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The Moment: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, and the Firestorm at Trinity United Church of Christ

Carl A Grant · Rowman Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 174
Format: Print book

In 2008 a media firestorm erupted when snippets of Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr.'s sermons were picked up by media outlets around the world. At that time presidential candidate Barack Obama was a member of Wright's church, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Wright's...
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Move On: When Mercy Meets Your Mess

Vicki Courtney · Thomas Nelson; Stg edition
Format: Book

You can say good-bye to the person youve been pretending to be!Life is often messy. God makes provision to help us move beyond our messes.Oftentimes our first instincts are to hide, deny, ignore, or run. InnbspMove Onnbspbest-selling author Vicki Courtney helps readers come clean with their...
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A History of Judaism

MARTIN GOODMAN · Princeton University Press
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping history of Judaism over more than three millennia

Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied over the course of more than three millennia. A...

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No Time for Love: A Novel

Nancy Campbell Allen · Covenant Communications
Format: Paperback

Connor O'Brian knows his engagement is a mistake, but before he can take steps to end it, his fiance is dead and FBI agents are on his doorstep. Then Liz Saxton, a resourceful and self-assured private investigator, shows up looking dangerously like the woman he thought he loved. Connor...
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When Your Life Is on Fire: What Would You Save?

Erik Kolbell · Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Paperback

"In When Your Life Is On Fire Erik Kolbell listens, provokes, and most of all, shares with us the enduring lessons and insights of life and faith as realized by a diverse population of thoughtful people. It's a town hall of the soul." -- Tom BrokawIf your life was on fire, what...
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Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe

Laura Lynne Jackson · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A renowned psychic medium teaches us how to recognize and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides on the Other Side.

Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us. She possesses...
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Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us about America

Caleb Iyer Elfenbein · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover

In a 2018 national poll, over ninety percent of respondents reported that treating people equally is an essential American value. Almost eighty percent said accepting people of different racial backgrounds is very important. Yet about half of the general public reported that they doubt...
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God in the Qur'an

Jack Miles · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography, an erudite, hugely informative portrait of the God of Islam, the world's second largest, fastest-growing, and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion.

Who is Allah? What makes Him unique? And what does He ask of those...
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The Book of Candle Magic: Candle Spell Secrets to Change Your Life

Madame Pamita · Llewellyn Publications
Format: Hardcover

Madame Pamita's Ultimate Guide to Candle Magic Success Featuring authentic candle magic that anyone can do, this joyous book encourages you to dance in the moonlight and rekindle your spark of magic with a little wick, wax, and flame. Renowned practitioner Madame Pamita guides you every...
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