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Reason and Wonder: Why Science and Faith Need Each Other

ER Priest · Templeton Press
Pages: 211
Format: Paperback

Often science and religion are seen as completely separate enti­ties. Science exists in the realm of fact, whereas religion exists in the realm of faith. Conversations about genes, psychology, or even the meaning of life occur in silos. But as Eric Priest, Keith Ward, David Myers, N. T. Wright,...
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Ghost Box: Voices from Spirits, ETs, Shadow People & Other Astral Beings

CHRIS MOON · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Chris Moon was the first investigator to use the celebrated device known as the ghost box to facilitate real-time two-way communication with the spirit world. In Ghost Box, Chris shares the extraordinary spiritual contacts he's made with the box during investigations of famous haunted...
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Day of the Dead: 20 Creative Projects to Make For Your Party or Celebration

SUSIE HODGE · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Celebrate The Day of the Dead with 20 Fun Projects!The growing popularity of Dia de los Muertos - The Day of the Dead - can be seen in the increased number of festivals, music concerts, art fairs, altar nights, arts-and-crafts events, costume contests, and candlelit processions (including...
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Strong for a Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions of Hillary Rodham Clinton

WILLIAM S SHILLADY · Abingdon Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Few people know that during the 2016 presidential campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received a devotion every day. Over the course of those 20 months, Rev. Dr. Bill Shillady - a pastoral friend of Clinton's - and a small team of other pastors provided the Democratic...
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101 Quotes: To Get You Through the Day or Night

Catherine Mackenzie · Christian Focus
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

With sources ranging from Calvin to Victor Hugo and topics ranging from Life to God, this little book of quotes can pique the interest of anyone, from any background. Each page contains a quote and a related Bible verse, making it a power-house of wisdom and knowledge. Beautifully designed...
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

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

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 brain. The mind is designed...
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Buddhism 101: From Karma to the Four Noble Truths, Your Guide to Understanding the Principles of Buddhism

ADAMS MEDIA. · Adams Media
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Learn everything you need to know about Buddhism in this clear and straightforward new guide.Buddhism was founded thousands of years ago, and has inspired millions of people with its peaceful teachings. Buddhism 101 highlights and explains the central concepts of Buddhism to the modern...
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Living Presence

Kabir Edmund Helminski · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A revised 25th anniversary edition of the classic work on Sufism that Jack Kornfield called, "A heartfelt modern illumination of the Sufi path, filled with the fragrance of the ancients."In Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, presence is the quality that describes a heart-filled...
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Running the Smoke

Michael McEwan · Birlinn Ltd
Pages: 227
Format: Paperback

Running The Smoke tells the story of what it's like to take part in this race in the most enlightening and enriching way possible: from the perspectives of twenty-six different people who have participated in it since its inception in 1981. Inspirational stories from Sir Steve Redgrave...
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Ancient Alien Ancestors: Advanced Technologies That Terraformed Our World

Will Hart · Bear & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Explores evidence for the theory of directed panspermia--that life on Earth and the landscape of Earth itself was engineered by extraterrestrials* Details how the Earth was terraformed through a sophisticated geo-engineering program, providing clear examples such as the precise mathematical...
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