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A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American
Kathleen Sprows Cummings - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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What drove U.S. Catholics in their arduous quest, full of twists and turns over more than a century, to win an American saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints had left many of the faithful feeling spiritually unmoored. But while canonization may be fundamentally... |
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Jerusalem Throne Games: The Battle of Bible Stories After the Death of David
Peter Feinman - Oxbow Books
Format: Paperback
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Jerusalem Throne Games explores the political battle for power to succeed David expressed through selected stories from the beginning of the Book of Genesis. In these confrontations, combatants wielded a new weapon of war that was changing the course of human history, the alphabet prose... |
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Who Is an Evangelical?: The History of a Movement in Crisis
Thomas S. Kidd - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A leading historian of evangelicalism offers a concise history of evangelicals and how they became who they are today Evangelicalism is arguably America's most controversial religious movement. Nonevangelical people who follow the news may have a variety of impressions about what "evangelical"... |
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The Hell Conspiracy: An Eye-witness Account of Hell, Heaven, and the Afterlife
Laurie A. Ditto - Destiny Image Publishers
Format: Paperback
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A visceral, first-hand account of the afterlife.Laurie Ditto's life was forever marked when she experienced supernatural visions of both Heaven and Hell.She knew these encounters were meant as a wake-up call for herself and others, so she has made it her mission to share this message... |
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Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
Megan Phelps-Roper - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in AmericaAt the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded... |
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Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America
Joseph Kim - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young... |
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To Change The Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism
Ross Douthat - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times columnist and one of America's leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francis's efforts to change the church he governs.Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, today Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis's stewardship of the Church,... |
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Confessions of a Christian Mystic
River Jordan - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Praying for Strangers and four Southern gothic novels comes a chronicle of faith and spirituality that is personal, raw, wise, revelatory - and very funny.With a unique mix of passionate revelation and quirky humor, River Jordan takes us on a journey through her Southern... |
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Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power
T. D. Jakes - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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Follow God's process for growth and find hope in life's darkest moments with Bishop T.D. Jakes' uplifting stories and advice from his own faith journey.In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer?... |
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Barron's COOP/HSPT/TACHS, 4th Edition
KATHLEEN J ELLIOTT - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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The COOP and HSPT tests are entrance exams given to students applying for admission to most Catholic high schools across the country. In the Archdiocese of New York, student applicants take a slightly different test called the TACHS. This test preparation manual offers: A detailed introduction... |
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Black and White: Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time
Teesha Hadra - Abingdon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Working against racism is part of what it means to call Jesus Lord and Savior. Most of us don't need to make speeches. We need to make friends. This is the core message of Black and White: racism can be disrupted by relationships. If you will risk forging friendships with those who do not look... |
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The Power of Communion: Accessing Miracles Through the Body and Blood of Jesus
Beni Johnson - Destiny Image
Format: Hardcover
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Miracles wait at the communion table For centuries, the Church has observed the Lord's Supper as part of corporate worship, instituted by Jesus Himself. But for many Christians today, this tradition can be a confusing ritual. Are we missing something in this ancient sacrament? Beni... |
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What Are We Doing Here?: Essays
Marilynne Robinson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winnerMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National... |
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Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance
INGRID ROSSELLINI - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient... |
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The Art of Bible Translation
Robert Alter - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into English. In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator Robert Alter... |
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Love Big: The Power of Revolutionary Relationships to Heal the World
Rozella Haydée White - Fortress Press
Format: Paperback
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Love has the power to transform usIn the words of Mother Teresa, "We have forgotten that we belong to each other." This lapse in memory has caused deep fractures and allowed fear, hatred, and division to infect our lives together. We've become disconnected from each other... |
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The Way of the Warrior: An Ancient Path to Inner Peace
Erwin Raphael McManus - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author, pastor, futurist, and cultural thought leader believes that to experience and establish peace, we must first confront the battles that rage within.McManus shows that encountering peace does not occur by accident, but rather by artful intention. Warrior is a call to decisiveness,... |
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Shameless: A Sexual Reformation
Nadia Bolz-Weber - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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Raw, intimate, and timely, Nadia Bolz-Weber's latest book offers a full-blown overhaul of our harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies. Christians are obsessed with sex. But not in a good way. For generations countless people have suffered pain, guilt, and judgment... |
