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The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
Written by Etienne Gilson
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ISBN: 9780307823359
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The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas

Written by Etienne Gilson


Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $11.99

Etienne Gilson explains the foundations of St. Thomas Aquinas's thoughts and Christian philosophy.

Gilson is also the author of History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages. Read more >
Does God Exist
Does God Exist
Written by Hans Kung
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ISBN: 9780307826527
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Does God Exist
An Answer For Today
Written by Hans Kung


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 2, 2013
Price: $17.99

Does God exist? The question implies another: Who is God? This book is meant to give an answer to both questions and to give reasons for this answer. Does God exist? Yes or no? Many are at a loss between belief and unbelief; they are undecided, skeptical. They are doubtful about... Read more >
The Great Partnership
The Great Partnership
Written by Jonathan Sacks
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805243017
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The Great Partnership
Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning
Written by Jonathan Sacks


Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $28.95

***National Jewish Book Awards 2012, Finalist***
Dorot Foundation Award for
Modern Jewish Thought and Experience

An impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned book from one of the most admired religious thinkers of our time that argues not only that science and religion are compatible, but that they complement each other—and that the...

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The Great Partnership
The Great Partnership
Written by Jonathan Sacks
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ISBN: 9780805243024
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The Great Partnership
Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning
Written by Jonathan Sacks


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.99

***National Jewish Book Awards 2012, Finalist***
Dorot Foundation Award for
Modern Jewish Thought and Experience

An impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned book from one of the most admired religious thinkers of our time that argues not only that science and religion are compatible, but that they complement each other—and that the...

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God in Pain
God in Pain
Written by Slavoj Zizek and Boris Gunjevic, Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781609803698
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God in Pain
Inversions of Apocalypse
Written by Slavoj Zizek and Boris Gunjevic
Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $19.95

A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjevic. In six chapters that describe Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in fresh ways using the tools of Hegelian... Read more >
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God in Pain
Inversions of Apocalypse
Written by Slavoj Zizek and Boris Gunjevic
Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac


Format: eBook
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $19.95

A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjévic. In six chapters that describe Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in fresh ways using the tools of Hegelian... Read more >
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Religion for Atheists
Religion for Atheists
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307379108
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Religion for Atheists
A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Written by Alain De Botton


Format: Hardcover
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $26.95

What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important...

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Religion for Atheists
Religion for Atheists
Written by Alain De Botton
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ISBN: 9780307907103
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Religion for Atheists
A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Written by Alain De Botton


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $11.99

What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important...

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Night of the Confessor
Night of the Confessor
Written by Tomas Halik
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ISBN: 9780385524520
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Night of the Confessor
Christian Faith in an Age of Uncertainty
Written by Tomas Halik


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $13.00

Tomáš Halík is a wise guide for the post-Christian era, and never more so than in his latest work, a thought-provoking and powerful reflection on the relationship between faith, paradox, change, and resurrection.
As the challenges of cultural secularization and dwindling congregation size confront religious communities across North America and Europe... Read more >
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Night of the Confessor
Night of the Confessor
Written by Tomas Halik
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ISBN: 9780307952820
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Night of the Confessor
Christian Faith in an Age of Uncertainty
Written by Tomas Halik


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $9.99

Tomáš Halík is a wise guide for the post-Christian era, and never more so than in his latest work, a thought-provoking and powerful reflection on the relationship between faith, paradox, change, and resurrection.
As the challenges of cultural secularization and dwindling congregation size confront religious communities across North America and Europe... Read more >
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In Bad Faith
In Bad Faith
Written by Andrew Levine
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ISBN: 9781616144708
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In Bad Faith
What's Wrong With the Opium of the People
Written by Andrew Levine


Format: Trade Paperback, 226 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $21.00

For readers interested in political theory and political activism, as well as anyone puzzled by the persistence of theistic conviction in the modern world. In light of rational standards for belief acceptance that are universally acknowledged in enlightened circles, theistic convictions are deeply problematic. Thus it is not surprising that some... Read more >
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In Bad Faith
What's Wrong With The Opium Of The People
Written by Andrew Levine


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2011
Price: $11.99

For readers interested in political theory and political activism, as well as anyone puzzled by the persistence of theistic conviction in the modern world. In light of rational standards for belief acceptance that are universally acknowledged in enlightened circles, theistic convictions are deeply problematic. Thus it is not surprising that some... Read more >
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The Essential William James

Edited by John R. Shook


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 5, 2011
Price: $11.99

William James (1842-1910) was one of the most original and influential American thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a professor at Harvard University he published many works that had a wide-ranging impact on both psychology and philosophy. His Principles of Psychology was the most important English-language work... Read more >
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The Essential William James
The Essential William James
Edited by John R. Shook
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The Essential William James

Edited by John R. Shook


Format: Trade Paperback, 422 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $18.00

William James (1842-1910) was one of the most original and influential American thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a professor at Harvard University he published many works that had a wide-ranging impact on both psychology and philosophy. His Principles of Psychology was the most important English-language work... Read more >
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The Monk and the Philosopher
The Monk and the Philosopher
Written by Jean Francois Revel and Matthieu Ricard
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ISBN: 9780307787019
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The Monk and the Philosopher
A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
Written by Jean Francois Revel and Matthieu Ricard


