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Spirituality and Religion July 2024
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Untangle your emotions : naming what you feel and knowing what to do about it
by Jennie Allen
A speaker, Bible teacher and New York Times best-selling author, drawing on scientific research, biblical insight and her own story, provides a transformational path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, which leads to deeper relationships, richer faither and lasting health.
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Land of my sojourn : the landscape of a faith lost and found
by Mike Cosper
"Since leaving local church ministry, Mike Cosper spent time examining the church's often troubled witness, its ongoing crisis of leadership, and the epidemic of narcissism, abuse, and cover-up that has continued to emerge. This book shares his journey--the shattering of dreams and the grace that restored a broken faith in the aftermath"
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| Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart by Brian D. McLarenReaders interested in the intersections between their faith and the looming specter of climate change will want to check out this thought-provoking and surprisingly inspiring analysis of the detrimental effects of modern social structures on the planet, with examples from scripture of ways to meet potential calamity without succumbing to despair. |
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| As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve by J.S. ParkDrawing on years of experience as a hospital chaplain, The Voices We Carry author J.S. Park reflects on familiar patterns of grieving and encourages readers to allow themselves however much time and space are needed to process grief in the healthiest ways possible. |
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| Being Muslim Today: Reclaiming the Faith From Orthodoxy and Islamophobia by Saqib Iqbal QureshiPolitical scientist and Fellow at the London School of Economics Dr. Saqib Iqbal Qureshi provides this thought-provoking yet accessible appraisal of the state of modern Islam, with the aim of dispelling prevailing misunderstandings about the faith perpetuated by Islamophobia and strict orthodoxy alike. |
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| The Devil's Best Trick: How the Face of Evil Disappeared by Randall SullivanDrawing as much from the conventions of true crime as from social history and folklore, journalist Randall Sullivan examines the pervasive nature of concepts of the Devil (and lowercase-D devils) across an array of cultures and how depictions of the satanic have changed over time. |
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Fully alive : tending to the soul in turbulent times
by Elizabeth Oldfield
"Scholar and popular podcaster Elizabeth Oldfield shows why, in a world stripped of both forgiveness and responsibility but heavy on judgment, she still finds the concept of sin liberating-and how, to her surprise, she keeps finding the Christian faith asource of spiritual strength when things fall apart"
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| Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy by Cait WestWith great candor and thoughtfulness, podcast host Cait West shares this unflinching account of what it was like to grow up in a religiously oppressive, emotionally neglectful family with parents whose primary concern was enforcing a rigid gender binary, with an emphasis on perpetuating the unequal, patriarchal power dynamics that aligned with their faith. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Warren County Library 2 Shotwell Drive Belvidere, New Jersey 07823 908-818-1280www.warrenlib.org |
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