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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $7.78
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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: Diana L. Eck
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200.92
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Publication Date: 2002-06-01
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: Why Understanding America's Religious Landscape Is the Most Important Challenge Facing Us Today - The 1990s saw the U.S. Navy commission its first Muslim chaplain and open its first mosque.
- There are presently more than three hundred temples in Los Angeles, home to the greatest variety of Buddhists in the world.
- There are more American Muslims than there are American Episcopalians, Jews, or Presbyterians.
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Price: $28.00
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Sale: $22.40
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Manufacturer: Resource Publications (OR)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Felicitas D. Goodman
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Publisher: Resource Publications (OR)
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Publication Date: 2005-11
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Reading Level: 280
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $11.54
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Manufacturer: Knopf
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Karen Armstrong
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Publisher: Knopf
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200.9014
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Publication Date: 2006-03-28
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Reading Level: 496
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Description: In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Later generations further developed these initial insights, but we have never grown beyond them. Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, for example, were all secondary flowerings of the original Israelite vision. Now, in The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal “Axial Age” can speak clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in our own times.
Armstrong traces the development of the Axial Age chronologically, examining the contributions of such figures as the Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the mystics of the Upanishads, Mencius, and Euripides. All of the Axial Age faiths began in principled and visceral recoil from the unprecedented violence of their time. Despite some differences of emphasis, there was a remarkable consensus in their call for an abandonment of selfishness and a spirituality of compassion. With regard to dealing with fear, despair, hatred, rage, and violence, the Axial sages gave their people and give us, Armstrong says, two important pieces of advice: first there must be personal responsibility and self-criticism, and it must be followed by practical, effective action.
In her introduction and concluding chapter, Armstrong urges us to consider how these spiritualities challenge the way we are religious today. In our various institutions, we sometimes seem to be attempting to create exactly the kind of religion that Axial sages and prophets had hoped to eliminate. We often equate faith with doctrinal conformity, but the traditions of the Axial Age were not about dogma. All insisted on the primacy of compassion even in the midst of suffering. In each Axial Age case, a disciplined revulsion from violence and hatred proved to be the major catalyst of spiritual change.
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Price: $29.99
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Sale: $19.63
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mark D. Regnerus
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 205.6608350973
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Publication Date: 2007-03-01
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many presume that such uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly does religion contribute to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and actions? What difference, if any, does religion make in adolescents' sexual attitudes and behaviors? Are abstinence pledges effective? What does it mean to be "emotionally ready" for sex? Who expresses regrets about their sexual activity and why?
Tackling these and other questions, Forbidden Fruit tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organized religion shapes sexual decision-making. Merging analyses of three national surveys with stories drawn from interviews with over 250 teenagers across America, Mark Regnerus reviews how young people learn-and what they know-about sex from their parents, schools, peers and other sources. He examines what experiences teens profess to have had, and how they make sense of these experiences in light of their own identities as religious, moral, and responsible persons.
Religion can and does matter, Regnerus finds, but religious claims are often swamped by other compelling sexual scripts. Particularly interesting is the emergence of what Regnerus calls a new middle class sexual morality which has little to do with a desire for virginity but nevertheless shuns intercourse in order to avoid risks associated with pregnancy and STDs. And strikingly, evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about it. In fact, Regnerus finds that few religious teens have internalized or are even able to articulate the sexual ethic taught by their denominations. The only-and largely ineffective-sexual message most religious teens are getting is, "Don't do it until you're married." Ultimately, Regnerus concludes, religion may influence adolescent sexual behavior, but it rarely motivates sexual decision making.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $22.45
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Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Eric Reitan
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Dewey Decimal Number: 210
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Publication Date: 2008-12-03
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Is God a Delusion? addresses the philosophical underpinnings of the recent proliferation of popular books attacking religious beliefs.
