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Religion and Philosophy eNewsletterMarch 2018
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New and Recently Released Religion & Spirituality!
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The monk's record player : Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan, and the perilous summer of 1966
by Bob Hudson
In a parallel biography of two countercultural icons, a recognized Bob Dylan scholar and veteran editor delves deeply into Dylan’s influence on Thomas Merton’s life and poetry, recounting each man’s interactions with the woman who linked them together—Joan Baez—and shows how each overcame struggles to reach new heights of spiritual and artistic genius.
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Believe bigger : how God uses disappointments as opportunities for lasting change
by Marshawn Evans Daniels
Whether you are drowning in self-doubt and regret, feeling stuck, or sensing a shift but unable to discern what’s next, Marshawn’s Purpose Map outlining the 5 Stages of Divine Reinvention, will give you insight into your true gifts and calling—and the courage to pursue them. You’ll see that difficulties are not designed to devastate you, but to ignite the bigger dreams, life, love, and abundance you were destined for all along.
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The triumph of Christianity : How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
by Bart D Ehrman
The best-selling author of Misquoting Jesus traces the history of how Christianity evolved from the faith of a handful of peasants in rural Galilee to a dominant Western religion in less than four centuries, exploring how it was nearly fated to become an obscure sect of Judaism and how it has revolutionized culture, economics and law.
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Flunk, start : reclaiming my decade lost in Scientology
by Sands Hall
In this candid and nuanced memoir, Hall recounts her spiritual and artistic journey with a visceral affection for language, delighting in the way words can create a shared world. However, as Hall begins to grasp how purposefully Hubbard has created the unique language of Scientology―in the process isolating and indoctrinating its practitioners―she confronts how language can also be used as a tool of authoritarianism.
Hall is a captivating guide, and Flunk. Start. explores how she has found meaning and purpose within that decade that for so long she thought of as lost; how she has faced the “flunk” represented by those years, and has embraced a way to “start” anew.
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Educated : a memoir
by Tara Westover
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Paul : a biography
by N. T. Wright
Paul is a compelling modern biography that reveals the apostle’s greater role in Christian history—as an inventor of new paradigms for how we understand Jesus and what he accomplished—and celebrates his stature as one of the most effective and influential intellectuals in human history.
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Fatal discord : Erasmus, Luther, and the fight for the western mind
by Michael Massing
The Harvard-educated author of Now They Tell Us presents an intellectual assessment of the rivalry between Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther that examines their respective characters and belief systems, sharing insights into their enduring influence and proper historical roles in western tradition.
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Unbelievable : why neither ancient creeds nor the reformation can produce a living faith today
by John Shelby Spong
In Unbelievable, Spong outlines twelve "theses" to help today’s believers more deeply contemplate and reshape their faith. As an educator, clergyman, and writer who has devoted his life to his faith, Spong has enlightened Christians and challenged them to explore their beliefs in new and meaningful ways. In this, his final book, he continues that rigorous tradition, once again offering a revisionist approach that strengthens Christianity and secures its relevance for generations to come.
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The gospel of trees
by Apricot Anderson Irving
A first book by an award-winning writer recounts her childhood as a missionary's daughter in Haiti during a time of complicated and tumultuous foreign intervention, describing how her perspectives on the region transformed as she came of age and how her family struggled with disparate views about her father's absolute approaches to his work.
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New and Recently Released Philosophy!
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I feel you : the surprising power of extreme empathy
by Cris Beam
Sifts through ongoing debates and contradictory practices to present an examination of empathy and its related myths, science and power, revealing how empathy is learned, what is being discovered about its capabilities and how it has the potential to transform education, criminal justice, government and more. By the award-winning author of To the End of June.
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Cringeworthy : A Theory of Awkwardness
by Melissa Dahl
The editor of New York magazine's "Science of Us" website explores the compelling psychology of awkwardness, sharing scientific insights into how truly embarrassing moments are actually perceived by others and how learning to accept one's cringe-worthy gaffes can be socially advantageous.
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Strength in stillness : the power of transcendental meditation
by Robert Roth
A practical guide to meditation by a leading authority and celebrity therapist shares insights into the scientific principles behind why and how transcendental meditation works to reduce stress, access inner power and build resilience without gimmicks and mystical verbiage.
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The Lessons of Ubuntu : How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America
by Mark Mathabane
Mathabane touched the hearts of millions of people around the world with his powerful memoir, Kaffir Boy, about growing up under apartheid in South Africa and was praised by Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton. In his new book, The Lessons of Ubuntu: How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America, Mathabane draws on his experiences with racism and racial healing in both Africa and America, where he has lived for the past thirty-seven years, to provide a timely and provocative approach to the search for solutions to America’s biggest and most intractable social problem: the divide between the races.
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When : the scientific secrets of perfect timing
by Daniel H Pink
The best-selling author of Drive illuminates the scientific factors that shape the hidden patterns of a day and challenge scheduled activities, drawing on research in the disciplines of psychology, biology and economics to share practical advice and anecdotes for promoting a richer, more engaged life.
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Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
by Steven Pinker
A follow-up to The Better Angels of Our Nature challenges the doom-and-gloom outlooks of today's media to present dozens of graphs and charts demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge and happiness are actually on the rise throughout the world as a result of the philosophies about an Enlightenment era that uses science to improve human existence.
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Meditation for fidgety skeptics : a 10% happier how-to book
by Dan Harris
The co-anchor of Nightline and author of the best-selling 10% Happier presents a lighthearted, practical guide to meditation that debunks the myths, misconceptions and self-deceptions that make everyday people reluctant to participate.
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Bonus: New in time for Easter
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Resurrecting Easter : how the West lost and the East kept the original Easter vision
by John Dominic Crossan
In this four-color illustrated journey that is part travelogue and part theological investigation, bestselling author and acclaimed Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan and his wife Sarah painstakingly travel throughout the ancient Eastern church, documenting through text and image a completely different model for understanding Easter’s resurrection story, one that provides promise and hope for us today.
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Madison Park : a place of hope
by Eric L. Motley
A special assistant to George W. Bush and executive vice president of The Aspen Institute think tank chronicles his vibrant coming of age in a small Alabama community founded by freed slaves, where he learned valuable lessons about helping others, embracing faith and fighting racial injustice.
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