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Spirituality and Religion September 2017
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| The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thích Nhất HạnhIn The Art of Living, acclaimed Vietnamese Buddhist teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh offers techniques for living happily in a challenging world. His lectures about these techniques develop the practice of mindfulness to show how it applies pragmatically to ordinary life. As he often does, Nhất Hạnh focuses on the importance of breathing and the interconnectedness of everything. The talks collected in this book can be read in any order and are accessible to those who are new to Buddhism and informative to people already familiar with Nhất Hạnh's teachings. |
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Among the ruins : the decline and fall of the Roman Catholic Church
by Paul L. Williams
This critical review of the Roman Catholic Church since the pivotal changes initiated in the 1960s by Vatican II paints a disturbing picture of decline and corruption. Dr. Paul L. Williams, a self-professed Tridentine or traditionalist Catholic, traces the various factors that have caused the Church to suffer cataclysmic losses in all aspects of its life and worship in recent decades. Williams illustrates the decline with telling statistics showing the stark difference between the robust number of clergy members, parishes, schools, and active church-going Catholics in 1965 versus the comparatively paltry number today.
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| In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca StottAs a child, acclaimed author Rebecca Stott belonged to a separatist Christian fundamentalist sect in Britain called the Exclusive Brethren. Her father, Roger, was a leader in the group, which shunned all kinds of worldly things, but he later left the cult and became an actor and filmmaker. In the Days of Rain details Rebecca's experiences with the Exclusive Brethren, Roger's struggles, and her own gradual understanding of the sect and its effect on her family over four generations. Reflecting on her relationship with her father, Rebecca pens a thought-provoking and absorbing memoir. |
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If all the seas were ink : a memoir
by Ilana Kurshan
The Harvard-educated books editor of Lilith magazine describes her journey of studying the Talmud through the principles of the vast daf yomi daily page book club, a years-long endeavor that spanned the end of her divorce, her work travels between America and Jerusalem, her remarriage and the births of her three children.
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The Sacred Enneagram : Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth
by Christopher L. Heuertz
Answering more than “what is the enneagram?” The Sacred Enneagram uncovers how to use one of the most profound personality tools for personal and spiritual growth. Chris Heuertz will help you discover how to awaken your identity, grow with God, and become who you are designed to be.
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Unshakeable trust : find the joy of trusting God at all times, in all things
by Joyce Meyer
Drawing on her own experiences and inspiration from the Word of God, the author makes the case that in every area of one's life—spiritually, relationally, emotionally, financially—a person can trust that God has his or her very best interest in store. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. 200,000 first printing.
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