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Spirituality and Religion September 2018
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| In Search of Wisdom: A Monk, a Philosopher, and a Psychiatrist on What Matters Most by Matthieu Ricard, Christophe Andre, and Alexandre JollienThe premise: What happens when a monk, a shrink, and a philosopher walk into a (proverbial) bar? If they're as well-educated and observant as the three authors of this book, expect an expansive discussion of many of the issues at the core of happiness, enlightenment, and life itself.
What sets it apart: While other books have presented interfaith and interdisciplinary dialogues about spiritual issues, the has a warmth, intimacy, and frankness to that is only possible because of the authors' many years of close friendship. |
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| Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister's Rediscovery of Faith, Hope, and Love by Robert SchenckWhat it's about: the thought-provoking story of one man, his three conversions, and the multitude of lessons he learned over the course of a life and career at the fraught intersection of politics and religion.
Why it matters: Although the author had a role in ushering in the very atmosphere of politicized Christianity he condemns in the book, he also unequivocally takes responsibility for his past while advocating for a return to faith for its own sake.
Reviewers say: "This powerful book is a universal call for a change of heart in both the political and sacred realms" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion by Steven R. WeismanWhat it is: an engaging, richly detailed journey through the history of Judaism in America, from the first arrivals in colonial New Amsterdam through the turn of the 20th century.
Don't miss: the special attention Weisman pays to how America and Judaism influenced each other, such as the economic consequences of Jewish and Christian communities observing the Sabbath on different days of the week and the roles that Jews played on both sides of the Civil War.
Did you know? The first Jewish congregation formed in what would later become the United States dates back to 1654. |
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Godless citizens in a godly republic : atheists in American public life
by R. Laurence Moore
Two Cornell University professors examine the stigma that has caused atheists to be marginalized by First Amendment protections, the dramatic rise of atheism in America and the inherent prejudices of a non-secular Constitution that accepts religion as proof of integrity.
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