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Atheist Awakening: Secular Activism and Community in America

Richard Cimino , · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Surveys over the last twenty years have seen an ever-growing number of Americans disclaim religious affiliations and instead check the "none" box. In the first sociological exploration of organized secularism in America, Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith show how one segment...
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Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

Jonathan A.C. Brown · Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardcover

Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based in fact and often misunderstood, the tenets...
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It's Good to Be Queen: Becoming as Bold, Gracious, and Wise as the Queen of Sheba

Liz Curtis Higgs · Waterbrook Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Queen Sheba journeyed across the desert with a caravan of riches, only to find wisdom, the greatest treasure of all. Her quest for wisdom will surprise you, challenge you, inspire you, change you. This wealthy royal from antiquity will show you how to live boldly, seek after truth, ask the right...
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The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages

Andrew Blauner · Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

In The Good Book, thirty-two of today's most prominent writers share never-before-published pieces about passages in the Bible that are most meaningful to them.The Good Book, with an introduction by Adam Gopnik, collects new pieces by writers from many different faiths and ethnicities including...
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If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis: Exploring the Ideas of C. S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life

Alister McGrath · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover

What if you could ask C. S. Lewis his thoughts on some of the most difficult questions of life? If you could, the result would be Dr. Alister McGrath's provocative and perceptive book, If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis. Best-selling author, prominent academic, and sought-after speaker,...
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God's Message to the World:: You've Got Me All Wrong

Neale Donald Walsch · Rainbow Ridge Books

Is it possible that everything we think we know about God, and what God wants, is wrong?Could humanity s ideas about all this be the greatest inaccuracies . . . ever? Would it matter if they were? The author of the multi-million-selling Conversations with God series places the question...
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The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

David I. Kertzer · Random House; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports...
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Their Name Is Today: Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World

Johann Christoph Arnold · Plough Publishing House

There's hope for childhood. Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that are robbing children of a healthy childhood, courageous parents and teachers who know what's best for children are turning the tide.Johann Christoph Arnold, whose books on education, parenting, and relationships...
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