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Spirituality and Religion March 2019
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Dear Universe : 200 Mini-meditations for Instant Manifestations
by Sarah Prout
Traces the author's journey from an indebted abuse survivor and single parent to a happily married head of a million-dollar business, sharing short meditations for attracting positive life experiences by guiding personal emotions. 100,000 first printing.
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In the Buddha's words : an anthology of discourses from the Pāli canon
by Bodhi
The works of the Buddha can feel vast, and it is sometimes difficult for even longtime students to know where to look, especially since the Buddha never explicitly defined the framework behind his teachings. Designed to provide just such a framework, In the Buddha's Words is an anthology of the Buddha's works that has been specifically compiled by a celebrated scholar and translator. For easy reference, the book is arrayed in ten thematic sections ranging from "The Human Condition" to "Mastering the Mind" to "The Planes of Realization." Each section comes with introductions, notes, and essays to help beginners and experts alike draw greater meaning from the Buddha's words. The book also features a general introduction by the author that fully lays out how and why he has arranged the Buddha's teachings in this volume. This thoughtful compilation is a valuable resource for both teachers and those who want to read the Buddha on their own.
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Holy envy : finding God in the faith of others
by Barbara Brown Taylor
The award-winning author of An Altar in the World recounts her inspirational discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduate students in Baptist rural Georgia. 65,000 first printing
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| Muhammad: Forty Introductions by Michael Muhammad KnightWhat it is: a compelling take on the Forty Hadith genre of Islamic literature, in which 40 sayings of the Prophet Muhammad are chosen from thousands to fit a particular theme or topic -- in this case the Prophet himself.
Read it for: Michael Muhammad Knight's included commentary, which expands on each hadith and his own spiritual journey.
Reviewers say: "The author's portrait of Muhammad is progressive, sometimes controversial, and he aims to be inclusive of a variety of Muslim voices" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Taste and see : discovering God among butchers, bakers & fresh food makers
by Margaret Feinberg
God is a foodie who wants to transform your supper into sacrament. Margaret Feinberg invites you on a global adventure to descend into a salt mine, knead bread, harvest olives, and pluck fresh figs. What you discover will forever change the way you read the Bible--and approach every meal. Plus, delicious recipes inside
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Afraid of All the Things : Tornadoes, Cancer, Adoption, and Other Stuff You Need the Gospel for
by Scarlet Hiltibidal
What does the gospel say about your fears? What does it say about the irrational ones, like sinkholes in the Target parking lot? How does it speak to the rational ones, like pet scan predictions? And does the gospel have a word for the fears you feel you'll have for life, like the possibility of losing the one you love most?
Growing up in the green room of SNL, being born to a fire-eater and adopted by a SWAT cop, having internal organs explode, and adopting a deaf girl from China, Scarlet Hiltibidal has been given some strange life experiences—and lived in fear through most of them.
But life changed for Scarlet when she learned to hold the gospel up to her fears. She realized that though she can't fix herself or protect herself, Jesus walked into this broken, sad, scary place to rescue, love, and cast out her—and your—fear.
Seeing life in light of the cross will help you avoid fear, overcome fear when you can’t avoid it, and live beyond fear when you don’t overcome it. You don't have to be afraid of all the things.
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How to Read the Bible
by Harvey Cox
The Bible contains a complicated mix of writings that readers who aren't biblical scholars may find confusing, especially if they think they should be taken literally. In How to Read the Bible, acclaimed religion expert and Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox explores scholarly and personal approaches to biblical interpretation and reveals their common ground. Those who would like to study the Bible at a deeper but still accessible level will find an insightful discussion of biblical interpretation through history and into the present day. For another recent exposition of the topic, read Dominic Crossan's How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian.
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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 Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious... by Joshua HammerWhat it is: the compelling tale of a treasure trove of Islamic manuscripts from Mali's medieval period and the clandestine mission to save them from destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda sympathizers.
Featuring: Abdel Kader Haidara, the archivist who first gathered the disparate manuscripts into a central library and later led the effort to smuggle them to safety.
Did you know? Medieval Timbuktu was a scholarly and literary powerhouse; in the 1500s the city allegedly contained 70 paper mills and almost 200 educational institutions. |
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| What the Qur'an Meant And Why It Matters by Garry WillsWhat it's about: a non-Muslim's observations on the Islamic holy book, detailing the differences between it and the Bible and more often, the things the two texts have in common.
Is it for you? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills is known for his conservative politics, although his published work is generally considered scholarly and well-researched (if sometimes controversial). |
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