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The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam
by Eliza Griswold
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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)

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God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World
God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World
by Stephen Prothero
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Stephen Prothero, the New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy, makes a fresh and provocative argument that, contrary to popular understanding, all religions are not simply different paths to the same end… and why this matters... (read more)

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Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims
by Joan Chittister
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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)

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The Evolution of God (Back Bay Readers' Pick)
The Evolution of God (Back Bay Readers' Pick)
by Robert Wright
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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)

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Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths
Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths
by Paul Louis Metzger
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What does Christian witness look like in an increasingly multifaith society? While it is more important than ever to preach the Word of God, as Scripture exhorts us, it is also important that we dialogue with people from diverse perspectives... (read more)

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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)
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
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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)

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The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition (Plus)
The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition (Plus)
by Huston Smith
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In this elegant and concise treatise, Huston Smith examines and puts forth what being a Christian has meant for him personally, how it has shaped his life and beliefs. In contrast to the misguided course of culturally rigid and intolerant evangelical and... (read more)

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The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth
The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth
by Solomon Schimmel
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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)

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The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 (Best Spiritual Writing)
The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 (Best Spiritual Writing)
by Philip Zaleski
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"A trove of well-wrought, luminous, soul-bracing gifts." -Thomas Lynch (on the 2010 edition) With selection chosen from a vast range of journals and magazines, The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 gathers the finest pieces of spiritual writing to appear in... (read more)

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Religion for Dummies (For Dummies)
Religion for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Marc Gellman
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Gain a deeper understanding of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other faiths! A wise and witty road map for exploring life’s big questions Why are we here? How should we live? What happens after we die? Why does evil exist? This lively and... (read more)

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Heart of a Heartless World: Religion as Ideology
Heart of a Heartless World: Religion as Ideology
by Scott Mann
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Seeks to explain the origin and development of religion in social, economic and political life.... (read more)

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The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything
The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything
by Katharine Jefferts Schori
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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)

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Religions of the United States in Practice: Volume Two (Princeton Readings in Religions)
Religions of the United States in Practice: Volume Two (Princeton Readings in Religions)
by Colleen Mcdannell
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"This anthology presents the reader with a rich sampling of the ways in which American religion has been practiced. It implicitly challenges some of the standard temporal and thematic categories through which American religion has been understood. The... (read more)

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America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story
America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story
by Bruce Feiler
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Bruce Feilers New York Times bestsellers Abraham, Walking the Bible, and Where God Was Born brilliantly explored the roots of faith. With Americas Prophet, Feiler looks at Moses and the essential role the prophet has played in our nations history and... (read more)

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The Voice, the Word, the Books: The Sacred Scripture of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims
The Voice, the Word, the Books: The Sacred Scripture of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims
by F E Peters
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"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)

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The New Religions (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)
The New Religions (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)
by Jacob Needleman
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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)

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In Defense of Religious Moderation
In Defense of Religious Moderation
by William Egginton
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In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these... (read more)

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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell
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American Grace is “perhaps the most sweeping look yet at contemporary American religion. It lays out the broad trends of the past fifty years, assesses their sociological causes, and then does a bit of fortune-telling” (The Washington Post... (read more)

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The Sacred and Profane
The Sacred and Profane
by Mircea Eliade
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A highly original and scholarly work on spirituality by noted historian Mircea Eliade   In The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane, or secular, they still at times... (read more)

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People of Faith: A Companion to the Revised Common Lectionary
People of Faith: A Companion to the Revised Common Lectionary
by John Mabry
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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)

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