Barnhardt, Wilton.
Summary: A professor and his student search the world for a lost biblical gospel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARSummary: What, exactly, is religion? Why does one religious tradition often differ so markedly from another? Why--despite their common source--are the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam so different? What kinds of factors separate the beliefs of a Hindu or Buddhist from the 'people of the book' and from other sects of Hindus or Buddhists? Religion affects everyone's life, whether...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291 COMCall number: DVD 291 COM
Summary: "This new translation of The Upanishads is at once delightfully simple and rigorously learned, providing today's readers with an accurate, accessible rendering of the core work of ancient Indian philosophy. The Upanishads are often considered the most important literature from ancient India. Yet many academic translators fail to capture the work's philosophical and spiritual subtlety, while...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.5 KATSummary: This translation is widely considered to be the foremost in conveying the meaning and sensibility of the original Arabic text of the Qurʼān, making this edition a must-have for both veteran scholars and English readers with a budding interest in Islamic studies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Book Foundation 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel MessageSummary: Islam has more than 1.2 billion adherents worldwide. Today, it is imperative that the West understand Islam's role as both a religion and a way of life, what Muslims believe, their practices and history. This set of twelve thirty-minute lectures present an exploration of Islamic law, mysticism, civilization, and Muslim life and society through the ages. Examines the "struggle for the soul of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 GRESummary: Buddhism challenges some of the most important Western ideas about God, human life, and the self. In Buddhism, there is no single almighty God who created the world. Instead, Buddhism teaches that all of life is suffering, and there is no permanent self. Moreover, it teaches that in accepting that all life is suffering, bliss can be achieved in this life. Buddhism's core philosophy that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 GRESummary: Contains 12 lectures of thirty minutes each, which survey the history, traditions, and practice of Judaism from biblical times to today, with explanations of the major aspects of Jewish culture. Focuses on Judaism from within and how it is understood by its adherents, past and present. Covers topics such as the sacred books of Judaism, modes of worship, the calendar and holidays, and rites of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296 GREFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1974
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: v. 1. The Tao te ching of Lao Tz ; The writings of Chuang Tz (books 18-33) ; The T'ai Shang tractate of actions and their retributions ; Appendices 1-8.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 1962
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Place a hold to request this item.Armstrong, Karen
Summary: "Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture--the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions--may not be immediately obvious in our secular world but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 208 ARMKatz, Vernon.
Summary: The Upanishads are often considered the most important literature from ancient India. Yet many academic translators fail to capture the work's philosophical and spiritual subtlety, while others convey its poetry at the cost of literal meaning. This new translation by Vernon Katz and Thomas Egenes fills the need for an Upanishads that is clear, simple, and insightful-yet remains faithful to the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2015
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 294.5 KATGondwana.
Contents: Keep the faith -- Defendamos (Let's defend) -- Solo es verdadero (Your love is the only truth) -- Martires (Martyrs) -- Traficantes de fe (Traffickers in faith) -- Antonia -- Duice amor (Sweet love) -- Verde, amarillo y rojo (Green, yellowand red) -- Alabanza (Praise) -- Libros sagrados (Sacred books.) -- Libertad (Freedom) -- Jah guide.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ras Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE GONBecker, Harmony
Summary: "When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BECContents: CD A. Amazing grace / Dye's Sacred Harp Singers -- How firm a foundation / Dye's Sacred Harp Singers -- Soar away / Denson Quartet -- Sabbath morning / Denson Quartet -- Rejoicing on the way / Fa Sol La Singers -- Jesus walks with me / Fa Sol La Singers -- Happy on the way / Fa Sol La Singers -- Weeping Mary / Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet -- Odem / Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet -- Bound for Canaan...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS SACSummary: Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" refuse to let him quit. Both the young women and their hard-headed coach fight for equality and a share of the dream,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GT Media 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BELBach, Johann Sebastian
Contents: 4. Christ lag in Todesbanden (for Easter Sunday : 1724) --12. Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (for Jubilate Sunday [3rd after Easter] : c. 1724) -- 21. Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss (for any occasion : 1714 [3rd Sunday after Trinity]) -- 51. Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (soprano solo : for the 15th Sunday after Trinity and for any occasion : c. 1731) -- 56. Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications, Inc. 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 782.24 BACSchmid, Konrad
Summary: "The Bible is full of ancient texts long predating the assembly of Judaism's and Christianity's sacred books. Why these texts, and how were they transformed on the journey from folk tale to holy writ? Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter unearth the history,in the process overturning assumptions about the relationship between the Old and New Testaments"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021