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A Little History of Religion
Richard Holloway - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire... |
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How the Bible Became Holy
Michael L Satlow - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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Old Texts, New Practices: Islamic Reform in Modern Morocco
Etty Terem - Stanford University Press
Format: eBook
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In 1910, al-Mahdi al-Wazzani, a prominent Moroccan Islamic scholar completed his massive compilation of Maliki fatwas. An eleven-volume set, it is the most extensive collection of fatwas written and published in the Arab Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.... |
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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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Get Your Hopes Up!: Expect Something Good to Happen to You Every Day
Joyce Meyer - Faith Words
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers how to transform their lives by tapping into the power of hope. One of the most powerful forces in the universe is hope--the happy and confident anticipation that something good is going to happen. Regardless of where... |
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Damned Nation: Hell in America from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Kathryn Gin Lum - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Among the pressing concerns of Americans in the first century of nationhood were day-to-day survival, political harmony, exploration of the continent, foreign policy, and--fixed deeply in the collective consciousness--hell and eternal damnation. The fear of fire and brimstone and the worm... |
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Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics
R. Marie Griffith - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars. Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control -- sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins... |
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Living with the Gods: 40,000 Years of Peoples, Objects and Beliefs
NEIL MACGREGOR - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation--the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.Until fairly recently, religion as a major... |
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The Ten Commandments: A Short History of an Ancient Text
Michael David Coogan - Yale University Press, 2014.
Format: Print book
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In this lively and provocative book, Michael Coogan guides readers into the ancient past to examine the iconic Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue. How, among all the laws reportedly given on Mount Sinai, did the Ten Commandments become the Ten Commandments? When did that happen?... |
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The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying
Karen Speerstra - Divine Arts
Format: eBook
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WINNER 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award (Mind, Body, Spirit category) The Divine Art of Dying explores the unique moment when seriously ill people choose to turn toward death. Combining personal stories with solid research on palliative and hospice care, it provides a well-integrated... |
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Peculiar Faith: Queer Theology for Christian Witness
Jay Emerson Johnson - Seabury Books
Format: Paperback
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Residing at the intersection of constructive theology and critical social theory, this book provides a resource for both students and clergy to reinterpret Christian theology and re-imagine Christian faith in the twenty-first century.. The author seeks "to encourage and equip Christian... |
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Living in Balance: A Mindful Guide for Thriving in a Complex World
Joel Levey - Divine Arts; Revised Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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As our world grows increasingly more complex and stressful, developing our capacity for dynamic balance in our lives, work, and relationships becomes more and more vital. Based on the ancient wisdom traditions, contemporary neuroscience research, and the insights of indigenous cultures... |
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Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty
Angela Elwell Hunt - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Print book
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A Vivid and Moving Portrait of a Reluctant QueenAfter sending his army to besiege another king's capital, King David forces himself on Bathsheba, a loyal soldier's wife. When her resulting pregnancy forces the king to murder her husband and add her to his harem, Bathsheba struggles to protect... |
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Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships
Jana Duggar - Howard Books; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Its All About Relationships! In this delightful and very personal book, the four oldest Duggar girls share their hearts and their core beliefs, explaining that its all about relationships! Relationship with self The girls share their own personal journeys to self-acceptance and navigating... |
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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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The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Ben Shapiro - Broadside Books
Format: Book
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America has a God-shaped hole in its heart, argues New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro, and we shouldn't fill it with politics and hate.In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech,... |
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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 Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession
John Cornwell - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Format: Print book
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Confession is a crucial ritual of the Catholic Church, offering absolution of sin and spiritual guidance to the faithful. Yet this ancient sacrament has also been a source of controversy and oppression, culminating, as prize-winning historian John Cornwell reveals in The Dark Box, with... |
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October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World
Martin E Marty - Paraclete Press
Format: Print book
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Released in time for the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, and the Protestant Reformation. "This is an invitation to a party, one which commemorates events that began five hundred years ago in Europe and have consequences throughout the world today. My title suggests... |
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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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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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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible
A.N. Wilson - Harper
Format: Print book
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From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship... |
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Sacred Spaces: Stations on a Celtic Way
Margaret Silf - Lion
Format: eBook
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There are many books that explore actual, physical, sacred space and pilgrimage sites. This is a different kind of book. It introduces seven traditional 'sacred spaces' but then leads readers into a deeper reflection on what such 'sacred space' means in our own lives and experience.... |
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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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Miracle Drug
Richard L. Mabry M.D. - Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback
