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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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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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The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition (Plus) by Huston Smith Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Allah: A Christian Response by Miroslav Volf Publisher Comments Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? Yale University religion scholar Miroslav Volf—widely known for the much-publicized course on faith and globalization he coteaches with Tony Blair—places this question at the root of the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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 $18.00 Your price: $7.98 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: $3.95 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: $9.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Return to the Sacred: Ancient Pathways to Spiritual Awakening by Jonathan H Ellerby Publisher Comments Return to the Sacred is an extraordinary guide to spiritual practice and development. Spanning many cultures and generations, it simplifies spirituality and shows how necessary it is for achieving a life of balance, peace, and connection. More than... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 (Best Spiritual Writing) by Philip Zaleski Publisher Comments "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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 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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Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths by Paul Louis Metzger Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story by Bruce Feiler Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.99 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Religions of the United States in Practice: Volume Two (Princeton Readings in Religions) by Colleen Mcdannell Publisher Comments "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) List Price $52.50 Your price: $11.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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Noah's Other Son: Bridging the Gap Between the Bible and the Qur'an by Brian Arthur Brown Publisher Comments "Respectful and moderate in tone...a sober-minded and refreshing approach to religion. Readers will acquire a mature and tolerant perspective on religion and gain an understanding of the similarities among these three influential faiths."... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In Defense of Religious Moderation by William Egginton Publisher Comments 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) List Price $30.00 Your price: $12.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James Publisher Comments The culmination of William James' interest in the psychology of religion, The Varieties of Religious Experience approached the study of religious phenomena in a new way -- through pragmatism and experimental psychology. The most important effect of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Handy Religion Answer Book (Handy Answer Books) by John Renard Publisher Comments Providing detailed descriptions of the beliefs, rituals, history, and organization of the worlds eight major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto, this fully revised and... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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