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Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire

Author: 
Jennifer Wright Knust
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Bible scholar Jennifer Wright Knust addresses the big questions that dominate today's discussions and debates when it comes to sex and the Bible
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

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Robert E. Putnam & David E. Campbell
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American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America.
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Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

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Diarmaid MacCulloch
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The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of The Reformation returns with the definitive history of Christianity for our time
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The Evolution of God:

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Robert Wright
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Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved.
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The Case for God

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Karen Armstrong
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Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality . . .
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The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths

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Charlotte Gordon
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THE WOMAN WHO NAMED GOD is a compelling, smart, and provocative take on one of the Bible's most intriguing and troubling love stories.
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A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story

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Diana Butler Bass
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For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power and hierarchy.
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The People's Bible

Author: 
Curtiss Paul Deyoung (Editor), Wilda C. Gafney (Editor), Leticia Guardiola-Saenz (Editor), George E. Tinker (Editor), Frank M. Yamada (Editor)
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The Peoples' Bible highlights the role of cultures in shaping the Bible and the way people read the Bible today.
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Antioch Agenda: Essays on the Restorative Church in honor of Orlando E. Costas

Author: 
Daniel Jeyaraj, Robert W. Pazmiato, Rodney L. Petersen
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This multi-authored volume explores the missional role of Christianity in the 21st century.
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The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology

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Paul Santmire
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The theological tradition in the West is neither ecologically bankruptnor replete with immediately accessible ecological riches.