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Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"A pleasant collection of honest, critically discriminating encounters with the Jewish faith and culture."
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Released: Aug. 27, 2012
"A forceful rallying cry for people of goodwill to join together to develop an alternative to the dangerous irrationalism that afflicts so many Americans."
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Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"An invaluable contribution to the contemporary debate over Muslim immigration and integration into Western communities."
Globe and Mail European bureau chief Saunders (
Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World, 2011) examines the fearful reaction of today's native-born Western Europeans and North Americans to Muslim immigration.
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Released: Aug. 16, 2012
"A searching, intelligent spiritual memoir."
A thought-provoking, sometimes surprising account of a female intellectual's passion for Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and her near-conversion to the faith.
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Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"This well-crafted examination of spiritual longing shows how one woman has carved out a niche inside the religion she loves despite its contradictions."
A scholar of religion and culture struggles to integrate her strong religious beliefs with a deepening awareness of social injustice.
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Released: July 27, 2012
"A loaded attack on religion redeemed by a useful examination of secularism."
American Humanist Association president Niose provides a thorough examination of modern secular movements in America, while lumping believers together in disdain.
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Released: July 10, 2012
"A somewhat intriguing but mostly uneasy faith journey."
Oakes (Writing/Univ. of California;
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture, 2009) chronicles her uneasy entry back into the Catholic Church, with plenty of F-bombs thrown in for good effect.
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Released: July 3, 2012
"Guy exposes Becket's history so well that readers may question how much of a saint he really was. "
In this lively new biography of Thomas Becket, Guy (
A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg, 2009, etc.) illustrates his vast knowledge of medieval England.
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Released: July 1, 2012
"Thoughtful and provocative."
Debut author Phipps offers a challenging reexamination of the connection between the "evolutionary dynamics of the universe and the very being of the divine."
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Released: June 15, 2012
"A Woody Allen–esque tale of an uneasy conscience in Christian America. "
A mild, witty memoir by an activist atheist and founder of the Secular Coalition for America.
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Released: June 5, 2012
"A strident call to energize Muslim Americans to promote notions of pluralism, toleration and equal rights for women. "
A candid, patriotic pushback against Muslim stereotyping by a deeply anti-Islamist Navy veteran and physician in Arizona.
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Released: May 29, 2012
"Awesome scholarship to an admirable purpose."
