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  • The Jewish Gospels

    The Story of the Jewish Christ

    by Daniel Boyarin ...
    "[A] fascinating recasting of the story of Jesus." —Elliot Wolfson, New York UniversityIn July 2008, a front-page story in the New York Times reported on the discovery of an ancient Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Jesus, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Commenting on this startling discovery at the time, noted Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin ... Read more

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  • God: A Biography

    Pulitzer Prize Winner

    by Jack Miles ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWhat sort of "person" is God? What is his "life story"? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book—as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? This is the task that Jack Miles—a former Jesuit trained in religious studies and Near Eastern ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Christ

    A Crisis in the Life of God

    by Jack Miles ...
    With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promise–God’s ancient covenant with Israel–and of its strange, unlooked-for fulfillment. For, having abandoned his chosen people to an impending holocaust at the hands of their Roman ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Religion as We Know It

    An Origin Story

    by Jack Miles ...
    A brief, beautiful invitation to the study of religion from a Pulitzer Prize winner.How did our forebears begin to think about religion as a distinct domain, separate from other activities that were once inseparable from it? Starting at the birth of Christianity—a religion inextricably bound to Western thought—Jack Miles reveals how the West’s “common sense” understanding of religion emerged and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • One God and Two Religions

    Christians and Muslims as Neighbors

    by Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University, author of Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God ...
    Islam is a religion of violence and behind every Muslim there lurks a potential terrorist. Islam is a threat to values of the Christian West. They are like oil and water. Clearly, they don't mix.One God and Two Religions confronts these popular perceptions head-on. With keen insight and gentle understanding, Amir Hussain explores the differences between Christianity and Islam, as well as the many ... Read more

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  • God in the Qur'an

    by Jack Miles ...
    Series series God in Three Classic Scriptures
    Who is Allah? What does He ask of those who submit to His teachings? Pulitzer Prize-winner Jacke Miles gives us a deeply probing, revelatory portrait of the world’s second largest, fastest-growing and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion. In doing so, Miles illuminates what is unique about Allah, His teachings, and His resolutely merciful temperament, and he thereby reveals that which is ... Read more

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  • A Friendship in Twilight

    Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life

    by Jack Miles, Mark C. Taylor ...
    In a time of plague, fundamental questions become immediate and personal. The pandemic, droughts, floods, fire, political violence: the world has been grimly reminded of the proximity and inevitability of death. Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor—acclaimed public intellectuals and scholars of religion, one a Christian and the other an atheist, close friends for fifty years—have spent their lives ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Confessions

    A New Translation

    by Augustine ...
    Translated by Peter Constantine ...
    This long-awaited translation of Confessions, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity.No modern, well-versed literature lover can call her education complete without having read Augustine’s Confessions. One of the most original works of world literature, it is the first autobiography ever written, influencing ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Friendship in Twilight

    Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life

    by Jack Miles, Mark C. Taylor ...
    In a time of plague, fundamental questions become immediate and personal. The pandemic, droughts, floods, fire, political violence: the world has been grimly reminded of the proximity and inevitability of death. Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor—acclaimed public intellectuals and scholars of religion, one a Christian and the other an atheist, close friends for fifty years—have spent their lives ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Spring

    Renew Your Thoughts, Spirit, and Feelings

    by Brian Giddens, Susan Bloch- Welliver, Alexandra Crivici-Kramer, Noah Klipin, Jack Miles, Kirk Eckstine, Nina Keen, Grace Hamman, Adam Mckee, Patrick Williamson, Sheetal Gupta, Ken Patterson, Georgia Riordan, Niv K, Rebecca Vernak, Charles Venable, Brooke Taylor, Mary Rosen, Asacia Hernandez, Ana Fortuna, Casey Jordan, Dessie Ross, Frank DiLuzio, Oanh Nguyen, Lauren Gray, Eliza Davis, April Federico, Nicole Rissmiller, Julie Lewis, Stacie Eirich ...
    Series series Collection of Poems
    Spring: Renew Your Thoughts, Spirit, and FeelingsThis Spring-themed anthology collects poems from a variety of different authors, all exploring the themes of renewal, awakening, and growth. The wide range of topics covered in these verses includes life, friendship, love, memories, and more. Whether you are looking for something to read to celebrate the arrival of the new season or simply to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Golden States of Grace

    Prayers of the Disinherited

    Taking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, Golden States of Grace documents marginalized communities at prayer in their own faith traditions. The collection is thoroughly interfaith, introducing us to the nation's only halfway house for addicts self-identified as Jewish, a transsexual gospel choir, a Buddhist community in San Quentin, a Mormon congregation organized ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Beside Still Waters

    Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha

    Edited by Harold Kasimow, Keenan P. John, Linda Klepinger Keenan ...
    A compelling question for people of faith today is how to remain committed to one's own religious tradition while being open to the beauty and truth of other religions. For example, some fear that Buddhism is a threat to Western faith traditions and express grave doubts about interreligious and cross-cultural encounters. Yet, many who have actually broadened their experience profess to have ... Read more

    $9.99 USD