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Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

Dianna Anderson · Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover

Dianna Anderson offers a fresh approach to the purity conversation, one that opens a new dialogue with the most influential Christian authors of her generation. Anderson's new sexual ethics draw on core biblical principles and set a standard for today's Christians that may be as influential...
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The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom That Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot

Jay Richards · Ignatius Press
Format: Hardcover

Anyone who has read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings can gather that their author hated tyranny, but few know that the novelist who once described himself as a hobbit “in all but size” was—even by hobbit standards—a zealous proponent of economic freedom and small...
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America's Secret Jihad: The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States

Stuart Wexler · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 417
Format: Hardcover

The conventional narrative concerning religious terrorism inside the United States says that the first salvo occurred in 1993, with the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. This narrative has motivated more than a decade of wars, and re-prioritized America's domestic...
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The Big Question: Why We Can't Stop Talking About Science, Faith and God

Alister McGrath · St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Richard Dawkins's groundbreaking book The God Delusion created an explosion of interest in the relation of science and faith. This often troubled relationship between science and religion was seemingly damaged by the rise of the New Atheism, which insisted that science had essentially disproved...
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Your Hidden Riches: Unleashing the Power of Ritual to Create a Life of Meaning and Purpose

Janet Bray Attwood · Harmony
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Passion Test comes a book that will teach readers to harness the power of ritual to unlock their unique gifts and create a life of love, wealth, and happiness. Rituals are the common feature of every ancient culture on Earth. Yet, modern...
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Mary Roach
Format: Paperback

The best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What...
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

ROBERT WRIGHT · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human...
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The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together

Janet Surrey PhD · Beyond Words Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

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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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future

Ben Carson M.D. · Sentinel
Format: Kindle Edition

Dear ReaderIn February I gave a speech at theNational Prayer Breakfast Standing afew feet from President Obama I warnedmy fellow citizens of the dangers facingour country and called for a return tothe principles that made America greatMany Americans heard and responded but ournations decline...
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What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters

GARRY WILLS · Viking
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover

America's leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur'an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient textGarry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur'an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks...
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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...
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Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras: Your Definitive Source of Energy Center Knowledge for Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Evolution

Cyndi Dale · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 1056
Format: Paperback

Cyndi Dale, one of the world's foremost experts on chakras and energy healing, presents the most comprehensive, practical, and readable guide ever written on the topic. Lively and accessible, this definitive encyclopedia explores the science, history, practices, and structures of subtle...
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Letters to an Atheist: Wrestling with Faith (Sheed & Ward Books)

Peter Kreeft · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Kindle Edition

In Letters to an Atheist, Peter Kreeft corresponds with a fictional young atheist to wrestle with the primary reasons for not believing in God. With characteristic warmth and clarity, Kreeft's letters explore the arguments for God as well as dismantling the arguments against. From explaining...
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