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  • 7 Ways of Looking at Religion

    The Major Narratives

    by Benjamin Schewel ...
    An ambitious scholar's lucid analysis of religion's shifting place in the modern world.Western intellectuals have long theorized that religion would undergo a process of marginalization and decline as the forces of modernity advanced. Yet recent events have disrupted this seductively straightforward story. As a result, while religion has somehow evolved from its tribal beginnings up through ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith

    Interreligious Reflections on Immigration

    by Loye Ashton, Ron Choong, Kjetil Fretheim, Zahra Nasiruddin Jamal, Daniel Maoz, James McBride, Zeyneb Sayilgan, Benjamin Schewel, Silas W. Allard, Anne M. Blankenship, Daniel A. Campana0, Michael M. Canaris1, Ken Uyeda Fong2, Dawn L. Hutchinson3, Matt R. Jantzen4, Allen G. Jorgenson5, Jessica Wai-Fong Wong6, Laura E. Alexander7, Helen T. Boursier9, Alexander Y. Hwang0, Kristine Suna-Koro2, Hussam S. Timani3 ...
    The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith addresses two of the most critical challenges of our time: immigration and religious diversity. The diverse group of contributors, representing a variety of religious traditions, disciplines, and methodologies, explore “the meaning of my neighbor’s faith” in the age of migration. Each author reflects on the meaning of religious traditions in the context of the ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition

    Reflections on Bahá’í Practice and Thought

    Edited by Geoffrey Cameron, Benjamin Schewel ...
    Series series Bahá’í Studies
    Technology, tourism, politics, and law have connected human beings around the world more closely than ever before, but this closeness has, paradoxically, given rise to fear, distrust, and misunderstanding between nation-states and religions. In light of the tensions and conflicts that arise from these complex relationships, many search for ways to find peace and understanding through a “global ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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    What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking

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  • 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible, But Never Thought to Ask

    by J. Stephen Lang ...
    From the author of the bestselling Complete Book of Bible Trivia, fascinating facts from the social and cultural history of the Bible.With 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible but Never Thought to Ask discover how the Bible has impacted language, U.S. history, worship, music, art, literature, movies, and theater; how the Bible was passed down to us; plus every key person, place, ... Read more

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    Human Nature and the Origins of War

    by David Livingstone Smith ...
    "Original and compelling insights into the human capacity for war . . . A must read for anyone interested in the psychological depths of human nature." —Barbara S. Held, author of Back to RealityAlmost 200 million human beings, mostly civilians, have died in wars over the last century, and there is no end of slaughter in sight.The Most Dangerous Animal asks what it is about human nature that ... Read more

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  • How Math Explains the World

    A Guide to the Power of Numbers, from Car Repair to Modern Physics

    by James D. Stein ...
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  • Seven Deadly Sins

    The Biology of Being Human

    by Dr. Guy Leschziner ...
    **A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEARSeven Deadly Sins will explore the underlying nature of the seven deadly sins, their neuroscientific and psychological basis, and their origin in our genes.**Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are The Seven Deadly Sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality. But do these sins really represent moral failings, or are they simply ... Read more

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  • Probably Overthinking It

    How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions

    by Allen B. Downey ...
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  • How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

    by Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Z. Huq ...
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  • I Respectfully Disagree

    How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World

    by Justin Jones-Fosu ...
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  • Mental Immunity

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    by Andy Norman ...
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