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The infection wasn't supposed to happen, but it did. The treatment was supposed to take care of it, but it didn't. Dr. Josh Pearson must get his hands on a particular experimental drug for his patients, which include the President of the United States, for them to have a chance... |
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The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope's Challenge to the American Catholic Church
John Gehring - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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The Francis Effect explores how a church once known as a towering force for social justice became known for a narrow agenda most closely aligned with one political party, and then looks at the opportunities for change in the "age of Francis." Pope Francis has become an unlikely... |
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Stars in the Grass
Ann Marie Stewart - Thorndike Press Large Print
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"The summer before I turned ten was idyllic - until August 3, 1970. It perfectly describes a time when I thought the world was safe and good things lasted forever..." Nine-year-old Abby McAndrews has just experienced her greatest loss, and in its wake, her family is unraveling... |
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The House of Islam: A Global History
Ed Husain - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"Ed Husain has become one of the most vital Muslim voices in the world. The House of Islam could very well be his magnum opus." -Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot"This should be compulsory reading." -Peter Frankopan, author of the international... |
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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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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Bart D. Ehrman - HarperOne; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesuss divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed... |
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Viva Valientemente: Enfrente lo que Sea, Aunque Sea con Miedo
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Paperback
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Usted tiene miedo. Si no enfrenta el miedo que siente, éste puede paralizarlo y detenerlo de disfrutar la vida al máximo. Joyce Meyer, la autora de éxitos de ventas No. 1 del New York Times, desea mostrarle que para deshacerse del miedo tiene que hacerle frente. La buena... |
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Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State
Robert Wuthnow - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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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 Texass story... |
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The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will
Kenneth R Miller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A radical, optimistic exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will.Lately, the most passionate advocates of the theory of evolution seem to present it as bad news. Scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, and Sam Harris tell us that our most... |
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The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
Hubert Wolf - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A true, never-before-told story - discovered in a secret Vatican archive - of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent.In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant... |
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Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns
Abbie Reese - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history.From... |
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Godsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad Gita, with Commentary
Amit Majmudar - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet.Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer,... |
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Qur'an in Conversation
Michael Birkel - Baylor University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Qur'an is God's verbatim speech for most traditional Muslims. Qur'an in Conversation reflects how this sacred text of Islam comes into dialogue with the contemporary world through the voices of the eloquent interpreters gathered in this volume.In Qur'an in Conversation,... |
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The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy, Vol. 1: Sources in the United States and Canada
Arthur Kurzweil - Jason Aronson Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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The first of a projected three-volume guide for helping the Jewish family historian find source material (vols. 2 and 3 will focus on non-North American sources and topical issues) . After a section of articles on immigration and naturalization, descriptions of institutional resources... |
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Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?: Three Views on the Bible's Earliest Chapters
Charles Halton - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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There is little doubt that in recent years the nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This Counterpoints volume introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical understanding. Each contributor identifies their position... |
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Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
MICHAEL SHERMER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A scientific exploration into humanity's obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael ShermerIn his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific... |
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The Quest for Mary Magdalene
Michael Haag - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Print book
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From Michael Haag, the international bestselling author of The Templars: The History & the Myth and The Tragedy of the Templars, comes a fascinating account of one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in religious history.Mary Magdalene is a potent and enigmatic figure.... |
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Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
JOHN FEA - Eerdmans
Format: Hardcover
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A historian's acute take on current American politics "Believe me" may be the most commonly used phrase in Donald Trump's lexicon. Whether about building a wall or protecting the Christian heritage, the refrain is constant. And to the surprise of many, about eighty percent... |
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Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus
C. Christopher Smith - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church? The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance.... |
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How God Became God: What Scholars Are Really Saying About God and the Bible
Richard Smoley - Tarcher
Format: Print book
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This epic, thrilling journey through Bible scholarship and ancient religion shows how much of Scripture is historically false--yet the ancient writings also resound with theologies that crisscrossed the primeval world and that direct us today toward a deep, inner, authentic experience of the truly... |
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Living with the Living Dead: The Wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse
GREG GARRETT - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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When humankind faces what it perceives as a threat to its very existence, a macabre thing happens in art, literature, and culture: corpses begin to stand up and walk around. The dead walked in the fourteenth century, when the Black Death and other catastrophes roiled Europe. They walked... |
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Buddhisms: An Introduction
John S Strong - Oneworld Publications, 2015.