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2011
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Jean Francois-Revel, a pillar of French intellectual life in our time, became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. Twenty-seven years ago, his son, Matthieu Ricard, gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism -- not as a detached observer but by immersing himself... Read more >
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God
God
Written by Jack Miles, Read by Michael Prichard
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ISBN: 9780307938800
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God
A Biography
Written by Jack Miles
Read by Michael Prichard


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $30.00

What sort of "person" is God? 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? In this "brilliant, audacious book" (Chicago Tribune), a former Jesuit... Read more >
Dao De Jing
Dao De Jing
Written by Roger Ames and David Hall
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ISBN: 9780307755308
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Dao De Jing
A Philosophical Translation
Written by Roger Ames and David Hall


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2010
Price: $11.99

In 1993, archaeologists unearthed a set of ancient bamboo scrolls that contained the earliest known version of the Dao de jing. Composed more than two thousand years ago, this life-changing document offers a regimen of self-cultivation to attain personal excellence and revitalize moral behavior. Now in this luminous new translation, renowned... Read more >
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God Is.
God Is.
Written by David Adams Richards
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ISBN: 9780385666527
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God Is.
My Search for Faith in a Secular World
Written by David Adams Richards


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $19.95

In this invaluable contribution to the continuing debate about religious belief, David Adams Richards offers an exhilaratingly fresh perspective and a voice more impassioned, heartfelt, and sometimes furious, than anything written about God by an atheist.

David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most beloved and celebrated authors, has been wrestling with... Read more >
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Seeking the Truth
Seeking the Truth
Written by Richard H. Schlagel
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ISBN: 9781591027744
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Seeking the Truth
How Science Has Prevailed over the Supernatural Worldview
Written by Richard H. Schlagel


Format: Trade Paperback, 518 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
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In this sweeping intellectual history, philosopher Richard H. Schlagel compares the conceptual worldviews of science and religion, their distinct historical origins, their radically different experiential foundations, and their contrasting methods of justification. With great clarity and an impressive command of the historical facts, he depicts Western civilization as a composite of... Read more >
Decoding the Language of God
Decoding the Language of God
Written by George C. Cunningham, M.D.
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ISBN: 9781591027669
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Decoding the Language of God
Can a Scientist Really Be a Believer?: A Geneticist Responds to Francis Collins
Written by George C. Cunningham, M.D.


Format: Trade Paperback, 269 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $18.00

In his bestselling book, The Language of God, Francis Collins—the new director of the National Institutes of Health and the scientist who led the Human Genome Project—attempted to harmonize the findings of scientific research with Christian belief. In this response to Collins’s work, fellow geneticist George C. Cunningham presents a point-by-point... Read more >
God Is.
God Is.
Written by David Adams Richards
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ISBN: 9780307372536
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God Is.
My Search for Faith in a Secular World
Written by David Adams Richards


Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $13.99

In this invaluable contribution to the continuing debate about religious belief, David Adams Richards offers an exhilaratingly fresh perspective and a voice more impassioned, heartfelt, and sometimes furious, than anything written about God by an atheist.

David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most beloved and celebrated authors, has been wrestling with... Read more >
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What Is Man?
What Is Man?
Written by Mark Twain
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ISBN: 9781591026853
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What Is Man?
And Other Irreverent Essays
Written by Mark Twain


Format: Trade Paperback, 229 pages
On Sale: January 30, 2009
Price: $16.95

Mark Twain is sometimes envisioned as a kind of nineteenth-century American offshoot of Voltaire. Like his French counterpart, he expressed a deeply felt indignation at religious hypocrisy and obscurantism, and peppered his satirical writings, especially in his later years, with stinging wit and iconoclastic fervor.
This unique collection assembles writings in... Read more >
God and the Philosophers
God and the Philosophers
Written by Paul Edwards
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ISBN: 9781591026181
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God and the Philosophers

Written by Paul Edwards


Format: Hardcover, 330 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $28.99

This witty and learned exploration of critical views on the nature and existence of God, as expressed by major philosophers of the Western world from the medieval period to the present day, is the last work of noted philosopher Paul Edwards. In his unique trademark style, laced with erudition and acerbic... Read more >
Paths to God
Paths to God
Written by Ram Dass
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ISBN: 9780307421425
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Paths to God
Living the Bhagavad Gita
Written by Ram Dass


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $8.99

For centuries, readers have turned to the Bhagavad Gita for inspiration and guidance as they chart their own spiritual paths. As profound and powerful as this classic text has been for generations of seekers, integrating its lessons into the ordinary patterns of our lives can ultimately seem beyond our reach. Now... Read more >
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A Simple Path
A Simple Path
Written by Mother Teresa
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ISBN: 9780307416650
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A Simple Path

Written by Mother Teresa


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99

Known around the globe for her indefatigable work on behalf of the poor, the sick, and the dying, Mother Teresa has devoted her life to giving hope to the hopeless in more than one hundred and twenty countries. She inspires us all to find a way to translate our spiritual beliefs... Read more >
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