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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"His ultimate claim that Paul saw himself as a second Messiah seems like an inflated reading of the Pauline letters, and it will prove controversial with most Christians."
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Though tribes of believers will again take the author's classic soothsaying to heart, it's essentially the same song with slightly different lyrics."
"Finance is just one of the many areas where an increasingly obsolete, materially based worldview is proving inadequate to the challenges of the times in which we live," writes spiritual activist, teacher and author Williamson (
A Course in Weight Loss, 2010, etc.), whose concern about the country's fragile financial state has her procuring alternative pathways toward a fulfilling livelihood.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Lee's writing is approachable, and he shows compassion for those on all sides of this debate."
Gay Christian Network founder Lee argues that sexual preference doesn't need to be a source of division for the Christian church.
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Released: Nov. 11, 2012
"Will appeal primarily to specialists or to general readers with an abiding interest in Israel's future."
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Brave and refreshingly open-minded."
The searching, intelligent account of a gay man's experiences growing away from God and into a thoughtful and humane atheist.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Heavenly bliss for believers; hokum for skeptics."
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Illuminating homilies of the Jewish people, by the Jewish people and, particularly, for the Jewish people."
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Intensely scholarly at times, but also an engaging analysis of one of the Bible's most complex figures."
A professor takes on the troubling story of Jacob, a deeply flawed man who later earned punishment, redemption and a unique and honored place in Jewish history.
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Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A charming and instructive communion with saintly sisters."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Campbell (
The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy, 2002) relates a provocative life story centered on her experiences as a woman in the Catholic church.
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Released: Oct. 25, 2012
"Dense and exhaustive, a valiant attempt to capture the essence of a life that defies simple retelling."
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Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"Alexander uses his medical credentials to substantiate the belief that his reconstructed memories offer conclusive proof of his current religious beliefs; readers who don't share these beliefs will find his account less convincing."
A remarkable account of miraculous recovery from bacterial meningitis and a transformative "Near-Death Experience."
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Released: Oct. 9, 2012
"Not for skeptics of spiritualism or New-Age ideas, but Nepo provides thorough methods for reaching deeper into the inner self."
