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|  | Varieties of Religion Today by Charles Taylor
A hundred years after William James delivered the celebrated lectures that became THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, one of the foremost thinkers in the English-speaking world returns to the questions posed in James's masterpiece to clarify the circumstances and conditions of religion in our day. An elegant mix of the philosophy and sociology of religion, Charles Taylor's powerful book maintains a clear perspective on James's work in its historical and cultural contexts, while casting a new and revealing light upon the present. Lucid, readable, and dense with ideas that promise to transform current debates about religion and secularism, VARIETIES OF RELIGION TODAY is much more than a revisiting of James's classic. Rather, it places James's analysis of religious experience and the dilemmas of doubt and belief in an unfamiliar but illuminating context, namely the social horizon in which questions of religion come to be presented to individuals in the first place. Taylor begins with questions about the way in which James conceives his subject, and shows how these questions arise out of different ways of understanding religion that confronted one another in James's time and continue to do so today. Evaluating James's treatment of the ethics of belief, he goes on to develop an innovative and provocative reading of the public and cultural conditions in which questions of belief or unbelief are perceived to be individual questions. What emerges is a remarkable and penetrating view of the relation between religion and social order and, ultimately, of what 'religion' means. AUTHOR: Charles Taylor
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
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 | God's Big Handbook for the Soul by Juliet Mabey
Like its forerunners God's BIG Instruction Book and God's BIG Book of Virtues, God's BIG Handbook for the Soul is a highly diverse and upbeat compilation, containing extracts from all over the world and from all faiths, and drawing on scriptural sources as well as secular. Covering topics from prayer and meditation to suffering and grief, this little anthology offering so much will be a great success as part of this flourishing series. With a stunning cover, text design and great value, this book makes an ideal gift. AUTHOR: Juliet Mabey
PUBLISHER: Oneworld Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Beyond Maintenance to Mission by Craig L. Nessan
This book argues compellingly for the centrality of mission in understanding the church and provides a model for congregational leadership that will help move congregations beyond a maintenance mentality to vital engagement with the world God loves. Nessan`s model of congregational leadership is strongly centered on worship and draws unique connections between the worship life of a congregation and the entirety of the church`s ministry. The chapters provide solid theological and practical direction on the themes of worship, education, fellowship, stewardship, evangelism, global connections, ecumenism, and social ministry. It is a book that will find a home in both the academy and the parish -- a textbook for seminarians and a guide and resource for pastors and lay congregational leaders. AUTHOR: Craig L. Nessan
PUBLISHER: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | My First Study Bible by Nelson Staff
Bible stories accompanied by introduction background information, and special notes full of added details with a summary at the end. AUTHOR: Nelson Staff
PUBLISHER: Nelson, Tommy
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance by Michael Segell, Sarah Ban Breathnach
Description not available.A companion volume to Simple Abundance examines the departures, crossroads, and destinations that occur in a man's life, bringing together more than fifty essays by such figures as musician Sting, producer David Brown, and essayist Rick Bass. 500,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Michael Segell, Sarah Ban Breathnach
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | The Christian Tradition - a History of the Development of Doctrine by Jaroslav Pelikan
This penultimate volume in Pelikan's acclaimed history of Christian doctrine--winner with Volume 3 of the Medieval Academy's prestigious Haskins Medal--encompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it. AUTHOR: Jaroslav Pelikan
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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