| The Jesus I Know: Honest Conversations and Diverse Opinions About Him by Kathie Lee GiffordWhat it is: a heartwarming and engaging collection of conversations about Jesus between television personality Kathie Lee Gifford and celebrities from a diverse group of religious traditions.
Featuring: Kris Jenner, Jimmie Allen, Megyn Kelly, and Kristen Chenowith, and many more.
For fans of: The God Factor by Cathleen Falsani. |
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Focus on the Future
by Dr. Clinton, Tim
Anxiety, depression, and suicide are at all-time highs. Divorce is prevalent. Children are growing up without fathers in the home, and the family unit as a whole is suffering. Dr. Tim Clinton, one of America's leading voices on faith and mental health, sounds the call for people around the country to step into the moment and rise up to focus on the future of America.
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| Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait by Mohamad JebaraWhat it is: an accessible and inspiring biography of the Prophet Muhammad, with a focus on the more personal aspects of his life story.
Read it for: the discussion of Muhammad's story in a wider historical context and as possible inspiration for readers to go on their own journeys to change the world.
Try these next: For more reflections on Muhammad try The First Muslim by Lesley Hazelton; for another intimate biography of a world-changing religious leader try Zealot by Reza Aslan or Martin Luther by Eric Metaxas. |
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Wholehearted Faith
by Rachel Held Evans
In this final collection of original writings by the late author, her close friend brings together her unpublished essays and talks, reflections that explore why the Christian faith captivated her and drove her writing, teachings, activism and relationships.
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| Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith JonesWhat it is: a candid and thought-provoking memoir about author Faith Jones's childhood in and escape from the Children of God (now called The Family International).
Is it for you? Accounts of life within the Children of God regularly involve physical and/or sexual abuse, something potential readers may want to know in advance.
Reviewers say: "A must-read memoir of self-discovery and reinvention that readers will find impossible to put down" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Universal Human : Creating Authentic Power and the New Consciousness
by Gary Zukav
Zukav agives us new tools to grow spiritually and shows us how to transform everyday experiences of hopelessness, emptiness, and pain into fulfillment, meaning, and joy. He points us toward a startling new destination-a species that is beyond culture, religion, nation, ethnic group, and gender, a species whose allegiance is to Life first and all else second-and shows us how to get there.
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The Oracle of Night: The History and Science of Dreams
by Sidarta Ribeiro
Encompassing literature, anthropology, religion and science, and steeped in modern neuroscience, biochemistry and psychology, this investigation into the history of the human mind told through the experience of dreams presents a wholly new way to understand this most basic of human experiences.
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| Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel by Ethan MichaeliWhat it is: a compelling and descriptive portrait of the complex ethnic, political, and religious forces in modern Israel, with a focus on individual stories and everyday life.
Want a taste? “Neither a cautionary tale nor an international role model, Israel is a microcosm, a tiny domain that contains the truth of how the world really works."
Reviewers say: Author Ethan Michaeli's "diligently gathered series of personal stories" manage to reveal "aspects of the country’s character that historians and journalists have been unable to capture" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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