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by Kathleen Norris
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New York Times
“A remarkable piece of writing. If read with humility and attention, Kathleen Norris's book becomes lectio divina,...
A Journey Just Begun
The Story of an Anglican Sisterhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
A Journey Just Begun tells the story of the only indigenous Canadian Anglican religious order for women, the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine, in a way that celebrates the Sisters' past, describes their present, and looks forward to their future. It focuses on God's transforming love in the lives...
The Soul of the Night
An Astronomical Pilgrimage
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2005
Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into “a pilgrimage in quest of the soul of the night.”
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There Is No God and He Is Always with You
A Search for God in Odd Places
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Can you be an atheist and still believe in God? Can you be a true believer and still doubt? Can Zen give us a way past our constant fighting about God? Brad Warner was initially interested in Buddhism because he wanted to find God, but Buddhism is usually thought of as godless. In the three decades...
She Who Prays
A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
She Who Prays: A Woman’s Interfaith Prayer Book offers women a new way to pray. Drawing on feminine images of God – and on the language and experience of women – it helps women tap into their own rich and unique spirituality. Readers will find a wealth of prayers from a variety of traditions...
Organic God
Lenten Meditations on the Words of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
In these Lenten meditations, Kate Moorehead devotes each of the seven weeks to a theme that Jesus addressed frequently, particularly through Earth-centered parables of planting. Each day of the week she explores an aspect of the particular theme. Seeking meaning in the details, the secrets of God's...
Beyond Words
15 Ways of Doing Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Author Kristen Johnson Ingram was photographing Native American dancers at an Oregon pow-wow when an official tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to stop taking pictures. “This is the prayer the dancer is doing,” he explained. For people of faith, Ingram realized, there are many forms of...
by Suzanne Guthrie
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2000
In Praying the Hours Suzanne Guthrie offers us a contemporary way to practice the ancient tradition of hallowing time throughout the day by marking the hours with prayer and thanksgiving. With humor and wisdom she draws on her experience as a wife, mother, Episcopal priest, and teacher of children,...
Dem Dry Bones
Preaching, Death, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In an age when the so-called prosperity gospel holds sway in many Christian communities or the good news of Christ is reduced to feel-good bromides, it would seem that death has little place in contemporary preaching. Embracing the vision of the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37 as a metaphor for...
by George M. Marsden
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement...
I Sold My Soul on eBay
Viewing Faith through an Atheist's Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Unique insights from an atheist’s Sunday-morning odyssey
When Hemant Mehta was a teenager he stopped believing in God, but he never lost his interest in religion. Mehta is “the eBay atheist,” the nonbeliever who auctioned off the opportunity for the winning bidder to send him to church....
Women Beyond Belief
Discovering Life Without Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Women have made great strides toward equal rights over the past hundred years, especially in the West. But when considering the ongoing fight over reproductive rights and equal pay—and the prevalence of sexual violence and domestic abuse—it is clear that a significant gap still exists. With scripture...
Rise and Fall of Faith
A God-to-Godless Story for Christians and Atheists
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The story of religion in the twenty-first-century West has been defined, in part, by the stories of once-zealous pastors moving beyond their faith to embrace a life of reason. But too often and too quickly ardent believers dismiss such accounts as aberrations and fail to consider the real-life implications...
What to Do When You're Dating a Jew
Everything You Need to Know from Matzoh Balls to Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Learn everything you need to know about the holidays, traditions, beliefs, and culture of the Jew you love . . . and his or her family. From what to order in a Kosher deli to what to wear to a Purim party, this book answers all the questions you'll face as the love interest of a nice Jewish boy or...