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Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt

Alec Ryrie - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning author of Protestants offers a new vision of the birth of the secular age, looking to the feelings of ordinary men and women -- so often left out of the history of atheism.Why have societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? We think we know the answer,...
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Anything but Simple: My Life as a Mennonite

Lucinda J. Miller - Herald Press (VA)
Format: Paperback

Like her grandmother, Lucinda J. Miller wears long dresses and a prayer covering. But she uses a cellphone and posts status updates on Facebook, too. Anything but Simple is the riveting memoir of a young woman's rich church tradition, lively family life, and longings for a meaningful...
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1000 Little Habits of Happy, Successful Relationships

Marc Chernoff - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

Millions of readers turn to Marc and Angel Chernoff for fresh and relevant insights for living their best lives. In their newest guide, they share hard-won secrets for strengthening our connection to the loved ones who matter most. With their signature combination of common sense and uncommon...
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Job: A New Translation

Edward L. Greenstein - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

This revelatory new translation of Job by one of the world's leading biblical scholars will reshape the way we read this canonical text The book of Job has often been called the greatest poem ever written. The book, in Edward Greenstein's characterization, is "a Wunderkind, a genius...
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A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War

James P. Byrd - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that both sides "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." He wasn't speaking metaphorically: the Bible...
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God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob's Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy, and God's Relentless Love

Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Ever wonder if you've had one too many stumbles for God to use someone like you? If you could benefit from a tale of God's unending, unbending, unswerving love and devotion, let bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado show you how God's grace will transform your life. God Never...
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On Being Unfinished: Collected Writings

Anne E Patrick - Orbis Books
Format: Paperback

During more than a half-century of service to the Church and the academy, Anne E. Patrick was a leading feminist Catholic voice, revered both as a teacher and as a critical scholar of theology, ethics, literature, and the arts. Her scholarly publications broke new ground in a number of Catholic...
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Fasting With God

Hotsenpiller - Charisma House
Format: Paperback

We cannot get closer to God without knowing more of who He is.. This book will guide me into a meaningful and impactful relationship with God as I learn more about the names of God and how each one pertains to a different element of His character.. When we fast, it is a given that we fast...
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Angels and Saints: with a Guide to the Illustrations by Mary Wellesley

Eliot Weinberger - New Directions
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated co-publication with Christine Burgin by "one of the world's great essayists" (The New York Times) . Angels have soared through Western culture and consciousness from Biblical to contemporary times. But what do we really know about these celestial...
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My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

Amy Kenny - Brazos Press
Format: Paperback

"With humorous prose and wry wit, Kenny makes a convincing case for all Christians to do more to meet access needs and embrace disabilities as part of God's kingdom. . . . Inclusivity-minded Christians will cheer the lessons laid out here."--Publishers WeeklyMuch of the church...
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