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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $12.60
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Manufacturer: Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kermit Zarley
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Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Publication Date: 2007-05
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Reading Level: 269
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Description: This book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become increasingly more relevant than when it was published, in 1990. Kermit Zarley refutes Christian Zionists by claiming that the Palestinians are just as entitled to their own state as are the Jews. But he argues that the world focus on a Palestinian state being located in the two separated territories of the (or "a partial") West Bank and Gaza Strip will not work economically and will not provide adequate security for either peoples. He proposes that the conflict be solved according to historical precedent: let the Jews have their "ancestral land" (historical land of Israel), as claimed in their Proclamation of Independence and which includes the West Bank, and let the Palestinians have "the land of the (ancient) Philistines," from whom they derive their name. The result would be a very expanded Gaza Strip, extending north, east and south. Zarley boldly claims that this is what will happen according to his interpretations of several biblical prophecies. See his updates to this proposal at kermitzarley.com, especially concerning solving the water shortage problem.
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Price: $23.95
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Sale: $0.78
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Manufacturer: Sentinel HC
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Dave Shiflett
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Publisher: Sentinel HC
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Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3083
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Publication Date: 2005-06-02
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: Dave Shiflett gives us a book that is essentially a marketing research project on modern Christianity. The focus? Why are the conservative, orthodox brands of faith increasing market-share while mainline Protestant denominations are losing it? Shiflett uses personal interviews as his research tool. And there is undoubtedly a vicarious thrill as Shiflett presents hard questions to figures from both camps. For example on homosexuality, he asks the liberals whether they "…entertain the slightest worry that converting a former sin into a celebrated and even consecrated virtue might possibly have eternal consequences?" And to the conservatives, "If God is indeed omniscient and omnipresent, why [does] He allow disaster to occur, especially to those who have so closely cast their lot with him?" The answers Shiflett receives from his subjects measure out in words the true distance between the liberal and conservative positions. Shiflett shows us that the progressive's journey starts by questioning literal Biblical interpretation. The liberal position observes that perhaps we should use the wisdom God gave us when seeking to understand and live by a Book that advises stoning for unruly children. Taking various Biblical passages like these without a grain of salt could leave us running short of rocks. In contrast, the conservative's dogmatic adherence to the same Book begins and ends with the nature and strength of faith itself. The sure belief that no matter the event, it can somehow be understood as the mysterious working of an omnipotent Creator. So the tragic events at Columbine for example (discussed in detail in the book) are not solely an indication we live in a world where people can choose to do very bad things. Instead, they are seen as evidence in the physical world of a spiritual warfare happening between God and the devil, where the eternal souls of us all are the territory in dispute. Looking at a tragedy like Columbine with these eyes reveals that "…God has a plan, and his plan is to turn evil into good." Shiflett makes no pretense of editorial objectivity. His own views as to which group of religious leaders should perhaps worry about the exact nature of their eternal reward, and which ones will be welcomed by a majestic, sometimes foreboding God into heaven, are quite obvious. But he still gives a fair shake to subjects on both sides of the divide, presenting his questions, and recording the hopes, fears and faith he finds in the answers. And like any good marketing analysis, Exodus looks beyond the numbers and comes to some clear conclusions, one of which being that the power of orthodox Christian faith lies in its clear hope and steady assurance of what lies beyond deaths door.--Ed Dobeas
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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $16.95
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Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Barbara A. McGraw
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Publisher: State University of New York Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 322.10973
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Publication Date: 2003-04
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: Sees a way out of the contentious debates over the role of religion in American public life by looking back to the ideas of John Locke and the nation's founders.
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $20.96
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Manufacturer: Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Daniel Berrigan
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Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Publication Date: 2007-10
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Reading Level: 215
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Price: $37.00
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Sale: $18.74
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Manufacturer: Westview Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jr., John Witte
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Publisher: Westview Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 342.730852
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Publication Date: 1999-10-07
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Reading Level: 400
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Description: This volume offers a novel reading of the American constitutional experiment in religious liberty. The First Amendment, John Witte argues, is a synthesis of both the theological convictions and the political calculations of the eighteenth-century American founders. The founders incorporated six interdependent principles into the First Amendment—liberty of conscience, freedom of exercise, equality of faiths, plurality of confessions, disestablishment of religion, and separation of church and state. Both the nuance and the balance of these six principles have often been lost on current interpreters of the First Amendment. Particularly the Supreme Court has tended to reduce the First Amendment to mechanical tests and metaphorical formulae that often replace, rather than guide, its analysis and application of these principles. First Amendment doctrine today has thus become notoriously confused, casuistic, and self-contradictory.Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment urges a return to the principled approach to religious rights, evident both in the American founding era and in the modern international human rights movement. Witte uses these principles to analyze the free exercise and establishment case law of the last two centuries. He then illustrates the virtues of his principled approach through analysis of the thorny contests over tax exemptions for religions, the role of religion in the public school, among others.This lucid and engaging volume serves both as a provocative primer for students and a pristine restatement for specialists in law, religion, history, politics, and American studies. Through a fresh reading of the sources and cases, and through the discovery and introduction of several new materials, the author reclaims the essential value, vigor, and vitality of our most cherished religious rights and liberties.
