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Religion & Spirituality June 2024
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The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
by Sarah McCammon
Rigorously reported and deeply personal, The Exvangelicals is the story of the people who make up a generational tipping point, including Sarah herself. Part memoir, part investigative journalism, this is the first book that names and describes the post-evangelical movement: identifying its origins, telling the stories of its members, and examining its vast cultural, social, and political impact. Through this book, McCammon vulnerably shares the struggles and doubts that led her to this stage of her life.
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Flight of the Bön Monks: War, Persecution, and the Salvation of Tibet's Oldest Religion by Harvey RiceProviding an inside view into the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the tenets of Bön, one of the world's oldest but least known religions, this book chronicles the true story of three Bön monks who heroically escaped occupied Tibet and went on to rebuild their culture through incredible resilience, determination, and passion. Together, these three monks help to rebuild the nearly extinct Bön religion. Aside from the escape of the Dalai Lama, no other escape from Tibet has been so consequential for so many.
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Gospel: Where Song and Sermon Meet
From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gospel explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulpit to the choir lofts, one of good news in bad times: gospel. Over the course of four hours, Gospel explores how class, gender, cultural innovations, and consumer technologies shaped the development of Black preaching and gospel over the centuries.
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How Ableism Fuels Racism: Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church
by Lamar Hardwick
As a Black autistic pastor, Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. Tied to this reality, he wrote this book to help Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism. Hardwick believes that ableism and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. He uses historical records, biblical interpretation, and disability studies to examine ableism in America and calls the church into action to address it.
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Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter's Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption
by Duane Chapman
Go behind-the-scenes with Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of the hit reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter and two-time New York Times bestselling author, as he shares new stories about his faith. Revealing a whole new side of himself, Dog shares his journey of healing and redemption with the help of God, finding love and renewed purpose through a divine appointment and using his miraculous story as proof that God is alive and working in the world. Along the way, he recounts the adventures and exploits that have made him a legend.
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A Non-Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence
by Alan Fadling
Anxiety leads us to succumb to fear and fight peace. Anxious living is a distortion of good motives, blocking the clarity of stillness and rest. Fadling has also felt mastered by worry, but he brings counsel on how to learn a better way and who to look to for it. He constructs a posture from which we can rest more deeply, live more fully, and lead better. Fixing our minds on grace and eternity, we can begin to see the benefit of loosening our grip and operating from a sure foundation. Join Alan in releasing anxiety and taking up authentic love.
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To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People
by Noah Feldman
What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, legal scholar and columnist, Noah Feldman, draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship to God, to Israel, and to each other? Written with learning, empathy, and clarity, this is a critical resource for readers of all faiths.
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