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A Sacred Space Is Never Empty
A History of Soviet Atheism
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off. Soviet power used a variety of tools--from education to propaganda to terror—to turn its vision of a Communist world without religion into reality. Yet even with its monopoly...
The Fate of Earthly Things
Aztec Gods and God-Bodies
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes three concepts that...
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Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Qualitätsentwicklung im Gottesdienst ist ein relativ junges Arbeitsfeld. Es ist angesiedelt zwischen Praktischer Theologie, Aus- und Fortbildung von Gottesdienstverantwortlichen und der alltäglichen und sonntäglichen Aufgabe, Gottesdienste zu gestalten. Neben bewährte Verfahren und Instrumente...
The Great Agnostic
Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
“Jacoby writes with wit and vigor, affectionately resurrecting a man whose life and work are due for reconsideration” (The Boston Globe).
During the Gilded Age, which saw the dawn of America’s enduring culture wars, Robert Green Ingersoll was known as “the Great Agnostic.” The nation’s...
Beyond Belief
My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief, she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member Sea Org—the church's...
Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace
My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
A deeply personal introduction to the biblical theology and spirituality of Opus Dei by the bestselling Catholic author Scott Hahn.
To conspiracy theorists, Opus Dei is a highly secretive and powerful international organization. To its members, however, Opus Dei is a spiritual path, a way of...
Living a Year of Kaddish
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Ari Goldman’s exploration of the emotional and spiritual aspects of spending a year in mourning for his father will resonate with anyone who has lost a loved one, as he describes how this year affected him as a son, husband, father, and member of his community. Through the daily recitation of kaddish,...
Prophet of Purpose
The Life of Rick Warren
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Rick Warren is arguably the most influential man in American religion today. Megachurch pastor, friend of world leaders, and trend-setting spiritual entrepreneur, he is widely recognized as the new public face of evangelical Christianity in America. No other modern churchman has matched his success...
Faitheist
How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religious
The stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks...
Hope after Faith
An Ex-Pastor's Journey from Belief to Atheism
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Atheism's leading lights have long been intellectuals raised in the secular and academic worlds: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens. By contrast, Jerry DeWitt was born and bred into the church and was in fact a Pentecostal preacher before arriving at atheism through an...
by Peter Ackroyd
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia);...
by Stephen Fried
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
From award-winning journalist Stephen Fried comes a vividly intimate portrait of American Judaism today in which faith, family, and community are explored through the dramatic life of a landmark congregation as it seeks to replace its legendary retiring rabbi--and reinvent itself for the next generation.
The...
Agnostic
A Spirited Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
**“Vital” –The New York Times Book Review
“Provocative…[Hazleton] paddles the river of doubt with energy and exuberance.” –The Seattle Times
A widely admired writer on religion celebrates agnosticism as the most vibrant, engaging—and ultimately the most honest—stance...
Shoes of a Servant
My Unconditional Devotion to a Lie
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Diane Benscoter grew up in the heartland of America in a small Nebraska town with a loving family. At 17, motivated by her idealism and inspired by the lyrics of her favorite songs, she left home in search of a way to end war. She found easy answers to Life’s hard questions in the form of a religious...