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Poses a case against organized religion that documents the myriad ways in which religion reflects human agendas and distorts sexuality and the perception of the origins of the universe, in a science-based analysis that considers the benefits of a secular world of the "Old" Testament -- The "New" Testament exceeds the evil of the "Old" one -- The Koran is borrowed from both Jewish and Christian myths -- The tawdriness of the miraculous and the decline...
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"Extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God. At the core of Krakauer's book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from...
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Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2019]
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English
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Editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire and host of the conservative podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, considers the state of the West today, asking why, if American lives have never been better than at any other time in history, the United States' political, social, and economic situation is beginning to erode.
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Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2021]
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English
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Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, edified, and shaped Christians as they seek to live out a just and loving faith. At the time of her tragic death in 2019, Rachel was working on a new book about wholeheartedness. With the help of her close friend and author Jeff Chu, that work-in-progress has been woven together with some of her other...
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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
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[2019].
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English
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"It's time to take back what the devil has stolen and put God back into our culture. Phil Robertson, patriarch of A&E's Duck Dynasty and one of the most recognized voices of conservative Christianity in America, believes that little by little, generation by generation, America has allowed the lines of morality, decency, and virtue to be erased. Our values have disappeared as we began to believe lies— such as that God is dead, truth is relative,...
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Nelson Books
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[2022]
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Phil Robertson delivers a blueprint for standing up for the truth of Jesus Christ in a culture that has forgotten how to have respectful conversation and often suppresses conservative opinions and biblical values"--
8) Free will
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Free Press
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[2012]
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English
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In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that free will is an illusion but that this truth should not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom; indeed, this truth can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
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Plume
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c2007
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With evidence from contemporary astrophysics, biology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, "Thank God for Evolution" lays out a compelling argument for how religion and science can be mutually enriching forces. Illustrations throughout.
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Broadside
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2019.
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English
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Now a National Bestseller!
Evangelicals are losing the culture war. What if it's their fault?
In 2016, writer and filmmaker Ben Howe found himself disillusioned with the religious movement he'd always called home. In the pursuit of electoral victory, many American evangelicals embraced moral relativism and toxic partisanship.
Whatever happened to the Moral Majority, who headed to Washington in the '80s to plant the flag of Christian values? Where...
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Generations
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[2017]
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English
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"Is your marriage suffering from your adoption? Is your home a war-zone because of your adopted child? Do you need a break from 24/7 parenting? Are you ready to quit parenting your traumatized child? This book picks up where other adoption books fall short. If you are at your wits' end parenting your adopted child; if your marriage has lost its intimacy and the foundation is cracking; if you have tried typical discipline techniques and they don't...
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Columbia University Press
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[2018]
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English
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Pentecostalism is one of the most significant modern movements in global Christianity today. A mixture of ecstatic expression and earnest piety, metaphysical nuance and embodied spirituality, it is far more than the stereotype of a supernatural sideshow. In this presumably secular era, Pentecostalism continues to grow, adapting to a diverse religious marketplace and becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Originally an American phenomenon,...
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HarperOne
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©2008
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English
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By now it's commonplace to remark that more violence than good has been committed in the name of religion. The terrorist attacks of September 11 and the continuing Israeli-Palestinian strife confirm this age-old aphorism. Kimball's five warning signs of "bad religion" include making absolute truth claims, a blind obedience to religious authority, millenarian activism, use of oppression or force to protect institutions or reinforce group identity,...
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HarperOne
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2015.
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English
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"The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, follows up her acclaimed book Christianity After Religion by arguing that what appears to be a decline actually signals a major transformation in how people understand and experience God. The distant God of conventional religion has given way to a more...