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Released: April 1, 2013
"Yes, Chu concludes in his revealing book, Jesus really loves him. Other Christians? The jury's still out."
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Released: April 1, 2013
"An earnest exegesis of a powerful legend of the first Jew, designed for the faithful--not for atheist or pagan readers."
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Released: April 1, 2013
"A bright light within a dark, deeply distressing time in history."
Zuccotti (
Holocaust Odysseys: The Jews of Saint-Martin-Vesubie and Their Flight through France and Italy, 2007, etc.) pursues the undercover work by a French priest in aiding the Jews in Marseille and then Rome elude capture and death by the Nazis during World War II.
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Released: April 1, 2013
"An admirable, worthy message that could be contained on a bumper sticker."
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Released: March 28, 2013
"Is there a clash of civilizations, as Samuel Huntington maintained, between the Muslim world and the West? Norton's response will be of interest to students of geopolitics and Islamic studies."
What to do about the Muslims? It's a question, writes Norton (Political Science/Univ. of Pennsylvania;
Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire, 2004, etc.), that non-Muslims have been asking, and the answers have been few.
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Released: March 26, 2013
"Mild though the rebuke is, a readable and persuasive argument--if, of course, an exercise in preaching to the choir."
A spirited repudiation of pies and deities in the sky in favor of an ethic that "is about this world."
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Released: March 13, 2013
"Dense for general readers but an excellent scholarly read encompassing new ideas for Lewis devotees or those interested in religious argument."
Christian theologian McGrath (Theology and Ministry/King's College London;
Mere Apologetics, 2012, etc.) dissects the life of C.S. Lewis 50 years after the author's death, focusing on how his life was impacted by theology and vice versa.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"Where paradox is as common as breathing, Olson discovers a kind of freedom amid the barbed wire. An empathetic, intriguing memoir."
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Released: March 7, 2013
"A succinct, polemical debate urging the neutralization of the power of this religious minority for the good of Israeli society."
Two engaged journalists offer an anxious look at how the "ultras" gained their troubling political supremacy over a secular state.
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Released: March 7, 2013
"Honest, engaging and cathartic."
Donofrio (
Looking for Mary, 2000, etc.) recounts her survival from rape at age 55 and subsequent spiritual journey.
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Released: March 5, 2013
"A strongly worded polemic on the dangers of defensive exceptionalism."
A prickly, uneven survey of Christian persecution that delves into modern-day fundamentalist intolerance.
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Released: March 5, 2013
"A chilling but illuminating account of the inner workings of a hate group and Drain's ultimately successful struggle to free herself."
