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Although Muslims of the Malay race are the largest ethnic community of Muslims in the world, they are little known in the Western hemisphere. This new volume provides the first comprehensive look at Malay Muslims, describing the history, influence, and prospects of Islam in the island world of Southeast Asia. Written from the perspective of an American Lutheran missionary who lived among Malay Muslims in the Philippines for more than forty years, this interesting work explores the Malay Muslims' distinctive customs, traditions, and practices. Special attention is also given to the history of the relationship between Malay Muslims and Christians - a history which is key to understanding the current state of religious and social life in places like Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
PUBLISHER: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
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 | Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel on John by Bruce J. Malina
Building on the unique format and success of their Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, Malina and Rohrbaugh extend their framework to the Fourth Gospel. Unlike the usual historical, exegetical, or theological commentaries, this rich and engrossing work catalogs the pertinent values, conflicts, and mores of ancient Mediterranean culture. Its Gospel outline, detailed textual notes, and reading scenarios bring life to the social circumstances the Gospel text relates about childhood, money, divorce, military service, farming, family life, cities, demons, patronage, and a host of other aspects of the ancient world. The Fourth Gospel, the authors disclose, addresses an alienated anti-society, fundamentally at odds with the predominant culture. With its format, charts and photos, this social-science commentary is the ideal companion for the study of the Fourth Gospel. AUTHOR: Bruce J. Malina
PUBLISHER: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Wellsprings of Knowledge by Dorothy Leonard
Why are Some Companies better at managing innovation than others? With her pioneering book on knowledge management, Dorothy Leonard was among the first to probe the relationship between successful innovators and the way they create, nurture, and grow the experience and accumulated knowledge of their organization. Now available for the first time in paperback, the lessons in Wellsprings of Knowledge, illustrated with examples of successes and failures in new product development, continue to provide managers with the key knowledge-building activities they need to guide, control, and inspire. AUTHOR: Dorothy Leonard
PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Vanity Fair & Other Moral Essays by Alan Jacobs
This collection of writings from Wheaton College English Professor Alan Jacobs explores the moral fabric of daily life, prompted by sharp observations about, for example, friendship, computerized texts, violent television programs, and Harry Potter. AUTHOR: Alan Jacobs
PUBLISHER: Brazos Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | The Koran by N. J. Dawood
This popular translation of the sacred text of Islam presents the word of God as given to Muhammad in accessible prose that is faithful to the spirit of the original. AUTHOR: N. J. Dawood
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Kensho by Thomas F. Cleary
Kensho is the transformative glimpse of the true nature of all things. It is an experience so crucial in Zen practice that it is sometimes compared to finding an inexhaustible treasure because it reveals the potential that exists in each moment for pure awareness free from the projections of the ego. Among the traditional Zen works are a number of important texts focusing on the profound subtleties of this essential Zen awakening and the methods used in its realization. The selections here are taken from: Straightforward Explanation of the True Mind, by Korean Zen teacher Chinul (1158-210), which provides the contextual balance needed to understand kensho by relating it to the broader teachings of the Buddhist scriptures and treatises; several works by Japanese Zen master Hakuin (1786-1769), whose teachings emphasize the techniques used in the cultivation and application of kensho and the importance of going beyond the experience itself to apply Zen insight to the full range of human endeavors; and The Book of Ease, a Chinese koan collection from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with commentary showing the practical dimension of classical koan practice. The translator provides extensive introductory notes and detailed commentary on each of the selections to help the reader understand the inner meaning of this essential experience of Zen. AUTHOR: Thomas F. Cleary
PUBLISHER: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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