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The Way of Kindness: Readings for a Graceful Life
Michael Leach · Orbis Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -- Henry JamesA collection of essays, fiction, poems, meditations, and inspired ideas on the grace and rewards of being kind. Contributors include Anne Lamott,... |
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A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 484
Format: Print book
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From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit,... |
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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Jim Wallis · Brazos Press, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin."It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author and leading... |
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Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality
Erin Wathen · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Over the past few decades, the roles women play in public life have evolved significantly, as have the pressures that come with needing to do it all, have it all, and be all things to all people. And with this progress, misogyny has evolved as well. Today's discrimination is more subtle... |
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The Miracle Lady: Kathryn Kuhlman and the Transformation of Charismatic Christianity
Amy Collier Artman · Eerdmans
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
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A smart, powerful, charismatic preacher brought back to lifeOn October 15, 1974, Johnny Carson welcomed his next guest on The Tonight Show with these words: "I imagine there are very few people who are not aware of Kathryn Kuhlman. She probably, along with Billy Graham, is one of the best-known... |
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How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living
Babylon Bee, LLC. · Multnomah
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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With a biting, satirical style reminiscent of The Onion, How to Be a Perfect Christian takes a humorous look at the quirks of cultural Christianity while subtly challenging the reader to search for more than a cultural faith.Written in the trademark style of The Babylon Bee, this book humorously... |
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The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir
Anna LeBaron · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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"My father had more than fifty children."So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his cult -- a radical branch of Mormonism -- Anna and her siblings... |
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Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance
INGRID ROSSELLINI · Doubleday
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient... |
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Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World
Osheta Moore · Herald Press
Format: Paperback
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SH ·l m' / sis ta: A woman who loves people, follows the Prince of Peace, and never gives up her sass. Shalom, the Hebrew word often translated as "peace," was a far cry from blogger and podcaster Osheta Moore's crazy life. Like a lot of women, she loved God's dream... |
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A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends
David P Gushee · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback
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The last few years have seen dizzying social change in the United States. Many of these changes - such as the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage - seem to challenge or overturn long-standing Christian teachings, while disputes over issues such as immigration, racism, and the abuse... |
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Christmas: A Biography
JUDITH FLANDERS · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, the Pope was already warning that too many... |
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