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  • Bonds of Union

    Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland

    by Bridget Ford ...
    Series series Civil War America
    This vivid history of the Civil War era reveals how unexpected bonds of union forged among diverse peoples in the Ohio-Kentucky borderlands furthered emancipation through a period of spiraling chaos between 1830 and 1865. Moving beyond familiar arguments about Lincoln’s deft politics or regional commercial ties, Bridget Ford recovers the potent religious, racial, and political attachments holding ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism

    and Other Writings

    by Max Weber, Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
    Translated by Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
    In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin ... Read more

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  • Defenders of the Faith

    Christianity and Islam Battle for the Soul of Europe, 1520-1536

    by James Reston Jr. ...
    A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of ViennaIn Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Nun on the Bus

    How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community

    by Simone Campbell ...
    A progressive Catholic nun and ex-lawyer recounts her life's journey while highlighting major socio-political issues facing the United States."Optimism, passion, and resilience pervade Campbell's candid account. . . . Campbell intelligently argues for the poor." — Library JournalIn the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Patriots

    Answering the Call to Freedom

    by Rick Santorum ...
    The United States of America was founded and established by ordinary citizens just like you and me. In their struggle for independence, these heroic men and women willingly shed their blood, sweat, and tears—often sacrificing their own lives and fortunes in order to hand down the precious legacy of freedom we all enjoy today. Now is the time for a new generation of American patriots to rise up and ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of the Ashes

    Rebuilding American Culture

    by Anthony Esolen ...
    **"Out of the Ashes is a full-throated, stout-hearted call to arms—soul-stirring,uncompromising, and irresistible." —ROD DREHER, author of The Benedict Option"Out of the Ashes is an astonishing combination of energy, humor, insight, and exceptional erudition, topped off by a vivid personal style and a special gift for tweaking the nose of secularist nonsense-peddlers. If you’re looking for a guide ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Islamic Political Thought

    An Introduction

    Edited by Gerhard Bowering ...
    A concise and authoritative introduction to Islamic political ideasIn sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. Selected from the acclaimed Princeton ... Read more

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  • Who Jesus Is and Why It Matters

    by Jim Wallis ...
    Who was Jesus? Why did he come? Some people think it was to save them from their sins, so their spiritual focus is personal salvation. Others appreciate Jesus's teachings but see little connection between the wise teacher of old and how they live life here and now.Both groups have lost the true vision of who Jesus is--a vision that changes everything about us and our world. What we believe about ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The 2011 American Values Survey: The Mormon Question, Economic Inequality, and the 2012 Presidential Campaign

    by Robert P. Jones ...
    Move beyond the rhetoric and find out where Americans really stand at the intersection of religion and politics. The Public Religion Research Institute's 2011 American Values Survey takes America's temperature on the 2012 presidential campaign, the country's comfort with a Mormon serving as president, and the general public's stance on economic and social inequality. ... Read more

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  • Violence Taking Place

    The Architecture of the Kosovo Conflict

    by Andrew Herscher ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    While the construction of architecture has a place in architectural discourse, its destruction, generally seen as incompatible with the very idea of "culture," has been neglected in theoretical and historical discussion. Responding to this neglect, Herscher examines the case of the former Yugoslavia and in particular, Kosovo, where targeting architecture has been a prominent dimension of political ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Religion and AIDS in Africa

    by Jenny Trinitapoli, Alexander Weinreb ...
    The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious continent. ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Religion in Public

    Locke's Political Theology

    by Elizabeth A. Pritchard ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    John Locke's theory of toleration is generally seen as advocating the privatization of religion. This interpretation has become conventional wisdom: secularization is widely understood as entailing the privatization of religion, and the separation of religion from power. This book turns that conventional wisdom on its head and argues that Locke secularizes religion, that is, makes it worldly, ... Read more

    $24.59 USD