Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The end of faith The end of faith Sam Harris A startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world, this historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used… OL15138751W
Striking out Striking out Donald Capps Whatever religion may have meant to the boy when he was younger, in the teenage years it takes the form of a personal journey or quest. This journey is related to other aspects of his life and is int… OL16451954W
The righteous mind The righteous mind Jonathan Haidt A groundbreaking investigation into the origins of morality, which turns out to be the basis for religion and politics. The book explains the American culture wars and refutes the "New Atheists." OL16568840W
Cognitive science, religion, and theology Cognitive science, religion, and theology Justin L. Barrett "Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology is the eighth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and kno… OL16576634W
The psychology of religion and spirituality for clinicians The psychology of religion and spirituality for clinicians Everett L. Worthington,Jamie D. Aten,Kari Ann O'Grady "The purpose of this edited book is to provide mental health practitioners with a functional understanding of the empirical literature on the psychology of religion and spirituality, while at the sam… OL16604717W
The Varieties of religious experience The Varieties of religious experience William James "One of the greatest works of non-fiction of the twentieth century, William James's The varieties of religious experience was revolutionary in its view of religious life as centered not within the Ch… OL18166596W
Supersense Supersense Bruce M. Hood A neuroscientist identifies a high prevalence of belief in supernatural phenomena and superstition while explaining why people are innately subject to such beliefs, in an account that explores why su… OL18734406W
The meaning of belief The meaning of belief Tim Crane "Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders … OL19722103W
¡Viva con esperanza! ¡Viva con esperanza! Joyce Meyer Offers advice for readers to improve the quality of their lives by establishing a lasting sense of hope based on faith in God. OL20003352W
Recovering from un-natural disasters Recovering from un-natural disasters Laurie Kraus Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters is a must-read handbook for pastors and church leaders of communities who could or perhaps already have experienced an un-natural disaster, such as gun violence, … OL20975055W
Participation and the mystery Participation and the mystery Jorge N. Ferrer Participation and the Mystery is both an introduction to and expansion of Jorge N. Ferrer's groundbreaking work on participatory spirituality, which holds that human beings are active cocreators of s… OL20975080W
Affective trajectories Affective trajectories Hansjörg Dilger,Marian Burchardt,Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon,Astrid Bochow "This volume is the first of its kind to focus comparatively on the mutual and highly complex entwinements between religion, affect, emotion, and sentiment in urban and global Africa in the early 21s… OL21242408W
God's Brain God's Brain Lionel Tiger,Michael McGuire 1 online resource OL21608834W
Breakfast at the Victory Breakfast at the Victory James P. Carse "This was true mystical vision. This I could never have anticipated. But I knew that we were both on the same galactic journey into the great void that contains us all. I was standing before a boundl… OL2669541W
Connecting Connecting Lawrence J. Crabb In his most significant book to date, Dr. Larry Crabb expands on his lifelong work in the field of psychotherapy to adopt a groundbreaking, but biblical, approach to healing the deep wounds of the so… OL29100W
Pathology and Identity Pathology and Identity Roland Littlewood xxii, 322 p. : 24 cm OL3349903W
Seasons of the soul Seasons of the soul Bruce A. Demarest Every Christian is on an amazing journey. But the unfortunate truth is that many of us live largely detached from this fact. Days go by, but it can be hard to feel a sense of movement or growth. Some… OL3350204W
Varieties of Religion Today Varieties of Religion Today Charles Taylor "A hundred years after William James delivered the celebrated lectures that became The Varieties of Religious Experience, one of the foremost thinkers in the English-speaking world returns to the que… OL3747550W
Why God won't go away Why God won't go away Andrew B. Newberg "Why have we humans always longed to connect with something larger than ourselves? Why does consciousness inevitably involve us in a spiritual quest? Why, in short, won't God go away? Theologians, ph… OL6221570W