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|  | One Nation, Two Cultures by Gertrude Himmelfarb
A noted historian and cultural critic argues that many of the ideas of the 1960s counterculture have become part of America`s dominant culture, and that the nation is the worse for it. She advocates a return to civility and sees signs that there is an insurgent movement on the side of morality and virtue. AUTHOR: Gertrude Himmelfarb
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
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 | Foundations Of God's City; Christians In A Crumbling Culture by James Montgomery Boice
Deeply biblical in its argument, thoroughly conversant with contemporary culture and practically informed by personal involvement in urban ministry, this is a book for the hour. It awakens Christians to their identity within society and to their eternal destiny, instructing them in the one right thing to do: Be God`s people in the midst of this world`s culture. AUTHOR: James Montgomery Boice
PUBLISHER: InterVarsity Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Pilgrim Stories by Nancy Louise Frey
Each year thousands of men and women from more than sixty countries journey by foot and bicycle across northern Spain, following the medieval pilgrimage road known as the Camino de Santiago. Their destination is Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of the apostle James are said to be buried. These modern-day pilgrims and the role of the pilgrimage in their lives are the subject of Nancy Louise Frey's fascinating book. Unlike the religiously-oriented pilgrims who visit Marian shrines such as Lourdes, the modern Road of St. James attracts an ecumenical mix of largely well-educated, urban middle-class participants. Eschewing comfortable methods of travel, they choose physically demanding journeys, some as long as four months, in order to experience nature, enjoy cultural and historical patrimony, renew faith, or cope with personal trauma. Frey's anthropological study focuses on the remarkable reanimation of the Road that has gained momentum since the 1980s. Her intensive fieldwork (including making the pilgrimage several times herself) provides a colorful portrayal of the pilgrimage while revealing a spectrum of hopes, discontents, and desires among its participants, many of whom feel estranged from society. The Camino's physical and mental journey offers them closer community, greater personal knowledge, and links to the past and to nature. But what happens when pilgrims return home? Exploring this crucial question Frey finds that pilgrims often reflect deeply on their lives and some make significant changes: an artistic voice is discovered, a marriage is ended, meaningful work is found. Other pilgrims repeat the pilgrimage or join a pilgrims' association to keep theirconnection to the Camino alive. And some only remain pilgrims while on the road. In all, Pilgrim Stories is an exceptional prism through which to understand the desires and dissatisfactions of contemporary Western life at the end of the millennium AUTHOR: Nancy Louise Frey
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | The Healing Gifts of the Spirit by Agnes M. Sanford
Description not available.Examines the power of prayer, religious faith, and the love of God to cure mental and physical illness AUTHOR: Agnes M. Sanford
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Jewish Spirituality by Lawrence Kushner
Rabbi Kushner accessibly explains the lessons of Jewish spirituality for Christian readers who seek a more intimate relationship with God. With his trademark insightfulness and elegance, he discusses the Torah, daily spirituality, and the nature of G... AUTHOR: Lawrence Kushner
PUBLISHER: Jewish Lights Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Jewish Wisdom by Joseph Telushkin
This companion volume to Jewish Literacy (the bestselling Jewish book of 1993) explains the essential Jewish teachings and how they have shaped the Jewish religion, its people, culture and history. Organized by subject, the book illuminates every aspect of human life with passages from the most important texts in Judaism. AUTHOR: Joseph Telushkin
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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