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Author
Publisher
Essential Library
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Understanding the Nonreligious examines the diverse set of people who hold no religious beliefs. In addition to atheist or agnostic, they have a variety of ways to label themselves, as well as opinions on how to find fulfillment in life and what values to hold"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First HarperCollins paperback edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Why do we pretend that the world's religious traditions are different paths to the same God? Scholar Stephen Prothero argues that it is time to replace naïve hopes of interreligious unity with deeper knowledge of religious differences. He maintains that each religion attempts to solve a different human problem, and examines each of these traditions on its own terms to create an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to better understand the big...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Our communities are stronger when we come together and take time to understand, support, and celebrate one another. In Celebrating All Religions, readers will learn the importance of acceptance and empathy as they relate to religions and how to practice these in their daily lives" --
29) 12 major world religions: the beliefs, rituals, and traditions of humanity's most influential faiths
Author
Publisher
Zephyros Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For billions of people, having a religious belief system provides purpose in life. For some, religion serves as a guide for moral behavior. Studies have shown even children maintain a natural intuitiveness about the origins of the world. Today's world is one in which our understanding of world religions is both understatedly important, as well as increasingly complex. After many years of exploring the foundations of various world religions, Jason...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the third season of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, the host continues his groundbreaking journey into faith, spirituality, and human culture. Freeman travels to ancient religious sites and modern-day spiritual centers, participating in dazzling cultural spectacles and revealing moving personal stories.
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing & Enterprises Ll
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
145 ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Christians have lived in the Holy Land since the time of Christ, but always as a minority. At one time, they made up 20 percent of the population, now they make up only 2 percent. What changed? How have they survived as minorities for almost two thousand years? This brief history tells their story, their relationship with others and how they have kept their Christian identity against all odds.
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to a small town and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear. In 2013, Dr. Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A romantic memoir of a young woman's year in Damascus. In 2004, 27-year-old Stephanie Saldaña traveled to Syria on a Fulbright fellowship to study the role of the prophet Jesus in Islam. She was also fleeing a broken heart. It was not an ideal time to be an American in the Middle East--the United States had recently invaded Iraq, refugees were flooding into Damascus, and dark rumors swirled that Syria might be next to come under American attack....
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 317 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Award-winning investigative journalist and poet, Eliza Griswold has spent the past seven years traveling between the equator and the tenth parallel: in Nigeria, the Sudan, and Somalia, and in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The stories she tells in "The Tenth Parallel" show us that religious conflicts are also conflicts about land, water, oil, and other natural resources, and that local and tribal issues are often shaped by religious ideas....
36) Religion
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 68
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces the history, philosophies, and rituals of various world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity.