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The Case for God by Karen Armstrong Staff Pick Karen Armstrong writes about religion the way that Michael Pollan writes about food methodically, insightfully, and with an obvious passion for the subject matter. Covering everything from antiquity's caves deep below the earth to the modern... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky Publisher Comments Sacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz In this luminous collection, Daniel Ladinsky—best known for his gifted and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments Karen Armstrong begins this spellbinding story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Spirituality for Brokenness: Discovering Your Deepest Self in Difficult Times by Terry Taylor Synopsis We each have broken areas of our lives. Whether from things that happen to us or as consequences of our own choices, there are times and situations where our very souls feel fractured. We may deny, react or struggle to conquer our problems, but what we... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History (Bollingen) by Mircea Eliade Publisher Comments This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart by Jack Kornfield Publisher Comments Jack Kornfield & Christina Feldman serve up a delicious banquet of wise tales from the world s greatest spiritual guides, including Jesus, the Buddh, Ramakrishna, and the Taoist sages. They offer contemporary readers a feast rich with wisdom and... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James Publisher Comments The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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History of Religious Ideas Volume 2 by Mircea Eliade Publisher Comments In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life by Paul G Hackett Publisher Comments In 1937, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908--1947), the self-proclaimed White Lama, became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. During his stay, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan texts, art, and artifacts in the... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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God in all worlds :an anthology of contemporary spiritual writing by Lucinda Vardey Publisher Comments From Thomas Merton and Krishnamurti to Albert Einstein and Mother Teresa, this magnificent collection of spiritual writings features works designed to renew the soul and celebrate its journey toward the divine.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't by Stephen Prothero Staff Pick Having called us a nation of "religious illiterates" on the first page, Steven Prothero had me intrigued and ready to read Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. Prothero contends that while contemporary America values its position as a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Religion: the Classical Theories by James Thrower Publisher Comments This comprehensive introduction to theories of religion is the first single-volume exploration of ideas put forward by both believers and non-believers.<P>James Thrower analyzes the different types of explanations of religion, not just the thoughts... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tongues of Fire a Bible of Sacred Script by Grace Hill Turnbull Publisher Comments I have chosen those passages which seem to have the greatest beauty and spiritual appeal, leaving it to the reader to enter on his own account into a more intensive study of that religion which interests him most... I hope it may lead others to compile... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred East by C Scott Littleton Publisher Comments A guide to the spiritual and philosophical traditions of Asia, explaining the key ideas that have entered our spiritual vocabulary - such as karma and enlightenment.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion by Jonathan Z Smith Publisher Comments Led by general editor Jonathan Z. Smith, a team drawn from the American Academy of Religion has collected more than 3,200 entries written by 327 leading experts from around the world and across the theological and religious spectrum. The exceptional... (read more) List Price $47.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography by Huston Smith Publisher Comments “In this delightful autobiography, Smith tells us how he became the dean of world religion experts. Along the way we meet the people who shaped him and shared his journey—a Whos Who of 20th century spiritual America: the Rev. Martin... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture by Stewart M Hoover Publisher Comments Focusing on this intersection of the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers together the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history. Topics range from Islam on the... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Women in Religion by Jean Holm Publisher Comments The place of women in the religions, both as expressed in the classical writings and as experienced in life is carefully considered in this book. It deals with the role women can, and do, play in religious institutions; how relevant religion is to their... (read more) Your price: $1.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Gathering Sparks: Interviews from Parabola Magazine by David Appelbaum Publisher Comments Over the course of its twenty-five years of publication, Parabola Magazine has interviewed some of the most brilliant, wise, compassionate, and fascinating people from a wide variety of the world’s religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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