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How God Became God: What Scholars Are Really Saying About God and the Bible
Richard Smoley · Tarcher
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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This epic, thrilling journey through Bible scholarship and ancient religion shows how much of Scripture is historically false--yet the ancient writings also resound with theologies that crisscrossed the primeval world and that direct us today toward a deep, inner, authentic experience of the truly... |
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Pope Francis and Our Call to Joy
Diane M. Houdek · Franciscan Media
Format: Book
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Pope Francis has set a new tone for the interaction between the church and the world, and that tone is one of joy, hope, and new life. Like his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, he locates that joy in a personal encounter with Christ in the Gospels. By reflecting on his words and following... |
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Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish
Tom Shachtman · North Point Press
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
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Rumspringa is Tom Shachtman's celebrated look at a littleknown Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa -- the period of "running around" that begins for their youth at age sixteen. During this time, Amish youth are allowed to live outside the bounds of their faith, experimenting... |
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Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church
Pope Francis · Loyola Press
Format: Print book
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Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, Follow me. What if the 21st-century Church actually heeded that call? What would the world look like if the Church were truly on the move? Simply put, very different. But these ponderings beg one more critical question What exactly should the Church be moving... |
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
R Laurence Moore · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn't it protect atheists?God occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their... |
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A Beautiful Defeat: Find True Freedom and Purpose in Total Surrender to God
Matthew L Jacobson · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Total surrender to God: the surprising key to experiencing the sense of peace and purpose you crave. There is a gnawing feeling inside all of us that says we could be better. If we would just be more organized or work a little harder, we’d finally have the rich and fulfilling life... |
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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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Unexplained Zodiac: The Inside Story to Your Sign
Sasha Fenton · Imagine Publishing
Pages: 154
Format: Print book
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This is not just another zodiac book: Sasha Fenton, an internationally respected astrologer of many years standing, will blow away everything you thought you knew about astrology. As she began to work with actual clients, Fenton realized that a gap existed between the "received wisdom"... |
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UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says
Donald R Prothero · Indiana University Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of Peru. The amazing alignment of the pyramids. Strange lines of clouds in the sky. The paranormal is alive and well in the American cultural landscape. In UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens, Donald... |
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