Author: John Waters
Publisher: Continuum
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Irish Times columnist tells of his initial faith, his loss of it, and finally how he regained it.

Author: Gary Younge
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578064885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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In 1961, 13 black and white people - the Freedom Riders - tested the ban on segregation in interstate travel by going together from Washington to New Orleans. This is the account of a young black Briton following their route in the late 1990s.

Author: James L. Heft S.M.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197529348
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Based in the idea that social phenomena are best studied through the lens of different disciplinary perspectives, Empty Churches studies the growing number of individuals who no longer affiliate with a religious tradition. Co-editors Jan Stets, a social psychologist, and James Heft, a historian of theology, bring together leading scholars in the fields of sociology, developmental psychology, gerontology, political science, history, philosophy, and pastoral theology. The scholars in this volume explore the phenomenon by drawing from each other's work to understand better the multi-faceted nature of non-affiliation today. They explore the complex impact that non-affiliation has on individuals and the wider society, and what the future looks like for religion in America. The book also features insightful perspectives from parents of young adults and interviews with pastors struggling with this issue who address how we might address this trend. Empty Churches provides a rich and thoughtful analysis on non- affiliation in American society from multiple scholarly perspectives. The increasing growth of non-affiliation threatens the vitality and long-term stability of religious institutions, and this book offers guidance on maintaining the commitment and community at the heart of these institutions.

Author: John Waters
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441114211
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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Waters explores the process by which the hope of a society was sabotaged and plundered in the name of a mis-defined freedom.

Author: K. M. Newton
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319919261
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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George Eliot for the Twenty-First Century reexamines Eliot two hundred years after her birth and offers an innovative critical reading that seeks to change perceptions of Eliot. Tracing Eliot’s literary reception from the nineteenth century to the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, K. M. Newton frames Eliot as an unorthodox radical and considers the philosophical, ethical, political, and artistic subtleties permeating her writings. Drawing from close readings of her novels, essays, and letters, Newton offers a new critical perspective on George Eliot and reveals her enduring relevance in the twenty-first century.

Author: Lois Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198736843
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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This is an investigation of what it's like to be 'not religious' in secular Britain today. It draws attention to the ways in which the 'not religious' engage with 'religious' matters i.e. what it means to live and die, weddings and funerals, and identifying with or against people according to their religious or non-religious views and cultures.

Author: Shabbir Akhtar
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134072562
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 411

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This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Qur'an, and in particular how they can be interrogated and understood through Western analytical philosophy. It also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking. The Quran and the Secular Mind will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, Middle East studies, and political Islam.

Author: Frank Turek
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1612917011
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299

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If you think atheists have reason, evidence, and science on their side, think again! Award-winning author Dr. Frank Turek (I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist) will show you how atheists steal reason, evidence, science, and other arguments from God in trying to make their case for atheism. If that sounds contradictory, it's because it is! Atheists can't make their case without appealing to realities only theism can explain. In an engaging and memorable way,Stealing from God exposes these intellectual crimes atheists are committing and then provides four powerful reasons for why Christianity is true.

Author: Hannah Stein
Publisher: Pudding House Publications
ISBN: 9781589983083
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Author: Aubrey Malone
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780337981
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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This bumper collection of Irish humour covers topics such as Absenteeism and Zoos and everything in between. It would be disappointing should such a large collection not include the best of famous Irish wits such as Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, but the emphasis is very much on contemporary Irish humour from the likes of Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Ardal O'Hanlon and Dara O'Briain, to name just a few. Lunatic, iconoclastic and, as Spike Milligan might have put it, involving 'sideways thinking', this is Irish humour at its very best.