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Reinventing Liberal Christianity
Theo Hobson · Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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In this provocative book Theo Hobson addresses the current crisis of liberal Christianity. In past years liberal Christianity challenged centuries of authoritarian tradition and had great political influence. It played a major role in the founding of the United States and gave rise to the secular... |
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Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
Anne Lamott · Riverhead
Format: Kindle Edition
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Publishers Weekly10/28/2013
Lamott's (Help, Thanks, Wow) latest inspirational title explores how we can find significance in the face of pain or disaster. Readers are guided by an older, wiser Lamott than we met 20 years ago, when Operating Instructions was published. This narrator... |
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Kitchen Table Tarot: Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let's Talk Tarot
Melissa Cynova · Llewellyn
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Kitchen Table Tarot is a book about real life tarot reading for real people. With down and dirty advice from Melissa Cynova, this book tells it like it is and helps you read the cards for yourself and others. Praise: "Cynova's debut book struts forward to lead the pack with its authentic... |
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How to Read the Bible
Harvey Cox · HarperOne
Pages: 257
Format: Print book
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Renowned religion expert and Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox deepens our experience of the Bible, revealing the three primary ways we read it, why each is important, and how we can integrate these approaches for a richer understanding and appreciation of key texts throughout... |
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Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn
Melanie Shankle · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
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"There is really no better indicator you're a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened."This... |
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Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective
Francis Watson · Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
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That there are four canonical versions of the one gospel story is often seen as a problem for Christian faith: where gospels multiply, so too do apparent contradictions that may seem to undermine their truth claims. In Gospel Writing Francis Watson argues that differences and tensions between... |
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Haunted Springfield, Missouri
Edward L. Underwood · The History Press
Format: Paperback
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Echoes of a dynamic history still linger in Springfield, Missouri. The town square was the scene of a Civil War battle, a Wild Bill Hickok shootout and a tragic 1906 lynching. From the phantom landlord of Jefferson Avenue to the spectral bride of Grove Park Bridge, meet figures from the town's... |
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A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness
Marlena Graves · Brazos Press
Format: Paperback
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Interweaving biblical insights and personal narratives, this eloquently written book shows how God often uses suffering and desert experiences to form us into Christ's image. Marlena Graves shares her experiences of growing up poor in a house plagued by mental illness as a means to explore... |
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Lawrence Wright · Vintage
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National Book Award Finalist A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current... |
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Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
Peter C. Brown · Crown
Format: Kindle Edition
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From Barnes & NobleWhen first considered, learning spontaneity, like self-tickling, seems a self-defeating project. On the other hand, we all know how a lack of spontaneity can defeat us, whether in business, the playing field, or on dates. Edward Slingerland's Trying Not to Try suggests... |
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Loveology: God.
John Mark Comer · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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In the beginning, God created Adam. Then he made Eve. And ever since we’ve been picking up the pieces. Loveology is just that—a theology of love. With an autobiographical thread that turns a book into a story, pastor and speaker John Mark Comer shares about what is right... |
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