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African Religions: Symbol, Ritual, and Communityby Benjamin C. RayISBN 0130828424 (0-13-082842-4)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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The Age of Bedeby BedeISBN 014044727X (0-14-044727-X)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Bede'Book summary:This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, they describe an era of heroism and bitter conflict, and the rapid spread of the Christian faith. [via]
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The Age of Bedeby J.F. Webb, Bede, David Hugh Farmer, Eddius StephanusISBN 0140444378 (0-14-044437-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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America's God: From Jonathan Edwards To Abraham Lincolnby Mark A. NollISBN 0195151119 (0-19-515111-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America's God: From Jonathan Edwards To Abraham Lincoln'Book summary:Religious life in early America is often equated with the fire-and-brimstone Puritanism best embodied by the theology of Cotton Mather. Yet, by the nineteenth century, American theology had shifted dramatically away from the severe European traditions directly descended from the Protestant Reformation, of which Puritanism was in the United States the most influential. In its place arose a singularly American set of beliefs. In America's God, Mark Noll has written a biography of this new American ethos. In the 125 years preceding the outbreak of the Civil War, theology played an extraordinarily important role in American public and private life. Its evolution had a profound impact on America's self-definition. The changes taking place in American theology during this period were marked by heightened spiritual inwardness, a new confidence in individual reason, and an attentiveness to the economic and market realities of Western life. Vividly set in the social and political events of the age, America's God is replete with the figures who made up the early American intellectual landscape, from theologians such as Jonathan Edwards, Nathaniel W. Taylor, William Ellery Channing, and Charles Hodge and religiously inspired writers such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catherine Stowe to dominant political leaders of the day like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. The contributions of these thinkers combined with the religious revival of the 1740s, colonial warfare with France, the consuming struggle for independence, and the rise of evangelical Protestantism to form a common intellectual coinage based on a rising republicanism and commonsense principles. As this Christian republicanism affirmed itself, it imbued in dedicated Christians a conviction that the Bible supported their beliefs over those of all others. Tragically, this sense of religious purpose set the stage for the Civil War, as the conviction of Christians both North and South that God was on their side served to deepen a schism that would soon rend the young nation asunder. Mark Noll has given us the definitive history of Christian theology in America from the time of Jonathan Edwards to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. It is a story of a flexible and creative theological energy that over time forged a guiding national ideology the legacies of which remain with us to this day. [via]
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Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Agesby Richard E. RubensteinISBN 0156030098 (0-15-603009-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The Ascent to Truthby Thomas MertonISBN 0156027720 (0-15-602772-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Blake Complete Writings With Variant Readingsby Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0192810502 (0-19-281050-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Blossom of Bone: Reclaiming the Connections Between Homoeroticism and the Sacredby Randy P. ConnerISBN 0062509039 (0-06-250903-9)
Hardcover, HarperSanFrancisco
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Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Undergroundby Robert EisenbergISBN 0062512234 (0-06-251223-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground'Book summary:Boychiks in the Hood is your passport to the Hasidic "underworld" -- a destination far different from popular expectations. Join Robert Eisenberg as he hangs out with an ex-Deadhead in Antwerp, makes a pilgrimage to the grave of the revered Rebbie Nachman in the Ukraine, munches mini-bagels with Rollerblading kosher butchers in Minnesota, discovers the last remaining religious Jews in Poland, talks sex with a karate-champion-turned-rabbi in Israel, and more.Simultaneously respectful and hilarious, Boychiks in the Hood is a surprising and unforgettable journey through the world's flourishing Hasidic communities that reveals this vibrant tradition as never before.
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0140440046 (0-14-044004-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, this new edition of Voltaires masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world pervaded byas Candide would say the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well.
