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The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A. C. Grayling Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gratitude Works!: A Twenty-One-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity by Robert A. Emmons Publisher Comments "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) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science by Paul Eli Ivey Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Reveal: A Sacred Manual for Getting Spiritually Naked by Meggan Watterson Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation by Jonathan Rieder Publisher Comments "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) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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How to Pray When You're Pissed at God: Or Anyone Else for That Matter by Ian Punnett Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $20.00 New - Hardcover
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Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game by John Sexton Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $27.50 New - Hardcover
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The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian by Thomas A. (edt) Peters Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $76.25 New - Trade Paper
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Spirituality: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion) by Philip Sheldrake Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $34.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society by C. H. Lawrence Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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Teaching about Religions: A Democratic Approach for Public Schools by Emile Lester Publisher Comments "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) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Saint in the Wilderness: The Story of Isaac Jogues, Missionary and Martyr in the New World by Glenn D. Kittler Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ignatius of Loyola Speaks by Karl Rahner Synopsis 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) Your price: $13.50 New - Trade Paper
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Comparative Mysticism: An Anthology of Original Sources by Steven T. (edt) Katz Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $195.75 New - Hardcover
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Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis by Lauren F. Winner Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World by Abby Day Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Outsider Test for Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True by John W. Loftus Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Wunder Und Gleichnisse Im Religionsunterricht (Ru Praktisch Sekundar) by Manfred Haussler Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $28.50 New - Trade Paper
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After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory by John Casey Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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