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Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue
Sam Harris · Harvard University Press
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's... |
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Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction
Peter D. Hershock · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and “zen” is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition—from... |
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The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World
David Jaher · Crown Publishers, 2015.
Pages: 436
Format: Print book
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History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal.The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also... |
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Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays: From Shofar to Seder
Cantor Matt Axelrod · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
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Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations. There are many new students of Judaism, often potential converts or members of interfaith families who are seeking to learn more about the religion and its rituals. Unfortunately, many of the existing... |
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Private Doubt, Public Dilemma: Religion and Science since Jefferson and Darwin
Keith Stewart Thomson · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A distinguished scholar urges scientists and religious thinkers to become colleagues rather than adversaries in areas where their fields overlap Each age has its own crisis - our modern experience of science-religion conflict is not so very different from that experienced by our forebears,... |
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Witches of America
Alex Mar · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Witches are gathering."When most people hear the word "witches," they think of horror films and Halloween, but to the nearly one million Americans who practice Paganism today, witchcraft is a nature-worshipping, polytheistic, and very real religion. So Alex Mar discovers... |
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The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together
Janet Surrey PhD · Beyond Words Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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As the category of women's spirituality continues to grow, The Buddha's Wife offers to a broad audience for the first time the intimate and profound story of Princess Yasodhara, the wife Buddha left behind, and her alternative journey to spiritual enlightenment.What do we know of the wife... |
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Karen Armstrong · Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general... |
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The Shamanism Bible: The Definitive Guide to Shamanic Thought and Practice
John Matthews · Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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The ancient healing traditions based on spiritual connections. New to Fireflys Bible series Ayurveda Bible, Secret Societies Bible this guide to shamanism is an evocative and detailed journey from its animistic origins in Europe, North America, Siberia and the Arctic 70,000 years ago,... |
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The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis S. Collins · Free Press; 1 edition
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
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Does science necessarily undermine faith in God? Or could it actually support faith? Beyond the flashpoint debates over the teaching of evolution, or stem-cell research, most of us struggle with contradictions concerning lifes ultimate question. We know that accidents happen, but we believe... |
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Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle.
C G Jung · Princeton University Press
Pages: 135
Format: Book
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Jung was intrigued from early in his career with coincidences, especially those surprising juxtapositions that scientific rationality could not adequately explain. He discussed these ideas with Albert Einstein before World War I, but first used the term "synchronicity" in a 1930... |
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