NONFICTION
Released: March 5, 2013
"Not a substitute for the real thing."
A culminating work of the Jesus Seminar era and of others influenced by it, this collection of manuscripts serves to complete and update the standard Christian New Testament.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2013
"An exciting reminder of how Vatican machinations continue to haunt history."
The story of the race to compose a last top-secret encyclical against Nazi racism before the death of Pope Pius XI.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2013
"William James, suffice it to say, would probably be appalled at first, and then fascinated."
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 21, 2013
"Not only provocative, this report is illuminating and fully accessible to members of the faith and doubters alike."
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"A comprehensive, critical exploration of the origin and meaning of priesthood and a formidable volley lobbed at tradition."
Pulitzer Prize winner Wills (
Verdi's Shakespeare, 2011, etc.), a venerable voice on church history, thought and practice, provides a stunning critique of the Roman Catholic priesthood.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2013
"A learned, highbrow approach to matters mystical and extrasensory."
INDIE
Released: Feb. 6, 2013
"May assist those looking for a bibliography of serious works about the afterlife."
This short read presents ideas and speculation about the nature of freedom in the afterlife, without delving into any one particular theory.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"Alternately thought-provoking and dull but certainly from the author's heart."
Prolific writer and prodigious traveler McKenna (
Breaking the Word: Reflections for Lectionary Readings Cycle B, 2012, etc.) reimagines the Gospels for the 21st century.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"Long on evangelism, short on reform."
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 4, 2013
"A bold, impressive study that makes refreshing assertions about our ability to redirect history."
A complicated, ultimately rewarding history tracing how the engagement with "Jewish questions" have shaped 3,000 years of Western thought.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"Hours of taped and edited interviews do not add up to a satisfying book."
A collection of sympathetic interviews with members of the Peoples Temple and others who were connected with the mass suicide/murders of more than 900 people at Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 24, 2013
"A levelheaded, elegant look at the life of the prophet amid the making of a legend."
A longtime reporter on the Middle East, Hazleton (
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam, 2009, etc.) carefully delineates the great events in the life of the "first Muslim," who, like the Christian prophet Jesus, was chosen as the "translator" of God's message to mankind.
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