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Crucifying America: the unholy alliance between the Christian Right and Wall Street

CJ Werleman · Dangerous Little Books

Crucifying America is a terrifying examination of how the partnership between corporate money and the Christian Right is taking control of the nation, one state legislature, and one Governor's mansion at a time. With the backing of hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate money,...
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The Soul of the World

Roger Scruton · Princeton University Press

In The Soul of the World, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against today's fashionable forms of atheism. He argues that our personal relationships, moral intuitions, and aesthetic judgments hint at a transcendent dimension that cannot be understood...
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Why Science Does Not Disprove God

Amir Aczel · William Morrow
Pages: 288

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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris · Simon & Schuster

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty...
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Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity

Matthew Paul Turner · Jericho Books

Americans love God. We stamp God on our money, our bumper stickers, and our bodies. With a church on nearly every street, it's hard to deny our country's deep connection with the divine. Yet culture critic Matthew Paul Turner says that God didn't just change America-America...
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Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State

Robert Wuthnow · Princeton University Press

Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's...
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The Pious Ones: The World of Hasidim and Their Battles with America

Joseph Berger · Harper Perennial; Original edition

As the population of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States increases to astonishing proportions, veteran New York Times journalist Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of the Hasidim to explore their origins, beliefs, and struggles—and the social and political...
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The Pious Ones: The World of Hasidim and Their Battles with America

Joseph Berger · Harper Perennial; Original edition

As the population of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States increases to astonishing proportions, veteran New York Times journalist Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of the Hasidim to explore their origins, beliefs, and struggles—and the social and political...
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Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture

Christopher Bader · NYU Press

A significant number of Americans spend their weekends at UFO conventions hearing whispers of government cover-ups, at New Age gatherings learning the keys to enlightenment, or ambling around historical downtowns learning about resident ghosts in tourist-targeted “ghost walks”....
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How the Bible Became Holy

Michael L Satlow · Yale University Press

In this sweeping narrative, Michael Satlow tells the fascinating story of how an ancient collection of obscure Israelite writings became the founding texts of both Judaism and Christianity, considered holy by followers of each faith. Drawing on cutting-edge historical and archeological...
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