gilbert discloses her journey as a psychologist, wife, mother and Christian who provides hard-won solutions for healing and moving forward. With an approach rooted in Christianity, she shares her own personal struggles and her message...
 
 
Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara: A Practitioner's Guide

Ben Connelly · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

A practical guide to Vasubandhu's classic work "Thirty Verses of Consciousness Only" that can transform modern life and change how you see the world.In this down-to-earth book, Ben Connelly sure-handedly guides us through the intricacies of Yogacara and the richness of the "Thirty...
 
 
The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement

Stephen LeDrew · Oxford University Press
Pages: 262
Format: Print book

The concept of evolution is widely considered to be a foundational building block in atheist thought. Leaders of the New Atheist movement have taken Darwin's work and used it to diminish the authority of religious institutions and belief systems. But they have also embraced it as a metaphor...
 
 
The Invention of God

Thomas RoÌ?mer · Harvard University Press, 2015.
Pages: 303
Format: Print book

Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Romer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms -- Yhwh, God, or Allah -- by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE.That...
 
 
You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters

Deepak Chopra · Harmony
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times Bestseller! "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" - Dr. Rudolph E. TanziDeepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place...
 
 
Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading

Nicholas Austin · Georgetown University Press
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback

Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading is an original interpretation of one of the most compelling accounts of virtue in the Western tradition, that of the great theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) . Taking as its starting point Aquinas's neglected definition of virtue...
 
 
The New Inductive Study Bible

Precept Ministries International · Harvest House Publishers
Format: Print book

This charcoal Milano Softone edition of the Gold-Medallion-winning New Inductive Study Bible (over 700,000 sold) is now available in the trusted English Standard Version. This Bible is based entirely on the inductive study approach, leading readers directly back to the source and allowing...
 
 
Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

Jerry A Coyne · Penguin Books
Pages: 311
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail In this provocative book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on reason and empirical study,...
 
 
How to Read the Bible Like a Seminary Professor: A Practical and Entertaining Exploration of the World's Most Famous Book

Mark Yarbrough · FaithWords
Format: Print book

Many people admire and even revere the Bible, but they simply do not understand what they read, much less how to study Scripture. Yet they wish they could. In this insightful and alternately amusing guide, Professor Mark Yarbrough shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock the hidden...
 
 
Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity

Elizabeth M Edman · Beacon Press
Pages: 181
Format: Print book

LGBTQ people are a gift to the Church and have the potential to revitalize Christianity.As an openly lesbian Episcopal priest and professional advocate for LGBTQ justice, the Reverend Elizabeth Edman has spent her career grappling with the core tenets of her faith. After deep reflection...