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Dangerous Mystic: Meister Eckhart's Path to the God Within

Joel F. Harrington · Penguin Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart TolleMeister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic whose wisdom powerfully appeals...
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Illuminating the Way: Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics

Christine Valters Paintner · Sorin Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will lead you to a deeper understanding of your strengths and areas...
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The Power of Positive Energy: Powerful Thinking,Powerful Life: 9 Powerful Ways for Self-Improvement,Increasing Self-Esteem,& Gaining Positive ... & Peace of Mind.

Andrian Teodoro · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 119
Format: Paperback

Do you want "peace of mind" every day? Do you want "freedom" from negative thoughts?Do you imagine yourself free from any negative thoughts? Do you imagine yourself happy, optimistic, and peaceful every day?In this Christian book, The Power of Positive Energy: Powerful...
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Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country

Tim Scott · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In a divided country desperate for unity, two sons of South Carolina show how different races, life experiences, and pathways can lead to a deep friendship -- even in a state that was rocked to its core by the 2015 Charleston church shooting.Tim Scott, an African-American US senator, and Trey...
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I Will Not Fear: My Story of a Lifetime of Building Faith under Fire

Melba Pattillo Beals · Revell
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

In 1957, Melba Beals was one of the nine African American students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. But her story of overcoming didn't start--or end--there. While her white schoolmates were planning their senior prom, Melba was facing the business end of a double-barreled...
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Is This All There Is?: On Resurrection and Eternal Life

Gerhard Lohfink · Liturgical Press Academic
Pages: 314
Format: Hardcover

Is the Christian hope for resurrection still alive or has it become tired? How can we talk about the Resurrection today? Gerhard Lohfink takes up the question of death and resurrection in this new book. He argues against the dazzling array of today's ideas and expectations and seeks...
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Methodist Morals: Social Principles in the Public Church's Witness

Darryl W Stephens · The University of Tennessee Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Methodist Morals offers keen insight into the public church, interpreting the United Methodist Social Principles as a dynamic discourse about morality and human rights in light of faith. Revised every fouryears by the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Social Principles...
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The Build: Designing My Life of Choppers, Family, and Faith

Paul Teutul, Jr. · WaterBrook
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The Build reveals the "behind the scenes" story of the popular TV reality series American Chopper for the show's millions of fans. Author Paul Teutul, Jr., is arguably the most creative builder of custom "chopper" motorcycles in the world. His talents were revealed...
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Lies We Believe About God

Wm Paul Young · Atria Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the twenty million plus copy bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of the wrong-headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God.Wm. Paul Young has been called a heretic for the ways...
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

Frances FitzGerald · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover

"A page turner ... We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it." - The New York Times Book Review "Massively learned and electrifying ... magisterial." - The Christian Science Monitor...
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Talking God: Philosophers on Belief

Gary Gutting · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"[Some say] Buddhism is not a religion because Buddhists don't believe in a supreme being. This simply ignores the fact that many religions are not theistic in this sense. Chess is a game, despite the fact that it is not played with a ball, after all." -- Jay Garfield, Yale...
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Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God After Experiencing a Hurtful Church

Carol Howard Merritt · HarperOne
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

An effective plan to help those suffering from wounds inflicted by the church find spiritual healing and a renewed sense of faith.Raised as a conservative Christian, minister and author Carol Howard Merritt discovered that the traditional institutions she grew up in inflicted great pain...
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The Lucky Few: Finding God's Best in the Most Unlikely Places

Heather Avis · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

These are the faces that call me "mom," the three children who made me a mother. When I started my journey into parenthood I never thought it would look like this. I never planned on having three adopted children, and I certainly never imagined that two of them would...
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Love Lives Here: Finding What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want

Maria Goff · B&H Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

This is a book about discovering what we really need.
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Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men

Dwight Longenecker · Regnery History
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The Magi of nativity scenes are romanticized as well-dressed wisemen bringing gifts to Jesus. Traditional Christians tell of a miraculous star that guided exotic kings from Persia, India and Africa. Academics dismiss both accounts as no more than a pious legend.Who is right?In The Mystery...
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