Broadway, Anna.
Summary: "How can the church do better for its millions of singles? Everyone spends at least part of life single--and research shows that singles are leaving the church faster than other groups. To better understand singleness in the church, journalist Anna Broadway traveled around the world to interview Christians from nearly fifty countries and all three major church traditions. From cooking to aging,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NavPress 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.84 BROJohnson, Michelle (Michelle Cassandra)
Summary: "In times of isolation, heartbreak, and brokenness, reaching out to each other, being in conversation, finding ways to connect with compassion and openness can help us heal, and thrive. It becomes a part of our own personal transformation. This powerful, positive guide coaxes us to go beyond our individual and collective grief, and courageously re-enter and reclaim our sense of community--which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 JOHPark, Benjamin E.
Summary: "The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.309 PARMajors, Mandy
Summary: "Mandy Majors confronts the complex issue of raising kids in a digital world and breaks it down into three simple chapters: the new problem parents face, a solution that works, and ten practical ideas for implementing the solution. Tackling the problem head-on, she identifies the impact technology is having on children and the unique issues it creates for parents navigating areas like social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parent MajorsMoss, Otis
Summary: A guide to uplift our spirits as we work for justice in these politically turbulent times--from Reverend Otis Moss, III, Senior Pastor at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ and one of the country's most renowned and beloved spiritual and civil rights leaders. Once again, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first observed in the 1960s, it is midnight in America--a dark time of division and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 MOSRicketts, Rachel
Summary: "Thought leader, racial justice educator, and sought-after spiritual activist Rachel Ricketts offers mindful and practical steps for all humans to dismantle white supremacy on a personal and collective level. Includes culturally informed, secular spiritual exercises, such as guided meditations, transformative breathwork, and journaling prompts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.8009 RICDeloria, Vine
Summary: "A 50th anniversary revised edition of the beloved classic, God is Red. First published in 1972, Vine Deloria Jr.'s God Is Red 50th Anniversary Edition remains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate. Celebrating five decades in publication with a special 50th-anniversary edition, this classic work reminds us to learn "that we are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Publishing 2023
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Summary: "The trauma that our world experienced in recent years-as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us-has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 WILWaters, Michael W.
Summary: Pastor, award-winning author, and rising civil rights leader Michael W. Waters (Stakes Is High, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World) ruminates on the sacred places and spaces he visited as part of a cross-country trek in 2019-2020 through America's racial history. From reflections on the river's edge where Emmit Till's body was recovered in the 1950s, to the spot of Malcolm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 WATJohnson, E. Patrick
Summary: "Giving voice to a population rarely acknowledged in southern history, Sweet Tea collects life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the southern United States. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as 'backward' or 'repressive,' suggesting that these men draw upon the performance of 'southernness'--politeness, coded speech, and religiosity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 JOHCarter, Jimmy
Summary: "The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 323.3 CARPakaluk, Catherine R.
Summary: "A portrait of America's most interesting yet overlooked women. In the midst of a historic "birth dearth," why do some 5 percent of American women choose to defy the demographic norm by bearing five or more children? Hannah's Children is a compelling portrait of these overlooked but fascinating mothers who, like the biblical Hannah, see their children as their purpose, their contribution, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2024
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Contents: What I've learned since I kissed dating goodbye : from waiting to knowing-a personal story -- Rediscovering courtship -- Romance and wisdom : a match made in heaven, why you need more than just intense feelings -- Tell me how, tell me who, tell me when!, how God guides you to the right thing at the right time -- More than friends, less than lovers, how to grow and guard in friendship,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241.6765 HARNietert, Michelle
Summary: "God calls us to live lives of joy, but sometimes we feel mad, sad, or scared. Managing Your Emojis, a 100-day devotional, teaches kids that God loves them no matter what they're feeling, and Scripture can empower them to manage their emotions. Learning to manage our emotions is a critical life skill, yet we've often missed equipping kids with these valuable skills before situations intensify...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 242 NIEAburdene, Patricia.
Summary: "The rise of conscious capitalism. Coauthor of best-selling Megatrends 2000 investigates corporate social responsibility; finds that significant numbers of companies are placing social, spiritual, and environmental values ahead of the bottom line; and reports data showing that socially responsible practices actually help boost profits. Identifies eight new trends that will redefine how we work,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Pub. Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.408 ABUArmstrong, Karen
Summary: "From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion's connection to violence. For the first time in American history, religious self-identification is on the decline. Some have cited a perception that began to grow after Sept 11: That faith in general is a source of aggression, intolerance and divisiveness--something bad for society. But how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2014
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Summary: "A panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology. Since the earliest days of Christianity, theologians expressed pervasive anxiety about Jews as equal members of society and, with European expansion in the early modern period, that anxiety extended to people of color. This troubling legacy still haunts us today. Christian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 TETBoyle, Greg
Summary: A Jesuit priest's work with gang members inspires a vision of compassionate community and radical kindness, promoting the idea that everyone is inherently good and that we all belong to each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press
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Summary: "We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others' needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses - often lauded as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2023
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 LOESummary: A self-proclaimed "freelance monotheist," Karen Armstrong is on a mission to bring compassion, the heart of religion, as she sees it, back into modern life. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers sits down with Armstrong for a nuanced discussion of her Charter for Compassion initiative, a global call for all people-religious and non-religious alike-to apply the Golden Rule in their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Epstein, Greg M.
Summary: "Today's tech has overtaken religion as the chief shaper of 21st-century human lives and communities. In this book, Greg M. Epstein, the influential humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT, explores what it means to be a critical thinker about this new faith, taking readers on a journey towards reasserting our common humanity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Amish rarely allow themselves to be photographed or filmed, yet several members of the isolated religious community agreed to appear in this eye-opening documentary. Filmed on location in Pennsylvania and Ohio Amish country, the program goes beyond stereotypes and common misconceptions, presenting a fully human portrait of a misunderstood people. Interviews with Amish men and women-some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Lodi, Hafsa
Summary: "This book speaks to the various personalities and companies who have helped shape the modest fashion industry into such a significant retail sector, while also exploring the controversies that lie at the heart of the movement, such as one pressing question: even if it covers the skin but is flamboyant, modeled with the purpose of attracting attention, and publicly promoted on social media, can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neem Tree Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.92 LODSummary: Out in the streets of more than 100 countries, The Salvation Army is at war. Its zealous officers, soldiers, and adherents fight daily battles to minister both spiritually and physically to homeless addicts and the desperately poor-people whose lives have hit rock bottom. Filmed at The Salvation Army Gateway, a shelter and drop-in center in Toronto, this powerful program spotlights the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006