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The Spirit of Islam
(January 6, 2005)
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 Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations
Michael Sells (translator)
White Cloud Press, 1999
ISBN: 1883991269 |
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 The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
HarperCollins, 2004
ISBN: 0060730641 |
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 Islamic Spirituality: Foundations
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor)
Crossroad, 1997
ISBN: 082451131X |
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 Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism
Omid Safi
Oneworld Publications, 2003
ISBN: 185168316X |
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 The Essential Rumi
Jalal al-din Rumi / Coleman Barks (Translator)
HarperCollins, 1996
ISBN: 0062509594 |
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 Rumi's World: The Life and Work of the Great Sufi Poet
Annemarie Schimmel
Random House, 1992
ISBN: 0877736111 |
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 The Qur'an Translation
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (Translator)
Tahrike Tarsile Quran, 1997
ISBN: 1879402297 |
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Children and God
(December 16, 2004)
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 Children of Crisis
Robert Coles
Little, Brown & Company, 2003
ISBN: 0316151025 |
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 The Spiritual Life of Children
Robert Coles
Houghton Mifflin, 1990
ISBN: 0395559995 |
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 A Child Shall Lead Them: Lessons about Hope from Children with Cancer
Diane M. Komp
Zondervan, 1993
ISBN: 0310379806 |
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 Window to Heaven: When Children See Life in Death
Diane M. Komp
Zondervan, 1992
ISBN: 0310589703 |
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 Listening to God with Children: The Montessori Method Applied to the Catechesis of Children
Gianna Gobbi and Rebekah Rojcewicz
Treehaus Communications, 2000
ISBN: 1886510148 |
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 Godly Play: An Imaginative Approach to Religious Education
Jerome W. Berryman
Augsburg Fortress, 1994
ISBN: 0806627859 |
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 The Religious Potential of the Child
Sofia Cavaletti
Liturgy Training Publications, 2002
ISBN: 1568543514 |
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 The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in a Parish Setting
Tina Lillig
Liturgy Training Publications, 1998
ISBN: 1568542623 |
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America's Changing Religious Landscape: A Conversation with Martin Marty
(December 9, 2004)
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 The Protestant Voice in American Pluralism
Martin E. Marty
University of Georgia Press, 2004
ISBN: 0820325805 |
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 Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America
Martin E. Marty
Penguin, 1985
ISBN: 0140082689 |
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 When Faiths Collide
Martin E. Marty
Blackwell, 2005
ISBN: 1405112239 |
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 The Irony of American History
Reinhold Neibuhr
Macmillan, 1982
ISBN: 0684176025 |
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 Modern American Religion, Volume 1: The Irony of It All, 1893-1919
Martin E. Marty
University of Chicago Press, 1997
ISBN: 0226508943 |
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 Modern American Religion, Volume 2: The Noise of Conflict, 1919-1941
Martin E. Marty
University of Chicago Press, 1997
ISBN: 0226508978 |
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 Modern American Religion, Volume 3: Under God, Indivisible, 1941-1960
Martin E. Marty
University of Chicago Press, 1999
ISBN: 0226508994 |
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 Modern American Religion, Volume 2: The Noise of Conflict, 1919-1941
Martin E. Marty
Lipper, 2004
ISBN: 0670032727 |
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By Way of Response
Martin E. Marty
Abingdon Press, 1981
ISBN: 0687044774 |
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The Freelance Monotheism of Karen Armstrong
(November 25, 2004)
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 A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Karen Armstrong
Gramercy, 2004
ISBN: 0345384563 |
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 Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
Karen Armstrong
St. Martin's Press, 1981
ASIN: 0312803834/td>
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 Buddha
Karen Armstrong
Viking Press, 2001
ISBN: 0670891932 |
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 The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
Karen Armstrong
Knopf, 2004
ISBN: 0375413189 |
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 Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
Karen Armstrong
HarperCollins, 1992
ASIN: 0062500147 |
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 Islam: A Short History
Karen Armstrong
Modern Library, 2000
ISBN: 0679640401 |
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 Collected Poems, 1909-1962
T.S. Eliot
Harcourt, 1963
ISBN: 0151189781 |
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At Table: The Meaning of Communion
(November 18, 2004)
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 A Song to Sing, A Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice
Don E. Saliers and Emily Saliers
Wiley & Sons, 2004
ISBN: 0787967173 |
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 Christian Spirituality: Post-Reformation and Modern, Vol. 3
Louis Dupre, Don E. Saliers, and John Meyendorff (Editors)
Crossroad Publishing, 1997
ISBN: 0824511441 |
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 Worship Come to Its Senses
Don E. Saliers
United Methodist Publishing, 1996
ISBN: 0687014581 |
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 Worship as Theology: Foretaste of Glory Divine
Don E. Saliers
Abingdon Press, 1994
ISBN: 0687146933 |
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 The New Handbook of the Christian Year
Hoyt L. Hickman, Don E. Saliers
Abingdon Press, 1992
ISBN: 0687277604 |
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 From Age to Age: How Christians Have Celebrated the Eucharist
Edward Foley
Liturgy Training Publications, 1992
ISBN: 0929650417 |
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The Soul in Depression
(November 11, 2004)
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 The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Andrew Solomon
Simon & Schuster, 2002
ISBN: 0684854678 |
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 JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh: The Traditional Hebrew Text and the New JPS Translation
Jewish Publication Society, 1999 (2nd ed.)
