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Spirituality and Religion September 2026 |
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| All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir by Emilee HackneyAfter a devastating betrayal that called her Pentecostal faith into question, debut memoirist Emilee Hackney left her small Appalachian town in Virginia for Harvard. Amidst the culture shock, Hackney realized that leaving home was the right move for her. But it also made her see that home in a new light, and she found herself defending the land of her birth against those quick to dismiss and stereotype the South and its people. |
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| The Cure at Walden Pond: A Guide to Recovering Our Humanity by Thomas MooreWhat 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. |
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| The Others: UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny by D. W. PasulkaReligious scholar D. W. Pasulka gathers an unlikely cast of characters, from UFO experiencers and Catholic mystics to science fiction writers and artificial intelligence, to explore how humans grapple with forms of intelligence that seem to exceed our own. The result is a wide-ranging meditation on reality, consciousness, and belief. |
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| This Is the Main Event: Discovering the Life You Long for in the Life You Have by Joshua Luke SmithPoet Joshua Luke Smith writes about learning to stop chasing a different life and begin paying attention to the one already in front of him. Using three spiritual practices which he names as Lamentation, Consecration, and Adoration, he weaves together reflections on loss, addiction, faith, and family, exploring how sorrow and joy can deepen our experience of the sacred.
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| How Western Christianity Got It Wrong by Randy WoodleyRandy 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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