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Caravan of Dreamsby Idries ShahISBN 0140034099 (0-14-003409-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Upby Martha ManningISBN 0062513125 (0-06-251312-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chasing Grace : Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up'Book summary:Martha Manning's previous memoir, Undercurrents, reveals her struggle with suicidal depression and her slow recovery, ending with the spiritual peace she found during her time in a monastery. Its sequel, Chasing Grace, is divided into sections based on the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church: baptism, penance, Eucharist, confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, and last rites. Using this structure she relates episodes from her Catholic girlhood, her adult search for spirituality, and her own work as a therapist. Throughout, a sense of humor enlivens her account of a life spent in search of grace. [via]
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Church in an Age of Revolutionby Alexander Roper VidlerISBN 0140137629 (0-14-013762-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Classical Mythologyby Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. LenardonISBN 0195153448 (0-19-515344-8)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classical Mythology'Book summary:Featuring the authors' extensive, clear, and faithful translations of original sources, Classical Mythology, Seventh Edition, retells the myths and legends of Greece and Rome in a lucid and engaging style. Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, it incorporates a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary to make classical myths come alive for students. The discussion covers comparative and interpretative approaches as well as evidence from art and archaeology. The authors also examine the enduring survival of classical mythology in the fields of art, literature, music, dance, and film.
Classical Mythology, Seventh Edition, enables students to explore the fascinating nature of Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines and to appreciate the most significant ancient sources of classical legends and myths. The text is beautifully enhanced by 180 illustrations, in both color and black and white.
Classical Mythology, Seventh Edition features:
* More extensive translations of works by the ancient authors: Selections by Greek authors include all thirty-three Homeric Hymns; the important passages in Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days; and excerpts from Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Plato, Lucian, Pindar, the Pre-Socratic philosophers, and the Lyric poets. Works by Latin authors including Ovid, Vergil, Statius, Manilius, and Seneca are also provided.
* An expanded art program: Sixty-six new illustrations--selected from both the ancient and the modern world--appear throughout the text and are accompanied by substantial and informative captions. Three new maps are also included.
* Text boxes--incorporated for the first time--explore a variety of new topics and highlight interpretative approaches.
* A selected bibliography is included for each chapter.
* More explanatory material is integrated throughout, including a "Glossary of Mythological Words and Phrases in English."
* Companion website: www.classicalmythology.org includes chapter-by-chapter summaries, suggested activities, maps, practice test questions, and PowerPoint lecture slides. The website has been revised to enhance the multifaceted subjects treated in the text and to provide links to numerous helpful resources. [via] 
Communities of Dissent: A History of Alternative Religions in Americaby Stephen J. SteinISBN 0195158253 (0-19-515825-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Complete Writings of William Blake With Variant Readingby William Blake, Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0192541579 (0-19-254157-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Confession and Other Religious Writingsby Leo Tolsyoy, Jane KentishISBN 0140444734 (0-14-044473-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Confession and Other Religious Writings'Book summary:Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. By the time he was fifty, Tolstoy had already written the novels that would assure him of literary immortality; he had a wife, a large estate and numerous children; he was a happy man' and in good health - yet life had lost its meaning. In this poignant confessional fragment, he records a period of his life when he began to turn away from fiction and aesthetics, and to search instead for a practical religion not promising future bliss, but giving bliss on earth'. [via]
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Democracy in Americaby Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 0075542730 (0-07-554273-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy in America'Book summary:[via]In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority on democracy.
