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|  | Deciphering the Signs of God by Annemarie Schimmel
A book about the heart of Islam, the signs which Muslims may relate to God, such as water, trees, birds, clothes, perfume, even weapons--things which are invested with a great deal of sacred meaning. Schimmel also concerns herself with the centrality of the Koran to Islam. AUTHOR: Annemarie Schimmel
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
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 | Praying God's Word by Beth Moore
Integrating scripture and daily prayer, Moore looks to change mindsets such as rage, bitterness, and unforgiveness that serve as barriers to the life and word of God. AUTHOR: Beth Moore
PUBLISHER: Broadman & Holman Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Honest to Jesus by Robert W. Funk
The founder of the Jesus Seminar searches for the rhetorical Jesus--the coiner of parables and aphorisms and the performer of symbolic acts. Funk finds over 200 remnants in the New Testament that he deems authentic statements or acts of Jesus. Based on these remnants, he portrays Jesus as a social critic, rebel, and sage, and he calls for Christianity to recast itself on this model of Christ. AUTHOR: Robert W. Funk
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Liberating the Gospels by John S. Spong
Episcopal Bishop and theologian John Spong challenges longstanding Christian understanding of the New Testament by examining the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life and teachings. Spong focuses especially on the infancy and crucifixion stories, and argues that the Gospel authors intended their stories to be read not as historic accounts of actual events, but rather as interpretive narratives about the meaning of Jesus. He compares the Gospels to the style of the contemporary midrashic literature and notes how the Evangelists used images and themes from the Hebrew Bible to convey their interpretations of Jesus' life. AUTHOR: John S. Spong
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Hermeneutical Spiral by Grant R. Osborne
-- A 1993 Christianity Today Critics' Choice Award winner in theology and biblical studies. -- Covers recent developments in criticism and issues relevant to hermeneutics. Here In One Comprehensive Volume Grant Osborne provides seminary students and working pastors with an overview of the rudiments of all theological study. Beginning with the first steps in biblical exegesis, he thoroughly and thoughtfully discusses the movement from the study of Old and New Testament texts to the development of biblical and systematic theologies and, finally, to the preparation of sound, biblical sermons. Osborne contends that hermeneutics is fundamentally a spiral from text to context, from the original meaning of texts to their significance for the church today. His work divides into three major sections: (1) general hermeneutics, covering context, grammar, syntax and backgrounds; (2) genre analysis, covering specific guidelines for the interpretation of various types of biblical literature: and (3) applied hermeneutics, covering biblical, systematic, contextual and homiletical theology. AUTHOR: Grant R. Osborne
PUBLISHER: InterVarsity Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Animal-Speak by Ted Andrews
Now, for perhaps the first time ever, myth and fact are combined in a manner that will teach you how to speak and understand the language of the animals in your life. Work with animals as totems and spirits. Learn techniques for reading signs and omens in nature so you can open to higher perceptions and even prophecy. Includes a dictionary of animal, bird, insect and reptile symbolism. AUTHOR: Ted Andrews
PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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