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Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
Barbara Brown Taylor - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerThe renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia,... |
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Mere Christianity
C S Lewis - HarperSan Francisco
Format: Book
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In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis' legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case... |
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Transfiguring Time: Understanding Time in the Light of the Orthodox Tradition
Olivier Clement - New City Press
Format: Paperback
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Clment's Transfiguring Time is an early work, written when he was 37. It carries all the excitement of his fresh encounter with Orthodoxy and the Fathers of the Christian Church. He draws on his deep study of Hinduism, Buddhism and Indian myths to differentiate the understanding of time... |
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In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy
Frederic Martel - Bloomsbury Continuum
Format: Hardcover
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A startling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican. In the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research,... |
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The God Groove: A Blues Journey to Faith
David Ritz - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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As a ghostwriter, biographer, and lyricist, David Ritz has worked with some of the biggest names in music, such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Marvin Gaye. Now, in his inspiring memoir, he shares how writing for these legendary artists led him to faith. Over the last forty-five years,... |
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FATAL DISCORD : erasmus, luther, and the rupture of europe
MICHAEL MASSING - Harper
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A deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history--Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther--whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious... |
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,... |
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The Exodus
Richard Elliott Friedman - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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The Exodus has become a core tradition of Western civilization. Millions read it, retell it, and celebrate it. But did it happen?Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, and filmmakers are drawn to it. Unable to find physical evidence... |
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A History of the Bible: The Story of the World's Most Influential Book
John Barton
Format: Hardcover
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A literary history of our most influential book of all time, by an Oxford scholar and Anglican priestIn our culture, the Bible is monolithic: It is a collection of books that has been unchanged and unchallenged since the earliest days of the Christian church. The idea of the Bible as "Holy... |
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Hermanas: Deepening Our Identity and Growing Our Influence
Natalia Kohn - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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God calls Latinas to lives of influence. He created his Latina daughters to partner with him, live into the incredible plans he has for each of us, and walk in his grace and strength to help change this world. But many of us have heard cultural messages that make us doubt our adequacy.... |
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In Conversation: Rowan Williams and Greg Garrett
Rowan Williams - Church Publishing
Format: Paperback
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- Second volume of the In Conversation series - Insights into the art of listening from former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and author Greg Garrett How is God speaking into our lives today? How do Christians discern what they're being called to do? How do literature and culture... |
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Uncluttered: Free Your Space, Free Your Schedule, Free Your Soul
Courtney Ellis - Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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Too much stuff. Too many activities. Too much exhaustion. Too much stress. How can we sift through the busyness, the mess, and the stress to uncover the abundant life God offers? In Uncluttered, one woman shares her journey from a life of stress, stuff, and burnout to one of peace, space,... |
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The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us
Bruce Feiler - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and Abraham comes a revelatory journey across four continents and 4,000 years exploring how Adam and Eve introduced the idea of love into the world, and how they continue to shape our deepest feelings about... |
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The Book of Exodus: A Biography
Joel S. Baden - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An essential biography of one of the Bible's most powerful and inspiring booksExodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance. It is here that the classic biblical themes of oppression and redemption, of human enslavement and divine... |
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First the Jews: Combating the Worlds Longest-Running Hate Campaign
Evan Moffic - Abingdon Press
Format: Hardcover
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"All Jews must die." Robert Bowers screamed these words as he walked into a Temple and murdered 11 people. Where does this hate come from? Why is it rising again in America? What do we need to do to stop it?Prepare to be stunned, shocked, and illuminated as Rabbi Evan Moffic answers... |
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The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World
Anthony McCarten - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour comes the fascinating and revealing tale of an unprecedented transfer of power, and of two very different men - who both happen to live in the Vatican. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE... |
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The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism
Jemar Tisby - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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The Color of Compromise takes readers on a historical journey: from America's early colonial days through slavery and the Civil War, covering the tragedy of Jim Crow laws and the victories of the Civil Rights era, to today's Black Lives Matter movement. Author Jemar Tisby reveals the obvious... |
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