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Price: $19.00
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Sale: $9.66
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Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291.17709
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Publication Date: 1999-07
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Reading Level: 135
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Description: Theorists of "secularization" for two centuries have been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But much of the world today is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular, showing instead that modernization more often strengthens religion. Seven expert social observers examine several regions and several religions--Catholic and Protestant Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam--and explore the resurgence of religion in world affairs.
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Price: $15.99
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Sale: $5.76
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Manufacturer: Baker Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Amy E. Black
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Publisher: Baker Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.70973
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Publication Date: 2008-02-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: The 2008 U.S. presidential election is already heating up, fueled by debates about religion and politics, and dividing people of faith. Many Christians want to engage in politics but feel underequipped and overwhelmed. Wheaton College political scientist Amy E. Black believes Christians must become politically educated, not stereotyped and polarized. Beyond Left and Right offers a complete guide to the inner workings of American politics, equipping readers to think intelligently and to actively engage politics with their faith. Black is intentionally unbiased and avoids fleeting hot-button issues, ensuring the staying power of Beyond Left and Right, even after the election dust settles. Recommended for Christians and students interested in faith and politics.
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $12.49
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Manufacturer: Morehouse Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Anne Robertson
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Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 241.52
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Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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Reading Level: 187
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Description: For people of faith, religion and life are strongly connected. That’s why so many voters cite "moral values" as their most important guide when they head to the polls. But what exactly are "moral values"? For most Christians, regardless of their political persuasion, the best way to figure that out is to start with the Ten Commandments, the ultimate guide to morality. In God’s Top Ten, author Anne Robertson examines the big moral issues of our day through the lens of each of the Ten Commandments. A chapter on the Sixth Commandment, for example (Thou shalt not kill), looks at such issues as abortion, war, capital punishment, and stem cell research. In a lively, engaging style that combines practical theology with a sense of humor, Robertson proposes that there is more than one Christian approach to the tough issues of our times, and that the Commandments have a social as well as personal dimension.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $2.49
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Manufacturer: Tarcher
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mel White
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Publisher: Tarcher
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Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3083
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Publication Date: 2006-09-07
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: The bestselling author of Stranger at the Gate provides an inside exposé of the Christian Right's agenda-and a playbook in how to resist it.
This Fall's midterm elections will see much discussion about the enhanced power of the Christian fundamentalist Right, leaving many people to wonder: just who are these people and what exactly do they want? What are their ultimate goals? The Reverend Mel White, a deeply religious man who sees fundamentalism as "evangelical Christian orthodoxy gone cultic," believes that it is not a stretch to say that the true goal of today's fundamentalists is to break down the wall that separates church and state, superimpose their "moral values" on the U.S. Constitution, replace democracy with theocratic rule, and ultimately create a new "Christian America" in their image. White's new book, Religion Gone Bad, is a wake-up call to all of us to take heed.
White is singularly qualified to write this exposé of the Christian Right because he himself was a true believer who served the evangelical movement as pastor, professor, filmmaker, television producer, author, and ghostwriter for such fundamentalist leaders as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Billy Graham, all of whom he got to know well. As he writes, "These are not just Neocons dressed in religious drag. These men see themselves as gurus called by God to rescue America from unrighteousness. They believe this is a Christian nation that must be returned forcibly to its Christian roots."
He is also a gay man, who made news when he came out more than twelve years ago. White has gained a unique understanding of the fundamentalist agenda because, since the fall of "godless Communism," homosexuality and abortion have become the primary targets through which fundamentalists have created fear, raised money, and mobilized recruits. Religion Gone Bad documents the thirty-year war that fundamentalist Christians have waged against homosexuality and gays and lesbians and offers dramatic, heartbreaking evidence that fundamentalist leaders-Protestant and Catholic alike-are waging nothing less than a "holy war" (jihad) against sexual minorities. By focusing on the current plight of gay people in this country, White addresses the wider issue that fundamentalist Christianity-like fundamentalist Islam-has become a threat not just to gays, but to all Americans who disagree with fundamentalist Christian "values."
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Price: $26.98
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Sale: $14.65
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Manufacturer: Prometheus Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bruce Braden::Thomas Jefferson::John Adams
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Publisher: Prometheus Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.460922
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Publication Date: 2005-11-07
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Reading Level: 258
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Description: The 'Culture Wars' have produced a lot of talk about religion, morals, and values, with both sides often hearkening back to our Founding Fathers. Here is your chance to learn firsthand what two of the most influential pillars of the American Republic thought about these perennial topics. From 1812 to July 4, 1826 - when ironically death claimed both men - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams exchanged letters touching on these still controversial issues. These little-known letters contain many surprising revelations. In the 1800 presidential election, in which the Republican Jefferson opposed the Federalist Adams, religion was a topic of hot debate, as reflected in this correspondence written many years after. What was it about Jefferson's religious beliefs that provoked such vitriol against him in the campaign? And what was there in Adams's theology that prompted certain Calvinists and Trinitarians to label him 'no Christian'? Though they expressed different opinions, Jefferson and Adams agreed on what they called the 'corruptions of Christianity'. Despite their criticisms and their critics, both men considered themselves Christians, in different senses of the term. Hearing these champions of liberty and freedom of religion speak out frankly on church and state, the Bible, Jesus, Christianity, morality, and virtue, modern readers may well ask themselves whether either of these Founding Fathers could today be elected president. Editor Bruce Braden has done us all a service by collecting this revealing and intimate historical correspondence on topics that continue to stir emotions and debate in the 21st century.