Psalms 22, 23, 63, 142, and 143
ISBN: 0827606567 |
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 Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy
Riverhead, 1997
ISBN: 1573225851 |
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 Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Parker Palmer
Wiley, 1999
ISBN: 0787947350 |
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 When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön
Shambhala, 2000
ISBN: 1570623449 |
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 Wrestling with Depression: A Spiritual Guide to Reclaiming Life
William and Lucy Hulme
Augsburg Fortress, 1995
ISBN: 0806626992
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 Depression and Hope: New Insights for Pastoral Counseling
Howard W. Stone
Augsburg Fortress, 2000
ISBN: 0800631390 |
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 The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul, and the Spiritual Life
John Tarrant
HarperCollins, 1999
ISBN: 0060931116 |
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 Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Styron
Vintage, 1991
ISBN: 0679736395 |
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The Road Past the View
Anita Barrows
Quarterly Review of Literature, 1997 |
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Heart and Soul: The Integrative Medicine of Mehmet Oz
(November 4, 2004)
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 Healing from the Heart: A Leading Surgeon Combines Eastern and Western Traditions to Create the Medicine of the Future
Mehmet Oz, MD
Plume, 1999
ISBN: 0452279550
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 The Relaxation Response
Herbert Benson
Perennial, 2000
ISBN: 0380815958 |
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 Prayer Is Good Medicine: How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer
Larry Dossey
HarperCollins, 1997
ISBN: 0062514245 |
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 Meaning & Medicine: Learn from a Doctor's Tales of Breakthrough and Healing
Larry Dossey
Bantam Books, 1992
ISBN: 0553370812 |
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 Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Hyperion, 1995
ISBN: 0786880708 |
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 Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease without Drugs or Surgery
Dean Ornish
Ballantine Books, 1992
ISBN: 0345373537 |
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 Love, Medicine & Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients
Bernie S. Siegel
HarperCollins, 1988
ISBN: 0060919833 |
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 Natural Health, Natural Medicine: A Comprehensive Manual for Wellness & Self-Care
Andrew Weil
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
ISBN: 0395911559 |
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 Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal
Rachel Naomi Remen
Riverhead Trade, 1997
ISBN: 1573226106 |
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 My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging
Rachel Naomi Remen
Riverhead Trade, 2001
ISBN: 1573228567 |
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The Meaning of Faith
(October 7, 2004)
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 Eyes Remade for Wonder: A Lawrence Kushner Reader
Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998
ISBN: 1580230423 |
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 Honey from the Rock: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2000
ISBN: 1580230733 |
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 Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians
Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001
ISBN: 1580231500 |
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 Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
Sharon Salzberg
Riverhead Books, 2003
ISBN: 1573223409 |
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 Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Sharon Salzberg
Shambhala, 2002
ISBN: 157062903X |
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 Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott
Anchor Books/Doubleday, 2000
ISBN: 0385496095 |
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 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott
Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995
ISBN: 0385480016 |
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Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism
Omid Safi
Oneworld Publications, 2003
ISBN: 185168316X |
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Science and Being
(September 23, 2004)
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 When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?
Ian Barbour
HarperCollins, 2000
ISBN: 006060381X |
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 Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist
Brother Guy Consolmagno
McGraw-Hill, 2000
ISBN: 007135428X |
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 Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God
Chet Raymo
Penguin USA, 1989
ISBN: 0140116982 |
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 The Hand of God: Thoughts and Images Reflecting the Spirit of the Universe
Michael Reagan (Editor)
Andrews McMeel Publishers, 1999
ISBN: 0740703234 |
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 Quarks, Chaos & Christianity: Questions to Science and Religion
John Polkinghorne
Crossroad, 1995
ISBN: 0824515218 |
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 God in the Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity and God
Anne Foerst
Dutton, 2004
ISBN: 0525947663 |
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Beyond the God Gap
(September 16, 2004)
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 What's God Got to Do with the American Experiment? (Essays on Religion and Politics)
E. J. Dionne, Jr. and John J. DiIulio, Jr. (editors)
Brookings Institution Press, 2000
ISBN: 0815718691 |
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 One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics
E. J. Dionne, Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Kayla Drogosz (editors)
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
ISBN: 0815716435 |
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 The Diminishing Divide: Religion's Changing Role in American Politics
Andrew Kohut, John C. Green, Scott Keeter, and Robert C. Toth (editors)
Brookings Institution Press, 2000
ISBN: 081575017X |
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Children of Abraham
(September 9, 2004)
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 The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation, and Commentary
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, 1998
ISBN: 0940368315 |
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 The Koran Interpreted: A Translation
A.J. Arberry
Touchstone Books, 1996
ISBN: 0684825074 |
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 Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
Bruce Feiler
William Morrow & Company, 2002
ISBN: 0380977761 |
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 Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
Bruce Feiler
Perennial, 2002
ISBN: 0380807319 |
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 Fear and Trembling
Søren Kierkegaard (translated by Alastair Hannay)
Penguin Books, 1986
ISBN: 0140444491 |
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 Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis
Brannon M. Wheeler
Continuum International Publishing Group, 2002
ISBN: 0826449573 |
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Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism
Omid Safi
Oneworld Publications, 2003
ISBN: 185168316X |
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 The Last Trial: On the Legends and Lore of the Command to Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Sacrifice, The Akedah
Shalom Spiegel
Jewish Lights Publishing, 1993
ISBN: 187904529X |
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JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh: The Traditional Hebrew Text and the New JPS Translation
Jewish Publication Society, 1999 (2nd ed.)
