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The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God
Peter Watson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 From one of England's most distinguished intellectual historians comes "an exhilarating ride ... that will stand the test of time as a masterful account of" (The Boston Globe) one of the West's most important intellectual movements:... |
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More than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting
Serena B. Miller - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Bringing Up Bebe and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an in-depth look at the practices and principles of Amish parents and how they raise children who are self-sufficient, hard-working, and remarkably happy.The more time Serena Miller spent in Holmes County, Ohio, doing... |
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers
Amy Newmark - Chicken Soup for the Soul; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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In this book of 101 inspirational stories, contributors share their personal angel experiences of faith, miracles, and answered prayers, which will amaze and inspire you.Celestial, otherworldly, heavenly. Whatever the term, sometimes there is no earthly explanation for what we experience,... |
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Living the Quaker Way: Timeless Wisdom For a Better Life Today
Philip Gulley - Convergent Books
Format: Book
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A Publishers Weekly Top 10 in Religion selection.This is nothing less than the gospel itselfa much-needed book.FR. RICHARD ROHR, OFM,Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New MexicoLiving the Quaker Way is a treasure trove of practical wisdom about what it means to bear witness... |
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You Can Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption
Julie Leanne Gumm - Abingdon
Format: Paperback
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Many families want to adopt, but do not have the large amount of money it takes to complete a private domestic or international adoption. Some quickly give up the idea of adopting and are left feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and discouraged. Those who choose to proceed often take out large... |
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Break Out!: 5 Keys to Go Beyond Your Barriers and Live an Extraordinary Life
Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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We were not created to just get by with average, unrewarding or unfulfilling lives. God created us to leave our marks on our generations. Every person has seeds of greatness planted within by the Creator. When life weighs upon us, pushing us down, limiting our thinking, labeling us in negative... |
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Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity
James J. O'Donnell - Ecco Press
Format: Book
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A provocative and contrarian religious history that charts the rise of Christianity from the point of view of traditional" religion from the religious scholar and critically acclaimed author of Augustine. Pagans explores the rise of Christianity from a surprising and unique viewpoint:... |
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Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven
T.D. Jakes - Atria Books; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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The star of BETs Mind, Body & Soul, and featured guest speaker on Oprah's Lifeclass, Potters House pastor T.D. Jakes offers readers Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven, the New York Times bestselling book inspired by the Lord's Prayer which explores forgiveness as a life... |
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Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven
T.D. Jakes - Atria Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The star of BETs Mind, Body & Soul, and featured guest speaker on Oprah’s Lifeclass, Potters House pastor T.D. Jakes offers readers Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven, the New York Times bestselling book inspired by the Lord’s Prayer which explores forgiveness as a life... |
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
Gerard Russell - Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD
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Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated... |
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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.
Format: Print book
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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... |
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The Spirit of Saint Francis: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis
Pope Francis - Franciscan Media
Format: Hardcover
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Some people want to know why I wished to be called Francis. For me, Francis of Assisi is the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation. -- Pope Francis, March 16, 2013. Published in cooperation with the Vatican, this original collection brings the life... |
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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
Gerald Posner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported, New York Times bestselling expos of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican - the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution - from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times)... |
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Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age
James Carroll - Viking
Format: Print book
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A New York Times bestselling and widely admired Catholic writer explores how we can retrieve transcendent faith in modern times Critically acclaimed and bestselling author James Carroll has explored every aspect of Christianity, faith, and Jesus Christ except this central one: What... |
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Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America
Eboo Patel - Beacon Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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There is no better time to stand up for your values than when they are under attack. In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political... |
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Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again
THERESA CAPUTO - ATRIA BOOKS
Format: Print book
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The star of TLC's Long Island Medium and New York Times bestselling author Theresa Caputo provides a guide to overcoming grief, filled with inspiring lessons from Spirit and astonishing stories from the clients who have been empowered by Theresa's spiritual readings.After... |
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening... |
