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When God Talks Back
Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God
Draws on anthropological and psychological perspectives to analyze the American evangelical experience, drawing on intimate interviews with members of the Vineyard church while explaining the scientific aspects of intensely practiced prayer and collective supernatural experiences.
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Life After Life
The Investigation of a Phenomenon—Survival of Bodily Death
Reports on and draws careful conclusions from the out-of-the-body experiences of people who, revived from clinical death or near-death, regained consciousness.
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Man Seeks God
My Flirtations With the Divine
After a health scare, an atheist travels the world searching for an experience of the divine, from meditating with Tibetan lamas in Nepal and unblocking his chi in China, to studying the Kabbalah in Israel.
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The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage
Lessons in Resilience from the Bow and Arrow
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Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?
Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World
Brian D. McLaren's book discusses the importance of interfaith relations and of reclaiming benevolence, suggesting that understanding religious doctrines and learning about Christian and colonial history can instill within Christians empathy and humility.
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Am I a Jew?
Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself
Traces the author's personal journey in search of his Jewish heritage after being raised by a mother who renounced the family's Jewish faith, describing the author's soul-searching visits to Jewish communities and religious sites in America and Israel.
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The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture
Yoram Hazony proposes a new framework for approaching the Hebrew scriptures. He makes the case that the Hebrew Bible is not a revelation about the next life, but a guide for how to live ethically on Earth.
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Giving Up the Ghost
A Story About Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What It Means to Be Haunted
An award-winning NPR producer recounts how as a misfit youngster, he became convinced he was haunted by the ghost of a little girl, a belief that resulted in his commitment in a psychiatric hospital before a bittersweet relationship compelled him to confront his phobias by visiting reputedly haunted sites throughout America. Original. 40,000 first printing.
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem
How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World
James Carroll traces the evolution of the belief that Jerusalem is the center of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious worlds and argues that this fixation is a main cause of the modern-day Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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All Pro Dad
Seven Essentials to Be a Hero to Your Kids
NFL player Mark Merrill offers advice on how to be an effective father.
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In The Shadow Of The Sword
The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
In this sweeping history, Tom Holland reexamines the rise of Islam and places it within the context of the Roman and Persian empires.
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Moving the Mountain
Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America
The Muslim leader best known for his contributions to the establishment of an interfaith community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero offers insight into his progressive beliefs, ambassador service and advocacy of tolerance and equal rights.
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Heaven On Earth
A Journey Through Shari'a Law From The Deserts Of Ancient Arabia To The Streets Of The Modern Muslim World
A legal historian and human rights lawyer gives a history of Islamic law and explains how, just in the last forty years, the shari'a has been appropriated and transformed by hardliners desperate to impose their oppressive vision on society.
