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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An innovative and accessible guide to the world's religions The Religions Book clearly explains the key concepts behind the earliest religious beliefs right up to the world's newest faiths, getting to the heart of what it means to believe. Principles of the five main world religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - as well as ancient and primal belief systems are explored in this informative tome. All the big ideas are simply...
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English
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In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science,...
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author and former Muslim Nabeel Qureshi comes this personal, challenging, and respectful answer to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism. San Bernardino was the most lethal terror attack on American soil since 9/11, and it came on the heels of a coordinated assault on Paris. There is no question that innocents were slaughtered in the name of Allah and in the way of jihad, but...
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Publisher
Gran Travesía
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Margaret es una niña a punto de cumplir doce años, y a la que le gusta llevar el cabello largo, el atún, el aroma de la lluvia y las cosas de color rosa. Acaba de mudarse de la ajetreada Nueva York a un pequeño pueblo de Nueva Jersey. Allí conocerá a sus nuevas amigas: Nancy, Gretchen y Janie, y juntas formarán un club secreto para hablar sobre temas íntimos como los chicos, los sostenes y su ansiedad por la primera menstruación. Pero Margaret...
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English
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What's going on in our world? Why are suicide bombers attacking our cities? Why are shooters invading our workplaces and malls? Why are students attacking speakers at their colleges? Why are there two versions of the truth on the Internet and in the media? Michael Youssef, popular teacher and Middle Eastern expert, explains in detail what's troubling today's world. Aggressive secularism is stripping our nation of the vestiges of truth, as many Christians...
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Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the five major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Combines a search-and-find aspect with information about the histories, places of worship, festivals and celebrations, gods, and religious leaders of each major religion. Each religion is introduced in a double-page spread that explores associated people, places, rituals and objects.
"Who believes what: The big book of world religions introduces...
Publisher
Sector 5
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Hidden from us by misunderstanding, mistranslation and clouded in mythology, the birth of religion on this planet was no mere accident. It was the result of a vast alien invasion that sparked the worship of the original ancient gods. Those gods are the oldest recorded figures of worship in any world history and extend much farther back in antiquity. They are the root of all the major world religions. They gave rise to the great powers of Egypt, Mesopotamia...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking, controversial dive into the role psychedelics have played in the human experience of the Divine throughout Western history, and the answer to a 2,000 year old mystery that could shake the Church to its foundations. The Immortality Key connects the lost, psychedelic sacrament of Greek religion to early Christianity-exposing the true origins of Western Civilization. In the tradition of unsolved historical mysteries like David Grann's...
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English
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"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided...
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English
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"Throughout history, the largely gentile Christian Church has utterly failed to heed Paul's warnings, falling headlong into both ignorance and arrogance toward unbelieving Israel almost from the start. The horrific results of this have been seen in the long and bloody history of anti-Semitism against the Jewish people, in the profound blindness of the Church concerning God's unfolding prophetic plans, in a widespread identity crisis, and in its an...
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Publisher
Chosen, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The thrilling and heart-wrenching true story of a former Muslim woman's journey to heaven and back when she was victim of a terrorist bombing"-- Provided by publisher.
An extremist faction of Islam bombs a church during a service. The one door in the back isn't big enough for five hundred people trying to escape. After the chaos and fire and smoke, one young woman comes back to life. Samaa heard the Lord Jesus calling her out of Islam into faith...
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English
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"The trauma that our world experienced in recent years-as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us-has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution, a "Soul Boom" in order to address today's greatest...
18) Holy war: how Vasco da Gama's epic voyages turned the tide in a centuries-old clash of civilizations
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English
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A new interpretation of Vasco da Gama's revolutionary voyages, which were seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam, explores the tragic collision of cultures resulting from his journeys to the Indies.
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to a small town and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear. In 2013, Dr. Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in...
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