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Mecca: The Sacred City
Ziauddin Sardar - Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Mecca is, for many, the heart of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the direction to which Muslims turn when they pray, and the site of pilgrimage that annually draws some three million Muslims from all corners of the world. Yet the significance of Mecca is more than purely religious.... |
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Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648
Mark Greengrass - Viking; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable new volume in the critically acclaimed Penguin History of Europe seriesFrom peasants to princes, no one was untouched by the spiritual and intellectual upheaval of the sixteenth century. Martin Luthers challenge to church authorityforced Christians to examine their beliefs... |
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The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever
Adam Leith Gollner - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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What have we not done to live forever Adam Leith Gollner, the critically acclaimed author of The Fruit Hunters, weaves together religion, science, and mythology in a gripping exploration of the most universal of human obsessions immortality. Raised without religion, Adam Leith Gollner was struck... |
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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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The Reason for My Hope: Salvation
Billy Graham - W Group
Format: Hardcover
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Back cover: What is the most hopeful word in History?For Billy Graham, that word is SALVATION.Salvation from what?From our selfish and self-destructive selves.From the messes we get ourselves into.From the sin that has haunted humanity from the beginning of time and the evil that... |
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The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians
Tom Krattenmaker - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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So you have a problem with evangelical Christians? Which ones? These are the provocative questions Tom Krattenmaker poses to his fellow progressives in The Evangelicals You Don’t Know. He challenges stereotypes about evangelical Christians and introduces readers to a movement of “new... |
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For This We Left Egypt?: A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them
Dave Barry - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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This is no ordinary Haggadah. If you've ever suffered through a Passover Seder, you're well aware of the fact that the entire evening can last as long as the exodus from Egypt itself. There are countless stories, dozens of blessings, and far too many hand-washings while the meal turns cold.... |
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One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History
Peter Manseau - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking new look at the story of AmericaAt the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian... |
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The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight
Richard Shankman - New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2015.
Format: Print book
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The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation offers a practical guide to building a strong meditation practice by unifying mindfulness, concentration, and insight into a single, integrated approach. Mindfulness and insight - clearly knowing what is happening in one's present moment experience... |
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Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions
Phil Zuckerman - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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David Brooks, The New York TimesAs secularism becomes more prominent and self-confident, its spokesmen have more insistently argued that secularism should not be seen as an absence as a lack of faith but rather as a positive moral creed. Phil Zuckerman, a Pitzer College sociologist, makes... |
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Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Koshin Paley Ellison - Wisdom Publications
Format: Print book
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Thought leaders in the field of contemplative caregiving offer resilience, wisdom, and freedom for those who keep watch at the bedside.How do we think about death? How do we think about the dying? What's the current state of palliative and end-of-life health care, and how can we improve... |
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The Bible's Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing From Your Bible
Joel M. Hoffman - Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Bible you usually read is not the complete story. Some holy writings were left out for political or theological reasons, others simply because of the physical restrictions of ancient bookmaking technology. At times, the compilers of the Bible skipped information that they assumed everyone... |
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The Gods of Olympus: A History
Barbara Graziosi - Holt & Company, Henry
Format: Print book
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An elegant and entertaining account of the transformations of the Greek gods across the ages, from antiquity to the Renaissance and the present dayThe gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just... |
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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
Gerald Posner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported, New York Times bestselling expos of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican - the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution - from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times)... |
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Complicity and Moral Accountability
Gregory Mellema
Format: Hardcover
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In Complicity and Moral Accountability, Gregory Mellema presents a philosophical approach to the moral issues involved in complicity. Starting with a taxonomy of Thomas Aquinas, according to whom there are nine ways for one to become complicit in the wrongdoing of another, |
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Forever Mom: What to Expect When You're Adopting
Mary Ostyn - Thomas Nelson
Format: Book
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What to do when youve been called to adopt and practical advice to make it work Mary Ostyn married her sweetheart at nineteen, and the pair had four kids by their eighth anniversary. When their youngest was three, God opened their eyes to the needs of orphans all over the world--and answered... |
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