ISBN: 0827606567 |
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The Making of the Last Prophet: A Reconstruction of the Earliest Biography of Muhammad
Gordon Darnell Newby
University of South Carolina Press, 1989
ISBN: 0872495523 |
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The Power of Fundamentalism
(August 19, 2003)
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 Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl
University Press of America, 2001
ISBN: 0761819495 |
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 Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority, and Women
Khaled Abou El Fadl
Oneworld Publications, 2001
ISBN: 1851682627 |
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 And God Knows the Soldiers: The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl
University Press of America, 2001
ISBN: 0761820841
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 Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist: An American Story
Yossi Klein Halevi
Little, Brown & Co., 1995
ISBN: 0316498602 |
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 At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land
Yossi Klein Halevi
Perennial, 2002
ISBN: 0060505826 |
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 The Smell of Sawdust: What Evangelicals Can Learn from Their Fundamentalist Heritage
Richard J. Mouw
Zondervan, 2000
ISBN: 0310231965 |
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 Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion
Richard J. Mouw
Eerdmans, 1994
ISBN: 0802807380 |
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 Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World
Richard J. Mouw
InterVarsity, 1992
ISBN: 0830818251 |
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Deciphering the Da Vinci Code
(August 5, 2004)
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 Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism
Bernadette J. Brooten
University of Chicago Press, 1996
ISBN: 0226075923
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Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue
Bernadette J. Brooten
Brown Judaic Studies, 1982
ISBN: 0891306706
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 Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Bart D. Ehrman (Ed.)
Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN: 0195141822
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 Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
Bart D. Ehrman
Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN: 0195141830
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 The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why It Matters
Luke Timothy Johnson
Doubleday, 2003
ISBN: 0385502478
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 The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation
Luke Timothy Johnson
Fortress Press, 1986
ISBN: 0800608860
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 The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Doubleday, 2003
ISBN: 0385504209
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The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness
Reinhold Niebuhr
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944 |
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 The New Testament in Its Literary Environment
David E. Aune
John Knox Press, 1988
ISBN: 0664250181
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 The Moral World of the First Christians
Wayne A. Meeks
John Knox Press, 1988
ISBN: 0664250149 |
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The Need for Creeds
(July 22, 2004)
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 Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
Jaroslav Pelikan
Yale University Press, 2003
ISBN: 0300093888 |
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 Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture
Jaroslav Pelikan
Yale University Press, 1996
ISBN: 0300069510 |
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 The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600)
Jaroslav Pelikan
University of Chicago Press, 1971
ISBN: 0226653714 |
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 The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700)
Jaroslav Pelikan
University of Chicago Press, 1974
ISBN: 0226653730 |
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 The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 3: The Growth of Medieval Theology (600-1300)
Jaroslav Pelikan
University of Chicago Press, 1978
ISBN: 0226653757 |
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 The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 4: Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700)
Jaroslav Pelikan
University of Chicago Press, 1983
ISBN: 0226653773 |
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 The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 5: Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (Since 1700)
Jaroslav Pelikan
University of Chicago Press, 1989
ISBN: 0226653803 |
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Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Same-Sex Marriage: Pro & Con
Red Azalea
Empress Orchid: A Novel
Katherine
Mao Zedong
Red-Color News Soldier
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Adam: God's Beloved
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey
An Ark for the Poor: The Story of L'Arche
From Brokenness to Community
The Heart of L'Arche: A Spirituality for Every Day
Drawn Into the Mystery of Jesus through the Gospel on John
The Book of Customs: A Complete Handbook to the Jewish Year
Bonhoeffer (DVD)
Letters and Papers from Prison
The Cost of Discipleship
Ethics
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography
Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture
American Muslims: Bridging Faith and Freedom
Thirst: God and the Alcoholic Experience
My Name is Bill
Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Alcoholics Anonymous
Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith
Islam in America
What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value
A Theology of Reconstruction: Nation-Building and Human Rights
The Provocations of Amnesty: Memory, Justice, and Impunity
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness
Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics
The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution
From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion
The Joy of Sports
Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
God-Talk in America
From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural
Inside: A Public and Private Life
The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
A Little Book On Love
Money and the Meaning of Life
The Heart of Philosophy
Democratic Vistas and Other Papers
On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics
The Far-Future Universe: Eschatology from a Cosmic Perspective
Before the Beginning: Cosmology Explained