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Price: $17.99
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Sale: $11.19
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Manufacturer: Baker Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: David Kinnaman::Gabe Lyons
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Publisher: Baker Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3083
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Publication Date: 2007-10-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Based on groundbreaking Barna Group research, unChristian uncovers the negative perceptions young people have of Christianity and explores what can be done to reverse them.
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Price: $24.99
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Sale: $11.97
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Manufacturer: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Christopher Hitchens
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Publisher: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200
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Publication Date: 2007-05-01
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Reading Level: 307
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Description: In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case
against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and
reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry
of the double helix.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $9.94
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Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Parker J. Palmer
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Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
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Publication Date: 1999-09-10
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true calling of their lives.
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Price: $13.95
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Sale: $6.94
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Sam Harris
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200
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Publication Date: 2005-10-10
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: An impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith.
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes-heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion—an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need. He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world.
Natalie Angier wrote in the New York Times: "The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated….Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say."
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Price: $11.00
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Sale: $6.11
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Sam Harris
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3083
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Publication Date: 2008-01-08
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Reading Level: 144
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Description: From the new afterword by the author:
Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a “loving” God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .
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Price: $21.99
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Sale: $7.98
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Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Brian McLaren
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Publisher: Thomas Nelson
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261
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Publication Date: 2007-10-02
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: What do the life and teaching of Jesus have to say about the most critical global problems in our world today? Acclaimed author and Emergent church leader Brian McLaren states, "More and more Christian leaders are beginning to realize that for the millions of young adults who have recently dropped out of church, Christianity is a failed religion. Why? Because it has specialized in dealing with 'spiritual needs' to the exclusion of physical and social needs. It has focused on 'me' and 'my eternal destiny,' but it has failed to address the dominant societal and global realities of their lifetime: systemic injustice, poverty, and dysfunction." McLaren asks, "Shouldn't a message purporting to be the best news in the world be doing better than this?" What he sets forth in this provocative, unsettling work is a "form of Christian faith that is holistic, integral, balanced, that offers good news for both the living and the dying, that speaks of God's grace at work both in this life and the life to come, both to individuals and to societies and the planet as a whole."
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $6.98
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Manufacturer: Anchor
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Joseph Campbell::Bill Moyers
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Publisher: Anchor
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291.13
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Publication Date: 1991-06-01
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Finally available in a popularly priced, non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal for the college market and general reader alike, this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.47
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Manufacturer: Ulysses Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Mills
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Publisher: Ulysses Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 322
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Publication Date: 2006-08-04
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Clear, concise, and persuasive, Atheist Universe details exactly why God is unnecessary to explain the universe and life's diversity, organization, and beauty. The author thoroughly rebuts every argument that claims to "prove" God's existence — arguments based on logic, common sense, philosophy, ethics, history and science.
Atheist Universe avoids the esoteric language and logic used by philosophers and presents its scientific evidence in simple lay terms, making it a richly entertaining and easy-to-read introduction to atheism. A comprehensive primer, it addresses all the historical and scientific questions, including: Is there proof that God does not exist? What evidence is there of Jesus's resurrection? Can creation science reconcile scripture with the latest scientific discoveries?
Atheist Universe also answers ethical issues such as: What is the meaning of life without God? It's a spellbinding inquiry that ultimately arrives at a controversial and well-documented conclusion.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.44
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rodney Stark
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.6701
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Publication Date: 1997-06-18
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: This "fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won--for Jesus" (Newsweek) is now available in paperback. Stark's provocative report challenges conventional wisdom and finds that Christianity's astounding dominance of the Western world arose from its offer of a better, more secure way of life. "Compelling reading" (Library Journal) that is sure to "generate spirited argument" (Publishers Weekly), this account of Christianity's remarkable growth within the Roman Empire is the subject of much fanfare. "Anyone who has puzzled over Christianity's rise to dominance...must read it." says Yale University's Wayne A. Meeks, for The Rise of Christianity makes a compelling case for startling conclusions. Combining his expertise in social science with historical evidence, and his insight into contemporary religion's appeal, Stark finds that early Christianity attracted the privileged rather than the poor, that most early converts were women or marginalized Jews--and ultimately "that Christianity was a success because it proved those who joined it with a more appealing, more assuring, happier, and perhaps longer life" (Andrew M. Greeley, University of Chicago).
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $14.45
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Manufacturer: Viking Adult
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Michael Dowd
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Publisher: Viking Adult
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.55
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Publication Date: 2008-06-19
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: Finally, the war between science and religion is over. The winner? All of us. With supporters from an incredibly wide spectrum of backgrounds and beliefs, including five Nobel laureates, Thank God for Evolution! builds bridges, provides guidance, and restores realistic hope for humanity and the body of life as a whole. A movement has been growing over the past few decades that takes our common creation story -- the epic of cosmic, biological, and human evolution revealed by science -- as the basis for a meaningful view of our place in the universe. Reverend Michael Dowd, America's evolutionary evangelist, is at the forefront of this movement. This well informed, thoroughly researched, and inspired book proclaims a gospel billions of years old. Thank God for Evolution! presents in a lively and accessible manner the reasons why it is now possible to view evolution as a divine process; how current science shows that evolution is not meaningless blind chance; practical methods for using evolutionary insights to achieve greater personal fulfillment and thriving relationships; and how aligning with evolutionary trends can guide activists and others hoping to make our world a better place. As a Christian minister, Dowd especially addresses the concerns that Christians have about evolution, but this book contains insights that will appeal to people of all faiths and of no faith. Fun and uplifting, Thank God for Evolution! goes beyond the current debate to offer up a whole new way of thinking about science, religion, and the meaning and purpose of our lives.
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