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"Throughout U.S. history, complaints about religion as noise have proven useful both for restraining religious dissent and for circumscribing religion's boundaries more generally. At the same time, religious individuals and groups rarely have kept quiet. They have insisted on their right to practice religion out loud, implicitly advancing alternative understandings of religion and its place in the modern world. In Religion Out Loud, Isaac Weiner takes...
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For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively-to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola-she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common.
Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains how...
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"A narrative history of Dwight D. Eisenhower's faith that shows the impact of his religious convictions on his public life and his legacy of American civil religion"--
"'Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is. With us, of course, it is the Judeo-Christian concept, but it must be a religion that all men are created equal.' So said Dwight D. Eisenhower shortly after being...
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"The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation"--
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the new creeds flamed out; Smith's would endure, becoming the most significant homegrown...
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1996
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A young man from Mars comes to Earth & must learn our strange ways. Annotation. One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 50,000 words cut. Now they have been reinstated for this special 30th anniversary trade edition. A Mars-born earthling arrives on this planet for the first time as an adult, and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons. "A brilliant mind-bender".--Kurt...
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In 1637, Anne Hutchinson, a forty-six-year-old midwife who was pregnant with her sixteenth child, stood before forty male judges of the Massachusetts General Court, charged with heresy and sedition. In a time when women could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, the charismatic Hutchinson wielded remarkable political power. Her unconventional ideas had attracted a following of prominent citizens eager for social reform. Hutchinson...
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A Sociology of World Religions presents a comparative analysis of the world's religions, focusing on the differences and interrelationships between religious elites and lay masses. In each case the volume contextualizes how the relationships between these two religious forms fit within, and are influenced by, the wider socio-political environment.
After introducing the book's major themes, the volume introduces and builds upon an analysis of Weber's...
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The current social and political climate makes it easy to benefit from religious misunderstanding. Political and religious leaders create fear of the religious other in order to drum up support for themselves. But the best way to combat deliberate misrepresentation is to provide accurate, timely information about the three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Originally published in 2007, What Do Our Neighbors Believe?...
12) The Want Book
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When asked, "what did you learn at Sunday School today", my four-year old daughter replied, "Just another fairy tale about Jesus." I suddenly realized I could not teach what I did not understand clearly myself. The verse, Mathew 7:7,8, came to mind. Thus, began my lifelong search to find universal truths in all the world's respected religions.
I wanted to know how to explain and teach logically the mysteries and wonder of life to children in our...
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God has set the stage for our life story to be acted out on and with the gift of a free will, it's up to each of us to decide what role we want to play; wilderness wanderers as the Israelites of ancient times, so close to the Promised Land yet not permitted to enter; or a believer in God's eternal promises fulfilled in Christ. There are only two options.
God does have a plan for humanity; he has set forth a calendar, established a timetable; and...
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"El Resplandor del Arco Iris: Misterios de Oshumare" es un viaje fascinante hacia las profundidades de la mitología yoruba, explorando los misterios y la esencia única de la deidad Oshumare. A través de estas páginas, los lectores se sumergirán en un mundo lleno de colores vibrantes, simbolismo sagrado y enseñanzas espirituales.Desde las raíces ancestrales de la cultura yoruba hasta las prácticas contemporáneas, el libro ofrece una visión...
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Let's take a deep dive into the scriptures and learn what the Bible teaches about God and His nature. This is a Biblical based study on who God is. We present who Jesus Christ is and His role in our salvation.
Presenting a strictly biblical approach, let's take a walk together into the scriptures! As Christians, our spiritual walk depends on Jesus Christ and having an accurate knowing of who He is and who He represents. We can't grow into spiritual...
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The first collection to distinguish religion's role in the creation of race and ethnic categories
Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity is the first collection devoted to demonstrating the role that religion and myth have played in the creation of the categories of "race" and "ethnicity."
When scholars approach religion and race, they tend to focus on such issues as how African Americans have expressed Christianity, or how Japanese...
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Love, grace, mercy, and favor are four major characteristics of God that we cannot do without, and these characteristics are all related to one another,.These four characteristics of God are used instead of one another in the bible because of their relationship.This book explain the different between these characters of God, the greatest among the four, how to get them, how to keep them and how to restore them when they are lost.
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In this book, the authors discuss how increasing intimacy in marriage allows both partners to approach issues of communication, power, anger, and faith more creatively and effectively. With exercises tested by dozens of couples in marriage and family therapy and a clear discussion of contemporary perspectives on marriage, this book is an indispensable resource for couples.
19) And He Wept
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This world is changing day by day, hour by hour, second by second. Eradication of Christian principles and Christian ethics is exactly what has brought our country to its knees. The response of the Christian calling for a return to morality is nothing more than a scream into the dark. Our great country was founded by the Divine Providence of God. Men and women of faith, fleeing from tyranny, risking it all, were guided here by the hand of our Creator....
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The truth about the end time is that the end time does not end the world but ends the circle of a sinful world and it is the beginning of the new and sinless world thus the new earth and the new heaven. There are two types of tribulations, general tribulations from Satan and great tribulations from God. The mark of the beast will be made manifest during the tribulation of Satan and is already here. No rapture before the great tribulation but after...
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