Format: Print book
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"Exemplary for its organization and writing, this work is likely to become the standard single-volume text on Buddhism for the student, whether within the walls of the academy or without." - Starred Review, Library Journal Buddhisms: An Introduction represents a novel way of presenting... |
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The Story of the Jews Volume 2
Simon Schama - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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In the second of three volumes of this magnificently illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people from 1492 through the end of nineteenth centurySimon Schama's great project continues and the Jewish... |
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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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Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction
Peter D. Hershock - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and “zen” is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition—from... |
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
Daniel C Dennett - Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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One of America's foremost philosophers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind.How did we come to have minds?For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled... |
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Lord Siva's Song: The Isvara Gita
Andrew J Nicholson - State University of New York Press
Format: eBook
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A translation of the vara Gt, a parallel text to the Bhagavad Gt that promotes religious inclusion.While the Bhagavad Gt is an acknowledged treasure of world spiritual literature, few people know a parallel text, the vara Gt. This lesser-known work is also dedicated to a god, but in this... |
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Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation
Robert Roth - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Instant New York Times Bestseller A simple, straightforward exploration of Transcendental Meditation and its benefits from world authority Bob Roth.Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Seinfeld. Ray Dalio and Ellen DeGeneres. Gwyneth Paltrow and Howard Stern. Tom Hanks and Gisele Bndchen. What... |
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Believers, Thinkers, and Founders: How We Came to Be One Nation Under God
Kevin Seamus Hasson - Image Books
Format: Print book
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In Believers, Thinkers and Founders: How We Came to be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson - founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious liberty - offers a refreshing resolution to the age-old dispute surrounding the relationship of religion and state: a return... |
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The Religions Book
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Surveying the world's religions, from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism, and providing succinct yet thought-provoking insight into the philosophy and practices of each, The Religions Book is ideal for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of the world's religions. With intriguing... |
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Reading the Bible without Getting Lost
Mike Tune - Leafwood Publishers
Format: eBook
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"Scripture did not spring from the imaginations of ancient men, but holy men spoke and wrote as they were carried along by the Spirit of God" (2 Pet. 1:21) . This simple handbook serves as a guide to help beginning readers of the Bible arrive where the Spirit intended. The Bible... |
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
Tim Tebow - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,... |
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God in the Qur'an
Jack Miles - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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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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A Short History of Christianity
Geoffrey Blainey - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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A Short History of Christianity vividly describes many of the significant players in the religion's rise and fall through the ages, from Jesus himself to Francis of Assisi, Martin Luther, Francis Xavier, John Wesley, and even the Beatles, who claimed to be "more popular than Jesus."... |
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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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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
Krista Tippett - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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"I'm a person who listens for a living. I listen for wisdom, and beauty, and for voices not shouting to be heard. This book chronicles some of what I've learned in what has become a conversation across time and generations, across disciplines and denominations." Peabody Award-winning... |
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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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Creationism in Europe
Stefaan Blancke - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: eBook
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For decades, the creationist movement was primarily situated in the United States. Then, in the 1970s, American creationists found their ideas welcomed abroad, first in Australia and New Zealand, then in Korea, India, South Africa, Brazil, and elsewhere - including Europe, where creationism... |
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The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
Robert E Buswell - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese,... |
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When Your Life Is on Fire: What Would You Save?
