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Price: $26.95
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Sale: $2.95
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Elisabeth Sifton
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 242.4
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Publication Date: 2003-10
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: In 1943, the renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a prayer for a New England village church service. Its appeal for grace, courage and wisdom became famous the world over. Niebuhr's daughter reclaims the history of the Serenity Prayer and tells of the efforts made by those who devoted their lives to the causes of social justice, racial equality and religious freedom in a world spiralling out of economic depression and into war. Elisabeth Sifton reminds us of what is possible when liberal, open-minded leaders shape the conscience of a nation.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $12.80
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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: Allan A. Boesak
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Publisher: Orbis Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.834800968
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Publication Date: 1984-09
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Reading Level: 192
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Manufacturer: Pilgrim Pr
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Pilgrim Pr
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Edition: Rev Upd Su
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Dewey Decimal Number: 230.0924
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Publication Date: 1984-12
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Reading Level: 576
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Price: $27.00
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Sale: $4.27
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Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Jonathan Kirsch
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 221.609
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Publication Date: 1997-04-15
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Reading Level: 378
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Description: Sex. Violence. Scandal. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape, voyeurism and exhibitionism, intermarriage and illegitimacy, assassination and murder have been suppressed by religious authorities throughout history precisely because they are so shocking. "You mean that's in the Bible?" is the common reaction of the contemporary reader to the stories that Kirsch retells and explores.
In The Harlot by the Side of the Road, Kirsch recounts these suppressed and mistranslated tales in the grand storytelling tradition. Here is the tale of Dinah, the young Israelite daughter raped by a princely suitor. The price for her hand in marriage? The circumcision of every man in his kingdom. Here, too, is the story of Lot's daughters, who, when faced with the possibility that they are the last survivors on earth, must copulate with their drunken father to continue their race. And the story of Tamar, the harlot by the side of the road, who must disguise herself as a prostitute and seduce her father-in-law in order to bear the child who has been promised her.
Kirsch places each story within the political and social context of its time, and delves into the latest biblical scholarship to explain why each story was originally censored. He also brings to light when and where each story was first written down, and how it found its way into the Bible. And he shows how these stories have something important to say to contemporary readers who might never pick up a Bible.
Kirsch reveals that the Bible's real power lies in its unflinching lessons in human nature. And he illuminates the surprising modernity of the Bible's characters: these were, like us, people delicately balanced between their destructive and generous natures. Certain to excite controversy and ignite intellectual debate, The Harlot by the Side of the Road will undoubtedly be one of the year's most talked-about books.
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Price: $19.99
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Sale: $12.00
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Manufacturer: Chalice Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mary Elizabeth Moore
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Publisher: Chalice Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.8362
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Publication Date: 1998-02
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Reading Level: 160
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Manufacturer: Paulist Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John F. Haught
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Publisher: Paulist Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.8362
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Publication Date: 1993-05
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Reading Level: 156
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Description: This new, thought-provoking work justifies the role of religion in shaping an ecological ethic, and provides a foundation for discussion among those who are concerned with the state of the natural environment, and who wonder how religion can contribute to the renewal of the Earth.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $5.49
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Manufacturer: Paulist Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Fred Kammer
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Publisher: Paulist Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.8
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Publication Date: 1991-06
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Reading Level: 232
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Description: In this revised edition of a longtime bestseller, lawyer, activist and Jesuit priest Fred Kammer ushers Catholics into the twenty-first century as he confronts the challenge of human poverty and injustice in the context of our consumer-driven, economically fragile world. He defines faithjustice as "...a passionate virtue which disposes citizens to become involved in the greater and lesser societies around themselves in order to create communities where human dignity is protected and enhanced, and gifts of creation are shared for the greatest good of all...." Writing with passion and conviction, he explores the biblical grounding for this virtue and provides an overview of its historical development in the Catholic community. And he brings out its contemporary meaning, rooting each chapter in concrete times and places. He concludes with a framework for living faithjustice in our time. This revised edition contains new materials on social teaching documents of the nineties, updated economic and social data and analysis, and, at the request of users of the original volume, questions for reflection and renewal at the ends chapters. Highlights:
--Now, more user-friendly
--Author is highly respected in this field
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $5.75
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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: 254.1
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Publication Date: 2006-02-15
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Reading Level: 188
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Manufacturer: Fortkamp Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Richard McSorley
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Publisher: Fortkamp Publishing Company
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Publication Date: 1991-01
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Reading Level: 348
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Manufacturer: Herald Pr
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Richard McSorley
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Publisher: Herald Pr
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Edition: 3 Rev Exp
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.873
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Publication Date: 1985-02
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Reading Level: 165
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