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England's Thousand Best Churchesby Simon JenkinsISBN 0140297952 (0-14-029795-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'England's Thousand Best Churches'Book summary:Explores the length and breadth of England to select thousand best churches. This work is organised by county, and each church is described - often with asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. It includes county sections that is prefaced by a map locating each church. [via]
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Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Seriesby Daisetz Teitaro SuzukiISBN 0090267710 (0-09-026771-0)
Hardcover, Rider
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series'Book summary:Zen is a unique school of spiritual development. Zen is not a religion, it is a way of acting and being and these essays provide a foundation for living a fulfilled life for anyone seeking spirituality in their lives. D.T Suzuki explains how Zen has its origins in the enlightenment of the Buddha while its central fact is attaining 'Satori', an intuitional understanding of the truth of Zen. He explains how Satori can be attained, and the methods that are needed to bring it about.[via]
In this collection of his most important essays he explores the history of Buddhism, the daily life of a Zen monk and the path to enlightenment. Essays on Zen Buddhism is a meditation on the meaning of existence as well as a critical account of Buddhism.More editions of Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series:
Essential Zenby Kazuaki Tanahashi, Tensho David SchneiderISBN 0062510479 (0-06-251047-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Exploring the Philosophy of Religionby David StewartISBN 0131947230 (0-13-194723-0)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Softcover, Prentice Hall - Exploring the Philosophy of Religion: ISBN 0137578326 (0-13-757832-6)
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The Golden Assby Apuleius, E.J. KenneyISBN 0140435905 (0-14-043590-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ass'Book summary:Apuleius's Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic results in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately returned to human shape by the kindness of the goddess Isis. Simultaneously a blend of romantic adventure, fable, and religious testament, The Golden Ass is one of the truly seminal works of European literature, of intrinsic interest as a novel in its own right, and one of the earliest examples of the picaresque. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, while reproducing all the exuberance of the original. [via]
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinnersby John Bunyan, W. R. OwensISBN 0140432809 (0-14-043280-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners'Book summary:In an age when religious radicalism was regarded as socially subversive, Bunyan's Grace Abounding describes the spiritual regeneration of one who came from 'that rank that is meanest and most despised'. God and Satan are the chief protagonists in Bunyan's drama: they exist not as theological concepts but as terrifyingly immediate adversaries in the competition for Bunyan's soul. 'What care I,' says Satan to Bunyan, 'though I be seven years in chilling your heart, if I can do it at last?' Bunyan finds his spiritual defences not so much in God as in the Bible, and Grace Abounding charts his passionate and imaginative involvement with this ultimate source of spiritual wisdom. [via]
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The Greek Mythsby Robert GravesISBN 0140010262 (0-14-001026-2)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greek Myths'Book summary:Robert Graves, classicist, poet and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audience. He demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek mythology is 'no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons'. All the scattered elements of each myth are assembled into a harmonious narrative, and many variants are recorded which may help to determine its ritual or historical meaning. Full indexes and references to the classical sources make the book as valuable to the scholar as the general reader. And a full commentary on each myth interprets the classical version in the light of contemporary archaeological and anthropological knowledge. [via]
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Hesiod and Theognisby Dorothea WenderISBN 0140442839 (0-14-044283-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hesiod and Theognis'Book summary:Together the poetry of "Hesiod and Theognis" offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's "Theogoney" (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth: an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of the world from primeval Chaos to the establishment of Zeus as supreme king of the gods. In contrast, Hesiod's "Works and Days", written to advise his indolent brother Perseus, is an intriguing, sophisticated combination of ethical maxims, social and political comment and superstitious law. Elegiac rather than epic, the works of Theognis - written some two centuries after Hesiod - include theological speculations, love lyrics and moral advice for his protege Kurnos, reflecting the moods and themes of an aristocratic poet who mourned a changing Greek society. [via]
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Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Wayby Philip JenkinsISBN 0195156315 (0-19-515631-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way'Book summary:Was Jesus really a subversive mystic whose true teachings were suppressed by an authoritarian church? Has the real nature of Christianity been deliberately obscured for centuries? Do recently discovered texts such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and even the Dead Sea Scrolls undermine the historical validity of the New Testament?
In this incisive critique, Philip Jenkins thoroughly and convincingly debunks such claims. Jenkins places the recent controversies surrounding the hidden gospels in a broad historical context and argues that, far from being revolutionary, such attempts to find an alternative Christianity date back at least to the Enlightenment. And by employing the appropriate scholarly and historical methodologies, he demonstrates that the texts purported to represent pristine Christianity were in fact composed long after the canonical gospels found in the Bible. Produced by obscure heretical movements, these texts offer no reliable new information about Jesus or the early church. They have attracted so much media attention chiefly because they seem to support radical, feminist, and post-modern positions in the modern church. Indeed, Jenkins shows how best-selling books on the "hidden gospels" have been taken up by an uncritical, scandal-hungry media as the basis for a social movement that could have dramatic effects on the faith and practice of contemporary Christianity.
