Religion
Explore a wide selection of religion books, including the best books on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and More
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Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive ReligionBased on five years of research, access to confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, Janet Reitman sheds some long-awaited light on the ever-elusive religion of the Church of Scientology. Scientology, created in 1954 by pulp science fiction writer L. Ron...
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God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern WorldEstablished by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with the persecution of heretics and Jews -- and with burning at the stake -- its targets were more numerous and its...
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Call A Thing A Thing: Honesty is the place where breakthrough happens.THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY SAFE GROUND TO STAND ON... Everyone has a "thing". Some of us have more "things" than others. Your "thing" could be a behavior, belief, way of being, an experience that you cannot let go of, or something else. Whatever...
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Navigating Community Conflict: What Christian leaders need to stay at the helmA GUIDEBOOK OF PRINCIPLES, STRATEGIES AND RESOURCESWhen conflict erupts and disrupts your leadership, you can flounder. Or you can use the principles, strategies and resources in this book to help you faithfully navigate the choppy waters to the glory of God and the health...
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The Global Mystical TraditionMysticism is an element of religion or spirituality which emphasizes direct apprehension of the divine, whether the divine is understood from a theistic or non-theistic perspective. The author argues that such "mystical" experiences can be gained through the practice of specialized techniques of spiritual...
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The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the BibleIn this dazzling reconsideration of the language of the Old and New Testaments, acclaimed scholar and translator of classical literature Sarah Ruden argues that the Bible's modern translations often lack the clarity and vitality of the originals. Singling out the most famous passages, such...
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Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and PeoplesIn the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation--the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society. Until fairly recently, religion...
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King James VI and I and the Reunion of ChristendomThis is a historical study of the career of King James VI and I, as king of Scotland (1567-1625) and England (1603-1625), who achieved a union of the crowns as the first king of Great Britain, and who undertook to end the recurring religious...
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The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global JihadAbdallah Azzam, the Palestinian cleric who led the mobilization of Arab fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s, played a crucial role in the internationalization of the jihadi movement. Killed in mysterious circumstances in 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan, he remains one of the most influential...
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An Introduction to the Unitarian and Universalist TraditionsHow is a free faith expressed, organised and governed? How are diverse spiritualities and theologies made compatible? What might a religion based in reason and democracy offer today's world? This book will help the reader to understand the contemporary liberal religion of Unitarian Universalism...
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The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' WorldviewPresenting many slaveholders as intelligent, honorable and pious men and women, this study asks how people who were admirable in so many ways could have presided over a social system that inflicted gross abuse on slaves. The South had formidable proslavery intellectuals who participated...
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An Introduction to HinduismThis book provides a much-needed thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Dr. Flood traces the development of Hindu traditions from ancient origins and the major deities to the modern world. Hinduism as both a global...
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Religions of Rome: Volume 1, a HistoryThis book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life in Rome, from the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between...
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Zorba the Buddha: Sex, Spirituality, and Capitalism in the Global Osho MovementZorba the Buddha is the first comprehensive study of the life, teachings, and following of the controversial Indian guru known in his youth as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and in his later years as Osho (1931-1990). Most Americans today remember him only as the "sex...
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Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary FutureIn this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups--radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused...
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Crowded by Beauty: The Life and Zen of Poet Philip WhalenPhilip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. Erudite, shy,...
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Die wunderbare Kraft des Segnens: Sie können Ihre Welt verändernZu segnen bedeutet, Gottes Absichten für jemanden oder eine Situation auszusprechen.Wenn wir das im Glauben tun, eröffnen wir Gott die Möglichkeit, einen Menschen (auch uns selbst) oder eine Situation von dem aktuellen Standpunkt dorthin zu verändern, wo er sie gerne hätte. Jeder Christ hat...
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The Led Zeppelin Curse: Jimmy Page and the Haunted Boleskine House"This book is so well-researched and so well-written that I read it non-stop from cover-to-cover because it was so engrossing. Add to it the unsettling possibilities of unknown forces at work, and you have one hell of a story.""This is a well written, exhilarating...
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Saved by a Donkey: The story of Balaam's DonkeyAfter forty years in the wilderness, the twelve tribes of Israel camp near the land of Moab. The king of Moab trembles with fear. Afraid they may conquer his kingdom, he offers the prophet Balaam money to curse them. But God is in control....
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Twelve Keys to an Effective ChurchA thoroughly revised and updated edition of one of the most trusted and authoritative strategic resources for church leaders In this second edition of his groundbreaking book, Kennon Callahan identifies the twelve essential qualities of successful, growing churches and offers all congregations a way...
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