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Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus
by Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels investigates how stories of Jesus’s miracles shaped the movement that followed him -- and why they still resonate today. With historical precision and narrative flair, she unpacks the tension between fact and faith, inviting spiritually curious readers to rethink the power of sacred storytelling.
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Islam : a new history from Muhammad to the present
by John Tolan
"Today's Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants in the West face prejudice and discrimination, and Muslim feminists advocate new interpretations of the Koran. At the same time, Islam is mischaracterized as unitary and unchanging by people ranging from right-wing Western politicians claiming that Islam is incompatible with democracy to conservative Muslims dreaming of returning to the golden age of the prophet. Against this contentious backdrop, this book provides an essential and timely new history of the religion in all its astonishing richness and diversity as it has been practiced by Muslims around the world, from seventh-century Mecca to today"
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I Want You to Be Happy: Finding Peace and Abundance in Everyday Life
by Francis
Catholic readers especially will take comfort in Pope Francis’s grounded and humble suggestions for finding happiness in life. The short chapters distill his message into bite-sized readings, making this book perfect for daily reflection while reminding readers to keep God and serving others as the focus of their lives.
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Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church
by Philip Shenon
When Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, he launched the Second Vatican Council to modernize the Church. Former New York Times reporter Philip Shenon explores issues such as celibacy, birth control, and women's roles, most notably diving deep into the church’s sex abuse scandals, offering a vivid and highly critical history of the modern Church and its leaders.
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Everything must go : the stories we tell about the end of the world
by Dorian Lynskey
This darkly humorous cultural history explores the evolution of apocalyptic thought, examining how literature and film reflect societal anxieties, science and politics, tracing the secularization of doomsday predictions from the 19th century to today's climate crisis and technological fears. Illustrations.
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Reading Genesis
by Marilynne Robinson
Just as she does in her fiction, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson pairs her love of literature with her interest in theology in this thought-provoking close reading of the book of Genesis. Topics include: the "show, don't tell" storytelling rule of thumb, character archetypes as applied to biblical figures, and concepts like grace and justice.
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God
by Chopra, Deepak
Taking readers on an enlightening journey through history, the preeminent influencer in the world of spirituality and religion reveals the evolving nature of God through the lives of our most celebrated saints and sages, including Socrates, Joan of Arc, Rumi, Einstein and Thomas the Apostle. 100,000 first printing.
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