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Girl on a Wire
Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
It wasn’t until Libby Phelps was an adult, a twenty-five year old, that she escaped the Westboro Baptist Church. She is the granddaughter of its founder, Fred Phelps, and when she left, the church and its values were all she’d known. She didn’t tell her family she was leaving. It happened in...
Fields of Blood
Religion and the History of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence.
For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general...
Summary of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Summary of Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty | Includes Analysis
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Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a study of inequity, both historically and in the present. The book describes how the concentration of wealth has changed...
by Ethan B. Kapstein, Nathan Converse
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
The recent backlash against democracy in such countries as Bolivia, Venezuela, Russia, and Georgia poses renewed concerns about the viability of this regime type in the developing world. Drawing on a unique data set of every democratization episode since 1960, this book explores the underlying reasons...
by Peter Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Originally published in 1980 but re-issued now with a new preface, this book looks at the German manager from a sociological viewpoint and explains why German management has been so successful and highlights the key factors in the training of the German manager and the attitudes and skills he develops...
by Summary Station
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2016
The readers of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics sent the authors of these books countless questions. Many of these questions were regarding various problems and issues that have affected society for a long time. Basically, the readers wanted the authors of the Freakonomics books to research their...
Common Ground
Lessons and Legends from the World?s Great Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
As the spice maker’s cabinet is full of many herbs, so should a scholar be full of Scripture, Talmud, and Legend-an ancient Jewish proverb
This reference to legend-or the teaching tales used by the sages-is a remarkable testimony to the power of story and its place in the history, development,...
Common Prayers
Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Harvey Cox, the eminent Christian theologian and scholar of religion, offers an intimate tour through the Jewish year certain to inform and enlighten Jews and non-Jews alike. As a member of an interfaith household, Cox has had ample opportunity to reflect upon the essence of Judaism and its complex...
Economics
Making sense of the modern economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The world of economics is changing. Years of turmoil in the global economy mean that nothing will ever be quite the same again.
This is the starting point and theme of this radically revised Economist books classic, now available for the first time in America.
Richard Davies, economics...
Understanding the Times
A Survey of Competing Worldviews
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Your view of God determines your view of the world.
You hold in your hands a landmark guide to understanding the ideas and forces shaping our times. Understanding the Times offers a fascinating, comprehensive look at the how the tenets of the Christian worldview compares with the five major...
by Garry R. Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
User-Friendly Beginner's Guide to World Religions
The world is becoming more integrated. What once seemed like the religions of exotic faraway lands are now practiced by families next door. These short, easily digestible readings give an overview of the beliefs, histories, and practices of...
Compassion and Meditation
The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
A profound reflection on how complementary themes in Buddhism and Christianity could serve as the basis for a truly ecumenical faith
• Compares Zen meditation with the Greek Orthodox practice of Hesychasm (prayer of the heart)
• Shows how Buddha and Jesus represent the distinct yet...
A Visitor's Guide to Hell
A Manual for Temporary Entrants and Those Who Would Prefer to Avoid Eternal Damnation
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Hell . . . but were too afraid to ask! In the realm of eternal damnation, what tortures will we find? How hot is it, really? And most important of all, how can we make sure that it's not our final destination? Drawing on the Bible, as well as a host...
by Patricia Monaghan, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history,...