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The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism
by A. C. Grayling
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What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief — all of them — right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? Can there be a clear, full statement of... (read more)

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Gratitude Works!: A Twenty-One-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity
Gratitude Works!: A Twenty-One-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity
by Robert A. Emmons
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"Gratitude is important not only because it helps us feel good, but also because it inspires us to do good. Gratitude heals, energizes, and transforms lives... Gratitude takes us outside our scope so we see ourselves as part of a larger, intricate... (read more)

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Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science
Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science
by Paul Eli Ivey
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In May 1904, the residents of Halcyon—a small utopian community on California’s central coast—invited their neighbors to attend the grand opening of the Halcyon Hotel and Sanatorium. As part of the entertainment, guests were encouraged... (read more)

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Reveal: A Sacred Manual for Getting Spiritually Naked
Reveal: A Sacred Manual for Getting Spiritually Naked
by Meggan Watterson
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Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson marched out of her church at age ten. With little-girl clarity, she knew something tremendously crucial was missing…the voices of women. Watterson became a theologian and a pilgrim to the divine... (read more)

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Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation
Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation
by Jonathan Rieder
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"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on... (read more)

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How to Pray When You're Pissed at God: Or Anyone Else for That Matter
How to Pray When You're Pissed at God: Or Anyone Else for That Matter
by Ian Punnett
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When things really go wrong, what do you do with the feeling that God is to blame? A popular Coast to Coast radio host (and Episcopal clergy) provides some answers. In a first of its kind book, Ian Punnett provides a spiritual path for expressing your... (read more)

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Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game
Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game
by John Sexton
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A love letter to America's most beloved sport and an exploration of the deeper dimensions it reveals For more than a decade, New York University President John Sexton has used baseball to illustrate the elements of a spiritual life in a wildly popular... (read more)

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The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian
The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian
by Thomas A. (edt) Peters
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The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian provides the information and guidance librarians need to adapt themselves and their facilities to the mobile revolution—the fastest, most diffuse worldwide technological innovation in human... (read more)

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Spirituality: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)
Spirituality: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)
by Philip Sheldrake
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Engagingly written by one of the world’s leading scholars, this comprehensively expanded edition tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day. It charts the main figures, ideas, images... (read more)

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The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society
The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society
by C. H. Lawrence
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The mendicant friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders played a unique and important role in medieval society. In the early thirteenth century, the Church was being challenged by a confident new secular culture, associated with the growth of towns... (read more)

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Teaching about Religions: A Democratic Approach for Public Schools
Teaching about Religions: A Democratic Approach for Public Schools
by Emile Lester
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"This provocative and timely book challenges Americans to rethink what it means to take democracy and religious freedom seriously in public education. Emile Lester takes the reader beyond culture war conflicts rooted in religious divisions and offers... (read more)

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Saint in the Wilderness: The Story of Isaac Jogues, Missionary and Martyr in the New World
Saint in the Wilderness: The Story of Isaac Jogues, Missionary and Martyr in the New World
by Glenn D. Kittler
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The New World was a dangerous and mysterious wilderness when Isaac Jogues and his fellow missionaries arrived in 1636 to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Written in simple but stirring terms, this true story of the intrepid Jesuit's... (read more)

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Ignatius of Loyola Speaks
Ignatius of Loyola Speaks
by Karl Rahner
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Karl Rahner, S.J. (1904–1984) ranks among the most influential theologians of our time. His contributions to the Second Vatican Council (1963–1965) shaped to a large degree the doctrinal formulations on the church, the sacraments, and the... (read more)

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Comparative Mysticism: An Anthology of Original Sources
Comparative Mysticism: An Anthology of Original Sources
by Steven T. (edt) Katz
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This collection of primary texts introduces readers to the mystical literature of the world's great religious traditions. Beginning with an introduction by Steven T. Katz, a leading scholar of mysticism, the anthology comprises poetry, prayer, narrative,... (read more)

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Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis
Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis
by Lauren F. Winner
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Lauren F. Winner, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Girl Meets God, here describes how the loss of her mother and the collapse of her marriage slam her into a wall of doubt. Witty, relatable, and fiercely honest, Winner lays bare her experience... (read more)

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Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
by Jeff Chu
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In this timely work—part memoir, part investigative analysis—a prize-winning writer explores the explosive and confusing intersection of faith, politics, and sexuality in Christian America. When Jeff Chu came out to his parents as a... (read more)

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Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World
Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World
by Abby Day
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Believing in Belonging draws on empirical research exploring mainstream religious belief and identity in Euro-American countries. Starting from a qualitative study based in northern England, and then broadening the data to include other parts of Europe... (read more)

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The Outsider Test for Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True
The Outsider Test for Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True
by John W. Loftus
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At a time when the vast diversity of human belief systems is accessible to all, the outsider test for faith offers a rational means for fostering mutual understanding. Depending on how one defines religion, there are at least thousands of religions in... (read more)

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Wunder Und Gleichnisse Im Religionsunterricht (Ru Praktisch Sekundar)
Wunder Und Gleichnisse Im Religionsunterricht (Ru Praktisch Sekundar)
by Manfred Haussler
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German description: Wunder und Gleichnisse Jesu kompetenzorientiert zu unterrichten - das gelingt mit dem neuen, praxisnahen Material. Kernstuck der Verkundigung und des Handelns Jesu ist die Botschaft vom Anbrechen des Reiches Gottes. Der Band stellt... (read more)

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After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
by John Casey
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One of the most profound, deeply affecting questions we face as human beings is the matter of our mortality--and its connection to immortality. Ancient animist ghost cultures, Egyptian mummification, late Jewish hopes of resurrection, Christian eternal... (read more)

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