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Price: $56.00
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Sale: $53.72
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Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Olga Dror
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 299.592
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Publication Date: 2007-03-15
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Reading Level: 260
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Description: "A unique and brilliant case study of a Vietnamese religious cult that traces its history, and the multiple significances with which Vietnamese society invested it, from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Painstaking but far from dull, this extraordinary book will be a must read for anthropologists, historians, and any other scholars interested in religion and culture." --Alexander Woodside, University of British Columbia "This work is a major contribution to our understanding of life, religion, and culture in early modern and modern Vietnam. The author's expertise in the texts that she considers is quite special and reflects the increasing sophistication in the discovery and use of indigenous sources by a new generation of scholars. The book is strongly recommended for those interested in Vietnam, its culture and religion, its literature, and its history." --John Whitmore, University of Michigan Princess Lieu Hahn, often called the Mother of the Vietnamese people by her followers, is one of the most prominent goddesses in Vietnamese popular religion. First emerging some four centuries ago as a local sect appealing to women, the princess' cult has since transcended its geographical and gender boundaries and remains vibrant today. Who was this revered deity? Was she a virtuous woman or a prostitute? Why did people begin worshiping her and why have they continued? Cult, Culture, and Authority traces Lieu Hahn's cult from its ostensible appearance in the sixteenth century to its present-day prominence in North Vietnam and considers it from a broad range of perspectives, as religion and literature and in the context of politics and society. Over time, Lieu Hahn's personality and cult became the subject of numerous literary accounts, and these historical texts are a major source for this book. Author Olga Dror explores the authorship and historical context of each text considered, treating her subject in an interdisciplinary way. Her interest lies in how these accounts reflect the various political agendas of successive generations of intellectuals and officials. The same cult was called into service for a variety of ideological ends: feminism, nationalism, Buddhism, or Daoism.
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Manufacturer: Baker Pub Group
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Robert L. Cord
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Publisher: Baker Pub Group
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Dewey Decimal Number: 342.730852
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Publication Date: 1988-09
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Reading Level: 315
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Manufacturer: Brigham Young University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Thomas L. Shaffer
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Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 340.02373
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Publication Date: 1981-07
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Reading Level: 288
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Price: $27.00
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Sale: $25.59
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Manufacturer: University of Notre Dame Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 322.1097309033
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Publication Date: 2004-09
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Reading Level: 296
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Description: This welcome new book explores the relationship between Protestant theology and American political thought of the founding era. It gathers together both new and well-known essays by scholars and outstanding thinkers in political philosophy, beginning with Michael Zuckert's lead essay, derived from his work The Natural Rights Republic, that the thought of the American founding era is best described as an amalgam of Protestantism and Lockean political philosophy. Some contributors challenge Zuckert's "amalgam thesis," arguing, on the one side, that Locke himself was a Protestant political theologian, and, on the other, that Lockean political philosophy is incompatible with Christian political thought. Others defend or develop a middle ground between these two perspectives. Most of the contributors argue that the influence of Protestantism on the Founding helped create a dynamic role for religion that made America the most religious modern nation. The debate on the influence of Protestantism is enriched by classic selections from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. The resulting dialogue provides fresh and provocative insights into the way in which politics and religion interacted during the founding of America. Thomas Engeman's introduction and Michael Zuckert's reflection on the issues raised by the essayists round out the book. Protestantism and the American Founding will serve as a valuable classroom guide for discussion and debate about issues in American and modern political philosophy.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $14.50
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Manufacturer: Michigan State University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Quentin J. Schultze
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Publisher: Michigan State University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 322
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Publication Date: 2006-01
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Reading Level: 448
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Description: The mass media and religious groups in America regularly argue about news bias, sex and violence on television, movie censorship, advertiser boycotts, broadcast and film content rating systems, government regulation of the media, the role of mass evangelism in a democracy, and many other issues. In the United States the major disputes between religion and the media usually have involved Christian churches or parachurch ministries, on the one hand, and so-called secular media, on the other. Often the Christian Right locks horns with supposedly liberal Eastern media elite and Hollywood entertainment companies. When a major Protestant denomination calls for an economic boycott of Disney, the resulting news reports suggest business as usual in the tensions between faith groups and media empires. Schultze demonstrates how religion and the media in America have borrowed each other's rhetoric. In the process, they have also helped to keep each other honest, pointing out respective foibles and pretensions. Christian media have offered the public as well as religious tribes some of the best media criticism - better than most of the media criticism produced by mainstream media themselves. Meanwhile, mainstream media have rightly taken particular churches to task for misdeeds as well as offered some surprisingly good depictions of religious life. The tension between Christian groups and the media in America ultimately is a good thing that can serve the interest of democratic life. As Alexis de Tocqueville discovered in the 1830s, American Christianity can foster the "habits of the heart" that ward off the antisocial acids of radical individualism. And, as John Dewey argued a century later, the media offer some of our best hopes for maintaining a public life in the face of the religious tribalism that can erode democracy from within. Mainstream media and Christianity will always be at odds in a democracy. That is exactly the way it should be for the good of each one.
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