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Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can't Deliver

Christian Smith - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

In recent years atheism has become ever more visible, acceptable, and influential. Atheist apologists have become increasingly vociferous and confident in their claims: that a morality requiring benevolence towards all and universal human rights need not be grounded in religion; that modern...
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The Dictionary of Dreams: 15,000 Meanings Interpreted

Gustavus Hindman Miller - Wellfleet Press
Format: Flexibound

Dreams can be fun and adventurous, but also frightening and distorted, and still again, they can be an endless combination of both. From spitting teeth out (a sign of aging) , to creepy, crawly spiders (a sign that one feels like an outsider) , dreams can mean much more to us once we learn...
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Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious

David Dark - IVP Books
Format: Print book

For many of us, the word "religious" immediately evokes thoughts of brainwashing, violence and eye-rubbingly tiresome conversations. Why not be done with it? David Dark argues that it's not that simple. The ease with which we put the label on others without applying it to ourselves...
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The Healing Power of African-American Spirituality: A Celebration of Ancestor Worship, Herbs and Hoodoo, Ritual and Conjure

Stephanie Rose Bird - ?Hampton Roads Publishing
Format: Paperback

The essential resource and guide to African American spirituality and traditions.This is a fabulous resource for anyone who wants to understand African American spirituality, shamanism, and indigenous spiritual practices and beliefs. It is designed to be informative while providing hands-on...
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How to Fight Anti-Semitism

Bari Weiss - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call to all Americans exposing the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in this country - and explains what we can do to defeat it. "Stunning . . . Bari Weiss is heroic, fearless, brilliant and big-hearted. Most importantly,...
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All This Could Be Yours

Jami Attenberg - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his secret past, can they rebuild and begin anew? "If I know why he is the way he is then...
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The Bridal Chair: A Novel

Gloria Goldreich - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Print book

"In prose as painterly and evocative as Chagall's own dazzling brushstrokes, Gloria Goldreich finely evokes one of the most significant masters of modern art through the discerning eyes of [his] loyally protective daughter." -- Cynthia Ozick, award-winning author of Foreign BodiesBeautiful...
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Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life

Jennifer Kavanagh - RAND Corporation
Format: Paperback

Political and civil discourse in the United States is characterized by "Truth Decay," defined as increasing disagreement about facts, a blurring of the line between opinion and fact, an increase in the relative volume of opinion compared with fact, and lowered trust in formerly...
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Discover Your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose

Sahara Rose Ketabi - Chronicle Prism
Format: Hardcover

"Discover Your Dharma is a timely book for readers to decondition their minds, remember their essence, and step into the purpose they were born to express." - (life purpose) , as well as healing your inner wounds and creating new stories (sankalpa) .* Features a foreword...
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In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis

Isaac Asimov - Open Road Media
Format: Paperback

In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis. The beginning of time. The origin of life. In our Western civilization, there are two influential accounts of beginnings. One is the biblical account, compiled more than two thousand years ago by Judean writers who based much of their...
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