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“michael j mcvicar”

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  • Christian Reconstruction

    R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism

    by Michael J. McVicar ...
    This is the first critical history of Christian Reconstruction and its founder and champion, theologian and activist Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001). Drawing on exclusive access to Rushdoony’s personal papers and extensive correspondence, Michael J. McVicar demonstrates the considerable role Reconstructionism played in the development of the radical Christian Right and an American theocratic ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Righteous

    Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement

    by Lauren Sandler ...
    Illuminating, often troubling, and unapologetically frank, Righteous is dynamic young journalist Lauren Sandler's report from the nexus of religious fundamentalism and youth culture. As a secular guide through the passion and politics of the teenage evangelical "Disciple Generation," Sandler offers the first front line exploration of the Christian youth counterculture and what its influence could ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Mahatma Gandhi

    His Life and Ideas

    by Charles F. Andrews ...
    An intimate biography of one of the greatest social andreligious reformers of the modern world."Gandhi's work in nonviolence was comprehensive and not simply confined to politics or human rights. It was about building positive relationships based on respect, understanding, acceptance, and appreciation. It was about eliminating exploitation of all kinds and creating harmony."—from the Foreword by ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Born into the Children of God: Part 1 of 3

    My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside

    by Natacha Tormey ...
    Born into the Children of God can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 1 of 3.Born to French hippy parents attracted to the religious movement by the unusual mix of evangelical Christianity, free love and rejection of the mainstream, from an early age Natacha was brainwashed to believe she had a special destiny – that she was part of an elite ... Read more

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  • Young Catholic America

    Emerging Adults In, Out of, and Gone from the Church

    by Christian Smith, Kyle Longest, Jonathan Hill, Kari Christoffersen ...
    Best Review at the Catholic Press Association Convention Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church less as they form their identities, and fewer of them can even explain what it means to be Catholic and why that matters. Young Catholic America, the latest book ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Stronger Together

    by Andy Réti, Ibolya Grossman ...
    Series series The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
    In the fall of 1941, as the situation for Jews worsens across Europe, Ibolya (Ibi) Grossman learns she is pregnant. She is scared and confused – a baby during wartime? But her husband, Zolti, assures her, “We need this baby, you will see.” When András (Andy) is born, Ibi realizes her husband was right. Andy gives her a reason to go on during the worst of times in the Budapest ghetto, and to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Sloth

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    by Wendy Wasserstein ...
    Series series New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
    Here is a rollicking parody of the self-help genre, one that skewers the couch-bound, apathetic mentality so pervasive in America today. With tongue in cheek, Sloth guides readers step-by-step toward a life of noncommittal inertia. "You have the right to be lazy," writes Wasserstein. "You can choose not to respond. You can choose not to move." Readers will find out the importance of Lethargiosis- ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Political Islam in the Age of Democratization

    by K. Bokhari, F. Senzai ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The continued prominence of Islam in the struggle for democracy in the Muslim world has confounded Western democracy theorists who largely consider secularism a prerequisite for democratic transitions. Kamran Bokhari and Farid Senzai offer a comprehensive view of the complex nature of contemporary political Islam and its relationship to democracy. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Catholic Parishes of the 21st Century

    by Charles E. Zech, Mary L. Gautier, Mark M. Gray, Jonathon L. Wiggins, Thomas P. Gaunt ...
    A seminal moment in the study of U.S. Catholic parish life came in the 1980s with the publication of a series of reports from the ground-breaking Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life. These reports are now badly outdated, as Catholic dioceses grapple with new challenges that didn't exist in the 80s. Topics that were not considered then, like greater Catholic mobility, increased cultural ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Crime, Prisons and Viscous Culture

    Adventures in Criminalized Identities

    by Finola Farrant ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This unique book explores criminalized identities and the idea of 'viscous culture' to provide new understandings of crime, punishment and justice. It shows that viscous culture encourages some of us to become outlaws, monsters or shapeshifters who challenge systems of domination and forces of control.Crime, Prisons and Viscous Culture interweaves analyses of popular culture with extensive ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Just War in Religion and Politics

    Edited by Rabbi Jacob Neusner, Bruce D. Chilton, R. E. Tully ...
    Series series Jacob Neusner Series: Religion/Social Order
    The basis of this collection of essays is the reading of a common topic from different perspectives. Half of the book is devoted to the comparative study of religions and the courses are offered by religion professors. The other half is shaped by social science approaches and the seminars are given mainly by social science professors. We aim to compare and contrast not only positions, but also ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Feeding Japan

    The Cultural and Political Issues of Dependency and Risk

    Edited by Andreas Niehaus, Tine Walravens ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited collection explores the historical dimensions, cultural practices, socio-economic mechanisms and political agendas that shape the notion of a national cuisine inside and outside of Japan. Japanese food is often perceived as pure, natural, healthy and timeless, and these words not only fuel a hype surrounding Japanese food and lifestyle worldwide, but also a domestic retro-movement that ... Read more

    $107.99 USD