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Price: $15.99
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Sale: $10.54
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Manufacturer: New Leaf Press (AR)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Kristen Day
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Publisher: New Leaf Press (AR)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.460973
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Publication Date: 2006-08-01
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: Day demonstrates how the Democratic Party has been hijacked by the extremely liberal members of the party and special interest groups such as NARAL. She illustrates that only 25% of people in America support the party’s agenda of “abortion on demand,” and that this superliberal approach to abortion has driven away voters because of this issue. This book is also important for Republicans to read, giving a powerful new perspective and potential ally in Congress. Many pro-life measures in Congress could not have been passed if it hadn’t been for pro-life Democrats, simply because the Republicans did not have enough votes. The Democratic Party’s suppression of its pro-life members is a serious issue for all pro-life people, Democrat or Republican.
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $15.12
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Manufacturer: Orbis Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Naim Stifan Ateek
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Publisher: Orbis Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 956.94054
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Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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Reading Level: 224
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $12.28
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Manufacturer: Belknap Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
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Publisher: Belknap Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 954
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Publication Date: 2008-10-15
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: While America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Martha Nussbaum reveals in this penetrating look at India today, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat to its democratic traditions and secular state. Since long before the 2002 Gujarat riots--in which nearly two thousand Muslims were killed by Hindu extremists--the power of the Hindu right has been growing, threatening India's hard-won constitutional practices of democracy, tolerance, and religious pluralism. Led politically by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Hindu right has sought the subordination of other religious groups and has directed particular vitriol against Muslims, who are cast as devils in need of purging. The Hindu right seeks to return to a "pure" India, unsullied by alien polluters of other faiths, yet the BJP's defeat in recent elections demonstrates the power that India's pluralism continues to wield. The future, however, is far from secure, and Hindu extremism and exclusivity remain a troubling obstacle to harmony in South Asia. Nussbaum's long-standing professional relationship with India makes her an excellent guide to its recent history. Ultimately she argues that the greatest threat comes not from a clash between civilizations, as some believe, but from a clash within each of us, as we oscillate between self-protective aggression and the ability to live in the world with others. India's story is a cautionary political tale for all democratic states striving to act responsibly in an increasingly dangerous world. (20070628)
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Price: $15.99
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Sale: $6.88
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Manufacturer: New Leaf Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Tom Dooley
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Publisher: New Leaf Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973
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Publication Date: 2005-12-01
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Reading Level: 80
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Description: ⢠Dynamic portrayal of the original dream of the founding fathers of this nation â to have âone nation under Godâ ⢠This magnificent book is another big winner by the same creative team that brought you the best seller Noahâs Ark! What happened to Americaâs dream that men would be free and God would be their king? A nation founded on the belief that the God of the Bible and the principles expounded within its pages should be the foundation of the government, the law of the land, and the duty of the citizenry was the dream of a people who set forth from their heritage and traditions, from their families, and from the mother country that persecuted them for their religious beliefs. The probable perils of a vast ocean and the elements overwhelming their small sailing vessels, the imagined treacheries of a foundling colony in a savage land, the foreboding unknown that lay before them, none of these deterred the small group of refugees held together by the dream: to be one nation under God. The same team who created the wonderful True Story of Noahâs Ark presents the story of a people and a dream, a people that have lost their vision over the past four centuries, a dream whose meaning has been diffused in the same time-span. Artist Bill Looneyâs illustrations are inspired, dramatic, and touching as they paint the story told by Tom Dooley of America, from her godly roots to her current humanistic attitude. Dooleyâs text is brief, covering selected events and people who courageously took a stand to defend our nation, our beliefs, our very being.
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Price: $10.00
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Sale: $5.27
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Manufacturer: Steerforth
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Steerforth
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Dewey Decimal Number: 211.7
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Publication Date: 2005-08-16
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: Robert Ingersoll (1833—1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and tireless advocate of the rights of women and African Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late nineteenth century with his lectures on “freethought.” His admirers included Mark Twain and Thomas A. Edison, who said Ingersoll had “all the attributes of a perfect man” and went so far as to make an early recording of Ingersoll’s voice.
The publication of What’s God Got to Do with It? will return Robert Ingersoll and his ideas to American political discourse. Edited and with a biographical introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Page, this new popular collection of Ingersoll’s thought – distilled from the twelve-volume set of his works, his copious letters, and various newspaper interviews – promises to put Ingersoll back where he belongs, in the forefront of independent American thought.
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