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Conservative Heroes
Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Conservatism in America, as one early twentieth-century politician said, is “as old as the Republic itself.” But what are its foundational principles, and how did they form the modern conservative movement? Author Garland S. Tucker III tells the story in this lively look at fourteen champions...
God In The Obama Era
Presidents' Religion and Ethics from George Washington to Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Election 2008 turned out to be a watershed contests, looking to crucial decisions of policy change about the war in Iraq, the international economy, global warming, social security and immigration. God in the Obama Era is written for general readers and is designed to help give objectivity and perspective...
by Richard Bulliet, David Cook, Khaled Fahmy
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
The first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. With more than 400 alphabetically arranged entries...
Islamic Political Thought
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2015
In sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. Selected...
Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium
Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
As the world becomes increasingly globalised Islam faces some important choices. Does it seek to "modernise" in line with the cultures in which it is practised, or does it retain its traditions even if they are at odds with the surrounding society? This book utilizes a critical rationalist...
by John L. Bullion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
When Waddy Bullion refers to his experience working for LBJ as a tax attorney and business advisor, he calls it "being in the boat." LBJ was the captain; the crew either met his standards for effort and excellence or they got out.
by AL EMID
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
I decided to write this book – much to the affable chagrin of some friends and colleagues who wondered why I would tackle a topic so complex – because the story of ISIS continues as one of the more important narratives now occupying our thoughts and our media. I wanted to go deeper than the restrictions...
Cold Anger
A Story of Faith and Power Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1990
"Cold Anger is an important book about the empowerment of working-class communities through church-based social activism. Such activism is certainly not new, but the conscious merger of community organizing tactics with religious beliefs may be. The organizing approach comes from Aul Alinsky and his...
The Fight of Our Lives
Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Refocus on the fight.
Ten years ago, when radical Islamist terrorists used three U.S. airplanes to kill nearly three thousand of our countrymen, America was angry. It was a focused and justified anger—one that generated clear objectives and a willingness to meet them. But that resolve...
God Is Back
How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
A landmark examination of the resurgence of faith around the globe
The Editor in Chief of The Economist and its Lexington columnist show how the global rise of religion will dramatically impact our century in God Is Back. Contrary to the popular assumption that modernism would lead to the rejection...
The Criminalization of Christianity
Read This Book Before It Becomes Illegal!
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
There is a war going on for the future of our country. Most people know that. What they may not know is that if Christians lose, the result won’t merely be enduring public policy we disagree with—it will be a prison sentence for those who oppose it. We’ve all seen the attack coming. First the...
How to Be Secular
A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Why secularism isn’t the same thing as atheism—and why it’s crucial for preserving liberty and democracy for all Americans, regardless of their beliefs.
Founding father Thomas Jefferson believed that “religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God,” but these days...
The Fundamentals of Extremism
The Christian Right in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
On September 11, 2001, Americans witnessed horrific carnage inspired by religious extremism. We saw religious fundamentalists will stop at nothing to reign terror on those they regard as their enemies. In our response, we began to focus on the oppressive treatment of women and children in other...
Secular Sabotage
How Liberals Are Destroying Religion and Culture in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
This assault is not happening from accident or whim. It is happening because disaffected liberals have deliberately set out to upend our Judeo-Christian traditions. Indeed, they are determined to tear down the traditional norms, values, and institutions that have been part of American society from...