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When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People
Duane R. Bidwell · Beacon Press Pages: 200 Format: Hardcover
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An exploration into the lives of people who embrace two or more religious traditions, and what this growing community tells us about change in our societyIn the United States, we often assume religious and spiritual identity are pure, static, and singular. But some people regularly cross... |
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The Book of Revelation: A Biography
Timothy Beal · Princeton University Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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The life and times of the New Testament's most mystifying and incendiary bookFew biblical books have been as revered and reviled as Revelation. Many hail it as the pinnacle of prophetic vision, the cornerstone of the biblical canon, and, for those with eyes to see, the key to understanding... |
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Living with the Gods: 40,000 Years of Peoples, Objects and Beliefs
NEIL MACGREGOR · Knopf Pages: 512 Format: Hardcover
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In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation--the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence... |
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Stress Beyond 50: Tools & Wisdom For A Healthier, Longer Life
Joan Vernikos PhD · Independently published Pages: 200 Format: Paperback
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How many of you have ever been on a Roller Coaster? Did you love it? Was it Fun? or were you terrified? One person's stress is another one's fun. Were you on a Roller Coaster in the last year? Stress at one point of your life may be fun, and fear at another. What has changed? Not the Roller... |
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The Penguin Book of Hell
Scott G. Bruce · Penguin Classics Pages: 304 Format: Paperback
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Three thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern AmericaFrom the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll... |
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Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters
Mary-Jane Rubenstein · Columbia University Press Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Pantheism is the idea that God and the world are identical -- that the creator, sustainer, destroyer, and transformer of all things is the universe itself. From a monotheistic perspective, this notion is irremediably heretical since it suggests divinity might be material, mutable, and multiple.... |
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Stratagem
ROBIN CAROLL · Shiloh Run Press Pages: 320 Format: Paperback
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A High-Stakes Simulation Adventure Leaves Grayson Thibodeaux the Prime Suspect. . .for Murder Deep in the gritty underbelly of New Orleans, psychologist Grayson Thibodeaux loses everything when his wife leaves him to climb her company's corporate ladder. He buries himself in his job of creating... |
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Seven Types of Atheism
John Gray · Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover
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From the provocative author of Straw Dogs comes an incisive, surprising intervention in the political and scientific debate over religion and atheismWhen you explore older atheisms, you will find that some of your firmest convictions -- secular or religious -- are highly questionable. If this... |
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Each Journey Begins With a Single Step: The Taoist Book of Life
Deng Ming-Dao · Hampton Roads Publishing Pages: 208 Format: Paperback
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This is a book of guidance for life's journey rooted in the wisdom of ancient China. Best-selling author Deng Ming-Dao provides key poetic lines that distill the essence of Taoism, organizing them in the form of a journey. The material here is drawn from three sources: The Tao Te Ching,... |
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