- Focuses primarily on charges leveled by recent critics that belief in God is irrational and that its nature ferments violence
- Balances philosophical rigor and scholarly care with an engaging, accessible style
- Offers a direct response to the crop of recent anti-religion bestsellers currently generating considerable public discussion
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Price: $12.97
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Sale: $7.25
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Manufacturer: Hendrickson Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Alfred Edersheim
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Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
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Edition: Updated
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306
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Publication Date: 1994-10-01
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: For the first time since it originally appeared, this classic work has been newly typeset in an easy-to-read modern typeface, making reading, studying, consulting easier than ever before. The most relevant citations of Scripture, rabbinic sources, and the works of Philo and Josephus are supplied to complement Edersheim's masterful assessment of the writings of Jesus' day. This makes bland references come alive, in many cases shedding invaluable light on difficult passages or capturing the deep devotion. Edersheim brings to the task of understanding the world of Jesus and his disciples. The scenes portrayed by Edersheim's hand come alive in the more than 50 carefully selected illustrations, maps, photos, and drawings. Enhanced both aesthetically and practically, this edition of Sketches of Jewish Social Life has no rival. Edersheim's notes remain indispensable for unlocking the mysteries of the ancient world. Always sensitive to the priority of God's Word, Edersheim takes the reader back to the Bible time and again to show the authority behind his writing. Readers know they will receive reliable primary and secondary resources in these helpful notes.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $14.00
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Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200.95
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Publication Date: 1999-02-22
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: Princeton Readings in Religions is a new series of anthologies on the religions of the world, representing the significant advances that have been made in the study of religions in the last thirty years. This volume brings together the introductions to the first five volumes of this acclaimed series: Religions of India in Practice (1995), Buddhism in Practice (1995), Religions of China in Practice (1996), Religions of Tibet in Practice (1997), and Religions of Japan in Practice (1999). The introductions to these volumes have been widely praised for their accessible, clear and concise overviews of the religions of Asia, providing both historical context and insightful analysis of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and Bon, as well as many local traditions. The authors of the chapters are leading scholars of Asian religions: Richard Davis (India), Stephen Teiser (China), George Tanabe (Japan), and Donald Lopez (Buddhism and Tibet). They bring together the best and most current research on their topics, while series editor Donald Lopez provides an introduction to the volume as a whole. In addition to providing a wealth of detail on the history, doctrine, and practice of the religions of Asia, the five chapters offer an opportunity for sustained discussions of the category of "religion."
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Price: $16.00
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Sale: $8.88
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Manufacturer: Fortress Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert M. Franklin
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Publisher: Fortress Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 305.896073009045
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Publication Date: 2007-02-01
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Reading Level: 271
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Description: Robert M. Franklin provides first-person advice and insight as he identifies the crises resident within three anchor institutions that have played key roles in the black struggle for freedom. Black families face a "crisis of commitment" evident in the rising rates of father absence, births to unmarried parents, divorce, and domestic abuse or relationship violence. Black churches face a "mission crisis" as they struggle to serve their upwardly mobile and/or established middle class "paying customers" alongside the poorest of the poor. Historically black colleges and universities face a crisis of "relevance and purpose" as they now compete for the best students and faculty with the broad marketplace of colleges. With clarity and passion, Franklin calls for practical and comprehensive action for change from within the African American community and from all Americans.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $7.33
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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: James H. Cone
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Publisher: Orbis Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.0496073022
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Publication Date: 1992-09
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African-American leaders of this century. While Martin Luther King, Jr., saw America as "a dream . . . as yet unfulfilled," Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare. Cone cuts through superficial assessments of King and Malcolm as polar opposites to reveal two men whose visions were moving toward convergence. (Orbis Books)
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $29.69
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Manufacturer: Herald Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Thieleman Van Bragt
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Publisher: Herald Press
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Edition: 2nd Rep
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Dewey Decimal Number: 272.0922
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Publication Date: 2001-01
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Reading Level: 1158
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Description: Here is a collection of accounts of more than 4011 Christians burned at the stake, of countless bodies torn on the rack, torn tongues, ears, hands, feet, gouged eyes, people buried alive, and of many who were willing to bear the cross of persecution and death for the sake of Christ.
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Displaying records 71 through 80 of 4000
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