Brilliantly researched and sharply argued, Hidden Gospels unearths both the complex agendas and flawed methods of scholars who have created a whole new mythology about Jesus and the early church. [via]More editions of Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way:
Hidden Wisdom : A Guide to the Western Inner Traditionsby Richard Smoley, Jay KinneyISBN 0140195823 (0-14-019582-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Timeby Carl Bernstein, Marco PolitiISBN 0140266917 (0-14-026691-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time'Book summary:Two veteran reporters, American Carl Bernstein (co-author of All the President's Men) and Italian Marco Politi have teamed up to present the case that Pope John Paul II worked closely with American political figures to cause the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Their conclusions are controversial, but His Holiness provides an insightful look at the connections between governments, the Catholic Church and the Solidarity movement in the Pope's native Poland. [via]
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A History of the World's Religionby David S. Noss, John Boyer NossISBN 0130105325 (0-13-010532-5)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the World's Religion'Book summary:For one-, two-semester, three-quarter, and upper-level undergraduate courses in World Religions. Refined by over 40 years of dialogue with religious experts/practitioners around the world, this text is widely regarded for its fairness and accuracy. It is also the most thorough, yet concise history of world religions available in a single volume, treating many subjects neglected in other texts. The book's depth, breadth, and organization free instructors from having to "cover" everything in lectures, enabling them to use class time for questions, discussion, and their own favorite materials. [via]
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In This Mountainby Jan KaronISBN 0142002585 (0-14-200258-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essaysby Clifford GeertzISBN 009122800X (0-09-122800-X)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journalsby Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart, Jonathan MontaldoISBN 0062516299 (0-06-251629-9)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals'Book summary:If you like your saints packaged without the messiness of an actual error-filled life, this book is not for you. If, however, you want a glimpse inside the mind and spirit of a splendid writer and thinker who tried live his life as honestly as he could as a journey into God, then this is a grace-filled beauty. Subtitled "His Life from His Journals," these selections--dating from 1939 (before he entered the monastery) to 1968 (within days of his death)--remind us how much of Merton's life unfolded precisely in and through his own writing--how he made himself through his writing. As he says, "it seems to me that writing, far from being an obstacle to spiritual perfection in my own life, has become one of the conditions on which my perfection will depend." Merton contends that writing--honest writing--is his way to move more and more deeply into the truth. In these very honest pages, covering everything from his meeting with the Dalai Lama to his experience of falling in love (25 years after entering the monastery), Truth unfolds itself through the act of writing. These pages are a thread into the center of that labyrinth, which is where he meets his God. Now we're invited along for the ride. --Doug Thorpe [via]
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Islam in the Worldby Malise RuthvenISBN 0195138414 (0-19-513841-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Islam in the World'Book summary:This valuable introductory guide provides a complete and lively summary of Islam, one of the most worldly of the great religions, in which the quest for spiritual fulfillment is inevitably bound up with political aspirations. Malise Ruthven presents a full overview of the religion in its historical, geographic, and social settings.