Erik Kolbell - Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Paperback
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"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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The True Herod
Geza Vermes - Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Format: Print book
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Who was Herod the Great? How did he come to govern one of the most politically tumultuous regions in the world? Was he the heartless baby-killer of Matthew's Gospel, or does this popular tale do Herod a great disservice? Geza Vermes, whose work on the Historical Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls... |
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
ROBERT WRIGHT - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped... |
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,... |
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Out of the Ashes: A Layman's Guide to Rebuilding Our Culture
Anthony M Esolen - Regnery Publishing
Format: Print book
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It's not your imagination: civilized human societythe institutions and values that separate man from beast and bring us closer to Godis collapsing. Communities are no longer directed towards a common good; children are no longer our first priority; businesses no longer value "good... |
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Mistral's Daughter
Judith Krantz - Crown Publishers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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They were three generations of magnificent red-haired beauties born to scandal, bred to success, bound to a single extraordinary man--Julien Mistral, the painter, the genius, the lover whose passions had seared them all. Maggy--Flamboyant mistress... |
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Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad
ASNE SEIERSTAD - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them homeTwo Sisters, by the international bestselling author sne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising... |
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Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding
Steven K. Green - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in everything from school textbooks to political commentary, it is central to the way in which many Americans perceive the historical legacy of their... |
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Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
Katherine Ozment - Harperwave
Format: Print book
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Meet "the Nones" - In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion.Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier... |
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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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A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide
Alon Confino - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Why exactly did the Nazis burn the Hebrew Bible everywhere in Germany on November The perplexing event has not been adequately accounted for by historians in their large-scale assessments of how and why the Holocaust occurred In this gripping new analysis Alon Confino draws on an array... |
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Move On: When Mercy Meets Your Mess
Vicki Courtney - Thomas Nelson; Stg edition
Format: Book
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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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Dealing with Darwin
David N Livingstone - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: eBook
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Using place, politics, and rhetoric as analytical tools, historical geographer David N. Livingstone investigates how religious communities sharing a Scots Presbyterian heritage engaged with Darwin and Darwinism at the turn of the twentieth century. His findings, presented as the prestigious... |
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City of God: Faith in the Streets
Sara Miles - Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover
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Paradise is a garden...but heaven is a city. From the acclaimed author of Take This Bread and Jesus Freak comes a powerful new account of venturing beyond the borders of religion into the unpredictable territory of faith. On Ash Wednesday, 2012, Sara Miles and her friends left their church... |
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American Christianity: The Continuing Revolution
Stephen Cox - University of Texas Press
Format: Book
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Christianity takes an astonishing variety of forms in America, from churches that cherish traditional modes of worship to evangelical churches and fellowships, Pentecostal churches, social-action churches, megachurches, and apocalyptic churches—congregations ministering to believers... |
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Three Gifts of Therese of Lisieux: A Saint for Our Times
Patrick V Ahern - Image
Format: Print book
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"Thrse has been such a presence in my adult life - it is as if I have known her personally; she is as real and alive to me as my lifelong friends... I've identified three gifts that Thrse has given me, which I would like to offer in this book to everyone seeking to find more meaning... |
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On Hinduism
Wendy Doniger - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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In this magisterial volume of essays, Wendy Doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in Hinduism... |
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Good Health, Good Life: 12 Keys to Enjoying Physical and Spiritual Wellness
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Meeting the demands of your busy life may leave little time for you to focus on maintaining your personal well-being. But it is important to remember that each part of you-mind, body, and emotions-serves a purpose in Gods exciting plan for your future. Embracing a healthier lifestyle will... |
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The Jesuits: A History from Ignatius to the Present
John W S J OMalley - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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As Pope Francis continues to make his mark on the church, there is increased interest in his Jesuit background - what is the Society of Jesus, how is it different from other religious orders, and how has it shaped the world? In The Jesuits, acclaimed historian John W. OMalley, SJ, provides... |
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A History of Religion in 51/2 Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to Its Senses
S Brent Plate - Beacon Press
Format: Print book
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A leading scholar explores the importance of physical objects and sensory experience in the practice of religion. Humans are needy. We need things: objects, keepsakes, stuff, tokens, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk, and treasure. We carry special objects in our pockets and purses, and place... |
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You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It's Never Too Late
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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It's never too late for a new beginning. Look closely and you'll see that theme all through the Bible. Page after page, God delights in turning tragic endings into new beginnings. A childless woman conceives in her old age; a fearful, self-conscious shepherd becomes a leader of millions;... |
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Siddhartha's Brain: The Science of Enlightenment
James Kingsland - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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By the longtime Guardian science journalist, a groundbreaking exploration of the science of enlightenment and mental wellness, illuminated by twin perspectives, ancient and modern: the spiritual wisdom of Siddhartha Gautama and the revelations of today's scientists, who are confirming the Buddha's... |
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A Fool's Guide to Actual Happiness
Mark Van Buren - Wisdom Publications
Format: Paperback
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Happiness lies within us - but we could all use a little help finding it. In a refreshing new voice, The Fool's Guide to Actual Happiness shows us how to feel and be better - without having to be perfect. Let's face it: we all have a motivating drive to become "better."... |
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How The Secret Changed My Life: Real People. Real Stories.
Rhonda Byrne - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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An awe-inspiring compilation of the most uplifting and powerful real-life stories from readers of the worldwide bestseller The Secret. Discover how everyday people completely transformed their lives by applying the teachings of The Secret.Since the very first publication of The... |
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Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace
Patricia Raybon - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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"Mom, I have something I need to tell you..."They didn't talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, a mother and daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest gulf in their lives - the daughter's choice to leave the church, convert to Islam and become... |
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes a new book about the place hope holds in our lives."I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,"... |
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