Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion
by Bruce Feiler




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From the beginning of pre-history, human cultures have rooted sacred stories in actual landscapes, a legacy that becomes increasingly untenable as ballooning populations find it difficult to share their sacred places. Nowhere is this trend more evident... (read more)

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Ritschl in Retrospect: History, Community, and Science
by Darrell Jodock


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Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1889) redirected theological thought in the second half of the 19th century away from speculative idealism and toward a more concrete, historical apprehension of the Bible, the church and Christian life. Ritschl in Retrospect... (read more)

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My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross


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Traces the experiences of a Jewish American who converted to radical Islam during his college years and accepted a job in Saudi Arabia where he worked for an extremist charity that was eventually charged by the U.S. government for funding terrorist... (read more)

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Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions
by Huston Smith


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<p>This classic companion to <I>The World's Religions</I> articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions</p>... (read more)

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


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Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe that their Scriptures preserve God's words to humanity, and that those words were spoken uniquely to them. In The Voice, the Word, the Books, F. E. Peters leads readers on an extraordinary journey through... (read more)

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
by John Bowker


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Abridged from the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of religion available in paperback. Written by an expert team of contributors, the volume contains over 8,200 entries, an extensive... (read more)

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Piety and Politics: The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia
by Dale Launderville


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This fascinating study explores the crucial relationship between religion and politics in three of history's most influential civilizations: Homeric Greece, biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. With a scholar's mind and a detective's eye... (read more)

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When Religion Becomes Evil
by Charles Kimball


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<p>Top Religion Book of 2002--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> <p>The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion</p> <ol> <li>Absolute Truth Claims <li>Blind Obedience <li>Establishing the Ideal... (read more)

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The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World's Great Wisdom Traditions
by Andrew Harvey


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234).... (read more)

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Illustrated Dictionary of Religion: Rituals, Beliefs, and Practices from Around the World
by Philip Wilkinson


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The perfect illustrated source to identify and compare world religions, key figures and major events.... (read more)

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Abraham (P.S.)
by Bruce S. Feiler


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Both immediate and timeless, Abraham tells the powerful story of one man's search for the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, andIslam. Traveling through war zones, braving violence at religious sites, andseeking out faith leaders, Bruce Feiler... (read more)

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The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition
by Huston Smith


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Huston Smith, dean of world religions, presents the essential teachings of Christianity, and, for the first time, his own profound Christian faith and convictions. In this elegant and concise treatise, Huston Smith examines and puts forth what being a... (read more)

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God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism
by Jonathan Kirsch


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As conflicts over religious extremism dominate our front pages, the bestselling author of The Harlot by the Side of the Road presents a work of history that could not be more timely: a surprising look back at the origins of religious intolerance during... (read more)

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Fundamentalism: The Search for Meaning
by Malise Ruthven


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Since the end of the Cold War, fundamentalism has been seen as the major threat to world peace, a conclusion that was burned into our consciousness on September 11th and that is reinforced almost every day in the Middle East. But what exactly is... (read more)

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Our Religions: The Seven World Religions Introduced by Preeminent Scholars from Each Tradition
by Arvin Sharma


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Chapter OneHinduismDefining HinduismMahatma Gandhi is acknowledged, even by his critics, as the greatest Hindu of modern times. However, on the evening of January 30, 1948, he was shot to death by a fellow Hindu, Nathuram Godse, for acquiescing in the... (read more)

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God: An Itinerary
by Regis Debray


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Why, after Marx and Nietzsche, are those beliefs, which came to light in the desert three thousand years ago still among us? And why is it that hundreds of millions of men and women still follow them? Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman.... (read more)

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My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
by Da Gartenstein Ross


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My Year Inside Radical Islam is a memoir of first a spiritual and then a political seduction. Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of strict dogma, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross converted to Islam in college-a... (read more)

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HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religions: The A-To-Z Encyclopedia of All the Major Religious Traditions
by Mircea Eliade


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This definitive volume presents an overview of all thirty-three of the world's principal religions. Renowned religion scholar Mircea Eliade based this compact volume on his three volume History of Religious Ideas and on the sixteen volume Encyclopedia... (read more)

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