For this revised and long-awaited second edition, Ruthven divides his original chapters into more accessible sub-sections and provides new headings. Also included is a new concluding chapter that focuses on women in Islam, the challenges Islam faces in today's climate of globalization, and the key developments in Islamic political history since 1984--an especially fertile period that has seen, among other things, the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and the controversial publication of Rushdie's Satanic Verses. Islam and the World, Second Edition likewise features a new preface, redrawn maps, updated data on population and dispersal, and a new chronology of events with genealogical charts. [via]More editions of Islam in the World:
Islam: The Straight Pathby John L. EspositoISBN 0195182669 (0-19-518266-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happinessby Sylvia BoorsteinISBN 0062512943 (0-06-251294-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Jealous Gods And Chosen People: The Mythology Of The Middle Eastby David LeemingISBN 0195182529 (0-19-518252-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Judaismby Isidore EpsteinISBN 0140135529 (0-14-013552-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Judaism: A Historical Presentationby Isidore EpsteinISBN 0140204407 (0-14-020440-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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The Kingdom of Matthias : A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century Americaby Paul E. Johnson, Sean WilentzISBN 0195098358 (0-19-509835-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kingdom of Matthias/a Story of Sex and Salvation in 19Th-Century America: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19Th-Centtury America'Book summary:In the autumn of 1834, New York City was awash with rumors of a strange religious cult operating nearby, centered around a mysterious, self-styled prophet named Matthias. It was said that Matthias the Prophet was stealing money from one of his followers; then came reports of lascivious sexual relations, based on odd teachings of matched spirits, apostolic priesthoods, and the inferiority of women. At its climax, the rumors transformed into legal charges, as the Prophet was arrested for the murder of a once highly-regarded Christian gentleman who had fallen under his sway. By the time the story played out, it became one of the nation's first penny-press sensations, casting a peculiar but revealing light on the sexual and spiritual tensions of the day.
In The Kingdom of Matthias, the distinguishd historians Paul Johnson and Sean Wilentz brilliantly recapture this forgotten story, imbuing their richly researched account with the dramatic force of a novel. In this book, the strange tale of Matthias the Prophet provides a fascinating window into the turbulent movements of the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening--movements which swept up great numbers of evangelical Americans and gave rise to new sects like the Mormons. Into this teeming environment walked a down-and-out carpenter named Robert Matthews, who announced himself as Matthias, prophet of the God of the Jews. His hypnotic spell drew in a cast of unforgettable characters--the meekly devout businessman Elijah Pierson, who once tried to raise his late wife from the dead; the young attractive Christian couple, Benjamin Folger and his wife Ann (who seduced the woman-hating Prophet); and the shrewd ex-slave Isabella Van Wagenen, regarded by some as "the most wicked of the wicked." None was more colorful than the Prophet himself, a bearded, thundering tyrant who gathered his followers into an absolutist household, using their money to buy an elaborate, eccentric wardrobe, and reordering their marital relations. By the time the tensions within the kingdom exploded into a clash with the law, Matthias had become a national scandal.
In the hands of Johnson and Wilentz, the strange tale of the Prophet and his kingdom comes vividly to life, recalling scenes from recent experiences at Jonestown and Waco. They also reveal much about a formative period in American history, showing the connections among rapid economic change, sex and race relations, politics, popular culture, and the rich varieties of American religious experience. [via]More editions of The Kingdom of Matthias : A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America:
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Krishna's Dialogue on the Soulby Juan Mascaro, AnonymousISBN 0146001931 (0-14-600193-1)
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A Light in the Windowby Jan KaronISBN 0140254544 (0-14-025454-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Light in the Window'Book summary:A Light in the Window is the second installment in this enormously popular series about a small-town rector, Father Tim, and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This time Father Tim, a lifelong bachelor, finds his heart distracted by his free-spirited neighbor Cynthia, but his stomach and the rectory cash box are distracted by Edith, a wealthy widow who is wooing the rector with love potion casseroles. At every turn, including when a brooding Irish cousin decides to move in, Father Tim must decide whether he will practice what he preaches.
