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Spirituality and Religion January 2020
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A politics of love : a handbook for a new American revolution
by Marianne Williamson
The best-selling author of A Return to Love confronts the toxic environment of fear and divisiveness threatening today's America, urging all spiritually aware readers to draw on the examples of historical activists to embrace loving values. 50,000 first printing
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| The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGeraldWhat it's about: the rise and development of the American evangelical movement, from its beginnings in the 18th century to its role in political life in the modern era.
Read it for: its sweeping, comprehensive scope; the impartiality of the author's analysis.
Reviewers say: "a timely and accessible contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature on Christianity in modern America" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif GhobashWhat it is: a conversational collection of the author's reflections on the place of Islam in contemporary society, framed as letters written to his two sons.
Topics include: the diversity of practice in faith throughout history and around the world; an exploration of the current relationship between religious leaders and the community of believers.
Read it for: the whole-hearted embrace of pluralism and conviction that there is no contradiction between being a faithful Muslim and taking part in modern life. |
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American fascists : the Christian Right and the war on America
by Chris Hedges
An expos‚ of the political ambitions of the Christian right provides a step-by-step breakdown of how the non-secular agenda gained momentum through alternative networks, schools, and publishers; challenges popular opinions that equate extreme Christian ideals with patriotism; and warns readers that another national crisis may enable the Christian right to seize political power. 40,000 first printing.
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Letter to a Christian nation
by Sam Harris
In a thought-provoking and impassioned new study, the author of The End of Faith continues his battle against rigid adherence to the Christian religious literalism that is transforming America, refuting the essential beliefs, tenets, and certainties of fundamentalist Christianity in terms of sexual morality, intelligent design, and other key topics. 150,000 first printing.
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The Evangelicals : the struggle to shape America
by Frances FitzGerald
What it's about: A dramatic history of the Evangelical movement in America traces the revivals of the 18th and 19th centuries that rendered evangelism a dominant religious force, describing the rise and fall of denominations and how they influenced American agendas ranging from civil rights and gender equality to climate change and immigration reform.
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Our endangered values : America's moral crisis
by Jimmy Carter
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning former president and author of Sharing Good Times shares his personal views on moral values as they relate to key issues today, evaluating the controversial and increasing intersection between religious and political arenas. 250,000 first printing.
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American gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the making of a nation
by Jon Meacham
Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. At the heart of the American experiment lies what Benjamin Franklin called "public religion," a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well.--From publisher description
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