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by Andrew Harvey  Synopsis Timeless wisdom for our complicated world introduced by one of today's great teachers of mysticism. $25,000 initial Ad/PR budget, 10-city National Tour.... (read more)  List Price $19.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Huston Smith 
Publisher Comments Huston Smith, the author of the classic bestseller The World's Religions, delivers a passionate, timely message: The human spirit is being suffocated by the dominant materialistic worldview of our times. Smith champions a society in which religion is... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by R Pierce Beaver Synopsis Now thoroughly revised and updated, this comprehensive guidebook on the world's religions includes articles by more than 50 specialists, over 200 photos (100 in full color), numerous helpful maps and charts, and a handy "Rapid Fact Finder" glossary for... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $17.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karen Armstrong
Powells.com Staff Pick During the Axial Age — 900 to 200 B.C.E. — the world's major religious traditions responded to their surrounding cultural influences and developed the philosophical attitudes they exhibit to this day. In lucid and reasoned prose Karen Armstrong... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Huston Smith
Publisher Comments In his most accessible and personal book to date, Smith discusses "the spiritual life" with well-known writers and luminaries.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $23.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Miller Publisher Comments God's Breath: Sacred Scripture of the World assembled essential texts from seven sacred wisdom traditions of the world—Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Sufism, and Taoism. Now God's Light presents the compelling life stories of the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin C. Marty Publisher Comments The past few years have seen a growing tendency by political and religious leaders to invent a homogeneous past--a golden age of perfect consensus on values and morals. Martin Marty shows that such a golden age never existed. In his exploration of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $1.49 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jonathan Kirsch Publisher Comments The highly regarded author of "King David" and "Moses" explores the roots of religious extremism. "God Against the Gods" is a dramatic and eye-opening epic of the struggle between monotheism and polytheism in the ancient world.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karen Armstrong
From Powells.com "In The Battle for God, Armstrong brilliantly traces the struggle between the burgeoning Western secularism and the religious fundamentalism that has dogged its heels for the past five hundred years, culminating in that greatest of all fundamentalist... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Stackhouse Publisher Comments In a world riddled with disappointment, malice, and tragedy, what rationale do we have for believing in a benevolent God? If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why is there so much evil in the world? John Stackhouse takes a historically informed... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Kimball Publisher Comments <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) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sankara Saranam Publisher Comments For those disillusioned with organized religion, this satisfying spiritual guide offers a modern-day spin on the tools of divine investigation needed to examine present beliefs, explore the nature of God, and expand the sense of self. Offering a bridge... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Mitchell Publisher Comments A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection, The Enlightened Heart, and the bestselling Tao Te Ching.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sumner B Twiss Publisher Comments A unique and highly accessible anthology of the best in classical and contemporary thought on the phenomenonology of religion.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mircea Eliade Publisher Comments "Here finally are Eliade's memoirs of the first thirty years of his life in Mac Linscott Rickett's crisp and lucid English translation. They present a fascinating account of the early development of a Renaissance talent, expressed in everything from... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Glenn Mosley Publisher Comments Universally, the power of prayer has been recognized by many cultures for immeasurable time. Whether it be a part of a formal service recited with a congregation of worshipers or an individual, quiet moment, prayer is part of the lives of people from a... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $2.90 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tomoko Masuzawa Publisher Comments The idea of "world religions" expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism. Not merely a descriptive concept, "world religions" is actually a particular ethos, a pluralist ideology, a logic of classification, and a form of knowledge that has shaped... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $14.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Philip Zaleski Publisher Comments Contributors include Barbara Kingsolver, W. S. Merwin, Charles Johnson, Patricia Hampl, Mary Gordon, and others.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Huston Smith Synopsis The limits of science in discerning Ultimate Reality have brought Westerners to "as sharp an impasse in history as we have faced, " says Huston Smith. This new edition of critically acclaimed essays explores possible breakthroughts in the direction of... (read more) Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Kimball Publisher Comments < P> < b> A leading religion and mid& ndash; East expert presents a much& ndash; needed analysis of the factors of corruption in religion that lead to evil and violence in the world. Working across traditions and through history, he... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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