Fans of the series say they long to buy real estate in Mitford, just so they can live next door to these funny and endearing characters and feel the embrace of such a loving community. But what author Jan Karon probably knows, and many readers are starting to figure out, is that the integrity and solid Christian values that these characters possess can be found in just about every neighborhood, and with inspiration like this book, anyone can build their own Mitford community. --Gail Hudson [via]
The Lives of the Saintsby Omer EngelbertISBN 0146001060 (0-14-600106-0)
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Looking for Mary: Or, the Blessed Mother and Meby Beverly DonofrioISBN 0140196277 (0-14-019627-7)
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Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and Westby Daniel James LadinskyISBN 0142196126 (0-14-219612-6)
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hellby William BlakeISBN 0192811673 (0-19-281167-3)
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The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricciby Jonathan D. SpenceISBN 0140080988 (0-14-008098-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci'Book summary:Matteo Ricci (1552-1616), an Italian Jesuit, entered China in 1583 to spread Catholicism in the largely Confucian country. In order to make a persuasive argument for the educated Chinese to abandon their traditional faith for the new one he was carrying, Ricci realized that he would have to prove the general superiority of Western culture. He did so by teaching young Confucian scholars tricks to increase their memory skills--an important advantage in a nation with countless laws and rituals that had to be learned by heart. Ricci attracted numerous students with this method; more important, Ricci came to have a sympathetic understanding for China that he communicated to Rome, and thence to the European nations at large. Spence's portrait of Ricci is a gem of historical writing. --Gregory MacNamee [via]
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Mont-Saint Michel and Chartresby AdamsISBN 0140390545 (0-14-039054-5)
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The Mystics of Islamby Reynold A. NicholsonISBN 0140191682 (0-14-019168-2)
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One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhismby Joseph GoldsteinISBN 0062517015 (0-06-251701-5)
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The Oxford Book of Prayerby George AppletonISBN 0192803743 (0-19-280374-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Book of Prayer'Book summary:Despite the anxious and ubiquitous materialism of the modern world, the practice of prayer and meditation remains a source of both relief and inspiration for millions. This unique compilation of over 1,100 prayers combines the traditional with the modern, stretching from the Bible, the saints and mystics of the past, and the Book of Common Prayer, to a Ghanaian fisherman's prayer, and prayers from many influential non-Christian religions.
Selected for their literary merit as well as spiritual quality, these prayers speak to the modern reader. Arranged under headings such as "Prayers from the Scripture," "Prayers of Christians, Personal and Occasional," and "Prayers of Other Traditions of Faith," the anthology includes a subject index to guide the reader to prayers for particular occasions, as well as an index of authors and sources. It serves as the ideal source for browsing or for more structured prayer, as well as for private meditation or public worship. [via]
Philosophy of Religion : An Introductionby William L. Rowe, William J. WainwrightISBN 0155705814 (0-15-570581-4)
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Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readingsby Robert Ferm, William L. Rowe, William J. WainwrightISBN 0155036874 (0-15-503687-4)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings'Book summary:PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, Third Edition brings a well-established set of readings completely up-to-date in terms of the issues now at the forefront of contemporary religious philosophy. The new edition continues to present selections from major authors in the history of philosophical reflection about religion, as well as new essays covering religious pluralism, teleological and moral arguments for God's existence, and the problem of evil. [via]
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Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readingsby William L. RoweISBN 0195155114 (0-19-515511-4)
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The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdomby Paulo Coelho, Alan ClarkeISBN 006251279X (0-06-251279-X)
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Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspectiveby Amina WadudISBN 0195128362 (0-19-512836-2)
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Religions, Values, and Peak Experiencesby Abraham H. MaslowISBN 0140194878 (0-14-019487-8)
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Signs & Symbols in Christian Artby George Wells FergusonISBN 0195014324 (0-19-501432-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Signs & Symbols in Christian Art'Book summary:First published in 1954 and having gone through several editions, this comprehensive book remains the authoritative source in the study of symbols in Christian art. This paperback edition includes all of the three hundred fifty illustrations from the original edition, as well as the complete and unabridged text, revealing . the symbolism inherent in representations of religious personages, the Earth and Sky, animals, birds, insects, and flowers. In addition to a discussion of objects treated symbolically in Christian art, George Ferguson explores Old Testament characters and events and their symbolic representation in art. In addition to a discussion of objects treated symbolically in Christian art, George Ferguson explores Old Testament characters and events and their symbolic representation in art. [via]
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Socrates, Buddha, Confucius and Jesusby Karl JaspersISBN 0156835800 (0-15-683580-0)
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The Summer of the Great-Grandmotherby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 006254506X (0-06-254506-X)
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The Tellingby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0151005672 (0-15-100567-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Telling'Book summary:Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka--the Corporation--is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and calligraphy are outlawed, and those caught trying to keep any part of the past alive are punished and then reeducated. Frustrated in her attempts to study the linguistics and literature of Aka's cultural past, Sutty is sent upriver to the backwoods town of Okzat-Ozkat. Here she is slowly charmed by the old-world mountain people, whose still waters, she gradually realizes, run very deep. But whether their ways constitute a religion, ancient traditions, philosophy, or passive, political resistance, Sutty is not sure. Delving ever deeper into her hosts' culture, Sutty finds herself on a parallel spiritual quest, as well.
