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The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam by Eliza Griswold Publisher Comments The tenth parallel, the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator, is the defining metaphor of our time. An ideological front line stretching across two continents and nineteen countries, this is where Christianity and Islam collidea... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief (and Their Connection to a Certain, Fleeting State of Mind) by James L Kugel Publisher Comments Ten years ago, when Harvard professor James Kugel was diagnosed with an aggressive, likely fatal, form of cancer, “I was, of course, disturbed and worried. But the main change in my state of mind was that . . . the background music had suddenly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Joan Chittister Publisher Comments The Tent of Abraham is the first book to tell the entire story of Abraham and to reenergize it as a basis for peace. Written by three leaders belonging to different faiths, the book explores in accessible language the mythic quality and the teachings of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Keeping Faith: a Skeptic's Journey by Fenton Johnson Publisher Comments In his resonant account of a spiritual quest, Fenton Johnson examines what it means for a skeptic to have and to keep faith. Exploring Western and Eastern monastic traditions, Johnson lives as a member of the community at the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Yoga and the Jesus Prayer by Thomas Matus Synopsis Studying the analogies of experience between Tantric yogis and Christian mystics, Matus relates the kundalini awakening to the Christ mystery.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The New Religions (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions) by Jacob Needleman Publisher Comments Now restored to print, here is philosopher Jacob Needleman?s groundbreaking study of America?s alternative spiritual movements, with a new introduction by the author. Originally published in 1970, The New Religions was the first full-scale study of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Great Religions: Essential Questions by Martine Assouline Publisher Comments Rabbi MARC-ALAIN OUAKNIN is the director of the Aleph Center for Research and Jewish Studies In Paris. DOM ROBERT LE GALL has been Abbot of Kergonan in Brittany since 1983 and is also the author of books and articles on liturgy and spirituality A... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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New Penguin Book of Living Religions 2ND Edition by John R Hinnells Publisher Comments Comprehensive and informative, The New Penguin Handbook of Living Religions has been completely revised, with all chapters updated to include discussion of modern developments and recent scholarship. Compiled by a team of leading international scholars... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything by Katharine Jefferts Schori Publisher Comments We are all connected, writes Katharine Jefferts Schori, as human beings with each other, as one nation with all other nations, and as the human species with the whole of our environment. At a population of 7 billion we can no longer, if we ever could... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth by Solomon Schimmel Publisher Comments The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs is a passionate yet analytical critique of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptural fundamentalists. Schimmel examines the ways in which otherwise intelligent and bright Jews, Christians, and Muslims defend their... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Atlas of Lost Cults and Mystery Religions: Rediscover Extraordinary Traditions from the Dawn of Time by David Douglas Synopsis The Atlas of Lost Cults and Mystery Religions examines extraordinary cults and spiritual practices, some lost in the mists of time, others having transformed and evolved to form the basis of mystical practices still current today. A wide range of... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions by Philip Novak Publisher Comments Chapter OneHinduismSome four, thousand years ago pastoral nomads whose ancestors had sprung from the soil of northeastern Europe entered the Indus Valley of ancient India. They called themselves Aryans, or Noble Ones, and the religion they brought,... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945 by Paul Harvey Synopsis Of late, religion seems to be everywhere, suffusing U.S. politics and popular culture and acting as both a unifying and a divisive force. This collection of manifestos, Supreme Court decisions, congressional testimonies, speeches, articles, book excerpts,... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) by Karen Armstrong Staff Pick Part of the Books that Changed the World series, this is a great overview of the history, writing, and translations of the Bible. Armstrong never fails to entertain and impress.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Evolution of God (Back Bay Readers' Pick) by Robert Wright Staff Pick Robert Wright's The Evolution of God is a fascinating history of religion in all its forms, from the beginning stirrings of theology to the conflicting faiths we live with today. This intelligent, accessible, and thorough book gives us new insight into... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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People of Faith: A Companion to the Revised Common Lectionary by John Mabry Synopsis This lectionary could well be a means of encouraging a crucial conversation between Muslims and Hindus, Buddhists and Jews, and others. In a world where religious fanatics are seriously seeking weapons of mass destruction, it is essential that religious... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Building a Better Bridge: Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good: A Record of the Fourth Building Bridges Seminar Held in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Her by Michael Ipgrave Publisher Comments A record of the fourth Building Bridges seminar held in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, May 15-18, 2005, an annual symposium on Muslim-Christian relations cosponsored by the president's office of Georgetown University and the Archbishop's Office of the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion by Jonathan Z Smith Publisher Comments Led by general editor Jonathan Z. Smith, a team drawn from the American Academy of Religion has collected more than 3,200 entries written by 327 leading experts from around the world and across the theological and religious spectrum. The exceptional... (read more) List Price $47.50 Your price: $13.49 Sale - Hardcover
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The Voice, the Word, the Books: The Sacred Scripture of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims by F E Peters Publisher Comments "The Voice, the Word, the Books is an important new work on the authoritative texts of the Abrahamic religious traditions. It amounts to a comparative study of the three major Western faiths by looking through a window--in this case the window of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Best Spiritual Writing 2010 by Philip Zaleski Publisher Comments The renowned nonfiction annual makes its Penguin debut For more than a decade, Philip Zaleski has collected into a single volume the best spiritual essays and poetry of the year. The Best Spiritual Writing 2010, featuring essays by John Updike and Diane... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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