Spirituality and Religion
September 2026
Recent Releases
The Cure at Walden Pond: A Guide to Recovering Our Humanity by Thomas Moore
The Cure at Walden Pond: A Guide to Recovering Our Humanity
by Thomas Moore

What might Thoreau have to teach us about living well today? Drawing on Walden and his own experiences as a psychotherapist and spiritual guide, Thomas Moore reflects on how slowing down, paying attention, and spending time in nature can help restore a sense of meaning in a distracted world. His observations are both familiar and uniquely tuned to the contemporary world we are all navigating.
How Western Christianity Got It Wrong: Replacing the God of Fear with a Spirituality of Healing by Randy Woodley
How Western Christianity Got It Wrong: Replacing the God of Fear with a Spirituality...
by Randy Woodley

Randy Woodley -- of white and Cherokee descent -- draws on scripture, history, and Indigenous wisdom to bring us this thought-provoking examination of how Western Christianity became entangled with harmful systems of power and domination. He argues that recovering a more relational, community-centered faith can help restore the values of love and stewardship at the heart of Jesus's teachings.
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