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Spirituality and Religion May 2024
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| Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine ColdstreamIn this candid and thought-provoking memoir, former nun Catherine Colstream reflects on her time as a Carmelite at Akenside Priory in northern England, the circumstances that motivated her to join the order, and the internal conflicts that eventually led to her departure. |
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| To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah FeldmanWell-researched, accessible, and timely, this sobering exploration of modern Judaism surveys the religion's different schools of thought, practice, and identity. The author takes great pains to differentiate between Israel as a concept and Israel as a modern nation state while encouraging readers to confront issues like nationalism and the ongoing war in Palestine. |
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| Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life by Shai HeldIn this moving and persuasive look at prevailing narratives about Christianity and Judaism, author Rabbi Shai Held pushes back against the ideas that the former is about belief while the latter is about action, and that Christianity is more defined by love and Judaism by law. |
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Between Two Trailers: A Memoir
by J. Dana Trent
This compelling memoir recounts the story of a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana before attending Duke Divinity School in North Carolina. She emphasizes the realization that true liberation is achieved only by making peace with the place called home.
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| Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne LamottReligious memoir mainstay Anne Lamott brings her well-established candor and thoughtfulness to this examination of love in its many forms, from the parental to the sacred to the love of one's community. |
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| Reading Genesis by Marilynne RobinsonJust 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. |
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| Imagine Freedom: Transforming Pain into Political and Spiritual Power by Rahiel TesfamariamGrounded in her history with liberation theology, journalist, activist, and minister Rahiel Tesfamariam urges Black Americans to reconnect with continental Africans both as a means of decolonizing the mind, body, and spirit and to explore Christian ideas of resilience, resistance, and redemption. |
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Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
by Helen Tworkov
Exploring the relationship between Buddhist wisdom and American values, the founder of the first independent Buddhist magazine chronicles her search for a true home as she interacts with renowned artists and spiritual luminaries, including the Dalai Lama, Joseph Goldstein, and Charles Mingus.
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