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The Dancing Dead: Ritual and Religion Among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria (Oxford Ritual Studies) by Walter E. A. Van Beek Publisher Comments Walter E. A. van Beek draws on over four decades of fieldwork to offer an in-depth study of the religion of the Kapsiki/Higi, who live in the Mandara Mountains on the border between North Cameroon and Northeast Nigeria. Concentrating on ritual as the... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper 
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Thomas Merton: Twentieth-Century Wisdom for Twenty-First-Century Living by Paul Dekar Publisher Comments This book explores Merton's prophetic writings and experience as they offer guidance for spiritual seekers in their search to experience God, to simplify their lives, to live more humanly, and to shape Christian community in the face of alienation... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings by Martin Luther King, Jr. Publisher Comments The classic collection of sixteen sermons preached and compiled by Dr. King As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most well-known homilies. King had begun... (read more) Available November 6, 2012 Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation by Carolyn Chen Publisher Comments Available July 2012 Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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Power Prayers to Start Your Day (Inspirational Book Bargains) by Donna K. Maltese Publisher Comments Prayer opens worlds of possibilities-but many people to still struggle to pray. Power Prayers to Start Your Day will help readers pray about meaningful topics by offering specific morning prayer starters for 21 key areas of life. Chapters address... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $4.99 New - Trade Paper
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Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans by David Niose Publisher Comments A new group of Americans is challenging the reign of the Religious Right Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers - a rapidly growing group at a time when traditional Christian churches are dwindling in numbers - and they... (read more) Available July 17, 2012 Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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And Live Rejoicing: Chapters from a Charmed Life -- Personal Encounters with Spiritual Mavericks, Remarkable Seekers, and the World's Grea by Huston Smith Synopsis At age 92, spiritual trailblazer Huston Smith takes readers behind the scenes of his near century of adventurous seeking. Born to missionaries in China in 1919, few have done as much as Smith to explore and share the worlds religious and spiritual... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Understanding Religion and Popular Culture by Terry Ray Clark Publisher Comments This introductory text provides students with a 'toolbox' of approaches for analyzing religion and popular culture. It encourages readers to think critically about the ways in which popular cultural practices and products, especially those considered as... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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A Theology of Higher Education by Mike Higton Publisher Comments In this book, Mike Higton provides a constructive critique of Higher Education policy and practice in the UK, the US and beyond, from the standpoint of Christian theology. He focuses on the role universities can and should play in forming students and... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $169.75 New - Hardcover
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Martyrdom: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Jolyon Mitchell Publisher Comments One person's "martyr" is another person's "terrorist," and one person's "martyrdom operation" is another's "suicide bombing." Suicide attacks around the world have raised many troubling questions about martyrdom. What is martyrdom? Why are some people... (read more) Available January 2013 Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to Ad 200 (Oxford Classical Monographs) by Maria-zoe Petropoulou Publisher Comments In this study of the ritual of animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion, Judaism, and Christianity in the period between 100 BC and AD 200, Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards the realities of sacrifice in the Greek... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $65.25 New - Trade Paper
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The European Reformation by Euan Cameron Publisher Comments Since its first appearance in 1991, The European Reformation has offered a clear, integrated, and coherent analysis and explanation of how Christianity in Western and Central Europe from Iceland to Hungary, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees splintered into... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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Eternal Mysteries Beyond the Grave by Panteleimon Archimandrite Publisher Comments Providing unique perspectives drawn from Russian Orthodox sources not easily found in the Western world, this book explores questions regarding the nature of Gods existence and the immortality of the human soul. It includes many examples of the awareness... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Stories from Jonestown by Leigh Fondakowski Publisher Comments The saga of Jonestown didn’t end on the day in November 1978 when more than nine hundred Americans died in a mass murder-suicide in the Guyanese jungle. While only a handful of people present at the agricultural project survived that day in... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $36.25 New - Hardcover
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Loving the Poor, Saving the Rich: Wealth, Poverty, and Early Christian Formation by Helen Rhee Publisher Comments The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to deal with riches and... (read more) Available November 2012 Your price: $29.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Book of Saints by Roger Shaw Publisher Comments Filled with gorgeous artwork and the full details about over 500 fascinating historical figures, this title goes far beyond the usual devotional fare, and delves into the histories and mysteries surrounding the holy yet human figures. Organized by feast... (read more) Available October 9, 2012 Your price: $27.50 New - Trade Paper
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Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation by Carolyn Chen Publisher Comments Available July 2012 Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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A Collection of Thanksgiving Blessings: Inspiration and Encouragement for a Season of Gratitude (Inspirational Book Bargains) by Barbour Publishing Inc Publisher Comments With A Collection of Thanksgiving Blessings, thankfulness is always in season. This soul-stirring anthology of devotions, prayers, scriptures, and reasons to be thankful will remind you of God's power and provision. Three Thanksgiving-themed titles under... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $7.99 New - Trade Paper
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Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions After September 11 by Arvind Sharma Publisher Comments Existing literature regarding the events of September 11 and our world afterward has focused mostly on the West and the Middle East. Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11 extends this discussion to include Asia—a continent... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $59.50 New - Hardcover
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American Religious Liberalism (Religion in North America) by Leigh E. Schmidt Publisher Comments Religious liberalism in America has often been equated with an ecumenical Protestant establishment. By contrast, American Religious Liberalism draws attention to the broad diversity of liberal cultures that shapes America's religious movements. The... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $27.50 New - Trade Paper
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