With quiet linguistic humor (Dovza citizens are passionate about their hot bitter beverage, akakafi--the ubiquitous Corporation brand is called Starbrew), dark references to the dangers of restricted cultural, political, and social freedom, and beautifully visualized worlds, award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin pens her latest in the Hainish cycle, which includes The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness. Le Guin explores her characters and societies with such care, such thoughtfulness, her novels call out for slow, deep attention. --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Theogony and Works and Daysby HesiodISBN 0192817884 (0-19-281788-4)
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Twilight of the Idols and the Anti Christby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Dean A. Grennell, R. J. HollingdaleISBN 0140445145 (0-14-044514-5)
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In these two devastating works, Nietzsche offers a sustained and often vitriolic attack on the morality and the beliefs of his time, in particular those of Hegel, Kant and Schopenhaur. Twilight of the Idols is a grand declaration of war on reason, psychology and theology that combines highly charged personal attacks on his contemporaries with a lightning tour of his own philosophy. It also paves the way for The Anti-Christ, Nietzches final assault on institutional Christianity, in which he identifies himself with the Dionysian artist and confronts Christ; the only opponent he feels worthy of him.
In his introduction Michael Tanner discussed the themes of Nietzches argument and places the works in their historical and philosophical context.
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The Way of the White Clouds:a Buddhist Pilgrim in Tibet: A Buddhist Pilgrim in Tibetby Anagarika Brahmacari GovindaISBN 0090784502 (0-09-078450-2)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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What Everyone Needs to Know About Islamby John L. EspositoISBN 0195157133 (0-19-515713-3)
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Who's Who in the Bibleby Peter CalvocoressiISBN 0140514260 (0-14-051426-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who's Who in the Bible'Book summary:In tribute to the Bible's everlasting characters, author Peter Calvocoressi assembled a concise listing of biographies from both the Old and the New Testament. Unlike an encyclopaedia, a "Who's Who" is a select directory, "to which entry has to be gained by fame or favour", according to Calvocoressi. As a result, each character can be linked to a pivotal story in the Bible. The 450 listings range from short paragraphs (such as Bartholomew's brief mention as one of the 12 apostles) to two-page essays, such as the one devoted to Mark. Speaking of this "evangelist and saint", the author writes, "Mark alone records the presence at Jesus' arrest of a young man in a white cloth who followed Jesus when all others fled but was attacked and forced to flee naked". Was this Mark, Calvocoressi wonders? "If so, he has inserted himself modestly in his own work like the artists ... in Italian Renaissance pictures or Alfred Hitchcock who does likewise in his films". It is this kind of observation that makes Calvocoressi's directory so inviting as well as informative. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Worldviews: Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefsby Ninian SmartISBN 0130209805 (0-13-020980-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worldviews: Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs'Book summary:This book offers a balanced, wide-ranging, and realistic approach to the full range of worldviews, showing how, whether religious or secular, they define the human values that drive the engines of both continuity and change worldwide. It shows readers the dynamics of each tradition, and emphasizes that although the various traditions may all share similar aspects, they each assign varying levels of importance to specific areas. Explores the major religious traditions and secular ideologies (Marxism, nationalisms, scientific humanism) from six dimensions: experiential/emotional; narrative/mythic; doctrinal/philosophical; ethical/legal; ritual/practical; and social/organizational. For anyone interested in comparative worldviews, religious and secular. [via]
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