Religion / Religion and Society

God and Mrs Thatcher

by Eliza Filby

A woman demonised by the left and sanctified by the right, there has always been a religious undercurrent to discussions of Margaret Thatcher. However, while her Methodist roots are well known, the impact of...

Seven Revolutions: How Christianity Changed the World and Can Change It Again

by Mike Aquilina & James L. Papandrea

Combining history, politics, and religion, Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea provide practical lessons to be learned from the struggles of the Early Church, lessons that can be applied to the day-to-day lives...

Bewilderments: Reflections on the Book of Numbers

by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

The newest book in Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s award-winning series of commentaries on the hebrew bible.

The book of Numbers is the narrative of a great failure. What should have been for the Israelites...

The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender

by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

“What does liberation mean when I have incarnated in a particular body, with a particular shape, color, and sex?”

In The Way of Tenderness, Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel brings Buddhist philosophies of...

The Attraction of Religion: A New Evolutionary Psychology of Religion

by Jason Slone & James Van Slyke

Religion is an evolutionary puzzle. It involves beliefs in counterfactual worlds and engagement in costly rituals. Yet religion is widespread across all human cultures and eras. This begs the question, why are...

Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

by Dianna Anderson

Dianna Anderson offers a fresh approach to the purity conversation, one that opens a new dialogue with the most influential Christian authors of her generation.

Anderson's new sexual ethics draw on core biblical...

Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square

by Randy Boyagoda

A brilliant biography of one of the intellectual mavericks of 20th Century Catholicism.

     Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) was one of the most influential figures in American public life from the Civil...

science and the soul

by Mike Pitman

Are you agnostic? If you are this book's for you. Are you religious? Do you want to understand the natural roots round which your faith has formed? Or are you, by default, of atheistic/ materialistic faith?...

The Thrill of the Chaste (Catholic Edition): Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On

by Dawn Eden & Colleen Carroll Campbell

Dawn Eden, internationally known speaker and author, presents a completely revised Catholic edition of her bestselling work, The Thrill of the Chaste. In this version, Eden shares her story of conversion to...

The Moot Papers: Faith, Freedom and Society 1938-1944

by Keith Clements

The Moot was the study and discussion group set by J.H. Oldham (1874-1969) following the 1937 Oxford conference on "Church, Community and State". Its purpose was to continue, in an informal but serious way,...

The Divine Magician: The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith

by Peter Rollins

In this mind-bending exploration of traditional Christianity, firebrand Peter Rollins turns the tables on conventional wisdom, offering a fresh perspective focused on a life filled with love.

Peter Rollins knows...

Radical Secularization?: An Inquiry into the Religious Roots of Secular Culture

by Stijn Latré, Walter Van Herck & Guido Vanheeswijck

What does it mean for a society to be secular? Answering this question from a philosophical angle, Radical Secularization? delves into the philosophical presuppositions of secularization. Which cultural evolutions...

Redeeming Time: Protestantism and Chicago's Eight-Hour Movement, 1866-1912

by William A. Mirola

The role clergy played and didn't play in one of organized labor's greatest victories

Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites: Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution

by Elazar Barkan & Karen Barkey

This anthology explores the dynamics of shared religious sites in Turkey, the Balkans, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, and Algeria, indicating where local and national stakeholders maneuver between competition and...

The Seven Faith Tribes: Who They Are, What They Believe, and Why They Matter

by George Barna

In this groundbreaking new book, acclaimed researcher and author George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major “faith tribes” in America—documenting who they are, what they believe, how...

What's God Got to Do with It?

by W. T. Jeffrey

"What's God Got to Do with It?" presents compelling evidence from the bible as well as science that the idea of god is a human invention. W.T. Jeffrey brings professionalism and compassion together to help readers...

Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648

by Mark Greengrass

A remarkable new volume in the critically acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series

From peasants to princes, no one was untouched by the spiritual and intellectual upheaval of the sixteenth century. Martin...

Chastity Is for Lovers: Single, Happy, and (Still) a Virgin

by Arleen Spenceley & F. S. P. Helena Burns

In 2012, journalist Arleen Spenceley outed herself as a twenty-six-year-old virgin in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed that went viral. In Chastity Is for Lovers, Spenceley expands on that piece, advocating Catholic...

The Compassionate Community

by Jonathan Miller & Al Gore

Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller shows the ten nonpartisan values--ranging from Opportunity to Security--that all Americans share, and uses Old Testament stories to highlight them. As an elected official...

The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times

by Deepak Chopra

From the New York Times Bestselling Author.

Can God be revived in a skeptical age? What would it take to give people a spiritual life more powerful than anything in the past? Deepak Chopra tackles these issues...